2023 Prospects

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Ryan Fernandez pitched an inning in relief for the Salem Red Sox today working a 1-2-3 fifth inning with two strikeouts. He's working his way back from right elbow inflammation that caused him to miss most of last season's second half.

 

 

A little early. But I will put him on my Watch List if you like…

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

But his team flops in the playoffs because it conflicts with the start of his Pop Warner league…

 

Football is the enemy. But I'm a little old to even watch LL; night games in New England are too cold.

[moonslav59]

Football is the enemy. But I'm a little old to even watch LL; night games in New England are too cold.

 

You'd hate Houston, and maybe for many other reasons.

 

The sports talk shows are all about the NFL draft and have been all winter.

[mvp 78]

A little early. But I will put him on my Watch List if you like…

 

I thought Fernandez was one of the guys you were thinking of protecting on the 40 man?

[mvp 78]

@RedSoxPlayerDev

Congratulations to Eastern League Pitcher of the Week, Shane Drohan!

 

Drohan 2023:

2 GS

11 Innings

11 K

1 BB

0.64 WHIP

 

@RedSoxPlayerDev

Shane Drohan's afternoon in Portland:

 

6 IP

5 H

1 ER

2 BB

8 K

 

Drohan is just killing it right now...

[moonslav59]

@RedSoxPlayerDev

Shane Drohan's afternoon in Portland:

 

6 IP

5 H

1 ER

2 BB

8 K

 

Drohan is just killing it right now...

 

Looks like the jump he got at soxprospects.com rankings was justified.

[moonslav59]

Kavadas has begun turning it around in AA:

 

5 for his last 14 (.357) and 8 BBs

 

On base 13 of his last 21 PAs (.619 OBP)

 

[moonslav59]

WOO is playing their 17th game, and Hamilton stole his 9th base, tonight. He's 1-2 with a 1.017 OPS.

Abreu & Alfaro are 1-2

RHern homered

 

Murphy has pitched 2 scoreless, so far.

[Larry Cook]

Kavadas has begun turning it around in AA:

 

5 for his last 14 (.357) and 8 BBs

 

On base 13 of his last 21 PAs (.619 OBP)

 

 

He has really looked overmatched early in the season.

[moonslav59]

Murphy went 6

5 H

2 ER

2 BB

5 K

 

Brought his ERA down to 10.45.

 

Hamilton is 1-2 w 2 BB and 2 SBs (10 in 17 games.)

 

[Larry Cook]

@RedSoxPlayerDev

Shane Drohan's afternoon in Portland:

 

6 IP

5 H

1 ER

2 BB

8 K

 

Drohan is just killing it right now...

 

Fastball was sitting around 93-94 and then the change up had batters making bad swings. Last year he sat around 90-91 with the fastball!

[moonslav59]

Mayer is 2-2 w a BB, mid game. His OPS is now up to .814.

 

Paez got drilled in his start for Salem.

[moonslav59]

Wikelman got drilled.

 

Mayer 2-3 w 2 BB.

[mvp 78]

Fastball was sitting around 93-94 and then the change up had batters making bad swings. Last year he sat around 90-91 with the fastball!

 

Yeah, he added velo this offseason. He was an "athleticism guy" coming out of college. Finally a guy that has played up!

[mvp 78]

He has really looked overmatched early in the season.

 

He has a good eye, but a really long swing. Needs to adjust to AA and struggled last year as well from what I remember.

[moonslav59]

OPS Leaders on the farm....

 

WOO

1.018 Hamilton (3 Hrs, 10 SB/3CS)

.981 Sogard (4 SB/0CS)

.846 Fitzy

.805 C Hamilton

.798 Dalbec (2 HR and 11 rbi in 10 games)

.792 Duran

.787 Goodrum (19 BB and 9 Hits= .509 OBP but .278 SLG)

.780 Alfaro (10 rbi in 14 games)

(.622 Valdez/ .541 Abreu)

 

POR

.878 C Rosier (Groome trade)

.863 Yorke (2 Hrs in 10 games)

.814 Sikes

(.690 Binelas, .663 Kavadas, .651 Lugo, .558 Rafaela)

 

GRE

1.083 Meirdroth (11B and 8 Ks in 8 games)

.808 Mayer

(M Ferguson 9 BB and 8 SB in 10 games/ Hickey 10 BB and 6 Ks)

 

SAL

1.053 Meijicano (4 gms)

.875 Rosario

.809 Chacon (10BB and 7 Ks in 10 gms)

.786 Bleis

 

[mvp 78]

Goodrum has a 35% walk rate right now. However, every time he gets called up to the bigs, his k rate increases exponentially. He had a 44% k rate in Spring Training (24 k's) this year too. Last year in 45 PA's, his k rate was 51.1% with HOU!

[mvp 78]

Rosier and Sikes are two guys I had never thought about before, but they have played well early on.

[moonslav59]

OPS Against leaders

 

WOO

.608 Bello

.667 Shugart

.678 Walter

.718 Dermody

.719 Jacques

.736 Mata

(.859 Whitlock, 1.010 Paxton, 1.057 Murphy)

 

POR

.311 Whitlock

.332 Nail

.350 Sharp

.412 Drohan

.444 Van Belle

.472 Denlinger

.570 Guerrero

.577 Webb

 

GRE

.474 Jones

.503 Trove

.549 Kwiatkowski

.580 Perry

 

SAL

.231 Bolden

.358 Landry

.447 de la Rosa (Beni trade)

.508 Rogers

.541 Dean

(.976 E R-C)

 

 

 

[Larry Cook]

Lugo with his first tater of the season tonight

[Larry Cook]

Jordan with his 1st tater of the season!!!!

[moonslav59]

WOO postponed

 

POR won 3-2

Denlinger got the win in relief: 2IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

2-4 Yorke w 2B

2-4 Rafaela w 2B

 

GRE won 13-5

4-5 Jordan w HR & 2B, 4 rbi

3-5 Hickey w 2B

2-5 Ferguson w two 2B, B, 3rbi

2-4 Miller and Lopez

1-4 Meidroth w 2 BB

1-4 Mayer w BB

 

SAL lost 8-5

2-3 Anthony w 2 BB

1-3 Chacon w 3B, BB

1-3 Rosario w 2B, BB

1-5 Bleis (.719 OPS)

 

[Hugh2]

Keep in mind Bleis .719 ops comes with a .314 BA.

 

Which alone doesn’t mean much but realize he’s hitting the ball and getting hits. As he physically matures and grows into some more power he could really start to move.

[Hugh2]

And Miguel is 5 for 5 in stolen base attempts too.

[moonslav59]

And Miguel is 5 for 5 in stolen base attempts too.

 

Speaking of SBs, our top 3 leaders were all acquired via trade:

 

SB/CS

11/3 Hamilton

8/0 C Rosier

8/2 M Ferguson

8/0 G Allen

5/0 Bleis & McDonough

5/1 Chacon & Liendo

5/2 Rafaela

4/0 Sogard & Meredith

[Hugh2]

Speaking of SBs, our top 3 leaders were all acquired via trade:

 

SB/CS

11/3 Hamilton

8/0 C Rosier

8/2 M Ferguson

8/0 G Allen

5/0 Bleis & McDonough

5/1 Chacon & Liendo

5/2 Rafaela

4/0 Sogard & Meredith

 

Could be the organization placing a higher value on speed. Which is fine, but speed isn’t worth as much if you can’t get on base.

 

I think this plays into their love for drafting up the middle athletes. Which has been a focus in the past and returned this last year.

[Larry Cook]

Is drohan the run away winner of the April 2023 breakout Red Sox minor leagues star????

[moonslav59]

Could be the organization placing a higher value on speed. Which is fine, but speed isn’t worth as much if you can’t get on base.

 

I think this plays into their love for drafting up the middle athletes. Which has been a focus in the past and returned this last year.

 

Ferguson needs to improve his batting skills, but he walks a ton.

 

Rosier and Hamilton are off to nice starts.

[moonslav59]

Is drohan the run away winner of the April 2023 breakout Red Sox minor leagues star????

 

Looks that way, although Meidroth and Hamilton may be close.

[moonslav59]

WOO lost game one 5-4

Walter: 5IP, 6H, 2ER, 1BB, 2K

Hamilton hit his 4th HR

Dalbec 1-2 w BB & HBP

Abreu 1-3 w BB

Goodrum 1-1 w 2BB

 

Mata getting lit up in 2nd game.

 

POR won 6-1

Sharp has been amazing: 6IP, 3H, 1ER, 4BB, 3K (1.00 ERA)

Sikes 3-4 w BB

Yorke 0-2 2BB

Rafaela 1-4 w 2B

McDonough 1-4 w 3B

Scott 1-2 w 2BB

Diaz homered

 

GRE lost 4-1

Ferguson with 1st HR

 

SAL winning early

E R-C 3 IP, 1H, 0ER, 1BB, 1K

Castro, Chacon & Ravelo 2-2