Kevin Boles, Manager of the Montgomery Biscuits, Developing Talent for the Majors

Kevin Boles, Montgomery Biscuits Manager has a 25 year career in baseball First game as manager with 2 special players; Adrian Gonzalez & Miguel Cabrera John Boles, Kevin’s dad a great mentor  Boston Red Sox in Pawtucket the “31st major league team” a great place to see the future of players working up to the major league team How to balance Player Development while Developing Winners today Advice to players “Don’t Be a Front Runner in Your Own Career” Look at failures as an opportunity to learn Players Need to develop a thick skin & give themselves some credit for coming out of failures Double-A as a separator, see some older arms along with younger arms.  Time to move players up through minor has been reduced If you can get into a AAA clubhouse you got a chance Looking for intelligent, consistent & reliable player like Homer Bush Jr. Mat notes significant trades that have impacted the Montgomery Biscuits & Rays pipeline - Jackson Baumeister, Ty Cummings, Jacob Waters, Will Simpson, Mathew Etzel, Brody Hopkins Adjustment period for a player when settling in with a new team Duncan Davitt commands the zone & utilizes a good mix of pitches & tempo Cooper Kinney can flat out hit  Brayden Taylor is tough, while struggling at the plate right now he is working ,on adjustments Kevin would rather see a player struggle in the minors & adjust before they make it to the majors Paul Rozzelle & the hitting department are doing great things with the players How has draft decisions for increase of hitters impacted the organization Hopkins has a chance to be really something Yoniel Curet has versatility & has a power arm Stickier balls? Automated Zones – would improve accuracy of umpire calls. It is hard for umpires to judge 90+ speed pitches How will the Automated Zone impact the role of the catcher Veteran pitchers may get a better call than a younger pitcher without Automated Zone  People don’t realize how tough the umpires have behind the plate Ejections – Kevin is good for 5 a year. Ump asks “don’t you want to get animated” Kevin’s career goal is about the players “Create the next Chandler Simpson”  Top players that Kevin seen rise through the system – Miguel Cabrera, Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts and any players who come up through the minors who excel in the game RaysUp  Rays return home to George Steinbrenner Field and increase their wins Rays Outfielders, Misner, Aranda, and Simpson formerly with the Montgomery Biscuits Steinbrenner Weather metric Swirling Winds, Day Games & Sun Rays disorienting players fielding fly balls Gusts of wind 40+ MPH impacting outs caught Lack of 2nd Tier at Steinbrenner increases wind Should their be a new Statcast metric on the weather Rays climb up in the standings to #2 in the AL East Foul territory expand more ground outside of the foul lines for safety  Roster Crunch IncomingHa-Seong Kim rehabbing and soon returningJake Mangum and Johnny DeLuca waiting in AAAWho gets sent down? Walls? Mead?  With so much movement between the majors and AAA, Rays prospects in Montgomery have all the motivation they need. It’s a dog-eat-dog path to the top Just a reminder, if you enjoyed this show, go ahead like and subscribe to BaseballBiz On Deck. Also you can find Mat at M-A-T-G-E-R-M-A-I-N dot B Sky social. That"s Mat at M-A-T-G-E-R-M-A-I-N dot B, Sky social or Mark at  Baseball Biz on Deck dot B Sky Social. You may also find Baseball Biz on Deck, at iHeart Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, and at baseball biz on deck dot com Special Thanks to XTaKe-R-U-X for the music Rocking Forward,