Minor League Cards - Portland Sea Dogs

The 2017 team set of Boston's AA minor league team, the Portland Sea Dogs, was produced by Grandstand.  Three players from the set moved all the way up and played with the Boston Red Sox this season.

Rafael Devers has been the biggest impact player from the group of three.  He put up good numbers for AA Portland before moving up to AAA Pawtucket in early July.  Sixteen days, nine games and a .400 batting average later he was called up to the bigs.  He hasn't looked back.  You probably know all about the big splash he's been making for Boston.

Tzu-Wei Lin took a slightly different path this year.  He started in AA Portland and got off to a terrific start.  At the end of June he got called up directly to Boston as they were in a pinch in the infield.  Less than a month later he went back to AAA Pawtucket and has struggled.

Austin Maddox is a relief pitcher who's been a yoyo this season.  He's been up and down between AA Portland, AAA Pawtucket, and Boston all season.  He's spent the most time at Pawtucket.  For Boston, he's pitched 7.2 innings with an ERA of 0.00.  Yep, that's zero.  Does that mean he doesn't have an ERA?

Although they haven't played in the majors yet this year, the following Portland players have bright futures.

Jeremy Barfield wields a big stick.  He led Portland in runs, home runs, runs batted in, slugging and OPS.  He moved up to Pawtucket on September 1 and batted .455.  He has 55 home runs over the past two seasons.  His dad is Jesse Barfield of Toronto Blue Jays fame.
Danny Mars spent the whole season in Portland.  He led the team in runs, hits, triples, stolen bases, and batting average.
Trey Ball was Boston's 2013 #1 draft pick.  He's been on a lot of Red Sox prospects cards since then.  He led the team in wins, but his win-loss percentage and ERA were not stellar.

The Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs were 65-74 this year.  They were 4th in the Eastern League's Eastern Division.  Now that's east!  Looking at their roster, it appears they were a revolving door of players moving up and down the minors during the season.