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[Cuzittt]

Games will happen... all other things depend on my internet connection... which is currently fubar.

[DeisJJ]

Format stolen from Cuzittt and done without the experience, skill, and dedication normally shown in these threads, may your internet get better quickly. I hope you don't mind the fill in.

Today's Games:

IL: Pawtucket (Brandon Duckworth) vs. Toledo (Thad Weber) [6:05pm]
EL: Portland (Chris Martin) vs New Britten (Logan Darnell) [1:00pm]

CL: Salem (Miguel Celestino) @ Frederick (Kyle Simon) [6:00pm]

SAL:Greenville (Yeiper Castillo) @ Charleston (Bryan Mitchell) [5:05pm]
NYPL: Lowell - Season Begins June 18th.
GCL GCL Sox - Season Begins June 18th.
DSL DSL Sox - Season Begins June 2nd.


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

[Cuzittt]

Format stolen from Cuzittt and done without the experience, skill, and dedication normally shown in these threads, may your internet get better quickly. I hope you don't mind the fill in.

Not at all, much appreciated in fact.

[jonasi]

Boxes and Logs

Team	Box	Log	Gameday
Pawtucket	Box	Log	Gameday
Portland	Box	Log	Gameday
Salem	Box	Log	Gameday
Greenville	Box	Log	Gameday

[bosox79]

Reyrod 2/3 with 2 more xbh, a hr and 2b. His ISO for May has to be well over .500 now.

[someoneanywhere]

Reyrod 2/3 with 2 more xbh, a hr and 2b. His ISO for May has to be well over .500 now.

Buckle up. When he gets it going, you can't pitch to him.

[bosox79]

Brentz has walked in 3 straight. Good to see.

Also Reyrod went 3/5, all xbh. hr and 2 dbls. So that number soxscout quoted just got more ridic.

Edited by bosox79, 27 May 2012 - 04:51 PM.

[Rasputin]

Did Iglesias get some kind of owie? Not in the lineup today or yesterday.

[bosox79]

KDLC with his 9th HR, after going 0/6 in yesterdays slugfest.

Salem led off the game with 3 straight singles but JBJ and Kalish were both CS. JBJ is 3s 5cs in May.

Edited by bosox79, 27 May 2012 - 05:21 PM.

[oumbi]

and not to be out done by salem, pawtucket just hit 3 homers to lead off the game in the first inning. nice.

[SoxScout]

Since May 5th Reynaldo Rodriguez has 4 singles, 8 doubles, 1 triple, and 9 home runs

[bosox79]

KDLC just hit his 2nd hr of the game in the 11th inning, his 10th of the year.

Edited by bosox79, 27 May 2012 - 07:03 PM.

[bosox79]

I also hate Lars. Always gives you a glimmer of hope...

3/3 with 2hrs.

[Cuzittt]

Portland wins 8-5.

Boxscore

Chris Martin went 4 innings, allowing 4 runs on 3 hits (1 HR) and 3 walks; striking out 3. Jeremy Kehrt went 3 2/3 innings, giving up a hit and striking out 2. Caleb Clay went 1 1/3 innings, allowing a run on 2 hits (1 HR); striking out one.

Juan Carlos Linares and Reynaldo Rodriguez each went 3/5; Linares with a double, Rodriguez with 2 doubles and a HR. Jeremy Hazelbaker went 2/3 with a triple, HR, walk and HBP. Derrik Gibson went 2/3 with a SF. Bryce Brentz went 1/3 with a walk. Dan Butler and Zach Gentile each went 1/4. Shannon Wilkerson went 1/5. Heiker Meneses went 0/4.

[Cuzittt]

Drive win 3-2 in 11 innings.

Boxscore

Yeiper Castillo went 6 innings, allowing a run on 3 hits, 3 walks, a HBP and a WP; striking out one. Nefi Ogando went 2 innings, giving up a hit and striking out 2. Matty Ott went 2 innings, allowing a run on 2 hits; striking out one. Tyler Wilson went an inning, giving up a hit.

Keury de la Cruz went 2/4 with 2 HRs and a walk. Boss Moanaroa went 1/4 with a walk. Lucas LeBlanc went 1/4 with a sacrifice. Drew Turocy went 1/4. David Renfroe and Blake Swihart each went 1/5. Henry Ramos went 0/3 with a walk and a sacrifice. Bryan Johns went 0/3 with a walk and a CS. Jose Garcia went 0/5.

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox win 7-4.

Boxscore

Brandon Duckworth went 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits and 4 walks; striking out 4. Clayton Mortensen went 2 innings, allowing 2 run on 4 hits; striking out one. Tony Pena pitched an inning, giving up a hit. Will Inman pitched an inning, striking out one.

Lars Anderson went 3/3 with 2 HRs and a walk. Alex Hassan went 2/3 with a HR and reached on catcher's interference. Nate Spears went 1/2 with a HR and 2 walks. Pedro Ciriaco and Mike Rivera each went 1/4; Ciriaco with a HR. Tony Thomas went 0/3 with a SB. Darnell McDonald, Mauro Gomez, and Josh Kroeger each went 0/4.

[Cuzittt]

Salem lose 2-1 in a game completed early (top of the 8th).

Boxscore

Miguel Celestino went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits (1 HR) and 2 walks; striking out 2. Michael Olmsted went an inning, giving up 2 hits.

Xander Bogaerts went 2/3. Jackie Bradley went 2/4 with a PO/CS. Michael Almanzar and Sean Coyle went 1/3. Matty Johnson and Ryan Kalish each went 1/4; Kalish with a CS. Drew Hedman and Adalberto Ibarra each went 0/2 with a walk. Travis Shaw went 0/3.

[Eric Van]

Is there any prospect who has been buried and resurrected more than this guy?

Through May 7 versus since:

22 G, 86 PA, .174 / .253 / .198, 1 SB, 4 CS
18 G, 67 PA, .400 / .478 / .473, 5 SB, 1 CS

Spoiler

Derrik Gibson lives!

[Cuzittt]

STORIES

PAWSOX

Game Story

Three different times on Sunday night, fireworks inadvertently were set off behind center field at McCoy Stadium while the PawSox-Toledo Mud Hens game still was going on.
It wasn’t necessary. Lars Anderson and the PawSox provided plenty of fireworks of their own in a 7-4 win in front of more than 9,000 fans, their fifth win in their last six games.
Pedro Ciriaco and Nate Spears hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the game. Anderson, who had hit just three home runs all season entering play Sunday, hit a pair of solo shots Sunday — boosting his slugging percentage by almost 60 points in the process.
“He works real hard with (hitting coach Gerald Perry) in the cage all the time,” PawSox manager Arnie Beyeler said. “They’ve been working on some things. It’s always good to see him go out there and drive the baseball like he’s capable of doing.”
Alex Hassan hit a two-run home run of his own, his fourth of the season.
It was the second time this season the PawSox had hit five home runs in one game. Mauro Gomez hit two home runs to lead that onslaught against Durham on April 20.
Sunday’s fireworks — the ones on the field, that is —- bailed out Clayton Mortensen, who allowed as many earned runs on Sunday (two) as he’d allowed for the PawSox all season to that point. Mortensen blew an inherited lead in the sixth inning when he allowed four hits and an RBI groundout.
But Anderson hit his second home run in the bottom half of the sixth, and Hassan hit his two-run shot in the ninth inning to provide some cushion.
Darnell McDonald went hitless in four at-bats and played seven innings in right field in his second rehab appearance with the PawSox.

SEADOGS

Game Story

Rodriguez swung at a pitch too far outside, and then watched a fastball just graze the outside corner of home plate. Still, he remained focused.
"I got behind 0-2 and just tried to stay with the next pitch," Rodriguez said.
"He threw me a breaking ball over the plate and I got it."
Rodriguez's RBI double to left center field tied the game. More runs followed as the Sea Dogs scored five in the seventh to beat the New Britain Rock Cats 8-5 Sunday afternoon, before 6,663 at Hadlock Field.
The Sea Dogs (20-29), in last place in the Eastern League East Division, have now won three straight against the first-place Rock Cats (28-21).
Jeremy Kehrt (2-0) picked up the win with 3 2/3 innings of one-hit relief.
Rodriguez paced the offense with a home run, two doubles and three RBI. Juan Carlos Linares added three hits, and Jeremy Hazelbaker contributed a triple and a home run.
Rodriguez leads the Sea Dogs with 11 home runs and a .577 slugging percentage.
Rodriguez, 26, signed with the Red Sox out of the independent leagues before the 2010 season. He was promoted to Portland last June but underwent an appendectomy a month later.
"Last year, he had a lot of success here, but then had the surgery," Sea Dogs hitting coach Dave Joppie said. "It was tough for him to come back from that.
"Rolling into this season, he has stayed consistent. He works hard every single day. I know that's a cliche, but he does, and it's paying off for him."
Rodriguez's two-run homer in the fourth closed the score to 4-2. New Britain had scored four runs off starter Chris Martin, highlighted by Evan Bigley's three-run home run.

SALEM

Game Story

Jeremy Nowak belted a two-run homer in the first inning and the Frederick Keys held on for a rain-shortened 2-1 victory over the Salem Red Sox at Harry Grove Stadium.
The inning started with a catcher's inference call against Salem's Adalberto Ibarra that allowed John Ruettiger to reach base.
Nowak then lifted a pitch from Salem starter Michael Celestino over the left-field wall for the 2-0 lead.
The Sox got a run back in the top of the second. Shortstop Xander Bogaerts singled to lead off the inning, went to third on a groundout by Drew Hedman and scored on a single by Michael Almanzar.
Jackey Bradley Jr. went 2 for 4 and Bogaerts went 2 for 3, but the Sox could not plate another run before rain halted play with two outs in the top of the eighth inning.

[JakeRae]

Is there any prospect who has been buried and resurrected more than this guy?

Through May 7 versus since:

22 G, 86 PA, .174 / .253 / .198, 1 SB, 4 CS
18 G, 67 PA, .400 / .478 / .473, 5 SB, 1 CS

Spoiler

Derrik Gibson lives!

Are you thinking of him as a guy with the potential to be a useful utility infielder at the MLB level or something more? I can definitely see the former but think he still has a pretty significant distance to travel to be the latter.

[jscola85]

I feel like we never leave that utility INF spot open for a guy like Gibson though - we always waste a few million on an Alex Cora / Nick Punto-type, who provide little/no more than someone like Pedro Ciriaco would. I mean, are we a worse team with Ciriaco as the 25th man than Punto? Of course not. Then why waste money like that? As TB showed in acquiring Drew Sutton for basically nothing, these utility INFs can be had for basically nothing during the middle of the seaosn.

[JakeRae]

I feel like we never leave that utility INF spot open for a guy like Gibson though - we always waste a few million on an Alex Cora / Nick Punto-type, who provide little/no more than someone like Pedro Ciriaco would. I mean, are we a worse team with Ciriaco as the 25th man than Punto? Of course not. Then why waste money like that? As TB showed in acquiring Drew Sutton for basically nothing, these utility INFs can be had for basically nothing during the middle of the seaosn.

Look at what Ciriaco did prior to this season. This really isn't that hard to understand.

Sutton is a 2B/3B so he wouldn't have worked for Boston this year. There is real value in a guy who can play shortstop and other positions, isn't good enough to start, but is a clear step above replacement level. Punto fits that description. Ciriaco may be turning himself into such a player but I'm not ready to buy yet and I definitely wouldn't have wanted him to be in the discussion for a MLB roster slot this offseason.

[Rasputin]

Look at what Ciriaco did prior to this season. This really isn't that hard to understand.

You say this like Punto hasn't had a whole career of terribleness. Sure, he's a better hitter than Ciriaco. He's still not good enough to actually want at the plate, pretty much ever. Ciriaco can pinch run and steal a base. Punto can't. I'm pretty sure that makes up for the difference in their mutual inability to hit.

[Eric Van]

Are you thinking of [Gibson] as a guy with the potential to be a useful utility infielder at the MLB level or something more? I can definitely see the former but think he still has a pretty significant distance to travel to be the latter.

He's been so insanely inconsistent I really don't know what to make of him. BA has always loved his tools, despite his lack of power. Realistically, I agree that the likeliest scenario is a utility guy / pinch runner, but you could also see him as one of those guys who then gets a chance to play regularly when he's 29 or something and surprises everybody for a year or two. Not that I can come up with a good comp off the top of my head ...

Anyway, the news is that he remains a guy worth watching.

[Cellar-Door]

You say this like Punto hasn't had a whole career of terribleness. Sure, he's a better hitter than Ciriaco. He's still not good enough to actually want at the plate, pretty much ever. Ciriaco can pinch run and steal a base. Punto can't. I'm pretty sure that makes up for the difference in their mutual inability to hit.

Punto has been decent at the plate in his career at various points and played multiple positions well at the ML level, Ciriaco's MiL numbers are as bad as Punto's majors numbers, he is a significantly worse hitter, and doesn't provide the number 1 asset you want in a utility player good defense at multiple positions.

[Rasputin]

Punto has been decent at the plate in his career at various points and played multiple positions well at the ML level, Ciriaco's MiL numbers are as bad as Punto's majors numbers, he is a significantly worse hitter, and doesn't provide the number 1 asset you want in a utility player good defense at multiple positions.

Everything I have seen of him says he does exactly that.

[jscola85]

Punto has been decent at the plate in his career at various points and played multiple positions well at the ML level, Ciriaco's MiL numbers are as bad as Punto's majors numbers, he is a significantly worse hitter, and doesn't provide the number 1 asset you want in a utility player good defense at multiple positions.

Outside of 2011's complete fluke year for him, Punto has been an awful hitter since 2007. Like truly, specially bad. Replacement-level bad. It's great he can bunt and is scrappy and one day Ron Gardenhire will build a temple in his honor for such scrapitude, but the guy is useless. There's not much evidence from what I see that he is anything more than mediocre at 2B and especially SS, and is not a threat to steal at all. He also cannot play OF.

Ciriaco, meanwhile, can pinch-run, is at least as good a defender, is cheaper, younger and I believe he still has an option left this year. He also can play OF, unlike Punto. To me, that is worth whatever the tiny difference in hitting production (if any) that Punto provides. Pretty sure Ciriaco can bunt too.

[JakeRae]

Nick Punto, in his MLB career, has a .324 OBP. Pedro Ciriaco, in his AAA career, has a .275 OBP. That counts what he's done this year. The former is about what you would hope for in a utility infielder. The latter is not even close.

[Plympton91]

Outside of 2011's complete fluke year for him, Punto has been an awful hitter since 2007. Like truly, specially bad. Replacement-level bad. It's great he can bunt and is scrappy and one day Ron Gardenhire will build a temple in his honor for such scrapitude, but the guy is useless. There's not much evidence from what I see that he is anything more than mediocre at 2B and especially SS, and is not a threat to steal at all. He also cannot play OF.

Ciriaco, meanwhile, can pinch-run, is at least as good a defender, is cheaper, younger and I believe he still has an option left this year. He also can play OF, unlike Punto. To me, that is worth whatever the tiny difference in hitting production (if any) that Punto provides. Pretty sure Ciriaco can bunt too.

What is the evidence that Ciriaco is a good defender?

[jscola85]

Because he has a very strong reputation as a defender, I watched him in ST and he was a good defender, and the bar to be better than an aging Punto is not THAT high.