Rob Smorol

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Undrafted free agent.  Pitched 4 years at Rutgers with fair results (22-17, 3.77 ERA).  He was a starter 3 of his 4 years at Rutgers.  6'1, 190lbs, LHP.  Has pitched 4 games in the GCL, allowing no runs on 1 hit in 3.2 IP (0 BB, 4 K).  Has 1 save so far.  Almost no report on soxprospects.com
 

[SIZE=8pt]Scouting Report[/SIZE]: Lefty with an average fastball. Also throws a curveball and changeup.

 

 

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Rutgers?  Was he signed by the Sox or the Pats?

 

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Gets his 2nd save as he strikes out the only batter in a 2-0 GCL win.

 

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Has still yet to be scored on in the GCL, in spite of an 8-3 loss.  3 IP, 3H. 0 BB, 4 K.

 

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Continues to pitch scoreless ball in a 3-1 GCL loss.  1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 K

 

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Allows his 1st runs in a 5-3 GCL loss.  2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 0 K.  ERA 1.69

 

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Rough outing in a 7-6 GCL win.  1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 0 K.  ERA 3.86

 

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Gets the win with 2 perfect innings with 1 K in a 2-1 GCL win.  ERA 3.29

 

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Allows a run on 2 hits (1 BB, 1 K) in a 5-3 GCL loss.  ERA 3.68

 

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1 inning with a walk and aK in an 8-1 GCL loss.  ERA 3.45

 

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Allows a run and 1 hit (1 BB) in a 3-2 GCL loss.  ERA 3.78

 

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8/28--Promoted to Greenville.

 

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Throws a scoreless inning (1 BB) in a 4-2 Drive loss.

 

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Final Stats (includes 1 app in Greenville)
 
 
1-0 3.57 ERA, 2 SV, 14 G, 17.2 IP, 12 H, 8 BB, 14 K.  Should be interesting to see where he fits in next year.

 

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Projected by soxprospects.com to start the year in Lowell

 

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Has pitched 2 games for Lowell so far 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 4 BB (all in his first appearance), 5 K.

 

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Gets the loss in Lowell's 2-1 loss.  3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA 2.25

 

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Throws a scoreless 9th (1 H) in an 8-4 Lowell win.  ERA 2.00

 

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Falls to 0-2 as he allows an 11th inning HR in Lowell's 8-7 defeat.  2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K.  ERA 2.38

 

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2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K in a 9-4 Lowell loss.  ERA 1.93

 

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Throws a scoreless inning (1 BB, 1 K) in a 9-4 Salem loss.  ERA 1.80

 

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Falls to 0-3 in a 5-4 Lowell loss.  1.2  IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K.  ERA 2.70

 

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Gets the start and a ND in a  9-3 Lowell loss.  3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 0 K.  ERA 3.20

 

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Throws a perfect 9th with 1 K in an 11-2 Lowell win.  ERA 3.05

 

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Allows 2 unearned runs with 2 walks in 1/3 of an inning in a 7-5 Lowell loss.  ERA 3.00

 

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Disastrous 1 innings as he falls to 0-4 in an 8-5 Lowell loss. 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP ERA now up to 4.91

 

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8/1--- Nice bounce back as throws 3 hitless innings (1 BB, 3 K). ERA 4.32

 

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2 IP,4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K in a 7-0 Lowell loss. ERA 4.33

 

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Throws 3.1 innings in a 5-1 Lowell loss. 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K. ERA 4.45

 

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Throws 1 perfect inning in a 5-4 Lowell win.  ERA 4.31

 

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Throws 1 scoreless inning (1 H, 1 BB) in a 5-0 Lowell loss.  ERA 4.18

 

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Final stats--Lowell
 
0-4, 4.18 ERA, 2 SV, 50 IP, 39, 22 ER, 26 BB, 36 K.  Is going to be 24 in Feb, which is a bit old to be in the low minors.  He is LH with decent LHH splits (.154 avg, 1.17 WHIP), so that might keep him around.   Ceiling might be as a LOOGY.

 

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Released on January 8.