MiLB 6/23

Possibly Taillon for West Virgina .

Carlos Perez vs. Tyler Matzek.

Was surprised he ended up back in Huntsville after rumors that he was in the mix for the fifth starter job early in ST. He’s looking good this year. Much more the guy who got everyone excited at Wisconsin.

I’ve seen him play quite a bit in the last year and a half, and he’s not very interesting. I don’t think he has the glove for CF, and I’m not sure he’s a real plus in RF either (though he does have a good arm). His bat’s not very quick and he doesn’t have any power. (I don’t really think he projects for much power, either. His swing doesn’t put any loft on the ball at all.) Plus, he’s far too passive at the plate. He walks a lot but also gets himself behind in too many counts and takes too many hitter’s pitches in hitter’s counts.

Just from a statistical perspective, I think the numbers you cite make a strong case for not being very excited. He’s repeating the level and doesn’t seem to be doing anything positive except for drawing walks.

line. The best line so far tonight for any Pirates farmhand

Jarek Cunningham 0-2, 0K, 2BB

There are tons of different reports of excuses for the first part of his season. Supposedly many scouts thought he was playing injured, and I saw a Keith Law tweet the other day that they changed his swing, but he went back to what worked for him last year recently.

It’s always easy to be skeptical of the excuses, but all Singleton has to do to legitimize them is go back to hitting, and it seems like he’s almost there.

I always find it interesting in situations like this, since there are a lot of “I told you so” types surrounding a player like Singleton whereas if he was named “Eric Hosmer” or something more and more people would just assume the excuses are legitimate due to his draft pedigree.

Not look bad at all, and had a 10 K game earlier this month. He was a much followed college pitcher who really fell off in his draft year.

is it a scheduled day off?

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Does he remind anyone else of Tabata? Seems like they have very similar skill sets.

He hasn’t struck out in more than 40 trips to the plate.

2 for 3 is the Golden Altuve
2 for 2 is the Platinum Altuve

I can’t even guess what I’m supposed to be guessing!

if he gets a look post-ASG as he hasn’t really slowed down. I’m still not getting too hyped up with that walk rate. There could be quite an adjustment waiting if/when he’s called.

Jaff Decker 3-for-4 with a walk last night. He may be the streakiest hitter in the history of the sport.