Red Sox Spring training thread
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Yeah, I'm definitely in NESN range, and it's only on MLB network which is showing the YES feed, unfortunately.
Kelly looking very sharp, spotting fastball and dropping lollipop hooks on corners.
Jinxed him, I suck!
Jinxed him, I suck!
Travis Shaw with a big day so far. Solo HR followed by a 2 run double.
EDIT: He proceeds to steal third.
EDIT: He proceeds to steal third.
Rob Bradford @bradfo 1m1 minute ago
Farrell said would be comfortable calling up Swihart to majors if needed, but that wouldn't necc. be move early in season. Hits 9th today
Brian MacPherson @brianmacp 16s16 seconds ago
Farrell suggested that if a Vazquez/Hanigan injury created a need for a catcher now or early on, Quintero would get nod ahead of Swihart.
Farrell said would be comfortable calling up Swihart to majors if needed, but that wouldn't necc. be move early in season. Hits 9th today
Brian MacPherson @brianmacp 16s16 seconds ago
Farrell suggested that if a Vazquez/Hanigan injury created a need for a catcher now or early on, Quintero would get nod ahead of Swihart.
soxhop411 said:
Makes sense from a development standpoint. Would require additional 40-man roster moves though. Let's hope we never have to find out how they would get Quintero on the roster.
Catchers do get hurt. Since only 60-day DL frees 40-man spot, this is a potential problem. Makes Swihart call-up somewhat more likely.
yes and no, most every year someone gets an injury significant enough to land them on the 60 day DL and it doesn't have to be someone who plays catcher who lands on the 60 day DL for them to add Quintero.Fireball Fred said:
I wasn't expecting to enjoy Spring as much as I am.
My brain is slowly switching over from the Pats, but it's nice!
Team seems like they're in a great place together and that's awesome. No Bobby V or AJP tension...just...good vibes.
My brain is slowly switching over from the Pats, but it's nice!
Team seems like they're in a great place together and that's awesome. No Bobby V or AJP tension...just...good vibes.
Those are great!! (Grossfeld of course). Two observations:
Farrell looks homeless in a tshirt and no hat;
Buchholz looks like the reincarnation of Piney Woods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TS3IkTBUiA
Farrell looks homeless in a tshirt and no hat;
Buchholz looks like the reincarnation of Piney Woods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TS3IkTBUiA
Darnell's Son said:
It's probably an optical illusion, but Pedroia and Sandoval look like the same height in this picture. No question that Pablo has at least 100 lbs on Dustin, however.
MikeM said:
yeah...I would think that once word gets back that this is becoming a thing, someone will let him know this is a no-win, and that once the season starts, there are a lot of scab-pickers in the Boston sports coverage world.
Giants front office took the high road, so now its only a retired, briefly-Giant, firing back. Hopefully this is the end.
In case you were wondering...
Baseball Reference has Team Spring Training Stats up - Red Sox at http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2015.shtml
I'm interested in how opportunities are distributed: 23 relievers have thrown in games, along with six starters (Wright listed among the starters); 41 position players have gotten into games, all but one of them getting at least 1 PA (1B David Chester). Rusney Castillo is not listed among those 41, as he was injured in the BC game, which was not officially part of the Spring Training schedule.
Baseball Reference has Team Spring Training Stats up - Red Sox at http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2015.shtml
I'm interested in how opportunities are distributed: 23 relievers have thrown in games, along with six starters (Wright listed among the starters); 41 position players have gotten into games, all but one of them getting at least 1 PA (1B David Chester). Rusney Castillo is not listed among those 41, as he was injured in the BC game, which was not officially part of the Spring Training schedule.
curly2 said:
I think this whole thing is a big gossipy mess and I find this take on it to be really catty. So he didn't name each and every player and wasn't their best pal. Give me a break. You can't please everyone. And this fact makes it really easy for Huff to play the "don't forget about Aubrey Huff" card.
Flunky said:
Naah, that doesn't work. He didn't say "I'm really gonna miss the guys, especially Bochy and Pence," or even just "I'm really gonna miss Bochy and Pence" and leave it at that. He made a point of saying he was only going to miss those guys. By doing so, he introduced the meow factor, and the "who is Aubrey Huff?" rejoinder only makes him sound like more of a jerk (and makes Huff look like he knows what he's talking about).
I hope Panda plays awesomely for the Sox and wins a bunch of rings, but for some of us at least, he definitely made himself a little harder to root for this past week.
rembrat said:
Better than someone else's hotel room (although that probably happened as well) :buddy:
Also, this isn't Pablo just not being able to mention all of his teammates. He specifically said that there were two people he would miss and that's it. I'm glad none of the current Giants are firing back. They have enough problems as it is.
Joe Kelly just came out of the game against the Mets with an injury of some sort, not clear yet exactly what or if serious.
Darnell's Son said:
Bobby V must have known that his unexpected visit would provoke such a reaction.
The Gray Eagle said:
I love how vague this link is: http://m.redsox.mlb.com/news/article/112986032/red-sox-right-hander-joe-kelly-leaves-games-with-possible-injury
Discomfort? Where? But that doesn't sound like an ankle or a knee.
The Times has a nice piece on Hanley today. No real news to us, but nice anyway:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/sports/baseball/a-return-to-boston-with-a-new-position-and-attitude.html?ref=baseball
Gordon Edes @GordonEdes 7m7 minutes ago
Absolutely right..MT @joeymwilson: @GordonEdes Joe Kelly isn't worried? Biceps tendinitis has been precursor to TJ surgery in past.
Absolutely right..MT @joeymwilson: @GordonEdes Joe Kelly isn't worried? Biceps tendinitis has been precursor to TJ surgery in past.
GaryPeters71 said:
Exactly. It may be nothing, but anyone saying they are not worried before an MRI and exam is just trying to convince himself. Price for Hamels likely went up regardless.
RAJ can write whatever he wants on Hamels's price tag. I doubt Ben thinks the best way to deal with losing Kelly is to ante up for Hamels.Sampo Gida said:
Sampo Gida said:
Since they weren't paying the asking price for Hamels already, I don't think it going up matters at all.
I think in a lot of ways, we can look at the 2015 rotation as the last part of the bridge. It's designed to be good enough to keep us in contention until the trade deadline so we can either trade for something special with our prospect inventory, or just make way for guys like Owens, Rodriguez, and Johnson.
It would suck to lose Kelly and miss out on the playoffs by a game or so because we replaced him with Workman or Wright instead of getting Hamels or whomever, but I think in the long run it will be worth it.
And I think the long run isn't very far away. By 2016 we'll have a much better idea what we're getting out of Betts, Castillo, Craig, and Vazquez and Owens and Rodriguez will have had a year at AAA.
