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– mark melancon delivered another perfect inning in which he struck out a batter and got two groundball outs. He’s now 12 scoreless appearances into his time in pawtucket, having struck out 20 and walked none.

– anthony ranaudo made his long-anticipated double-a debut after opening the year in extended spring training while working his way back from a minor groin injury that he suffered in late-march. The right-hander struggled with his command at times in a four-inning effort that saw him allow four runs on four hits (including two homers) while walking three and striking out two.

His fastball ran from 89-94 mph, averaging about 92 (though the stadium gun had him at 96 mph on one occasion). While it was far from a dominant debut, it would probably be a mistake to read too much into the right-hander’s first outing of the year, which functioned (somewhat literally) as an opportunity for the 22-year-old to get his legs under him.

The right-hander told the portland press-herald that he struggled to manage “a big wave of emotion” during a first inning in which he required 25 pitches.

–bryce brentz kept mashing, going 2-for-5 to improve his line to .298/.338/.443/.781 this year. Brentz is now 10-for-14 in his last three games, and over the past nearly three weeks, he leads all of double-a with a .460 average in his last 13 games. In that span, he also ranks among the top five among all double-a hitters in obp (.491), slugging percentage (.700) and ops (1.191).
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-weei
 
#1,853
#1,853
Good updates, Jmoore! Thats a lot of positive info right there. Hopefully the back end of the rotation can keep this going and close the gap on Tampa in the process!
 
#1,855
#1,855
I'm throwing last nights game out the window. Buchholz pitched pretty well and the staff being called for 3 balks on the night was a little ridiculous, although the first 2 had to be called. If Ross had caught that ball clean he would have had the runner at the plate IMO, 1-1 game at that point.

Doubie vs Moore tonight, hoping the bats come back to life against Moore who has been struggling and absolutely killing my fantasy team.

Any chance the Nats make a move for Salty or Shoppach with all their injuries at Catcher right now?
 
#1,857
#1,857
Yea I think Shoppach could be had for just a small bag of cash. Salty might be able to get a minor league arm, which is what I would hope for.
 
#1,858
#1,858
If Iglesias keeps hitting the way he is anyway we could package Youkilis, Aviles, & Salty for a pitcher?

Use Middlebrooks at 3B, Iglesias at SS, & Lavarnway as the C.
 
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#1,859
jmoore_21 said:
If Iglesias keeps hitting the way he is anyway we could package Youkilis, Aviles, & Salty for a pitcher?

Use Middlebrooks at 3B, Iglesias at SS, & Lavarnway as the C.
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That would be awesome hah I could see Youk and Salty going in the same deal, but not Aviles tho.

In other news, I hope the top of the order gets on for A-Gon tonight, at least Doubront will have a lead to work with!

Adrian Gonzalez guarantees home run Thursday against Rays - Boston Sports Blog - Boston.com
 
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V4L said:
Middlebrooks, salty, and papi all homered tonight in the win over the phillies.

AGon played a decent right field too.
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Aviles led off the game w/ a homer also.

Sweeney made an amazing catch in CF last night to keep 2 runs off the board for the Phillies.
 
#1,862
#1,862
Lester wasn't great last night but our bats came alive & put some runs on the board.

Looks like our bullpen has finally settled in & is what we all expected. The rotation is starting to get some quality starts under their belts (minus Bard).

Speaking of Bard, the expirement of him being a 5th starter just isn't working. He is not that same pitcher we saw out of the bullpen. Last year he averaged 97mph on his fastball, this year he is averaging 93mph & he isn't getting nearly as many K's as we thought.

I really think they need to move him back to the pen as the setup man or closer. I wouldn't mind seeing him as the closer then moving Aceves to long relief or the 5th starter. Or Dice-K could even be the 5th starter once they think he is ready.

Also, how about Melancon!? How much longer can they leave him in Pawtucket? He is dominating down there.

Beckett vs. Lee today at 1:35pm, Sox have won 7 of their last 9. Should be a good game today. Go Sox!!
 
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Dbake005 said:
I haven't seen it yet but apparently Sweeney's was catch of the year type stuff
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Sox were up 7-4, Philly had runners on 2B & 1B w/ 2 outs. Philly hit one deep in the gap to RCF & Sweeney dove to catch it on the warning track. Spectacular catch.
 
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#1,867
Red Sox bullpen has a 1.48 ERA since April 22nd.

Ortiz is looking like a Gold Glove 1B today, no joke. He has made at least 3 great plays over there.
 
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Red Sox have won 8 out of 10 & are the hottest team in baseball.

Starting a series w/ the 1st place Orioles tonight, can't believe I just typed that, we are 6.5 back. Buchholz on the mound.
 
#1,875
#1,875
You know what I would like to see, when Ross is back in the lineup and Youk, maybe they could give this a shot

SS - Aviles
2B - Petey
1B - Ortiz
RF - Gonzo
DH - Youk
LF - Ross
3B - Middlebrooks
C - Salty
CF - Byrd

You get the idea with the positions, the order could be moved around a good bit. But that is a very dangerous lineup IMO and would allow the kid to stay up and Youk to get some ab's and a chance to get hot. The only thing I don't like (aside from the defense - although Papi can handle 1st IMO) is the stacking of the lefties and righties, but I also think that the quality of our lefties makes that a non issue, especially the way Ortiz is going right now.

This team is going to get so much deeper with the additions of Ellsbury and Crawford when they return. Really hope they can move Youk for some sort of quality pitching, bullpen, starter or minor leaguer I don't even care at this point. I read that the Indians and Brewers were looking into him and could use some help at the corners.
 
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