11/2/09: AFL Update
Nothing much happening in the baseball world, aside from the usual tea leaf reading common among scribes this time of year. We’ll be posting some in-depth analysis of the holes on the Red Sox roster (1B/3B, SS, LF, P), but for the next few days, I’ll let the ashes cool on the 2009 season.
Let’s take a glance at the eight guys the Sox have currently playing in the Arizona Fall League.
| Hitter | AB | BA | OBP | SLG | SB | CS |
| Casey Kelly | 16 | 0.250 | 0.400 | 0.438 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Iglesias | 37 | 0.216 | 0.293 | 0.324 | 2 | 0 |
| Luis Exposito | 27 | 0.259 | 0.310 | 0.407 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Kalish | 39 | 0.256 | 0.311 | 0.282 | 1 | 1 |
| Pitcher | IP | ERA | K | BB | H | HR |
| Chris Province | 7.2 | 3.52 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dustin Richardson | 6.2 | 6.75 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Randor Bierd | 14.2 | 3.68 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Richard Lentz | 8.2 | 1.04 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Iglesias has come back down to earth rather hard after his hot start at the beginning of the season. He still is playing excellent defense according to the reports from people actually attending the games.
The one guy who has been opening eyes here is Richie Lentz, a 25-year-old reliever who posted a 12 K/9 in Double-A last season. Lentz has a mid-90’s fastball, but has been plagued with control problems throughout his entire minor league career, but he’s had pinpoint command during the AFL thus far. If he can continue to make the ball go where he wants it to go, Lentz could develop into a decent swing-and-miss reliever at the MLB level.
COMING UP:
- LF of the Decade. It’s down to two of the most feared hitters in baseball history, both with their fair share of problems outside the batter’s box.
