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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 30, 2013 22:47:00 GMT -5
The rosters page has been updated with the official DSL rosterNews: Wendell Rijo has apparently made the GCL Players to watch include Luis Alejandro and Luis Alexander Basabe in the lineup and Jose Almonte on the mound. Season starts Saturday. |
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Post by wskeleton76 on May 30, 2013 23:38:12 GMT -5
Wendell Rijo was one of the best pure hitter on the last year's international market. So it is pretty much expected he will debut in GCL.
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Post by pedroelgrande on May 31, 2013 10:11:56 GMT -5
He was also one of the oldest for last year missing out on being eligible for the previous signing period by a few days. Not that it was the main reason just that he was more advance than his peers. Not overly surprise he's in the GCL.
Interested to see how the Basabe brothers do. They are almost a full year younger than Rijo and a probably among the youngest players in pro-ball.
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Post by hammerhead on May 31, 2013 13:11:43 GMT -5
It's a shame that Titts was released... I was looking forward to getting a feel for him as a prospect.
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Post by wcsoxfan on Jun 1, 2013 0:59:23 GMT -5
It's a shame that Titts was released... I was looking forward to getting a feel for him as a prospect. I think your point is a cop out |
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Post by dd on Jun 1, 2013 16:01:12 GMT -5
It's a shame that Titts was released... I was looking forward to getting a feel for him as a prospect. I think your point is a cop out Couldn't get to second base I guess. Probably wasn't comfortable in the box. |
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Post by stevedillard on Jun 1, 2013 16:17:35 GMT -5
Shame they did this so early. Sometimes Titts develop after age 18.
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Post by bjb406 on Jun 6, 2013 1:40:28 GMT -5
Well were 4 games in. Jose Almonte, Carlos Garcia, and Dedgar Jimenez each had pretty strong debuts. The only hitter playing really well so far is Guzman, who is 21. Of course we obviously can't tell much from any of that. Has anyone heard anything about any of these guys in terms of a scouting report?
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Post by sarasoxer on Jun 6, 2013 6:48:47 GMT -5
Shame they did this so early. Sometimes Titts develop after age 18. Yup, we didn't even know him long enough to say 'thanks for the mamories'. |
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Post by steveofbradenton on Jun 6, 2013 8:09:33 GMT -5
Shame they did this so early. Sometimes Titts develop after age 18. Yup, we didn't even know him long enough to say 'thanks for the mamories'. Serious Ken? Actually.....pretty good! |
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Post by jdb on Jun 13, 2013 7:18:26 GMT -5
Staff,
Is Victor Acosta a player to watch? Seems last week I saw an article about an advanced approach but can't really find anything here except his bonus of 50K.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 22, 2013 9:33:19 GMT -5
So the DSL pitching staff is kind of ridiculous. They lead the league in the following categories: R/Gm: 2.58 (next-best is 2.98, league average is 4.50) ERA: 2.01 (lg avg is 3.37) WHIP: 0.995 (next-best is 1.090, lg avg is 1.314) Also second in the league in H/9 and BB/9. If there's a weakness, it's that this is a staff that pitches to contact, as the team's 6.8 K/9 is below league average and near the bottom of the league. Still, they're fourth in K/BB ratio. Oh, and one more number for the staff: second-youngest in the league at 17.9yo. Seriously, go play with the stats: www.soxprospects.com/stats/pitching.php?split=0&page=1&sortby=YR&team=626&year=2013&type=1&min=0I don't think we can read too much into the numbers on any particular player (I do think it telling that bonus baby Almonte was the All-Star rep from the staff even though he's probably got the fourth-best numbers of the five starters), but it's neat to see this kind of success out of that club. |
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Post by jmei on Jul 22, 2013 9:38:22 GMT -5
Some of that low H/9 and WHIP/ERA could also be excellent defense saving runs.
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 22, 2013 10:05:17 GMT -5
A positive sign is that the two considered the best prospects, Almonte and Jimenez, have very strong strikeout rates. I expect both to be stateside next year, and it will be exciting to get some detailed reports on them.
Unfortunately, there isn't a single offensive player with even a .400 SLG. Acosta has a good Iso and a .240 BABIP that seems low for the rest of his stat line, but it's hard to read too deeply into DSL batting statistics.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Aug 19, 2013 13:27:22 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Aug 19, 2013 13:31:40 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for posting these.
I always figured that picture of Devers from PG was an old one - nope, apparently he just looks like a 12-year-old.
EDIT: In his face, obviously. Did not make that clear.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 19, 2013 13:38:29 GMT -5
Nice. Thanks for the link Norb.
Looks a little like Oscar Tejeda in that first photo. He is definitely a big boy though.
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 19, 2013 20:00:31 GMT -5
I love that it's called the Tricky League. That's awesome
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 19, 2013 20:45:55 GMT -5
I love that it's called the Tricky League. That's awesome Probably because it's their recital for pro ball, which is very vital. |
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Post by iakovos11 on Aug 19, 2013 22:26:50 GMT -5
I love that I have no clue what you just said. Don't spoil the Tricky League for me.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Aug 19, 2013 23:38:57 GMT -5
BTW I just saw that the IPL also posted their nicknames.
For Devers its "carita" which is the diminutive of face in Spanish. It bodes with what James commented earlier.
For Aybar its "Kakata" which is the name given to an spider in the Dominican. Jose Lima used to have that as well.
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Post by quintanariffic on Aug 20, 2013 1:09:13 GMT -5
I love that it's called the Tricky League. That's awesome Probably because it's their recital for pro ball, which is very vital. Seems just like a bunch of running in the DoMiniCan to me. |
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