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Post by Addam603 on Aug 8, 2021 13:55:37 GMT -5
Bello being pulled after 5.1 innings with 11 Ks. Gave up 2 runs and is still responsible for the runners on first and second. It was a very hard hit ball but Williams missed a potential double play ball that would have gotten Bello out of the 6th. We’ll see if that comes back to bite him.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 7, 2021 23:27:05 GMT -5
Yorke is always going to get compared to Pedroia by virtue of the position and the team, but expecting him to be Pedey defensively just isn’t fair to Yorke. Pedroia was a 4x Gold Glove winner at 2B. Dude was amazing. Odds are Yorke doesn’t even come close to that. And he doesn’t have to. He just needs to field a good second base. If he does become a GG winner, then great! But if we’re going to compare Yorke defensively to Pedroia, we’re almost definitely going to come away disappointed.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 7, 2021 21:59:02 GMT -5
Shane Drohan’s last four games:
19 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 19 Ks. 1.42 ERA.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 7, 2021 20:19:07 GMT -5
Victor Santos with a good pitching performance. 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 Ks.
He now has 16 Ks to 1 walk in 16 innings with the Sea Dogs. And he’s doing all of this in Double A having just turned 21 last month. He’s the youngest player on the roster and almost 5 years younger than the average AA player according to B-Ref.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 7, 2021 18:21:37 GMT -5
Reports on Sale’s potential last rehab start have him sitting in the low 90s with the fastball. The results are there though. He’s pitching well. Wonder if the lower velocity is by design. Saw a tweet that suggested the stadium gun was running a bit cold.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 7, 2021 15:50:17 GMT -5
No Yorke, Jimenez, Jordan, or McDonough for Salem.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 7, 2021 9:27:46 GMT -5
Bryan Gonzalez homered in the continuance of the suspended game. Tied for 6th in the FCL in home runs (with Blaze Jordan actually) with 4.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 6, 2021 17:01:52 GMT -5
Still no Jordan or McDonough. At what point does it become weird?
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 6, 2021 10:42:26 GMT -5
Miguel Bleis hit his first career home run, maybe? The box score shows up under today’s affiliate games but says it was played yesterday. Maybe finished a suspended game or something.
Bleis is hitting .353 with a 1.038 OPS in a small sample size so far. He’s only struck out one time in 17 at bats.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 6, 2021 7:53:41 GMT -5
Thoughts on when the August update will be done for our top 60? They said it should be within the next few days or so. 7th or 8th. Maybe a bit later.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 19:11:41 GMT -5
I said something similar last week but I'm not sure what else Yorke has to prove down in Salem. Gotta think he'll be in Greenville soon. I wonder if they’re just waiting for McDonough and Blaze to be ready and then when they’re in game action that’s when Yorke will be promoted.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 18:12:00 GMT -5
Still no Blaze or McDonough for Salem. Maybe some kind of intake procedure? I mean, they are coming from Florida where COVID cases have gone crazy.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 16:36:00 GMT -5
Joey Meneses is back from the Olympics and has been promoted to Worcester.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 13:34:09 GMT -5
As is your right to have an opinion. Sale will still be pitching in Worcester.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 11:11:47 GMT -5
Eddinson Paulino is 2-2 with yet another double so far. The kid is just hitting everything. Can’t wait to hear the reports on him. We could legitimately have an infield (in one variation) at Salem next year with 1B Blaze Jordan 2B Brainer Bonaci 3B Eddinson Paulino SS Marcelo Mayer Who knows if that’s how it ends up, but that’s a hell of an infield. Much prefer Blaze stays at 3rd as long as possible. True enough. He’s played 13 games at third and only 3 at first so far. Regardless of where you put them, that’s going to be a stacked lineup and that’s just the infield.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 5, 2021 11:01:05 GMT -5
Eddinson Paulino is 2-2 with yet another double so far. The kid is just hitting everything. Can’t wait to hear the reports on him. We could legitimately have an infield (in one variation) at Salem next year with
1B Blaze Jordan 2B Brainer Bonaci 3B Eddinson Paulino SS Marcelo Mayer
Who knows if that’s how it ends up, but that’s a hell of an infield.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 4, 2021 20:50:30 GMT -5
Something to watch: Matthew Lugo was out at home in the 6th on a fielder’s choice and removed from the game when the team went back out to the field.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 4, 2021 7:13:46 GMT -5
why not bring him up after the olympics (if he hits when he comes back and if schwarber isn’t playing first) The jump from AAA to the majors is larger than ever and top prospects are really struggling (Franco, Kellenic, Duran). There’s no way (and no reason) they’ll have Casas skip AAA, especially when he has less than 200 ABs above Low-A. He basically skipped High-A, they’re not going to have him skip AAA too. Also, the level of competition in the Olympics isn’t close to what he’d see in the majors.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 3, 2021 20:45:10 GMT -5
BB getting some K's in Salem tonight. Ends up with a line of 5IP, 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 8K 3rd start in a row he’s gone 5 innings. Last 3 games: 15.0 IP, 14 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 14 Ks. He’s in the best stretch of his short career. Has lowered his ERA from 5.70 to 4.38 over the three game sample.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 3, 2021 17:13:00 GMT -5
No Blaze or McDonough in the lineup for Salem tonight - Yorke is in the lineup so he's not on the move yet. I was thinking about this after I posted earlier but personally I’d consider them unavailable today. Both guys played yesterday and then made the 882 mile trip from Fort Myers to Salem. I’d give them the day. No reason to just throw them right in. And if they’re going to be unavailable, no sense in moving anyone up to Greenville yet. If the guys need to go to Greenville, it’s a 5 hour drive from Salem tomorrow.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 3, 2021 14:39:57 GMT -5
There’s no roster limit need, but I’d expect some movement from Salem up to Greenville. Just too many guys in Salem that need playing time. Yorke is an easy move up with a Cannon chain. The guys in Greenville aren’t top, top prospects but there’s not many clear open spots in that lineup either. There’s definitely moves that can be made there. It’ll be interesting to see.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 3, 2021 8:45:41 GMT -5
Salem will be in town for me next week so I’ll see them a few times!
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 2, 2021 15:45:46 GMT -5
No. Sale should listen to the guys whose job it is to tell him when to pitch. Especially the highly paid doctors and training staff that want him to have another rehab start to make sure his arm is 100%. The organization has been clear all along that they are going to get Sale back when he is 100% ready for the rest of the season. The goal isn’t to get him back for one start, it’s to have back for the rest of his career. Don’t push it for one extra start.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 2, 2021 5:15:46 GMT -5
DSL legend Ronald Rosario has been put on the 60-day IL. Hopefully he’s healthy to start the year next year and this doesn’t put him back too far.
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Post by Addam603 on Aug 1, 2021 13:13:30 GMT -5
Cannon is in the Greenville lineup so my tinfoil hat remains off. Again probably nothing, but Christian Koss was in the initial lineup for Greenville but he’s now been removed for some reason.
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