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Honestly, everyone here's going to give the same answer..."we have no idea".

 

Guys his age just aren't supposed to lose that much off their fastball if there's no injury. We kept wondering about injury the whole year last year and never saw him hit the DL or complain about anything. The Sox thought enough of him to roll with him out of ST even though his velocity was down, so they didn't think it was an injury or they thought it was something he'd recover from with work.

 

It's just so weird. I wouldn't be stunned if he suddenly got his velocity back any more than I am stunned at how things went with him last year.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 04:30 PM)
Honestly, everyone here's going to give the same answer..."we have no idea".

 

Guys his age just aren't supposed to lose that much off their fastball if there's no injury. We kept wondering about injury the whole year last year and never saw him hit the DL or complain about anything. The Sox thought enough of him to roll with him out of ST even though his velocity was down, so they didn't think it was an injury or they thought it was something he'd recover from with work.

 

It's just so weird. I wouldn't be stunned if he suddenly got his velocity back any more than I am stunned at how things went with him last year.

 

i am pretty sure the sox went and go medical advice and all, and i am

pretty sure they don't know what happen. if they did, the sox would

have made an announcement, with that said, the sox will go into spring

training and see what happens.

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QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 04:47 PM)
I was just thinking about the future of the organization and couldn't help but wonder if he might be a part of the future of it.

 

and that is a valid point, but if the sox brass and medical people

don't know what happen, how can we as fans predict.

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Even if he starts to look like the guy that had us so excited, he's now in a position where it will be hard for him to get a shot.

 

At least, he has:

 

Sale

Samardzija

Quintana

Danks

Noesi

Rodon

 

in front of him. You might say guys like Surkamp and Penny too, in terms of guys who would get the call.

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QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 12:29 PM)
Even if he starts to look like the guy that had us so excited, he's now in a position where it will be hard for him to get a shot.

 

At least, he has:

 

Sale

Samardzija

Quintana

Danks

Noesi

Rodon

 

in front of him. You might say guys like Surkamp and Penny too, in terms of guys who would get the call.

If he pitches well enough to actually earn a shot I have no problem saying he'll get it before the season is out. A big part of the reason why they signed Penny probably is that they don't know what on Earth happened to him & wanted an extra insurance policy because of that.

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QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 12:35 PM)
good point but that is my problem. betting on something like this

is like betting millions on the come in craps.

 

I don't think anyone is banking on him. Most people tend to ignore/forget about him in their extended projected rotations, myself included.

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Balta sums it up best with " we have no idea".

 

Its difficult to have expectations when there's no clue what to expect. The only thing to do is hold onto hope that he can rebound back to what he was in 2013. Johnson has to be one of the biggest wild cards in the Sox system.

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QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 06:43 PM)
Balta sums it up best with " we have no idea".

 

Its difficult to have expectations when there's no clue what to expect. The only thing to do is hold onto hope that he can rebound back to what he was in 2013. Johnson has to be one of the biggest wild cards in the Sox system.

 

but i will bet that the sox brass is betting on him like they did with Paulino last yr.

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QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 08:36 PM)
the man with pure simple logic comes in to clear thing up.

 

serious, thanks for that input.

 

you know you got me thinking, come spring training, there are at least 2 prospects

that may be heavily looked at. that will Erik Johnson and Matt Davidson. it just stand

to reason, that last yr may have been a fluke yr.

 

i mean it would be great if it does happen. but will the sox bring them north or keep

then in the minors????

 

for that, even Penny may have a look see.

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QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 02:44 PM)
you know you got me thinking, come spring training, there are at least 2 prospects

that may be heavily looked at. that will Erik Johnson and Matt Davidson. it just stand

to reason, that last yr may have been a fluke yr.

 

i mean it would be great if it does happen. but will the sox bring them north or keep

then in the minors????

 

for that, even Penny may have a look see.

Barring injury they will start at Charlotte. They will not come north with the club unless there are serious injury problems and they show a lot in ST. They're both going to get time at Charlotte even if they have really good camps.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 08:45 PM)
Barring injury they will start at Charlotte. They will not come north with the club unless there are serious injury problems and they show a lot in ST. They're both going to get time at Charlotte even if they have really good camps.

 

many thanks for your response.

 

just as i thought, but i was happy to get it confirmed by another.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 26, 2015 -> 08:52 PM)
Inflamation in his shoulder would explain the loss of velocity.

 

then why didn't they shut him down earlier. that excuse does not wash. if i remember correctly they also sent him to get examine and he still went to the minor to pitch. i maybe be wrong on this.

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