Thurston would probaly have to kidnap Lowrie.
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I just hope Lowrie isn't being recalled to back up Cora and get the occasional start. Free J-Lo!
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With the audition Lowrie had earlier in the season, I'd think he HAS to start the majority of the games. Cora might play a little more than he has to this
point in the season, but I hope it isn't much more. I think at this stage of his career Cora with much more exposure might become a real liability.
Varitek/Moss/Lowrie gives a little different feel to the bottom of the lineup than Crisp/Varitek/Lugo. I suspect that the lineup posting for tonight will garner a bit more interest than usual !!
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Moe Jorgan wrote:
This is pure statistical noise. It's predictive value is close to nil. Hitting with 2 outs and RISP isn't a persistent skill.
"And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh... this could be a lot more, uh, complex, I mean, it's not just, it might not be
just such a simple... uh, you know?"
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Lowrie is in the starting lineup and batting 8th tonight.
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Big Papi tentatively scheduled to be the next veteran Sox player rushed back too soon from an injury.
Shortly after the All-Star break he will play 3 days in AAA, take a day off, get 3 games in AA, and then come back up.
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DCRi wrote: BSCrich wrote: Thurston would probaly have to kidnap Lowrie. -------------------------------------------------- Yeah, either a kidnapping or an injury to Cora, Lowrie, or Pedroia. Thurston's a classic AAAA player, and players with his profile aren't really that uncommon. Good teams like the Red Sox stock their AAA teams with guys like him for situations when the shit hits the fan. Honestly, his AAA stats don't show any real improvements from his past two AAA seasons. Maybe he gets a call in September if the Sox can spare a 40 man spot. |
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Don't you feel for the guy? He's hitting much better than Lowrie. He's a league All Star again. He can competently play several positions.
Life's not fair, and baseball certainly isn't. But he can't do much better than he has done to earn a chance. I'm not pushing him. I'm
trying to look at it from his perspective.
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FenwayTheHardWay wrote: Who said it was a predictive stat? Its just a stat, which kinda explains why we kept losing. A bit like the 0/71 with RISP for the rays stat I posted.
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He's got an OPS of .813 at AAA, it's not like he's tearing the cover off the ball. Lowrie is slumping now at AAA, but I'd still go with Lowrie
over Thurston in terms of their relative chances of having OPS over .800 at the major league level.
Do I think he could fit on someone's bench at the MLB level? Probably somewhere. Do I feel for him? To an extent. He chose to sign with the Red Sox when they had Lowrie at AAA. Maybe he thought Lowrie would be moved in a deal. Who knows. Either way, he's likely making more than the average minor league player (the Sox generally offer better deals), and he still has a decent shot at getting a cup of coffee in the majors. As I said, there are several AAAA players out there. I'm not going to worry about the fate of every one of them. "Life's not fair, and baseball certainly isn't. But he can't do much better than he has done to earn a chance." He's 28 (in his hitting prime) and he's only putting up an .813 OPS. If he "can't do much better than that", well that's frankly not a huge positive for him. As for the fact that baseball isn't fair, I don't want to sound like a dick here, but get over it. He's not so much better than other backup major league players that its outrageous he's in AAA. |
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why the hell is Cabrera in?
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because his first name is fernando, not daniel
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Does anyone still remember Francisco Cabrera and his huge clutch hit?
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rjacques1988 wrote: damn yahoo. I am sorry, I am in Washingtom State and only way I can track the game is on live scoreboards. Maybe I shouldn't be so cheap. |
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I watched JD Drew's pop fly home run over and over and I still couldn't figure out how it got out. It looked like he barely got it. If I watched the
game live, my first thought as soon as he hit that ball would have been lazy fly to LF or maybe in the first few rows of the foul territory. Sure enough,
Hittracker said it went 89.4 mph off the bat (second weakest of the season for non-inside the park HR's) and it went a standard distance of 306 feet, the
4th shortest of all HR's hit this year. I'll take it though.
BRING REESE HOME
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templeUsox wrote: The velocity of the FB Liz threw didn't hurt either. It was a 96-97 MPH fast ball, according to NESN, which Drew only had to but the barrel of the bat
on it and it got out. Drew's and Manny's homers Liz basically did there Job for them.
Boston doesn't deserve me.
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With the game Wake just threw, Charlie Zink is apparently stuck in AAA for the foreseeable future. I wonder, if Wake were to, say, have a recurrence of last
season's back trouble, if Charlie would indeed get a chance?
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templeUsox wrote: Every now and then the Monster gives one back for all the HR's it takes away.
"Since I stole that base I have not gone one day -- not one -- without someone coming and saying 'thank you.' You may never experience that, and I have it for life." -Dave Roberts
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They showed a replay of it from the 3rd base camera. Really showed how softly it was hit. Fenway is amazing when it comes to how you can get some cheap hr's. Then hit some bombs that don't get out. I thought Casey hit 2 the last 2 days. That knucklehead in the stands interfered Friday night. Hard to tell if it gets out or not. But, definately out of any other stadium. And, Casey hit a rocket off RF wall in front of bullpen last night. Out of most stadiums. |
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...and it only took 2 minutes for Don & Jerry to completely lose it today.
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