July 25th MiLB Action
by Dewey Finn on Jul 25, 2010 6:17 PM EDT
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Kenley Jansen with the save today in a 1-0 game
1 perfect inning with 2 Ks
yesterday he went 1 perfect inning with 2 Ks…
the only 2 balls in play were a weak GB and a popup… both by carlos beltran…
throws a 4 seamer upper 90s cutter low 90s slider low 80s and a changeup high 80s
only threw 1 change today…. just missed
2 sliders… 1 swing and miss by bay and the other in the dirt
cutter had good movement but only threw 1 which was high..
fastbal explodes on the hitter … this guy is good
Adeiny Hechavarria
2/4, R, 2RBI
AA line now sits at 295/327/400, 7/7 SB
Still not hitting for much power but seems to be aclimating himself to NA now and reports on his defense have been steller (sss 95 AB’s)
"Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part."- Micky Mantle
by TwoEyesForAnEye on Jul 25, 2010 7:23 PM EDT reply actions
Appy League SP Adrian Salcedo
so far 3.0 IP , 8 SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0 H 0 BB 0 anything its against Burlington
Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jul 25, 2010 8:00 PM EDT reply actions
but Burlington's game BABIP is
.000. Salcedo is in for a regression…..
Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson
by gore51 on Jul 25, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
4th inning ....
1 K , 2 Hits, 1 earned run….ouch
Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jul 25, 2010 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha!
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park.
by souldrummer on Jul 26, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Mike Kvansnicka
3-4 with a HR and a BB, no Ks. Hasn’t shown too much power and has a real low BABIP so far, so this is encouraging. He’s shown pretty good plate discipline at least.
2 Twins OF's
Aaron Hicks 1-2 , 3 BB , 0 K
Ben Revere 2-5 , 0 BB , 0 K
all singles
Wow Blackburn makes nearly identical money as Baker does now....
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jul 25, 2010 8:16 PM EDT reply actions
thats a given
with those two isn’t it
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers."
by fourfingerwoo on Jul 25, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Posey and Alvarez are up. Homser???
Granted those two played college ball. But at this pace Hosmer should get a look sometime next year. He is absolutely smoking! Gotta love the K/BB ratio too.
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disappointing
I was looking forward to seeing way too many top 50 lists posted on here with: “Eric Hosmer – Great pure hitter, but does he have the power?” and too many discussions with “yeah, but Hosmer hasn’t shown power yet, so . . .”.
The race for this year’s “Madison Bumgarner’s Secondary Pitches” is back on!
RE
I don’t mean to come off as rude, but those were legitimate questions coming into the year. Even if one was to chalk up last season as a long year due to the the wrist injury and his inability to see the ball people still had concerns about him. Obviously he has proven that his lack of performance in 2009 was due to injuries and that he is a great prospect but I’m not sure why you are acting like you knew that all along. You didn’t rank him at all last season (not that you are alone, I didn’t, nor did many others).
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I don't think you saw my point.
It wasn’t really a post about Hosmer at all. I stand by what I did last year because he outright sucked last year and lots of people far more intelligent about the game of baseball than me thought the same. My post was actually about the tendency of people to take rote bytes of observations and quote them like they are bulletproof facts that definitely are going to be true now and far off into the future, which obviously goes totally against the idea of trying to figure out what a 20 year old kid is going to be like when he’s 30. I don’t think my point went unnoticed . . .
Gotcha
That wasn’t how I read it. Sorry.
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Nats guys
Danny Espinosa 2-6, 3RBI, K, E(14th)
Chris Marrero 1-5
AJ Morris 6IP, 2H, 0R, 5K
Lombardozzi 2-6,R, 2B, 2RBI,
Norris 2-5, 2B, RBI, BB, 2K
David Freitas, 1-4, R, HR, 2RBI, BB, 2K (19 game hitting streak in Short season A ball as Nats 2010 pick, 21 year old. It’s only 100 AB, but .380/.462/.550) Anybody know anything about his guy?
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park.
Ways to tell your night's not going well
Eight different guys in Portland’s lineup have at least as many hits (three) as Vegas has as a team. OUCH
Or..
The fact that Jason Lane pitches the 9th inning and actually outpitches 3 of the guys who went before him.
"Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part."- Micky Mantle
by TwoEyesForAnEye on Jul 26, 2010 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
David Lough
3/5, a double and a triple, 1 K and 2 BBs (over a double-header). On the surface, his season stats aren’t particularly impressive; .753 OPS for a 24 yo corner OF in AAA. If one looks closer, his Ks are as outstanding as they’ve been over the past few years (12.5% of PAs, which is in line with his last few years). He’s also showing solid power (ISOP of .164), and is even walking occasionally and can steal a few bases. I know that there is always controversy over how much to emphasize hitters’ BABIPs, but Lough has normally done relatively well in those situations (.358 last year), but has had a .266 this year. If that moves up to even .300, he seems like he could still be a solid hitter, even for a corner OF.
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Junior Lake
2-4, 2 HR. Nice to see that his walks and strikeouts have improved since last year too.
Just saw this on rotoworld...
Marlins prospect Logan Morrison has played seven straight games in left field down at Triple-A New Orleans.
Morrison was drafted as a first baseman, but Gaby Sanchez is locked in at the position in south Florida and won’t be moving anytime soon. Third baseman Jorge Cantu, on the other hand, could be on his way out by Saturday’s trade deadline and the Marlins could promote the 22-year-old Morrison to take his roster spot and start in the outfield. Chris Coghlan would then be moved to third base. Of course, this all just speculation at the moment. Morrison is batting .306/.424/.485 in 67 games at Triple-A.
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Aaron Crow
I don’t think he pitched yesterday, but I saw something that I thought was interesting. BA noted that Royal hitting prospects in AA have all had terrific home field advantages, showing a .903 OPS on average at home, while only a .743 on the road. This has been mentioned a few times (though not those particular statistics), but oddly, I, at least, had never processed the reverse. Royal pitching prospects have had a 3.36 ERA on the road, but a 4.60 ERA at home. With this in mind, I re-looked at Aaron Crow’s pitching stats. I’m not quite sure why parks would affect things like K/BB, but his ratios are dramatically different at home and on the road. On the road, he has a 54:29 K:BB in 72 IP, and a 3.99 FIP – reasonably decent stats for a guy starting his pro career at AA. At home, on the other hand, he’s had a 24:19 K:BB in 43.2 IP for a 5.41 FIP (and, incidentally, a 28.6% HR/Fly ball percentage).
I’m not quite sure what this means, but I wonder if we’re still being subjected to the park effects that Bill James suggested we look carefully at decades ago and are overrating Royals hitting prospects who have been in AA, and underrating their pitching prospects there.
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interesting
I’ve been wondering about Crow’s struggles. have any Royals fans seen him pitch this year ? [home or road games]
He talked about it in the July 8th thread
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/7/8/1558830/july-8th-milb-action#41650357
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not yet.
I’ve been working on that stuff, but I’ve been working on some other pieces of interest to me as well . . .as well as school stuff.
What did you want to know about him?
Chris Balcom-Miller, RHP Rockies
6 innings, 4 hits, 1 walk, 1 run, 6 K’s.
He’s been downright impressive this year in low-A with a 2.64 FIP.
K/PA of 25.1%
BB/PA of 4.7%
He had very similar ratios in rookie ball last year (27.4% & 4.6% respectively).
He’s only given up 2 HR in 70 innings this year and has a very nice 58% GB rate.
And it’s not like he’s been lucky this year (.320 BABIP)
I think this kid’s a real sleeper. Does anybody have a scouting report or any more info on him?
Mike Newman has seen him
Sounded like pretty average stuff at this point with impressive pitchability. Might want to track him down and inquire.
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