The Boston Pink Sox shall be represented on the Summer season Olympics in Tokyo.
USA Baseball introduced its Olympic roster Friday, and a pair of Pink Sox prospects made the reduce: infielder Triston Casas and outfielder Jack Lopez.
Apparently, Jarren Duran — thought-about the highest outfield prospect within the Pink Sox group — didn’t make the record even after a formidable displaying for Group USA on the Olympic qualifiers.
MLB Pipeline ranks Casas as the highest prospect within the group. The 21-year-old sweet-swinging first baseman has put his energy on full show at instances this season at Double-A Portland. He additionally dealt with himself fairly properly enjoying for the U.S. within the qualifying match. Energy is the secret for the 2018 first-round choose, who has 24 house runs and 104 RBIs in 158 skilled video games.
Lopez making the crew is a little bit of a shock. He is a 28-year-old utilityman who is not a lot of a prospect and has but to make his huge league debut after nearly a decade in skilled ball. That is his first yr within the Pink Sox group after he was signed as a minor league free agent in January. The Royals took him out of highschool within the sixteenth spherical of the 2011 draft. He is quietly having a pleasant season with Triple-A Worcester, the place he is hitting .348 with a pair of house runs and 7 stolen bases. He in all probability shall be a depth choice for the People, as he can play shortstop, third base and second base and even has performed a bit of little bit of outfield over the course of his skilled profession.
As for Duran, his absence actually raises eyebrows. He went 7-for-19 with a double, triple and three runs scored within the 4 video games on the qualifying match, so it is not like his efficiency was a difficulty. This actually will result in many questions on whether or not a call-up to the large leagues could possibly be coming quickly for the 24-year-old. He is having a implausible season at Worcester, hitting 15 house runs in simply 39 video games to date.
UPDATE (1:15 p.m. ET): The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier has a bit of extra info on why Jarren Duran did not make the roster.
