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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 19, 2023 8:28:45 GMT -5
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 19, 2023 8:29:39 GMT -5
Nice pitching lineup.
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Post by stevedillard on Aug 19, 2023 12:16:25 GMT -5
Must not overreact to prospect first impressions.
Must not overreact to prospect first impressions.
Must not overreact to prospect first impressions.
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 19, 2023 12:52:51 GMT -5
Must not overreact to prospect first impressions. Must not overreact to prospect first impressions. Must not overreact to prospect first impressions. 5-45 with 20 strikeouts combined start for Zanetello and Anderson |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 19, 2023 15:03:58 GMT -5
Chang 1B
Valdez 2B
Rafaela SS
Fitzy 3B
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 19, 2023 16:09:55 GMT -5
Speier was guest in the 3rd inning.
Chang had a HR, Hernandez with a bigger HR.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 19, 2023 16:27:55 GMT -5
Comments by Speier..
Usual about Rafaela but also said his ceiling is very high.
Said Abreau is a major league replacement level player right now.
Comments by me...
Van Belle is as good as I've seen him. Lots of ugly swings against his changeup.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 19, 2023 16:43:49 GMT -5
After splitting the doubleheader, FCL Sox are third in their division, a game behind the Pirates and a half-game behind the Braves, although all three teams have the same number of losses. Braves also happen to hold the wild card, while the Tigers are a half-game back of the Red Sox, the Phillies one back, Astros 1.5, Marlins 2.0.
Monday: Red Sox and Braves play a huge doubleheader at JetBlue. Pirates at the Rays. Phillies at the Tigers. Marlins at Astros.
Tuesday: Red Sox at Twins. Braves at Rays. Pirates at Orioles. Tigers host Yankees. Phillies host Blue Jays. Marlins at Astros.
Red Sox at least need to win 2 to get in. Lot simpler if they win out.
Playoffs are single-game semifinals on the 24th, then a three-game championship series from the 25th through 27th.
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Post by jimoh on Aug 19, 2023 17:15:10 GMT -5
Wilyer Abreu in cf today and Rafaela at SS ( for the 5th time in AAA, the announcer says). Abreu just made a strong throw from lcf. Then Rafaela made a strong throw from the hole at SS, making it look easy.
Dalbec in RF.
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Post by jimoh on Aug 19, 2023 18:04:25 GMT -5
Rafaela just swung at a ball so far outside it could have hit a left-handed batter--and blooped a line drive down the right field line.
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 19, 2023 18:09:27 GMT -5
Wilyer Abreu with a homer, three walks and a couple steals today
Was hitting .426/.508/.926 in August before today's game
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 19, 2023 18:19:50 GMT -5
Lira has done the impossible and thrown out Enrique Bradfield
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 19, 2023 18:40:23 GMT -5
Rafaela just swung at a ball so far outside it could have hit a left-handed batter--and blooped a line drive down the right field line. ?? Say what, now?? |
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Post by Montana Lemonious-Craig on Aug 19, 2023 18:42:08 GMT -5
The Wicker Man needs to cut down the walks
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 19, 2023 18:46:43 GMT -5
The Wicker Man needs to cut down the walks That's the deal with many of our top pitching prospects. Drohan is the same, Perales, too. Limit walks, they look great. Lose the strike zone and they look like very flawed prospects. Very few pitchers can survive with excessive walks. |
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Post by jimoh on Aug 19, 2023 18:51:26 GMT -5
Rafaela just swung at a ball so far outside it could have hit a left-handed batter--and blooped a line drive down the right field line. ?? Say what, now?? It was a hybrid-type thing on the cusp between a blooper and a line drive. He just poked it but it carried, and could not be justly called either a liner or a bloop without further qualification. Maybe you could say soft liner with a little rise and fall. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 19, 2023 19:14:57 GMT -5
It was a hybrid-type thing on the cusp between a blooper and a line drive. He just poked it but it carried, and could not be justly called either a liner or a bloop without further qualification. Maybe you could say soft liner with a little rise and fall. That came after I went to sleep but the gameday numbers and pitch location are actually funny and of course, he ended up at second base on the play. |
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Post by manfred on Aug 19, 2023 19:16:28 GMT -5
Must not overreact to prospect first impressions. Must not overreact to prospect first impressions. Must not overreact to prospect first impressions. 5-45 with 20 strikeouts combined start for Zanetello and Anderson I know folks are’t being serious, but since I don’t follow as closely… Zanetello was always perceived to be a slight project, right? Great tools but needing experience? So a slow start is predictable? Genuinely asking. |
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 19, 2023 21:52:21 GMT -5
I don't know about any of that, but he'll still be a teenager on opening day 2025. He's got plenty of time to figure things out.
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Post by pasadenasox on Aug 20, 2023 3:05:38 GMT -5
5-45 with 20 strikeouts combined start for Zanetello and Anderson I know folks are’t being serious, but since I don’t follow as closely… Zanetello was always perceived to be a slight project, right? Great tools but needing experience? So a slow start is predictable? Genuinely asking. Yup. If his results were on par with the sum of his tools potential he wouldn’t have been anywhere near being available at the Sox second round pick. Analogous to Anthony in that sense, while still being different players/profiles. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 20, 2023 8:43:46 GMT -5
I thought Dean would slide back into the rotation but looks like they're going to work him in a piggyback role going forward.
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