July 9, 200619 yr A great chance to see the Sox top prospect, Josh Fields, as well as Anderson Gomes. Here are the rosters: I'd have to imagine Josh will get some serious time. It'll also be the first chance for a lot of people to see Gio Gonzalez.
July 9, 200619 yr Is Harold Reynolds doing some PbP? he always tends to be involved with these things.
July 9, 200619 yr Author Fields is the starting DH....5th in the US order. Homer Bailey pitching. Bailey looking NASTY. Fields batting second in the bottom of the second. Homer Bailey's hand just exploded or something.
July 9, 200619 yr Author Well, I'd imagine Fields will get maybe one more atbat, but he didn't look too out of place at the plate. He swung through the first pitch and then just pulled the pitch he hit down the line. His swing is certainly long.....but he hits the ball hard when he does. QUOTE(beautox @ Jul 9, 2006 -> 03:49 PM) Billy Butler with a 2 run blast. do you think fields could move to 2B? I'd think there's a better chance of LF.
July 9, 200619 yr Author Fields up again. Nice piece of hitting, but a baserunning gaffe. Fields now 2-2, 1B, 2B, RBI, R.
July 9, 200619 yr With all the scouts there, Fields is sure bringing his value up by hitting rockets off some of the games best pitchers.
July 9, 200619 yr If anyone is interested you can e-mail the players from either the World or USA teams thru mlb.com and follow the futures thread.. it also prints their responses. Edited July 9, 200619 yr by minorsfan
July 9, 200619 yr QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jul 9, 2006 -> 03:14 PM) With all the scouts there, Fields is sure bringing his value up by hitting rockets off some of the games best pitchers. i hope we dont trade him. put him in left field. im so scared that we will wake up and hear "roberti hernandez for josh fields"
July 10, 200619 yr Fields looks like a DH down the road anyway. Maybe next year he can play 3rd and DH when Crede or Thome are off. He'd only be playing 2-3 times a week but that's the best case scenario I see, at least within this organization.
July 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(danman31 @ Jul 10, 2006 -> 12:10 AM) Fields looks like a DH down the road anyway. Maybe next year he can play 3rd and DH when Crede or Thome are off. He'd only be playing 2-3 times a week but that's the best case scenario I see, at least within this organization. . Ever heard of the position LF........ A course its no guarantee he will be there far from it, but its not out of the question at all.
July 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jul 9, 2006 -> 07:14 PM) . Ever heard of the position LF........ A course its no guarantee he will be there far from it, but its not out of the question at all. He's hasn't played LF in the minors. KW can see this situation as easily as we can. If he wanted Josh at left in the future he would be playing there in AAA. It's a near guarantee that he won't be playing LF. Best case scenario in terms of LF for Josh is that he adds it as a position he can platoon in next year as he learns on the fly or something. He won't be starting there. Edited July 10, 200619 yr by danman31
July 10, 200619 yr QUOTE(danman31 @ Jul 10, 2006 -> 12:43 AM) He's hasn't played LF in the minors. KW can see this situation as easily as we can. If he wanted Josh at left in the future he would be playing there in AAA. It's a near guarantee that he won't be playing LF. Best case scenario in terms of LF for Josh is that he adds it as a position he can platoon in next year as he learns on the fly or something. He won't be starting there. There are reasons for summer leagues. In all honesty we have no idea how KW sees the situation. Its not like LF is really the hardest position to learn either... if manny can do it anyone can. Im not saying he will be in LF but im saying it isnt out of the possibility.
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