AFL - Weekend Edition - Minor League Ball

AFL - Weekend Edition

by MightyMoose on Oct 18, 2009 11:06 AM EDT Comment 10 comments

So Strasburg apparently looked pretty darn good on Friday night. I was expecting more k's, but he's apparently trying to induce contact and ground balls. Judging by the groudout/flyout ratio from his first start, he achieved what he set out to do. Some other notables include

Mike Stanton, 2-4 first AFL dinger but also 2k's

Scott Sizemore already 3 jacks

Grant Desme, 2nd HR, but more k's

Chris Heisey, dinger, double, sb

Brandon Laird, hasn't got much mention, probably because he is viewed as more a future bench guy, but it's hard to deny his stats so far

Did Heyward leave yesterday's game due to injury?

No games today, but post your thoughts on what you've seen (liked and disliked) so far.

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stanton

.533/.588/.733/1.322
not too bad of a start for the kid

he needs to work on that eye though but with the 3-4 and now the hr this time looks solid.

Not sure why they are placing himat the DH instead of starting in RF or CF considering defense is one of his best mechanics

peterson (another fish spec) has started hot too

.400/.400/.733/1.133

by Fishfan79 on Oct 18, 2009 11:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mike Minor

Fastball up to 94, consistently around 92. Interesting, though he was still a bit hittable in this outing.

by aCone419 on Oct 19, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow, I wonder if the Braves revamped his mechanics.

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by Frederick0220 on Oct 19, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

With his 2nd HR

Desme’s wOBA is now over .540… But way too many Ks.

…and SSS…

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by nobodyinparticular on Oct 19, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

desme hit his 4th hr today

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by Asfan4ever723 on Oct 21, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lol

everyone on his team had a big day today

josh bell 4 for 5 1 home 1 double

brnadon snyder 2 homers

desme 2 homers

17 total runs scored..

is this a result of bad pitching good hitting or the AFL Offensive envirement… are these hitters really this good????

by matthewmafa on Oct 21, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, check out the stats from last year...

Among just 6 teams, 10 guys batted .370 or higher and 16 guys OPSed at 1.000 or higher.

Tyler Flowers led the league with a 1.433 OPS.

Lulz.

Hardcore hitting environment.

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by Frederick0220 on Oct 21, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow

so what tommy hanson did last year…

that was incredible

by matthewmafa on Oct 21, 2009 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it was GODLY

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by Frederick0220 on Oct 21, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

mickey storey

There is some skepticism about this guy, but damn that stats are freakin ridiculous.
Basically a terrible and injured senior season messed up his draft stock and he fell past the 30th rd in 08, but before that he was a freshman all american in 2005 by BA and rated the #1 draft eligible player in preseason 08 in the sun belt conference by BA, so he was on someone’s radar back then.
He has great control and a plus out pitch w/ the curveball, which has dominated hitters all season

by Asfan4ever723 on Oct 21, 2009 11:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs