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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 16, 2024 15:33:28 GMT -5
I don't think the Red Sox think it's a risk to call up Kavadas. I think they evaluated their options on May 1 and thought Smith and Cooper were better, and they're not going to pull the plug on that after 2 weeks.
Let's see where things are at the end of the month or so. Cooper's been getting it together lately. Let's see if Smith does the same.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 16, 2024 15:22:50 GMT -5
Gutierrez opening for Uwasawa tonight.
Based on the rotation, presumably Hagenman piggybacks Uwasawa.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 16, 2024 12:12:22 GMT -5
I'm not fimilar with Franklin Arias game but how the hell is ranked above Mikey Romero? Much better defender. Similar offensive profile at this point. By the way, there's a great website called soxprospects.com that has scouting reports on everyone in the system. You should check it out!
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 16, 2024 11:13:41 GMT -5
Juan Valera starting for the FCL Red Sox. I'm gonna guess Monegro pitched a sim game yesterday to keep him on a six-day schedule.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 15, 2024 21:49:48 GMT -5
I'm not fimilar with Franklin Arias game but how the hell is ranked above Mikey Romero? Much better defender. Similar offensive profile at this point.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 15, 2024 12:36:55 GMT -5
Whitlock looks good: 4 2/3 innings 2 hits 0 runs 1 walk 5 SO I wonder if there is thoughts of a 6 man rotation or if Criswell goes to the pen. He has been too good to send down! Extremely curious what happens when he's activated for, presumably, his next start. Criswell is an MLB arm clearly, but he is probably more valuable stretched out in AAA than in the MLB bullpen.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 15, 2024 12:14:02 GMT -5
Shifting to a starting role. Will be interesting to see how long he goes. Fwiw he might be saying this from me but I was probably overstating that I'd learned he was getting a start. We'll see.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 14, 2024 20:28:52 GMT -5
Is Paulino closing the gap between himself and Yorke? Yes.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 14, 2024 16:35:47 GMT -5
The thing to keep in mind is that replacing just Smith doesn't mean you need to add a 1B - he's primarily been a DH, so it can just be the best option from Worcester, especially since they're fine with Gonzalez at 1B. Maybe that's Kavadas but maybe that's Valdez, maybe a better defensive fit, etc.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 14, 2024 13:26:02 GMT -5
Worcester this week: George/Whitlock rehab/Uwasawa/Fitts/Gambrell/TBD
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 14, 2024 11:34:28 GMT -5
Looks like skips for Paez and Dean this week. Ingrassia gets a start tomorrow and O'Donnell Thursday. Very interested to see if they think about stretching Ingrassia out after the start to the season he's had, although my guess is he goes max 3 in a bullpen game.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 14, 2024 9:48:20 GMT -5
Should be either Yordanny (if they prefer he pitch on 4 rather than 6 days' rest) or Nicolas De La Cruz (if staying on normal rotation) in the FCL. Monegro would probably be on five days rest under the current structure though, right? Salcedo (regular turn, I think) followed Mata yesterday, so it wouldn't be surprising if that's going to be the structure when they do get a rehab start. 5/4 Jerez 5/5 OFF 5/6 Salcedo/Portes 5/7 De La Cruz/Vargas 5/8 OFF 5/9 Monegro/Liu 5/10 Bates 5/11 Van der Schaaf opening for Jerez 5/12 OFF 5/13 Mata/Salcedo/Portes 5/14? 5/15 OFF So he either throws today on a five-man rotation on 4 days rest or Thursday with 6 days. Ideally it'd be 5 but they can't. Edit: Wouldn't surprise me if he throws a Sim tomorrow to stay on schedule instead...
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 14, 2024 9:09:26 GMT -5
Should be either Yordanny (if they prefer he pitch on 4 rather than 6 days' rest) or Nicolas De La Cruz (if staying on normal rotation) in the FCL.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 13, 2024 13:54:12 GMT -5
Andruw Musett is having a good start to the year after a successful DSL debut last year. Posted an .847 OPS while walking more than striking out in the Dominican in 2023. Six game sample size but hitting .471 so far this year with another positive walk to strikeout rate. He’s not old for the league either; won’t turn 19 until after the end of the season. Too small a sample size in too low a league to get really excited over, but something to watch. They do like that group of catchers that came up this year. So not just entirely fluky.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 12, 2024 19:00:57 GMT -5
FYI Jordan went on the 7-day IL today.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 12, 2024 18:55:23 GMT -5
Things are trending towards Nathan Hickey not being protected from the Rule 5 draft I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of "wait why didn't they protect that guy???" come November.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 12, 2024 14:07:00 GMT -5
Thank you both so much! That's a good tip to check the Tuesday notes. I'm not quite sure yet how spontaneous I'll be able to be about planning my trip, but was just wondering if there was anything I could do to increase my chances of catching Gonzalez. I'd also like to see Troye, but I don't suppose there's any way to guess when he might appear? Troye was put on the development list this week. As we discussed on the podcast, he's really been struggling lately and his velo had dropped to the 89-91 range recently. But at any rate, tough to gauge when a reliever is going to pitch ahead of time.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 12, 2024 10:03:10 GMT -5
Thanks, that's super helpful to know that you also think I may need to hurry if I want to see Marcelo in Portland. Another question: Do you know of anywhere to look up probable pitchers for Portland or is that not really a thing at this level? How far ahead would you be looking to buy tickets? On Tuesday their game notes have starters for the next 5 days. But you also can fairly easily guess what the rotation is likely to be barring injuries, rehabbers, etc.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 11, 2024 10:20:07 GMT -5
Fitts pushed back a day. Horn starting what's presumably a bullpen game.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2024 14:52:51 GMT -5
Heh. Not available in the U.S.!
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2024 14:16:37 GMT -5
In a world in which O'Neill walks, Story gets healthy, and Anthony isn't ready, I wouldn't mind Rafaela in right with Abreu in left.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2024 13:21:55 GMT -5
What would this team's record be? C- Christian Vazquez 1B- Justin Turner 2B- Yu Chang 3B- Luis Urias SS- Xander Bogaerts LF- Adam Duvall
CF- Mookie Betts RF- Alex Versugo
DH- JD Martinez SP1- Sale SP2- Eovaldi SP3- ERodriguez SP4- Paxton
SP5- Springs SP6- Wacha SP7- Martin Perez
BP- Pressly, Schreiber, Strahm, Ottavino, Strickland, Ryan Fernandez, Joe Kelly I believe their payroll would be just under the LTT.
What is this team supposed to be? Is there a theme other than it being active guys no longer with the team?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2024 12:09:28 GMT -5
32 year old Adam Plutko pitching for the Twins. MILB/MLB should put a stop to this kind of stuff - 32 year old former MLB pitcher pitching against a bunch of 16 and 17 year olds. Minor league roster spots now so valuable with limited roster space. Also development time for minor leaguers seems to be shortened each year (although FCL did start a month early this year). Pretty strong overreaction here. Plutko signed last week and this is therefore his spring training. He threw a single inning. Not sure what you mean by development time being shortened.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2024 11:09:15 GMT -5
Fyi, Sandlin and Rogers have been flipped, so the latter tonight.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2024 10:54:17 GMT -5
.198/.274/.260. xWOBA lower than his actual one too. He's not barreling anything to the extent his offense is more than offsetting whatever he adds on defense. Hard pass for me.
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