6/13 Gameday Thread: Doubling up on Doubleheaders

Hayden Deal.... In blackjack, you double down. Just sayin'

The big issue at this level (Salem) is that a lot of guys discover that hitters will no longer swing at pitches way outside the zone. Requena doesn't have overwhelming stuff, and didn't get a ton of swings and misses with us. Can't speak to what has happened since he went down to Greenville. Keep in mind how young he is, though; he won't turn 21 until 7/20. There's plenty of time for him to get turned around.

Diaz had a .160 BABIP entering today that went up to .214 today. It wouldn't surprise me if were getting unlucky if 4 of his 9 hits are for extra bases. It's not like the 27% K rate is terribly high, although it's not great or anything.

Won't be Eric Fedde for Syracuse tonight - he was just recalled.

Interesting take. Don’t think it’s a good idea this early.

I don't know that I agree either, but I think you have to also take into account Decker and Northcut (smaller chance of Antoni Flores too) when having that conversation. Although this is a potentially exciting GCL lineup it is also a very volatile one. There's a real solid chance that one or more of these guys don't live up to the scouting hype, and/or requires several years of development before doing something exciting (like Chavis for example).

Yeah, I think I'm more tuned into the now 12 Ks relative to the 0 BBs. Anyone reading, please take this with a huge grain of salt (because SSS DSL stats and all that jazz), but every legit Sox DSL prospect I can recall in recent years has had a BB-K ratio of around 1: Bogaerts (30/37), Devers (21/20), Castellanos (20/25), Cedrola (23/33), Margot (36/25), Basabe (49/58), etc.

I'm not trying to bash him, his 3HR already match or surpass the HR totals for each of those guys (except Margot's 4HR) in fewer DSL plate appearances. It just appears early on that he's taking a hyper aggressive approach in a league where I'm pretty sure I could have drawn a walk by now. Heck, Nelfy Abreu had 5 in one game.

Fair point. We'll have to see if it normalizes. Despite what I said above, I actually think it's more likely he gets another few weeks in the DR before coming stateside, which they've done before (I can recall the "WHY ISN'T DEVERS IN THE GCL YET?" handwringing in 2014 fondly).

And now that I think about it, if Casas and Northcut are going to be in the GCL, bringing Diaz there too might not make any sense...

Any insight into how Daniel Gonzales has looked? Curious if he has seen any uptick in velocity or if he is still in high 80’s?

Gonzo is regularly 89-91. Love watching him pitch. Dude straight-up competes, and he's a great kid. He just helped me out today; I did an interview with Mata in Spanish, and I had Daniel do first-person translation (e.g. "I feel" rather than "He says he feels") for it. I had COMPLETELY forgotten that he was starting Game 2. Then he goes out and tosses a QS. Love him to death.