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Boston Red Sox 2018 minor league awards

By Benjamin Chase

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 26: Ryan Brasier #70 of the Boston Red Sox delivers the pitch during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Three of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 26: Ryan Brasier #70 of the Boston Red Sox delivers the pitch during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Three of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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Boston Red Sox Minor League Pitcher of the Year: Denyi Reyes

Level(s): low-A Greenville, high-A Salem
Stats: 12-5, 27 G, 24 GS, 155 2/3 IP, 1.97 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 19/145 BB/K

The Boston Red Sox signed Denyi Reyes out of the Dominican and made his pro debut in 2015. Control has always been a strong point for Reyes, but in his first full season in 2018, it was absolutely elite.

Reyes doesn’t offer anything necessarily plus in his pitch offerings, but he does have plus command/control. He may max out as a back-end starter, but he could be very good in that role if he continues to make positive progress as he has.

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Lefty Jhonathan Diaz was signed from Venezuela and missed the entire 2015 season due to Tommy John surgery. He returned well in 2016 but struggled with Greenville in 2017. A return to the level in 2018 went much better. He posted a 3.09 ERA over 157 1/3 innings, posting a 41/151 BB/K ratio.

One of the guys who has turned a lot of heads this season is big lefty Darwinzon Hernandez, who signed with the Red Sox out of Venezuela in 2013. He has slowly made his way up the system before really showing well at high-A this year, earning a promotion to the AA bullpen for a playoff push. Overall, he pitched 107 innings, with a 3.53 ERA and a 66/134 BB/K ratio.

Brayan Bello had his first season in the Boston Red Sox organization out of the Dominican Republic in 2018. He showed very well between the DSL and GCL, posting a 1.60 ERA over 67 1/3 innings, with a 10/74 BB/K ratio. He could possibly be pushed to Greenville as he’s already going to be nearly 20 when the season begins.

A 16th round selection out of Florida Gulf Coast in 2017, Kutter Crawford moved quickly in 2018 in his first full season in the Boston Red Sox organization. He tossed 143 2/3 combined innings between both A-ball levels with a 3.26 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, and a 48/157 BB/K ratio.

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The Boston Red Sox have utilized their farm system to fuel their most recent World Series championship, and they wouldn’t take that away, but their scouting allows them to get plenty of raw talent into the system.

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