The Red Sox picked up two high school players in the first round tonight. One is a SS, and the other is a RHP. Awaiting some more info from one of the more prospect-minded posters !
Probably not me. I have been very much down on Toronto's pitching for a while now, and their offense is very much dependent on the "if-healthy" clause.
Gomes is still hitting .297/.425/.469/.894 against lefties. For some odd reason, Farrell has seemed to forgotten that he has a .169/.247/.296/.543 line against righties.
Are they really that bad a team though? They have lost a ton of 1-run games, and have hit poorly with RISP. Sometimes I feel like if they had one more quality outfield bat they would be in much better shape. Losing Ellsbury and Victorino has broken the outfield.
Just read an article this morning. The Red Sox are on track to field the worst outfield in team history. The outfield combined has a .620 OPS. They are 22nd, 24th and 28th in the majors at each outfield position.
Last offseason I thought it was strange that the team didn't seem to even want to upgrade their outfield depth. I continue thinking it to be strange.
I don't understand why he got the start over Nava. I get it that Nava started out poorly, but Gomes has terrible splits against righties, and Masteron has great splits against righties. 3 strikeouts from Gomes seemed almost obvious.
Brock Holt is 0-2, and Stephen Drew got on base every single plate appearance. I think that is enough proof for me to decide that Stephen Drew is the superior player.
I went to look the same stat up on yahoo, and it had a .322/.444/.401/.793 line. What the heck is up with Yahoo sports statistics nowadays?
But absolutely, Masterson has always had a hard time getting out lefties. Ortiz will launch a couple here.
I am a bit surprised Robertson hasn't been extended by now. So far, he's provided an almost entirely seemless transition from Mariano, which is priceless. What happened tonight -- did he get hurt?