moonslav59
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I think you are right, but if Cora wasn't so stuck on Kike as the leadoff, one could argue Verdugo should be in the top 5 vs RHPs over Kike and to a far lessser extent, Story. 2021 v RHPs (career) .894 Verdugo (.847) .744 Kike (.690) .735 Story (.809) By the methodology, one might argue Dalbec could crack the top 5 vs LHPs: career .902 Dalbec .826 Kike (Note: I would not place Dalbec ahead of Kike, unless he's been doing much better over a good chunk of 2022.)
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Sawamura was even worse! Good to see Hill & Whitlock each go 3 strong!
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"One step up and two steps back..."
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I bet he turns it down.
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No, but they might think about using it to slightly improve our base running potential. I'm not in favor of batting Devers 3rd, but this lineup might work better: 1. Story 2. Bogey 3. Devers 4. JD 5. Kike 6. Verdugo 7. Dalbec 8. Vaz 9. JBJ
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I can see Cora flipping Verdugo & Dalbec in the 6-7 slots depending on a lefty or righty starter. He might also flip Devers and Bogey in the same manner.
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Since '04, yes.
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The thing is, it will affect only the hitters who had the shift used against them, and I would assume there would be varying degrees of affects among those players, as well.
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Will this be Cora's main go-to line-up? 1. Kike CF 2. Devers 3B 3. Bogey SS 4. Story 2B 5. JD DH 6. Verdugo LF 7. Dalbec 1B 8. Vaz C 9. JBJ RF Or, will Story bat 2nd and Devers 3rd or 4th?
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His change up was awesome, but no, I don't know if anyone has that info.
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We sure could use one... or two.
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Rossario was claimed by the Yankees and assigned to AA. After claiming Kyle Taylor off waivers on Tuesday, the Sox released him on Thursday, so they could claim Ralph Garze from the Twins. (Tyler was claimed by the Padres.)
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Maybe because we rarely get picks as high as #7, people hoped we'd strike gold when we finally did. You're right, we have done well acquiring young and not-so-young pitchers in other ways than drafting. Guys like Erod and Whitlock never pitched a single pitch in the bigs, before coming to the Sox, but they don't count as "home grown," because they were not drafted or signed as IFAs. No doubt, we all wish we had struck gold more often with out drafted pitchers, but we've done alright in other areas and seem to have a lot of promising young pitchers in the system- perhaps more than we've seen for over a decade. Here's a breakdown of our pitchers: Red=not on 40 man roster Drafted: Houck Barnes Crawford Groome C Murphy B Walter N Song T Ward IFA: DHern Bello Mata Bazardo W Gonzalez Rule 5: Whitlock Waivers: Valdez R Garza Acquired by trade: Sale (extended) Eovaldi (extended) Pivetta Seabold Taylor A Davis Winckowski Free Agent: Paxton Wacha Hill Diekman Strahm Sawamura Minor league FA: Brasier
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The whole "wait til next year" mantra and feeling is often based on the assumption your team can improve- sometimes magically. The draft is one way that can happen, so fans hopes, sometimes against all odds, their team can score that "special player" in the draft. Yes, expectations are always high and almost always higher than they should be, but many teams have become great based on one or two key draft picks. That is why that hope never goes away, and with hope, there is often disappointment- sometimes deep disappointment.
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Let's remember Houck missed some time, last year and had just 10.1 IP in the first half of the season. 4.35 ERA 1st half (1.45 WHIP in 10.1 IP) 3.38 ERA 2nd half (1.07 WHIP in 58.2 IP) OPS against by month: .806 April (45 PA against) .335 July (44) .741 Aug (100) .493 Sept (96) 0.677 WHIP in 10.1 playoff innings, but the 3 HRs really hurt (5.23 ERA) Houck has done really well in the small and scattered sample size he has in the bigs. His overall MLB numbers dwarf his AAA and minor league numbers. ERA/WHIP 2.93/1.08 MLB (86 IP) 4.17/1.39 minors (270 IP) 3.92/1.04 college (301 IP) 4.11/1.28 AAA (46 IP) 4.25/1.43 AA (82 IP) 4.24/1.43 A+ (119 IP) 3.63/1.30 A- (22 IP
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Fitzy.
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I think it is, but it's not a great way to help them. Some players get stuck in a system, and a change of scenery gives them more opportunities. Some just get stuck on the ML roster and get little playing time.
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Our top college pitcher picks (round/overall pick): 2003 Abe Alvarez 2/49 2004 Andrew Dobies 3/95 2005 Craig Hansen 1/26 2006 Daniel Bard 1/28 2007 Nick Hagadone 1/55 2008 Bryan Price 1/45 2009 Alex Wilson 2/77 2010 Anthony Ranaudo 1/39 2011 Matt Barnes 1/19 2012 Brian Johnson 1/31 2013 Teddy Stankiewicz 2/43 2014 Jake Cosart 3/103 2015 Travis Lakins 6/171 2016 Shaun Anderson 3/88 2017 Tanner Houck 1/24 2018 Durbin Feltman 3/100 2019 Ryan Zeferjahn 3/107 2020 Jeremy Wu-Yelland 4/118 2021 Wyatt Olda 1/195
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2022 Spring Training Games
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Trade him! -
No love for the best of 'em all? WONG!
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I was thinking more about trading some lower redundancy- like Lugo, Bonaci or Downs. We need a young catcher and OF'ers more than 7th sting SSs. That's not to downplay the need to have depth at 2B/SS.
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Indeed. We also have Mayer down the road, so Story, Mayer and Yorke up he middle. (Maybe Yorke changes positions.) I realize many players begin at SS and move off position, but we seem to now have a backlog at 2B/SS, even if Bogey moves on from Boston. Maybe we trade one, perhaps with other pieces for a good young catcher. (Maybe we just extend Vaz.) SS/2B in system Bogey Story Arroyo 2. Mayer 3. Yorke 5. Downs 21. McDonough 22. Bonaci 24. Rafaela 25. Paulino 26. Hamilton 28. Lugo (higher in many team rankings) 31. Kos 38. Fitzy (may make ML club)
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...and satellites to the satellites.
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AGon certainly "handled" Boston, well. His exit might have been slightly related to the whole crapola thing that went down in the clubhouse, but you are right on AGon.
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2022 Spring Training Games
moonslav59 replied to mvp 78's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
Now, some will think we are the same poster!
