This is your Red Sox Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of August 20, 2021.
A Look at Red Sox Pitchers’ Velocity Metrics
Garrett Whitlock
He throws an above-average Fastball in velocity and he throws it on average 95.9 miles per hour. The difference between his average Four Seam Fastball and Changeup is 12.8, which is over 10 MPH and that is highly desired as the changeup is a more sudden change in velocity. We are not able to compare his Four Seam Fastball to his Curveball because he does not feature both pitches in his repertoire. He throws a softer slider than the average pitcher, his slider velocity is only 83.2 miles per hour.
Hirokazu Sawamura
He throws an above-average Fastball in velocity and he throws it on average 96.1 miles per hour. We are not able to compare his Four Seam Fastball to his Changeup because he does not feature both pitches in his repertoire. We are not able to compare his Four Seam Fastball to his Curveball because he does not feature both pitches in his repertoire. He features a slider that generates above-average velocity on average, which is 86.5 miles per hour.
Tanner Houck
He throws an above-average Fastball in velocity and he throws it on average 94.1 miles per hour. We are not able to compare his Four Seam Fastball to his Changeup because he does not feature both pitches in his repertoire. We are not able to compare his Four Seam Fastball to his Curveball because he does not feature both pitches in his repertoire. He throws a softer slider than the average pitcher, his slider velocity is only 84.2 miles per hour.
Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…
“After sweeping the Orioles, the Red Sox faced a doubleheader on Tuesday against the Yankees in Yankee Stadium, and then a third game on Wednesday. Instead, he went seven innings and only gave up two hits. Gil had shaky command but the Red Sox couldn’t capitalize. The offense made it very interesting in the seventh inning by loading the bases with no outs but couldn’t score as Boston fell 5-3 in the first game.”
“Salem W 7-2 Nick Yorke, 2B: 1-4, 2 R Gilberto Jimenez, RF: 2-3, 1 3B, 1 RBI Ceddanne Rafaela, SS: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 K Nick Decker, LF: 0-2, 2 K Blaze Jordan, DH: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K Tyler McDonough, CF: 2-4, 1 R, 2 K Jonathan Diaz, C: 1-3, 1 HR, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 K Shane Drohan (SP; W): 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K (74 pitches) It’s been a while since he’s actually been able to make his debut at Salem, but Jordan finally entered the lineup and hit a home run in his first game. FCL L 0-5 Brainer Bonaci, 2B: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K Marcelo Mayer, SS: 0-4, 3 K, 1 E Nathan Hickey, C: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K Nikos Kavadas, 1B: 0-4, 2 K, 1 E Bryan Gonzalez, DH: 1-4, 3 K Phillip Sikes, CF: 1-2 Gabriel Jackson (SP): 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K It was a tough day for the FCL squad, and that included three errors from the defense. Worcester G1 W 5-3 Yairo Muñoz, 3B: 0-1, 1 R Christian Arroyo, 2B: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 R, 2 K, 1 SB Franchy Cordero, LF: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 R, 1 K Connor Wong, C: 2-3, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 SB Jeter Downs, SS: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K Josh Ockimey, 1B: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 R Daniel Gossett (SP): 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K (28 pitches) Ryan Brasier (W): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (12 pitches) Stephen Gonsalves (H): 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 K (66 pitches) Kaleb Ort (SV): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K (15 pitches) Worcester G2 L 0-5 Franchy Cordero, LF: 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K Connor Wong, DH: 0-3 Jeter Downs, SS: 0-2 Seth Blair (SP; L): 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 4 K (42 pitches) Yacksel Ríos: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K (39 pitches) Austin Brice: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 3 K (36 pitches) It was a seven inning game, so it wouldn’t count by MLB’s own rules as an official no-hitter, but Worcester did indeed finish game two with zero hits. DSL Red PPD DSL Blue W 3-2 Juan Chacon, RF: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 R, 1 K Lyonell James, 3B; 2-4, 1 RBI Johnfrank Salazar, SS: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K Jedixson Paez (SP): 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 K James has been the best hitter down at the DSL of late, at least on the Blue squad, getting on base at a high clip.”
“(John Tomase; NBC Sports Boston) It’s not all hopeless for Boston, and the biggest reason to still feel good about their chances of playing October baseball is their schedule down the stretch. (Chad Jennings; The Athletic) For whatever it’s worth, Brian O’Halloran is still expecting a playoff berth, but if it doesn’t happen he’s opening up the front office to take the blame. It goes without saying that the Red Sox are playing frustrating baseball right now, and it’s essentially the whole roster. But if you were to try and pin it down to one player, who would it be? (Chad Finn; Boston.com) Chad Jennings quested to play the blame game as well, but found the question was a rather complicated one to answer.”
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