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Roman Mendez - where's the hype?

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badfishnbc	Roman Mendez - where's the hype?		Lead	[-]
Rookie Posts: 1 07/17/09 2:19 PM	Tags : None Just tweeted with Ben Badler on his "Friday Sleepers" meme, and got back the following: BenBadler@mattdaigle Roman Mendez is the best Red Sox prospect most fans have never heard of #fridaysleepers18 minutes ago from web in reply to mattdaigle So what's the word? He's right, I'm awfully (and shamefully) unfamiliar with Mendez. Anyone have any insight?
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Norm in Oregon		#1	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 892 07/17/09 2:36 PM Veteran Member	If there's one place I'd like to teleport to and catch a glimpse of few prospects, it would be Florida for the GCL games (as a fly on the wall). Fantastic peripherals for an 18 year old. Most impressive is the command with just 16 walks in 51 innings or less that 3 every nine innings. And it seems he has two + pitches and a developing changeup. I suppose the buzz will start once we can all get to hear about him (and see him) on a regular basis. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. ~ Frederick Douglass
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mseskin		#2	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 20 07/17/09 2:39 PM	Well, I'll contribute the numbers: 2008: 51 IP, 43 H, 15 ER, 1 HR, 46/16 K/BB, .94 GO/AO 2009: 24 IP, 11 H, 4 ER, 0 HR, 25/4 K/BB, 1.14 GO/AO Looks good to me, but I've never seen him pitch, so I, as well, am quite unfamiliar.
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jsinger121		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 14797 07/17/09 2:50 PM Jonathan Singer Digital Correspondent SoxProspects.com	Welcome to the site, badfishnbc. Twitter: @Jonathan_Singer/@Soxprospects
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Curll84		#4	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 530 07/17/09 4:00 PM	Show me about 125 IP and I might start getting excited. The numbers are nice, but they don't really jump out at me. Julio Rodriguez has better numbers in the same league and is a month younger. Where's his hype? If someone can reproduce Clayton Kershaw's 2006 numbers in the GCL, then I'll start salivating.
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jsinger121		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 14799 07/17/09 4:06 PM Jonathan Singer Digital Correspondent SoxProspects.com	Well for one he is not going to pitch 125 innings his first year in the states. So you can throw that out the window. Twitter: @Jonathan_Singer/@Soxprospects
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Arquimedez Bozo		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7650 07/17/09 4:33 PM Chris Hatfield Executive Editor SoxProspects.com	jsinger121 wrote: Well for one he is not going to pitch 125 innings his first year in the states. So you can throw that out the window. I'm pretty sure he wasn't saying he was going to throw 125 innings this year Jon.
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Curll84		#7	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 531 07/17/09 5:05 PM	I meant a total of 125 in the US. Figure 70ish this year, probably less. Edit: I don't think any pitcher has thrown 125 in single season of the GCL, for that matter. Hell, maybe any rookie league.
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FAN		#8	[url]	[-]
Rookie Posts: 58 07/17/09 5:30 PM	Here at The Fort,we have felt for sometime that Mr. Badler is right on. You can not miss Roman Mendez,he is the "cowboy",very bow-legged. A great kid.-------We also have another,"best prospect most fans have never heard of",pitcher,Randy Consuegra of Columbia.------------
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dominican soxfan		#9	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 259 07/19/09 2:24 PM	For those of you that have Comcast cable in New England there is a difficult to find channel; NESN On Demand. One of the profiles is of Roman Mendez discussing pitching, his personal goals, and his impressions of Stolmy Pimentel.
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edwardcc		#10	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 307 07/21/09 6:28 PM	From the Boston Herald article a few days back: "RHP Roman Mendez, turns 19 next week. Power pitcher has reached 96 mph, with good secondary pitches. Big-bodied, yet to fill out. First four GCL starts: 21 strikeouts in 19 innings with just four walks; 1.42 ERA." Here is his profile from this site: "Has a lot of room to fill out his frame. His fastball has nice late movement, sits between 89-92 mph, and has topped out at 96 mph. Also has an above average slider and a developing changeup. Good command. " That is a pretty good scouting report and darn good early results. I would like to see him get a bump up to Lowell and start full season ball next year. I never realized he threw this hard.
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SoxSail		#11	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 52 07/31/09 12:29 PM	Manny Rivera and Roman Mendez have both been very successful this year, and began the year ranked closely. They climbed in the SP rankings together since the GCL season started, however, in the latest edition, they are separated by 13 spots. I'm not arguing the ranking, I'm just interested in what people have seen that might have led to their differing paths, especially given their recent results. Rivera in July: 1.50 ERA, 22/6 K/BB, 1.61 GO/AO in 24.0 IP Mendez in July: 1.80 ERA, 25/3 K/BB, 0.81 GO/AO in 25.0 IP
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wskeleton76		#12	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 570 07/31/09 12:34 PM Veteran Member	Because Roman Mendez has better stuff and is more projectable than Manny Rivera. That's my guess.
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soxprospects		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6572 07/31/09 12:37 PM Mike Andrews Editor-in-Chief SoxProspects.com	Because Rivera is 11 months older than Mendez, and because Mendez throws 96 mph and Rivera doesn't. Their rankings were the same as last week's. Rankings discussion needs to go in the Meta Forum, please.
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