5/7 MiLB Gameday: Pawsox in the Morning

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Keith Couch) @ Toledo (Buck Farmer) [10:30 AM]
EL: Portland (TBD) @ Binghamton (Gabriel Ynoa) [6:35pm]
CL:Salem (Daniel McGrath) @ Myrtle Beach (Duane Underwood, Jr.) [7:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Michael Kopech) vs. Savannah (Brad Wieck) [7:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell [Season Begins June 19th]
GCL: GCL Sox [Season Begins June 22nd]
DSL: DSL Sox [Season Begins Late May/Early June]

Notes:

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

 

[RoDaddy]

Two more hits for JBJ including a dinger.  Not only is his average very high, his OBP - a key part to his perceived value before he struggled in the bigs - is back up around .400. He looks like a great prospect right now (if I can still call him prospect)

 

[StuckOnYouk]

It's always been thought if his offense can be just average to go along with his gold glove defense in CF (or RF for us next year?) he could be a heck of a player.
Rusney betts Bradley next year with Hanley at 1B

Or is the thought we will package him soon for pitching if he keeps this up?

 

[WenZink]

It's always been thought if his offense can be just average to go along with his gold glove defense in CF (or RF for us next year?) he could be a heck of a player.
Rusney betts Bradley next year with Hanley at 1B

Or is the thought we will package him soon for pitching if he keeps this up?

Jackie's horrid 2014 season just got worse and worse as he lost whatever selectivity he had, started pulling the ball even more and accentuated his upper cut swing.  Hopefully, it was just a "normal" reaction from a frustrated young player who, given his "big chance," resisted coaching advice, but now is learning his lesson.
 
He's currently hitting .347, without much power, until today.  His BAPIP is around .425, so maybe you wait until it comes down and see if he manage to control his "frustration factor."
 
But yes, going forward, he could be the perfect 4th/5th outfielder for a Sox outfield that has H Ramirez(LF)-Betts(CF)-Castillo(RF).  Notice that this assumes Craig and Victorino are gone in 2016, and that Nava, who will become arb-eligible in 2016, is no longer such a great deal.  Nava has shown he is not the consistent hitter he was in 2013.  With JBJ, you'll always know you'll have his consistently great defense on hand.  If only he can be above "pathetic" at the plate.  But barring injury, or a mass clearing of Craig-Victorino-Nava approaching the trade deadline, i don't think we'll see much of JBJ until September.

 

[JBJ_HOF]

Two more hits for JBJ including a dinger.  Not only is his average very high, his OBP - a key part to his perceived value before he struggled in the bigs - is back up around .400. He looks like a great prospect right now (if I can still call him prospect)

 
His walk rate is less than 6% now, so the OBP is BABIP driven.

 

[Detts]

Holy shit! Varitek is scouting the Drive tonight.

 

[Detts]

First pitches from kopech 95 94 95 96 95 77 98

K

 

[Detts]

98 97 98 go

98 96 97 go

 

[Snoop Soxy Dogg]

Any word on how Rusney is looking?

 

[Detts]

Had a log from the 2nd but lost it. He was wild to the first 3 then settled down. Sat 93 until in trouble then ramped it up to 95

3rd

Weak ground out to first
Broke a bat, then gapped to rc ( triple)
84 89 catcher mound visit ( frustrated) 97 96 third to home (out)
92 87 manager mound visit 93 93 91 walk.
94 91 79 hit batter
Catcher visit
Pulled

 

[JBJ_HOF]

Any word on how Rusney is looking?

 
Paw Sox radio said he was mashing to start the year, then once his timing came been back after 8-10 AB  the last 3 days he's been hitting rockets against.

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox score the final 6 runs, win 6-5.

Boxscore

Keith Couch went 4 innings, allowing 5 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks; striking out 4. Noe Ramirez struck out 2 in an inning of work. Miguel Celestino went 2 innings, giving up a hit and a walk; striking out one. Zeke Spruill went 2 innings, giving up a hit and striking out 3.

Travis Shaw went 2/4. Jackie Bradley and Rusney Castillo each went 2/5 with a double, JBJ adding a HR. Quintin Berry went 1/4 with a walk. Luke Montz, Garin Cecchini, Deven Marrero and Humberto Quintero each went 1/4; Montz with a HR. Sean Coyle went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Seadogs get walked off upon, 5-4.

Boxscore

Kyle Kraus went 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks; striking out 3. Robby Scott went 2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits (1 HR); striking out 2. Pat Light went 1 2/3 innings, allowing a run on a hit and 2 walks; striking out 3.

Jantzen Witte went 3/4 with 2 doubles and a walk (and was picked off). Blake Tekotte went 3/4 with a triple. Jonathan Roof went 2/4. Oscar Tejeda went 2/5. Luis Martinez and Kevin Heller each went 1/3; Martinez with a walk, Heller with a HBP. Mike Miller went 1/4 with a SF. Keury de la Cruz went 1/5. Reed Gragnani went 0/5.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem gets walked-off upon in the 10th, 2-1.

Boxscore

Daniel McGrath went 5 2/3 innings, allowing an unearned run on a hit and 6 walks; striking out 4. German Tavarez went 3 1/3 innings, giving up a hit and 4 walks (2 Intentional); striking out one. Austin Maddox faced one batter, gave up a HR, game over.

Tzu-Wei Lin went 1/3 with a walk and a SB. Franklin Guzman went 1/3 with a HR. Mario Martinez went 1/3. Jose Vinicio went 0/3. Cole Sturgeon, Jake Romanski, Aneury Tavarez, Sam Travis and Manuel Margot each went 0/4; Margot doubling his strkeout total to 4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive lose 7-5 in 11.

Boxscore

Michael Kopech went 2 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits, 2 walks and a WP; striking out 3. Reed Reilly went 5 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits and a walk; striking out 4. Kuehl McEachern went 3 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits and 2 walks; striking out one.

Derek Miller went 3/6 with a double. Javier Guerra went 2/5 with a double. Mauricio Dubon went 1/4 with a walk and a SF. Nick Longhi went 1/4 with a walk before being replaced by pinch runner Deiner Lopez who was replaced by Cisco Tellez who went 0/1. Carlos Mesa went 1/4 with a sacrifice. Michael Chavis went 1/4 with a double and an intentional walk. Mike Meyers went 1/4 with a walk. Ben Moore went 0/5 with a walk. Joseph Monge went 0/4 with a walk.

 

[Vegas Sox Fan]

McGrath is quietly putting together a nice start to the season. ERA now at 1.88 and WHIP sitting at 1.08. He's striking out 8.25 per nine but also walking 6 per nine. He was number 23 prospect before a rough year at Greenville last year. As a 20 year old in high A and only his second year in full season, if he can keep this up and get the walks down, I imagine he could climb back into the prospect discussion. 

 

[billy ashley]

RE McGrath:
 
I've always found him interesting, in large part due to his background. While I do think he's a guy worth following, I would also temper expectations as his raw stuff isn't great. According to SP, He doesn't offer any pitches that currently project as plus and while he's had good control in the past, he's had issues with command in the past. He also isn't a big velocity guy, sitting in the high 80s.
 
Still, he's very young for the levels he's been pitching, is presumably very new to level coaching, and has 3 pitches that could grade out as average. That could be a back end starter if the command improves (big if, of course).

 

[Vegas Sox Fan]

He's also a 6'3" lefty so I'm guessing his stuff could play up as he fills out his frame.