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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 16, 2019 6:33:29 GMT -5
Devers isn't going to get the 30th HR. He's going to have a power slump mirroring his start to the season. Aha! As another old fogey, I wondered if I would ever disagree with you, just for fun, and here is my chance. Devers and the Sox return to Fenway. I see him getting a HR over the monster and another one to deep CF just because he can. Add a few more 2B off the wall and he will surpass all those goals. Why not?!!?!! Yeah. I am sometimes pessimistic but jeez the Devers prediction....that glass isn't just half empty, there is no water in it at all.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 13, 2019 16:17:07 GMT -5
So I'm a little late to the party here, but my thoughts: Maybe I'm missing something, but I took a very different point from this article than many seem to have taken. To me, reading this and having the takeaway being "there should not be minor league baseball", or at least that it should be contracted, is like reading Moneyball and taking away the main point as "walks are good." For me, the key is this quote: To me, the question raised here (which could have been better raised) is why does every team have a minor league farm system comprised of the 4 full-season level affiliates, 2-4 domestic short-season affiliates, and 1-2 DSL affiliates? All have, more or less, the same coaching staff, plus the same roving instructor positions. More or less, based on my understanding. We're starting to see some shifting. The Fall Instructional League is one area. As I reported on the podcast episode we released this afternoon, the Red Sox will not be playing other clubs this year. Instead it'll be a camp in which the players on the roster will be coming and going at different times in order to receive more direct instruction. On the instruction side, as noted, Brian Bannister's department has added a whole new frontier of pitch design that is already paying enormous dividends. The org added a full-time assistant as a fourth coach at each level in the past 5 years or so as well, which makes perfect sense. There are also player dev interns at most of the affiliates, I believe, for tasks involving things like video. Making the headline "Do we even need minor league baseball?" is a provocative way to raise the issue, but I don't think anyone is advocating doing away with the minor leagues in this piece. It's more wondering why there aren't more questions about why things are set up this way, where innovation can give clubs the advantage, etc. Yeah, I agree with this. The article title threw people to the absolute. What Houston has done is make things more efficient. It hasn't eliminated minor league ball. It cut two of 9 teams in hopes of speeding/increasing development. Trust in your talent evaluators and concentrate development on the better players. If there are 30 players at each level only 3 of which have a chance to make it, spreading instruction among them is not the greatest use of resources. It's also unfair to falsely encourage the low talent guys who obviously can't make it. No question that games are important. But I think doing more with less has some merit. It also pits up and comers against more skilled competition. And, I don't think for a second that what Houston is doing is a cost cutting measure. It appears to operate out of the staid old box...looking for that competitive edge while other clubs are still munching on Red Man...relatively speaking....
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 9, 2019 18:49:05 GMT -5
What are Orsillo's qualifications tho? Lol, ya. I didn't get the joke at first either. I was giving credence, now realized as unduly, to James...bad on me. Hey why not Jerry Remy? At least he has the experience of a player. And his stories are colorful.😃
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 9, 2019 12:35:57 GMT -5
I am happy with either Eddie Romero or Don Orsillo being the GM. There are probably a half-dozen others I'd be content with. Beane is among them. What are Orsillo's qualifications tho?
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 9, 2019 8:03:29 GMT -5
Just thought I'd peek at the latest trash you posted since I've had you hidden most of the season. You didn't disappoint me, as usual. Sorry you don't like being called out on stupid posts accusing the players of not trying. What evidence do you have other than performance that they don't care? This is still a very likable team full of hard workers. Unless you have any evidence whatsoever to the contrary, which I completely doubt. I'm waiting. I know you have me blocked, but you cannot help posting to me constantly in a passive aggressive manor because you hate being called out for being a joke. I mean you're so gd stubborn that you think that someone isn't clutch when they hit a 110 mph out and think someone who gets a 50 mph RBI single is a better player so I don't even know why I bother arguing with such stupidity. Anyone who thinks aiming their hits is a skill, never played baseball ever. If only we could rid ourselves of you and pedro, this board would be 100 times better. It would go back to exactly as intelligent as it was before you guys got here. I don't agree with this kind of ad hominem, bullying presentment. It's zero sum. To me it's unnecessary, disturbing and creates the sour feel that exists on lesser boards. The usual lack of that here is an attraction for most. People can disagree without being disagreeable. I don't believe that the players aren't trying. But I do believe that when the season is lost or when coming off an historic year's effort, the extra edge that can elevate performance, goes missing. It's an unquantifiable something. I think it's easy to construe that as the players letting down or even not trying as hard. That is what soxfansince67 was getting at in his shared frustration with us all.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 9, 2019 7:38:44 GMT -5
I am officially concerned for Raffy. he's hitting 188 / 257 / 359 since about the time he had 8 straight hits in 2 different games, that was fun to watch. hope he snaps out of it soon. He'll be fine but he's one guy that hasn't had a break for a while. If he were a pitcher his age, he'd be on an innings limit. Yes I understand that young pitchers are viewed differently today with concern about taxing young arms. Still, it's a long season for anyone. He made 3 errors last night. That may be another sign of fatigue. Let him sit for a game in conjunction with an off day.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 8, 2019 20:05:55 GMT -5
Everybody we are chasing wins. Fat lady's singing getting louder. I'm afraid that She is up to a mountain top and painful yodel... Fellas the game has been up for weeks. Let's see what the call-ups can do, look to 2020 and hope that the Stankees choke in epic style in the playoffs.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 8, 2019 20:01:08 GMT -5
Lowell lost 2 to 1 had only 2 hits Spinners story was GCL all star Jorge Rodriguez with 5 scoreless innings 1 BB 5 K including 15 pitch AB coming back to get the K !!!!!! Glad to see my boy Rodriguez up a level and still doing great.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 7, 2019 7:22:05 GMT -5
Team-17 is unstoppable. As long as Cora goes to them every game. Poyner is a weapon. The nabobs of negativity have been banned from the clubhouse I like the alliteration and historical significance, but could we add "nattering" to nabobs of negativism? Poyner had a good inning but I don't believe that he is more than AAAA based on his results.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 6, 2019 7:24:34 GMT -5
I feel really good about ERod, like it has finally happened for him, only took a few extra years. Injuries were a dislocated kneecap, then it popped out the next year. Had minor surgery to fix that and zero knee issues the last two years. Last year he sprained his ankle and could have made more starts if we needed him. I don't yet see an Eovaldi, even in his down years with injuries he gives you 20-25 starts and like 130 innings. It would be a joy to see him win 20 games. It appears that E-Rod had a velocity uptick in his last several starts. I've noticed in the past that if he is 91-93, he is more tentative. Adding in his less than perfect command issues, that contributed IMO to extreme pitch counts. When he is 94-96, command issues abate.
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 3, 2019 19:21:05 GMT -5
Would anyone be willing to bring Porcello back next year on a pillow contract? Like 1 year and 6 million? Will teams really offer more? Or let that ship sail? Hi Calypso.....
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 3, 2019 7:14:58 GMT -5
And what would those stats have been with the AAA ball?
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Post by sarasoxer on Sept 3, 2019 7:13:04 GMT -5
Minor League Stories @minorsteamnames · 10h Final AAA Home Run Totals: 2018 - 3,652 2019 - 5,749 AAA games switched to MLB baseballs in 2019. That deserves a big Wow.... The end of baseball as we knew it...Ugh.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 31, 2019 9:00:58 GMT -5
Hey it's Mata's day to pitch. Give him 3 innings....Desperate times..
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 30, 2019 19:18:35 GMT -5
Chavis is young, has missed a half year of development and is not a finished product. What did saint Xander hit in his first full year? Yup I think Xander is very talented bat to ball...more than Chavis has in his DNA. But I think that Chavis will make some adjustments like most rookies do. How much and how well is to be determined. He has trouble both with off-speed away and high strike zone velocity. But, he will read his notes, study video, perhaps alter his swing path or shorten the stroke. He will improve. Sandy Leon he isn't.
I thought that his defense at second was surprisingly good.
As others have noted, with a bloated payroll, a developing and reasonably talented guy is gold.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 29, 2019 20:53:47 GMT -5
In that context, it’s great. Like Yaz winning batting title in 68. Slash lines are kinda meh this year .301 batting average to lead the league. ...and the immortal Danny Cater finished second at .292 so the Sox traded Sparky Lyle for him. Cater never approached the relatively lofty average of that year and Lyle became a multi year star with the Yankees.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 28, 2019 20:29:38 GMT -5
A shout out to Casey Sutherland. He has 26 IP with 17 hits and a .68 ERA.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 25, 2019 6:28:25 GMT -5
Mark the calendar...and play the lottery...
Sox farm teams 9-0 on the day.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 25, 2019 6:03:57 GMT -5
All I want for Christmas is for Darwinzon to develop into a starter next year. I'd sit on Santa's knee. But with his lack of command (historically) that I don't see dramatically improving, the effort he puts into his pitches, and an expected velocity drop as starter, I think that he'd last 4-5. For the foreseeable future, IMO, he and the Sox, have found his niche. We have long pined for a power BP lefty. We now have one.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 24, 2019 20:37:01 GMT -5
Two standouts from the GCL game. Dean Miller adds his fourth home run of the year. .298/.372/.521/.893 on the year with 16 XBHs. K rate is a bit high and he’s a senior sign in the GCL but he’s hit the ball well in his draft year. Jorge Rodriguez struck out 7 and walked none in 5 innings, with his only blemish being a solo home run. 58 Ks, 9 BBs and a 1.91 ERA as a 19ish (his birthday is tomorrow) year old in the GCL. I like his chances of sticking as a lefty starter with his pitch mix. Yeah, I am a fanboy having seen him twice. I wish that he had more projection.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 24, 2019 8:56:25 GMT -5
There seems to be an amazing stubborn streak in JBJ in terms of him getting pull happy for that odd HR among the Ks vs his success going the other way. It's lasted a long time. Yup. Way back I had mentioned that Luis Tiant had a conversation with Bradley about this and came away shaking his head at JBJ's being "stubborn".
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 24, 2019 8:23:33 GMT -5
Interesting doubles history. 60 doubles was done 6 times from 1931-1936. Never before or after. The record is in 1931 by Red Sox Earl Webb who would acquire the nickname The Earl of Doublin'. At the time, the Sporting News called it a record that was unlikely to be broken. ^Google stuff. I don't have the info with me, but I previously looked at Sox infovidual batting data from 50s to Boggs' era and very few doubles were hit compared to recent years.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 23, 2019 12:23:38 GMT -5
WHOA! Diminutive Rafaela with his 6th GCL dinger...!
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 21, 2019 12:08:30 GMT -5
Mata with 8 ks through 4...3 hits, one run.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 19, 2019 22:21:08 GMT -5
Robinson Leyer, who we picked up as a minor league free agent in June, was throwing 97 in Portland tonight. He is a thinnish, tight muscled, wiry guy now 26 who went 2.1 innings and struck out 3 lowering his ERA to 2.41.
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