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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 5, 2023 20:32:50 GMT -5
Just me or was that literally the opposite of "golfed"?
I guess the true opposite might be if he hit the pitch on the ground, but yeah, "golfed" is when it's low, right?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 5, 2023 19:01:22 GMT -5
Yeah Perales is absolutely going to be in that role next year.
It's funny, because a 26-man roster makes it both easier to make a Rule 5 pick and harder to protect someone from selection.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 5, 2023 12:31:46 GMT -5
Yet still, the A's or Royals or whomever would need to keep him on the 40 throughout the offseason, no? So even if they're willing to use the space at the end of the roster on long-shot prospects, they'd have to consider Song the best of the long-shots that might be scooped up. That seems possible to me, but not probable. I think a couple factors move this from 'possible' to 'probable' for me: 1) We're not focused on one team (say, the Phillies) having to make this decision, only one of 28 other teams have to deem Song worthy of a 26-man for 90 days and a 40-man spot moving forward. Shifting the focus from 1 team in the Phillies, to just needing 1 out of 28 teams changes the probability drastically. 2) I think a number of teams tend to carry multiple players on the 40-man who are long shots to contribute in the upcoming year. So I don't know that Song needs to be the best of those 'long-shot' options. For some teams, he simply needs to be the 3rd, 4th, maybe even 5th best option...or put another way, needs to be better than their worst long-shot option. If the Red Sox for example are considering protecting maybe 3 or 4 guys from a pool of players that includes Wikelman, Perales, Bonaci, Fernandez, Blalock, Bastardo, Paulino, and company....Song is a contender in that group right? I'd push back a bit on the second point in the era of the 26-man active roster. Look at this year's Red Sox, who have 4 healthy players on the 40-man in the minor leagues right now. Extreme example, yes, but teams have to use every bit of the 40-man these days. It's very hard to keep even two guys on the 40-man who aren't going to contribute for the entire season. It was just last year when we were discussing the strain on the 40 of having both Groome and Mata who weren't options to contribute at all.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 4, 2023 10:25:45 GMT -5
In case anyone is wondering the reason Salem doesn't get a home fireworks game is apparently that the Salem Fair is in the ballpark parking lot this week every year.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 3, 2023 22:53:36 GMT -5
Monegro's velo down to 90-93 Working in the slider more, doesn't look like a good pitch right now More change ups, getting some whiffs on it Curveball still great The fastball was never that low. If that's what the broadcast said, it's wrong. He was 94-96 early, was more like 93-95 late.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 3, 2023 22:51:43 GMT -5
FCL has a weird schedule quirk where they won't play July 8 through July 12. I imagine Mikey Romero will head back up to Salem then (assuming he's close to ready). This schedule quirk is called the All-Star Break and every stateside affiliate is off. 😂 Sorry, had to.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 3, 2023 12:04:37 GMT -5
Again, fyi, I'm hearing that it's unlikely anyone who signed this year is going to come to the US this year. Maybe Instructs.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 3, 2023 9:21:49 GMT -5
The online box says Coffey for Portland but that would be on just 3 days' rest, so it seems unlikely. It's probably Liu coming off the dev list or Sharp coming off the IL.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 3, 2023 8:32:59 GMT -5
I'm just pissed about Philly being able to put him on the IL with an "injury." Right? I mean the guy has been throwing bullpens for months. I doubt there is one player in MLB right now who isn't injured in some way at least in the sense they could feel better. Just to speak to this part of it, as stated above in this very long thread, this almost certainly would've been his profession, or at least something like it, if he'd been in this organization as well. No way was he going right to ask affiliate. And I've got no idea if the injury is legit or not but it's funny that Mikey Romero is coming back at about the same time from what was described exactly the same injury-wise.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 1, 2023 14:58:15 GMT -5
Weather in FXBG doesn't look promising. Not sure I'm going to brave the 2 hour drive from DC. Wouldn't mind a double dip tomorrow... I'm giving it a go. Adam, you going?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 1, 2023 11:37:46 GMT -5
Weather in FXBG doesn't look promising. Not sure I'm going to brave the 2 hour drive from DC. Wouldn't mind a double dip tomorrow...
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 22:23:23 GMT -5
I think we need to keep an eye on where he's playing in Worcester. If he's getting more time at short than previous, that could be a tell about their thoughts.He also strikes me as a guy who could use AAA reps at the plate. They didn't move him from Portland to Worcester like a guy they're anxious to put in MLB (they probably could've justified the promotion 2-3 weeks sooner). Bringing him up too soon to play his second position and get carved by MLB pitching strikes me as a recipe for disaster. He's at least above-average at short. 2nd game in a row at SS. I can't remember ever seeing that before. As I noted on tonight's thread, he was originally in CF and moved when Goodrum got scratched. Don't read into it too much.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 22:17:53 GMT -5
No.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 19:17:05 GMT -5
Rafaela playing SS again… He wasn't originally. They took Goodrum out of the lineup, I'm guessing because he's opting out, and he moved to short, probably out of necessity.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 19:08:41 GMT -5
I was told it's Jose Ramirez for Salem today, despite what the milb.com page says. I got bad info. ERC tonight Ramirez tomorrow Perales sunday Monegro Monday Paez Tuesday
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 14:10:33 GMT -5
If I'm the only one saying "Hey, why didn't Bloom think of this" then fine. I'm the only one. We can move on. Just to put a bow on it, the point you am to be missing is that it's not that Bloom "didn't think of this." It's that the chances of (1) Song gets picked, (2) he gets a military waiver, (3) he returns to the game, (4) he's any good, (5) picking team doesn't return him before they can option him, were so remote that it would've been nuts on that alone to add him to the 40-man roster. There's no "failed to realize" at play here. If you went back in time and told Bloom how this would play out, I bet you he still leaves him unprotected.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 12:10:46 GMT -5
To further the point, players who were not protected last year who I would have protected before Song given sufficient roster space:
Ward (only mistake not to protect imo - R rest I agreed with not protecting) Fernandez (if he ended the year healthy, would've been worth protecting as well) Wikelman Politi Paulino Bonaci Jacob Wallace Koss Scott Zeferjahn Bonaci
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 12:03:09 GMT -5
I think we need to keep an eye on where he's playing in Worcester. If he's getting more time at short than previous, that could be a tell about their thoughts.
He also strikes me as a guy who could use AAA reps at the plate. They didn't move him from Portland to Worcester like a guy they're anxious to put in MLB (they probably could've justified the promotion 2-3 weeks sooner). Bringing him up too soon to play his second position and get carved by MLB pitching strikes me as a recipe for disaster.
He's at least above-average at short.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 30, 2023 7:30:52 GMT -5
I was told it's Jose Ramirez for Salem today, despite what the milb.com page says.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 29, 2023 14:34:29 GMT -5
As things currently stand, FCL Red Sox have three players in the top 10 in OPS in the FCL: Johanfran Garcia (7th), Johnfrank Salazar (9th), and Natanael Yuten (10th). I'm pretty surprised Salazar is still in the FCL. He's only caught twice so far this season so I don't think the catching situation is blocking him. Discussed this the other day with Dunne at length. If you look at Salem and add Romero, you could see how they might not see room for him there with 2 catchers needing time and a full infield. The lack of catcher time for him is very strange though.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 29, 2023 13:50:34 GMT -5
Not quite correct. Minor league free agency has different rules. He's likely a free agent at the end of the year unless he signed a multi-year deal (unlikely). MLB service time only matters if you're on the 40-man. Full explanation here www.soxprospects.com/mlfa.htm
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 29, 2023 10:53:16 GMT -5
Wyatt Olds getting the start down in the FCL. Yuten back in the lineup. It's too bad Yuten doesn't have a brother like the Garcias and Salazars. Would be fun to discuss the two Yute-ns.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 29, 2023 6:32:21 GMT -5
I just now realized how badly we need Jeremy Wu-Yelland to make it to Worcester.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 28, 2023 20:29:25 GMT -5
Put more simply:
It would've been malpractice to add Song to the 40-man roster. Beyond stupid. He hadn't pitched in three years still didn't have a waiver.
It costs the Phillies nothing to pick him and see what happens.
If you want to talk about Brasier and Ort, etc., the much better discussion is whether they should've protected Thaddeus Ward. I think you can absolutely ding the Red Sox for that and many here have. But for not protecting Song? C'mon now.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 28, 2023 20:25:46 GMT -5
Projected Salem rotation looks to be Wednesday: Paez Thursday: Dean Friday: ERC Saturday: Ramirez Sunday: Perales Monday: Monegro Does this look right? I’ll be hitting most of the games this week and want to see who I’ll be seeing. Ah, hadn't thought to look yet. Tough to tell because of the two rain outs last week and the two days off entering the series, as they've kept Perales on schedule at the expense of other guys before, for example. Entering last week, the rotation had reliably been T - Dean W - ERC Th - Blalock F - Ramirez Sa - Perales Su - Paez Last week, Dean, Ramirez, and Perales stayed on schedule and Monegro got Sunday. In theory, your rotation looks right, save for being unclear how they'll handle ERC, who didn't pitch at all last week, just like Paez. So the first 3 are likely the first 3 in some order, and they could easily move Perales up to keep him on Saturdays. Hoping to be there over the weekend at least. Come say hi! Just got it confirmed. W - Paez Th - Dean F - Ramirez Sa - Perales Su - Monegro M - ERC
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