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Post by moonstone2 on May 7, 2014 21:37:31 GMT -5
I can't imagine giving up that much time with family to be a backup catcher in AA. Good for him. It must be hard.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 7, 2014 22:07:46 GMT -5
I said a while ago that I hope Spring gets one game in the majors. I view him as as unofficial coach. I hope he has a long and prosperous career in some capacity of baseball management.
Daniel Nava has as many strikeouts in his last 4 games as Mookie Betts has all season (7).
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Post by wskeleton76 on May 7, 2014 22:25:06 GMT -5
I didn't expect a lot from Greenville lineup but it looks like very intriguing. Margot is an exciting player with potentially above average CF. Hit bat is developing very fast. Rijo shows some potential in his bat at 18 years old even though he is too passive at the plate. Asuaje, who is a bit old for the league, has very good approach and drives the ball really well. Likely utility guy but has some big league potential.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 7, 2014 22:28:39 GMT -5
I didn't expect a lot from Greenville lineup but it looks like very intriguing. Margot is an exciting player with potentially above average CF. Hit bat is developing very fast. Rijo shows some potential in his bat at 18 years old even though he is too passive at the plate. Asuaje, who is a bit old for the league, has very good approach and drives the ball really well. Likely utility guy but has some big league potential. It's my understanding that the Greenville Drive are now an official Lotto outlet. . . . . GreenvilleDrive ?@greenvilledrive 1h A 7-run 8th inning, keyed by Carlos Asuaje's go-ahead grand slam, gives the #Drive a 12-8 win. Tonight's game story: www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140507&content_id=74745868&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t428&sid=t428 …
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Post by templeusox on May 8, 2014 0:38:44 GMT -5
The Clinton Lumberkings came back from a 17-1 deficit tonight to win 20-17 in extra games.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 8, 2014 2:07:00 GMT -5
The Clinton Lumberkings came back from a 17-1 deficit tonight to win 20-17 in extra games. That's quite a comeback. How many extra games do you get for that ?
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on May 8, 2014 7:20:49 GMT -5
The Clinton Lumberkings came back from a 17-1 deficit tonight to win 20-17 in extra games. Yeah, but they missed the extra point on the last TD which might have come back to bite them if they had scored too soon.
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Post by James Dunne on May 8, 2014 10:49:17 GMT -5
In 11 Triple-A starts this was the second time Workman has allowed four homers - he did it 6/30 of last year against Scranton as well. He's now allowed 12 homers in 62 1/3 Pawtucket innings over two years, with 8 of those homers coming in two starts.
His K:bb rates remain quite good, so I still like him, but it bears watching.
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Post by jmei on May 8, 2014 11:06:43 GMT -5
Workman is just one of those guys who will throw strikes and dare you to hit it. When the other team does, he gives up homers in bunches, but they'll tend to be solo shots because he doesn't walk anyone. When they don't, he'll rack up lots of strikeouts because he gets ahead in the count and has that swing-and-miss curveball. Other guys in this mold include John Lackey and Dan Haren (on the optimistic side) or Joe Blanton (on the pessimistic side).
One thing to watch with Workman-- he could stand to get some more ground balls. His career major league GB% is 40.2%, he's at 38.2% this year in Pawtucket, and was at 38.8% last year in Pawtucket and 33.8% last year in Portland. If he can just get a couple extra ground balls per game, he'll give up fewer homers and extra-base hits.
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Post by James Dunne on May 8, 2014 11:15:50 GMT -5
That seems like a good assessment. And there have been plenty of good pitchers who give up their share of home runs but do everything else so well that they turn into solo shots. It's the Curt Schilling model that we've discussed in other threads. That said, I don't think a pitcher can be successful giving up homers to 4.5% of hitters, which is where Workman's Triple-A numbers are. That's getting into that Blanton territory.
Though even Blanton was a fine back-end starter for quite awhile. It's hard to get excited about having the next Joe Blanton in Triple-A, but not having someone be durably mediocre really hurt the 2011 and 2012 teams.
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Post by okin15 on May 8, 2014 15:07:27 GMT -5
We've never really seen Workman as a high ceiling guy, but his skill-set, multi-pitch and mentality make him a valuable contributor and swing-man, especially given the need for development time for our other top prospects.
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