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I had the privilege of sharing a front row set of seats with longgame today. Impressed with Ted's great knowledge of baseball.

It was a pleasant day in Charlotte, more like New England weather.  Played the White Sox AAA club in Charlotte.  A good showing today by WooSox, with a Dalbec homer. but Winchowski dug a pitching hole that they could not get out of.  But WooSox do have a rising star in Dick Fitts, who should get a call up later this year when the Sox rotation thins out.  Fitts pitched a perfect game into the 8th earlier this week.

1:35PM Eastern

Red Sox

Brayan Bello (R)

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Dominic Smith (L) 1B
Rafael Devers (L) 3B
Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
Garrett Cooper (R) DH
Reese McGuire (L) C
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF
David Hamilton (L) SS

Tigers

Casey Mize (R)

Matt Vierling (R) 3B
Riley Greene (L) CF
Wenceel Pérez (S) RF
Mark Canha (R) DH
Colt Keith (L) 2B
Gio Urshela (R) 1B
Akil Baddoo (L) LF
Javier Báez (R) SS
Carson Kelly (R) C

Gametime Temp: 77F
Chance of Precip: 0%

Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on June 01, 2024, 05:37:09 PMEnmanuel Valdez was promoted from Worcester to Boston and had a big day at DH.  3 hits incl two homers and three RBI's.

Something happened to Grissom, Wong played most of the game at 2B.  He is quite an athlete,

Grissom pulled his hammy on a run to first.

We could have used Valdez at the Charlotte game today.

Decent game. Gave up a couple runs late but pitching was good overall. Some good hitting and defense. Over .500 again.

Enmanuel Valdez was promoted from Worcester to Boston and had a big day at DH.  3 hits incl two homers and three RBI's.

Something happened to Grissom, Wong played most of the game at 2B.  He is quite an athlete,

4:10PM Eastern

Red Sox

Cooper Criswell (R)

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Dominic Smith (L) 1B
Rafael Devers (L) 3B
Enmanuel Valdez (L) DH
Vaughn Grissom (R) 2B
Reese McGuire (L) C
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF
David Hamilton (L) SS

Tigers

Reese Olson (R)

Matt Vierling (R) RF
Riley Greene (L) LF
Wenceel Pérez (S) CF
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
Colt Keith (L) DH
Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B
Zach McKinstry (L) 2B
Javier Báez (R) SS
Jake Rogers (R) C

Gametime Temp: 77F
Chance of Precip: 0%

Decent game all around. Houck looked real good. Bats came alive. Sox win 7-3.

7:10PM Eastern

Red Sox

Tanner Houck (R)

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Connor Wong (R) C
Rafael Devers (L) 3B
Rob Refsnyder (R) DH
Dominic Smith (L) 1B
Vaughn Grissom (R) 2B
David Hamilton (L) SS
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF

Tigers

Kenta Maeda (R)

Wenceel Pérez (S) RF
Riley Greene (L) CF
Matt Vierling (R) 3B
Mark Canha (R) DH
Colt Keith (L) 2B
Akil Baddoo (L) LF
Gio Urshela (R) 1B
Zach McKinstry (L) SS
Carson Kelly (R) C

Gametime Temp: 71F
Chance of Precip: 0%

Quote from: SeaBeachFred on May 30, 2024, 09:16:12 PM

Quote from: longgame on May 30, 2024, 08:27:36 AMFreaking Gunnar Henderson is the real deal.  They have some great young players on that team.

And that's the problem Ted....WE DON"T!!!!!!!  Duran and Abreu look like keepers, but Rafaela, Cooper, Smith, Hamilton and Grissom????????? Are you freaki' kidding me. Grissom is a mediocre fielder and can't seem to get his batting average about 150.  Rafaela is error prone, is careless on he bases and can barely hit 200. Cooper is garbage, Smith, a three time loser with other teams and both are high 100 hitters.  As for Hamilton, does anyone actually see any real future for this guy taking up an important spot in our lineup as a future stalwart?

Time to think bringing up the future....Teel, Mayer, Yorke, Anthony and a few of those who ceiling is a lot higher than the previously mention band of duds.  And let's pull the plug on Cora when we finally get some sense and bring p the  real prospects.  Cora is good with a veteran team but horse dung with younger players, especially when they are limited in talent to begin with.

SeaDog and I will be checking out the Woo Sox tomorrow, so we'll get a look at some of those guys, although most of the better ones haven't made it up there yet.  I think Rafaela is the real deal, it would help him to not move between the IF and OF.  Look at how much Duran has improved and for that matter, before he got hurt, Casas.  I'm hopeful we can get some of that development with Rafaela.  Smith and Cooper are only there because nobody other than Casas can stop a ball thrown to 1B.  Hamilton doesn't look like he has the goods.  Grissom was supposed to be able to hit but he's still behind after being out so long.  We'll see on that one.  I would think that with Story and Casas they would have been better off so far. 

Meanwhile the fielding has improved. I read where they set up a clinic at the beginning of a series and take the field early with coaches working directly with the infielders and that's why we've seen an improvement from horrid to mediocre. Hopefully they continue that.