NY took two of three from the Red Sox in an early-May series, but is just 3-7 in their past 10 games against its long-time rivals, according to the OddsShark MLB Database, including a Boston sweep in the Bronx in the final week of the 2015 regular season. For example, coming out of the break, they have 13 consecutive games against contenders (Red Sox, Orioles, Giants and Astros). It’s the best experience of my life, ” said Groome, a life-long Red Sox fan, said after he was drafted June 9. “We’re very comfortable that we know who Jason Groome is”. If he can get to the eighth inning one out of every three starts, and average nearly seven innings in other two starts, again aiding the bullpen, he is worth what the Red Sox can afford to pay him – $20 million per year.
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“He has a big fastball, a good curve and can throw the change for strikes as well”, said Boston GM Mike Hazen the night of the draft. “Law writes that Groome has the best high school curveball he’s seen since Lucas Giolito, while Callis and Mayo write that the 6’6”, 220-pounder “has everything to be a top-of-the-rotation left-handed starting pitcher”, with a 92-93 miles per hour heater, the aforementioned curveball and a sparsely used changeup for which he shows good feel. Groome would then have been eligible for the 2017 draft. After initially committing to Vanderbilt, Groome turned his attention to the junior college ranks of Chipola in order to potentially depart after one year rather than three. “Just a powerful and impressive first half”.
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A amusing thing has happened while Dustin Pedroia became a healthy baseball player. He struck out 10 (again) and allowed only four hits over eight shutout innings in his last start against Tampa, which ended the first half of the season. While he has been clocked at 97 miles per hour, he did not throw over 95 during the spring season. He has struggled this season at 3-8 with a 5.38 ERA, though five of his losses have come on the road. Shawaryn was originally drafted out of Gloucester Catholic by the Kansas City Royals in 2013 in the 32nd round.
