MiLB Game Thread: 4/28
by RedSoxFaithful on Apr 28, 2011 11:42 AM EDT
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PrintToday's Probables:
AAA: Mike Minor, Zach McAllister, Rudy Owens, Felix Doubront, Tom Milone, Adam Ottavino, Danny Duffy
AA: Jacob Turner, Alex Wilson, Nathan Eovaldi, Erasmo Ramirez, Trevor Reckling
A+: Matt Harvey, Alexander Colome, Jarred Cosart, Chad Bettis, Zack Wheeler, Chris Balcom-Miller, Robert Ross, Kyle Heckathorn
A: Garrett Gould, Jordan Swagerty, Patrick Schuster, Carlos Perez, Zachary Neal, Ryan Berry
Sort of a slow day. Turner's already pitching, and the game that Taillon started last night concludes later today. Other notable probables will be added, along with some notable lines after the jump.
Notable Performances:
Freddy Galvis: 2-4, 2B, HR (!)
Jacob Turner: 7 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
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Jacob Turner so far
3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
He’s given up two home runs, one of which was to the completely powerless Freddy Galvis.
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by RedSoxFaithful on Apr 28, 2011 11:43 AM EDT reply actions
Some others
All at varying levels of A ball
- Kyle Heckathorn, Brett Wallach & Robert Rasmussen in the FSL
- Manuel Rivera & David Filak in the South Atlantic
Heckathorn
6 IP; 7 baserunners while allowing 2 ER with 5K. Now 3-1 for Brevard County.
Dodger sleeper Matt Magill
takes the hill tonight
by SeanMillerSavior on Apr 28, 2011 1:01 PM EDT reply actions
Danny Duffy
is finally going for Omaha after a couple rainouts.
"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Rickey Henderson
Rene Tosoni
singled in his first MLB at bat for the Twins.
"We're gonna do this f*ucking thing over again cuz I just f*cked it up.....oh, we're live, I didn't know that" Bert Blyleven
Will Middlebrooks
In the middle of a big day, 2-for-3 with a BB and HR so far. Wonder why he’s so low in the Portland lineup? Batting sixth today.
Final
3-4, 2b, 2hr, bb.
Still not sold on him, but that’s a pretty line.
Agreed
As a Sox fan, his early start has me salivating but he had a similar hot start last year and didn’t keep it up. He needs to continue improving his K-rate which he’s done thus far this year but we will see if he can hit at least level for longer than a month.
Brandon Jacobs of Lowell > Brandon Jacobs of NYG
Interesting
I have an awful memory, and didn’t remember his hot start last year, at all (and I’m a fantasy owner who checks on him nightly).
There are actually a lot of similarities between his starts in both seasons, statistically.
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Phillippe Aumont
1IP 0H 0BB 3K
He’s been dominant out of the ’pen this year and I see that continuing. By my count, he has something like an 81% ground ball rate on balls put in play. Perhaps the best relief prospect in baseball?
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I'm no phillies fan...
Qute the opposite actually. But man at some point you’ve gotta hope they get at least something out of the Lee trade. Especially with Smoak currently doing a pretty convincing imitation of a middle of the order hitter. At this point it’s pretty much all on Aumont, with Ramirez running a K/9 under 1 and Tyson Gillies lying at th bottom of a lake somewhere.*
*at least I assume that’s where he is, since i haven’t really given him a thought in the last 2 years.
by slamcactus on Apr 28, 2011 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
engel beltre suspended
ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers minor leaguer Engel Beltre received a 15-game suspension for his role in a confrontation with fans during a Double-A game in San Antonio.
The Rangers said Wednesday that Beltre, who is on their 40-man roster and playing for Frisco, apparently heaved a plastic trash can into the stands at fans after water bottles had been thrown at Frisco players at the end of Tuesday’s 6-5 loss.
“It’s a black eye for all involved,” Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. “We do not know everything that happened, but we’re looking into it.”
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=6440055
Wouldn't it be nice
If eventually he made news for being a competent player, not just a jackass?
by realitypolice on Apr 29, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Starling Marte
Not a particularly notable day – 1-4 with a single and a steal. The notable thing is that he’s got 84 PA now and has only K’d in 17% of them. SSS for sure, but based on what I saw last year, I was expecting a lot of difficulty in adjusting to AA, and he doesn’t seem to be having any trouble at all.
Has anyone seen him this season? Has he made real strides at the plate or is this a fluke?
Hitting a ton.
And showing a ton of speed from what I hear listening to the game and reading the Altoona Mirror.
Danny Duffy also pitching
clearly, RSF hating again.
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Not just pitching
. . . he’s dealing
6 1 0 0 0 8
And Moustakas went deep TWICE
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ONce he and Chiz are ready watch out the Indians, YES the Indians
could run away with the AL central
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Apr 29, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
David Cooper called up for the Jays
Travis Snider optioned to AAA :S.
Harper
2-3, hr, bb, k hitting .305 w/ .400+ obp & .600+slg (too lazy to calculate it out as milb.com hasn’t yet)
simple calculation, really.
Bryce Harper = BEAST MODE.
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what kinda hitting environment is his league/stadium?
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by billybeingbilly on Apr 28, 2011 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Reddick
Another tater tonight. 5 in last 6 nights.
Add one more
He’s on one of those streaks
Brandon Jacobs of Lowell > Brandon Jacobs of NYG
Brandon Belt
has hit his 2nd home run for AAA Fresno. Hitting .364 since his demotion from the Bigs.
Play ball!
great night so far in omaha....
duffy 6 ip 1 hit 8k 0bb
moose has 2 hrs hosmer has 1
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by billybeingbilly on Apr 28, 2011 9:30 PM EDT reply actions
and Giavotella w/ 3 hits and Cain w/ 2
Duffy extremely pitch efficient tonight. i think he’s up in June, maybe sooner.
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yep...finally a pitching performance with no flaws....
efficients even with the k’s
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by billybeingbilly on Apr 28, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
and all those HR by Moose/Hosmer off LHP
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very nice
and now a double by hosmer
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by billybeingbilly on Apr 28, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't hit
His first-season numbers were bad. He sucks.
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by criminal type on Apr 29, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
this is just gorgeous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fk5aDQoZE
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Not one of his better swings, IMHO
But, the dudes a beast and does work there.
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I take that back, I slowed the clip down a few times. Great stuff.
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Cosart
6IP 8H 2ER 1BB 3K – 2 inf hits, not posting amazing stats yet but getting a lot of gb’s (10gb/2fb tonight) and good control since his 1st start
I think he's got a chance
I’ve always liked this guy.
Nice week.
Hard to get attention as a Mission hitter right now, but that’s his 4th homer of the week with a 500 OBP.
by realitypolice on Apr 29, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Jordan Swagerty
You have my attention
6IP 2H 8k
Mike Minor...
… has borderline video game stats. But there’s no spot for him in the bigs. Beachy has been very solid in hanging onto the 5th spot. And Teheran is itching for a promotion. What are the Braves to do? Trade Lowe or Hudson? Granted, it’s a good problem to have…
problem
It’ll work itself out within a couple weeks. Someone will get hurt, need time off, be ineffective, something like that. As long as Minor keeps pitching like this he’ll be up shortly, but right now it doesn’t look like it’ll be because of Beachy’s ineffectiveness
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by Jgaztambide on Apr 28, 2011 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Hak Ju Lee went 2-3 with an RBI he is now 21-45 to start the year with a 1.272 OPS to start the year
Brandon Guyer went 3-4 with 3 runs 2 RBI and a HR today in 2 games for Durham. He is hitting .372 with nearly a 1.100 OPS.
even with Chris Archer struggling the Matt Garza trade is looking great for TB so far.
Although...
It doesn’t look all that bad for Chicago yet either.
Garza has thrown 30.2 innings of 1.25 FIP/1.94 xFIP ball (although his ERA is 4.11). He hasn’t given up a long ball, and his K/9 is a robust 12.03 with a 2.64 BB/9. His BABIP against is also .414, so even once he starts letting up a few HR, the overall BAA will likely go down. Look for his ERA to begin dropping, as he really has not been a 4.11 ERA pitcher up to this point.
Yeah
Obviously things aren’t all that bad for Matt Garza if one looks under the figurative hood & I like said pitcher quite a bit. However, that deal was atrocious when considering all that went into it in my opinion.
This is true
But the Cubs are pushing for a playoff berth in 2011. If they make the playoffs this year (with Garza’s help), the deal won’t look as bad as it did at the time of the trade.
Jonathan Garcia
2-6, w/ his 7th hr
Trivia question, last teenager to hit 7 hr’s in a month in the midwest league. I don’t know the answer at all, yet alone who has done it to start the season, fairly impressive power.
I think Decker did it in Ft. Wayne in May two years ago…
by realitypolice on Apr 29, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Moustakas did it in August of 08.
I counted six for Decker.
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I was just relying on my old, faulty memory
I’m pretty sure that Firstinning.com has splits I could have used to correct myself.
by realitypolice on Apr 30, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Rangers
Melo: 4 IP | 2 H | 3 ER | 7 BB | 4 K | 1 HR
Pimentel: 6 IP | 4 H | 1 ER | 1 BB | 6 K | 1 HR
Ross: 4 IP | 8 H | 6 ER | 1 BB | 2 K
Kirkman: 5.2 IP | 9 H | 4 ER | 4 BB | 2 K
Skole: 1-3, BB, 2 K
Profar: 1-3, 3B, BB, K
Telis: 2-4, HR
Olt: 1-4, BB, K
Hoying: 2-4, 2 2B, BB, K
>mfw
Jemile Weeks
3-6 couldn’t get that ever elusive single to hit for the cycle (also walked once, and k’d twice)
Mesoraco can mash
4-5, 2bb – .310/.414/.569 on the year
Montero however first game back, golden sombrero time! 0-5, 4k
actually that's pretty good
for a first game after getting hit in the balls so hard he needed an MRI and a few days off. Ouch.
Ben Revere 4-4
lol part is they were all singles.
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Apr 29, 2011 4:43 AM EDT reply actions
Oswaldo Arcia
1-4 , 2B 0 K’s
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Apr 29, 2011 4:44 AM EDT reply actions
Joe Benson 0-3 , BB
SB (4)
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Apr 29, 2011 4:44 AM EDT reply actions
Eric Thames
2-5, HR, 3 RBIs
373/442/627
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Brett Jackson
1-4, 2B, 2 SBs
Still, only .211 over his last 10 games.
Yes, I know batting average means nothing.
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AJ Griffin, is it time to take notice?
2010 10th round pick out of the U of SD, but so far his pro stats are
51 IP 27 H 10 BB 59K
He’s starting now for the Burlington Bees
Pretty sure his stuff is very fringy
As a college senior in the MWL, those numbers aren’t very surprising.
He’ll have to prove himself at every level, like Adam Warren has done so far.
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Matt Harvey finally looked human.
4.1 INN, 9H, 6R, HR, BB, 3K
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Yeah i wonder how aggesive the Mets will be with him
*holding back a chuckle
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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Apr 29, 2011 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Some others
Paul Goldschmidt: 2 for 3 with a 2b & a BB. 1 RBI.
Brandon Jacobs: 3 for 5 with 3 R & a SB.
Bryce Brentz: 3 for 4 with 1 XBH.
Slade Heathcott: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 XBH & 1 BB
Cory Vaughn: 2 for 3, 1 2B
While we're still adding
Often injured Hector Gomez was a single away from a cycle.
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