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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Watching Bastardo closely in a game, he had a decent mix: 95 velo with a Bello-type change-up. If he can harness that stuff with consistency, may be a future MLB starter.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Do hitters game plan for situational at bats? Would it make sense for an organization to protect its $300 million dollar investment to hire lefty BP pitchers to serve Devers a daily hour of sliders and sweepers? Muscle memory is important, and reps practicing which pitches to lay off and which ones to hit oppo should maybe be a regular part of pregame prep. Same with high fastballs: give entire BP sessions with heaters at the top of the zone, so hitters learn which ones they can handle and which they should take. When I was in the business last century, I once stood on the Fenway lawn during BP. Dwight Evans was hitting vs. normal speed, and calling out his own situations and swinging accordingly - "2-0" (pulls the ball); "3-1" (launches one to center); "3-2, runner on third with less than two outs" (hits a fly ball to right)... then turns to Bill Buckner and says, "They threw you out at home."
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If you can forget about stats, and rely on a pitcher's grip test and elbow/shoulder stress, is it at least possible that a good pitcher will save his best deliveries -- and all the subsequent strain that might put on his body and mind -- for when the best batters are up with the game on the line? That's not clutch, it's an actual plan that coaches, batteries and defenses go over pregame. The phrase is as old as sign-stealing: "Don't let HIM beat you." And it's not like pitchers throw meatballs to the other guys or even the best hitters earlier in the game. They just can't risk elbows and shoulders on every pitch...
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Posters are allowed to voice opinions about moves the Red Sox make or don't make. We all want them to improve. We can agree or disagree on why they should've paid Betts market value or Cora resting a hot hitter or building up pitching depth by adding power arms. There's little doubt that reporters who rank farm systems have said the Red Sox have some good position prospects, and zero potential top-of-the-rotation pitchers right now.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    The Romdawg is not the typical Pablo-size back-up infielder. As Merloni pointed out, he's 6 foot, 215 lbs, and had some pop in AAA: .333/1.079 before being called up.
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    No one's rewriting the draft. It's the Red Sox draft strategy that we've all questioned for at least a half decade. Boston's system has been bereft of legitimate starting pitching prospects, and the draft is one obvious way to build depth. Whether you like Yorke or not, the fact is that a dozen pitchers were picked between him and Jordan, and the Sox could've nabbed one of them instead, and still signed Blaze. No one knows if anyone will make the majors or be a star, but the odds may just favor big arms like Miller, Cavalli or Jones -- guys already pushing 100 mph -- over a Henry Owens, whose scouting report on Baseball Prospectus noted had a "sitting velocity of 89-91".
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That about sums up the Sox, but what about the Bruins?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Portland-Somersat (Yanks AA) game is free on milb.com... Seadogs up 10-4 in the 5th... watching on laptop, with Sox on TV and NESN muted.
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Dom Smith flicks his bat at pitches in his eyes like he's trying to swat a bug with a rolled up newspaper. Does it a lot... delirium Clemens?
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I hope you didn't mean Randy. When he read this, he folded his arms and just stood there in the pasture.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Maybe, but if you're looking at that approach rationally -- like the past few offseasons when you noted the Sox needed more pitching, or the past few deadlines, when you complained Bloom didn't do enough -- then maybe Boston should have focused on drafting and signing more proven college hitters than on high school bats with potential.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was talking about the Sox on talksox. Just don't touch that Paulino. We all know if they're not going to spend for "legitimate" starting pitchers (who don't sport a 5 ERA the past two years), Breslow needs to make a few decisions he promised that he deemed "uncomfortable."
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Arguably the biggest blockbuster in this Red Sox century -- the #1 prospect in the majors, along with their top pitching prospect, for the best pitcher in baseball. And it was eight seasons ago. Since then, we've proposed more trades on just this forum than non-Boston fans probably have on free BTV... and just stared at our monitors with Chaim as deadline after deadline evaporated. And no, I didn't forget Dombro horrifying the Nation swapping another Sox top pitching prospect for a journeyman lefty; that one kinda worked out, anyway.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Bloom said if the pandemic didn't cancel the '20 high school season that the Sox expected Yorke to be ranked as a pre-draft first rounder. He is progressing towards the majors, but it's interesting that of the 13 Sox listed by career minor league stats, Yorke is the only one right now with a sub-.800 OPS.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Glasnow was at least drafted by Pittsburgh -- but let's not get all Andrew Miller about trading him away. Last year was the first that Glasnow ever made 20 starts, and this season it looks like he's finally a star... at age 30. The Red Sox may have had bad luck and bad skill drafting pitchers the past decade or so -- but that doesn't mean they should just take six more high school shortstops over six D1 college starters, either. Not that they would ever trade one of the pitchers, even if they all made the majors... unless a guy is about to go free agent, and has become too expensive for John Fenway.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Totally on board with getting those two for a guy who had worn out his welcome and a veteran bullpen piece. I'm just blabbing about stockpiling all the "best" players drafted who "can be flipped for pitching" -- when they never are. And it rarely seems like it goes the other way -- Seattle wouldn't even budge on its #5 starter this winter... unless you're the Rays, and can afford to trade Joe Ryan for a 40-year old DH, or a first-rounder like Liberatore for a Cuban signee like Arozarena, targeted as an instant star (but knowing Tampa, will probably soon be dealt for another arm that throws 100 mph with a sweeping dirtball change-up that comes from the side and no batter can see).
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Minor League Stats ..............BA ..OPS ..G Grissom .320 .883 338 Mookie.. .316 .880 299 Duran.........299 .834 338 Devers...... .297 .838 406 Rafaela...... .280 .806 424 O’Neill....... .272 .871 579 Casas........ .269 .858 284 Abreu........ .259 .811 431 Dalbec.........261 .879 521 Teel.. ......... .307 .868 51 Yorke.......... .276 .795 315 Anthony...... .268 .824 156 Mayer......... .265 .818 224 Kavadas...... .258 .930 284
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    That's the whole point about drafting "best" players to trade for pitchers later. The Pirates aren't going to trade Jared Jones, the Dodgers aren't going to trade Bobby Miller, and the Giants aren't going to trade Kyle Harrison for Yorke and Jordan. All three of those MLB starting pitchers were draft picks after Yorke in 2020. It's even doubtful any of those clubs would swap those arms for Mikey Romero and Roman Anthony right now. The latter is a good prospect, but at this point that's all he is, while Romero so far isn't even Jeter Downs. Meanwhile, there were almost two dozen pitchers chosen between Romero and Anthony in the 2022 draft. Starting pitching is just too valuable, especially with mound injury rates increasing by the day. There is an assumption that stockpiling toolsy athletic draft picks is a smart strategy for dealing for pitching later. But how often do clubs ever really give up promising young pitchers?
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Outsmarting everyone, just like in the 2020 draft. I'm not saying Nick Yorke is a bad player, but the assumption was he was taken so high because he'd sign for less than projected first-rounders... which, in turn, allowed the Sox to draft -- and sign -- Blaze Jordan. Both guys are doing ok in Double A, so I won't post If-Onlys on current big leaguers taken after Yorke, like Westburg or Evan Carter or a few Cardinals (because they're in last again). But there has to be at least a dozen pitchers taken after Yorke who are already in the majors, and some of them are pretty good. Despite all the draft book instructions, Bloom -- and his front office full of Asst. VPs -- didn't pick the best player available, but instead opted for two for the price of maybe one surer thing... ... but why draft pitchers, when we can just trade Yorke or Jordan for one. Someday.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nats were trying to decide which one was the more thick-headed hacker, and chose Raffy -- but only because his knee softened the skull of Ty LOB.
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Devers thread. Raffy with another two more Ks, but then lines another oppo double -- he is starting to come around to the idea that any hit, even to the opposite field, is better than strikeouts. He also made another really nice play in the field, and would've had another assist if the Nats baserunner didn't knock the ball out of Cooper's glove -- which was somehow not Slappy ARod interference, but an error on the first baseman...
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    This is why even the interns that front offices assign to read these forums totally ignore dinosaurs are us. OPENER! ... (they chuckle) ... Just bring him in the second inning!
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Raffy goes oppo for the game-winning hit. If Devers wanted to just focus on hitting the ball to the left side -- the area of the plate where every lefty specialist throws to him -- then he could become the best hitter in the league. Hyperbole? According to baseball-reference data on Hit Location, Rafael Devers is a career .405 batter with a 1.135 OPS in Opp Fld-LHB. This year Raffy is batting .600 -- 6-for-10 -- going the other way. So what if he doesn't hit 35 home runs; he already has his contract, and there are different ways to be a star and earn it. Tris Casas, whose tender trunk would prefer he turns down the torque, should also take aim at the Green Monster: protect his abs, up his BA, drive in runs. Two southpaw swinging Miggy Cabreras on the Red Sox wouldn't be so bad...
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    31-8 all-time in the City Connect yellow jerseys! According to iconoclasts, today's win would only be a W in two other uniforms: Fredericks of Hollywood camisoles and the assorted costumes of icons from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Soon, some other team's front office will say the same thing about Cora and Boston, and make him an offer he can't refuse.
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