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Post by danr on May 10, 2015 11:45:22 GMT -5
A couple of those guys might show up in Portland in the second half. And they'll still be a couple years away if they did, although I sincerely doubt Ball or Stankiewicz get a meaningful call-up to Portland this year, beyond, perhaps, a short acclimation call-up in August. Buttrey and Gunkel right now look like better possibilities.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2015 11:51:13 GMT -5
And they'll still be a couple years away if they did, although I sincerely doubt Ball or Stankiewicz get a meaningful call-up to Portland this year, beyond, perhaps, a short acclimation call-up in August. Buttrey and Gunkel right now look like better possibilities. Gunkel isn't a future MLB starter. There's a reason he hasn't even cracked the Salem rotation. Buttrey just got to Salem. I'd be stunned if he got to Portland this year.
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Post by danr on May 10, 2015 12:09:13 GMT -5
Gunkel almost certainly is a RP, but because of his age and as the write-up on him says on this site, he overpowers current competition, I think he is a candidate for a move up.
This is Buttrey's fourth year in the system and he is showing huge improvement. He is at the point that he probably can be accelerated, assuming he continues to perform as he has this year.
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Post by bookiemetts on May 10, 2015 12:13:37 GMT -5
8 game hitting streak now for Mookie. I think he'll be up around .280 pretty soon
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 10, 2015 12:15:12 GMT -5
Gunkel almost certainly is a RP, but because of his age and as the write-up on him says on this site, he overpowers current competition, I think he is a candidate for a move up. This is Buttrey's fourth year in the system and he is showing huge improvement. He is at the point that he probably can be accelerated, assuming he continues to perform as he has this year. On Gunkel, assumed you meant starters for some reason. Not sure why, reviewing your post. Yeah, I could see him in Portland around June 1 if not sooner.
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Post by jmei on May 10, 2015 12:15:33 GMT -5
8 game hitting streak now for Mookie. I think he'll be up around .280 pretty soon Zero worry about Mookie. The dude is going to rake.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 10, 2015 12:16:29 GMT -5
lol when Hanley gets going its tough for him to stop, case in point him running into the wall. Most ppl could have stopped well before it, not that freight train thoough.
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Post by mgoetze on May 10, 2015 12:18:09 GMT -5
DFA that bum Napoli already!
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Post by atzar on May 10, 2015 12:19:12 GMT -5
Way to kill the rally, Napoli.
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 10, 2015 12:19:42 GMT -5
Clay is the master of holding leads, here goes nothing.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2015 12:19:41 GMT -5
Buttrey and Gunkel right now look like better possibilities. Gunkel isn't a future MLB starter. There's a reason he hasn't even cracked the Salem rotation. Buttrey just got to Salem. I'd be stunned if he got to Portland this year. Agree. At the very least Buttrey is 2+ years away from an MLB cup of coffee - and that's best case. Stankiewicz may crack an MLB rotation but he's a couple years away, too, and even then isn't anything they don't already have - a back-end guy. Ball is a complete project and even if everything clicks with him he's 3+ years away. The entire AA starting staff is filled with org guys and at best few potential pen arms. This organization will have to hold its nose go buy some quality pitching in the off season and take a loss at the back end of those contracts and/or will have to trade more than one very top-end position prospects (i.e. the guys here no one wants to move) for a very good/near elite starter who has a couple years or more of control left. Or they can keep losing and hope like heck they can get another Rodriguez in a deadline deal and/or wait until they finally have a low number pick in a good draft year - not a great plan for the fans, or a great way for the front office guys and the manager to keep their jobs. Oh, and btw, this draft and 2013 were/are not "good" draft years.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2015 12:22:20 GMT -5
That had to be sweet for Napoli. Even with the surgery I have to believe the guy's not sleeping much lately. If he can get on track that will be a big boost to this team.
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Post by nomar on May 10, 2015 12:26:35 GMT -5
THIS TEAM ROCKS
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Post by Oregon Norm on May 10, 2015 12:26:50 GMT -5
8 game hitting streak now for Mookie. I think he'll be up around .280 pretty soon Zero worry about Mookie. The dude is going to raking e. Fixed...
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Post by benjaminbuttons on May 10, 2015 12:26:54 GMT -5
lol at Buchholz's new salad
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Post by thursty on May 10, 2015 12:27:38 GMT -5
4 -0; walk 2 3 in the 1st
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Post by sarasoxer on May 10, 2015 12:27:53 GMT -5
I hope the Red Sox send Craig down and he is able to find his swing. Reading through Red Sox related Twitter makes me sick to be a fan. The negativity and personal attacks against players like Craig is sickening. I have nothing against Craig. The negativity is for Ben/John's decision to waste -0.5 fWAR from him hoping he was going to improve while showing absolutely no flashes that he's any better than last year when they have had the option to play him in AAA from the beginning of the season. Well, I can understand sbout2's feelings. Twitter is the medium for harsh personal remarks. It's one thing to objectively comment on performance and another to make personal attack. True anyone in MLB will "live" whatever is said but what has always bothered me is really nasty attacks against players. I don't feel that their status or relative wealth justifies that.
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Post by atzar on May 10, 2015 12:28:25 GMT -5
Getting squeezed.
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Post by nomar on May 10, 2015 12:30:56 GMT -5
Nibbling when you're up 4 isn't a great idea
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2015 12:31:24 GMT -5
This is true, do teams scouts HP umps?
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Post by mgoetze on May 10, 2015 12:33:15 GMT -5
Nibbling when you're up 4 isn't a great idea But as we've seen if you pitch to contact and then have bad BABIP and clustering luck you're going to get totally ripped by the media. No wonder he's trying to take things in his own hands and do everything he can to get the strikeout.
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Post by atzar on May 10, 2015 12:33:51 GMT -5
Nibbling when you're up 4 isn't a great idea Agree. But I do think he pitched better than his walks would indicate in that inning.
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Post by mgoetze on May 10, 2015 12:41:22 GMT -5
Rogers commentards just pointed out that it "would have been a double play" if Pedey's line drive had been caught, LOL. Can't wait for them to eat crow, they've talked so much about how bad Buchholz is and how good the Jays offense is.
Oh well, at least they talk about baseball, so it's still better than NESN.
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Post by atzar on May 10, 2015 12:50:00 GMT -5
Rogers commentards just pointed out that it "would have been a double play" if Pedey's line drive had been caught, LOL. Can't wait for them to eat crow, they've talked so much about how bad Buchholz is and how good the Jays offense is. Oh well, at least they talk about baseball, so it's still better than NESN. To be fair, this guy who is in for Remy talks baseball. He's bad at it, but he does talk baseball.
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Post by Guidas on May 10, 2015 13:02:34 GMT -5
This is true, do teams scouts HP umps? Schilling and Varitek used to keep extensive notebooks (and later for Schil, spreadsheets) on each ump, their zones, and how they changed in counts, innings and even vs, LH and RH batters. I imagine all teams do this now on some level, as well, especially with the video resources available to them. Whether catchers and pitchers digest this info, as well as compare it with how that particular ump is calling it that day, I have no idea. But one would like to think it would be part of a catcher's prep on a daily and weekly basis.
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