SPPod Ep. #215 - Scouting Portland, Part 1

Lots to talk about this week, but the big story is Ian saw Portland and we have a lot from his scouting notebook to go over. But first the guys go over a healthy amount of news from the system. Starting off is a discussion of how the team can help pitchers who are re-learning to pitch with the new enforcement rules in place. Connor Wong debuted with the big club. A handful of updates regarding injured players cap the news, before we turn our eyes south to Fort Myers. The Florida Complex League kicked off play, which led to a discussion of the loss of the short season leagues. Then it is on to the scouting report on Portland, and two things to note, if you like these kinds of scouting heavy shows, you will love the game updates on our Patreon. You can find details here. Second, Ian will get another look at Portland this week, so expect more of these kinds of updates soon. Finally, Chris and Ian read through the mailbag to talk about what you want to hear about. Thanks for writing in and make sure to send your questions to [email protected]   0:00 - Intros, housekeeping, email us and remember to check us out on Patreon and we're conducting our annual Donation Drive 5:00 - The Garrett Richards dilemma 16:15 - Connor Wong debuts 18:30 - Injury updates 21:45 - Florida Complex League 33:50 - Scouting Portland 57:30 - Mailbag   Players Mentioned   Garrett Richards Danny Santana Jarren Duran Bobby Dalbec Eduardo Rodriguez Tanner Houck Brandon Workman Yacksel Rios Garrett Whitlock Raynel Espinal Kaleb Ort Eduard Bazardo Connor Wong Kutter Crawford Brandon Howlett Tyler Esplin Aldo Ramirez Nick Decker Brainer Bonaci Blaze Jordan Bryan Gonzalez Darel Belen Winkelman Gonzalez Eduardo Lopez Chih-Jung Liu Freddy Valdez Brayan Bello Josh Wincowski Denyi Reyes Durbin Feltman Jose Adames Triston Casas Ronaldo Hernandez Devlin Granberg Hudson Potts Jeisson Rosario Tate Matheny Jeremy Wu-Yelland Gilberto Jimenez Marcus Wilson   We also want to thank our in-residence musical guest, The Ludlow Thieves. Check them out on YouTube and Spotify.   Got something to say? We love talking about what you want to hear about. Make sure to email us.   We're on Instagram. Make sure you follow us there.   Podcast Twitter Links: @SPChrisHatfield @IanCundall @SoxProspects Love the show? Want to help us out while also getting exclusive goodies? Support the podcast by contributing to us on Patreon! Go to Sox Prospects on Patreon for the details.   Subscribe on iTunes (please rate and review!) Subscribe on Stitcher (please rate and review!) Listen on Spotify Listen on YouTube Listen on Google Play Music Podcast Archive