Alex Binelas, Boston Red Sox power prospect from Hunter Renfroe trade, belts third homer in five games

Energy-hitting prospect Alex Binelas, who the Pink Sox acquired from the Brewers with Jackie Bradley Jr. and prospect David Hamilton for Hunter Renfroe, homered once more Wednesday.

He has three homers in 5 video games for Excessive-A Greenville. He’s 7-for-18 (.389) with a .520 on-base proportion, .889 slugging proportion, eight RBIs and eight runs. He has 5 walks and three strikeouts. He additionally has stolen two bases.

The Brewers drafted Binelas within the third spherical out of Louisville final summer time.

Hamilton has been much more spectacular to date for Double-A Portland. He’s 7-for-14 (.500) with a .611 on-base proportion, 1.071 slugging proportion, two homers, one triple, 5 runs, 9 RBIs, 4 walks and two strikeouts. He’s additionally 7-for-7 in steals.

Groome hurls 5 scoreless

Jay Groome, who Baseball America ranks Boston’s 10 prospect, began proper the place he left off final 12 months for Double-A Portland.

Groome hurled 5 scoreless innings in opposition to Harrisburg on Wednesday. He allowed only one hit and no walks whereas hanging out 4.

In 4 begins for Portland relationship again to the top of final 12 months, the lefty has allowed 4 earned runs in 20 ⅔ innings (1.74 ERA) with 13 hits allowed, 4 walks and 30 strikeouts.

Yorke strokes 5 hits

Nick Yorke — who Baseball America ranks No. 30 on its High 100 record, went 5-for-6 with 4 RBIs and three runs for Greenville on Wednesday.

Rafeala has 5 extra-base hits to date

Heart subject prospect Ceddanne Rafaela, 21, went 4-for-6 with two doubles, three runs and an RBI. He’s 10-for-23 (.435) with two homers, three doubles, 9 runs, 4 RBIs, 4 strikeouts, two walks and three stolen bases in 5 video games for Greenville.

Baseball America ranks him the No. 22 prospect within the Pink Sox system.

Lugo batting .500

Shortstop prospect Matthew Lugo — who Baseball America ranks No. 14 within the Pink Sox system — went 3-for-6 with an RBI in Greenville’s win Wednesday.

The 20-year-old is 12-for-24 (.500) with three doubles, one triple and one homer in 5 video games. The Pink Sox drafted him within the second spherical in 2019 out of the Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy in Puerto Rico.

He’s undoubtedly a prospect to observe carefully this season. The Athletic’s Keith Legislation not too long ago ranked Lugo the Pink Sox’s No. 9 prospect. Legislation additionally named him Boston’s 2022 sleeper prospect, writing, “I feel that is Lugo’s 12 months to take that massive step ahead on the plate, with more durable contact and higher at-bats translating not less than into doubles energy.”

“Actually good athlete,” Pink Sox supervisor Alex Cora mentioned throughout spring coaching. “Everyone is aware of about his uncle. He really jogs my memory of (Ángel) Pagán bodily. Sturdy, athletic. Every part about what folks say right here, it’s been a gradual course of however little by little you may see it. He’s stronger. His swing is getting higher. Defensively, he’s taking the precise steps. … I feel bodily, he’s up there with the perfect athletes within the group.”

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