Ryan Westmoreland broke his collarbone
by jibs on Aug 29, 2009 9:59 AM EDT
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Westmoreland broke his collarbone by crashing into the OF wall in last night's game, and will miss the rest of the season.
It was only the 8th game that he had appeared in the outfield this season. Hopefully it's not too serious and he'll be fully ready for action by next spring training, but we can also pretty much guarantee that the "injury prone" label will be firmly attached to him now, accurate or not.
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thats a shame
he is maybe the red sox #2 prospect behind casey kelly, hopefully he will be healthy for next season and see what he can do over a full season
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Reddick?
Westmoreland has a higher ceiling than Reddick probably, but if Reddick is still prospect eligible at the end of the year, I’d say he’s #2, or even #1 in the Sox’s system.
Reddick
is much farther along, but he has contact issues somewhat, no? I guess unfair to say he isn’t higher up the prospect ladder, but I think Westmoreland has more upside.
Reddick has no contact issues
He has Vlad-like plate coverage. He has some patience issues.
I think he’s the #2 prospect, behind Kelly.
right now reddick is 2 but i think westmoreland has a higher ceiling, so basically reiterating what soxrock58 said
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o-swing% in majors
was over 25%, which is norm last couple of years, at 28% small sample. Maybe his contact rate is ok, but I meant more in the way of he is striking out 25% of the time average of 3 levels. Not awful, but his walk rate at AAA and majors tailed off. So yes, some patience issues, but I suppose it comes down to contact on the 3 strikes he is allotted by swing or called. I just like Westmoreland more. But Reddick is promising and much closer, no doubt.
I like Kelly
but from what I was reading, very advanced other pitches but he isn’t dialing it up above 90-91 and sometimes sits lower.
Ive heard he's sitting 93-94.
and he’s still very young and has a very projectable frame.
At the futures game he was 93-94 as well.
93-94?
I didn’t see that at the Futures, nor have I ever heard he sat that high. I know he has the ability to dial it up to 93-94 but I’ve always seen and heard 90-91, occasionally sitting even lower.
Who loves orange soda?
by Kenan and Kel on Aug 29, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions
He was sitting 93-94 on the Game Day at the Futures Game. All other velociites for other pitchers were consistent, as well (Feliz at 98-100)- and there were tweets from experts during the game that indicated the Game Day was accurate, while the ESPN gun was not. Earlier in the year I heard 90-91 (Gammons also said this) and then 92-94…
One possible caveat: At the futures game he was pitching in relief, so he could have upped his velocity a little, but again – pretty much all the pitchers there were consistent with their velocity reports…
This is from before the season, fwiw:
On the mound, his fastball sits at 90-93 mph, and his extreme athleticism allows for plenty of projection.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8444
What's the normal recovery time?
Who loves orange soda?
On the "injury prone" tag
lets put that to bed right now.
The Sox made him have shoulder surgery – wasnt a big deal, they decided to do it now while he’s young. He broke his collarbone running into an OF wall…
and "missing the rest of the season"
doesnt mean a whole lot at this point. There isnt much minor league season left…
I was just going to post this
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
-Jonathan Swift
by King Billy Royal on Aug 29, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Not that I think he actually is injury-prone...
But when two seasons in a row are ended by injury (or just surgery last year), it does give you that label, true or not.
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