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Post by Jonathan Singer on May 29, 2014 8:32:36 GMT -5
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Post by jdb on May 29, 2014 8:41:09 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see if Rubby makes this start or if we go Webster in Buchs place.
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Post by amfox1 on May 29, 2014 9:02:34 GMT -5
Light is pitching for Salem; Mercedes pitched last night.
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Post by amfox1 on May 29, 2014 9:16:36 GMT -5
Light is pitching for Salem; Mercedes pitched last night. Per Evan Lepler, Cuevas is pitching for Salem. That's what you get for trusting MiLB.com.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 29, 2014 9:29:22 GMT -5
Starter stats selected upper level pitchers. pick your poison ERA / FIP / xERA / K/BB
Ranaudo 2.90/3.69/3.24/1.66 RDLR 3.04/2.60/2.30/2.66 Webster 3.17/3.77/3.50/1.72 Workman 5.12/4.91/4.91/3.40 Barnes 5.35/4.28/4.60/2.07
Owens 2.83/3.20/2.33/2.25 Johnson 1.84/2.52/1.38/2.75 Couch 2.22/2.49/2.77/3.73
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Post by Jonathan Singer on May 29, 2014 9:38:33 GMT -5
MILB.com sucks
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Post by wskeleton76 on May 29, 2014 9:40:03 GMT -5
I thought Rubby would be called up to replace Buck.
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Post by jmei on May 29, 2014 9:45:40 GMT -5
I thought Rubby would be called up to replace Buck. He might still be. Pawtucket game doesn't start until 7, the above are just projected starters.
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Post by mgoetze on May 29, 2014 9:52:10 GMT -5
I thought Rubby would be called up to replace Buck. He might still be. Pawtucket game doesn't start until 7, the above are just projected starters. I do hope Rubby gets scratched, if it's not him it'll probably be Webster. Anyway Kehrt hasn't been pitching in games so he should be good to go, right?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 29, 2014 11:07:27 GMT -5
Henry is cruising along again. 18 pitch first inning but 33 pitches in the next 3. Generating popups.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 29, 2014 11:08:47 GMT -5
Henry is cruising along again. 18 pitch first inning but 33 pitches in the next 3. Generating popups. Dogs up 2-0 mid 4th.
Cats using Reynaldo Rodriguez as a RF.
Valdez to PawSox per game announcers (inactive now). Also positive comments regarding Mookie in center.
Through 6, Owens with 12 in a row set down. 77 pitches/51 strikes. Cruise control.
Cats pitcher is also pitching well after the first. Still 2-0.
7th, Owens worked around a single and walk with a K, pop fly, K. Probably done 99 pitches / 66 strikes. 7IP 0R 3H 2BB 5K.
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Post by jchang on May 29, 2014 11:40:39 GMT -5
I always thought that Owens used to try too much for the SO. You could see that he was trying to hit the corners. But he never easy to hit when throwing strikes. In this game and the previous (when he had a 6 run lead before taking the mound) he has backed off on the SO, and going deeper into games. I think Owens will be in AAA later this season. If there is an opening in Pawtucket soon, it might be Couch (excluding Wright on rehab) to give Owens more seasoning.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 29, 2014 11:54:53 GMT -5
Could also be Johnson, watching him, he doesn't have much to learn. Mainly needs innings because of the lack of innings pitched last year (linedrive off the face).
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Post by amfox1 on May 29, 2014 12:06:35 GMT -5
Could also be Johnson, watching him, he doesn't have much to learn. Mainly needs innings because of the lack of innings pitched last year (linedrive off the face). Likely order of promotion among Portland starters is Couch, Owens, Johnson. I don't see Owens promoted before the trade deadline and I don't see Johnson promoted this year. I think Couch will be promoted sooner. Augie, Pena and McCarthy aren't candidates to be promoted at this time.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 29, 2014 12:27:46 GMT -5
I'd be happy for Couch if he got traded. He can't do much more to earn a shot at Pawtucket then Boston but I doubt if that will ever happen. He could be a fifth starter on a second division team. Maybe Hernandez as well.
Noe gave up a run in the ninth but Dogs held on to win 2-1. Amazing ending, runner on first, line shot to left. Runner fell down trying to score, got in a rundown and was tagged out. Batter seeing the runner going back to third, put on the breaks, fell down trying to get back to second and he was tagged out as well.
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Post by jchang on May 29, 2014 12:29:33 GMT -5
if any one has a video link to the ending, please post it, TIA
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Post by amfox1 on May 29, 2014 12:49:11 GMT -5
I'd be happy for Couch if he got traded. He can't do much more to earn a shot at Pawtucket then Boston but I doubt if that will ever happen. He could be a fifth starter on a second division team. Maybe Hernandez as well. I think Couch will get his chance in Pawtucket. He may eventually end up as a Badenhop-esque reliever, though. Hernandez doesn't have the control or the pitching arsenal to move to the majors (last night notwithstanding), IMO.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 29, 2014 13:35:09 GMT -5
Re: milb's projected starters, the Sox have been doing their regular start-skipping recently in A-ball. Milb.Com doesn't always get updated with new starters. If the information is even communicated to the media relations folks, the priority tends to be the media game notes, since those are sent out daily.
As for promotions to Pawtucket, Couch might be the only one who'd make sense in the near future. It all depends how long Workman and whoever takes Buchholz's place are up for. They're not going to call someone up to take a rotation spot for three weeks. If that's the case and they aren't giving the spot to Kehrt, it'd be someone like Boscan going up. I say Couch might make sense because they might move him to the 'pen if the other guys came back.
Don't forget, Steven Wright is back too. In theory, he might be on his way to Pawtucket. He went down to Boston for his side work after making the start in Manchester on Monday.
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Post by nexus on May 29, 2014 14:23:04 GMT -5
99 pitches / 66 strikes. 7IP 0R 3H 2BB 5K. 2nd efficient start in a row w/ 66%+ strikes (he was 54-56% in previous 3 starts). Encouraging sign.
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Post by tonyc on May 29, 2014 15:26:18 GMT -5
Could it be coincidence/timinng in the various pitchers development, or is there an increased emphasis on pitching to contact? Webster and Owens could be turning a corner right now, and other starters may be doing it as well.
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Post by sarasoxer on May 29, 2014 15:45:04 GMT -5
I'd be happy for Couch if he got traded. He can't do much more to earn a shot at Pawtucket then Boston but I doubt if that will ever happen. He could be a fifth starter on a second division team. Maybe Hernandez as well. Noe gave up a run in the ninth but Dogs held on to win 2-1. Amazing ending, runner on first, line shot to left. Runner fell down trying to score, got in a rundown and was tagged out. Batter seeing the runner going back to third, put on the breaks, fell down trying to get back to second and he was tagged out as well. Yes it was an amazing ending. I was at the game a few rows up from third base. Noe had given up two hard hits and a run in the 9th. When the next batter hit a screamer to the LF corner, it certainly looked like the runner was going to score from first. Then he somehow took an awkward step 1/3 of the way to home, seemed to recover, stumbled again and fell about half way to home. Even at that it was almost a bang/bang play on his dive back to third. Then Gibson, the third baseman, without hesitation, threw to second to just barely nab that runner on his dive back to the bag. This all happened so fast that the crowd took a second to understand what had just occurred. What an ending! So improbable! The Sea Dogs snatched victory from the jaws of what seemed like an impending defeat (or at least a tie). Owens pitched very well. He allowed two solid hits and a bleeder when he was late covering first on a grounder wide of 1B. His FB velocity was solidly at 90-91 for the game with one at 92 and a smattering at 89. As I recall all his strikeouts were on off-speed....which I believed to be his change. ...in the 76-79 range. To me he used very few curves in the 70-72 range. Last year his curve seemed more loopy at 67-68. His two walks occurred on 3-2 counts and he seemed to have much better command than I recalled from last year. Mookie had a tough day. Three pop-ups and a called strike-out. Marrero made a fantastic play diving to his left, sitting up and throwing out the runner from that position (Vargas). Vargas was hitting .320 with 8 hrs and was the Twins 20th rated prospect according to the scoreboard note. He is a big, SHing1B who affected an entitled look. While other players jogged off the field at innings end, he would slowly shuffle. On several ground outs he jogged at molasses pace to first and was out by 6 steps....
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Post by mredsox89 on May 29, 2014 16:11:09 GMT -5
Rubby scratched in Pawtucket and Ranaudo has bags packed. So it seems like it's one of them for Buchholz
Edit: Word out of McCoy is RDLR has been pushed back a few days. To Saturday?
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Post by amfox1 on May 29, 2014 16:23:36 GMT -5
Britton to the PawSox DL, Valdez added from Portland.
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Post by oilcansman on May 29, 2014 18:29:05 GMT -5
Trey Ball went 2/3rds of an inning, threw 41 pitches, gave up 1 run and was pulled. Yikes.
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Post by azblue on May 29, 2014 18:47:21 GMT -5
The pitch limits are for single innings as well as entire game. Obviously, they were not going to let him exceed 41.
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