RED SOX : News & Notes
March 4,2014.
~ Vazquez looks ready : Christian Vazquez threw out another runner Saturday.
"He's thrown out every runner in big league camp. He's 11 for 11. What's impressive is the progress with the bat. There's more strength in his swing. More solid impact. When you look at numbers they're heading into the right direction. He's getting stronger. When he first signed he had difficulty getting through a nine-inning game. Now he's one of the best catching prospects in the game," Farrell said.
Farrell said Vazquez' time was 1.86 seconds on the throw to second base.
"It's all well above average," Farrell said.
"We've got to continue to see it. I wish we could fast-forward and get the answer. So far so good. Somethings don't change, like running into the wall (at Hammond Stadium vs. the Twins on Saturday. He got right up and threw the ball. Talking to him, he felt he had a legitimate beat on the ball until time ran out," Farrell said.
Farrell noted that Sizemore's times up the line have improved.
"His mind is more free and not as guarded. Some of the signs within the game you're starting to see how he responds to game situations," Farrell said.
Peavy & the 'fishing' trip : Jake Peavy who loves the outdoors, was just trying to have a nice day with his son on Saturday before a freak accident cut his knuckle. He would have started on Monday against the Pirates if not for the accident.
"Just getting ready to go fishing," Peavy said. "I promised my little boy I would take him fishing, so we went to Bass Pro and we bought us some rods and reels that were combo'd. I was trying to cut the wire tie that was holding them together. Using the knife with my right hand and holding the rod with my left, and when I broke the wire tire, it struck the knuckle pretty good."
At first, Peavy didn't realize how bad he had cut himself.
"It's a bummer. I didn't think it was that crazy bad to the point I didn't seek medical attention," said Peavy. "That day we wrapped it up and went fishing. I came in here yesterday and realized we needed to have it stitched up and we would have to take some precautionary measures.
"You just don't want to risk infection. I could go out and play today if it was a must, but you can't risk infection and let it sweat. And me not getting it tended to right off the bat, you just don't want to get it infected, and that's the reason we're going to hold off a day or two."
The more Peavy talked about the incident, the more painful it sounded.
"It's right on the knuckle," Peavy said. "It was more of a jab ... it was a brand-new knife out of the packet, which is huge as well. I had just bought the knife. It was big -- it was a brand-new knife, pretty sterile. But a brand-new knife, it was pretty sharp as well."
And it didn't seem as if much had changed. Uehara fired 14 pitches, 10 of them for strikes, in the type of 1-2-3 clinic that marked his 2013 season.
"I'm surprised he threw four balls," joked right-hander Brandon Workman.
Uehara struck out two of the three batters he faced in Boston's 7-6 loss.
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"He continues on, that's the best you can say," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "And after four or five months down, he picks up where he left off, and he's just a joy to watch pitch."
Originally, Farrell was going to hold Uehara and setup man Junichi Tazawa back until later in the spring because of their workload during the postseason.
But both Japanese righties made their debuts on Monday. Tazawa worked around one hit in his scoreless inning.
Why the change in schedule?
"Sitting down with both of those guys and looking at the schedule, we're playing some National League teams, and they're going to have ample rest in between their outings," Farrell said. "We still target roughly seven outings in Spring Training for both of them. We can use the schedule somewhat to our advantage."
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