Minor Lines 6/11/23: Enmanuel Valdez Shows Up

Enmanuel Valdez during Sunday afternoon’s game; picture by Dean Roussel. Worcester, being the last line of defense before the big leagues, got a bunch of new and reunited faces the last couple of days, and one is paying dividends. Enmanuel Valdez, after being sent down, has home runs on two consecutive days. This one was a tape-measure shot estimated at 469 feet. Each home run this weekend put the WooSox ahead, and they never looked back. Nick Sogard also looks to be finding his footing in the leadoff spot. I know you all are sick of hearing that the Red Sox fumbled the Jorge Alfaro situation, so let me present to you: a Ronaldo Hernandez home run yesterday, three hits today, and some solid defensive play. Shane Drohan had his best AAA start yesterday, Brandon Walter finally got his first win of the season today in a solid performance... Hell, even Kaleb Ort pitched well in relief in this series! In fact, the bullpen today only allowed one hit in the final three innings, and Chris Murphy continued having success out of the pen (something to keep in mind, as he was strictly a starter before being called up and pitching well on Wednesday night...) Meanwhile Tyler Danish was on Rochester’s mound when Worcester added two more insurance runs in the ninth. The WooSox dropped the first contest in this series against the Red Wings (Nationals AAA) a team that, by the way, features Bill Mueller as player development staff, but won the next four and are all of a sudden within one game of .500.

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