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Sam Travis - Boston Red Sox Org

By Naturalhoosier, in IUHoosier Baseballers in the Pros

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ccgeneral    38,084

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On 3/2/2017 at 8:18 PM, ccgeneral said:

Through 4 games of spring training: 3-8, 1 HR, 2 doubles, 2 walks and 2 RBIs. 

He went 1-3 with a 3 run shot against Northeastern College in his first game.

Just hit a 3 run shot to give the Sox a 3-2 lead in the 3rd over the Astros. Had another RBI double yesterday.

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Stuhoo    80,846

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3 hours ago, ccgeneral said:

Just hit a 3 run shot to give the Sox a 3-2 lead in the 3rd over the Astros. Had another RBI double yesterday.

 

My 10 year old is at today's BoSox Astros game.

He will be explaining to all that sit near him that Sam is a Hoosier star and alum.

Runs in the family  ;)  

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https://www.milb.com/pawsox/news/pawsox-smoke-ironpigs-in-season-opening-win/c-222993660/t-196097300

The Pawtucket Red Sox put on a record-setting offensive performance and throttled the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 14-7, in the season opener on a chilly Friday night at Coca-Cola Park.

In his return from a torn ACL suffered in late May last season, first baseman and No. 4 Red Sox prospect Sam Travis doubled twice and walked twice. The former Indiana standout also batted twice in both the third and sixth innings.

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https://www.milb.com/pawsox/news/travis-collects-two-hits-in-5-2-loss/c-229459854/t-196097300

Sam Travis continued his recent run of hot hitting, but the Pawtucket Red Sox fell to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, 5-2, on Wednesday afternoon at McCoy Stadium.

Travis, went 2-for-4 with a single, his team-leading seventh double, a walk and an RBI. The No. 4 Red Sox prospect has now hit safely in 11 of his last 14 games and recorded an RBI in five of his last six.

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https://www.milb.com/pawsox/news/travis-career-day-not-enough-in-late-loss/c-231016906/t-196097300

PawSox first baseman Sam Travis (5-for-6, 2 2B, 3 RBI) continued his torrid stretch with his fourth consecutive multi-hit performance - and his seventh in his last 10 games - and the first five-hit day of his professional career. In the series, Travis went 11-for-19 with four extra-base hits and seven RBI. Travis - who got off to a sluggish start and went just 5-for-36 (.139) in his first 10 games - has heated up in May, slashing .368/.410/.632 with three home runs, 12 RBI and four walks against just five strikeouts.

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Class of '66 Old Fart    84,744

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Boston Globe:

Not quite a year removed from the ACL blowout that cost him the final four months of last season, Sam Travis — after some early struggles this year — gives every indication that he is now back.

The same couldn’t be said at the start of his season with Triple A Pawtucket. Travis looked like a player driven to make up for lost time, rushing to do everything that he could not do following his June surgery. The resulting .233/.313/.333 line for April — with strikeouts in nearly one-third of his plate appearances — was anything but representative of the talents that have him on the doorstep of the big leagues.

“When he’s not all pull-oriented and starts working to right field more, that’s when you start to see the true potential with his bat,” said PawSox manager Kevin Boles. “He’s an aggressive hitter by nature. We know that. [But] he was expanding the zone quite a bit. The effort level ticked up quite a bit.”

Travis acknowledged that his approach at the start of the year was uncharacteristic. Instead of waiting for pitches to drive, he started hunting for them. The results were poor.

“Everyone likes to get off to a good start, get the season rolling. When you don’t get off to a hot start, you might try to do too much. I was just trying to do too much,” said Travis. “I was definitely chasing some pitches . . . When you’re chasing the pitcher’s pitch, that’s what he’s trying to get you to do. You get yourself out. When you stick to your plan, stick to your approach, get good pitches to hit, things are going to turn around. It all goes back to thinking middle, thinking right-center, letting the ball get deep. You try to hit it out of his hand, you’ll be out front. You recognize pitches, let the ball get deep, and things will work out.”

Things are indeed now working out for the 2014 second-round selection. Back in the rhythm of the season, Travis is once again sending rockets all over the field. The latest evidence came on Thursday, when the 23-year-old went 5 for 6 (his first career five-hit game) with two doubles.

Thanks to a scorching stretch that has yielded four straight multihit games, six in eight contests, and seven in his last 10 games, Travis is now hitting .299 with a .359 OBP and .479 slugging mark — including marks of .368/.410/.632 in 14 games this month, with three of his four homers. After a period of reacclimation in his return from injury, he now looks like himself.

“When you miss that amount of time, very rarely do you just step back in. You’re still trying to find out who you are,” said PawSox hitting coach Rich Gedman. “I think Sam is probably stronger than he’s ever been, but he wasn’t baseball strong yet. Little by little, it looks like the muscles are starting to loosen up. His swing isn’t getting cut off. His baseball swing is starting to show up a little more . . . He wanted to be right back where he was. To me, it just takes time. You can see the field starting to open up for him again.”

That approach, in turn, once again has him looking like a hitter who may be able to contribute to the Red Sox should the need for a righthanded bat arise — though with the need for further defensive development.

“He knows he can’t just be a one-dimensional player. He’s going to have to play defense. We’re seeing some signs of improvement. Could it continue to get better? Yes. It has to,” said Boles. “[But] he works harder than anybody we have. He’s on a mission.

“The sky is the limit with him. You see some limitations, but he’ll work through barriers. He doesn’t want to be OK. He wants to be really good. He wants to be great.”

 
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51 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Travis is starting tonight at 1B, batting 7th. Grounded out to short in his 1st AB.

Edit: Just picked up his 1st MLB hit; a grounder off the pitcher's glove. They all count.

2-3. Line drive to center for another single in the 7th.

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