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Chapter 1: What impression has Sonny Gray made before his Grapefruit League debut?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring. It's been refreshing, good.
Precise is good. It's good. No coincidence that he's been able to pitch for so many years and keep getting better. 200 punch outs are 200 punch outs. It's not easy to do. And, you know, he always finds ways to improve. So just to go out there and compete. He's very intense in everything he does. Great athlete, great competitor. Like I said in the beginning, Refreshing to have him here.
A guy like that who came up kind of before the analytics came in.
Chapter 2: How has Braiden Ward impressed the team since joining?
He's talked about that, right? And he's embraced the analytics, but he still kind of approaches it with the old school mentality. It's me against you, I'm going to beat you. Is that kind of refreshing to have as a manager?
No, it's good. Because I always said that I see it in the bullpens and batting practice. I live with my kids, you know, when they hit. You know, we go to the cages and they have hip tracks and they swing and they look back, you know, for feedback. I tell him, no, it's right in front of you, you know, and it happens here too.
And with him, although he looks back to get feedback from the technology, he understands what he needs to do and everything is in front of him. He'll read swings, takes, how the catcher is handling certain pitches. Very specific in certain things, you know, like my breaking ball is going there. Make sure you anticipate it because we got it.
We have to keep it in front, but I will bounce it, right? So that level of precision in bullpens and in live VPs,
Chapter 3: What unique qualities does Braiden Ward bring to the Red Sox?
I've been managing since 2018. I've never seen anything like that. And it's really good what he does.
Do you need to check with Sedan and Roman today? They're good. Yeah, they're okay. Any update on Rodgers?
Yeah, he had a CT scan yesterday. We'll get the results probably today or tomorrow, but it doesn't look great. So we had to make sure we go through all the steps and we'll know either tonight or tomorrow what's the next step.
he'll miss some time and with a game though do you have any more information on what he's dealing with yeah it's around the elbow area uh he has three more days of not throwing and then we reassess the situation uh in the middle of the week how did uh patrick come out of this up and down yesterday good he was good cutter good too um the next step for him i think for cutter is an up and down for patrick is another up and down
Brayden Ward yesterday showed he's kind of a unique player, right? His speed and everything. What's your, what do you make of seeing him?
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: How does Alex Cora view the importance of analytics in baseball?
When he goes, he's safe. When he bunts, he's safe. Um, it's, it's a new, new situation for him coming from, from the Rockies. Uh, you know, and, and he's embraced everything we, we have given him. But, uh, the speed is real. It's one of these guys that he's very unique and, uh,
We'll see what happens during the season, but thinking ahead, I'm like, those are the guys that you need in September, you need in October. We might need him before, but he's getting our attention. Probably less fly balls, more line drives, more ground balls. and we can maximize his weapon, which is speed.
I mean, what he did yesterday, where I was, you could see the play develop, you know, on that ground ball. We were like, he's safe at second, and then the other one, just the acceleration when the pitcher caught the ball, that was impressive.
You're about to lose most of the outfielders to the World Baseball Classic for a bit. So what do you hope to see from the guys like Braden and Christian and whoever else that's left during their extended time?
Just play.
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Chapter 5: What are the expectations for players during the World Baseball Classic?
That's the most important thing, and we have to protect them too. So it's going to be different starting Monday, but it's a good opportunity for them to keep playing, keep getting on bats, keep improving and showing us who they are.
Anything else? Anybody else?
No. Mikey, a little bit back tightness. He'll be out probably today and tomorrow. Hopefully, he's back Monday. That's about it.
Okay. Thank you.
Thank you.
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