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Post by charliezink16 on Jun 21, 2014 19:32:05 GMT -5
Is there anything to Robby Scott, and the ridiculous numbers he's put up this season? I know he's Rule 5 eligible this offseason, but it's doubtful that he'd draw any interest. Anyway, I looked at his profile and the last sentence states that he has the "ceiling of a situational lefty." I figured w/ his average stuff, and reliance on slow off-speed pitches, he was a candidate to be a future LOOGY type pitcher. But looking at his stats throughout his minor league career, he's been significantly more effective against RHB than vs LHB's.
(Warning: Very SSS)...In fact, this season in AA his splits are pretty absurd: vs. RHB (92 PA): .133/.189/.157/0.346 vs. LHB (29 PA): .480/.536/.720/1.256
For anyone who's seen him, is there anything to Robby Scott? Can he be a future bullpen arm for Boston, or am I reaching here.
ADD: Manny Margot in his last 10 games (plus tonight): .395/.477/.579/1.056, 5 SB(1 CS), 6BB/2K. It's pretty awesome to see 18-year old Wendell Rijo and 19-year old Margot hitting consecutively in Greenville, and more than holding their own.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 21, 2014 19:33:52 GMT -5
Mmm.. Not good. Have a feeling you think of him as another Danny Uggla type range wise at 2b that was actually moved to 3b who doesn't have the power of Uggs. Same K's, same lack of lateral movement, same soft hands. Granted, I have watched little MiLB games this season, that's my take on Coyle over the last 2 years though. Little range at 2b and very good hands.. Very slow reactions. My opinion, peering into the crystal,compared to Uggla (who I've never watched as a home towner), that's close but I think he's very dependable and pretty savvy, doesn't make many mistakes. Last I saw, he only had 2 errors in his first go round at 3B, that's pretty impressive. I think he has a better bat but less power but that's only because I think Uggla has a lot of power,so a tradeoff there. He's only 5'8" but he's a lot more solid than our other height challenged guys, there's plenty of muscle. I think he's going to be an above average second baseman on a first division team. . . . . Our string of PawSox starters allowing 3 or fewer runs is now history. Not related but Mookie with a throwing error, at 2B. . . . Some guy named Montas is shutting out Salem. Ball with a so-so start. Too many pitches.
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Post by taftreign on Jun 21, 2014 21:24:42 GMT -5
May very well end up being the worst part of the Peavy deal for the Red Sox instead of Iglesias.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 21, 2014 21:53:34 GMT -5
May very well end up being the worst part of the Peavy deal for the Red Sox instead of Iglesias. Just like there is no worst part of the Beckett deal, there is no worst part of the Peavy deal. Rings cancel worst parts.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 21, 2014 23:07:05 GMT -5
The doubleheader: Morrero 3/4 BB 2R RBI SB (the out was a 3-2 curve swinging strikeout which was followed by Swihart's 3-1 2 RBI single. By contrast, one of the singles was a first pitch fastball where the pitcher tried to get ahead in the count.)
Swihart 3/6 R 4RBI HR SB
Chester 3/5 2B 3RBI
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Post by grandsalami on Jun 21, 2014 23:25:40 GMT -5
The doubleheader: Morrero 3/4 BB 2R RBI SB (the out was a 3-2 curve swinging strikeout which was followed by Swihart's 3-1 2 RBI single. By contrast, one of the singles was a first pitch fastball where the pitcher tried to get ahead in the count.) Swihart 3/6 R 4RBI HR SB Chester 3/5 2B 3RBI Is Chester a potential starter for the sox down the road? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by RedSoxStats on Jun 21, 2014 23:28:25 GMT -5
In 9 AA starts Johnson has thrown between 5 and 7 innings, allowing between 3 and 6 hits, with 0 to 2 earned runs in every start. He has either 0 or 1 BB in 7 of the 9 games. He's been very good. I wonder what scouts think and if he maybe has raised his ceiling a bit. @jimcallismlb · Jun 20 Not quite there for me but getting closer. "@nlgraham1: Brian Johnson pitching his way to top 100 prospect lists?"
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 22, 2014 1:13:51 GMT -5
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jun 22, 2014 1:55:06 GMT -5
What is the consensus for Swihart's ceiling?
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Post by ramireja on Jun 22, 2014 2:28:25 GMT -5
The doubleheader: Morrero 3/4 BB 2R RBI SB (the out was a 3-2 curve swinging strikeout which was followed by Swihart's 3-1 2 RBI single. By contrast, one of the singles was a first pitch fastball where the pitcher tried to get ahead in the count.) Swihart 3/6 R 4RBI HR SB Chester 3/5 2B 3RBI Is Chester a potential starter for the sox down the road? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Starter? For the Red Sox? David Chester?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 22, 2014 3:37:45 GMT -5
What is the consensus for Swihart's ceiling? 7 ---> hereHe's been very good. I wonder what scouts think and if he maybe has raised his ceiling a bit. @jimcallismlb · Jun 20 Not quite there for me but getting closer. "@nlgraham1: Brian Johnson pitching his way to top 100 prospect lists?" Since it's Callis and not Mayo, that's about where he had Ranaudo and Ball pre-season. (Mayo had Ball in the top 100.)
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Post by ancientsoxfogey on Jun 22, 2014 7:53:13 GMT -5
What is the consensus for Swihart's ceiling? That's impossible for any one individual to answer.
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Post by Jonathan Singer on Jun 22, 2014 8:19:25 GMT -5
For anyone reading the Salem box score it says that Pat Light followed Gunkel but the game story says it was Nate Reed. It was definitely Reed as Light started two days ago and would never come out of the pen after starting 2 days prior.
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Post by taftreign on Jun 22, 2014 9:19:05 GMT -5
May very well end up being the worst part of the Peavy deal for the Red Sox instead of Iglesias. Just like there is no worst part of the Beckett deal, there is no worst part of the Peavy deal. Rings cancel worst parts. Touche!
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Post by ericmvan on Jun 22, 2014 11:44:49 GMT -5
Just like there is no worst part of the Beckett deal, there is no worst part of the Peavy deal. Rings cancel worst parts. Touche! OK, I was going to let this ride, but I'm at a loss as to how Peavy helped us win the Series. By the FO's own admission, he was not acquired to improve the rotation, but merely to deepen it, which is to to say to protect against Buchholz not coming back and there being a further injury on top of that. When the trade was made, I thought he would be supplanting a better pitcher, Workman, during the regular season, and a better pitcher, Doubront, as 4th starter in the post-season. Well, Workman has outpitched him since the day of the trade, and Doubront outpitched him in the post-season big-time. Peavy had the one good game in the ALDS, but in the one series we were hugely lucky to have won, the CS, he got destroyed. I think if you reply the post-season with Doubront in his rotation slot a thousand times, you win the Series more often. You can argue that he moved Workman to the pen, where he was very useful, but all that means is that they should have traded for a capable setup arm -- which wouldn't have cost them Iglesias, Montas, Rondon, Wendelken, and $13.5M. I excoriated the trade the day it was made and I don't think anything has happened to make it defensible.
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