Over the Monster - Greenville Drive 2013 updates
But Can He Pitch?
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2013-09-11T11:00:10-04:00
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2013-09-11T11:00:10-04:00
2013-09-11T11:00:10-04:00
Drive season review: Diamonds in the (very) rough
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<p>Greenville had the worst season of any Red Sox affiliate, but there were still players worth paying attention to there.</p> <p>We're reviewing the minor-league season level-by-level to kickoff our off-season prospect coverage. <a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/9/10/4715578/lowell-spinners-season-review-ty-buttrey-manuel-margot" target="_blank">On Tuesday, we checked in on the year that was</a> for the short-season Lowell Spinners, bringing us next to the Low-A Greenville Drive. The Drive were the least successful of the Boston affiliates this year, as they finished with the worst record in the Sally League, and finished with just 11 more wins than the Spinners -- short-season Lowell plays nearly half as many games as the full-season affiliates like Greenville.</p>
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<p>There are two simple reasons that Greenville was awful for much of the year: injuries and ineffectiveness. Sometimes, the two were intertwined, such as in the case of 2012 supplemental first-round selection Pat Light. Some players, though, such as shortstop prospect Jose Vinicio, seemingly just lost their ability to do anything positive while on a baseball field. Light is a reliever in the long-term anyway, so his awful introduction to full-season ball as a starter, while not optimal, is not the end of the world. But Vinicio was already repeating the level, and youth will not be on his side forever.</p>
<p>Others, such as Austin Maddox, played poorly until they found themselves in a role they were better suited for. Like with Light, Maddox's future is in relief -- he was switched there after performing poorly as a starter, and while he wasn't great out of the pen, his performance certainly beat the 7.76 ERA he posted in the rotation.</p>
<p>It wasn't all disappointment at Greenville, though. Justin Haley had a rough April and May in which he walked 37 batters in 42-2/3 innings. His control slowly improved as the year went on, though, all culminating in an August in which he struck out 39 batters against just nine free passes in 35 innings. After the all-star break, Haley was the owner of a 2.96 ERA, and the 2012 sixth-round pick is going to pitch for Salem next season -- that's not a bad campaign by any means.</p>
<p>Brian Johnson earned himself a late-season promotion to Salem with his performance, which, like many others, was interrupted by time on the DL. When on the mound, though, he was excellent, striking out a batter per inning while posting a 2.87 ERA in his 15 starts. The lefty Johnson, despite a line drive to the head in 2012 and time missed in 2013, is right where he is supposed to be, at Salem -- if he can succeed there like he did at Greenville, Double-A won't be far behind.</p>
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<p>The most significant story for Greenville, of course, was second baseman Mookie Betts. While he was slow to start, with far too much passiveness at the plate that was helping his on-base percentage but harming the rest of his offensive game, Betts eventually exploded and mashed his way to a mid-season promotion at High-A. The near-900 OPS he posted in spite of a horrible start to the season is worth significant press, so if you aren't already familiar with him, you will be in the coming weeks and months.</p>
<p>After that, it was about small steps. Cody Kukuk, like Haley, couldn't find the strike zone often enough, but was mostly successful anyway. While he's not considered the same kind of prospect as <span>Henry Owens</span>, the lefty had a very similar season -- albeit a year older while doing it -- that Owens did in 2012. There's real swing-and-miss stuff here, and he was difficult to hit, in part because of the stuff but also because he was rarely in the strike zone. He's young enough and talented enough that he deserves some time to work things out before too much criticism is levied at him.</p>
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<h2>Lowell Spinners season review: Pitching and defense</h2>
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<p>Kyle Martin, selected in the ninth round of the 2013 draft, performed well with Greenville over 17 innings, striking out 15 batters against seven walks while posting a 2.12 ERA. There remains work to be done in his game, but considering where he was drafted, the fact he already jumped to Low-A with little in the way of trouble is encouraging. He didn't progress as far as Kyle Kraus did, though: the 2012 seventh rounder started at Greenville and dominated for 35 innings, and threw four shutout innings for Portland before he was shuffled around the lower levels until season's end. He'll likely begin 2014 at Salem once more, in an attempt to solve that level and bring his strikeouts back up.</p>
<p>While there was no major breakout besides that of Betts, and the team's record didn't reflect it, there was actually a lot to like about Greenville's season once you sort through the disappointment. Johnson is a legitimate pitching prospect who is basically forgotten about due to the sheer volume of upper-level arms, Haley looks like an intriguing pitcher with a potentially bright future, and Kukuk's full-season debut, while still raw, showed promise. The likes of Light and Maddox will need to give things another go in 2014, but with all of the pitching in the Boston system, and their relative newness to the organization, that's not necessarily a bad thing.</p>
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2013-08-27T11:45:23-04:00
2013-08-27T11:45:23-04:00
Greenville Drive update: Vinicio, Haley, Martin
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<p>Vinicio caps off a terrible campaign with more awfulness, Haley has been better than he looks, and Martin keeps it on the ground.</p> <h4>Jose Vinicio, SS</h4>
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<p>Mercifully, Jose Vinicio's 2013 campaign will end in less than a week. The shortstop started off poorly, picked it up ever so briefly in June, and has come crashing not just back to Earth, but through its surface in the two months since. He's hit .000/.029/.000 in his last 10 games while striking out 12 times against zero walks. His season didn't need an exclamation point to let us know how emphatic his awfulness was, but here it is anyway.</p>
<p>Just a year ago, there were plenty of scouts and prospect analysts who liked Vinicio the best of Boston's shortstop prospects. Now, though, <span>Xander Bogaerts</span> is actually considered a shortstop prospect, so that was off the table: even if he weren't though, even with Vinicio being just 19, even with <span>Jose Iglesias</span> a Tiger, it's hard to have that kind of belief in Vinicio.</p>
<p>He could certainly turn things around, as he's absolutely young enough to improve and put on some bulk to help him do more than hit singles one-fifth of the time he makes it to the plate. It will be interesting to see what the Sox do about him in 2014, with Tzu-Wei Lin behind him at short-season and neither of them doing well enough to jump to High-A.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Justin Haley, RHP</h4>
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<td align="right" csk="22.02" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">22</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=54256e41" title="South Atlantic League">SALL</a></td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">3.61</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">23</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">119.2</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">503</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">1.370</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">7.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">0.8</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">5.3</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">8.8</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">1.65</td>
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<p>Haley has quietly put together a decent campaign, posting a 3.61 ERA while leading the Drive in innings. He's second in strikeouts behind Francellis Montas, who is now in the <a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">White Sox</a> system after the <span>Jake Peavy</span> trade, but he's also second in walks. Unlike Cody Kukuk, the leader in free passes, Haley is the right age for the level, so it's harder to cut him slack for the walks. At the same time, though, Haley has been much better about it lately, handing out walks to 3.4 batters per nine over his last 10 starts and 55 innings.</p>
<p>Even if his full-season line doesn't suggest as much, Haley is likely ready for the next step at High-A Salem. The sixth-round pick from Boston's 2012 draft might not end up a starter in the long-term, but he's acquitting himself well in the early going, even with the early season walk issues.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Kyle Martin, RHP</h4>
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<td align="right" csk="22.01" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=177d7614" title="Lowell Spinners (Lowell, MA)">Lowell</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=59f14804" title="New York-Pennsylvania League">NYPL</a></td>
<td csk="110.0000" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">A-</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">0.47</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">10</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">19.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">74</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">0.737</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">5.2</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">0.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">1.4</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">7.1</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">5.00</td>
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<td align="right" csk="22.02" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">22</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=54256e41" title="South Atlantic League">SALL</a></td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">3.00</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">7</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">12.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">50</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">1.083</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">6.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">0.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">3.8</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">5.2</td>
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<p>Martin was selected in the ninth round of the 2013 draft, and has already spent time in short-season Lowell as well as Greenville. He hasn't been quite as good since the promotion, but there's still things to appreciate. He's inducing ground outs 1.7 times as often as air outs at Low-A, has yet to give up a home run in 31 professional innings, and at 6-foot-6, should be able to get enough natural sink on his fastball to keep those two items relevant in the future.</p>
<p>He was already a reliever the moment he joined the <a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Red Sox</a>, so keep your expectations low. But he's worth keeping an eye on just to see if he can continue to keep the ball on the ground and in the park.</p>
<h2>Read more Red Sox:</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/8/23/4651046/jacoby-ellsbury-carl-crawford-free-agent-rumors">Is Jacoby Ellsbury another Carl Crawford waiting to happen?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/8/22/4647330/what-to-do-with-stephen-drew-will-middlebrooks-and-xander-bogaerts-in" target="_blank">What to do with Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, and Xander Bogaerts in 2014?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/8/22/4646868/jacoby-ellsbury-resurgence-red-sox-free-agent" target="_blank">Jacoby Ellsbury's resurgence</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/8/22/4645680/red-sox-lineup-xander-bogaerts-daniel-nava-jonny-gomes" target="_blank">Red Sox lineup rotations a complicated matter</a> </li>
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https://www.overthemonster.com/2013/8/27/4663836/greenville-drive-update-jose-vinicio-justin-haley-kyle-martin
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2013-08-13T12:00:12-04:00
2013-08-13T12:00:12-04:00
Greenville Drive update: Johnson, Maddox, Kukuk
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<p>Johnson has excelled of late, Maddox is doing work as a reliever, and Kukuk shows promise.</p> <h4>Brian Johnson, LHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="2013.02"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&year=2013">2013</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.02" align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="GCL Red Sox (, FL)" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=f60f2fe6">Red Sox</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="Gulf Coast League" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=9242f9c6">GULF</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="130.0000">Rk</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">12.6</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.03" align="right">22</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="80.0000">A</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3.05</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">13</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">56.0</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4.2</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">2.34</td>
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<p>It's a bit shocking that Brian Johnson is still at Low-A Greenville at this point. Sure, he has only 56 innings at the level, but he was expected to move through the lower levels quickly given his college polish -- injuries are the only thing that's stood in the way. Considering he has a 2.98 ERA over his last 10 starts, with over a strikeout per inning and just three walks per nine in that stretch, it's probably safe to say he's back on track and ready for the next stop.</p>
<p>Of course, there's no <i>real</i> rush. It's mid-August, and there are only a few starts left in the minor-league season anyway. Johnson can finish out the year at Low-A without it being a problem for him going forward, and begin his 2014 at High-A. With all of the pitching depth in the upper minors, and the prospects behind Johnson likely to sit in short-season ball for the remainder of the year, there's no dire reason to shift Johnson up a level just yet when he could make a few more starts to show what he's done of late is real. Maybe the Sox are going to give him that promotion right before his last start, so he at least has that feeling of having made progress despite the injuries that tried to keep him from that.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Austin Maddox, RHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.03" align="right">22</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="South Atlantic League" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=54256e41">SALL</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="80.0000">A</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6.37</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">27</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">77.2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">364</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1.609</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">12.1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1.5</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2.4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">7.1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2.90</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">85.2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">394</td>
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<p>It's hard to see because of how horrific things were early on, but Maddox is starting to pitch well. He's now thrown 49 innings as a reliever, and while they didn't start off so hot, his last 10 (of 20 total) appearances have gone well, with a 3.12 ERA, more ground outs than air outs, and over fives times as many strike outs as walks.</p>
<p>There's still work to be done here, in terms of being consistent, as well as bringing up his strikeout numbers -- that strikeout-to-walk ratio has more to do with limiting walks than it does missing bats. Still, though, he's dropped the homer issues in his recent work, and it's helped him stay on the mound long enough and often enough to actually get some development time in. His future was in relief, anyway, so while he's in that role sooner than he was expected to be, it's not exactly a demerit for his potential, especially if he can continue to produce now that he's here.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Cody Kukuk, LHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6.9</td>
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<p>Kukuk is still walking too many batters, but he's also a 20-year-old lefty in Low-A -- they aren't all Henry Owens, you know. That being said, there's quite a bit of Owens in Kukuk, at least in terms of his ability to limit hits and punch out the opposition despite his youth and inexperience. That doesn't mean Kukuk's eventual leap will have him in the discussion for Organization's Best Pitching Prospect, but it's a reminder that there's a lot to like here even with the free pass warts.</p>
<p>Kukuk has... okay, limited isn't going to look right, but it's true. Kukuk has limited his walks to six per nine over the last 10 starts and 46 innings he's thrown, while striking out over a batter per inning. He's also allowed just three homers in that span, one in which the opposition hit .187. He won't hold opponents to that low of a figure forever, but it shows you how good his stuff has been when he's managed to get it in or near the zone. As he faces more advanced hitters, tweaks his mechanics, and learns that the walks aren't going to go away without personal intervention, we should start to see both of those extremes meet closer to the middle.</p>
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https://www.overthemonster.com/2013/8/13/4617516/greenville-drive-update-brian-johnson-austin-maddox-cody-kukuk
Marc Normandin
2013-08-06T12:00:16-04:00
2013-08-06T12:00:16-04:00
Greenville Drive update: Vinicio, Haley, Martin
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<p>Vinicio reverses course, Haley continues to slowly improve, and Martin gets a promotion.</p> <h4>Jose Vinicio, SS</h4>
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<p>Vinicio is still just 19, so there's slack to be cut. However, it's his second season at Greenville, and his improved second half has only resulted in a line of .270/.278/.340 with two walks in 36 games. At some point, it's not going to matter what his defensive ceiling looks like if he's putting up lines that Jose Iglesias could have laughed at. </p>
<p>There's unlikely to be much more pop unless he fills out his 5-foot-11 frame with more than the 150 pounds he's currently toting around, but most importantly, he needs to start drawing walks and finding pitches to drive, even if it's for a single. To bring up Iglesias again, he's also slight in build, and eventually learned that he just needed to work with what was given to him and within the means of his abilities. It took him years to figure that out, though, so again, we can be patient with Vinicio. But it's easy to get frustrated when his second go-round at Low-A is looking like the lead-in to a third go of things.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Justin Haley, RHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="2013.02" align="left"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&year=2013">2013</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.02" align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a title="Greenville Drive (Greenville, SC)" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=933ee126">Greenville</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a title="South Atlantic League" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=54256e41">SALL</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="80.0000" align="left">A</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3.76</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">19</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">95.2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">410</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1.484</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">7.0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0.6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">6.4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">8.7</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1.37</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">3.28</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">31</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">129.0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">547</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">1.403</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">6.8</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">0.5</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">1.50</td>
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<p>Haley's walk rate is still ugly, but he's cut it down to 5.2 per nine over his last 10 starts and 53 innings. That's something, at least in a relative sense, and it's worth pointing out that it hasn't hurt him quite yet, either. He owns a 3.06 ERA in that stretch, and an even more impressive 2.63 mark in his eight starts since the minor-league All-Star break.</p>
<p>Of course, ERA is deceptive in small samples, and eight starts certainly qualifies as such. The walks will be more problematic against tougher competition, because there's little chance he's going to hold opponents to seven hits per nine forever unless he's in the strike zone so little that it walks are coming more often than base hits. That kind of future has its own set of problems.</p>
<p>Haley has a .280 batting average on balls in play, so not all of his hit rate is due to the free passes creating fewer opportunities for hits. He's had plenty of luck as well, especially when you consider a .280 BABIP in the lowest level of full-season ball is considerably lower than an equal mark in the majors -- average BABIP rises the further down the ladder you go. When that luck runs out, his ERA will rise. The only positive that could come of that is a serious overhaul of what he does with the idea being a reduction in the free passes. For now, we wait, and see if he can evolve before the fall.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Kyle Martin, RHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="2013.01"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&year=2013">2013</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.01" align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="Lowell Spinners (Lowell, MA)" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=177d7614">Lowell</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="New York-Pennsylvania League" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=59f14804">NYPL</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="110.0000">A-</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0.47</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">10</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">19.0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">74</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0.737</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5.2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0.0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1.4</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">7.1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5.00</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="2013.02"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&year=2013">2013</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.02" align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="Greenville Drive (Greenville, SC)" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=933ee126">Greenville</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="South Atlantic League" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=54256e41">SALL</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="80.0000">A</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3.00</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">13</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3.0</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">22.0</td>
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<p>Martin was drafted back in June as Boston's ninth-round selection, and after a solid showing with the short-season Spinners, he finds himself in Low-A Greenville and the Sally League. Registering just 7.1 strikeouts per nine doesn't seem like much, but in conjunction with the minuscule walk rate and 2.7 times as many ground outs as air outs, you can see where his ridiculously teeny 0.47 ERA came from. He's unlikely to have the exact same luck against tougher competition in the Sally, but if he can keep the ball on the ground as he's done, and limit the free passes, there might be something here.</p>
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https://www.overthemonster.com/2013/8/6/4594190/greenville-drive-update-jose-vinicio-justin-haley-kyle-martin
Marc Normandin
2013-07-23T15:52:55-04:00
2013-07-23T15:52:55-04:00
Greenville Drive update: Johnson, Maddox, Kukuk
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<p>Johnson starts to succeed after injury, Maddox is in relief only these days, and Kukuk might be putting things together.</p> <h4>Brian Johnson, LHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.02" align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="GCL Red Sox (, FL)" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=f60f2fe6">Red Sox</a></td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="130.0000">Rk</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0.00</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">2</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">5.0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">17</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0.600</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">0.0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3.6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">12.6</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">3.50</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.03" align="right">22</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">10</td>
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<p>Johnson has had his rough patches in 2013, such as a 4.28 ERA in May and injuries that have limited him to just 47 innings on the year, but he's started to come around strong of late. He put together a few excellent frames in the Rookie League to work his way back to Greenville from injury, and then tossed four frames with five strikeouts against a pair of walks, with no runs allowed, on his July 21 start. He gave up just one hit in the appearance, and while he needs some more length to his outings in the future, it's a continuation of some of the success he was starting to see as May came to a close and injury kept him from building on that.</p>
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<p>If Johnson can wrap up the season with a strong month-and-a-half, he might find himself in High-A Salem next year. He was supposed to fly through the minors quickly as a polished college lefty, but a line drive to the face ended his 2012 before it even really began, and as said, he's missed considerable time in 2013 as well. It's all about how he looks and what he's learned more than how many innings he can pile up at a given level, though, so there's still time to finish 2013 on a high note and position himself for next year.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Austin Maddox, RHP</h4>
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<td align="right" csk="21.02" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">21</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=2b38e007" title="Lowell Spinners (Lowell, MA)">Lowell</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=6d3b01e3" title="New York-Pennsylvania League">NYPL</a></td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">0.00</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">1</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">3.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">11</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">1.000</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">6.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">0.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">3.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">12.0</td>
<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">4.00</td>
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<td align="right" csk="22.03" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=933ee126" title="Greenville Drive (Greenville, SC)">Greenville</a></td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=54256e41" title="South Atlantic League">SALL</a></td>
<td csk="80.0000" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">A</td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">21</td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">7.1</td>
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<p>Maddox was starting, but he just couldn't string together consistently successful outings, and has now shifted to the pen. It's expected that's Maddox eventual role if he's ever in the majors, anyway, but, as with many young arms, the Sox like to keep their future relievers as starters for as long as possible in order to get them more time to work on their repertoires and add experience.</p>
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<h2>Red Sox trade rumors: Boston in on Jake Peavy</h2>
<img src="http://cdn2.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/16790067/174112442.0_standard_709.0.jpg"></a> <span>With just over a week before the deadline, the Red Sox are emerging as potential landing spot for Chicago's <span>Jake Peavy</span>.</span>
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<p>Things are still a bit all over the place, but he has been better out of the pen than he was as a starter. While he allowed a .352/.391/.633 line to opponents while starting, he's down to .295/.346/.464 in relief. That's still horrible, and is even worse than you might initially be picturing given the Sally League doesn't exactly hit like the majors, but hey, it's at least pointing in the right direction. </p>
<p>Maddox clearly has a lot of work to do in order to improve. Righties hit him hard, but lefties have eviscerated his pitches to the tune of .367/.418/.700 with five homers and 18 extra-base hits in 101 plate appearances. He's been bad from the wind-up, but horrific from the stretch, where opponents have an OPS of 1015. The lefties thing is a problem, but if he's relieving, he can at least be hidden from tougher lefties. Pitching from the stretch is something he's going to absolutely have to fix, however, because that's what relievers do whenever they don't start an inning clean. </p>
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<h4>Cody Kukuk, LHP</h4>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">3.82</td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">7.5</td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">1.25</td>
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<p>Kukuk has had his issues this year, which you can probably glean from spying that 7.5 per nine walk rate above. He's been good about limiting hits, though, and when he does find the strike zone, he's earning plenty of strikeouts. Over his last 10 starts and 42-1/3 innings, Kukuk has a 2.55 ERA with 51 strikeouts against 32 walks, with 1.2 times as many ground outs as air outs. It's not what you want from him, but it's at least looking like things are coming together for the 20-year-old southpaw.</p>
<p>That's nearly 11 punch outs per nine innings, and while it's also 6.8 walks per nine, it's still some progress for him. He's also been excellent in July by itself, with nine walks in 20-1/3 innings while still striking out more than a batter per inning. Like with <span>Henry Owens</span> last year, he's a left-handed work-in-progress, and it just seems to be taking him a little longer to get things to work for him. If he can finish out July and get through August the way he's pitched the last few weeks, he might not be at Greenville for long, if at all, in 2013, even with the season's walk rate.</p>
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Greenville Drive update: Vinicio, Montas, Haley
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<p>Vinicio's bat is alive, Montas is having issues, and Haley continued to pitch well despite walks.</p> <h4>Jose Vinicio, SS</h4>
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<p>Jose Vincicio's 2013 has been pretty depressing, as he's taken steps back offensively. It's hard to imagine, given he's hitting .216, that he just came off of his <i>strongest</i> month of the year, but it's true. Hopefully, it's a sign of things to come for the still-teenaged shortstop.</p>
<p>Vinicio hit .271/.301/.357 in June, and while that's not impressive, it beats the hell out of his line prior to that: Vinicio managed OPS of just 543 and 503 in April and May, respectively, so June, comparatively, was Bondsian. Things really picked up for him in the month's final 10 contests, when he actually hit without caveats, putting up a .359/.375/.487 slash with fives doubles and a pair of steals. </p>
<p>He needs to cut down on the strikeouts, as someone without any pop really needs to be putting the ball in play as often as possible if for no other reason than the chance of a dinky hit here and an infield single there to help prop things up. He's only in Low-A, so that sort of knowledge will come to him eventually -- Jose Iglesias didn't completely get that until arguably this year, and he's four years older than Vinicio.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Francellis Montas, RHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="20.05" align="right">20</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="left"><a title="Greenville Drive (Greenville, SC)" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=933ee126">Greenville</a></td>
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<p>Montas has just not had it lately, at least in terms of keeping runs off of the board. He posted a 9.35 ERA over four June starts, but also struck out over a batter per inning. The walks weren't great, but eight in 17-1/3 innings isn't outright terrible, either, and he gave up just two homers, the fewest he's allowed in a month this year. The problem had more to do with hits than anything, as Montas allowed 28 of them, or nearly 15 per nine innings. That's no way to win baseball games.</p>
<p>It's likely a command thing, and, as with everything else involving a 20-year-old in his first year of full-season ball, it's something he's here to work on. It's just very, very ugly while those issues are being ironed out. He's getting strikeouts because he can find the strike zone, but he's clearly not finding the right places in the zone often enough, and it's resulting in silly opponent hit rates. Sure, some of it is probably on the developing defense behind him, but you can only blame so much of it on that when eye-popping numbers like those above come into play.</p>
<p>Montas has a lot of potential, and his future is likely as an impact reliever. He's got a lot of work to do before he can assume that kind of role, though. Thankfully, since he's just 20, he could come back to Greenville again for 2014 if things don't get sorted out before then, and it won't be much of an issue for either Montas or Greenville's rotation.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Justin Haley, RHP</h4>
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<p>Haley's June was his best month to this point, as the 22-year-old right-hander managed to strike out 20 batters in 22 innings while walking 13, and came away with a 3.27 ERA for his troubles. Obviously, over five walks per nine is an issue that needs rectifying, but when you're talking about someone who came into the month handing out free passes to nearly eight batters per nine, you take those baby steps. Haley has remained difficult to hit to this point, even if part of that comes from his inability to remain consistently in the strike zone. It's helped him escape having to deal with the fallout from walking all these dudes, though, and, hey, at least it's teaching him to pitch out of trouble.</p>
<p>Something to watch going forward, though, is that this was also the month where Haley saw the lowest rate of ground outs. It might be a byproduct of allowing fewer baserunners -- fewer batters faced where the goal was simply to induce a grounder and get out of trouble, for instance -- but Haley is going to work best when he can miss bats and induce grounders, so it's worth paying attention to if he's helped his walk rate but at the expense of another skill.</p>
<h2>Read more <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Red Sox</a>:</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/7/1/4481532/red-sox-bullpen-koji-uehara-junichi-tazawa" target="_blank">Is Boston's bullpen overused? Or are we all just crazy?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/7/1/4483262/red-sox-trade-rumors-matt-garza-cubs" target="_blank">Red Sox scouting Matt Garza before trade deadline</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/6/28/4473010/red-sox-trade-targets-relievers-mlb-trade-deadline" target="_blank">Red Sox trade targets: Cheap relievers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/6/28/4473136/celtics-trade-paul-pierce-kevin-garnett-red-sox" target="_blank">The Celtics, the Red Sox, and two franchise-saving trades</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthemonster.com/2013/6/27/4470014/john-lackey-red-sox-tommy-john" target="_blank">John Lackey finally living up to his contract</a></li>
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https://www.overthemonster.com/2013/7/2/4486584/greenville-drive-update-jose-vinicio-francellis-montas-justin-haley
Marc Normandin
2013-06-25T11:00:15-04:00
2013-06-25T11:00:15-04:00
Greenville Drive update: Johnson, Maddox, Kukuk
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<p>Johnson's injuries are harming his development cycle, Austin Maddox returns, and Kukuk is walking everyone.</p> <h4>Brian Johnson, LHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.02" align="right">22</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4.03</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">9</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">38.0</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">170</td>
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<p>Johnson is still out with an "undisclosed shoulder injury" according to Sox Prospects. He's been on the minor-league disabled list for the entirety of June, and the injury came at a poor time, as Johnson had been pitching well leading up to his final start of May. This shoulder problem -- even without considering the severity of the injury -- is problematic for him, too, as he already missed time in 2012 after taking a line drive to the head at the Futures at Fenway game, and is now missing a significant chunk of development time in Low-A ball.</p>
<p>Injuries might keep Johnson from speeding through the system as quickly as expected, so, besides even the normal reasons to hope for health in a prospect, hope that Johnson can work back from the injury quickly and effectively.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Austin Maddox, RHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.03" align="right">22</td>
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<p>Maddox has returned from injury -- again! -- and last pitched on June 23. He was awful in his initial return on June 12, giving up seven runs in five innings with three strikeouts and homers allowed. Things have gone better for him in the two relief stints he's made since, with Maddox punching out four against one walk in 3-1/3 scoreless frames, but the damage is obviously already done to his ERA.</p>
<p>Maddox has allowed at least five runs -- and as many as seven -- in five of his 14 appearances in 2013. Some struggles were to be expected, since he profiles as a reliever, not a starter, but it's still a little much. Homers remain the most significant hurdle for him, and until he learns to keep the ball down in the zone and command his offerings consistently, they aren't going to go away. That's not to say he's incapable of learning, by the way: Maddox could figure it out in time for his next appearance, or could wait until 2014 to sort through the issue. It's why he's in the minors, and it's just something he'll have to work through before he sees consistently positive results.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Cody Kukuk, LHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="20.02" align="right">20</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4.21</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">12</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">51.1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">231</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">4.7</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">8.8</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">9.1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " align="right">1.04</td>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">61.1</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; background-color: #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;" align="right">271</td>
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<p>In the last month, Kukuk has allowed just seven runs in 21-2/3 innings. That sounds good and all, but he's also walked 24 batters in that stretch, and while he also struck out 27, let's reiterate that he walked more batters than he threw innings. The unearned runs make it look a bit worse, but even then, he's been very lucky to pitch out of trouble as consistently as he has. It helps that he's been nigh unhittable in the minors, but that won't last forever, and likely has a lot to do with the fact that there's little point in swinging against him if he can't find the strike zone to begin with.</p>
<p>It's nearly July, so it's safe to dispense with likening his control problems to those of <span>Henry Owens</span> last year, another youthful lefty who spent his summer at Low-A Greenville. Owens was well past his initial issues by this point, even if his season line hadn't shown that fact yet -- Kukuk, if anything, is getting worse about the free passes. He'll stick at this level until that issue clears itself up, but given his youth and the fact lefties sometimes take a long while to get going on that sort of thing, it could be some time before we see progress we can trust.</p>
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2013-06-18T10:50:29-04:00
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Greenville Drive update: Light, Wendelken, Betts
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<p>Light's still hurting, Wendelken gets an introduction, and Betts is still hitting.</p> <h4>Pat Light, RHP</h4>
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<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; " csk="22.02" align="right">22</td>
<td style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a title="Greenville Drive (Greenville, SC)" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=933ee126">Greenville</a></td>
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<p>Light returned to action on June 1, but, just like in his previous appearance that had him placed on the minor-league DL, he was pulled after recording just one out due to a recurrence of his hamstring injury. He threw just three pitches, and, <a href="http://www.soxprospects.com/injuries/" target="_blank">according to Sox Prospects</a>, he's rehabbing in in Fort Myers rather than with the Drive at the moment. There's no timetable mentioned for when he'll be back, but hopefully he is able to return soon, and is able to consistently deliver on his promise in a way that he hasn't managed just yet in 2013.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
<h4>Jeffrey Wendelken, RHP</h4>
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<td align="left" csk="2013.02" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&year=2013">2013</a></td>
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<td align="left" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; "><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool&id=933ee126" title="Greenville Drive (Greenville, SC)">Greenville</a></td>
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<td align="right" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 3px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap; ">2.94</td>
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<p>This is Wendelken's first update in 2013, as this spot was previously for Kyle Kraus. With Kraus promoted to High-A Salem, though, the 20-year-old, 12th-round pick of the Red Sox from the 2012 draft gets his time in the update spotlight. Wendelken dominated in the Gulf Coast League to close out 2012, posting a 1.27 ERA in 21-1/3 innings while striking out 28 batters against just three walks. He hasn't been <i>quite</i> as nasty this year in his first taste of full-season ball, but still, it's hard to find much to complain about outright.</p>
<p>The strikeouts are down, and his walks are up, but the end result remains productive. There are reasons to be a little concerned, though: he's very much a fly ball pitcher, and if he isn't missing bats, that is going to be problematic in the future -- especially if the walks don't come down again. The Sox liked him, though, giving him a $100,000 bonus despite where he was selected in the draft, so it's worth keeping an eye on him to see if he can keep the ball down, or at least in the yard.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">*****</p>
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<p>Betts has cooled off a bit from his ridiculous course correction, but that just means he's "only" hitting .306/.390/.444 over his last 10 games. In April, Betts posted a 619 OPS, but as you might have guessed from the above, May was a different story: the second baseman hit .356/.472/.663, and now his line looks as if April never happened. Expecting him to keep up May's pace would be asking a lot, but there is offensive talent here, and it wouldn't be shocking to see him continue along his overall path as the year progresses.</p>
<p>Remember, he's just 20 years old: even if he "only" has an OPS over 900 by year's end, that's a huge accomplishment for Low-A, especially considering he hit all of .267/.352/.307 for short-season Lowell one year ago. If he has anything resembling another May this year, we might even see him hit up High-A Salem, though, that would likely necessitate that Salem's keystoner, Sean Coyle, hits his way into his own promotion. They're both young, so there's no need to worry if there aren't any promotions to be found for either, however.</p>
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