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Post by julyanmorley on Apr 11, 2024 22:50:55 GMT -5
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Post by cdj on Apr 11, 2024 23:00:07 GMT -5
Wouldn’t think he had a chance to beat that but those long strides
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Apr 12, 2024 6:32:15 GMT -5
WooSox pitching depth: Actively want to see in the majors - Booser Perfectly acceptable up and downers - Criswell, Kelly Barely acceptable up and downers - Uwasawa, Benitez Prospects not at the front of the line yet - Fitts, Guerrero Please no - everyone else
Out of curiosity, what makes you so high on Booser? I know he throws hard and has a wild backstory, but it looks like he was just okay Worcester last year. Booser had a crappy year's beginning but was exceptional the last half or so. I wanted to see him last year.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 12, 2024 8:11:34 GMT -5
I guess this question could be easily answered by me paying more attention to the starters each day, but with the set 6 man rotations what happens to the starter’s spot when there’s a postponed game? They're likely making it up later in the week so it's not a big deal.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 12, 2024 8:12:45 GMT -5
Where has Zanetello been? I didn’t see that he was hurt or anything Hurt (left hamstring strain) but wasn't enough to put him on the IL (although at this point he could've been). My guess is he's playing soon. It was more of a "he's behind" thing.
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Post by James Dunne on Apr 12, 2024 8:40:32 GMT -5
Thoughts on the WooSox last night:
-Fitts looked solid. Not yet ready, but the pieces are there. His delivery is upright and a little stiff. Fastball was sitting 93 and touching 95, he also mixed in a slider and changeup. Fastball command faltered some the deeper he got into the game, but he was holding his velocity without any issue through five. I'm told he throws a cutter, but if he did throw one then I did not see it. One interesting thing is that his control was strong, but when he missed the plate, he tended to miss very badly. Not sure if that was just random weirdness, but it hadn't started sprinking yet while he was in the game so it wasn't related to weather. He's kind of a textbook case of command and control being different. His control seemed overall good, his command was inconsistent. -Meidroth looked fine at shortstop. Not rangy, but sure-handed enough that he can fake it. One ball go through for a single that I think a good shortstop would've gotten to. He honestly wasn't challenged a ton. He does a lot of things well. At the plate it was pretty much the same as what I saw last year: the tools are not loud, but the fundamentals are strong and the approach is so good that everything plays up. He really needs to hit the ball with more authority for it to play at the next level, though. I don't think it's a coincidence that he got a look at shortstop right now during this time of obvious need. I don't think he's necessarily ready, but I do think he's a better overall player right now than David Hamilton. Is that gap big enough that you use a 40-man spot on him and start chewing up options when he's not Rule-5 eligible until after 2025? I wouldn't, but I don't think it's insane to disagree. -Dalbec finally muscled a homer to right-center. Nice to see him get ahold of one. He looked very, very out of sorts in his first three plate appearances, and the fans were getting on him for sure. Had to feel good. -Luis Guerrero. Man, that fastball/forkball (split-change? It looks like a traditional old-school forkball to me) combo is incredible when it works, just absolutely unhittable. Fastball was sitting 96 and touching 98. Forkball was 85-86. His control was basically an abstraction. He was all over the place, both out of the zone and within it. The pitch mix will give him a bigger margin for error than most, but good hitters will hit mistakes, even at 97. At his best, he looks like an MLB-ready reliever and if he develops some consistency, he'll be a good one. -The lineup has a LOT of swing-and-miss in it.
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Post by soxfaninsyracuse on Apr 12, 2024 10:11:06 GMT -5
Thoughts on the WooSox last night: -Fitts looked solid. Not yet ready, but the pieces are there. His delivery is upright and a little stiff. Fastball was sitting 93 and touching 95, he also mixed in a slider and changeup. Fastball command faltered some the deeper he got into the game, but he was holding his velocity without any issue through five. I'm told he throws a cutter, but if he did throw one then I did not see it. One interesting thing is that his control was strong, but when he missed the plate, he tended to miss very badly. Not sure if that was just random weirdness, but it hadn't started sprinking yet while he was in the game so it wasn't related to weather. He's kind of a textbook case of command and control being different. His control seemed overall good, his command was inconsistent. -Meidroth looked fine at shortstop. Not rangy, but sure-handed enough that he can fake it. One ball go through for a single that I think a good shortstop would've gotten to. He honestly wasn't challenged a ton. He does a lot of things well. At the plate it was pretty much the same as what I saw last year: the tools are not loud, but the fundamentals are strong and the approach is so good that everything plays up. He really needs to hit the ball with more authority for it to play at the next level, though. I don't think it's a coincidence that he got a look at shortstop right now during this time of obvious need. I don't think he's necessarily ready, but I do think he's a better overall player right now than David Hamilton. Is that gap big enough that you use a 40-man spot on him and start chewing up options when he's not Rule-5 eligible until after 2025? I wouldn't, but I don't think it's insane to disagree. -Dalbec finally muscled a homer to right-center. Nice to see him get ahold of one. He looked very, very out of sorts in his first three plate appearances, and the fans were getting on him for sure. Had to feel good. -Luis Guerrero. Man, that fastball/forkball (split-change? It looks like a traditional old-school forkball to me) combo is incredible when it works, just absolutely unhittable. Fastball was sitting 96 and touching 98. Forkball was 85-86. His control was basically an abstraction. He was all over the place, both out of the zone and within it. The pitch mix will give him a bigger margin for error than most, but good hitters will hit mistakes, even at 97. At his best, he looks like an MLB-ready reliever and if he develops some consistency, he'll be a good one. -The lineup has a LOT of swing-and-miss in it. Nice write up. I don't see everything going on out there as clearly as you do, but at least you confirmed I wasn't too far off Fitts - I was a little disappointed. Probably expected a little too much just based off of the #9 ranking. Solid is probably a really good description. Nothing about him said wow, but we should see him in Boston eventually. Meidroth - I'm probably being way too picky, but I was hoping for more. I thought he was slow to react on the one ball behind third. That stuff matters when you don't have loud tools Dalbec - out of sorts is a kind description of his early at bats. First time I have seen him play third in person. It was a pleasant surprise. He's certainly not athletic, but made some plays. The throw on the bunt he charged in on early was not easy. It's been said many times, but if he only had a reasonable contact rate, he's a useful player. Guerrero - 98 stood out. So did the one to the helmet.
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