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Post by soxfanatic on Aug 18, 2014 15:38:44 GMT -5
Who would be better in CF (defensive question only) Kemp or Cespedes? Cespedes
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Post by jrffam05 on Aug 18, 2014 15:48:06 GMT -5
Who would be better in CF (defensive question only) Kemp or Cespedes? That question is offensive no matter how you try to dress it up. Just trying to prove a point. I don't think Cespedes would thrive in CF, but I don't think him standing in the middle of the outfield as oppose to the corner guarantees us a loss.
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Post by adiospaydro2005 on Aug 18, 2014 16:06:56 GMT -5
Cespedes recently refused to play CF for the As which may have helped grease the skids for the trade to the Red Sox. Besides, with his arm and Crag's limited mobility, Cespedes should be playing RF and Craig LF.
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Post by TearsIn04 on Aug 18, 2014 16:34:55 GMT -5
Cespedes hasn't been great. Early in his time with the RS, two balls fell for hits because he was playing way too deep for LF in Fenway. Then there was the one this weekend that hit at the base of the wall. There have been other snafus too. I don't want to see him in CF.
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Post by godot on Aug 20, 2014 9:19:30 GMT -5
As suspected, one of the reasons they sent Bradley down now was that he was not taking in their advise to adjust and change his swing, suggests Speier. If he is correct, the demotion was also a wake up call. He does not explain what these adjustments were but it is easy to imagine.
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Post by awall on Aug 20, 2014 9:29:59 GMT -5
I wish I could find good video of his swing from before the hand injury during college to compare to this one I found of him working out in the winter after he was drafted
Did he pick up bad habits while he was playing hurt? Based on his on-base success in the minors, it's hard for me to imagine he has trouble picking up the ball early enough. Seems like such a good kid, I hope he can can fix it.
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Post by terriblehondo on Aug 20, 2014 11:29:25 GMT -5
I wish I could find good video of his swing from before the hand injury during college to compare to this one I found of him working out in the winter after he was drafted Did he pick up bad habits while he was playing hurt? Based on his on-base success in the minors, it's hard for me to imagine he has trouble picking up the ball early enough. Seems like such a good kid, I hope he can can fix it. He had always hit well enough to not change anything in College or the Minors. The problem is MLB pitching. He has to change his approach and shorten his swing. Not an easy thing to do after years of doing it one way. I hope he can because I love to watch him play D. I read one piece on him in the Minors where he worked on fouling close pitches off in the cage. I do not know what happened with that because he hasn't done that at all in Boston.
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Post by godot on Aug 20, 2014 17:52:49 GMT -5
Just a guess, but it may the case that he has to decide or figure out what kind of a hitter he can be. He just may not be able to hit for power as he did in the minors, and instead needs to stay back, be ready to swing, and make contact with a more compact swing. He has rarely driven the ball, and that can get frustrating for him. He has the skills to become a decent hitter, perhaps 270 or so with getting his share of walks.
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Post by terriblehondo on Aug 20, 2014 18:11:36 GMT -5
I think he has to shorten it, think opposite field and not strike out. Easy to say hard to do. He may be perfect for the Lau/Hriniak style.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Aug 21, 2014 13:06:38 GMT -5
Here's the real question. Does JBJ ever get a chance again to prove he's a starter for the Red Sox? Is his scouting report of having great OBP skills and a solid hit tool now look to be complete and utter garbage?
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Post by dcsoxfan on Aug 21, 2014 13:23:14 GMT -5
His glove will make him an interesting 4th outfield option and buy him another chance somewhere if he shows he can still hit AAA pitching.
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Post by Gwell55 on Aug 21, 2014 13:51:02 GMT -5
Here's the real question. Does JBJ ever get a chance again to prove he's a starter for the Red Sox? Is his scouting report of having great OBP skills and a solid hit tool now look to be complete and utter garbage? A strategy the sox used in the past was get a middle of the road veteran to fill in with the young player getting reps and enough playing time to take over if/when they deem him ready... Maybe they should go back and use that like they did with Coco and Ellsbury. Seemed to work then and it still could work for JBJ if he gets his feel back in AAA.
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Post by mgoetze on Aug 21, 2014 18:29:41 GMT -5
Here's the real question. Does JBJ ever get a chance again to prove he's a starter for the Red Sox? This is a pretty silly question really. If he doesn't get the starting job back then he'll become a 4th outfielder. If he then suddenly starts hitting as a 4th outfielder... the Sox are hardly going to say "nope we decided never to let him start again, too bad."
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Post by soxfan06 on Aug 21, 2014 18:38:23 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Sept 2, 2014 17:24:03 GMT -5
Bill Burt ?@burttalkssports 1h According to Sox source, Jackie Bradley Jr. wasn't open to "fixing" his swing, which is key reason plans changed + he was sent to Pawtucket.
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Post by mredsox89 on Sept 2, 2014 18:14:51 GMT -5
Bill Burt ?@burttalkssports 1h According to Sox source, Jackie Bradley Jr. wasn't open to "fixing" his swing, which is key reason plans changed + he was sent to Pawtucket. Which considering he was just as bad at Pawtucket, hopefully he understands it now. His comments during his recent string in AAA went along with the above reasoning, which just blows my mind
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Post by grandsalami on Sept 2, 2014 18:36:42 GMT -5
Bill Burt ?@burttalkssports 1h According to Sox source, Jackie Bradley Jr. wasn't open to "fixing" his swing, which is key reason plans changed + he was sent to Pawtucket. Which considering he was just as bad at Pawtucket, hopefully he understands it now. His comments during his recent string in AAA went along with the above reasoning, which just blows my mind can I have a link to those comments?
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Post by James Dunne on Sept 2, 2014 18:40:22 GMT -5
Bill Burt ?@burttalkssports 1h According to Sox source, Jackie Bradley Jr. wasn't open to "fixing" his swing, which is key reason plans changed + he was sent to Pawtucket. Calling BS on this. Bradley has already willingly adjusted his swing twice since becoming a professional.
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Post by Gwell55 on Sept 2, 2014 19:16:10 GMT -5
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Post by awall on Sept 2, 2014 19:50:50 GMT -5
JBJ will make a nice 4th outfielder/defensive replacement next year, possibly in the NL.
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Post by mredsox89 on Sept 2, 2014 21:18:19 GMT -5
Which considering he was just as bad at Pawtucket, hopefully he understands it now. His comments during his recent string in AAA went along with the above reasoning, which just blows my mind can I have a link to those comments? "Bradley isn’t quite buying all the criticism. He feels like his swing is “very similar if not the same as in the past,” and thus “there’s nothing saying that it can’t work"" Which is strange, because the swing is seemingly very different than just a few months ago, which was different than a year before that. His extended toe tap and multiple taps before the ball gets to the plate weren't nearly as blatant, if existent at all
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Post by nomar on Sept 2, 2014 21:38:08 GMT -5
Hard to put much stock into news like this. The reporter isn't going to name his source and he not his readers have anything close to a first person account of what is happening behind closed doors.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Sept 2, 2014 21:48:44 GMT -5
Very few players are great at something. Can't write JBJ off yet. I'm content to go with an OF next year of; Cespedes-Castillo-Victorino with Nava as my 4th of. Next year is Shane's last. Keep JBJ in AAA until he hits well enough to demand a promotion. Then you deal Victorino. If he can't hit in AAA next year. Then you cut bait.
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Post by soxfanatic on Sept 3, 2014 7:32:29 GMT -5
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Post by sibbysisti on Sept 3, 2014 7:52:07 GMT -5
FWIW, our rookie CF is hitting .001 % behind the Yankee's 22M CF.
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