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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 2, 2022 8:21:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2022 15:24:32 GMT -5
Brandon Walter debuts in Worcester tonight. Good luck to him as he progresses toward Boston.
Bello, Walter, Winckowski, German, and Politi give Bloom probably the best possible upgrades to the pitching staff in Boston for the rest of this season. Watching Bloom operate over the last couple years, I would guess some of these guy will get opportunities or additional opportunities before Bloom trades away some of his prospects.
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Post by cdj on Jun 2, 2022 17:21:43 GMT -5
Walter’s debut is on NESN if anybody is looking for something to do before the Celtics
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Post by cdj on Jun 2, 2022 17:56:05 GMT -5
Brandon Walter makes Khalil Lee look silly with a slider. First AAA K
Easy groundout, easy strikeout, easy groundout
Nice 1st AAA inning kid
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Post by radiohix on Jun 2, 2022 18:24:56 GMT -5
Brandon Walter makes Khalil Lee look silly with a slider. First AAA K Easy groundout, easy strikeout, easy groundout Nice 1st AAA inning kid That second inning though? Not so much! They should’ve paired him with the better defensive catcher in Wong imo. Making your AAA debut is challenging enough, having a better framer would’ve helped. |
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 2, 2022 18:25:51 GMT -5
Walter chased in the second. Reminiscent of Winckowski's Boston debut - walked a guy, hit a guy, after having great command at his prior level.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 2, 2022 18:59:31 GMT -5
Murphy cruising: 5IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 6K (78 pitches, 50 strikes)
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 2, 2022 19:17:23 GMT -5
Murphy cruising: 5IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 6K (78 pitches, 50 strikes) And he strikes out the side in the 6th. 6IP, 1H, 0ER, 1B, 9K |
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Post by foreverred9 on Jun 2, 2022 19:21:57 GMT -5
Darn - the umps saw some lightning in Salem right when Blaze was coming up with the bases loaded. The starter had been laboring, he had just thrown 8 straight balls to Mayer and Hickey.
Rain delay in Salem, likely for the next hour.
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Post by jaffinator on Jun 2, 2022 19:49:08 GMT -5
Mayer just keeps racking up the doubles. Not every statistical indicator is pointing his way (K rate comparisons made the other day on the mind) but you've gotta think that evens out. Hard not to be really optimistic about his future so long as it all holds together physically.
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Post by Addam603 on Jun 2, 2022 19:59:02 GMT -5
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Post by jaffinator on Jun 2, 2022 20:02:12 GMT -5
Walter chased in the second. Reminiscent of Winckowski's Boston debut - walked a guy, hit a guy, after having great command at his prior level. He also got squeezed a bit low in the zone, a difficult thing for a guy whose primary fb is a sinker. |
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jun 2, 2022 20:05:46 GMT -5
Murphy walked a batter in the 7th and was pulled. Final line was 6.1IP, 1H, 1ER, 2BB 9K
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2022 20:16:27 GMT -5
Brandon Walter makes Khalil Lee look silly with a slider. First AAA K Easy groundout, easy strikeout, easy groundout Nice 1st AAA inning kid That second inning though? Not so much! They should’ve paired him with the better defensive catcher in Wong imo. Making your AAA debut is challenging enough, having a better framer would’ve helped. Winckowski said the MLB ball felt different. I wonder if AAA uses the same ball as AA. |
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Post by radiohix on Jun 2, 2022 20:17:37 GMT -5
Mayer just keeps racking up the doubles. Not every statistical indicator is pointing his way (K rate comparisons made the other day on the mind) but you've gotta think that evens out. Hard not to be really optimistic about his future so long as it all holds together physically. He swung at 5 pitches in that game and came up empty on 4 of them. That’s bad process, good results.   |
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Post by cdj on Jun 2, 2022 20:29:12 GMT -5
So he had one bad at-bat and overall went 1-2 with a walk, a double, and 2 rbi
I don’t think that is a big deal, that seems like a completely fine and expected process for a teen in full season ball. Especially considering he hasn’t seen a ton of action lately
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Post by jbuttah on Jun 2, 2022 20:36:27 GMT -5
Walter's fastball was only 90-91. Thought it was more like 92-94. Hope it was just nerves.
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Post by radiohix on Jun 2, 2022 20:39:09 GMT -5
So he had one bat at-bat and overall went 1-2 with a walk, a double, and 2 rbi Yeah I don’t think that is a big deal, that seems like a completely fine and expected process for a teen in full season ball. Especially considering he hasn’t seen a ton of action lately The walk was a 4 pitch BB and the pitcher walked the next batter on 4 straight balls too. Scouting the stat lines can be misleading. Just to be clear, all I'm saying is that the kid has a shown *signs* of a major flaw in his game in the CPX and the CL. I hope it gets adressed. |
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Post by cdj on Jun 2, 2022 20:43:33 GMT -5
So he had one bat at-bat and overall went 1-2 with a walk, a double, and 2 rbi Yeah I don’t think that is a big deal, that seems like a completely fine and expected process for a teen in full season ball. Especially considering he hasn’t seen a ton of action lately The walk was a 4 pitch BB and the pitcher walked the next batter on 4 straight balls too. Scouting the stat lines can be misleading. Just to be clear, all I'm saying is that the kid has a shown *signs* of a major flaw in his game in the CPX and the CL. I hope it gets adressed. You’re scouting a gamecast aren’t you? That ain’t that much better if so (my apologies if you are watching) I don’t think it’s this massive flaw like you seem to think it is. Kids making a lot of high quality contact as a teen in full season ball playing up the middle. I’d imagine the k rate is about league average. He was facing 16 + 17 year olds less than 200 AB’s ago. He was just battling a wrist issue. If he’s striking out 30% of the time in AA then I’ll grow concerned Im personally excited that he’s a teen SS who is impacting the ball in full season ball. He’s not a perfect player but I think he’s trending positively so far. Basically what I’m trying to say is that this doesn’t seem like a Gilberto situation (which kudos to you, you were the first who i saw that sniffed out Cedanne > Gilberto) where he’s just super raw and the numbers look good but are pretty hollow |
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 2, 2022 21:12:48 GMT -5
That second inning though? Not so much! They should’ve paired him with the better defensive catcher in Wong imo. Making your AAA debut is challenging enough, having a better framer would’ve helped. Winckowski said the MLB ball felt different. I wonder if AAA uses the same ball as AA. Good point. I think the AAA ball and the MLB ball are the same, with the difference being that the balls in Fenway are kept in a humidor -- Winckowski said the ball felt "mushy" to him.
I think the seams on the AA and AAA balls are different, so maybe that is also an adjustment (don't tell Bello, though).
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 2, 2022 22:33:24 GMT -5
^ this
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2022 22:37:05 GMT -5
Winckowski said the MLB ball felt different. I wonder if AAA uses the same ball as AA. Good point. I think the AAA ball and the MLB ball are the same, with the difference being that the balls in Fenway are kept in a humidor -- Winckowski said the ball felt "mushy" to him.
I think the seams on the AA and AAA balls are different, so maybe that is also an adjustment (don't tell Bello, though).
Also, Walter was working with a catcher that he has probably never worked with before or very little at most. It will be interesting to see how his next couple starts go. |
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Post by Foulke_In_Athol on Jun 3, 2022 0:26:27 GMT -5
Murphy walked a batter in the 7th and was pulled. Final line was 6.1IP, 1H, 1ER, 2BB 9K That slurvy breaking ball just eats up left handed hitters. It looks like a hanger then just disappears. He's got quite an arsenal if he can master the command and mixing his pitches he has mid-rotation starter written all over him, I can see him aging well also. Although the full wind-up might need tweaking |
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Post by cdj on Jun 3, 2022 0:53:01 GMT -5
Two things I love to see from Murphy
1) Homers are way down
2) he’s been effective against RHH
Those were two things he struggled with last season. It’s good to see the progress
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Post by jaffinator on Jun 3, 2022 1:12:44 GMT -5
My eyes aren't good enough to be able to scout Salem video with their godawful camera angle.
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