6/24 Gameday Thread: Blaze of Glory & Big Joe

Kavadas had 62 walks in 283 PAs at Salem over 2 seasons. A 22% walk rate has gotta be boring and a little frustrating for him.  He has hit so well that I wonder if he's not ready for AA if he can keep his K rate in check for another month or two.

I was just thinking about this. Anyone moving up to Salem probably wouldn't have played today, and we've got a doubleheader so that's helpful. The only guys who didn't play were Lira, Rosario, Montero, and Viloria - all catchers, which is interesting (and also expected, but still). I could see Montero going up to Salem potentially, as the oldest of the four, but good point on Diaz, who's basically been the bullpen catcher in Salem and could just get activated.

Then there's also Salem's IL. Ugueto is in Fort Myers it seems, per his IG, but I could see Sikes getting activated. Not sure what his injury was, but it's been 7 games.

By the way, appears that Jorge Rodriguez had TJS.

I just might have been sitting here in Greenville thinking, oh man, Kavadas and Hickey will probably get promoted next week... what disappointing timing.

I'd actually like to see him challenged to the point that it drops a bit.  That's probably developing bad habits that he'll have to adjust for when he gets to higher levels.

Kavadas with a base hit in his first Greenville AB (on a 3-2 pitch).

(Knock on wood) It's a bit ridiculous that Wong is in year 3 of being the Sox third catcher and somehow only has 21 at bats during that time. How is that possible? Anyway, I feel pretty good about him being the backup next year, although I'd prefer we had seen more of him in the bigs by now to be more prepared for next year

And Niko hits one for Greenville.

Howlett makes it 3 in a row.

Drohan hurt and out of the game. Looked like a leg