I can't imagine this promotion happening in a silo. Portland is a mess of prospect management happening as we speak. Lugo has gotten screwed with to no end. Koss is about to see the same unless something happens. Lugo has just turned 22 and was our #13 prospect. What? He didn't take to an out of position part time role? Well, gooollllll-leeeeeee!
The Mayer promotion may have happened when he was hot, but he hurt his shoulder something like a day after an article on the Red Sox MLB site and missed a week after that. It took a few more days to get back on track once he got back.
Some players have smashed into a wall offensively after getting promoted to Portland. I hope this does not happen for Mayer for obvious reasons. Kavadas and Binelas K-rates are sitting just a hair below 50%. This is all with some current history of screwing with other prospects' swings going straight up to Yoshida in Boston.
So, Rafaela, York, Kavadas, Hickey and now Mayer on the same team. That's your middle of the field defense and Casas insurance/DH for 6+ years if their plans work out. They've been playing their primary positions almost exclusively this season. Rafaela getting a small handful of games at SS.
And why do they promote a pitcher after his first bad start of the year? That's what happened to Drohan this month. He has BOMBED in AAA, and now joins two other lefties who have bombed going to AAA. Hmmmmm, maybe the pitching coach or organizational approach, or does Portland have a gawd-awful batter's eye?
