MiLB 6/29 - Texas League All Stars and everyone else

Alen forgives you. Your advocacy outweighs petty grammatical concerns.

that theory was debunked by the medical exam.

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I was at the game where Votto hit the homer; I remember being impressed because Venters looked nasty. It was awesome. Then we lost. Heisey robbed someone of a homer in RF IIRC.

when will the Diamondbacks promote him? Do they REALLY think that Allen is their long-term solution at 1B? Heck, weren’t they experimenting with him in LF?

I talked to Tim Williams over at piratesprospects.com (who was at the game) and he said someone on the team said to look for 3IP and 40-50 pitches. I’d expect to see the same or something similar the rest of the year.

FWIW the hit was a very weak broken bat floater up the middle that just hit a perfect spot a few feet past 2B. It was too high at first for Taillon to make a play, but came down too soon for the SS or 2B to do anything.

Honestly, I wrote a fanpost over at bucsdugout detailing how his K:BB numbers show great control, but his H/IP show his command might still need work. Tonight’s start says otherwise. He was painting corners at the knees all night, and all three of his offspeed pitches (Slider, Curve, Changeup) looked very, very good, especially the Curve. The only concerning this (if I have to pick nits) is the velocity. I said he sat 92-94, but in retrospect it was probably 91-93, and he only threw above 94 two times, on high fastballs.

I’m most worried about Tony Sanchez, although he finally hit a HR today (thank God). I think Locke’s been solid (solid again tonight), but you are right. Overall everyone but Marte at those levels has been a disappointment.

Indy
Gorkys Hernandez - 4-4, 2B

Altoona
Tony Sanchez - 1-4, HR
Matt Curry - 0-4, 2K
Starling Marte - 0-4, K
Jeff Locke - 6IP, 3H, 2ER, 3BB, 7K

Bradenton
Cunningham finishes with his best game as a pro? 2-4, HR, 2B, BB, K
Grossman - 1-2, HR, 3BB, K
Pedro Alvarez (rehab) 0-2, BB, K

West Virginia
Dan Grovatt - 1-4, HR, BB, 3K
Mel Rojas - 0-5, 1K (but he had a bunch of hard hit balls and his approach/eye looked fine to me)
Victor Black pitched a perfect inning, 0K; On the season he’s given up 6 hits in 14IP with 4 BB and 9K

I hear really good things about him. Wonder what we can expect from him.

Hoard is the Paw Sox broadcaster -

Weiland threw 70 of his 99 pitches for strikes and hit 94 mph on the radar gun. Four of his strikeouts came on just 3 pitches, and a breakdown of his 12 Ks shows how well Kyle used his entire repertoire.

Curveballs – 5 strikeouts

Cutters – 3 strikeouts

Changeups – 2 strikeouts

Fastballs – 2 strikeouts

http://danhoard.mlblogs.com/2011/06/30/a-buchholz-like-performance-by-kyle-weiland/