Dojji
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http://forum-soxprospects.com/topic/4263/t/Tracking-the-catchers.html This thread on the Soxprospects forum got me thinking. I know it's way the heck early, but broaching the subject now hurts nothing, and the worst case scenario is that we all have a good laugh about it later. I have to say, George Kottaras looked very good yesterday afternoon, even with the freak excuse-me double play. It's only been 2 games, but he's currently 2 for 6 with a double and a walk (good for a .926 OPS) and hasn't embarrassed himself trying to catch Tim Wakefield. He also got that double against a LHP, which got my attention. It's still apropos to look past Kottaras to other options trying to find our "catcher of the future" for now, but he's off to a good start, and I have to think there's a point where Kottaras plays himself into the discussion as a possible catcher of the future himself. The FO has to be flexible enough to let a guy change their mind for them and Kottaras is beginning well at doing that. Thoughts?
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Did Ellsbury set a record out there with his D?
Dojji replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
And with Ellsbury's range, and the fact that he's playing CF, he's probably getting a lot more chances than Greenwell. The amazing thing to me is that Coco Crisp didn't break that record. But I guess he plays such aggressive D that the odd error is going to happen. -
I saw this somewhere on MLB.com but can't confirm, but apparently Ellsbury has the Red Sox record for consecutive errorless chances for a CF. Combined with his excellent range, that's quite a kudo.
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Three things above all others I don't want to hear right now
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He's an upgrade over Nick Green, who would make a nice utility man but isn't going to produce offensively over any kind of long run -
The fact that this team seems to have just hit bottom and started bouncing back up is a reason for optimism. What a performance by Tim Wakefield.
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Beautiful job by Wakefield. We needed that oh so very badly. Heroes: Lowell, Bay, Drew, Kottaras, and especially WAKE.
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WIN!
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Three things above all others I don't want to hear right now
Dojji replied to Dojji's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
Right. Along the same lines, "Ellsbury hits a shallow fly ball to right field..." and "Drew a slow grounder to the second baseman..." -
Lester's no-no, I think. Looks like it was a poor decision.
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Wakefield's pitching through a long-term injury and he's gone 8 innings and thrown about 90 pitches, It's a reasonable time to pull him.
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Sure, but I'm not particularly sorry. No-hitters are nice, but wins are what I care about.
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Yeah, really, everyone will forget this performance by June, but it was badly needed and very timely. 8 innings of 1 run baseball is always a great performance. Thanks so very much Timmy!
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There goes the shutout. Get the bullpen warming.
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Indeed, especially Nick Green.
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My fault, guys. I had to go post in the nono thread.
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Gotta say, even if he didn't get the nono, he still earns mad props for saving the bullpen tonight.
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Lost it at 7.1
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O well.
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Not sure -- it depended on whether the rules for perfectos allowed an error. EDIT: So the error killed it? OK, wasn't sure. And under the circumstances I wasn't going to ask.
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Perfect game is gone. Looks like Wake is mortal again.
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C'mon, Wake, gotta finish this off. You've come too far.
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Ellsbury got a hit. Ellsbury... got a hit. ELLSBURY got a hit. Wow, maybe Ragnarok is here!
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I don't honestly care about that kind of milestone, except that it'd a nice icing on the cake of a win. And it might be a game I have to buy a copy of. Other than that I'll just take the win.
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Kottaras showing some offensive chops at the big league level -- double and a walk today. I wanna see more of this guy. Maybe he can take some starts against righties that Tek doesn't match well against.
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Nah, it'll be my fault. I got excited and posted in a certain thread in the MLB forum. OK, Kots, you've got some redeemin' to do!
