Paul crushed that one.

Never seen him hit a first pitch fastball off of a reliever like that.

I'm glad the Reds got that insurance run.

That run Dotel gave up really hurts now.

so basically trade him now, that his value is at his highest?

That what KW tried in the Peavy non-trade. Poreda's future like all prospects is suspect. But I'd keep him. Good young (cheap)pitching is hard to find. KW wanted pitching in return which was why he was expendable.

aj hangin tough

Another bogus call by the HP ump.

Another bogus call by the HP ump.

 

Looked good to me, just a great pitch.

A myth.

 

He throws harder than Cotts, for sure, but 91-95 is what we should really expect I think, sometimes at 96, with accurate guns.

 

Joins the club with Felix Diaz, Jon Adkins and Nick Masset with pitchers overhyped for having dominating stuff at the minors or in winter ball or wherever that mysteriously disappears at the MLB level.

It's all about taking the calculated risk. Right now, the best people to judge Poreda and his future are the Sox. We have seen him for what 3 innings? While it's way too early to be casting judgments on a guy making his 2nd career big league appearance, it speaks volume the Sox best pitching prospect was already traded once this season. There is no reason to think if someone like Oswalt is made available, Poreda will be the first one to go.

 

Don't you mean there is plenty of reason to think that?

Yep, and I believe KW feels the same. It just doesn't seem like he'd ever be able to get past 5 innings without throwing 100 pitches.

maybe they think hes nothing more than a reliever and they feel they can try to trade him with teams thinking hes a starter?

A myth.

 

He throws harder than Cotts, for sure, but 91-95 is what we should really expect I think, sometimes at 96, with accurate guns.

 

Joins the club with Felix Diaz, Jon Adkins and Nick Masset with pitchers overhyped for having dominating stuff at the minors or in winter ball or wherever that mysteriously disappears at the MLB level.

 

Cooper preaches control over velocity. It works for some, not for others. I've seen Masset and MacDougal throw harder this year on other teams than they ever did for the Sox.

So yeah, after watching 1 1/2 batters, I stand by my belief that Poreda's best possibility to help the Sox is as trade bait. He reminds me so much of Neal Cotts.

Cotts didn't throw as hard as Poreda nor did he have the sinking action. I think Poreda makes it, the question is whether its as a starter or a good reliever and if its as a good reliever is that more valuable of a piece than what you could get for trading him. All depends on what the Sox brass sees. They like Aaron though and his sinker is really good.

Ok Gordon, make Greg smile!

Swing hard and hope you hit it Slayer.

Come on Bacon.

Come on Bacon !

Never seen him hit a first pitch fastball off of a reliever like that.

I assume that is sarcasm? Or was the pitch he hit for a grand slam not a FB?

Made good contact...sure seems like our offense will get dominated this series by the 3 Reds starters.

Cotts didn't throw as hard as Poreda nor did he have the sinking action. I think Poreda makes it, the question is whether its as a starter or a good reliever and if its as a good reliever is that more valuable of a piece than what you could get for trading him. All depends on what the Sox brass sees. They like Aaron though and his sinker is really good.

If he can occasionally throw 1 other pitch...a lefty starter with a good sinker is going to be really tough for teams to face.

I assume that is sarcasm? Or was the pitch he hit for a grand slam not a FB?

 

of course

This game really sucked.

Bummer.

Arroyo is the worst of the three starters we're gonna face. We're SCREWED.

Arroyo is the worst of the three starters we're gonna face. We're SCREWED.

 

Look at this lineup we have right now. You can't expect it to do much damage against a RHP, especially with Dye injured and PK's ability in doubt. I'm sure Arroyo got excited when he saw we had TWO lefties in the lineup tonight.