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  1. Hugh2
    Scouts often use the 20-80 scale when evaluating a players tools or as an overall rating. 50 is considered average, Owens has a 70 change up and 40 command, JBJ has a 70-75 arm, Ortiz has 70 power, Pedroia has a 60 hit tool, Stanton has 80 power, for example (these are obviously debatable). A prospect getting a 70 or above is a pretty big deal. They are pretty much saying you should be an all star caliber player.
  2. Hugh2
    Ok, I wasn't sure if you were or not it looked like you might have been, thanks for the clarification. A
  3. Hugh2
    My problem with blaming the evaluation process is you really can't judge that process from one guy. That's the same process they used to bring guys like Iglesias, Moncada, Devers, Espinosa, betts, Bogaerts, Vasquez, Benintendi and others into the system as well. Also, while it might not look too promising, I wouldn't close the book on Castillo just yet.
  4. Hugh2
    Going up to the game today, I got tickets back on Christmas; good seats right behind first base too. I'll also be bringing my new GF, she's a big pats fan but not that much into baseball. I will try to indoctrinate here today. If you told me earlier in the season I would see Porcello pitch I'd be disappointing but now I don't think I'd rather see anyone else.
  5. Hugh2
    Well I don't exactly disagree but allow me to play devils advocate. How many platoon players ever get all their at bats vs. LHP or RHP??? almost every guy I've seen gets his fair share of starts and at bats against pitchers that you think they have no business being in the lineup against. Doing that with a player is a bit unrealistic despite the fact that us fans talk about doing it all the time. Still, it seems a bit weird to me that he has more at bats VS RHP than he does against LHP. I would expect a bit more out of him though for what they are paying him. A .600 OPS and fringe defense in LF is worth the league minimum. Perhaps if they deploy him a bit more strategically as you said they will get a bit more out of him this season, and after all we've only seen a very small sample size out of him.
  6. Hugh2
    Benintendi is going to get sent up to Portland sometime between may 1st and june 1st. They usually do two big waves of promotions in the early summer (june) and at the end of the year in early august. If this was any other year I'd say the Sox would hold off until June 1st no matter how well Benintendi hits, but DD is a different animal and I wouldn't be completely shocked if he's up in Portland in a week or two.
  7. Hugh2
    Well conversely you could look at those numbers and say he's only really had 2 bad years over the last 5 vs RHP, and consider he's a platoon/utility type now. I'd still entertain the thought he's in decline however. To me the real issue is the fact that his bad numbers vs. RHP has coincided with diminishing skills in other such as base running, speed and his ability to play defense. If he could play good D in all 3 outfield positions and swipe a few bags he'd be a good utility player and a great 4th outfield option who can hit lefties and has a little pop. But the whole package right now seems pretty bad but we've also only seen him in a very small sample size too.
  8. Hugh2
    The difference between this year so far and last was last year this game would already be over.
  9. Hugh2
    Saying we should have traded Swihart while we could is wrong....because I don't think his trade has really gone down if at all. Let him be the up/down guy this year, see how he develops behind the plate, see how he looks in left and go from there. Hanigan will be gone next year so between LF/DH/C there will probably be plenty of at bats to go around for the kid. If his bat/combo is too good to not be an everday regular at a position then you trade one of him or Vasquez and if anything we probably get more for him. Unless Swihart takes a big step back this year that last statement holds true.
  10. Hugh2
    Yeah! If people want squabble they are going to have to go out and earn a new one!!!
  11. Hugh2
    Lots of good arms on the mound today minus Brian Johnson as the Pawtucket game was rained out. Beeks, Raudes, and the Stank all pitching tonight.
  12. Hugh2
    The torn ligament news might have been premature. Per Alex speier (who was the one who tweeted out he tore a ligament yesterday) the injury is described as a sprain now pending the results of an MRI. Hopefully he only misses 2-4 weeks and not most/all of the season. He was someone I had high hopes for, lost most hope, and then regained much of it back this season.
  13. Hugh2
    With the way Porcello is pitching tonight I can't help but think Ben C. Is smiling somewhere.... ... ... ... Or crying.
  14. Hugh2
    Totally meant to post this on the game day thread. This is what happens when I use a mobile device.
  15. Hugh2
    That's ok, we get the lead runner and are still set up for some DP action.
  16. Hugh2
    Well now I just feel embarrassed!!!! I didn't realize the schedule was like that. Odd thing is, the second you pointed that out I felt like we played the Braves that way last year and I went back and looked and WE DID last June. We played two games at Fenway then went down to Georgia for two more.
  17. Hugh2
    When A.J. Pierzynski is the other teams clean up hitter......you know you have a chance.
  18. Hugh2
    Yeah, I was kinda poking some fun in reference to recent events. We could easily lose this game and take 2 out of 3, but if Porcello can keep us close.....
  19. Hugh2
    I hope it's not a pitching dual....Porcello is bound to give up a 3 run homer in the 6th or 7th after 5-6 scoreless innings.
  20. Hugh2
    I was going to say.....for a moment I thought I WAS in the wrong thread.
  21. Hugh2
    Well to say the team is off to a slow start is to imply we are better than this. If in fact we are and there is room for improvement then I'd say hovering around .500 4% into the season is not even close to being at a stage of panic or concern. We either are what we are, or we are going to get worse/better. Can we expect more from Price? can we expect more from Hanley? can we expect more from Kimbrel? I think so. Can Erod help the rotation? can Smith help the bullpen? can someone like Hembree or Barnes emerge as a legit formidable option in the pen? I think we can expect at least some of these things to materialize and if more do than not.....I think this team will be dangerous. I do think it is worth noting for those who do not know me that I tend to be a very optimistic person. Not exactly a homer, as I'd like to think I also have a very rational side, but I tend to always see the plausible way forward that this team can be successful.
  22. Hugh2
    Shaw doesn't exactly have the quickest bat but he's got a good eye and is a smart kid so he makes up for it so I suspect he will still hold his own when he comes back down to earth at the plate.....and he is going to come back down.
  23. Hugh2
    Between MLB and Milb Hill has averaged 55 1/3 innings over the last 6 years with the highest pitched being 103 and that was 6 years ago. I don't care how good or healthy he is, at 36 he's not going to hold up in a MLB rotation. I'll eat crow if I'm wrong but odds are against Hill and no one can deny that.
  24. Hugh2
    The narrative was this system lacked depth after the top 5 but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far down in A ball. Ockimey is off to a great start with a .316/.451/.632 slash line, leading the system with 5 HR's and is walking as much as he is striking out. Also Chavis has really seemed to turn the corner and seeing the ball much better, his K rate is almost 1/3 of what it was last year and he's batting .356/.415/.567. Also "the other" Basabe has been a surprise in Greenville. On the other side of the ball Lakins, Beeks, Raudes, and Stankiewicz. Many others to list too but these are all guys I've been following so far this year, small sample size but it's nice to see.
  25. Hugh2
    scrolling this forum I can see it's very similar to BDC. You have your old timers, your not so old timers, your stat guys, your non stat guys, the argumentative types, the clueless, the smarties, a few Yankee trolls, some prospect loving folk, some pessimists, and some optimists. I think we are going to fit in just fine here.
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