7/25 MiLB Gameday: Fly on the Wall

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Anthony Ranaudo) @ Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Matt Tracy) [7:05pm]
EL: Portland (Brian Johnson) @ New Britain (TBD) [7:05pm]
CL:Salem (Cody Kukuk) vs. Myrtle Beach (TBD) [7:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Trey Ball) @ Lakewood (Yacksel Rios) [7:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell (Aaron Wilkerson) vs. Hudson Valley (TBD) [7:05pm]
GCL: GCL Sox @ GCL Twins [12:00pm]
DSL: DSL Sox vs. DSL Mariners [10:30am]

Notes:

Pawsox have won 9 consecutive games.

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

 

[jscola85]

Four very interesting pitching prospects on the hill for the Sox.  These threads are the most exciting part of my day reading SOSH, for better or worse this year.

 

[Cuzittt]

GCL Sox win 5-3.

Boxscore

Michael Kopech went 1 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks; striking out 2. KJ Trader picked up the final 2 outs of the 2nd. Javier Rodriguez went 5 innings, giving up a hit and 2 walks; striking out 3. Taylor Nunez went 2 innings, giving up a hit and a walk; striking out one.

Ben Moore went 2/2 with a triple and a walk before being replaced by Devon Fisher who went 0/2. Michael Chavis went 2/3 with a double and a HBP. Derek Miller went 2/4 with a walk. Rafael Devers went 2/4. Trenton Kemp went 1/3 with a HBP. Jeremy Rivera went 0/2 with a walk before being replaced by Rafael Oliveras who went 0/1 with a sacrifice. Darwin Pena went 0/3 with a SF. Bryce Brentz went 0/4 with an intentional walk. Luis Alexander Basabe went 0/4 but had 3 OF assists (2 at 1st, 1 at home).

 

[Fishy1]

Betts on base 5 times (!!) through six innings. 3 singles, a double, and he walked on water in the second. 

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Pitchers showed up tonight.

 

[Merkle's Boner]

Wow. Impressive night.

Ranaudo 6 IP 3 H 0 Runs 4 Ks 2 BB
Johnson 7 IP 1 H 0 Runs 12 K 3 BB
Kukuk 6 IP 2 H 0 Runs 10K 1BB

 

[Plympton91]

Wow, 12 Ks for Johnson is another step up. It'll be interesting to see if that starts a trend.

Sadly, there's a name not on your list.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Wow, 12 Ks for Johnson is another step up. It'll be interesting to see if that starts a trend.

Sadly, there's a name not on your list.

By recent Trey Ball standards, it's pretty decent.  Made it through six innings, with six hits and a walk.  Just two earned runs.
 
Still, next time we wind up with a Top 10 draft pick, I'll dream bigger....

 

[Buzzkill Pauley]

Johnson turning a corner this season has to be one of the better stories from the farm that doesn't involve Mookie Betts or Rafael Devers.

 

[SouthernBoSox]

Johnson turning a corner this season has to be one of the better stories from the farm that doesn't involve Mookie Betts or Rafael Devers.

Yep. He's a legit prospect now. Just another arm.

The more you look at this system, the more I think not making a trade with these arms would be a mistake.

 

[RoDaddy]

Trade Lester, promote Ranaudo

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox win 10th consecutive, 10-2.

Boxscore

Anthony Ranaudo went 6 innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 walks; striking out 4. Drake Britton went 2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits; striking out one. John Ely went an inning, giving up a hit.

Mookie Betts went 4/5 with a double and a walk. Travis Shaw went 2/5 with 2 doubles. Ryan Roberts went 1/4 with a walk. Deven Marrero went 1/4 with a double and a walk. Alex Hassan went 1/4 with a HBP. Ryan Lavarnway went 1/2 with 2 walks before being replaced by Matt Spring who went 0/1. Corey Brown went 1/5. Garin Cecchini went 0/3 with a walk and a HBP. Jonathan Herrera went 0/5.

 

[Cuzittt]

SeaDogs win 1-0.

Boxscore

Brian Johnson went 7 innings, giving up a hit and 3 walks; striking out 12. Noe Ramirez went 2 innings, walking one and striking out one.

Blake Swihart went 3/4. Sean Coyle went 1/2 with a double, walk and SF. Stefan Welch went 1/3 with a walk. Shannon Wilkerson, Keury de la Cruz and David Chester each went 1/4. Jonathan Roof went 0/3 with a HBP. Michael Almanzar and Ryan Dent each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins 6-0.

Boxscore

Cody Kukuk went 6 innings, giving up 2 hits and a walk; striking out 10. Nate Reed went 2 innings, giving up a hit, a HBP and striking out 3. Matty Ott went an inning, givin g up a hit and striking out 2.

Carlos Asuaje went 2/4 with a triple and a walk. Carson Blair, Mario Martinez and Aneury Tavarez each went 2/4. Matt Gedman went 1/3 with a walk. Matty Johnson went 1/4. Mike Miller went 1/5. Jantzen Witte went 0/3 with a SF. Kevin Heller went 0/3 with a HBP.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive lose 5-2.

Boxscore

Trey Ball went 6 innings, allowing 4 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits, a walk and 2 WPs; striking out 3. Taylor Grover went 2 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits; striking out 2.

Wendell Rijo went 1/2 with a HR and 2 walks. Jimmy Rider and Carlos Coste each went 1/3 with a walk. Manuel Margot went 1/4 with a double. Tim Roberson went 1/4. Cole Sturgeon went 1/5. Zach Kapstein and Hector Lorenzana each went 0/3 with a walk. Kevin Mager went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Spinners win 7-4.

Boxscore

Aaron Wilkerson went 7 innings, allowing a run on 4 hits and a walk; striking out 6. Keuhl McEachern went 2 innings, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits.

Joseph Monge went 3/5. Jordan Betts went 2/4 with a double and a HR. Cisco Tellez and Mauricio Dubon went 2/4. Deiner Lopez went 1/3 with a walk. Alixon Suarez went 1/4. Bryan Hudson and Danny Mars each went 1/5; Mars with a SB. Sam Travis went 0/2 with 2 HBPs.

 

[Cuzittt]

DSL Sox win 5-2.

Boxscore

Jhonathan Diaz went 3 innings, walking one and striking out 4. Alejandro Rodriguez went 2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk. Samir El Halaby went 2 innings, giving up a hit.

Isiais Lucena and Roldani Baldwin each went 3/4; Baldwin with a SB. Gerardo Carrizalez went 1/2 with 2 walks. Jesus Perez went 1/3 with a walk. Raiwinson Lameda went 1/4 with a walk and a SB. Rafael Toribio and Luis Benoit each went 1/4. Yoan Aybar went 0/4 with a SB. Jose Lozada went 0/5.

 

[Cuzittt]

Links to boxscores and write-up tomorrow.

 

[Buzzkill Pauley]

Still, next time we wind up with a Top 10 draft pick, I'll dream bigger....

 
Could be coming pretty soon, now.

 

[Apisith]

Besides being shelled once on July 7th, Johnson has been pretty damn spectacular for months. I want to see him in AAA soon.

 

[LondonSox]

There are way too many useful pieces than the Sox can use. I say it a lot but it's more true than ever. Choosing which to keep and which to move could determine the next decade.
You keep the right 4-5 young arms and the right bats and you have the core of a young cheap team, and can spend whatever you want on the right stars. Plus moving the others gets you yet more pieces, or the access to those superstars to pay with the money saved by the cheap kids.
 
Do it wrong and you have a bunch of arms that you can't decide if they are good enough, and bounce up and down to AAA to work on things etc. All of a sudden you just have nothing but a cheap middle of the road team. 
 
The scared thing to do is keep them all, but IMO this is wrong. Firstly, the team rarely get to a place where you can let a lot of rookies struggle adjusting at once, see this year for details. You want to mix in one or two a year (outside the bullpen), plus have the depth for injuries etc. 
I mean are the Sox really going to go into a year like next year with more than half the rotation as question marks, let alone add yet more rookies to a team without JBJ/ X/ WMB etc showing enough this year to be confident?
 
I mean there is a sensible team next year than has RDLR, Ranaudo, Webster and Workman all fighting for rotation places. JBJ, X, WMB all still uncertain and at some point trying to add in Betts, Marrero, Owens etc as well. That's before you get to Johnson and Barnes etc. There's too much talent for too few places.