Another Strat-O-Matic All Star! Course, we saw how well that worked with the other one...Lucroy is being swapped for Mazza.
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Another Strat-O-Matic All Star! Course, we saw how well that worked with the other one...Lucroy is being swapped for Mazza.
View: https://twitter.com/chadjennings22/status/1288500639631376385
This is marvelous. We really need descriptors for their roles on the staff.Churned Pitcher Write-up Template
Name:
A. Brice Austin
B. Matt Josh
C. Austin Brice
D. "Exxon" Valdez
F. Dylan Stock
Age:
A. 26
B. 27
C. 28
D. 29
F. Veteran Presence
Damning-with-faint-praise adjective:
A. Solid
B. Serviceable
C. Steady
D. Affordable
Stuff Descriptor:
A. Decent
B. Deceptive
C. Passable
D. Intriguing
Scouting Report:
A. Straight breaking ball
B. Slow fastball
C. Rising sinker
D. Change-up lacks change.
By the Numbers:
A. 5+ ERA
B. 2+ WHIP
C. 5- K/9
D. 103° temperature next week
Not all that long ago, I'd have known nearly every player on the roster and have some idea of where they fit in and why.the Red Sox optioned Mazza and Hall to get down to 28 players.
They also swapped outfielder Andreoli (released) for Seth Blair in the player pool. Blair is yet another dumpster dive pitching flyer.
Hey, somebody somewhere thought Covey could pitch. (1st round draft choice) Of course, they were wrong.Ryan Weber has been optioned for the immortal Dylan Covey.
Giants fans had high hopes for him when he came up in 2017. He can play 2b, SS and 3b.Arroyo might be a bit of a post-prospect. He's had 71 games in the majors for the Giants, Rays, and Indians , and it's been pretty rough: .622 OPS. But he crushed AAA in a few stints, both as a River Cat and Bull, and he's only 25. He was a 25th overall pick with the Giants, he made a few top 100 lists, and he was the biggest prospect piece in the Longoria trade.
I like it a lot.
And the deck chairs just keep on moving around.Covey has been swapped out for Mazza.
I agree with you on Bloom (I think the Cora thing is underrated in its impact on the current situation). Theo had to do more than add one little piece though. The fact that I can't tell if your "one little piece" refers to Ortiz, Schilling, or Foulke suggests he needed more than just one piece. He was responsible for acquiring ~2/3 of the 2004 "25".I don't envy Bloom at all (except for the $ part... and having a dream job....other than those two things, I don't envy Bloom) considering the shit hand he was dealt when he came on board; the Cora mess, Sale getting the knife, The Mookie situation, then the Covid hit (granted other teams had this), then Rodriguez (will he ever pitch again?). It was a shit hand he was dealt and then someone took a dump on his cards. If he can turn this team around in 2 years he should get a statue made of him in front of Fenway.... Theo had it pretty easy when he showed up (just needed to add one little piece really).... this is closer to the Ben Cherington situation in which he pulled a rabbit out of a public port-a-potty.
Well he had Ortiz the prior season (and have to add Millar and Mueller to that mix).... I was referring to Schilling as the one piece that he needed to add to the '04 roster from the '03 roster. But yeah.... it was two... forgot about Folke.I agree with you on Bloom (I think the Cora thing is underrated in its impact on the current situation). Theo had to do more than add one little piece though. The fact that I can't tell if your "one little piece" refers to Ortiz, Schilling, or Foulke suggests he needed more than just one piece. He was responsible for acquiring ~2/3 of the 2004 "25".
Didn't Theo become GM after the 2002 season?Well he had Ortiz the prior season (and have to add Millar and Mueller to that mix).... I was referring to Schilling as the one piece that he needed to add to the '04 roster from the '03 roster. But yeah.... it was two... forgot about Folke.
It's apparently not just Pawtucket, but also Boston College. source: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/heres-where-every-mlb-team-will-host-an-alternate-training-site/Can't they just saw Pawtucket?
The Red Sox called up Elliot Ness?some pretty crappy pitchers are up to replace the traded ones. the string is still a month from being played out...
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The optics would have been terrible. Can't release a guy mocking BLM so soon after the RNC.I forgot Marco was still on the team. I had such high hopes for him.
couldnt they have released Brasier instead?
Bryan Mata is down and hurt at the #RedSox alternate site. Looked like his left leg.
Bill Koch
@BillKoch25
Mata is leaving the game. Trainers were trying to stretch his left hamstring. Unable to put much weight on his left side at all. @SoxProspects lists Mata as the No. 3 player in the #RedSox organization.
*That's* why I'm glad he didn't move Vazquez or (especially) Bogaerts.It's very early, but so far Chaim Bloom has done a great job getting pieces to help the rebuilding process. Martin Perez is good 4/5 starter on a good contract going forward, Verdugo looks like an All Star level player under team control for a while, and Pillar and Moreland were signed on reasonable deals that were flipped for future minor league help.
I'd like to see what he can do to build a bullpen with a normal offseason. But if he can do that and Sale and Eduardo can heal up, the team will be a contender sooner than later.
Those numbers probably stack up pretty well with the back end of most ML rotations.Is Perez a "good 4/5 starter"?
Career: 4.72 era, 95 era+, 1.48 whip, 5.8 k/9
2018-2020: 5.38 era, 85 era+, 1.57 whip, 6.6 k/9
2020: 4.58 era, 101 era+, 1.27 whip, 6.1 k/9
I mean...I guess?
Bingo.A guy who takes the ball every 5 days and gives you 5+ innings at league average ERA is great number 5 starter, and a decent number 4.
Hoping Mata's injury was just a cramp. Especially since he hit 99 MPH on Sunday.
"Mata threw a breaking ball to Jarren Duran and immediately grabbed for his left hamstring. He hopped off the mound and collapsed to the grass toward the first-base side. Trainers attempted to stretch his left hamstring while tending to him. The club offered no official diagnosis, but The Athletic reported Mata was dealing with a hamstring cramp and would be evaluated again on Monday.
Mata is the No. 3 talent in the organization per SoxProspects.com. He reached Double-A Portland for the first time last season, making 11 starts for the Sea Dogs. Mata shows considerable promise with his strong 6-foot-3 frame and a fastball he ran up to 99 mph Sunday."
Clicking around roster resource, it seems like there are a few different styles of back-of-the-rotation types. There's the innings eater, the young guy with upside, the reclamation project, the just-a-guy (post-prospects and other membra disjecta), and these days, a new type: the opener. Very few teams have legitimate good starters — i.e. established pitchers who can provide both quality and quantity — in these roles. Those teams are generally contenders.Those numbers probably stack up pretty well with the back end of most ML rotations.
FWIW, only 60.2 of Brian Johnson's 99 innings pitched in 2018 were as a starter. I can't figure out how to pull those out to get his ERA+ or whip info, though. Eovaldi also had 50 innings of starts for the Sox with a total ERA+ of 133 for the Sox (he also had one relief appearance)Just for fun, I looked up the #5 starter for the last four Sox' championship teams, going by # of starts and ERA...
2004: Derek Lowe: 33 gs, 5.42 era, 89 era+, 1.62 whip, 5.2 k/9
2007: Julian Tavarez: 23 gs, 5.15 era, 92 era+, 1.50 whip, 5.1 k/9
2013: Ryan Dempster: 27 gs, 4.57 era, 90 era+, 1.45 whip, 8.2 k/9
2018: Brian Johnson: 13 gs, 4.17 era, 106 era+, 1.43 whip, 7.9 k/9
So I suppose Perez fits in there reasonably well.
Yeah, it's hard to determine a team's "number five" starter when it's a mish-mash of people. Or even in 2004...Lowe's numbers made him the fifth starter, but I'd argue that Arroyo really was that for them.FWIW, only 60.2 of Brian Johnson's 99 innings pitched in 2018 were as a starter. I can't figure out how to pull those out to get his ERA+ or whip info, though. Eovaldi also had 50 innings of starts for the Sox with a total ERA+ of 133 for the Sox (he also had one relief appearance)