{"id":50522,"date":"2025-05-23T07:25:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50522"},"modified":"2025-05-23T07:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:25:41","slug":"red-sox-seeing-best-version-of-promising-pitching-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50522","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Seeing \u2018Best Version\u2019 Of Promising Pitching Prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox\u2019s farm system isn\u2019t exactly known for its wealth of pitching prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Yordanny Monegro\u2019s tremendous start this season with Double-A Portland could help to change that narrative, though.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old righthander has gone to another level in his first go-around with Portland. And what\u2019s catching the most attention when it comes to Monegro is his eye-popping strikeout numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Monegro has struck out 47 batters in 26 innings, good for an elite 16.06 strikeout-per-nine. Monegro\u2019s last start, which came Tuesday, was arguably one of the best of his career with him striking out 10 across five innings while allowing no runs and three hits.<\/p>\n<p>The Dominican Republic native also has a nine-strikeout outing under his belt \u2014 which surprisingly came in four innings of relief \u2014 and fanned seven batters twice in starts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nesn-in-content-ad\">\n<p>\u201cThis is the best version of Monegro we have seen, from his work and preparation to execution of his plan,\u201d Red Sox director of pitching Justin Willard texted\u00a0The Boston Globe\u2019s Alex Speier.<\/p>\n<p>Monegro signed with the Red Sox in February 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn\u2019t pitch stateside for the organization until 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nesn-in-content-ow-comments-cta\">\n<p>The 6-foot-4, 180-pound righty finally took off in 2023, pitching for three levels in Boston\u2019s minor league system but never making it past High-A Greenville. He\u00a0continued to blossom\u00a0last season and even went 41 2\/3 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run.<\/p>\n<p>Monegro\u2019s best pitch is his cutter, while he also utilizes a mid-90s fastball to go along with an effective curveball and splitter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nesn-in-content-ad\">\n<p>MLB Pipeline viewed Monegro as\u00a0the 23rd-best prospect\u00a0in the Red Sox farm system, but that ranking could dramatically improve with how well Monegro has pitched this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox\u2019s farm system isn\u2019t exactly known for its wealth of pitching prospects. 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