Jordan has the second-lowest pitches/PA in the Sox system (Ravelo), and one of the lowest in minor league baseball. That severely hinders his one great tool and makes the rest of his data look funny. When the pitch metrics updates start leaking out, I'm sure the guys on the podcast will have some less than flatting numbers to share, but that's just a guess.
Post by RedSoxStats on Apr 30, 2024 22:38:30 GMT -5
I just watched his last two outings and the fastball is good, 95 with a bit above average IVB, straight, from an average release height. It does have a good Whiff %, 13th/137 in AAA (min 100 4-seamers).
His cutter/slider/sweeper thing(s) is just a muddled mess coming out of his hand. His curveball looks better than that, but nothing great and not much swing and miss so far.
The way you read about him, I was thinking it was going to be insane stuff with buckshot accuracy, but it seems less interesting than that after a quick look.
Post by RedSoxStats on Apr 24, 2024 11:16:48 GMT -5
Watching Fitts, his changeup is a mess. He commands his fastball and slider well, but the slider is playing more like a contact pitch. Very little swing and miss. A bunch of hard hit in the air contact allowed today, thankfully for him, it's cold.
Post by RedSoxStats on Apr 22, 2024 9:58:16 GMT -5
Interesting tidbit: Red Sox prospect Roman Anthony, who is in his age-20 season, has the second-highest 90th percentile exit velocity amongst all Double-A bats so far with a scintillating 112 mph (on just over 20 balls in play). He has surpassed his maximum from last year already by just over one mph. He may be selling out for power though, as his contact rate is about 10% worse than last year’s mark.
12. Red Sox — Vance Honeycutt, OF, North Carolina This is around the range where the class is just wide open with little to no consensus. It does seem like Boston could be a fit for Honeycutt though, who is sort of like a college version of Konnor Griffin. The tools are excellent and his power/speed combination is probably second to none in this class, but his hit tool questions persist and he’s nearing a 30% strikeout rate for the second season in his UNC career.
Honeycutt is slashing .313/.419/.681 with 16 homers and 22 stolen bases and has more than 50 homers and 70 bags in his three-year career while playing an excellent center field. There’s a huge range of opinions on where Honeycutt fits but for now I’ll keep him toward the higher end thanks to his tools and premium defensive profile.
Post by RedSoxStats on Apr 11, 2024 10:18:40 GMT -5
Carlos Collazo and Ben Badler talked about this deal on their new pod today. Their summary was it's an amazing deal for Rafaela and his agents, not sure why Boston was in a hurry to do this, little chance Boston clearly wins this rather than going year to year with a defensive first player, and they surmise Boston folks think much higher of Rafaela's bat developing than the consensus.
I have the MLB TV single team package down here in TX so I can catch every minute. Any one know if that comes with MILB TV as well? Can't be missing a single second of the SeaDogs this season.