8/16/2023 - Houck, Line Drives & Sinkers

JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
10 a.m. - DSL - Red Sox Blue @ Pirates Gold. Continued from 8/7, down 1-0 top 4

I feel like they should be playing another game, too, but the schedule seems confused.

10:30 a.m. - DSL - Red Sox Red @ Cubs Blue

12:15 p.m. - AAA - Scranton/WB (Beeter) @ Worcester (Houck)

6:35 p.m. - AA - Portland @ Binghamton

7 p.m. A+ - Greenville (Rogers) @ Winston-Salem

7:05 p.m. - A - Salem @ Delmarva

7:05 p.m. - MLB - Red Sox (Paxton) @ Nationals (Gore)

https://www.milb.com/scores/all/all/redsox
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Ovis Portes (#233) started for DSL Red today & rewarded me for not having him even lower & pitched 2 scoreless innings, with 1 walk, 1 wild pitch & 4 strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 12..46.

He was relieved by Yoelvin Chirino (#228).
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
DSL Blue put themselves in a bit of a disadvantage a week ago when their game started by not starting YOELY.

Enrique Carta (#231) had started that game & pitched 2 scoreless innings. Yeferson Vargas had pitched the 3rd inning, but allowed a run (although he struck out 3).

Nicolas De La Cruz (#89) "started" today in the 4th inning & pitched 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 HBP & 2 strikeouts.

Emmanuel Polo (#250) pitched a scoreless 7th & 8th inning, 1 hit, 1 hbp & 2 strikeouts, to lower his ERA to 10.31.

DSL Blue is losing 3-0 in the top of the 9th & only have 2 hits (although I'm pretty sure the game is actually over in real life, the reporting just takes a bit to get through to the box score).
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
In their defense, Pirates Gold is kind of a buzz saw. They are 31-12 & the 20-year-old pitcher they started off today with (put that man in A-Ball), Alexis Torres, pitched 5 1-hit innings, allowing 3 walks & striking out 6, & lowering his ERA to 0.56.

& old friend Inmer Lobo pitched the 1st 2 scoreless, hitless innings a week ago *shakes fist at Hoy Park*.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
JM3 said:
DSL Blue put themselves in a bit of a disadvantage a week ago when their game started by not starting YOELY.

Enrique Carta (#231) had started that game & pitched 2 scoreless innings. Yeferson Vargas had pitched the 3rd inning, but allowed a run (although he struck out 3).

Nicolas De La Cruz (#89) "started" today in the 4th inning & pitched 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks, 1 HBP & 2 strikeouts.

Emmanuel Polo (#250) pitched a scoreless 7th & 8th inning, 1 hit, 1 hbp & 2 strikeouts, to lower his ERA to 10.31.

DSL Blue is losing 3-0 in the top of the 9th & only have 2 hits (although I'm pretty sure the game is actually over in real life, the reporting just takes a bit to get through to the box score).
Click to expand...
DSL Blue added a 3rd hit in the 9th, but lost 3-0.

Double for Kleyver Salazar (#101) & singles for Cristofher Paniagua (#160 - who also walked) & Chad Delancey (#227), who raised his average to .125.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
JM3 said:
Ovis Portes (#233) started for DSL Red today & rewarded me for not having him even lower & pitched 2 scoreless innings, with 1 walk, 1 wild pitch & 4 strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 12..46.

He was relieved by Yoelvin Chirino (#228).
Click to expand...
Chirino pitched 3 innings & allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks & 2 strikeouts.

He was relieved by Deybi Salcedo (#213).
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Ale Xander said:
Dalbec in RF

love it

almost as much as I love your work in these ml threads especially the prospect rankings
Click to expand...
Thx for the kind words!

Yeah, he's been there pretty often since they promoted Niko to AAA.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Houck allowed a single in the 1st, but otherwise escaped unscathed.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
JM3 said:
Chirino pitched 3 innings & allowed 2 runs on 2 hits, 2 walks & 2 strikeouts.

He was relieved by Deybi Salcedo (#213).
Click to expand...
Salcedo pitched 3 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits & 1 walk & striking out 5.

But they still lost 2-1, & had only 2 hits.

Franklin Arias was 1-2 with a double & 2 walks.

Claudio Evangelista was 1-2 with a walk.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Jed Zeppelin said:
Was waiting to see him miss a bat with a fastball and finally did with his last K.

The CU to RHH looks solid.
Click to expand...
Part of that may be a use of the other stuff to try to put away hitters when he gets ahead, but yeah, definitely a promising outing. Seemed to locate more of his pitches better than he has been. That's a pretty tough AAA lineup, too.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
After their 1st PAs (Rafaela lineout & Scott strikeout), C Note & Scott have an identical 1.021 OPS.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Fitzgerald double, Zimmer walk, BLIZZARD 3-run homer (on the 8th pitch of the AB).

106.5 mph exit velocity, 389 feet, 26 degrees.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
C Note walk!

No swings.

Ball
Ball
Ball
Called Strike
Called Strike
Ball
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Elvis Soto (#94) is now listed on the MiLB page as tonight's starter for Salem.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
JM3 said:
Houck pitched 1-2-3 innings in the 2nd & 3rd, with 2 strikeouts in the 2nd.
Click to expand...
Houck pitched a 1-2-3 4th, too, with 2 more strikeouts.

Through 4 innings has allowed 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 walks & has 4 strikeouts. 59 pitches, 36 strikes.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
JM3 said:
Houck pitched a 1-2-3 4th, too, with 2 more strikeouts.

Through 4 innings has allowed 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 walks & has 4 strikeouts. 59 pitches, 36 strikes.
Click to expand...
Houck is done after 4 innings. Oddanier Mosqueda (#85) is in for the 5th.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
In the WooSox 4th, Abreu had walked & Fitzgerald had doubled, & Niko Kavadas was up with 2nd & 3rd & 1 out, & he struck out (then Zimmer lined out to end the inning).

Going to use this as an excuse to talk about Niko as a prospect. I don't really think he is one. I have him at #71 (compared to SoxProspects who has him 42).

I don't think he was really promoted from Portland out of merit, but more to clear space for Blaze Jordan at Portland.

Niko, who turns 25 in October, was slashing .204/.386/.430 (.816 OPS) while walking 21.5% & striking out 37.5%. He also had 14 homers in 293 PAs.

Everyone else in Worcester is raking, but he is not. Niko has maintained an identical .386 OBP, but he has stopped slugging (.194/.386/.323, .708 OPS) & only has 1 home run in 83 PAs (all stats coming into today's game). The walk rate is still a pretty ridiculous 21.7%, & he has lowered his strikeout rate to 32.5%, but that is still super high, & appears to have come at the cost of hard contact.

Considering his age, position, leftiness, & not being nearly as good as Stephen Scott, I don't really see a path forward for him with the Red Sox, & probably not with another organization either...but maybe someone else could want him this off season, either as a throw-in on a larger trade or for a DSL flyer or two?
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Blizzard walk, Dalbec HBP...

Abreu 3-run homer (99.4 XV, 389 feet, 35 degrees)

6-0
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Stephen Scott solo homer.

Slider low & in. He does not seem to miss those.

103.9 XV, 403 feet, 26 degrees.
 
joe dokes

joe dokes

Member
SoSH Member
Jul 18, 2005
30,627
JM3 said:
In the WooSox 4th, Abreu had walked & Fitzgerald had doubled, & Niko Kavadas was up with 2nd & 3rd & 1 out, & he struck out (then Zimmer lined out to end the inning).

Going to use this as an excuse to talk about Niko as a prospect. I don't really think he is one. I have him at #71 (compared to SoxProspects who has him 42).

I don't think he was really promoted from Portland out of merit, but more to clear space for Blaze Jordan at Portland.

Niko, who turns 25 in October, was slashing .204/.386/.430 (.816 OPS) while walking 21.5% & striking out 37.5%. He also had 14 homers in 293 PAs.

Everyone else in Worcester is raking, but he is not. Niko has maintained an identical .386 OBP, but he has stopped slugging (.194/.386/.323, .708 OPS) & only has 1 home run in 83 PAs (all stats coming into today's game). The walk rate is still a pretty ridiculous 21.7%, & he has lowered his strikeout rate to 32.5%, but that is still super high, & appears to have come at the cost of hard contact.

Considering his age, position, leftiness, & not being nearly as good as Stephen Scott, I don't really see a path forward for him with the Red Sox, & probably not with another organization either...but maybe someone else could want him this off season, either as a throw-in on a larger trade or for a DSL flyer or two?
Click to expand...
Sounds like Morgan Burkhart.
 
Sandy Leon Trotsky

Sandy Leon Trotsky

Member
SoSH Member
Mar 11, 2007
6,514
I'm trying to figure out which "slot" that is....
Paxton goes tonight
Sale on Thursday
Bello on Friday
Crawford on Saturday
Pivetta on Sunday.....
The "slot" would be Paxton's, no? Is Crawford going to get bumped and everyone else gets a little extra rest?
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Sandy Leon Trotsky said:
I'm trying to figure out which "slot" that is....
Paxton goes tonight
Sale on Thursday
Bello on Friday
Crawford on Saturday
Pivetta on Sunday.....
The "slot" would be Paxton's, no? Is Crawford going to get bumped and everyone else gets a little extra rest?
Click to expand...
I would want Pivetta to be bumped & everyone else to get extra rest, but I know we probably aren't going to agree lol

It's close, though. Pivetta definitely seems better after an opener, but they don't really have an opener that makes sense with only Bernardino & Murphy as lefties in the pen.

& Crawford definitely seems better once through the order.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
C Note double.

He is now 1-3 with a double, a walk, a lineout & a "sharply hit fly ball".
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
JM3 said:
Houck is done after 4 innings. Oddanier Mosqueda (#85) is in for the 5th.
Click to expand...
Mosqueda pitched 2 innings, allowing 1 run on a solo homer, another hit, & striking out 2.

Joe Jacques (#90) is in for the 7th with a 7-1 lead.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
Eventful inning for Jacques.

Single
Walk
Strikeout
Double steal
Strikeout
Groundout

No runs.
 
JM3

JM3

often quoted
SoSH Member
Dec 14, 2019
15,420
After 2 walks & an error, Niko is up with the bases loaded & 1 out.
 
Jed Zeppelin

Jed Zeppelin

Member
SoSH Member
Aug 23, 2008
51,617
JM3 said:
I am meh on this conclusion, but here are some C Note stats coming into today.

View: https://twitter.com/WatcherSox/status/1691813811248861548
Click to expand...
Same—Story is not a pitcher so I'm generally skeptical of the idea that the surgery he just recovered from is not generally going to be protective enough of the elbow for at least the next year or so before Mayer is potentially ready.

I also tend to think the distribution of Rafaela's games by position is pretty indicative of where the org sees him on the field. The upper minors teams haven't exactly been overflowing with middle infielders (until this year) but he is still getting the vast majority of his innings in the OF.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom