Futures Game Thread

Back Bay · Jul 12, 2014

is it shown on TV?

Cuzittt · Jul 13, 2014

Mookie Betts was originally scheduled. Coyle replaced him.

Christian Vasquez was an injury replacement on the world team... obviously he will not be there.

soxhop411 · Jul 13, 2014

Jason Parks ‏@ProfessorParks  54s
Joey Gallo just hit a ball out of the fucking stadium. Wow.

Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler  3m
Gallo's home run broke a windshield. What idiot parks that close to the park when Joey Gallo is in town?

Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler  36s
There are 14 rows in the upper deck in RF. Joey Gallo just hit one into the 12th row.

soxhop411 · Jul 13, 2014

BornToRun · Jul 13, 2014

"Long flowing blonde hair."

The analytical mind of Sean Casey.

cwright · Jul 13, 2014

BornToRun said:
"Long flowing blonde hair."

The analytical mind of Sean Casey.

I do love the hair though.

He kinda strikes me as a lefty Bronson Arroyo.

Snodgrass'Muff · Jul 13, 2014

Peralta busted it up there line there. The change up Owens threw to him on the pitch before made him look silly, though.

Back Bay · Jul 13, 2014

Was that a changeup?

Snodgrass'Muff · Jul 13, 2014

Back Bay said:
Was that a changeup?

At 78? I think so. There wasn't enough break for it to be his curve.

soxhop411 · Jul 13, 2014

Steve Bartman moment

Joey Gallo with a MOONSHOT

mabrowndog · Jul 13, 2014

soxhop411 said:
Joey Gallo with a MOONSHOT

Absolutely crushed it. Looks to have gone further than the one that broke the windshield during BP.

soxhop411 · Jul 13, 2014

mabrowndog said:
Absolutely crushed it. Looks to have gone further than the one that broke the windshield during BP.

I wish milb players could be in the Home Run derby,

mabrowndog · Jul 13, 2014

Thought this was worth sharing:

Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 47m
2B Sean Coyle (@RedSox) threw ball into the crowd behind 1B dugout, made sure adult who caught it gave it to kid behind him. @FuturesGame

PaulinMyrBch · Jul 13, 2014

Gallo was at the local minor league affiliate to start the season. I kept saying I got to get up there before he's gone and I was too late. Had a busy spring but if I had known what he was, I would have dropped in to see bp.

mabrowndog · Jul 13, 2014

Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 1h
U.S. starter Henry Owens (@RedSox) says he found out he was getting the starting nod via Twitter, and it surprised him.

Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 1h
Owens finished a scoreless first by fanning @Twins 1B Kennys Vargas on a changeup. Owens said he knows fans love velocity ...

Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 1h
... but Owens loves his changeup. Said he has battled a Vargas a few times in minors, Vargas had gotten him a few times.

Super Nomario · Jul 13, 2014

Gallo's projections on Fangraphs are funny. Oliver has him with 35 HR and 91 RBI ... but also with a .193 BA / .270 OBP, because they have him striking out 45.5% of the time.

PaulinMyrBch · Jul 13, 2014

I'm looking to see if they rebroadcast it. I wanted to see Julio Urias pitch. 17 year old in AAA for the Dodgers. He's already thrown his inning.

Did anyone see it?

mabrowndog · Jul 13, 2014

soxhop411 said:
I wish milb players could be in the Home Run derby,

A couple of HS kids will do so this year. And they'll be able to use metal bats. More here.

MLB Pipeline ‏@MLBPipeline 7h
Luken Baker & Josh Naylor advance from Junior HR Derby to participate in tomorrow night's @MLB @AllStarGame HR Derby.

PaulinMyrBch · Jul 13, 2014

Super Nomario said:
Gallo's projections on Fangraphs are funny. Oliver has him with 35 HR and 91 RBI ... but also with a .193 BA / .270 OBP, because they have him striking out 45.5% of the time.

His stats this year show some marked improvement in the K, BB, and OBP rates, which is what they are looking for. Phenomenal numbers in A+ ball. His AA OBP is .371 with a homer every 10 at bats.

BosRedSox5 · Jul 13, 2014

mabrowndog said:
Thought this was worth sharing:

At first it read like Coyle had an errant throw... but then it made more sense. Cool that he's already got the maturity to handle something like that.

ScubaSteveAvery · Jul 13, 2014

I thought Owens showed Major League stuff. For such a lanky guy, his windup is free, easy, and fluid. He really seems to have control of his body up there. I thought he showed good arm action and deception too. He had good control of the fastball, hitting the corners a couple of times. The curve is a little loopy, but nothing great. But his change up is awesome. Throws it high 70s to low 80s. Flashed it at his put-away pitch against Vargas.

With the speed of the fastball and so-so nature of the curve, he will live and die by location and advanced scouting on setting up batters per their tendencies. I was a little down on him based on the scouting reports, but tonight saw a for sure MLB pitcher - likely a #3-4 guy with #2 upside if he can add 2-3MPH on his fastball and continue to refine his location.

Granite Sox · Jul 13, 2014

PaulinMyrBch said:
I'm looking to see if they rebroadcast it. I wanted to see Julio Urias pitch. 17 year old in AAA for the Dodgers. He's already thrown his inning.

Did anyone see it?

Didn't see it, but Twitter was impressed. Apparently blew someone away with a 97mph heater. As a 17YO.

RoDaddy · Jul 13, 2014

Yeah, I agree Scuba, Owens will have to hit his spots and that seems to be the big if in his game. I'm real happy with his improved control over the last month - hopefully he can sustain and build on it

His look and mannerisms on the mound remind me a lot of Bill Lee

Cuzittt · Jul 13, 2014

Boxscore

Sean Coyle - 0/2.
Henry Owens - 1 IP, 1 H, 1 K

PaulinMyrBch · Jul 14, 2014

Dick Pole Upside said:
Didn't see it, but Twitter was impressed. Apparently blew someone away with a 97mph heater. As a 17YO.

I've read about the kid, and its fascinating to me because the majority of the kids I've coached as they've progressed through high school are this high school grad class. So this kid is 5 months younger than my son, 5 months younger than the best player I've ever coached, Grant Holmes (who is in the Dodgers system in Rookie ball), and yet somehow the kid is 5'11" throwing 97 in AAA. I need to see it because the stuff is obviously plus plus, but to be getting outs in AAA as a 17 year old is just maturity beyond his years.

I'm sure it will be replayed over the next few days, but I've checked and it isn't being replayed overnight. I'm sure we'll all see him soon enough.

With all the hype Bryce Harper got as a 16/17 year old kid who graduated early and went to Juco to get to the draft faster, this kid is getting very little media attention.

kenneycb · Jul 14, 2014

Everything I've read says he's at Hi-A at Rancho Cucamonga.

PaulinMyrBch · Jul 14, 2014

kenneycb said:
Everything I've read says he's at Hi-A at Rancho Cucamonga.

You're right. I was looking at the futures roster at the link below and they have him at AAA. Obviously a typo. A+ makes more sense.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2014/futures_roster.jsp

Curll · Jul 14, 2014

What does Allan Dykstra have to do to get a call to the bigs?!

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=488852

Mighty Joe Young · Jul 15, 2014

Curll said:
What does Allan Dykstra have to do to get a call to the bigs?!

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=488852

Now THAT is a classic AAAA player .. Should be a very useful MLB player if not a star .. Brian Daubach redux

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