Minor-league report: Davis earns call back up to Pirates
Henry Davis is being called back up to the Pirates, a source confirmed to DK Pittsburgh Sports Sunday evening.
Davis is hitting .296 with seven home runs and 17 RBIs since being sent to Class AAA Indianapolis May 3. Of hit 24 hits, 14 have gone for extra bases.
During his time with the Pirates, Davis hit .162 with four RBIs and three doubles. He has 11 hits in 23 games total with Pittsburgh.
On May 25, Derek Shelton said he had gotten “good feedback” from Director of Player Development John Baker regarding Davis’ progress in Indianapolis.
“I think there’s a fine line. We’ve talked about the difference between Triple-A and the big leagues and probably how it’s the biggest gap in what we’ve seen in a long time,” Shelton said. “One of the things that we look at — performance is important, 100 percent important — but the other thing is like just adjustments of the fundamental, mechanical or even mental things that we’re working on to try and be more consistent with. I think that’s where we have to rely on our coaches, our coordinators, the people that run the minor leagues to what they’re seeing on a daily basis and how it’s leading to that performance.”
Shelton added that Davis’ main goal was to adjust his setup.
“He looks closer to where he was in terms of his set up, his load, it was something that when he went down that we kind of challenged him on and he took it and he was very aware that he needed to make some adjustments in terms of what the set up looked like at the plate,” Shelton said. “I’m talking offensively, what the set up looked like at the plate and from the video we’ve seen and the people who have seen him it sounds like he’s made those adjustments.”
Otherwise, a look at Sunday’s minor-league action within the Pirates’ system …
INDIANAPOLIS (24-31) lost to Omaha, 8-5. Davis went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored. Matt Gorski hit his 11h home run of the season in the fifth inning.
Liover Peguero had a single, a double and three RBIs. Jack Suwinski singled and scored a run. Indianapolis starter Drake Fellows allowed five runs on four hits with three walks and three strikeouts in three innings.
Indianapolis stays home for six games against Columbus beginning Tuesday.
ALTOONA (16-35) lost to Portland, 10-4. The Curve were limited to six hits, all singles, and struck out eight times as a team. Joe Perez brought in runs with a single in the sixth and a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Tsung-Che Cheng scored twice.
The Curve are at Richmond for six games starting Tuesday.
GREENSBORO (29-21) had its game at Asheville cancelled because of rain. It will not be made up.
The Grasshoppers return home for six games against Jersey Shore beginning Tuesday.
BRADENTON (21-30) lost at Fort Myers, 2-1. Esmerlyn Valdez had an RBI double with two outs in the ninth. Solomon Maguire reached on an error and Javier Rivas walked to load the bases, but Wesley Zapata struck out on the seventh pitch of his at-bat to end the game.
Bradenton collected just three hits: Valdez’s double and two singles from Kalae Harrison. The Marauders’ bullpen allowed three hits and walked three in five collective innings.
The Marauders are back home for six games against Clearwater starting Tuesday.
