Minor Lines 5/21/10: Sad Casey Kelly Day

by Ben Buchanan on May 21, 2010 10:42 PM EDT in Minors

Pawtucket L 2-3

Josh Reddick: 0-4, K
Jorge Jimenez: 1-4, 2B
Aaron Bates: 1-3, 3B
Lars Anderson: 0-4, 4 K
-Well, that's quite the night...

Adam Mills: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Dustin Richardson: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

No Kalish tonight after the jump.

Portland W 11-8

Box Score

Mike Cameron: 1-4, HR, 2 K
Luis Exposito: 1-2, 2 BB
Anthony Rizzo: 2-4, HR, BB
Che-Hsuan Lin: 3-5, SB
Jose Iglesias: 4-5, 3B

Casey Kelly: 3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
-Certainly the saddest of Casey Kelly days.

Salem L 4-5

Box Score

Pete Hissey: 2-5, 2B
Will Middlebrooks: 1-4, BB, 3 K
-He has his hot nights, he has his cold nights.
Oscar Tejeda: 1-4, K
Ryan Lavarnway: 0-5, K, E, PB
Tim Federowicz: 1-4, BB
Ryan Dent: 0-5, K

Stolmy Pimentel: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
-Was really rolling until the 6th. Then everything kinda went to hell.

Greenville L 2-5

Box Score

Kendal Volz was supposed to start this game. Not sure what's up. Numbers warrant a promotion, but who knows?

Reymond Fuentes: 0-5, K
Derrik Gibson: 1-5, K
Jeremy Hazelbaker: 2-4, HR, BB, 2 K, 2 SB
Michael Almanzar: 2-4, 2B, K, E

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Iglesias is hitting, but the OBP isn't there.

still good to see

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by BoldandBrash on May 21, 2010 10:46 PM EDT reply actions

Kendal Volz in Greenville this season:

2 BB, 31 SO in 36.1 innings.
Maybe ready for Salem if someone in Salem goes up to Portland for the Felix Doubront move last night.

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by went9 on May 21, 2010 11:11 PM EDT reply actions

No word on a Volz move yet.

Soxprospects.com has the skinny on a handful of moves on the farm.
Link:
http://news.soxprospects.com/2010/05/kehrt-promoted-to-portland-hammes.html

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by went9 on May 22, 2010 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh God Lars…. um, you fail to mention Khoury’s triple I see.

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by bestbostonsports on May 21, 2010 11:48 PM EDT reply actions

He isn't a prospect, really.

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by Ben Buchanan on May 22, 2010 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions

According to you, niether is Bates.
Hell, niether is Bowden, but hes up here all the time.

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by bestbostonsports on May 22, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Bates got on the list last year during his stint in Portland

When it looked like his prophecized HR power might emerge. It didn’t, really.

If you think Bowden isn’t, you’re crazy. He’s having a very rough start to the year, but it wasn’t 2 years ago that he was ranked as the #2 prospect in the organization.

Some guys are on the list because they’re a lot more likely to contribute significantly than others to the team. Thus the presence of a bunch of a few potential pen arms this year/6th starter types in Adam Mills/Kris Johnson, though both are awful so far.

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by Ben Buchanan on May 22, 2010 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah but he isn’t in Portland any more. So is He considered a prospect or not?

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by bestbostonsports on May 22, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions

What would that have to do with anything?

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by Ben Buchanan on May 22, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I dont really know myslef. I would just think Khoury’s triple would matter, thats my real point

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by bestbostonsports on May 22, 2010 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Khoury's triple matters to the game.

But the game isn’t really the point. The minor league teams are an extension of the major league team—their actual existence as teams that win, lose, or draw is largely unimportant in the scheme of things. Consider how much should we care when teams are constantly reshuffled based on the successes of their players, mined for talent leaving behind the less impressive, making the best teams the ones filled with guys who, quite frankly, will never reach the majors.

The point of minor lines is to follow prospects, not to keep an eye on the record of Pawtucket, Portland, Salem, etc. in the hopes that one brings home a championship. Because there’s just not a lot of importance to if they do.

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by Ben Buchanan on May 22, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions

ok
Im just a Pawsox fan too, and want them to win.
But I understand its the “prospects” that matter

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by bestbostonsports on May 22, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

He did it so that Kelly wouldn't be all alone in having a horrible day at work.

He’s a people person.

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by lone1c on May 22, 2010 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Don't feel bad for Kelly

He ran into the unstoppable force that is Austin Romine.

Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by CasanovaWong on May 22, 2010 12:42 PM EDT reply actions

As an intelligent Yankee Fan,

Is he the catcher of the future and Montero a DH/C/1B ?

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by sox-inda-south on May 22, 2010 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Until we see what we really have in G. Sanchez and JR Murphy I definitely think so.

Romine’s body type would seem to be much better suited for the rigors of day to day catching than Montero’s. Don’t get me wrong, the “Jesus is a terrible catcher” meme is a little overblown, he’s been throwing guys out left and right, but he’s a big boy. If his bat is as good as advertised, I’d rather he not subject his knees to the wear and tear of crouching his 6’4" 230+ frame for 3 or 4 hours a day. Come 2012, a 70;30 split between Romine and Montero would be my ideal situation. Jesus only has to masquerade as a catcher until he’s 26 or 27, then Tex’s contract is up.

Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by CasanovaWong on May 22, 2010 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

SoxProspects has new rankings up, by the way.

I pretty much agree with the top-5. Top-10 could use some re-arranging, maybe, but I can understand not wanting to bump Middlebrooks ridiculously high with just a month and a half of good play under his belt.

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by Ben Buchanan on May 22, 2010 12:58 PM EDT reply actions