4/26 MiLB Gameday: Salem Double Dip

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Keith Couch) @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (TBD) [1:05pm]
EL: Portland (Justin Haley) vs. Trenton (Miguel Sulbaran) [1:05pm]
CL:Salem (Kevin McAvoy/Daniel McGrath) @ Carolina (Tyler Brosius/Yean Carlos Gil) [1:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Ty Buttrey) vs Asheville (Sam Howard) [4:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell [Season Begins June 19th]
GCL: GCL Sox [Season Begins June 22nd]
DSL: DSL Sox [Season Begins Late May/Early June]

Notes:
 
Game 2 of the Salem Doubleheader is a make up of yesterday's postponement.

Scoreboard:

Boston Red Sox Minor League Scores

Media:

MiLB TV
MiLB Radio

Local Media:

Pawsox:

Providence Journal
Pawtucket Times

Seadogs: Portland Press Herald

Salem: Roanoke Times

Greenville: Greenville Online

Lowell: Lowell Sun

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Trey Ball, what the hell?  4 H (including two homers) and 2 BB take him only through 4 2/3, giving up four runs.
 
He's not pitching up to his rep.  Yadda yadda yadda just a teenager...

 

[Cesar Crespo]

The boxscore link is of Thursday. Ball didn't pitch.

 

[Cuzittt]

Yeah... no one pitched. Games haven't been played.

Link fixed.

 

[WenZink]

Trey Ball, what the hell?  4 H (including two homers) and 2 BB take him only through 4 2/3, giving up four runs.
 
He's not pitching up to his rep.  Yadda yadda yadda just a teenager...

 
But if you do look at the game log, (from last Thursday, I believe) you'll see that everything was going well until he hit the 80 pitch "wall" and then couldn't get out of the 5th.  So all in all,not bad for a 20 year old, making just his 25th start in the minors.  I'd rather see a high-ceiling pitcher making "baby-steps" than a low-ceiling pitcher cruising in the low minors with his changeup.
 
And for the record, I too, fell for the outdated link, and was wondering why the hell Ball was starting on one day's rest, until I noticed the similar pitching line.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

5 no hit innings for Buttrey today.  2 BB, 7K

 

[burstnbloom]

5 no hit innings for Buttrey today.  2 BB, 7K

 
 
He has now put up the following line on the year: 
 
22IP, 17H, 6ER, 3BB, 22K
 
He's certainly old for the league but its a pretty encouraging start after some of the good press he was getting in March.  I'm intrigued to see if he can regain his prospect status.  

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox lose 8-3.
 
Boxscore
 
Keith Couch went 5 1/3 innings, allowing 6 runs (5 earned) on 9 hits (1 HR) and 2 walks; striking out one. Miguel Celestino went 2 2/3 innings, allowing 2 unearned runs on 4 hits and a walk; striking out 2.
 
Garin Cecchini went 1/3 with a walk. Jemile Weeks, Luke Montz, Matt Spring, Deven Marrero and Humberto Quintero each went 1/4; Spring and Quintero each went HRs, Montz with a double. Quintin Berry went 0/2 with a HBP. Jackie Bradley went 0/3 with a walk. Travis Shaw went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Seadogs lose 8-2.
 
Boxscore
 
Justin Haley went 4 2/3 innings, allowing 6 runs on 8 hits (2 HRs) and 4 walks; striking out one. Pat Light went 1 1/3 innings. Dayan Diaz went 2 innings, giving up a hit and a walk; striking out 3. Kyle Martin went an inning, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk; striking out one.
 
David Chester went 2/3 with a walk. Keury de la Cruz went 1/2 with a double and 2 walks. Oscar Tejeda went 1/3 with a walk. Jantzen Witte went 1/4. Luis Martinez and Jonathan Roof each went 0/3 with a walk. Carlos Asuaje went 0/4 with a walk. Reed Gragnani and Blake Tekotte each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins game one, 2-1.
 
Boxscore
 
Kevin McAvoy went 5 2/3 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits and 2 walks; striking out two. Austin Maddox went 1 1/3 perfect innings for the save.
 
Aneury Tavarez went 2/3. Forrestt Allday, Cole Sturgeon, Jordan Betts and Jordan Weems each went 1/3. Manuel Margot went 0/2 with a walk, SF and a SB. Mario Martinez went 0/2 with a walk. Wendell Rijo and Tzu-Wei Lin each went 0/3.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins game 2, 4-1.
 
Boxscore
 
Daniel McGrath went 5 innings, allowing an unearned run on a hit and 3 walks; striking out 7. Kyle Kraus went 2 innings, striking out 3.
 
Manuel Margot went 3/4 with a double and a CS. Sam Travis went 1/3 with a walk. Cole Sturgeon, Jake Romanski and Aneury Tavarez each went 1/4; Tavarez with a double. Wendell Rijo and Mario Martinez each went 0/2 with a walk. Franklin Guzman went 0/2 with a SF. Jose Vinicio went 0/3.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive win 3-2 in 14 innings.
 
Boxscore
 
Ty Buttrey went 5 innings, walking 2 and striking out 7. Carlos Pinales went 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits; striking out 2. Kuehl McEachern went 4 innings, giving up 2 hits and a walk; striking out 3. Williams Jerez went an inning, walking one.
 
Ben Moore went 3/6 with a double. Carlos Mesa went 2/5 with a walk. Mauricio Dubon went 2/6 with a SB. Derek Miller went 2/7 with a SB and a CS. Nick Longhi and Michael Chavis each went 1/5 with a walk. Mike Meyers went 1/6. Cisco Tellez went 0/5 with a walk. Deiner Lopez went 0/6.

 

[jscola85]

Manuel Margot is an unstoppable rebel force.  He now has 2+ hits in 7 of his 15 games so far.  Also, STILL has not struck out.  Starting to get into the territory where I want to start digging into the longest K-less streaks in minor league annals.

 

[LondonSox]

Manuel Margot is an unstoppable rebel force.  He now has 2+ hits in 7 of his 15 games so far.  Also, STILL has not struck out.  Starting to get into the territory where I want to start digging into the longest K-less streaks in minor league annals.

 
He also only has 4 walks. He could just be being very aggressive. If he keeps hitting like this you'd have to think pitchers will get better reports or see if he'll chase more etc. I'd like to see that go up in a hot streak, or if he's just too good for the level. A combined 4 walks 0 strikeouts for a combined total of 4 over 15 games seems fairly amazing.

 

[jscola85]

Clearly his walk rate isn't great but when he is hitting lasers like this why walk? Force pitchers to adjust. I don't see him as a big strikeout guy either way. He had very good contact numbers last year and his BABIP has always been quite strong - an indication in the minors of a guy making consistently great contact.

Simply put, it's looking like he has an excellent pure hit tool, so while more walks would be nice, he can probably succeed without being Youkilis-like in plate discipline.

 

[Cuzittt]

It should also be noted that he's had 3 walks this week. He is probably not going to be a 100 walk a year guy... but a 50-60 walk a year guy. Which, if he continues to hit in this fashion, is fine.

 

[jscola85]

Yep, the guy he models his game after, Adam Jones, has done pretty damn will with an even more aggressive approach.  Not sure we can project Margot to slug .500 like Jones but I think he's got more plate discipline as well.  I think a reasonable case for Margot is he winds up as a guy who hits something like .280/.340/.440 with 10-15 HRs and 20-25 steals with good range in CF; basically a Shane Victorino type.  If he develops more pop (tough to project since he's like 5-11, 175), he could be a possible 20-20 guy.