Dojji
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Any batter Wakefield faces after Hafner is a batter he should not have faced. EDIT: Looks like Tito's figuring the same. Great game Wakes.
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ORS: So the point is that you need a lower OBP to be "good" relative to SLG?
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Since you don't know about playing MLB ball, it's irrelevant.
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Did they make you play ball at the MLB level? Oh wait, you can't play ball at the MLB level even when fully healthy so you have NO idea what it takes and so you have NO idea what you're talking about. Classic combination of Internet Tough Guy and Sports Bar Tough Guy. What a foul smelling mixture.
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Sure, but at least it's somewhere in the same universe as competency. Before he was just doing nothing at all at the plate.
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Bay's really coming on lately then. He was stinking it up earlier.
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Nice AB
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Pretty much. Hating on a guy for, I dunno, GOING TO THE DOCTOR WHEN HE'S HURT, is just silly.
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Wakefield has now pitched the most innings for the Sox of any pitcher. he just passed Clemens -- from WEEI.
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Boston Red Sox 2010 draft picks
Dojji replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
All I want is for Brandon Workman to pitch to Rod Shoulders. -
I still would rather not have given up the pick for only a decent player. And it's still risky to sign a SS who was already average defensively past the age of 35. But Scutaro is good enough. He can hold down the fort until Lowrie or Iglesias (probably Iglesias) is ready to take over.
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Or you could be putting the cart before the horse. Two things are happening simultaneously -- Daisuke nibbling and bad results. Isn't it equally likely that Daisuke was aware he didn't have his A stuff before we were and was being careful as a result?
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It was rather absurdly obvious that he didn't even have his D stuff in that game and he still nearly salvaged a 5 inning performance. Honesly I consider that a sign of progress all by itself. Considering he bounced back with 2 consecutive quality starts, I'd give him a pass, but that's just me.
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The only start of his that's even made me that nervous recently was the KC start when it was clear that nothing at all was working for him -- and even in that start -- when it was clear that he could do nothing at all with his fastball -- he somehow managed to get throguh 4 2/3 and leave with the team in the game. Honestly I get a worse feeling watching John Lackey pitch.
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Boston Red Sox 2010 draft picks
Dojji replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Red Sox Minor League Talk
Vitek is like Pedroia, Youks and Lowrie. Getting ready to play in the big leagues may take less time than actually finding a spot. I'd shift him to 3B rather than the outfield. We have the chance to shore up a position that we're very weak at and we may need a guy who can play 3B in the next 2-3 years which is a good window for Vitek, so I'd groom him for that and see if he can stick. So I wonder who the first person is who's going to mean to say Vitek and wind up saying Varitek because they're used to the name? -
they split on the road and stole home court. I'm actually impressed. If they can dominate the Garden, things are looking good.
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True, but if he's on the DL, it isn't just something you can stretch and pop and be fine.
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MHO, arm trouble is preferable to back trouble. With arm trouble, the problem is usually a major ligament, worst case scenario for the most part is you have some surgery and have a puncher's chance to bounce back. With the back, there's only so much a surgeon can do. All those little bones each of which have a set of ligaments, any of which could be the problem -- the problem is also far more likely to be the bone itself. You can "solve" a major problem with surgery but even if you do it can come back to haunt you anytime, seemingly at random. As long as you're pitching professionally, the factors of stress and repetition that caused the damage are likely still going to be there.
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The reason I made this 'bold' prediction is that he's startiing to look like the Daisuke of the first half of 2007. I think he may be finally past the well-documented shoulder damage that played merry hell with his stuff, command and velocity. In 2008 he was sitting 91. In 2009 before he went on the DL he was having trouble breaking 90. When he did display half-decent velocity he couldn't sustain it and/or did so at the expense of command. Now he's sitting a steady 93 and has for the last several starts and that allows him to play off his vaunted breaking stuff better -- and it's showing in the contact rates. His command is also improved over his last few starts. By no means does he have elite command, but still, it's improved. Overall what we've seen over the last several starts is a lot closer to the Daisuke the foreign scouts watched in Japan. I think he's finally healthy and in position to win us all back -- provided he doesn't mess up his shoulder again.
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He's not the #2 in our rotation when he isn't even in the rotation ATM. Not to mention that he wasn't lighting the world on fire before he went down. He gets a healthy benefit of the doubt for his own struggles this year since he may have been pitching hurt (again...) and because of his long track record of decent success, but I think Buchholz and Lester are both already past him, at least for this year, and Daisuke is closing fast -- if he keeps eating 6-7+ innings a game it's going to be a debate.
