Once a year or so I have the pleasure of catching a Myrtle Beach Pelicans game while visiting my folks who have a place in the area. Here is a bit of a recap of last night's action. It was a bit choppy is one game was continued from a rain delay the night before.

Lynchburg Hillcats:

Daniel Moskos: It was my understanding that he would start the second game fresh. He did not and came in as a reliever. To put it simply, he looked bad. He looked to be throwing three pitches a Fastball 86-89, a Slider 81-83 and a change (could have been something else) in the 78 range. When pitching out of the stretch, he seemed to lose a bit of this velocity. He gave up a long home run and was generally putting men on base. He also displayed what seemed to be an incredibly deliberate pickoff move. I was not impressed by it at all. That said, he did catch someone stealing.

Alex Presley: I didn't know much about Alex Presley prior to showing up at the ballpark. He definitely impressed me. To fill you in, he was an 8th round pick for the Pirates in 05 out of the University of Miss. He is pretty small in stature somewhere between 5'9" and 5'11" (ive seen him listed at both). He played pretty well in CF and showed a good amount of pop in his bat pulling a HR to right field and also a triple. I read a write up on him comparing him to pre 2008 Nate McLouth. Could be accurate. Nonetheless, I liked him.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans:

Gorkys Hernandez: He definitely stuck out the most to me. I saw him hit the ball pretty hard four times including an absolute bomb off of Moskos over the left centerfield bleachers. He didn't have a lot of action in CF but looked very smooth when he did. He seemed fast, but didnt exactly blow me away with that part of his game. He did steal a base at a critical point in the eighth inning and wound up scoring the winning run. All in all, I was impressed.

Eric Campbell: I was very high on him coming into 2007 and most of us saw the disaster that was 2007 for him (221/312/406). He has rebounded a bit this year (261/364/494). He hit a HR to left center at the beginning of the second game which turned out to be the game winner. He will be 23 this week and perhaps deserves a shot at AA to see if he can make it.

Tyler Flowers: I was hoping to get a better read on him in the few AB's I saw. He looked good at the plate and not surprisingly worked some deep counts. He had a very wide stance at the plate. Not surprisinigly, he was pretty slow. His arm looked strong and he caught 3 runners trying to steal while two others were successful.

Travis Jones: Ok. I'll come out and say it. I have an unhealthy interest in Travis Jones. He didn't look to be at his best last night getting fooled a bit by off speed stuff. He also seemes to be working on hitting the ball the other way. I haven't seen him play except for one SC game on TV, so perhaps that is a natural stroke for him. He is pretty damn small (think Eric Young/Ray Durham). His line to this point this year is 266/370/476 with 23 doubles and 16 homers.