Week 2 – March 3rd through March 9th
RECORD – 2 – 5 - 1
TEAM RISP – 9 for 54 (.167)
TEAM LOB – 54
Batting
Majors
Grady Sizemore looks to resemble
his former self as he went 2 for 5 on the week with a walk. The Sox are easing him into playing time so
he only played in 2 games for the week but the results were positive and it
looks like they’ll be giving him more playing time in the coming weeks to see
how he holds up.
Mike Carp batted .286 on the week
(4 for 14) and hit 2 homers while driving in 3.
He also had a triple, scored 3 runs and walked once.
Will Middlebrooks looks like a
new man so far this spring. He batted
.333 (4 for 12) and hit a homer and drove in 2 runs.
A.J. Pierzynski went 2 for 5
during the week as well with one double in his first appearances of the spring.
Prospects
Ryan Lavarnway keeps on
hitting. He batted .333 on the week and
drove in 2 runs and walked once. Deven
Marrero batted .364 with 2 walks and a double and Bryce Brentz keeps on
going. Bryce batted .429 (6 for 14),
drove in 4 runs, scored 3 and hit 2 homers while walking twice. He’s turned my head the most so far this
spring.
THE BAD
Most of the Sox starters
struggled this week. Pedroia, Ortiz,
Napoli and Nava had a combined 5 hits.
Rookies Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr. both didn’t fare much
better as Bogaerts went 1 for 10 on the week and Bradley went 2 for 16.
Prospect Garin Cecchini batted
only .100 and struck out 6 times this week and looked overmatched with the big
leaguers. Travis Shaw went hitless in 13
at bats and also struck out 6 times.
It’s still early and most
starters are still trying to get their timing down and the main thing is to be
healthy but the big guys in the middle of the order hopefully will find their
strokes soon.
Pitching
Majors
Clay Buchholz pitched his first
game of the spring and went 4 innings allowing only 1 earned run while striking
out 2. Felix Doubront continues to look excellent
as he pitched 4 innings giving up 0 runs and striking out 3.
Koji Uehara pitched 2 innings and
did what he does best and struck out 2 while giving up 0 runs. Though he did walk a batter which must just
be rust from the offseason. Junichi
Tazawa pitched 2 innings but was touched up for a run.
Newcomer Chris Capuano went 2
innings in his Sox debut and gave up 2 runs.
Prospects
Not a great week for the prospects. Henry Owens gave up 4 earned runs in only 4.1
innings. Rubby De La Rosa was awful
going 4 innings and giving up 5 runs on 9 hits while walking 2. Anthony Renaudo gave up 3 runs on 6 hits in
just 1.1 innings while walking 2.
Dalier Hinojasa went 4.1 innings
and gave only 1 unearned run while striking out 5 and only walking 1. Allen Webster went 3 innings and only gave up
1 hit on the week.
THE BAD
Brandon Workman struggled this
week giving up 7 runs on 9 hits in just 5.2 innings. He struck out 6 but let up 2 homers. Alex Wilson gave up 4 runs on 5 hits in 1.1
innings and didn’t look the same as last year.
Submariner Shunsuke Watanabe gave
up 2 runs in one inning and is a long shot to make the team.
OVERALL
The first week of spring is in
the books and there are no injuries to report.
Shane Victorino should see some action next week and we’ll see our fair
share of roster cuts. It’ll be nice to
see the starters getting some more game time as the fine tune their game for
the real one’s in about 3 weeks!
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