October 30, 20232 yr Ramos showed some nice plate discipline last week, going 3-11 with a team-leading 5 walks. Pretty uneventful week for the bats otherwise, with no XBH from any of the guys and not a ton of ABs due to the shortened schedule (11 for Montgomery and Ramos, 16 for Burke). On the pitching side, Eder had his longest outing at 4 IP. Cousin had some bad luck in his 2.2IP / 3R start. Ellard was solid in two appearances (2IP, 0R, 1H, 4K) , and Leasure continues to be very good (2.1IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 5K). He has 13 K in 26 batters faced. Coffey had one brief and rocky outing. The Week Ahead The AFL HR Derby and Fall Stars game are both this weekend, so I imagine we'll know soon if any Sox are participating. In the meantime, there's 4 games on the schedule only one of which will be streamed (Nov. 2). Game 1: GDD vs. SRR (Gameday | No Stream) Eder gets the start. Montgomery and Ramos both move up a spot in the lineup with Burke getting the day off. Edited October 30, 20232 yr by Autumn Dreamin
October 31, 20232 yr Author 10 pitch full count walk off base hit for Colson wins the game. Eder was solid in his first 2IP (1H, 1BB, 2K), but walks and steals burned him later. He finished with 3.1IP, 4R. Ramos finished 1-4 with a run scored. Colson was 2-4 with a BB and 2 RBI including the game winner. Edited October 31, 20232 yr by Autumn Dreamin
October 31, 20232 yr Colson moments before getting the game winning hit. Gave my dad a thumbs up. My dad was too amped to get a photo, but apparently he got a Gatorade bath
October 31, 20232 yr Author Here's Colson's first RBI hit: https://www.mlb.com/video/colson-montgomery-s-rbi-single And another angle of the walkoff: https://www.mlb.com/video/montgomery-s-walk-off-single Props to Ramos too for starting the 9th inning rally with a leadoff hit and scoring the tying run. Edited October 31, 20232 yr by Autumn Dreamin
October 31, 20232 yr thought when I saw he walked it off it was a homer, but still a pretty sweet, deep hit with the CF playing in.
November 1, 20232 yr Author A few things of note: 1. Vote for Jacob! See the player in front with the Sox uni and amazing flow? That's our guy Jacob Burke, and if you have a minute, you can vote for him to make the Fall Stars game ? The game is Sunday, and the link to vote is here: https://www.mlb.com/arizona-fall-league/fall-stars-game/final-2-vote 2. Montgomery interview Colson Montgomery sat down for an interview with MLB Pipeline: They talked about his time in AFL, the Seager comps, and his confidence about sticking at short (though he said the Sox can stick him at 3B, RF, or wherever, and he's down if it gets wins). Maybe most interestingly, he confirmed that he's a Bledsoe guy (like Burger, Brent Rooker, Ryan Noda, Brandon Lowe) and iPitch fan. Like LRJ, he says he doesn't like to overdo it with too much data ("hitting is hard enough"). He also confirmed that he's swinging more aggressively by design to test some things out against AFL pitching, hence the uncharacteristic BB/K numbers. Interview starts about ~22 minutes into the episode. 3. Dominguez in DR Johan Dominguez pitched in LIDOM yesterday. He went 3IP, 1ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K. The run was a little unlucky, scored on a single and steal followed by two flyouts that both advanced the runner. He's at 6IP, 1ER total through 2 outings.
November 2, 20232 yr Author Game 2: GDD vs. SUR (Gameday | No Stream) Burke, Montgomery, and Ramos are all playing well through 3 innings: Ramos 1-2. Burke 2-2 with a double, RBI, and run scored. Montgomery 1-1 with a BB, RBI, and run scored. The RBI base hit followed a 10 pitch AB. Edited November 2, 20232 yr by Autumn Dreamin
November 2, 20232 yr Author Dogs win 11-2. Burke finished 3-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Montgomery finished 1-5 with a walk and RBI. Ramos finished 2-3 with a HR and 2 RBI. He also reached twice on catcher's interference (and scored both times). Coffey pitched a 1-2-3 inning with 1K. Burke's first RBI 2B, which nearly got out: https://www.mlb.com/video/jacob-burke-s-rbi-double Burke's second RBI 2B: https://www.mlb.com/video/jacob-burke-s-rbi-double-x4084 Ramos' HR: https://www.mlb.com/video/bryan-ramos-home-run
November 3, 20232 yr Author Game 3: GDD vs. PEJ (Gameday | Live Stream) Cousin gets the start and all three Sox hitters are in their usual spots, so it's nice timing for the lone stream of the week. Link: https://www.mlb.com/video/live-fall-league-pej-vs-gdd-89899 Also Merk is around for some extra coverage:
November 3, 20232 yr Ellard 1-2-3 with 2 strikeouts. Leasure 1-2-3. Started with a supposedly exciting play by Colson if I go by the play-by-play's tone, but the Camera didn't show it.
November 3, 20232 yr With a runner on second, Burke struck out and Colson ets intentionally walked. That's wild.
November 3, 20232 yr Ok, the Javelina's idea (IBB) almost worked. Batter after Montgomery grounded out choppily to 3rd, but Colson was already at 2nd.
November 3, 20232 yr Author Sox boys really showed out in a 9-5 win, scoring and/or knocking in all but one of the team's runs and playing solid defense. Burke finished 1-4 with a BB and a HR. Montgomery finished 1-3 with 2 BB and 2 RBI. He was intentionally walked with the winning run on 2nd in the 9th. Ramos finished 1-4 with a BB and a huge walkoff grand slam. Sox pitching also did their thing. Cousin started and left with the lead after 3 IP, 2 ER, 3 K. The runs were on a solo shot and a triple + sac fly. Ellard pitched a 1-2-3 inning with 2Ks in the 8th. Leasure pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th, and gets the W on the Ramos slam. Despite the pair of XBH that burned him in one inning, Cousin looked like he was getting more swings with the breaking stuff today. Just one walk, and the other three hits were a shallow flare single, and a pair of grounders that just missed IF gloves. Also...I want to emphasize again how good Ramos looks on the basepaths lately. Hustled out a potential DP ball to keep an inning alive early in the game, which paid off with a HR from the next batter. Peep Ramos with the little dugout point and bat drop, and Montgomery fist pumping around the bases ?
November 3, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, bmags said: Love Ramos. Just really hoping one of Sosa, Popeye or Gonzalez works out at second, because Ramos and Montgomery look like the future on the left side. Obviously nothing is guaranteed but they're so fun to watch.
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