Lars Anderson Promoted To Pawtucket
by Randy Booth on Apr 29, 2010 5:08 PM EDT
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Red Sox prospect Lars Anderson has been promoted from Double-A Portland to Triple-A Pawtucket on Thurday. Anderson is expected to make his PawSox debut at McCoy Stadium on either Thurday or Friday night.
Anderson, 22, was hitting .355/.408/.677/1.086 in 17 games for Portland this season. He ranked third in the Eastern League in batting and was tied for second in both homers (5) and RBI (16). He also led the league with a .677 slugging pct. and was tied for second in total bases with 42.
The left-handed swinging Anderson, who struggled throughout the 2009 season in Double-A, was described as once again driving the ball to all fields in 2010 after becoming pull-heavy in his approach at times last year. Members of the Red Sox organization suggested that he was taking a more relaxed approach to the game this year, something that helped his on-field play.
This is really fantastic news for people who have jumped off the Lars Anderson bandwagon. I believe his struggles in 2009 were really because of all the pressure that was put on him. After a bad 2009, the pressure was off his back because people thought he busted. Instead, he's gotten back into the flow of baseball with no outside distractions.
THIS is the Lars Anderson we've been waiting for.
This really sets up nicely if Lars goes and dominates Triple-A. If Lars has a good rest of the year, we could see him in Boston to DH later this year. Or, better yet, once David Ortiz is gone (c'mon, you know he's gonna be gone), he could be the Red Sox's DH in 2011 and into the future.
All we can hope for now is that Lars keeps on dominating.
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Hate the fact that we might be grooming a DH.....
But would love his bat..let’s hope he does well at AAA
mid-may is my guess
although his strikeouts are way too high thus far
Brett Anderson is the Truth. Brett Anderson is divine presence. Brett Anderson is eternal life. Brett Anderson is within you. Brett Anderson is here. Brett Anderson is Now.
by Frederick0220 on Apr 29, 2010 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Squeee
And since this is about an hour and a half closer to Pawtucket, can’t wait to visit McCoy soon.
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At first I got upset that I never saw Lars play in Portland
…but I did. Dumb me.
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Great for Lars.
Now, what do they do with Bates?
He can DH a bit but a trade must be coming.
" Play Ball "
Dan Barbaresi (Pawtucket beat writer) tweet
Anderson will take over Pawtucket’s first-base job full time, with Aaron Bates moving to left field.
Westmoreland recently asked his son how he was feeling, and the response the father received didn't surprise him. "I'm going to be in Portland next year," Ryan said.
Thanks Hix.
If you spot anything on Rizzo or McGuiness moving up could you post it?
Bates and Brown seem to be on the hot seat for the next needed 40 man roster spot.
" Play Ball "
I will but
I won’t bet on Rizzo being promoted right now: Promotions from A+ to AA (and any other promotion) are the hardest and this Anderson promotion is the exception (We’re not the Mets)
I think by June after 150-200 PAs and if he continues to hit well, Rizzo will be promoted.
Westmoreland recently asked his son how he was feeling, and the response the father received didn't surprise him. "I'm going to be in Portland next year," Ryan said.
Yay Bates.
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 29, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
he's a 26 career minor leaguer
irrelevant.
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by Frederick0220 on Apr 29, 2010 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He still has some value as Youk/VMart insurance right now.
And with two options remaining he may fit on another teams 40 man better than the Sox.
Having him play an outfield postion could also add some trade value.
My money is still on Rizzo long term but I’m very happy to see Anderson do well.
" Play Ball "
Bates has plenty of value!
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 29, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t explain it myself.
I just think he’s a pretty decent player.
I hope he can find a job somewhere, I have to admit it wont be here….
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 29, 2010 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Westmoreland recently asked his son how he was feeling, and the response the father received didn't surprise him. "I'm going to be in Portland next year," Ryan said.
…..?
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 29, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Anthony Perkins playing a character named Norman Bates in the movie “Psycho”
Westmoreland recently asked his son how he was feeling, and the response the father received didn't surprise him. "I'm going to be in Portland next year," Ryan said.
ah.
I dont see how this is relevant…
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 30, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
This should be interesting! Glad to see a guy with lots of potential showing it so far!
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I don't believe in this "he was putting pressure on him self" thing
He needed to work on his swing to add more lift to it and he struggled during the process (I remember Theo in an interview with NESN mentioning how last ST he and Kalish were working on those things) and the back injury didn’t helped either.
Now, let’s hope he keeps those tweaks and he dominates for a while so he could be the starting 1st baseman next season so we can rotate several guys through the DH spot.
Westmoreland recently asked his son how he was feeling, and the response the father received didn't surprise him. "I'm going to be in Portland next year," Ryan said.
Well, I think its pretty obvious he got himself in a bad slump and kept making it worse
I agree the back and oblique issues had a lot to do with it, too
He got his swing all f***ed up and never got right last year. I have to think some of that was the pressure. We’re about a year and a half away from people being worried signing Teixeira would block him. Think about that.
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My point
Is that he was regarded by many members of the media as “the next big thing.” This care-free California boy, who was used to no pressure at all, all of a sudden was the future of the Red Sox. I think that got to him a bit.
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by alskor on Apr 29, 2010 6:17 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
straight cash homie
Brett Anderson is the Truth. Brett Anderson is divine presence. Brett Anderson is eternal life. Brett Anderson is within you. Brett Anderson is here. Brett Anderson is Now.
by Frederick0220 on Apr 29, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
BRETT FAVRE?!?!?
Oh, wait. No.
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So he had a bad year because of the 'pressure'?
What happens when he’s the Sox’ DH? No pressure there…
Part of why he's doing better maybe because he's learned better how to 'deal' with the pressure
that’s part of the development process at that age.
Hopefully, he’ll be fully ready if/when he plays in Fenway.
Indeed, prospects who experience a period of struggles in the minors and fight out of them
Tend to bust less once they reach the majors.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Apr 29, 2010 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING BEN BUCHANAN!!!
Westmoreland recently asked his son how he was feeling, and the response the father received didn't surprise him. "I'm going to be in Portland next year," Ryan said.
fair 'nuff
‘dealing with the pressure’ is certainly a skill he’ll have to develop, then
by Mister Snitch on Apr 29, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, I wasn't expecting this until later in May
You know, with his struggles last year and all.
But hey, great news, love the kid, always wanted him to do well.
DFA Beckett
by South Coast Ghost on Apr 29, 2010 6:57 PM EDT reply actions
Only DH?
Couldn’t we be grooming him to be our first baseman? I mean, Beltre only has a one year deal right? Youk slids to 3rd and Lars at 1st sounds pretty rad to me. Although if we trade for AGon that idea is off the table.
There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
by return2greatness on Apr 29, 2010 7:09 PM EDT reply actions
He could
But I just think he’d fit better as the DH. Youk is a great defender at first, OK at third. But, then again, I’d like to have Victor at DH and get a new catcher…
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No way!
You’re kidding me! In April?
This is remarkably unlike the Sox, and now I have to eat many of my words.
USG
It certainly is unusual
I think its speaks to how much they still think of him and how strongly they consider last year a fluke.
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Good for him!
…But doesn’t this increase the pressure on him quite a bit?
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
Wagner just tweeked something (wrist)
and had to leave the game in the middle of the at bat. In comes Lars.
" Play Ball "
Wow, failure.
Back to being a bust.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Apr 29, 2010 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions
How fickle and fragile
Are the foolish fans of the fatalistic franchise festering in the Fens. . . .
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by lone1c on Apr 30, 2010 12:22 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Once again
Hooray, Lars!
I’m going to try and make it to Pawtucket to see a game at McCoy…
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If Lars hits in AAA, can we finally put an end to the A-Gon trade thing?
I don’t even want him this year with the problems we’re having at DH. If Lars hits this year I’d rather have him up in the big club than give up Kelly+ for Adrian or pay a Howard-esque deal to him or Fielder in free agency.
If I was your math homework I'd be really hard and you'd be doing me on your desk.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.
I don't think that even by the most optimistic projections, Lars looks likes a Gonzalez/Howard/Fielder type of slugger.
a very good hitter, yes, but I don’t think that level.
But the point is we don't need to overpay for a slugger of that caliber if we can bring up another Youkilis offensively.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Apr 30, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah i wasn't disagreeing with the point
just saying that you’re not gonna hear people shut up about A-gon or someone like that. In fact, more likely, if Lars ended up coming to Boston, you’d hear people complaining that he wasn’t hitting a homer every game. Not saying that they’re right, just they’ll never shut up :)
Ha, I suppose.
They’ll probably want Youk to move to third, too.
USG
by Ben Buchanan on Apr 30, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
speaking of which
I just remembered V-Mart came up as a shortstop. Since he can’t catch well now, let’s move him there! Problem solved! Scutaro can be a great utility infielder. VMart could field the position 10-12 years ago, no doubt he still can now. Right? yeah. It’ll be great.
and really, at this point in his career
we should probably just trade ortiz for a good reliever or something.
(for the record, I’ve genuinely heard people suggest both of these things)
The only way to get rid of Ortiz is a release or DFA.
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 30, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
ok
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by bestbostonsports on Apr 30, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Ummm....
Sure, I hope the kid is the next Mickey Mantle, but are we getting a bit ahead of ourselves here?
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