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7/28 ML Gameday Thread: Tazawa makes his AAA debut

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07/27/09 9:47 PM

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AAA- Pawtucket (Junichi Tazawa NR) @ Buffalo [NYM] (Nelson Figueroa 6-5 2.42) 7:05 pm
AA- Portland (Blake Maxwell 2-6 6.26) @ Reading [PHI] (Joe Savery 12-3 4.36) 7:05 pm
A+ - Salem (Stephen Fife 1-0 1.54) @ Frederick [BAL] (Richard Zagone 0-2 5.88) 7:00 pm
A - Greenville (Brock Huntzinger 5-8 4.66) vs. Lakewood [PHI] (Freddy Ballestas 1-1 4.13) 11:00 am
SS - Lowell (Kason Gabbard 0-0 1.50) @ Tri City [HOU] (Wander Alvino 2-2 3.57) 7:00 pm
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DSL - Red Sox (Nestor Lastreto 5-0 1.75) @ DSL Orioles/Brewers 10:30 am

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07/28/09 7:11 AM

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Gabbard did not pitch yesterday and will go today. Cesar Cabral will likely be piggybacking him out of the pen.

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07/28/09 8:40 AM

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A lot of eyes will be on Buchholz tonight, but no small number will be on Tazawa as well. He is talked about as a possible trade piece, but it seems unlikely to me that the Sox would cut ties with their latest bridge to the Japanese baseball community, especially after the ill will they generated to bring him here.

In a way, I'm more intrigued as to whether Fife can keep it going.

I may be going to the Salem/Frederick game tonight. If so, I'll provide a report.

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07/28/09 9:12 AM

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Happy Fife Day!

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07/28/09 9:56 AM

Team	Box	Log
Pawtucket	Box	Log
Portland	Box	Log
Salem	Box	Log
Greenville	Box	Log
Lowell	Box	Log
DSL	Box	Log

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07/28/09 11:37 AM

Laroche hits a home run in his first game, Hunter Strickland combines for a no-hitter, throwing the first 6 no-hit innings en route to the first no-hitter ever by a Priates affiliate.

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07/28/09 12:18 PM

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Brock Huntzinger with 180 from last start. 4 innings so far, 3H, 0ER (1R), 0BB, 7K's. We like this!

EDIT: Oh, and Lavarnway 2-2 with another jack.

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07/28/09 12:23 PM

JimRiceRocks wrote:
EDIT: Oh, and Lavarnway 2-2 with another jack.

I'm dying to hear how he's progressing defensively. He's really got a hot bat right now, but I know he was initially raw at C. Either way, his bat is ready for the next level as he'll be 22 in just over a week.

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07/28/09 12:28 PM

WMB with #6

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07/28/09 12:56 PM

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SoxSail wrote:

JimRiceRocks wrote:
EDIT: Oh, and Lavarnway 2-2 with another jack.

I'm dying to hear how he's progressing defensively. He's really got a hot bat right now, but I know he was initially raw at C. Either way, his bat is ready for the next level as he'll be 22 in just over a week.

I'm more interested in Huntzinger. He's done after 5 - 4H, 8K's, no BB's and 0ER. I hope he can get some consistency going.

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07/28/09 12:57 PM

Middlebrooks hits his 2nd Bomb of the game.

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07/28/09 1:19 PM

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I like the way Middlebrooks has been coming around. The power is starting to show a little bit more. He's made some good progression since the beginning of June. Things have been clicking.

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07/28/09 1:21 PM

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Middlebrooks has a 12 game hitting streak.

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07/28/09 1:33 PM

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Middlebrooks (age 20)

April-May - 27G, 16/90, 21TB, 34/14 K/BB, 2SF,........ .178/.283/.233/.516
June-July - 42G, 45/153, 79TB, 51/18 K/BB, HBP, SF, .294/.370/.516/.886

Total...... - 69G, 61/243, 100TB, 85/32 K/BB, HBP, 3SF, .251/.337/.412/.749

(through 7/28)

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07/28/09 1:36 PM

K numbers aren't pretty for Middlebrooks, but the overall progress is very encouraging.

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07/28/09 1:46 PM

WMB aint nothing to fuck with.

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07/28/09 1:50 PM

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WMB seems to be following an almost identical pattern of adaptation as he did last year in Lowell. I would posit that to most people who watch the Greenville Drive, he probably appears to be the best player on the field. However, it would be inconsistent of me to not show my concern for his K rate. It's something that will need to decline for him to remain productive at upper levels.

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07/28/09 1:51 PM

Drive Crush Lakewood 8-1

Kelly- 1/5, R
Gentile- 3/4, R
Lavarnway- 2/4, 2R, HR(13), 2RBI
Stanley- 1/3, 2B, 2RBI, BB
Keowen- 1/4, 2R
Middlebrooks- 2/4, 2R, 2HR(7), 4RBI

Huntzinger (W, 6-8)- 5.0, 4H, R, 0ER, 8-0 K/BB, 3-3 GO/FO
Herold- 3.0, 4H, 0ER, 2-1 K/BB
Blackey- 1.0, 0H, 0ER, 1-0 K/BB

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07/28/09 1:59 PM

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For him to have .749 OPS after the start he had is pretty damn impressive. He is still K'ing at a high clip and as temple said that number really needs to drop for him to have greater success in the organization. I'm really interested to hear what type of adjustments he has made from the first part of the season to now.

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07/28/09 2:04 PM

If WMB can continue with this level of progression his chance of being a MLB player are really good.

However he must improve his contact rates to cut down on those Ks.

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07/28/09 2:06 PM

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templeUsox wrote:
WMB seems to be following an almost identical pattern of adaptation as he did last year in Lowell. I would posit that to most people who watch the Greenville Drive, he probably appears to be the best player on the field. However, it would be inconsistent of me to not show my concern for his K rate. It's something that will need to decline for him to remain productive at upper levels.

It is pretty indentical. I was thinking the same thing. Last year, it started to turn for him when he started going to RF more and just taking what the pitchers were giving him rather than trying to yank every pitch. Once he gets down in the count, that is when he gets into trouble, especially with 2 strikes. You could pretty much chalk up the K when he got to 2 strikes.

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