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Throwin' Heat

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Good game to Watch Top 10

1. Archer 110 pitches thru 5.2 innings. He had pretty good command and an excellent slider with very good location with it. I liked the way he changed eye levels of the Red Sox with fastballs inside almost every inning of work, by pitching inside. He set up his 88/89 mph slider for the out pitch. He looks to always be in attack mode and doesn't really give in to any hitter. He always comes at them. He has become a better pitcher and not as much of a thrower since 2013. I would like to see him use that 2 seamer a little more vs lefties and mix in the changeup in fastball counts. Could be a 16 game winner with a lot better run support. 




2. 6th inning.  Guyer comes to the plate. He drills a line drive into left field. Where the hell is Ramirez playing? It drops in there for a basehit. Hanley was playing 5 feet from the warning track. I wouldn't think someone from the bench put him there. I think he just wandered there. Farrell is going to really keep an eye on Hanley after he sets him in position so he doesn't wander off. Bad spot in the game for that to happen. Red Sox up 1-0 and Guyer gets on. Red Sox get out of that 6th inning jam, when Guyer is called out on Farrells challenge. Calling Guyer out was the right call. Lucky




3. Miley's command and location were better. I am not going to say I feel 100% confident in him yet. If her fixes his issues with lead off walks and pitch selection, I might come around. He is a battler and gives 100% every start and for the most part keeps you in the game for 6 innings. Tampa is a team he should have beat. A weak hitting offense that probably won't score much more than 525 runs this year. When a team has Forsythe hitting 4th in the lineup, you should know as a pitcher "Man I should beat this team tonight." I still feel Miley needs to come inside more and have quicker innings which will relate to fewer pitches per inning. Around the 5th inning there seems to be an issue with him with his command and location.




4. Tazawa had an excellent inning of work. I like how he has worked in the curveball more this year.




5. Excellent take out at 2nd base from Betts. A good clean hard slide. Red Sox scored their only run of game in this inning and it was mostly due to Betts aggressive slide at 2nd base.




6. 9th inning. I was in favor of Farrell's decision to let Holt see two pitches to see if he could do something with one of them or at least move Victorino over. End result: Holt pushed a sac bunt down the 1st base side, moving Victorino over. Red Sox couldn't get him in and left him stranded at 3rd base.




7. Holt had two very nice plays tonite. One being up the middle after playing the guy to pull and the other a nice play in the hole. He doesn't have a shortstop arm. But his concentration and first step to the ball is excellent. Shortstop is not a position I feel 100% confident with him in. He has handled himself great at all positions and I am sure Farrell feels good about putting him anywhere on the field. He is a great guy to have on your club.




8. Tropicana Field is probably the least liked MLB ballpark I have ever been in. It just seems dark with high shadows. The cat walk has its own set of rules. And to drive there, its brutal. There is one way in and out over that bridge. They have to get the hell out of that area. Put a ballpark where it's better for the people to get to, and enjoy a ballgame.




9. To put this in a few words without going into detail, Nava really needs to just drop the tag straight down. Just slap it down. Inside of fishing around for a spot to tag runner. Nava 1 for 2 on slapping tag down. Miley shows a decent move and lets the runner gain some space, and then throws over with the good move. Nava correctly placed the tag exactly where it was supposed to be the second time around.




10. When is the Chapter of Shane Victorino over? Cherrington better do something before this guy gets hurt or is 10 for 54. To me he doesn't fit in the plans this year. Good guy and all. But this is baseball and sometimes you have to make tough decisions and do best for the team.




That's my call

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