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Not a ton on the slate this week. The standard lines, of course, but not much more.
Minor Lines (Since last week, and on the season)
Arizona Fall League
Luis Exposito: 2-8, HR, K -- .200/.250/.400
Jose Iglesias: 3-15, BB, 2 K, 2 SB – .300/.417/.500
-A lot closer to the offense we expected out of him starting out.
Ryan Kalish: 6-17, 2B, BB, 6 K, SB -- .296/.323/.333
-Good to see him start to get some offense going. Bad to see him with so many Ks.
Casey Kelly: 0-7, BB, 4 K, SB -- .111/.333/.111
-A deliciously bad week for the young pitcher. PITCHER I SAY!
Richie Lentz: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K – 1.50 ERA, 6:1 K:BB, .83 WHIP
Chris Province: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K – 6.23 ERA, 3:3 K:BB, 1.4 WHIP
Dustin Richardson: 2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 HR, 0 BB, 4 K – 1.69 ERA, 9:1 K:BB, 1.37 WHIP
Dominican Winter League
Yamaico Navarro: 0-9, 3 K -- .125/.125/.250
-Not a pretty week for Navarro.
Mark Wagner: 5-11, 2 HR, 3 BB, 6 K -- .375/.450/.750
-And if the offense isn't enough, he's caught 4 of 8 base stealers. Ick at the strikeouts though.
Jose Capellan: 9.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K – 2.79 ERA, 4:5 K:BB, 1.25 WHIP
Venezuelan Winter League
Jose Alvarez: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – 0.00 ERA, 4:2 K:BB, .88 WHIP
Yeiper Castillo: .2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – 13.50 ERA, 0:0 K:BB, 3.00 WHIP
Leandro Marin: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K -- 0.00 ERA, 2:0 K:BB, 0.00 WHIP
Aroldis Chapman to talk with Sox on Wednesday
Not even sure if this qualifies as Minor League info, but since he's not in the majors yet I'm gonna assume. Anyways, the Sox have unsurprisingly shown interest in the hard-throwing lefty, and Chapman is scheduled to meet with the Sox in Boston on Wednesday after meeting with several GMs in New York last week.
Personally, I don't feel Chapman's velocity offsets his high price tag and questionable control, but depending on who you ask, he's the best available pitching talent this offseason.
Yusei Kikuchi to stay in Japan
That's one storyline that ended fairly quickly. This isn't really a big deal for any team out there—he was going to be a questionable A-level acquisition at best. Perhaps someone missed out on a big bargain, but just as likely that they missed out on a bust.