17-10 (31-21 1st place AL East)
A better month for sure. The bats started to wake up and we made a few changes to the pitching staff that we help jolts them.
Kenton McKinney was demoted to AAA after posting an 8.38 ERA in four starts, and
Hunter Parsons was called up to take his spot in the rotation. Parsons first two starts were solid, 7 IP 0 ER, 7 IP 1 ER, so I'm hopeful. We also designated RP
Chris Lincoln for assignment and sent him to Pawtucket, calling up RP
Dan Henderson to take his spot. Lincoln wasn't bad (4 G, 10 K in 8 1/3 IP), but I wanted to give Henderson a shot.
Pitching Recap--
RP Cody Deason followed up a rough April with a near perfect May.In seven games, covering 13 innings, Deason posted a 0.00 ERA, allowing 10 hitsand three walks while striking out 13.
RP Beau Burrows also seems to have settled into his role as main set up man. The 25 year old worked in eight games, pitching 10 1/3 innings giving up nine hits, walking two and striking out 14, while posting a 1.69 ERA.
On the starting front, we were led by
Henry Owens, who went 3-2 with a 4.03 ERA. He threw 38 innings, allowing 34 hits, walking 12 and striking out 40. Kolby Allard (4.33), Hunter Harvey (4.62), and Jose Fernandez (5.14) struggled. It wasn't a good month for the rotation.
Batting Recap--
Zack Collins followed up a terrible April with a great May. He hit .339/.381/.610 with three homeruns, seven doubles and 10 RBI. He raised his average from .138 to .239.
Hanleth Otano had a nice bounce back month as well, as he hit .304/.396/.565 with six homeruns and 17 runs knocked in.
Juan Sanchez has started to show glimpses of what we'd hope he'd be when we traded for him in the offseason. He hit .315/.460/.528 in May with four homeruns and 19 RBI. He also added a ridiculous 24/12 BB/K ratio.
Minor League Recap--
AAA Pawtucket 21-25 (4th place 4 GB)
AA Portland 27-19 (1st place)
A Salem 28-22 (1st place)
A Greenville 30-16 (1st place)
Key PerformersPawtucketOF Greg Murphy (1.5/4.0) .241 6-25
OF Jhailyn Ortiz (2.0/4.0) .264 7-29
3B Jayson Gonzalez (1.5/2.5) .239 3-23
RP Jon Clayton (1.5/2.5) 2-0 6.35 1 Sv
RP Ron Ferguson (2.5/4.0) 1-4 2.86
Portland
OF Jose Miranda (1.0/4.0) .212 2-15
SS Weitze Maas (1.0/4.0) .250 0-7
RP Jorge Maes (2.0/2.5) 0-1 3.00
Salem
C Jorge Ramos (1.0/5.0) .258 4-20
Greenville
3B Taheji Suzuki (1.0/3.5) .284 6-21
1B Ismael Beltre (1.0/2.5) .328 6-40
League Notes
5/31--Los Angeles (NL) places OF Mike Trout (.295 6-33) on the DL with a hamstring tear. He will be out until August.
5/18--Chicago (NL) calls up 1B Sam Travis (.271 16-65 in 2022) from AAA Iowa.
5/16--Chicago (AL) places SP James Haynes (4-4 4.43) on the DL with a torn rotator cuff. He will miss the rest of the season.