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Post by ctfisher on May 31, 2014 9:48:56 GMT -5
I'm fascinated by how the thread has developed. My original point was that the hype in the Sox farm system MAY be all smoke and mirrors. I really don't know but I don't like what has come through Boston from the minors over the past five years. That's a pretty fair stretch to assess the system, and I have been anxiously awaiting the newbies and have been very disappointed with Middlebrooks, Webster and Bradley. Can I also remind you that webster has thrown 30 major league innings? Given the stuff he has, it's pretty early to be bailing on him. I really think his worst case scenario is as a high leverage reliever. Guys that have even below average control who throw mid to high 90s with solid movement on their fastball, along with 2 above average off speed pitches, are fairly unlikely to wash out without some kind of injury issues. The reason that we haven't seen much more of our top pitching talent in the bigs is that we have a full rotation: until doubront went down and buchholz went back to being his 2008 self, there was nowhere to fit these guys in, but we do have 4 likely big league starters in our pawtucket rotation. That's pretty ridiculous, and I seriously doubt that you can find another organization with 4 quality arms in their AAA rotations
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Post by ctfisher on May 28, 2014 10:32:13 GMT -5
This actually seems like Dan Shaughnessy pimping his own article. (probably not because even he can't believe what he writes) It's not healthy to actually be this negative about everything. You need a little Kevin Millar in your life. No, I'm not shank, but I do like him. Actually, I'm a degenerate Red Sox fan. I've been reading Gammons and Baseball America since the 80s. I also have critical reasoning skills and have noticed on my own over the years that ordinarily prospects who turn into good major league players show their ability within a month of promotion. I've never come across a player like JBJ. EVERYTHING about the guy through AAA cried out, "solid ten year centerfielder". Yet, he was terrible last year in his short stint and this year after being given the position with no real backup he's just awful at the plate. Do you happen to remember pedroia's 1st stint in the majors and his 2007 April? admittedly bradley's struggling for longer than he did, but no one's ever expected bradley to be the same kind of hitter as pedroia. Everyone struggles with the adjustment initially- give the kids more time. Everyone should probably have realized that this year was going to be the bridge year. Next year we'll see the system's pitching depth show up in the majors with peavy gone, and hopefully we can move doubront cause i'm personally sick of him. Regardless, if you want to be negative about the sox system, that's your prerogative, but the reason people are "mad" about it is that the consensus is pretty heavily against you, and you haven't provided a whole lot of good evidence for your point
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