Prospect and Minor League Discussion

[wizkids185]

Hey guys, I thought you might like to see this analysis on Lowrie (among others). It gives you a better look at his swing, at least from the right side.

http://www.baseball-intellect.com/Artic ... pects.html

Reminds me of a bunch of other recent graduates from the Red Sox farm system (Youkilis, Pedroia, etc.)

[NH_soxfan14]

Hey guys, I thought you might like to see this analysis on Lowrie (among others). It gives you a better look at his swing, at least from the right side.

http://www.baseball-intellect.com/Artic ... pects.html

Reminds me of a bunch of other recent graduates from the Red Sox farm system (Youkilis, Pedroia, etc.)

I have one of Jed Lowrie's bats from AA Portland. He supposdley broke it when he was playing the NH Fisher Cats. My friend handed it to me and i was like dude you're sure this is his bat? I swear i could handle this bat easily. I have seen this guy hit an absolute BOMB against the FC. Im going to be a bat boy this summer for the FC, so ill be able to give all you guys inside information about these guys because i do the visiting side.

[The Rondo Show]

Should we use the same minor league discussion thread from '07 or have a new one? I'll use this for now and someone can make a new one if they want.

Season kicked tonight: Colon and Masterson were dominant in 5 and 4 inning stints, respectively:
Colon: 5 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, a 5-1 K/BB and a 7-3 GO/AO ratio.
Masterson: 4 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, 3-0 K/BB and a 7-1 GO/AO ratio.

Jed Lowrie went 0-2 with 2 walks tonight.

Chris Province started for Greenville, going 5 innings while giving up 2 hits, an unearned run and striking out 3 with 0 walks. Daniel Bard, the reliever version, replaced Province with a scoreless inning, K'ing 2 guys while giving up a hit and a walk.

Josh Reddick is back at Greenville for whatever very odd reason and he continued hitting tonight, going 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI's.

Lars went 2-5 with a double and an RBI.

Hagadone and Bowden pitch tomorrow...

[NH_soxfan14]

Minor league rosters courtesy of soxprospects.com:
PawSox:

Starters
RH Bartolo Colon
RH David Pauley
RH Charlie Zink
RH Devern Hansack
LH Michael Tejera

Bullpen
RH Lee Gronkiewicz
RH Craig Hansen
RH Dan Kolb
LH Jon Switzer
RH Lincoln Holdzkom
RH Edgar Martinez
LH Abe Alvarez
Lineup
C George Kottaras
1B Brandon Moss
2B Joe Thurston
3B Keith Ginter
SS Jed Lowrie
LF Chris Carter
CF Jon Van Every
RF Bobby Kielty
DH Jeff Bailey

Bench
C Dusty Brown
UT Gil Velazquez
IF Chad Spann
OF Bryan Pritz (DL)

[NH_soxfan14]

Portland Sea Dogs:

Starters
RH Justin Masterson
RH Michael Bowden
RH Chris Smith
LH Kris Johnson
LH Dustin Richardson

Bullpen
RH Mike James
RH Beau Vaughan
RH Chad Rhoades
RH Kyle Jackson
LH Hunter Jones
LH Daniel Haigwood
RH Jose Vaquedano
LH Andrew Dobies (DL)
RH Matt Goodson (DL)
LH Tommy Hottovy (DL)
LineupC Mark Wagner
1B Aaron Bates
2B Ryan Khoury
3B Tony Granadillo
SS Iggy Suarez
LF Zach Daeges
CF Bubba Bell
RF Sean Danielson
DH Jay Johnson

Bench
C John Otness
IF Jeff Natale
IF Andrew Pinckney
OF Jeff Corsaletti (DL)

[NH_soxfan14]

Lancaster Jet Hawks

StartersRH Travis Beazley
RH Adam Mills
RH Jimmy James
RH Chris Jones
RH Tony Bajoczky

Bullpen
RH TJ Large
RH Josh Papelbon
RH James Russ
RH Jason Blackey
RH Richie Lentz
RH Blake Maxwell
RH Brian Steinocher
RH Scott Lonergan (PM)
Lineup
C Jon Still
1B Lars Anderson
2B Chih-Hsien Chiang
3B Jorge Jimenez
SS Argenis Diaz
LF Reid Engel
CF Jason Place
RF Daniel Nava
DH Zak Farkes

Bench
C Dennis Blackmon
SS Christian Lara
OF Mickey Hall
OF Matt Sheely

[NH_soxfan14]

Greenville Drive

Starters
RH Chris Province
LH Nick Hagadone
RH Ryan Colvin
RH Jordan Craft
RH Chad Povich

Bullpen
RH Austin Bailey
LH Jose Alvarez
LH Felix Doubront
RH Daniel Bard
RH Felix Ventura
RH Ryne Lawson
RH Eammon Portice
Lineup
C Ty Weeden
1B Anthony Rizzo
2B Kris Negron
3B Manny Arambarris
SS Yamaico Navarro
LF David Mailman
CF Che-Hsuan Lin
RF Josh Reddick
DH David Marks

Bench
C Luis Exposito
1B Mike Jones
IF Aaron Reza
UT Will Vazquez

[Bleeding Green]

So Dan Bard was masterful today. 2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K. Not a ball left the infield. This is the first time he's ever done that (go an inning without allowing a person to reach first base). Reports say his fastball had actual movement and command of an actual breaking pitch. Watch out, universe.

[The Rondo Show]

So Dan Bard was masterful today. 2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K. Not a ball left the infield. This is the first time he's ever done that (go an inning without allowing a person to reach first base). Reports say his fastball had actual movement and command of an actual breaking pitch. Watch out, universe.

Looks like the Red Sox were right to take Bard over Joba. Joba has a career .32 ERA and 12.21 K/9 as a reliever. Daniel Bard? 0.00 ERA and K/9 of 15 when relieving. What a stud.

Bonus baby Austin Bailey makes his minor league debut with Greenville tonight at 7, and it's on MILB.TV.

[The Rondo Show]

D-Rich is dealin'. 5 IP, 2 hits, 3 walks, 1 run, 10 K's.
Austin Bailey's debut: 4 2/3 IP, 4 hits, 1 walk, 2 runs, 3 K's and 2 solo HR's allowed.
Lowrie is 1-3 with a walk and Chris Carter continues to mash.

[Bleeding Green]

Justin Masterson is God. 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 7/0 K/BB, 8/0 G/F. Overall, I think one ball was put in the air.

This Portland rotation is insane.

Austin Bailey left the game yesterday with some kind of arm injury. No word on the severity, but apparently he was doubled over in pain on the mound after throwing a pitch.

All Chris Carter does is hit doubles. A shame that isn't in the majors right now putting up an 850 OPS as a DH/LF earning the minimum salary. There are at least 15-20 teams that he would be a likely upgrade at DH/LF. For peanuts.

Yamaico Navarro. Learn the name.

[The Rondo Show]

Masterson now has a 15 to 1 GO/AO in 2 starters. He has allowed 5 hits, 0 walks and struck out 10 in 9 innings.

Lars went deep a little while ago.

Oh, and I'm with you on Chris Carter. This kid can hit and I loved his swing and approach at the plate in ST.

[The Rondo Show]

A few updates...
Dan Bard: 2 IP, 3 hits, 0 walks, 0 runs, 2 K's. He has now thrown 5 scoreless, walking just 1 and striking out 7. He has 9 ground outs to 1 air out, as well.

Craig Hansen: 2 IP, 0 hits, 0 walks, 0 runs, 2 K's. Now at 6 scoreless innings, has struck out 8, walked 3, allowed 1 hit and has a 2.33 GO/AO.

Che-Hsuan Lin: 2-5, HR, 2B, 3 RBI's for Greenville. Now hitting .280/.333/.520/.853 in 25 AB's.

[The Rondo Show]

Hagadone with a gem: 5 IP, 2 hits, 0 walks, 7 K's, 0 runs.
Reddick with 2 more hits, now hitting .355. Promote please.
Lowrie went 1-4 with an RBI double and has been called up today, with Lowell going on the DL.

[Bleeding Green]

Wait, what? Dan Bard continues to amaze. 2 more innings, 3 more strikeouts, no more walks, no more hits.

7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 10/1 K/BB, 3.33:1 G/F ratio on the season. This is the absolute last person in minor league baseball I would have expected to post these numbers.

[The Rondo Show]

Justin Masterson has his first less than ridiculous start of the year: 5 IP, 5 hits, 3 walks, 3 k's, 2 runs and a very weak 7-4 GO/AO ratio.
Lars Anderson: 3-5, 3rd HR of the year, up to .286/.375/.551 after a slow start.
Anthony Rizzo: 2-4, 2B. Now up to .324/.375/.405.
Craig Hansen threw 1/3 of an inning to end game 1 of a DH for Pawtucket. Nothing really special about that, but I wanted to show his season to date numbers: 7 1/3 IP, 2 hits, 3 walks, 8 K's, 0 runs. Not bad.
George Kottaras: 3-7 with 2 HR's and a double in today's doubleheader. .273/.358/.636 with 4 walks to just 5 K's on the year. Didn't he have a huge 2nd half (after a god awful 1st half) last year? Coupled with a very nice spring and a very good start to this year, he's definitely someone to watch closely again.

[Bleeding Green]

Lars Anderson pulled his home run, too. YES!

Anthony Rizzo is only 18 years old. If he shows any power at all that's great. It's fantastic that he's not getting overmatched right now. Even a stready progression of one level per season and he'll be slated to be in Boston during his age 22 season with a callup in his age 21 season. Ah, I love projecting 4 years in advance based on like 50 career atbats.

[Chach]

I have the biggest, blue steel diamond cutter hard-on for Rizzo. Excellent size, positive reports about his defense, projectable power, draws walks and isn't being overmatched right now. I am borderline giddy for this kid. When Ryan Kalish gets out of XST and joins Rizzo in Greenville, I may pass out from lack of bloodflow to my brain because it is all swelling around my junk. mahalo
~Chach~

[The Rondo Show]

Daniel Bard with another great outing: 2 2/3 IP, 1 hit, 0 walks, 0 runs, 4 K's and 3 groundouts to 1 air out. He now has 14 strikeouts to 1 walk in 9 2/3 IP.
Chach's boy Anthony Rizzo went 3-4, all singles. Up to .366.
Josh Reddick went 2-4 with a walk, up to .389 while Jason Place continues to suck at Lancaster. Why they promoted Place over Reddick is really baffling to me.
George Kottaras: 1-4 with a 2B.

[Bleeding Green]

Dan Bard 2007: 47/78 K/BB
Dan Bard 2008: 14/1 K/BB