Pannone may have a good k/bb ratio, but he's not a good pitcher.
2022: 7.24 ERA, 13.2 IP, 20 H, 11 ER, .328 AVG, 948 OPS
2021: 7.07 ERA, 118.1 IP, 160 H, 93 ER, .322 AVG, 896 OPS
Hitters are teeing off on him.
@DeeshaThosar
From a person with knowledge of MLB rules regarding return of players on COVID IL:
Any player, regardless of vaccinated status, can technically return earlier than 10 days if they test negative on PCR tests.
@MikeSilvermanBB
With Padres first to announce a jersey ad deal, Red Sox still shopping for partner.
Now that corporate sponsored patches have been put on MLB jerseys, what would be the best partner for the Red Sox? Dunkies?
He'll be off the roster for 10 games this season. He's due to lose $44,198.
The bigger loss is that if the Sox are in contention, he'll miss games on 9/30, 10/1 and 10/2. Not ideal!
@redsoxstats
Matthew Lugo and Ceddanne Rafaela are no. 1 and no. 2 on this year's first Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet covering the start of the season.
Lugo: .514/.538/.865 19-37, 6 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR
Rafaela: .395/.422/.860 17-43, 5 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR
Lugo learning to hit is a complete shocker to me.
@ChrisCotillo
Catching prospect Ronaldo Hernández will be joining the Red Sox tomorrow. Why? It's currently unclear. But there's the possibility -- and perhaps a fear -- that the club's COVID issues don't end with Kevin Plawecki.
@ChrisCotillo
This story is updated with Alex Cora saying the Red Sox will be missing multiple players in Toronto. Identities of others unknown.
Believe most, if not all, key offensive players will be available. Eovaldi, Pivetta definitely, too. As of now, Houck is only known one (Sale on IL)
Chris Cotillo is not a reliable source though.
Per the last podcast, they stated that it was no longer fair to have him listed. Nobody knows if he'll ever play or if he's even thrown a ball the last few years. Maybe he comes back throwing like he did in Lowell? Maybe he comes back with lesser velocity? Maybe he never comes back? It's been so long that they can't rank him.
I wonder if there are still different protocols for being in close proximity if you are unvaxxed vs vaxxed? There were lots of rules about it last season. The mandatory quarantine could be different too.