Jay Allmer earned fourth save of the season with 1.1 scoreless innings in tonight's 1-0 Salem Red Sox win. The 23-year-old righty has a 2.39 ERA over 37.2 IP this season in total at Single-A.
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Jay Allmer earned the win today for Salem in his Red Sox organization debut working two shutout innings out of the bullpen in which he allowed just one hit and one walk. The 22-year-old righty was signed as an undrafted free agent back on April 30.
Jay Allmer (21yo) deserves an opportunity with an affiliate team.
Over the course of the offseason Jay has worked hard w/ both coach @praisepitching & @feole_21 to turn himself into one of, if not the most intriguing non-drafted college players & current FAs from last year.
He performed highly in the MLB Draft League serving up 21 IP, 2.14 ERA 17K-5 BBs including 8 SVs & 3Ws, yet he operated last summer averaging just 90.8.
Now... he has averaged roughly 94 in his bullpens. Up significantly from his in game averages, & prior bullpen PR of 92. Which has also featured Jay routinely running both fastball shapes (FS/SK) up to 95.
The jump into averaging 94 has been a relatively recent one. After the new year Jay worked on cleaning up his posture & positioning of the torso during his drop in order to avoid over counter-rotating which was forcing him to pull heavily east-west & direct less energy towards the plate.
He significantly improved his take away to leverage more of a linear path & a slightly higher lead arm in order to maintain his stack trunk positioning without tilting back into lumbar/lower back extension during his leg lift into drop phase.
With an elite 3 pitch mix, including an 84 mph sweeper, someone needs to get this guy signed.
“He got his opportunity and man did he not miss it.”
Robbie Burnett received one offer out of high school before dominating at UNC Asheville. As he prepares for the 2024 MLB Draft, he looks to shine playing for the Harwich Mariners.
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He tossed 8.0 scoreless innings with 1⃣1⃣ strikeouts and just three hits allowed to pick up the win over Winthrop 🔥
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