Red Sox Prospect Watch: Triston Casas is picking up steam

Full-A (Greenville Drive)

Triston Casas started 2019 slow. The Red Sox first-round draft pick from last season was hitting .219 with two home runs and 11 RBI at this time last week. He’s now up to .242 with five home runs and 17 RBI now. The 19-year-old left-handed hitter is heating up – and this could get fun.

Casas isn’t the only 19-year-old who’s quickly heating up. This time last week Howlett had a .197 average with no home runs. Now he has a .232 average with one homer and a .333 OBP.

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Marino Campana is hitting .263 in Full-A. The 21-year-old has one double, one triple and one home run – to go along with six RBI. He’s looked a lot more comfortable at the plate the last few weeks.

Devlin Granberg is slashing .291/.388/.419 with 13 RBI, 11 runs scored and two steals so far. The right-handed hitter has one double, as well as two triples and two home runs.

Alex Scherff gave up five earned runs in 4 1/3 innings in his last start. Despite that, the 21-year-old righty still has a 3.47 ERA so far. He has 22 strikeouts in 23 1/3 innings and has given up just one home run so far.

Angel Padron has a 2.60 ERA in 17 1/3 innings this year. The 21-year-old lefty has 17 strikeouts and has only given up one home run so far.

Rio Gomez is 4-for-4 in save opportunities this season. The 24-year-old lefty also has a 1.69 ERA and two wins in nine games. He’s struck out 21 batters while walking only two in 16 innings pitched. Gomez has a .161 BAA and 0.69 WHIP so far.

Chris Machamer has a 2.84 ERA in 25 1/3 innings this year. The 21-year-old righty has only given up one home run so far and has a .289 BAA and 1.38 WHIP. Although those two numbers aren’t great, they’re lower than he had last season. Improvement is the name of the game at this stage.

Yoan Aybar‘s odd season continues. The 21-year-old has a 7.71 ERA on the year. He’s given up eight earned runs in 9 1/3 innings this season. Five of those runs came in an appearance that saw him not record an out. The other three came in a different appearance that also saw him not record an out. That means he has an infinity ERA in two appearances and a 0.00 in the rest.

Aybar has 13 strikeouts in those 9 1/3 innings, but also has 14 walks. Those 14 walks are a major problem, but he also hasn’t allowed a home run. The walks have inflated his WHIP to 2.14, but he has a .167 BAA as well.