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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 2, 2023 8:13:56 GMT -5
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 2, 2023 11:56:08 GMT -5
Story with 2K's in 2 PA's
Rafaela with 2 BB's
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 2, 2023 12:14:24 GMT -5
Stephen Scott homered and now has a 996 OPS at AAA with only 13 K's in 101 PA. Red Sox have not been acting like he is much of a priority, but he could be playing his way into a Rule 5 selection.
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 2, 2023 12:18:34 GMT -5
Story with 2B, and Rafaela with another BB (runners on 2nd & 3rd, 1 out) to get Dalbec to the plate the bases loaded
EDIT ADD: (1st pitch popup for Bobby D)
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Post by radiohix on Aug 2, 2023 12:19:10 GMT -5
Story with 2K's in 2 PA's Rafaela with 2 BB's Make it 3 BB’s for the electric factory. 4 straight balls in each PA. They’re scared 😜 |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 2, 2023 12:20:14 GMT -5
Story with 2K's in 2 PA's Rafaela with 2 BB's Story with an RBI double Rafaela with a 3rd BB. He's seen 12 pitches, all balls (some close). Big game for my favorite pre-Teel catcher. 3R HR and a double. |
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 2, 2023 12:25:08 GMT -5
Stephen Scott homered and now has a 996 OPS at AAA with only 13 K's in 101 PA. Red Sox have not been acting like he is much of a priority, but he could be playing his way into a Rule 5 selection. At this point he's an emergency catcher defensively. at best. Unless he's improved significantly during this year. Hope he gaining ground defensively, because the bat looks like it could play. |
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Post by scottysmalls on Aug 2, 2023 12:31:46 GMT -5
Story with 2K's in 2 PA's Rafaela with 2 BB's Make it 3 BB’s for the electric factory. 4 straight balls in each PA. They’re scared 😜 That doubles Rafaela's AAA walk total before today and gets him to 5% in his time there. |
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 2, 2023 12:33:21 GMT -5
I think I'm ready for Rafaela to debut in September, and if things go well starting off next year with a super utility role in the majors.
If he hits .230/.270/.370 then that's fine I'm happy to have that player on the team.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 2, 2023 12:37:18 GMT -5
Make it 3 BB’s for the electric factory. 4 straight balls in each PA. They’re scared 😜 That doubles Rafaela's AAA walk total before today and gets him to 5% in his time there. Now the stats guys will say see, he's hitting better when he walks more. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 2, 2023 12:38:21 GMT -5
I think I'm ready for Rafaela to debut in September, and if things go well starting off next year with a super utility role in the majors. If he hits .230/.270/.370 then that's fine I'm happy to have that player on the team. Starting CF out of the gate with periodic games at SS. Book it. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 2, 2023 12:40:09 GMT -5
Jesus, I have no idea who Zimmer is.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 2, 2023 12:41:39 GMT -5
I'm thinking that if nobody gets hurt, Rafaela won't be a September callup.
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Post by incandenza on Aug 2, 2023 12:43:41 GMT -5
I think I'm ready for Rafaela to debut in September, and if things go well starting off next year with a super utility role in the majors. If he hits .230/.270/.370 then that's fine I'm happy to have that player on the team. Starting CF out of the gate with periodic games at SS. Book it. Duran in LF, Yoshida at DH? I don't mind that for Yoshida, but Duran looks better to me at CF than LF (though only UZR agrees with me; OAA is neutral and DRS thinks he's been quite bad in CF). And Verdugo for some reason only seems good in RF. |
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Post by remmartin34 on Aug 2, 2023 12:51:55 GMT -5
I don't know how close any of the pitches were on the at-bats where Rafaela walked 3 times.. but is it strange that I was almost (if not just as) excited to see 3 BBs on his stat line today than a HR?
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 2, 2023 12:52:24 GMT -5
If it worked out that way, I'm sure there would be some rotation.
I think Verdugo would say it was his working with Dewey this past spring.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 2, 2023 12:55:42 GMT -5
I don't know how close any of the pitches were on the at-bats where Rafaela walked 3 times.. but is it strange that I was almost (if not just as) excited to see 3 BBs on his stat line today than a HR? For me, it was the stolen base. He's not good at pitcher reads. |
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 2, 2023 12:58:13 GMT -5
Starting CF out of the gate with periodic games at SS. Book it. Duran in LF, Yoshida at DH? I don't mind that for Yoshida, but Duran looks better to me at CF than LF (though only UZR agrees with me; OAA is neutral and DRS thinks he's been quite bad in CF). And Verdugo for some reason only seems good in RF. I would be surprised if they didn't bring Turner back |
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Post by julyanmorley on Aug 2, 2023 12:59:19 GMT -5
And there's a Rafaela home run.
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Post by radiohix on Aug 2, 2023 12:59:28 GMT -5
The electric factory goes deep again!!!!
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Aug 2, 2023 13:00:13 GMT -5
And there's a Rafaela home run. 3 walks and a HR. Just put Story at 2b and him at SS. |
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Post by radiohix on Aug 2, 2023 13:04:54 GMT -5
The great thing about this kid is that he “hits the ball where it’s pitched” meaning that if it’s outside he’ll drive it to RF like he did in yesterday and today’s games and if it’s inside, he’ll pull it.
I’ll take a Starling Marte type of career.
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Post by ephus on Aug 2, 2023 13:05:42 GMT -5
Whooo boy. Rafaela keeps this up for another week or two and its going to get very hard to keep him in Worcester. Even if the team is in the thick of the race.
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Post by remmartin34 on Aug 2, 2023 13:06:37 GMT -5
I don't know how close any of the pitches were on the at-bats where Rafaela walked 3 times.. but is it strange that I was almost (if not just as) excited to see 3 BBs on his stat line today than a HR? For me, it was the stolen base. He's not good at pitcher reads. Interesting, didn't realize that.. Certainly would explain how he went from 30 SB in 60 games in Portland, and just 3 in 27 games in Worcester. That's something you can develop over time though, I don't think Duran was all that stellar with pitcher reads throughout his time in the minors (particularly based on what I've heard on game broadcasts, about how much he's improved in that regard). |
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Post by remmartin34 on Aug 2, 2023 13:07:42 GMT -5
The electric factory goes deep again!!!! As Will Middlebrooks would say.. "Dear God!!!" |
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