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Post by jimoh on Mar 27, 2024 16:59:21 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Mar 26, 2024 21:44:02 GMT -5
I like it when the podcast description says things like "Players discussed include Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, Yoeilin Cespedes, Richard Fitts, Franklin Arias, Blake Wehunt and more!" Both makes me want to listen, and also helps when they say a guy's name once and then talk about him for five minutes, saying "he" and "his" and never saying his name again. FYI, this is pretty much an issue for any podcast. As a listener I have the same frustration sometimes, but note that it's very hard to get into the habit of saying a guy's name over and over again. The guys had no trouble on this one saying Cespedes Cespedes Cespedes and Bleis Bleis Bleis.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 26, 2024 9:49:19 GMT -5
I like it when the podcast description says things like "Players discussed include Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, Yoeilin Cespedes, Richard Fitts, Franklin Arias, Blake Wehunt and more!"
Both makes me want to listen, and also helps when they say a guy's name once and then talk about him for five minutes, saying "he" and "his" and never saying his name again.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 26, 2024 9:46:25 GMT -5
In recent years, I'm fairly sure it was Benintendi - made his minor league debut 7/3/15, major league debut 8/2/16. A few pitchers have been quicker - Abe Alvarez, Cla Meredith (neither benefitted from it). Heh, bishop mentioned Craig Hansen below, that was the obvious one I missed. That 2023 draft class is incredible (Teel included). Younger but not as fast: Jeff Suppan drafted in 1993, debuted in about June of 95 at age 20. Ken Brett was drafted in 1966 and appeared in one regular season game and two World Series games in 1967 at age 18.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 25, 2024 8:03:50 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Mar 23, 2024 6:21:26 GMT -5
Just for fun, here's five unheralded guys I'll be checking for in the morning box scores. [...] Honorable mention: Noah Song - Is there anyone reading this who won't be habitually checking his box scores? Judges 16:22 But the hair on Samson's head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 22, 2024 10:39:17 GMT -5
Gif of Rafaela's improbable Houdini slide at 2b yesterday:
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Post by jimoh on Mar 22, 2024 6:12:33 GMT -5
Tweet with phone vids of both at-bats, I think: Here is a brief vid of that Bleis HR from a better angle:
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Post by jimoh on Mar 21, 2024 19:07:18 GMT -5
Rafaela at 2b:
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Post by jimoh on Mar 21, 2024 18:32:55 GMT -5
Nice, but risky, catch in LCF by Duran. Tough on the left shin/knee:
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Post by jimoh on Mar 21, 2024 13:11:21 GMT -5
I would not at all be upset with a sort of 1A and 1B scenario similar to what the Sox have now with Anthony and Mayer. If so, it'd be a heck of a development for the Sox and the farm. Cespedes bat does sound really impressive for an 18 year old with some extra projection left on their body. I could see a season or 2, 3 or 4 years down the road where the lineup is all home grown. Odds are against it, but at least you can reasonably imagine it anyways. Anthony LF Grissom 2B Devers DH Casas 1B Cespedes 3B Mayer SS Bleis RF Rafaela CF Teel C Put in Yorke in 2b and you have nine home-grown players, rather than eight plus a guy acquired in trade in Grissom.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 21, 2024 6:10:44 GMT -5
Rafito?
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Post by jimoh on Mar 20, 2024 16:40:49 GMT -5
There are places where you can read about what Curt Schilling is like. No reason for this site to be one of them.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 20, 2024 6:03:06 GMT -5
After 200 times of misspelling Ceddanne I promise I will eventually get it I've found it hard. I have to tell myself, "two double consonants in the first name, none in the last."
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Post by jimoh on Mar 19, 2024 9:20:01 GMT -5
As someone who places value on analytics, I always hated that argument from people; many have deemed it nigh impossible that certain hitters are just better at finding holes and seeing opportunities that arise. Is this true? It doesn’t feel true to me. In my experience the widely accepted truth is that some players will always run higher BABIPs. Especially for Rod Carew. He was the closest to being able to hit the ball wherever he wanted, like a tennis player.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 18, 2024 20:17:34 GMT -5
Tweet with phone vids of both at-bats, I think:
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Post by jimoh on Mar 15, 2024 8:10:36 GMT -5
a few key points/ positive for those of us without sub? Thanks. From a good long piece: Most players take classes "from 4 to 7 p.m. five days a week". Player have diff. education levels and language skills depending on where they are from. "instructions are given in Spanish, but English baseball terms are used so that players become familiar with words for when they move to upper-level affiliates in the U.S." “We know building a better human, a more educated human, it’s going to help him when he gets to the States to understand what coaches are telling him and he’ll be able to assimilate into that much more quickly,” Romero said.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 13, 2024 15:37:38 GMT -5
I am starting to think that Abreu start the season in Worcester and Rafaela making the team out of spring training. I hope he starts to hit soon because all these strikouts and empty at bats are concerning. So if Yoshida is the DH, Refsnyder is injured, and Abreu needs more time in Worcester, the outfield is Duran/Rafaela/O'Neill. And the fourth OFer is...? Yoshida is not a disaster in LF. But they might grab a waiver wire RHH of. A toe with a small break should heal up well.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 11, 2024 21:33:07 GMT -5
Watching UNC play Pittsburgh on a beautiful sunny day. Not many prospects or scouts (one old guy with a gun who just took a long break). CF Vance Honeycutt who will be gone before we pick is 2-3 with a long double to RCF and a K. Having a better offensive year than his sophomore season, but still the hit tool might lag behind the other 4. Runs very much like a deer. ... Will he be gone by then, though? He is the biggest enigma in the draft, in my eyes. Obvious tools but hasn't shown that he's figured out the contact issues at all. he’s been somewhat better this year than last, hitting about 333 with an OPS over 1 and 26% K rate. Speed, defense, power and arm. He’s like a 6’3” 205 Ceddanne Rafaela. Someone will take the gamble.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 10, 2024 13:35:40 GMT -5
Watching UNC play Pittsburgh on a beautiful sunny day. Not many prospects or scouts (one old guy with a gun who just took a long break). CF Vance Honeycutt who will be gone before we pick is 2-3 with a long double to RCF and a K. Having a better offensive year than his sophomore season, but still the hit tool might lag behind the other 4. Runs very much like a deer.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 10, 2024 10:10:20 GMT -5
Dalbec has struck out in 10 of his last 17 at-bats in spring training so far (h/t Red Sox Stats). In Triple A Worcester last year, he had a 34% strikeout rate. I realize his 2021 numbers were partly a result of an incredibly hot August to mid-September - but how do you go from 25 bombs and a 106 wRC+ at age 26 to possibly unplayable in such a short timeframe? It’s hard to trust him right now against any pitcher that’s not like a soft tossing lefty. Dalbec's career numbers include two hot streaks, one for "all" of 2020 (95 PA of .263 .359 .600 .959) and one in 2021 (about 90 PA of .329 .411 .785 1.196--you can look at slightly different numbers of PA too) after which he coouldn't hit at all the rest off 2021 (.095 .095 .381 .476 in 21PA) and in the postseason (0-12 with 5 Ks). In 2023 in mlb he struck out 11 times in 22 PA (50%) vs LEFT HANDED PITCHERS. He turns 29 in June.
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Post by jimoh on Mar 1, 2024 5:58:47 GMT -5
Mlbtraderumors: Evan Longoria? Part of a long list of possible 26th men, mostly from Cotillo who does not mention Longoria. Would he accept the limited $ and appearances at 1b, 3b, and rhh dh?
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