With the selections of juniors Steven Gruver, Matt Ramsey and Charley Thurber and seniors Matt Duffy and Khayyan Norfork, UT has now had 118 players drafted a total of 130 times since the free-agent draft began in 1965. A total of five current Tennessee players and four Volunteer signees heard their names called during the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Adding Jason to the coaching staff, bringing in Laird as a backup, and moving Federwicz up to Pawtucket for a trial run, are logical steps to be taken during these next few weeks, perhaps during the next homestand.KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Louis’s front office about backup, Gerald Laird, who still throws out a good percentage of runners who try to steal on him. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear soon that Theo is talking to St. when at the same time he has gone, like, 1-15 at the plate. Only once in 8 tries has he managed to throw out a runner trying to steal 2nd base when I have watched him play. Also, it is worthy to note that Salty’s wife has been in the latter stages of her third pregnancy for two weeks so it has been hard for him to stay completely focused on his job, with two other small children at home.Īs for Veritek, he has been taken advantage of by numerous base runners. Magadan is working with him to get Jarrod to slow down his swing a bit, with some success, so he says. He has shown some power but his pitch selection has been inconsistent making him look bad, swinging at bad pitches, on numerous occassions. Salty has done a good job behind the plate, thus far, even with Wakefield. He does better in the morning, as most of us old coots do…. If Gammons spoke in the afternoon he may not have been too lucid. winning has a way of calming these nervous noise makers. And, you watch, if the Sox finish the current road trip evening their record at 12-12 for the season, lots of this media whining and looking for scalps will subside. So, the Globe’s sports writers are just going to have to bite their lips for the time being. Looking around, the Sox are not going to find better than what they have at the catching position, at least until mid summer… by then even Salty will know if he can cut the mustard as a regular in the BoSox lineup. Iannetta was linked to the BoSox last year but the Rockies wanted the moon for him, as I recall, even after they sent him down for not hitting… so, no cigar on that guy either. Snyder is currently on the DL with back problems which is why Arizona let him go…that is to say… chronic injuries plus the fact he has trouble hitting. Rich Hill is Boston's best option among situational lefties, but Gammons says the team wants to "give Rich a full month to get his feet on the ground, get used to this delivery and get his confidence restored before they bring him up." Hill was re-signed by the Red Sox to a minor league deal in mid-December, as GM Theo Epstein elected not to spend money on left-handed relief.ĭoumit is being paid $5.5M and he catches about as well as David Ortiz plays 1st base.I can see Marco Scutaro being dealt if Lowrie continues to excel for the next few months. Gammons thinks Jed Lowrie is "right in the middle as far as everyday shortstops in the major leagues." Today in the Boston Herald, Padres assistant GM Jason McLeod talked to John Tomase about what he saw when he drafted Lowrie in 2005.Gammons does not see anybody good the Red Sox could acquire right now. Gammons suggests Tim Federowicz is "the best catch-and-throw guy in the organization," and would be the first person called up if the Sox try an internal solution. Gammons feels that Boston's starting catcher situation is "an issue that in the next two weeks is going to be addressed," with Jarrod Saltalamacchia struggling both on defense and offense.Peter Gammons of MLB Network and NESN joined WEEI's Mut & Merloni show today to discuss Red Sox issues here's the transcript.
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