Cora has also thought some other players should have come back from injuries a little quicker than they did too. One recent example would be Raffy's early season leg issue that Cora noted as "pain tolerance" in nature and that he felt Raffy should have been able to get back in there sooner than what the actual timetable was.
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Wikelman has thrown 57% strikes so far this year. His K% has dropped from 32% to 23%. His BB% has ticked up from 14% to 15%. Swinging strike% is down from 12.7% to 10.5%. He has a 7.11 ERA with 5.15 FIP and 5.19 xFIP. ERA is inflated because of a 52% Left On Base%, but yikes.
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Out of 88 qualified batters in the Eastern League in May, Kyle Teel ranks 3rd in BA (.352), 5th in OBP (.446), and 20th in isolated power (.197). Also rates 12th in BB% and 28th in K%. A superb month.
Where are all the Isaac Coffey heads this year? I was told he was a legitimate starting pitching prospect last year! I was told not to worry about his lack of velocity!
Brannon? I don't think he even makes it to WOO.
Jhostynxon is really underrated in my book. He can rake. He's been able to hit at a level that a guy like Castro (overrated) never has.
Campbell jumped up the rankings the way many people expected this year. Nice to see, but his defense has been pretty bad whenever I've seen him. He's not an IFer.
https://www.overthemonster.com/2024/5/29/24166475/red-sox-analysis-is-it-time-to-promote-prospect-marcelo-mayer-to-the-woosox
A good little primer on why to not rush Mayer.
1. He's not going to be an MVP type player. Most likely just a near All Star guy.
2. Lots of swing and miss.
3. Platoon issues right now.
Needs more time.
Looking at his stuff, you can see a #2. He just doesn't put a whole start together. Maybe he'll figure it out at some point. Some pitchers never do. I think Crawford is making the most out of his abilities, but has had an additional 3 years to hone his craft.
Crawford 4.06 xFIP, 2.89 ERA
Bello 3.51 xFIP, 4.18 ERA
Lou was very concerned about it during the AB. They basically threw the same pitch three straight times. Really didn't throw the sinker as much afterwards when you look at Statcast.
If he was really coming through for his sponsors, all the ads on the site wouldn't make my work laptop whir like a 1980's boxfan whenever I load it up.
Wikelman has been really terrible this season. I was hoping that he'd continue on his second half success from last year and at least have some relief appearances for BOS going forward. I'm not seeing it right now.
He lets big innings really compound on him. Instead of getting past a bad walk or hit, he'll get down on himself and give up a few more. He's got all the talent in the world, but just doesn't have the right demeanor on the mound.
Throwing 3 straight outside sinkers to Westburg with the bases loaded in the first was a bad decision. Why not show him something else on 0-2? Is it Wong that is calling that?
Bill Walton was a hypocrite for being a pot head while he played but ripped the Trail Blazers as an announcer and called them out for smoking weed while others were saying the racist Jail Blazers stuff. Like all these other hate filled hippies, he can rest in piss.
I don't remember anyone suggesting trading him to an NL East team, eating most of his salary and getting back a highly rated prospect that falls on his fast after losing 15 pounds and missing all of Spring Training.