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Interesting some of these older players are trying to work their way back.

I think Grandal is in AA

Then there's the cheap ass team who try to flip them for some more minor league fodder hoping the one in a zillion chance they get something so they can rinse and repeat the process.  

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36 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

Interesting some of these older players are trying to work their way back.

I think Grandal is in AA

Then there's the cheap ass team who try to flip them for some more minor league fodder hoping the one in a zillion chance they get something so they can rinse and repeat the process.  

Grandal is with Worcester/Red Sox organization AAA

Eloy Jimenez .250 2/25 .679 OPS with Rays' AAA team in Durham, NC

Tim Anderson's barely above .200 BA with an OPS around .500 with the LA Angels

Yoan Moncada's the only one doing well, but he's barely had 50 at-bats with those same Angels

Craig Kimbrel sadly returning to where he started with the Braves' AA/AAA teams at age 37, HoF credentials pretty much long gone

Liam Hendriks has pitched 9 innings for the Boston Red Sox so far to decent success

Lucas Giolito 1-1 with a 4.96 ERA with Boston, having finally returned from TJS recovery/rehab

 

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4 hours ago, supernuke said:

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Last two years, Kansas City Monarchs (American Association, Indy Ball) and Leon Bravos (Mexico/Intl League)...

 

That was apparently 2023, Winnipeg Manitoba.

AmAs West 1 1 Kansas City Monarchs team page 99 59 40 .596 - 603 508 95   Kansas City Missouri Legends Field 83,608 League Champions
AmAs West 2 5 Sioux City Explorers team page 100 52 48 .520 7.5 493 478 15   Sioux City Iowa Lewis and Clark Park 54,899 Lost in Semi-Finals
AmAs West 3 4 Sioux Falls Canaries team page 100 52 48 .520 7.5 566 629 -63   Sioux Falls South Dakota Sioux Falls Stadium 71,924 Lost in 1st Round
AmAs West 4 6 Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks team page 100 51 49 .510 8.5 507 519 -12   Fargo North Dakota Newman Outdoor Field 155,331 Lost in 1st Round
AmAs West 5 8 Lincoln Saltdogs team page 100 48 52 .480 11.5 526 552 -26   Lincoln Nebraska Haymarket Park 151,265  
AmAs West 6 11 Winnipeg Goldeyes team page 100 43 57 .430 16.5 489 591 -102   Winnipeg Manitoba Shaw Park 178,393  
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7 hours ago, caulfield12 said:

Last two years, Kansas City Monarchs (American Association, Indy Ball) and Leon Bravos (Mexico/Intl League)...

 

That was apparently 2023, Winnipeg Manitoba.

                                   

It was last night. He is with the Milwaukee Milkmen this year.

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3 hours ago, Milkman delivers said:

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https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/188436/

Unless you're a die-hard American Association fan, not even Baseball Reference has updated numbers for the Indy players.

 

https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/183483/

Yermin Mercedes was also in Mexico the last two seasons, Monclova (that's a new one) and Saltillo

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7. Garrett Crochet, Red Sox (7)

Boston's blockbuster trade for Crochet continues to pay off as he looks overpowering for the Sox. Following his start Wednesday night, Crochet's ERA is 1.98 through 11 starts, and he's racked up 78 K's in an MLB-high 68 1/3 innings pitched. He's gone at least seven innings in five starts already, tied with Logan Webb and Framber Valdez for the most of any pitcher.

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https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/were-waiting-for-juan-soto-to-be-juan-soto-again-185603521.html

Highlights the match-ups with Soto and Crochet and then a write-up

 

 

A year ago, we were still in the early stages of collectively comprehending the kind of pitcher Crochet appeared to be evolving into with the lowly Chicago White Sox. For as good as his numbers were, it was hard to know how much to buy into his ability to sustain considering how sparse his track record was as a starter. As a member of the losingest team in baseball history, Crochet’s starts rarely attracted much attention, a stark contrast to the role he plays now as the ace for one of the sport’s highest-profile teams.

Now, there is no doubt: Crochet is one of the best pitchers on the planet, and firmly in the inner circle of the AL Cy Young conversation. His 1.98 ERA ranks fifth among qualified AL starting pitchers, and his 2.0 fWAR is tied with Hunter Brown for fourth. Only Tarik Skubal has struck out more batters than Crochet among all MLB arms.

As he did with Chicago, Crochet still relies primarily on a high-90s four-seamer and low-90s cutter as his go-to weapons, but he has also incorporated a mid-90s sinker that gives him an additional avenue to leverage his elite velocity at the expense of opponents.

Interestingly, Crochet’s placement near the top of the strikeout leaderboard is mostly a product of his gaudy innings total. His 28.7% strikeout rate is comfortably above league average, but it’s also notably down from the 35.1% mark Crochet registered in 2024. While Crochet may not be racking up the whiffs as frequently as he did a year ago, pitching more to contact with purpose can enable him to go deeper into starts with more efficient pitch counts.

Wednesday’s 5 1/3-inning, 85-pitch outing was an abbreviated one for Crochet based on a predetermined plan by Boston to be mindful of his workload. That workload is the ultimate wild card for the large left-hander, just as it was last season under vastly different circumstances. Currently MLB’s innings leader at 68 1/3, Crochet is on pace to set a career-high in frames completed for the second straight year after throwing 146 innings in 2024. How high the Red Sox will allow that number to climb this year — while also weighing potential starts in October — will be crucial to monitor as the season progresses.

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