7/27 Gameday Thread: Salem gets some Love. Evolution day

What do you mean? I can't imagine anything Elias does will affect what the team does at the deadline. Nobody's going to trade for him and he's not going to slot in as an 8th-inning type or anything.

Yeah, his first start at the AAA level this season doesn't strike me as enough to move the dial there.

GCL game postponed

I don't necessarily agree. He only threw 47 pitches in his last start. I'm not counting on him for anything unless he gets several starts under his belt that are at least 80 or so pitches. I want to see health for more than a single start before he even gets back onto the radar if I'm the Red Sox.

Could be a bullpen game. Nogosek is on 3 days' rest and Glorius is on 2 days', so start with them and go from there? Nogosek has gone >2 innings in his last three outings, so his usage has changed since his promotion. I also noticed that Weems, while active, hasn't pitched since 7/15.

Osnowitz last pitched on his rehab assignment on 7/23, so maybe activate him to start the bullpen game and send Weems to the DL. Osnowitz has had a couple of longer outings in his last two, throwing 99 pitches between the two outings.

Robby Sexton also lines up to pitch tonight, so they could call him up for a spot start before putting Boyd back into the rotation. The fact that they went ahead and used both Boyd and McGrath last night signals to me that they had a plan for today, so either an Osnowitz or Sexton move probably makes the most sense.

Kevin McAvoy added to Lowell on a rehab assignment.

Take it with a huge grain of salt, but Scherff posted on Instagram that the GCL game was cancelled because half of the team had food poisoning.

Thank goodness... looks like we don't need to start talking about moving Houck to the outfield.

Jeremy Rivera has doubled in both his ABs so far tonight. Gives him 18 in 49 games this year. He had 19 in 111 ABs last year. Tied for 10th in the system, 7 behind the leader (Baldwin, who has impressively hit 25 in only 69 games). Rivera's 18 have come in only 49 games, at least 20 games less than every person in front of him.

Edit: He then doubled in his third AB. 19 in 50 games. Baldwin hit his 26th in his 70th game.

How about Bobby Poyner? 25 innings at AA, 34 strikeouts, 10 hits, 5 walks. Time to see if he's for real?

Other than Robbie Scott (when he's not in Boston) and Edgar Olmos (spends at least half the time starting), Pawtucket doesn't have a good deal in lefty relievers. Poyner could see another promotion if a spot opens up.