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Post by Addam603 on May 2, 2023 10:43:57 GMT -5
Worcester numbers should look pretty good this week. At home against Buffalo, who is one of the worst pitching staffs in the International League so far. Gross weather may hold them down a bit.
Portland is going against a decent pitching staff, but against a lineup that is near the bottom of every category in Akron.
Still early enough that those numbers could be skewed by a bad week or two.
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Post by Addam603 on May 2, 2023 9:48:44 GMT -5
Brian Van Belle is currently leading the Eastern League in ERA, WHIP, and average against. He's repeating the level at 26 with a bit of BABIP help, but hats off to him regardless for a great month.
Incidentally, Drohan is behind him with 2nd in all of those categories while also being 4th in the league in Ks.
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Post by Addam603 on May 1, 2023 18:37:05 GMT -5
Horrible strike calling that inning. The last pitch by Casas was definitely a ball. And the called first strike on Duran was bad too which affected his whole AB and made him expand the zone.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 28, 2023 22:22:38 GMT -5
Yorke, McDonough, and Dearden were each a single hit away from the cycle. Yorke needed a single, Dearden a HR, and McDonough a triple. I don’t think I’ve ever seen three players be that close to a cycle all in the same game.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 26, 2023 13:20:00 GMT -5
Rafaela just dropped another easy looking fly ball in center field. Not the first time this year for such an elite defender.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 26, 2023 13:07:36 GMT -5
Batters can’t seem to square up on Drohan’s curveball. Just get under it and hit very high but not far pop ups.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 26, 2023 9:16:03 GMT -5
Important game today. Chance to take the fourth series in a row against a playoff contender and more importantly to take a series against a contending AL East rival.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 20, 2023 14:29:41 GMT -5
I don't hate the choice to leave Houck in there. Get as much as you can from him and rest your bullpen a bit. Still under 90 pitches anyways, I think. I wouldn't attribute that home run to him staying in too long either. I don't care if it's the first time you're seeing Houck or the third, if you hang a breaking ball like that, it's going a long way.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 19, 2023 15:23:58 GMT -5
Max Scherzer just got tossed for apparently having a sticky substance on his hand. He was furious and adamant that it was just rosin. The MLB is gonna have one hell of an apology to make it Scherzer has his way.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 19, 2023 12:26:39 GMT -5
Bleis was pulled from the game after his little league home run. Hopefully he didn’t hurt himself.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 18, 2023 19:00:13 GMT -5
Sooooo I really was hoping I was reading that wrong but it looks like Mata has thrown 81 pitches so far this outing and only 37 of them have been strikes. What has happened to his command?
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 17, 2023 15:10:18 GMT -5
Yoshida sucks. I said it. Let’s have the guy get more than 40 ABs before we declare him a bust, shall we? It’s his first month in a new league, in a new country, in a new playing environment, in new weather. That’s a bit of an overreaction. There are legitimate things to fix. GB rate is astronomically too high. The approach has been as advertised. Give the guy more than a week to fix it.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 17, 2023 10:19:52 GMT -5
Sox cleared a 40 man roster spot with the Faria DFA. 40 man roster down to 39.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 16, 2023 10:16:20 GMT -5
Martin going to the IL. With 4 relievers and two starters now on the IL, the Sox will have to either bring up one of Mata, Murphy, or Walter or make a 40 man move to keep the status quo in the bullpen. With Bello coming back tomorrow, they could just do that move today instead and bump Houck to the bullpen a day early. Houck is the logical candidate to me but who knows.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 16, 2023 10:13:58 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 15, 2023 9:24:23 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 14, 2023 20:37:42 GMT -5
drop in velo it appears from the stretch for Wilkeman. Was sitting 97, now 93-94 He had the same problem when I saw him last year. Hasn’t been able to hold velo past the first couple of innings. Not a good sign for a potential starter. I think he’ll be a really good reliever though.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 13, 2023 18:22:39 GMT -5
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 11, 2023 16:02:50 GMT -5
Not sure if this means he’s coming of the IL along with Abreu.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 11, 2023 7:23:02 GMT -5
Kutter gets sent down to Worcester to make room for Whitlock and I don’t hate it. Keep him stretched out as a starter.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 10, 2023 19:47:49 GMT -5
I know no one cares about moral victories, but that’s the best game anyone has played against the Rays this year. Other than one mistake pitch, the Sox pitchers played that game just about as well as you can.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 10, 2023 18:33:17 GMT -5
Nick Pivetta shows flashes of being a damn good pitcher if he can ever find consistency. But even having those flashes every now and then makes him a very good 5th starter. He belongs in the rotation.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 8, 2023 9:25:01 GMT -5
DII baseball, but a University of Indiana player threw a seven inning no-hitter and hit for the cycle in the same game. Probably one of the most impressive statistical feats you’ll ever see.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 5, 2023 9:09:46 GMT -5
The Woo Sox got lonely and decided that they wanted to wait for the rest of the levels to start playing too.
The weather in Buffalo does look like it's going to start to get better after today, so as long as they keep the field in good shape with the newly borrowed tarp, they should be good to go for tomorrow.
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Post by Addam603 on Apr 4, 2023 19:30:22 GMT -5
Winckowski has some insane movement on his sinker.
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