Red Sox Minor Lines 7/6: Vaughn Grissom has himself a day

The Red Sox are actually winners of 5 of six and comfortably above .500 (nicely, not very comfortably, however, alas…) however a lot of the AL just isn’t laying down (how dare they!) Nonetheless, are the current wins and an upcoming sequence towards Colorado having us Red Sox trustworthy considering Breslow may purchase on the deadline? I’m not satisfied, personally, and I feel they’ll be doing slightly of each, as has been the mantra for 4 years working, spanning two CBOs. However, in the event that they have been consumers, there’s definitely no scarcity of names who’re prepared for the subsequent degree who’re rising their worth. Let’s get into it.

Worcester: W, 8-7 (BOX SCORE)

By no means thoughts that Cooper Criswell went simply 4 outs on this sport, and that being taken yard by a rehabbing Jesse Winker within the first rattled him for the remainder of his look. By no means thoughts that Chad Tracy had to make use of 5 pitchers to carry this one dwelling. By no means thoughts that the 5-through-7 holes within the lineup went hitless even with Blake Sabol being pinch-hit for Seby Zavala, who performed catcher all through the sport (I’m nonetheless crew let one in all these guys go, demote Wong, promote Hickey, and promote Koloszvary from Double-A, however…). By no means thoughts that Kristian Campbell, who, by the way in which, performed error-free baseball at first, amongst a sea of strong hitters Sunday, struck out 3 times, contributing to the WooSox stranding seven.

The 2 groups traded blows, the Mets getting off to a 4-1 lead within the first just for the second body to be reversed resulting in a 5-5 tie sport. Nick Sogard was distinctive, getting the lineup to the subsequent batter along with his three hits, who (struck out however then) obtained it to the subsequent batter, Vaughn Grissom, who had himself a day with each a double and a house run. It was his twenty-second double and eighth dwelling run of the season, the 2 hits mixed gave the crew nearly a 30% anticipated profitable added window, and instantly I’m considering of all of the infographics of what the Chris Sale commerce really netted us when Grissom — who appears to be like expendable with ALL-STAR ALEX BREGMAN returning, Trevor Story raking abruptly, and Marcelo Mayer taking part in strong baseball — undoubtedly will get shipped off on the deadline.

Portland: L, 5-10 (BOX SCORE)

Connelly Early was certain to have a nasty day sooner or later this season, and it got here on Sunday afternoon towards New Hampshire (Jays AA) the place everybody was GTSI. For these unfamiliar with wrestling lingo, that’s getting their expletive in. The Sea Canines pitching employees, together with Noah Tune, collectively obtained tagged for ten runs on fourteen hits whereas strolling seven, and that’s not good even when Tune did go scoreless and the employees as a complete struck 13 Fisher Cats out. It’s a disgrace it got here on a day the lineup raked, although; the sport took an unheard-of (in Double A) 3 hours and three minutes. James Tibbs went 2-for-4 with a stroll and launched his first dwelling run within the group, and outfielder Allan Castro really accomplished the 2 most troublesome legs of a cycle. Within the spirit of commerce deadline discussions, I can see Castro, who’s slashing .301/.381/.470, making his debut sooner or later in 2026, too, simply in all probability not right here.

Greenville: L, 5-6 (F/10) (BOX SCORE)

Joe Holobetz struck out eight in 5 innings amongst a Greenville employees who sat fifteen Vacationers (Astros Excessive-A) down Sunday afternoon, however that was with fourteen hits given up and there was a blown save within the midst and the Drive went right down to .500 (40-40) on the season. Franklin Arias and Password’s brother Johanfran had 5 hits between them, however a 3rd of the lineup went hitless on and the Drive have been additionally a sufferer of strikeouts, getting shut down 13 instances.

Salem: L, 5-6 (F/10) (BOX SCORE)

To keep away from studying one other full descriptor on a one-run sport, you possibly can simply go away the commentary on the above meme. However this really was a very good sport for Salem offensively and defensively in Lynchburg (Guardians A), simply, ya know, not, like, ok to win. Luis Cohen went six robust innings however struck out simply two, and the aid obtained only one Okay the remainder of the evening, and, ya know, obtained walked off. The bats began robust with a first-inning two-run shot by Enddy Azocar. Justin Gonzales had two doubles. However 3-for-13 with runners in scoring place wasn’t ok to guard towards a four-run ninth inning for the Hillcats. By the way in which, by no means lookup guys on Fangraphs, since you’ll see guys being born in 2007 are taking part in skilled baseball, and that will even make you, who, hypothetically, may have born in 1993, really feel just like the above meme.

Have a cheerful Monday!