2009 Drive

[ORS]

Roster

 

Schedule

 

Players to Watch - a truckload

 

Position - Ryan Dent (2B ), Tim Federowicz ©, Ryan Lavarnway ©, David Mailman (OF), Anthony Rizzo (1B/OF), Michael Almanzar (3B ), Peter Hissey (OF), Oscar Tejeda (SS)

 

Pitchers - Caleb Clay, Casey Kelly, Brock Huntzinger, Stolmy Pimentel

 

This team is stacked with potential talent.

 

Mid-game stats from tonight's opener:

 

Lavarnway and Federowicz both 2/3 with a HR, Dent 1/3 with a BB, SB and 2 R. Pimentel pitched 5 IP with 8 H, 2 R, 1/0 K/BB

 

Discuss.

[ORS]

Almanzar hit #2 tonight. It's nice to see the power, but he's started the year off a little cold.

 

Casey Kelly pitched another 5 scoreless innings. He hasn't given a run up, yet. It will be intriguing to see how he does as a pitcher the first half of the year and then compare it to what he does as a SS the second half.

[Cocos Disciples]

^ Is that what they're doing, splitting up the year for him?

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

Almanzar hit #2 tonight. It's nice to see the power, but he's started the year off a little cold.

 

Casey Kelly pitched another 5 scoreless innings. He hasn't given a run up, yet. It will be intriguing to see how he does as a pitcher the first half of the year and then compare it to what he does as a SS the second half.

 

To go along with Casey Kelly...Caleb Clay who we drafted in the 1st round in 2006 has returned from injury and has posted 8 innings without giving up a run.

 

8 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

[ORS]

Yeah, I'm curious to see how Clay does in his first full season back from injury.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

Another excellent start from Casey Kelly

 

5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

[Dojji]

Rizzo is showing no ill effects from his cancer treatment.

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Anthony%20Rizzo&pos=1B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=519203

 

.324 AVG, roughly 1:1 bb/k ratio, and no shortage of power. Give this kid a chance to go through the league a couple times and then move him on up.

[ORS]

Tonight's starter is a little long in the tooth, but interesting nonetheless.

[TheKilo]

Very interesting

[BoSox21]

indeed, looking forward more to seeing how he feels tomorrow as opposed to how he performs tonight

[castigs850]

its smoltzypoo for anyone who didnt know what they were talking about and would have to look it up otherwise

[Cocos Disciples]

Schmoltzie!

[ORS]

3 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 R

[jacksonianmarch]

any word on his velocity?

[TheKilo]

AP says he hit 92

[Dipre]

AP says he hit 92

 

That's pretty damn good, considering he probably didn't let it fly all the way.

[TheKilo]

That's pretty damn good' date=' considering he probably didn't let it fly all the way.[/quote']

 

AP said 85%

[Dipre]

AP said 85%

 

So we're talking 95, 96 at 100%?

 

I mean, i know that wouldn't be his average velocity, but it's really good nonetheless.

[BoSox21]

I can live with him sitting at 92

[Dipre]

I can live with him sitting at 92

 

That's about where he was at pre-injury.

 

That's right about the velocity he needs to be effective IMHO.

[Dojji]

Don't look now but Drive catcher Tim Federowicz is really starting to open some eyes.

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Tim_Federowicz&pos=C&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=543148

 

The folks on the Soxprospects forum have a thread tracking his defense -- not only is "Fed-Ex" a half decent hitter, but apparently he's got the best defensive numbers of all the Sox catchers this season (albeit in the lowest level currently playing ball, but still). He's got a howitzer attached to his right shoulder and seems to call an extremely good game.

 

Might be time to start keeping an eye on the guy.

[ORS]

So is Kade Keowen (sp?).

 

He was an interesting pick in 2007. Big, athletic kid with raw athletic talent that could make him a star if he honed his skills. He really struggled in his draft year and last year, but he's shown some signs of life in this young season.