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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 10, 2023 8:06:28 GMT -5
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 10, 2023 12:27:44 GMT -5
Mullins started for Salem but the word is that they will use 7 pitchers today after yesterday's cancellation. Mullins in his second inning now so tune in soon if you'd like the full buffet live.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 10, 2023 12:54:39 GMT -5
Mullins started for Salem but the word is that they will use 7 pitchers today after yesterday's cancellation. Mullins in his second inning now so tune in soon if you'd like the full buffet live. Now that I've said that, a) Zack Kelly and Frank German have been the pitchers (the latter just began his inning), and it's raining, and sounds a bit ominous. Edit: officially tarpaulin time. |
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Post by julyanmorley on Sept 10, 2023 12:59:36 GMT -5
Interesting that Jhostnyxon Garcia won the org's defensive player of the month award. He's been good at the plate after a horrendous first month
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Post by vermontsox1 on Sept 10, 2023 14:01:41 GMT -5
Salem game cancelled. Their season is over.
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Post by stevedillard on Sept 10, 2023 17:36:45 GMT -5
Song making strong push to avoid being picked in Ruke 5 again
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 10, 2023 19:57:14 GMT -5
Song making strong push to avoid being picked in Ruke 5 again I just don't see it. What are the odds that Song won't be able to stck on a major league roster by next spring ? If he's not protected, he'll be wearing different laundry. |
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Post by abrinker on Sept 10, 2023 20:05:58 GMT -5
He'll have to stay on the 26-man roster for all of next season or else he'll have to go on waivers again (and be subject to the Sox getting him back...just like this year). Might be hard for a team to be willing to tie up an MLB roster spot all season, unless they think he'll be ready for MLB action.
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Post by iakovos11 on Sept 10, 2023 20:08:26 GMT -5
Song making strong push to avoid being picked in Ruke 5 again I just don't see it. What are the odds that Song won't be able to stck on a major league roster by next spring ? If he's not protected, he'll be wearing different laundry. Every team just passed on him. What has done since then to convince a team that they can roster him for the whole year? Anyone could have claimed a few weeks ago held onto him the remainder of the year and then dealt with 30 days next year. Now they'd be on the hook for all of 2024. So, what has any team seen in him performance to convince them he can be a viable roster candidate for all of 2024? Anything could happen, I just don't see it. No way Boston protects him. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 10, 2023 20:34:24 GMT -5
The only reason he's ranked 60th is based on what he did in 2019. He's just not very good right now. He's 89-92 with no pitch that looks better than average.
It would be a massive mistake to put him on the 40.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 10, 2023 23:10:02 GMT -5
If I'm Oakland or the Angels, for example, what's lost by taking a lottery ticket ?
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Post by incandenza on Sept 10, 2023 23:25:34 GMT -5
If I'm Oakland or the Angels, for example, what's lost by taking a lottery ticket ? The opportunity to take a different lottery ticket that's more likely to pay out than the 26 year old in high-A who is the Red Sox' 60th best prospect, for one thing. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 10, 2023 23:27:57 GMT -5
For me, I'd rather have a potential lotter ticket than any one of several 40 man pitchers that aren't likely to amount to a hill of beans. Mata hasn't thrown a strike since spring training and Drohan and Walter's fastball's will put the ump to sleep.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 10, 2023 23:30:20 GMT -5
If I'm Oakland or the Angels, for example, what's lost by taking a lottery ticket ? The opportunity to take a different lottery ticket that's more likely to pay out than the 26 year old in high-A who is the Red Sox' 60th best prospect, for one thing. This will also be Noah's first off-season and he has shown flashes. |
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Sept 10, 2023 23:58:26 GMT -5
Bottom line here is that it's too early to make that call. Given the Sox tax situation, they are in a position to trade a slew of excess prospects, ( Yorke plus) for a somewhat overpriced but quality starting pitcher with two years remaining on his contract. LOL, maybe there are teams looking to lower their salary obligations.
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Post by ephus on Sept 11, 2023 9:01:25 GMT -5
Roman with a three double day. OPS is sitting at “potential middle of the line-up” bat. Stay excited.
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Post by scottysmalls on Sept 11, 2023 9:54:26 GMT -5
Anthony is 3rd in the Red Sox system in wRC+, the only two guys ahead of him (and the number 5) are DSL guys. The only non DSL guys who are even really close to him are Nathan Hickey and Bobby Dalbec and he strikes out less and walks more than both of them.
If it wasn't for the recent article about Mayer playing through injury Anthony would be my #1 in the system, as it is I think he and Mayer are on a separate tier from everyone else.
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Post by incandenza on Sept 11, 2023 9:59:57 GMT -5
I'm curious to hear more about his defense. Ian had that tweet that made it sound like he could stick as a solid centerfielder, and if that's the case then yeah, I'd put him in the conversation with Mayer. Not so much if he still projects as an average corner outfielder though.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 11, 2023 10:18:13 GMT -5
I think it's fair to say there's a conversation there. However, with the revelation that Mayer's been hurt since May 7, I would guess we're going to stick with Mayer at 1. The split, as tweeted by Ian, is stark.
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Post by scottysmalls on Sept 11, 2023 10:26:30 GMT -5
I think it's fair to say there's a conversation there. However, with the revelation that Mayer's been hurt since May 7, I would guess we're going to stick with Mayer at 1. The split, as tweeted by Ian, is stark. In case people didn't see Ian's tweet these are the splits: 4/6-5/7: 111 PA, .337/.414/.582, 15 XBH, 21.6K% 5/14-8/2: 243 PA, .190/.256/.366, 19 XBH, 25.5K% Really dramatic. |
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Post by ematz1423 on Sept 11, 2023 10:33:47 GMT -5
I think it's fair to say there's a conversation there. However, with the revelation that Mayer's been hurt since May 7, I would guess we're going to stick with Mayer at 1. The split, as tweeted by Ian, is stark. In case people didn't see Ian's tweet these are the splits: 4/6-5/7: 111 PA, .337/.414/.582, 15 XBH, 21.6K% 5/14-8/2: 243 PA, .190/.256/.366, 19 XBH, 25.5K% Really dramatic. I definitely think some if not a big portion of his struggles had to do with the injury but 4/6-5/7 Mayer was playing in Greenville while 5/14-8/2 was in Portland. So not sure we can point at the injury alone and say say that was the cause of the dramatic difference there. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 11, 2023 10:44:39 GMT -5
In case people didn't see Ian's tweet these are the splits: 4/6-5/7: 111 PA, .337/.414/.582, 15 XBH, 21.6K% 5/14-8/2: 243 PA, .190/.256/.366, 19 XBH, 25.5K% Really dramatic. I definitely think some if not a big portion of his struggles had to do with the injury but 4/6-5/7 Mayer was playing in Greenville while 5/14-8/2 was in Portland. So not sure we can point at the injury alone and say say that was the cause of the dramatic difference there. He wasn't promoted until May 31. In 53 PA, May 14-28, he hit .192/.264/.404 with 13 K (24.5%). It's only even that high because of a 2-HR game in the middle. There certainly could be BABIP regression involved (.414 before, .188 after) but a stark drop in BABIP like that around a shoulder injury seems likely not to just be a regression thing. |
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Post by ematz1423 on Sept 11, 2023 11:01:35 GMT -5
I definitely think some if not a big portion of his struggles had to do with the injury but 4/6-5/7 Mayer was playing in Greenville while 5/14-8/2 was in Portland. So not sure we can point at the injury alone and say say that was the cause of the dramatic difference there. He wasn't promoted until May 31. In 53 PA, May 14-28, he hit .192/.264/.404 with 13 K (24.5%). It's only even that high because of a 2-HR game in the middle. There certainly could be BABIP regression involved (.414 before, .188 after) but a stark drop in BABIP like that around a shoulder injury seems likely not to just be a regression thing. Ah okay, thank you. Suppose that's what I get for doing a very quick lookup of Mayer's #s without fully verifying where he was playing. Like I said I do think a lot of his struggles were related to the shoulder and that I'm not worried about him hitting the ground running in Portland next year. |
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