7/7 MiLB Gameday: Wright, Buttrey and Kopech

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Steven Wright) @ Lehigh Valley (David Buchanan) [7:05pm]
EL: Portland (Michael Augliera) @ Reading (Jerome Williams) [7:05pm]
CL:Salem (Ty Buttrey) vs. Carolina (Andrew Waszak) [7:05pm]
SAL: Greenville (Michael Kopech) vs. Savannah (Edioglis Villasmil) [7:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell - OFF
GCL: GCL Sox @ GCL Rays [12:05pm]
DSL: DSL Sox @ DSL Rojos [10:30am]
DSL: DSL Sox 2 vs DSL Braves [10:30am]

Notes:

7/3 Minor League Report


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]

Another 4 scoreless for Anderson Espinoza today down in the GCL -- 4 Ks in 4 IP against a single, a double and no walks

 

[Cuzittt]

GCL Sox win 11-1.

Boxscore

Anderson Espinoza went 4 innings, giving up 2 hits and a HBP; striking out 4. Kyle Martin went an inning, giving up a hit and striking out one. Pat Goetze went 2 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits; striking out one. Yankory Pimentel went 2 innings, walking one and striking out 2.

Luis Alejandro Basabe went 3/5 with a double and a walk. Roldani Baldwin went 2/4 with a double and a HBP. Darwin Pena and Chris Madera each went 2/5; Madera with a double and a CS. Danny Mars went 1/4 with a double, walk and SF. Kyri Washington went 1/4 with a walk. Rafael Oliveras went 1/5 with a walk. Isaias Lucena went 0/4 with a walk. Nicholos Hamilton went 0/4 with a HBP.

 

[Cesar Crespo]

Moncada now has 9sb in 10 games, 12 in 16.

2/3 with 2 SB so far.

 

[Cuzittt]

DSL1 lose 9-4.

Boxscore

Junior Espinoza went 5 innings, giving up 3 hits and a WP; striking out 9. Edilson Batista went 2 1/3 innings, allowing 8 runs (1 earned) on 7 hits and a walk; striking out one. Roberto Medina went 2/3rds of an inning, allowing an unearned run on a hit, a walk and 2 WPs; striking out one.

Eduard Conde went 2/2 with a SB before being replaced by Reinaldo Ugueto who went 1/2. Luis Yovera, Marino Campana and Samuel Miranda each went 2/4; Yovera with a double, Campana with a CS. Pablo Urena went 1/1 with a HR after replacing Elwin Tejeda who went 0/3. Willis Figueroa, Hemerson Serven and Eddy Reynoso each went 1/4; Reynoso with a HR. Luis Benoit went 0/2 with a walk and a PO/CS before being replaced by Angel Hernandez who went 0/1.

 

[Cuzittt]

DSL2 wins 8-4.

Boxscore

Victor Garcia went 5 innings, giving up a hit and a HBP; striking out 5. Jeison Medrano went 3 innings, allowing 2 unearned runs on a hit, 3 walks and a WP; striking out 4. Nicolo Clemente went an inning, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk; striking out one.

Ramfis Berroa went 2/3 with a HBP and a CS. Gerardo Carrizalez went 2/3 with a triple before being replaced by Fabian Nieva who went 0/1. Lorenzo Cedrola went 2/5 with a double. Imeldo Diaz went 1/2 with a walk, HBP and SB. Juan Barriento went 1/3 with a double before being replaced by Rafael Toribio who went 0/1. Juan Hernandez went 1/4. Marcos Martinez, Stanley Espinal and Freiberg Marin each went 0/4.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Wright gave up 5 in the 1st tonight.
 
Good starts to their starts for Buttrey and Kopech.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem wins 7-2.

Boxscore

Ty Buttrey went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk; striking out 4. Brandon Show went 2 innings, giving up 2 hits and a walk. Mike Adams went an inning, giving up a hit.

Forrestt Allday went 3/5 with a CS. Wendell Rijo and Jose Vinicio each went 2/3 with a walk; Rijo with a SB, Vinicio was picked off. Jordan Procyshen went 2/4 with a double. Tzu-Wei Lin went 2/5 with a SB. Mario Martinez went 1/3 with a walk. Yoilan Cerse went 1/4 with a HR. Jordan Betts and Kevin Heller each went 0/3 with a walk.

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox lose 9-6.

Boxscore

Steven Wright went 6 innings, allowing 6 runs (5 earned) on 8 hits and a walk; striking out 2. Jess Todd went an inning, giving up a hit and striking out 2. Pat Light went an inning, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits (1 HR) and a walk.

Garin Cecchini went 4/5 with a SB. Carlos Peguero went 2/3 with a double and 2 walks. Quintin Berry and Jackie Bradley each went 2/5; Bradley with a HR, Berry with a SB. Mike Miller went 1/3 with a SF. Allen Craig went 1/4 with a double and a walk. Jemile Weeks went 1/5 with a double. Reed Gragnani went 0/4. Matt Spring went 0/5.

 

[Cuzittt]

Sea Dogs lose 8-6.

Boxscore

Mike Augliera went 3 1/3 innings, allowing 6 runs on 8 hits (1 HR), a WP and 4 walks. Kyle Kraus went 2 2/3 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits and a walk. Miguel Celestino went 2 innings, allowing a run on 2 hits, a walk and a WP; striking out one.

Marco Hernandez went 3/5 with a HR. Sam Travis went 2/4 with a double and a triple. Keury de la Cruz went 1/2 with a double and 2 walks. Manuel Margot went 1/3 with a walk and a CS. Tim Roberson went 1/3 before being replaced by Jake Romanski who went 1/1. Cole Sturgeon went 1/4. Jantzen Witte and Carlos Asuaje each went 1/5. David Chester went 0/3 with a SF.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive solve the Sand Gnats, win 7-5.

Boxscore

Michael Kopech pitched 4 hitless innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 walks and 2 HBPs; striking out 4. Jamie Callahan went 3 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits and 2 walks; striking out 2. Kuehl McEachern went 2 innings, walking one and striking out 2.

Yoan Moncada went 3/4 with a double, walk and 2 SBs. Michael Chavis went 2/5 with a double. Cisco Tellez went 1/1 with 3 walks. Joseph Monge went 1/3 with a HR and a sacrifice. Nick Longhi went 1/3 with a walk. Mike Meyers went 1/4. Rafael Devers went 1/5. Javier Guerra went 0/2 with a walk and a SF. David Sopilka went 0/3 with a walk.

 

[Plympton91]

Anderson Espinosa -- finally, a pitching prospect with top of the rotation stuff putting up stats to match at an appropriate level.  Dream big here.  He's in my top 10 right now, maybe top 5.
 
I will follow Thumper's daddy's advice in discussing any other pitchers. (Pat Light, sigh).
 
Moncada is really starting to heat up.  That it took him that long to start dominating low-A commensurate with what we should have expected based on his Cuban league numbers should be a cautionary tale for anyone who is currently disappointed with Castillo (abstracting from his inability to stay healthy).  These guys took a long time off from baseball, and you can't just expect to pick it back up in a couple months at the highest level.   It's going to be fun watching Yoan move up, and hopefully Rusnay will find a way to stay on the field.
 
Cecchini with a 4 for 5 night -- hopefully that is a turning point in his woeful season to date and he gets back to being the guy who looked like Wade Boggs with speed up through AA.
 
Since we had an outbreak of concern about Chavis in his prospect thread three days ago, he's had back-to-back multi-hit games.
 
Who's going to start the Marco Hernandez adopt-a-prospect thread?  He seems like he should start getting consideration in some top 20s around here.
 
JBJ continues to pile up stats for Pawtucket.  And in his last attempt to play in the majors he looked less overmatched than usual.  Good times.

 

[Cesar Crespo]

Garin and JBJ were vastly overhyped by a lot of us if you actually go back and look at the stats and adjust for age.

He struck out a bit and never really hit for power outside of half a season at Salem, and his ISO dropped moving up to AA and AAA. He had a hot August to save his season last year.

At least with JBJ, he's performing now.

 

[plnii]

Michael Kopech pitched 4 hitless innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 walks and 2 HBPs; striking out 4. 

 
It seems like the Red Sox have decided this year in particular to have their pitchers focus on adding an extra MLB-quality pitch (Ball and Owens being the most obvious). That of course results in a higher walk total. 
 
Five walks is unusual for Kopech - anyone know if he's working on something or if this was just an unusual night? 

 

[jscola85]

With 2 HBPs, it seems he may just not have had his typical control of his pitches yesterday.  Maybe though it was an increased use of off-speed pitches.  He's been said to rely heavily on his fastball right now, and has dominated to date, so perhaps the organization has told him to start working on secondary pitches in order to advance to Salem.
 
Moncada is now up to .378/.463/.511 post-ASB in Greenville, with an 11/5 K/BB and 9 steals.

 

[Detts]

 
It seems like the Red Sox have decided this year in particular to have their pitchers focus on adding an extra MLB-quality pitch (Ball and Owens being the most obvious). That of course results in a higher walk total. 
 
Five walks is unusual for Kopech - anyone know if he's working on something or if this was just an unusual night? 

 
His command is still iffy on the offspeed stuff, and he does lose command of the fastball from time to time.  The first time I saw him he didn't make it out of the 3rd because he couldn't find the strike zone.  Not surprising for a HS kid.
 
I don't see him moving up to Salem this year.  He is on a pitch count program as they are trying to build up his stamina and get him used to being in a rotation as they have done with previous HS signings.  It's the college signs that move to Salem after the All Star break if they are too good for the Sally.
 
But that fastball...damn.