Another early one for Charlotte.
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Birmingham holds on 6-4. Fraser Ellard struck out the side in the 9th. Funky arm angle, touches 96. Like everyone else in the Sox system, tough when he's throwing strikes. Barons walk 7 but strike out 16.
IDK. The fact that Mena just went to AAA means he's probably first in line. My guess on the order the Sox will think of promoting their AA pitchers is 1. Mena 2. Nastrini 3. They hope its Eder, but not from what we've seen so far 4. Cannon 5. Bush 6. Matt Thompson. Who knows what's going on with Sean Burke.
Ky Bush done. Better than the final numbers indicate 5IP 2H (both XBH) 3R 3ER 3bb 7K. You can really see why he could get to the majors on a night like this.
Charlotte lost 13-7 with their nearly prospect-free roster. Only thing of note: Seby left the game after 3 innings behind the plate and 1 ab. Might be easing him back into defense.
I think it's an A.J. Hinch situation. The years away from the game cover the suspension. The only ones with that legally-dubious set up is college athletics with their "show cause" punishment.
Kelley gives up a single then walks 2 guys to lose the game. He's a complete mess. I hope our new GM fires the farm director because development in this system is nonexistent.
Popeye with the Golden Sombrero. The last 3 series they have won the first 3 games, then lost the next 3. They have won the first 3 of this series and have played a pretty bad game tonight. Let's see if they can break the pattern.