Another extremely ranked Red Sox beginning pitching prospect is transferring up.
Jay Groome, ranked because the Red Sox’ No. 13 prospect by Baseball America, was promoted to Triple-A Worcester on Thursday. Groome had made 17 begins with Double-A Portland – three on the finish of 2021, 14 this season – earlier than the call-up because the highly-touted prospect inches nearer to the majors.
Groome was the Red Sox’ first-round decide in 2016 (No. 12 total) however accidents have slowed his growth. He underwent Tommy John surgical procedure in 2018, returned in 2019 earlier than the minor league season was canceled in 2020 as a result of COVID-19. He lastly performed a full season in 2021.
Groome posted a 3.52 ERA over 76 2/3 innings this season in Portland earlier than his promotion, because the left-hander has skilled elevated confidence in his secondary pitches this season. He’s engaged on placing lefties away together with his slider and attempting to play his changeup extra within the strike zone to induce weak contact.
The outcomes have clearly been encouraging because it warranted a mid-season call-up.
“It’s just going out there and proving to himself that he can continue to do that and work at a high level,” Double-A pitching coach Lance Carter mentioned final month. “He’s on a mission, and he really is focused. I think last year was a big builder of that.”
Jay Groome ‘on a mission’ as Red Sox prospect continues to dream for big-league alternative
Groome mentioned final month that he’s been way more diligent together with his bullpens and throwing program lately. The 23-year-old is aware of that greater alternatives are coming for him.
“I just know I want to be ready for anything that happens and when I get my opportunity, I’m going to run with it,” he mentioned.
Groome turned the most recent beginning pitching prospect to succeed in a better degree this season. Top pitching prospect Bryan Bello began the season in Double-A and simply made his first two profession main league begins. Chris Murphy and Brandon Walter moved as much as Triple-A. And Josh Winckowski, Connor Seabold and Kutter Crawford have every made a number of begins for the Red Sox.
Winckowski exams constructive for COVID-19
After making his seventh begin of the season in Wednesday’s loss, Winckowski examined constructive for COVID-19. The Red Sox known as up lefty reliever Darwinzon Hernandez to fill his spot on the roster.
Hernandez, a bullpen common from 2019-21, has but to make an look for the Red Sox this season. He was surprisingly despatched to Worcester to start out the season because the workforce needed him to work on his command points, then he had surgical procedure in May to restore a torn proper meniscus. But since returning in early July, the lefty has pitched nicely. In 3 1/3 innings over 4 appearances with Worcester, he didn’t enable a run as he struck out six and walked two.
“He’s been throwing the ball well,” Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora informed reporters in Tampa. “(Triple-A pitching coach Paul Abbott is) very pleased with the progress. His delivery has been clean for a while. Obviously he had surgery and all that stuff, but they feel like he’s been very direct to the plate and he’s been consistent with it. The stuff is always there, it’s a matter of him being consistent in the strike zone and so far, so good.”
Hernandez has but to pitch a couple of inning since coming back from surgical procedure, however Cora informed reporters that he could possibly be a multi-inning choice if wanted.
Odds & ends
It doesn’t look like Trevor Story, who left Tuesday’s loss with a proper hand contusion after being hit by a pitch, might want to go to the injured record. Cora informed reporters that Story was going to take grounders and throw on Thursday in Tampa and if he continues to enhance, the hope is he’ll return Saturday and Sunday towards the Yankees. …
Garrett Whitlock and Nathan Eovaldi are each prone to be activated Friday for this weekend’s Yankees sequence in New York, with Eovaldi slated to start out the opener. Nick Pivetta will begin Saturday and Chris Sale is scheduled to start out Sunday’s finale earlier than the All-Star break. …
Cora informed reporters that Kiké Hernandez was going to see a hip specialist in New York on Thursday as he tries to determine the problem together with his hip harm. The middle fielder has been out since June 7 and had his rehab task stopped final week. …
Could Andrew Benintendi find yourself again within the American League East this season? If so, it doesn’t seem will probably be with the Yankees.
Benintendi – who was simply named to his first All-Star workforce – has been a preferred title within the commerce rumor mill, however in keeping with the New York Post’s Jon Heyman, the former Red Sox outfielder is unlikely to be dealt to the Yankees because he’s unvaccinated against COVID-19. The Yankees play three extra regular-season video games in Toronto and will play the Blue Jays within the playoffs. Canadian legislation requires vaccination as a way to enter the nation.
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