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That homer was a breath of fresh air. Too bad they spent the entire Bogaerts at-bat replaying it.
I had forgotten that rule recently, for some reason.
A reminder that the truly galling thing about Remy is that he could be a very good announcer.
But I love the look of his swing. He's almost, dare I say it, reminiscent of Manny. It's the really calm hands and lower body, the easy power and weight shift.
He was a good announcer back when he cared about and was still interested in baseball.
Oh, Nava.
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Victorino RF
Saltalamacchia C
Middlebrooks 3B
Drew SS
Nava 1B
Hamilton DH
Pitching: LHP Franklin Morales followed by LHP Drake Britton, RHP Junichi Tazawa, RHP Joel Hanrahan, RHP Koji Uehara, RHP Andrew Bailey and LHP Andrew Miller.
NESNs sideline reporter did inform us that she talked to Middlebrooks prior to the game and that he had worked with Mike Lowell on his footing. That was useful.
I was pretty terrified about long term implications from the moment the pitch hit his wrist. Hopefully our concerns are overblown.
Does anyone else feel like this Middlebrooks incident determines the season? If he's fine, we're going to have a mostly normal baseball season for a mediocre baseball team. If he's gone for five months, baseball still hates me.
I think everyone feels that way on some level, whether they're willing to admit it or not. You'd have to be an emotionless robot to not have felt that way when you saw him grab at the wrist. So, maybe RDP would be unfazed, but everyone else was thinking "oh no, here we go again".
Sounds about right. It's not just an exciting young player it's the one guy on the team that really doesn't have a tolerable backup. If the Gods were out to get the Sox Middlebrooks would be the guy they would smite. Every other position has a replacement ready that would at least let us survive for awhile but if I have to watch Ciriaco play third base for two months I may kill myself.
They're kidding about the last part, no?
Edit: semi-coke to Jose.
If he misses time, they have some internal options:
(1) Simply plug Ciriaco in as the starter.
(2) Drew Sutton
(3) Teach Drew to play third, and start Iglesias at SS. In games in which they are trailing, they can pinch hit for Iglesias, slide Drew back, and insert Ciriaco (or Sutton) at 3B.
(4) Teach Brock Holt to play third.
(5) some combination of the above
I assume that Gomez is not really an option besides emergency use at 3B?
Huh?
Where are you seeing that? I'm pretty sure Bogaerts has already left for Asia to join the Honkballers.
Extra Bases has Bradley listed in center. I wonder if whatever site you looked at put in the wrong "B" prospect.
I mention this with some regularity but it is still not clear to me why 3rd base is not an option for a converted catcher (e.g. Napoli or hell even Lavarnway). Fundamentally it's the same skills at first base; semi-competence on grounder, good feet, quick hands and then you add in a strong arm. That seems like a reasonable set of skills that would translate well from behind the plate.
I had thoughts last night that it would be awfully exciting to see Bogaerts jump in there. So many reasons that it's a lousy idea for a kid who just turned 20 and has a month at AA under his belt but the thought of an October article "when Will Middlebrooks broke his wrist checking his swing, little did we know that a door opened for the player who would generate an excitement not seen by a Boston rookie since Nomar burst onto the scene..."
Then I remember he's 20 and drew one walk in a month of AA ball and maybe I should settle down.
Do 3Bmen have more chances at batted balls than 1Bmen because of their positioning and that there are more RH hitters than lefties?
EDIT - BBRef now has Spring Training stats for this year including an estimated value of opposition quality? I really think I love Sean Forman.
It was MLB.com. Not even they can get everything right, it seems. They've fixed it (to my extreme relief).
To me, it seems like 3B requires better natural instincts and incredibly quick reactions to batted balls that are pretty difficult if you've never played an infield position before. 3B usually play closer in on the grass and have to defend against bunts and whatnot, while 1B tend to play a little deeper and have a little more time to react, not to mention all the throws are different. Most C can barely play a passable 1B, let alone 3B.
Ellsbury and Drew both look good, putting on good swings against LHP.
Sutton with 2 errors at third base in one ####### inning. Amazing.
Trade deadline at the latest.
Going to five games the next two weeks, let me know whose career you'd like me to ruin.
EDIT: Oops, I misspelled "Shaughnessy".
There is some nitwit on the field pregame with a Red Sox Longoria jersey on. Yes that is correct, joins the guy I saw with the Michael Jordan Celtic jersey at the parade in 2004.
This appears to be a trend now...Teixeira out of the WBC and out for at least 2 weeks with a wrist injury. Heard a "pop". That's a big concern for a guy whose only tool on offense is power. The amusing part will be when Dan Johnson fills in and hits .250/.350/.500 for 6 weeks with half his games in NYS, with 6-10 homers in that span as he takes advantage of the short porch.
Over on SoSH, they're saying he sat mid-90s (somewhere 93-97, depending on reports) and looked great. Bard recently told the press that he's finally started feeling like his old self in side sessions, and he apparently showed it today. This is really great news.
Let him have a good month and deal him away. I won't ever trust him again. Sorry...
Speaking of said closer, Hanrahan had another miserable outing today. He only managed to get 1 out before they had to lift him due to pitch count. That's freaking pathetic, and comes after a few other bad outings.
I don't want to make too much of spring training numbers, and I haven't gotten to sit down and watch Hanrahan pitch yet. But in the situation the Sox have, with Bailey, Tazawa, and Uehara all looking like excellent high-lev options, it seems to me that Hanrahan should have to win the job rather than be given time to settle into it.
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Hating on one of the best possible feel-good stories of the spring is no fun, teddy.
I never really got the impression he was ever all that good at hitting the glove, he often got outs on raw stuff. Not my cup of tea.
I hope he has himself a good rest of his career.
Bard has some good breaking stuff today, but his fastball is all over the place a bit.
Sounds ominous.
Thome?
Bradley?
Damon?
Johnny Platoonbody?
If they're to have any chance this season, my preference would be to use Bradley (also time in the field of course) and hope for upside. Platooning people like GOmes and Nava just seems to me to be creating holes elsewhere.
And I'm on board with Dales Jackie Bradley plan.
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