Farrell used to give a new guy a day to get used to the dugout and the bathroom. I don’t know about Cora. Maybe Pearce will be this year’s Johnny Gomes, but in a lot less games.Speier tweeted that Pearce has faced CC more than any other pitcher (.849 OPS). I bet he hops on the plane tomorrow.
The problem with that is, Blake is a AAAA catcher without options that isn't very decent defensively and hasn't hit better than a pitcher for quite a long time.Nice pickup. As for Blake, he needs to be traded for a AAAA catcher with options that is decent defensively and can hit better than a pitcher in case of injury.
Pearce probably doesn’t have appeal to non-playoff teams because of his age. He’s a perfect fit for a team that has more of a specific need for the stretch run. I’m not complaining that we got him for what we did.So the Jays get a 23 YO with utility player upside and a bit over $1M in salary relief.
Seems like they might have been better off hanging on to him to see if a better deal came their way.
Pearce seems to fill a very specific need for Boston - not sure how much value he would have had among other contenders.So the Jays get a 23 YO with utility player upside and a bit over $1M in salary relief.
Seems like they might have been better off hanging on to him to see if a better deal came their way.
"Shake nerves" was an overly abbreviated way to express that Lin's couple of at bats have shown the guy incredibly nervous. Nerves even have affected a play in the field. Shaking in this context means "getting over" his nervousness.
I'm usually in my car on Friday's when his segment is on. Typically lots of laughs, never any hard hitting questions. Usually stick to talking about guys that are going good, guys that are close to coming off the DL and a few prospects down below. Hosts that I normally hear with him are Mike Ferrin and Jim Duquette with an occasional mix of Bowden depending on the week.Listened to a telephone interview of Gibbons today on mlb radio on xm. I think it may just be the tv feed, not sure. Was hoping to pick up a tidbit or two about Pearce, but it was all platitudes. "He's one of the good guys." And "we were juggling at the position and it was tough to keep everyone sharp." About this time of year: "Not really my thing, front office needs to make our team better and we just play the games."
Is Gibbons well regarded? Interviews on the radio with a cell phone are usually pretty lame, but he doesn't strike me as an effective communicator and he really comes off as one of those old school guys without much forward thinking. Again, though, pretty small sample to judge from.
Cora probably let him use his private toilet.Farrell used to give a new guy a day to get used to the dugout and the bathroom. I don’t know about Cora. Maybe Pearce will be this year’s Johnny Gomes, but in a lot less games.
The games being played at the toilet. No need.Cora probably let him use his private toilet.
591 career OPS at Fenway with 1HR in 98 AB. Maybe our pitching is the reason though.
Yeah, but aren't a lot of those hits along the lines gonna be foul balls when he plays on fields where the foul lines are at 90° angles? ;-P
Monster or not, all three of those were gone anywhere.The Monster sure loved him today.....hopefully the next few days too
Turned that around in a hurry. Career OPS at Fenway is up to .714 in 120 AB, 5 HR total now after tacking on the 3 last night.591 career OPS at Fenway with 1HR in 98 AB. Maybe our pitching is the reason though.
Or 2017 Eduardo Nunez.Its not a perfect parallel, but Pearce is giving me flashbacks to 1999 Brian Daubach.
Why yes. Yes it might.All Pearce's power is to pull. The Green Monster might fall in love with him.
He was tremendous for the Orioles in 2014. I remember being aware of him as a good role-player kind of guy back then but didn't register how good he really was at the time....he had a 161 wRC+ and managed 4.5 fWAR in just 102 games/383 PA as a 1B/corner OF. That's crazy stuff.I gotta say, I watch a decent amount of Red Sox baseball, follow other teams from more of a distance but keep up with the headlines across the sport, etc... and I don't think I can remember a more anonymous player (especially given that he's played in 12 major league seasons!) than Steve Pearce. When the Sox picked him up, I pretty much had no idea who he was.
Well, he's not anonymous anymore, that's for sure.
Part of that is the sheer anonymity of his name. "Steve Pearce" sounds like the name a comic book superhero adopts when he's trying to lay lowI gotta say, I watch a decent amount of Red Sox baseball, follow other teams from more of a distance but keep up with the headlines across the sport, etc... and I don't think I can remember a more anonymous player (especially given that he's played in 12 major league seasons!) than Steve Pearce. When the Sox picked him up, I pretty much had no idea who he was.
Well, he's not anonymous anymore, that's for sure.
May work out for Toronto too. Espinal has been promoted to AA New Hampshire and is slashing .298/.353/.468 in 51 PA, continuing off the success he had in A+. He'll be 24 in November and he just reached AA but he hasn't repeated any levels and looks to have added some power this year. He plays 2b/SS/3b too. I'd guess he's going to have some type of major league career.Thank you, Santiago Espinal.
Journeyman Clyde Vollmer hit 13 home runs for the Red Sox in July of 1951. He hit 56 for all the rest of his 10 year career. He helped keep the Sox in the pennant race, and they even led for about half the month of July, then faded and finished third. What else was new back then.I gotta say, I watch a decent amount of Red Sox baseball, follow other teams from more of a distance but keep up with the headlines across the sport, etc... and I don't think I can remember a more anonymous player (especially given that he's played in 12 major league seasons!) than Steve Pearce. When the Sox picked him up, I pretty much had no idea who he was.
Well, he's not anonymous anymore, that's for sure.