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Post by iakovos11 on May 2, 2024 6:26:41 GMT -5
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Post by pappyman99 on May 2, 2024 6:59:59 GMT -5
Not sure what is more surprising so far this season. How low Blaze Jordan’s walk rates have gotten or how low his K-rates have gotten
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Post by ematz1423 on May 2, 2024 7:18:56 GMT -5
Not sure what is more surprising so far this season. How low Blaze Jordan’s walk rates have gotten or how low his K-rates have gotten He's having a bit of a strange season to me so far, his BB% is 3.8% which has sky rocketed from earlier in the week when I checked and it was 1.5% or something crazy but he's also not striking out hardly at all at just 8.8%. I'm no scout and haven't seen a single one of his ABs but that would lead me to believe he's swinging early in counts. He is hitting .268 but only slugging .437 so I'm wondering if he should try and be more selective at some point to find pitches he can drive and put that plus raw power to use. But like I said I haven't seen any of his ABs so perhaps one of the many on the site who have seen him and have a much better idea than myself could shed some light on what they've seen from Blaze? |
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Post by RedSoxStats on May 2, 2024 8:31:04 GMT -5
Jordan has the second-lowest pitches/PA in the Sox system (Ravelo), and one of the lowest in minor league baseball. That severely hinders his one great tool and makes the rest of his data look funny. When the pitch metrics updates start leaking out, I'm sure the guys on the podcast will have some less than flatting numbers to share, but that's just a guess.
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Post by ematz1423 on May 2, 2024 8:43:03 GMT -5
Jordan has the second-lowest pitches/PA in the Sox system (Ravelo), and one of the lowest in minor league baseball. That severely hinders his one great tool and makes the rest of his data look funny. When the pitch metrics updates start leaking out, I'm sure the guys on the podcast will have some less than flatting numbers to share, but that's just a guess. Thank you for this, this shows my assumption is correct and he's going out there and swinging early and often. He's not striking out so I'm not sure if it is something to worry about but ideally he'd tweak his approach at least somewhat to look for pitches he can drive rather than just pitches he can make contact on. |
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Post by seamus on May 2, 2024 9:46:19 GMT -5
He's clearly got good bat-to-ball skills. It seems plausible that he could still keep strikeouts under control in two-strike counts. I almost wonder if they've been trying to see if his natural power is enough to get good results without even risking the strikeout at all. Doesn't seem to be the case based on the SLG, but there may be a happy medium that can optimize all of his offensive talents.
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Post by rhswanzey on May 2, 2024 10:42:33 GMT -5
He’s the antithesis of AA Rafaela
edit: 1 - I’m a moron, don’t take anything I say too seriously
2 - my lazy analogy was based on the (oops, wrong) idea that Blaze typically runs a high K rate. He doesn’t, so, never mind. AA Rafaela knows poor swing decisions block his promotion path, so he takes first pitches for the sake of it. AA Blaze wants to cut K rate by swinging early and often. So the lazy analogy was players making approach changes that aren’t necessarily indicative of any actual skills/process improvement.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 2, 2024 11:07:47 GMT -5
Jordan is chasing at a 42% clip. That's higher than Rafaela last year.
87% contact rate in-zone is behind only Gasper and, unsurprisingly, Meidroth for minor leaguers with 40+ PA.
He's not the antithesis of Rafaela... he's kind of similar.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on May 2, 2024 11:17:13 GMT -5
Jordan is chasing at a 42% clip. That's higher than Rafaela last year. 87% contact rate in-zone is behind only Gasper and, unsurprisingly, Meidroth for minor leaguers with 40+ PA. He's not the antithesis of Rafaela... he's kind of similar. I think they probably meant the antithesis of the specific iteration of Rafaela that was told to take pitches for the sake of taking pitches (though I don’t agree with the comparison) |
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 2, 2024 12:09:48 GMT -5
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on May 2, 2024 12:10:41 GMT -5
Off topic of the current discussion, but if Lugo continues to show that he has AA figured out offensively, isn't he due a promotion? He's 23 now - time to push him.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 2, 2024 12:18:16 GMT -5
Off topic of the current discussion, but if Lugo continues to show that he has AA figured out offensively, isn't he due a promotion? He's 23 now - time to push him. I don't know that he's shown that. With rain-outs, he's basically been hitting for 2 weeks. |
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 2, 2024 13:00:36 GMT -5
Tyler McDonough down to Portland to make room for Valdez.
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 2, 2024 14:15:24 GMT -5
Conor Steinbaugh down to Salem, Denis Reguillo down to the FCL.
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 2, 2024 17:29:22 GMT -5
Portland postponed.
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Post by basbal24 on May 2, 2024 17:33:02 GMT -5
guthrie actived off IL
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Post by julyanmorley on May 2, 2024 17:40:38 GMT -5
Pivetta's fastball averaging 95mph with monster IVB
he's back baby
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 2, 2024 18:32:24 GMT -5
Campbell with 3 hits and it's only the 4th inning.
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Post by iakovos11 on May 2, 2024 19:03:54 GMT -5
Pivetta's fastball averaging 95mph with monster IVB he's back baby Maybe he needs another rehab start, though? |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 2, 2024 19:07:45 GMT -5
Pivetta's fastball averaging 95mph with monster IVB he's back baby Maybe he needs another rehab start, though? They said he hopefully only needs one. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 2, 2024 19:08:15 GMT -5
Technically wasn't on the IL. Just wasn't playing. |
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 2, 2024 19:10:36 GMT -5
Campbell with 3 hits and it's only the 4th inning. Adds a HR. Third game in a row. |
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Post by pedroelgrande on May 2, 2024 19:14:57 GMT -5
Ok we got something cooking here.
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Post by vermontsox1 on May 2, 2024 19:31:10 GMT -5
Solid outing by Luis Cohen: 5IP 3H 2ER 0BB 3K
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Post by ogshortstufff on May 2, 2024 20:02:51 GMT -5
Ok we got something cooking here. It's a small sample so far, but you have to think he'll get bumped up a few spots in the next update. Plus maybe his ceiling will be boosted up to the 5.5-6 range? |
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