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    4/5/24 - Opening Day x3

    Spring training is invaluable both for actually seeing players and for talking to scouts etc. about them.
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    2024 Worcester Red Sox (AAA)

    It was a night game on a Thursday, 55 degrees at first pitch, and the PawSox got their 2014 Governors' Cup rings before the game.
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    Sox have published a page of every player pronouncing their own name:

    Late to the party, but for me it's definitely I'm hoping they will expand this to the minor leagues. Portland has had a SoundCloud of players saying their names but I would love to see something formal system-wide. Would be a nice complement to the movement to use diacritical marks...
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    Minor League Thread 2024

    Alex Speier said Romero was healthy but they were bringing him back slowly after the injuries last year. FWIW I was there March 16-23 and didn't lay eyes on him. I did see Yordanny throw long toss (and PFP earlier in the month) but last week he was throwing with a group that included some...
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    Noah Song (RHP) and his Harmonious Life

    MILB players usually report (officially) in waves in early March. Certainly possible that he was there early, but in my experience things don't get going with the minor leaguers until about a week after the MLB games start. If he's there already it's more likely that he's doing...
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    2024 Jet Blue Spring Training Recommendations

    Starting this year, parking is included with your game ticket. Just plan on not rushing out after the game. A lot of folks hang out near Gate D to watch the guys on the visiting team who actually finished the game get on the bus. On non-game days after the games have started, parking is...
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    2024 Jet Blue Spring Training Recommendations

    It's a bit harder to predict who's where once the games get started, and it kind of depends on whether any player interactions are good or whether you have your heart set on one particular player. The good news is that many of the minor leaguers won;t have reported officially yet so the major...
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    2024 Portland Sea Dogs (AA)

    Not sure they've announced the 2024 cost for milb.tv yet, but it's glorious.
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    No Town Hall this year at Red Sox Winter Weekend

    I'm not sure how many folks posting here have been to Winter Weekend. I went every year at Foxwoods but stopped last year when they moved to MGM because part of the appeal for me was staying on site at Foxwoods and basically not even taking my coat out of the car in January. I enjoyed the Town...
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    Minor league thread 2023

    Another challenging factor is that without Lowell between the FCL and Salem, there have definitely been changes in the quality of play in A and A+ that are likely reflected in more aggressive promotions based less on overall numbers and more on team staff assessments/particular stats. Anthony...
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    Minor league thread 2023

    Cellucci has some of that too: I find it fascinating--all about muscle memory and control, not about watching what you're doing.
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    Minor league thread 2023

    It's actually not that unusual in my experience.
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    Arizona Fall League 2023

    I don't actually handle it, I can just flag it for the right person--but a PM would be great. I usually take pains to point out that my focus with SP is photos; I don't rank players or assess their curveballs or swings or defensive capabilities, in part because in some parks I'm in the dugout...
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    Arizona Fall League 2023

    Thanks for noting this! And sorry I wasn't keeping up on this thread as much as the MiLB one. Fixed now.
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    Minor league thread 2023

    I really wish I got to see a little more of him in Greenville in September--just caught him in one game. I do think it's taking a while for us to assess the overall changes in the way players are promoted after losing short-season A as a developmental stage. Chris and Ian emphasize this a lot in...
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