In Gomes' ROY year, '05, I went to every Sox vs Rays series down in Tampa. I watched quite a few of their games on TV as well when it didn't conflict with Sox' games. Gomes used to spray line drives all over the field. His swing was much more level (still had some lift to it). He's morphed into a close to worthless TTO hitter. He's trying to jack every pitch. It amazes me that the Tampa organization either has him doing this or allows it to happen. I feared him as a hitter in a big spot in '05. Now I only fear he'll accidentally run into one.
JHB, that's a bit much. There's some very good young, cheap talent on this team.