Author Topic: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol. XVII (Read 20742 times)

Jacksonian · « **on:** June 17, 2005, 03:27:44 pm »

Post draft and minor league ASBs soon.

Froback · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2005, 05:04:30 pm »

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Post draft and minor league ASBs soon.

So you have been promising for about 3 days now...

Duman · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2005, 05:40:29 pm »

Look under minor opinions back on the forums page. Look way down the list. It's there and it's good. Thanks Jackson

Duman · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2005, 10:37:37 am »

The Greeneville Sun had a early tease at the roster today. There are 4 players returning most notable is Ryan Reed, OF, David Kady, C and Brad James, P. This number is way down from the 10 who returned last year. But we also had very few HS kids drafted last year who signed.

There are going to be 10 players from the draft on the team. The only one mentioned specifically was the Catcher from the 3rd round out of South Florida.

The rest of the team will be guys from the Dominican and Venesuala.

I would link to the report but their site is a day behind.

Fletch · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2005, 01:06:37 pm »

Anthony Pluta will start the opener.

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Duman · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2005, 09:55:57 pm »

Here is the link for the info I posted earlier.

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Much of the story is about Pioneer Park which is a great place to watch a game.

Fletch · « **Reply #13 on:** June 19, 2005, 03:30:55 pm »

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Duman · « **Reply #14 on:** June 19, 2005, 10:40:51 pm »

Troy Patton battled but ended up with 6 scoreless innings. Jeff Wigdahl got his 13 save. A tie braker will be held Next Saturday at Hagerstown.

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Froback · « **Reply #15 on:** June 20, 2005, 11:54:27 am »

In his last 30 IP, Taylor Buchholz has only allow 7 runs, and 4 of them came in one 6IP outing. This is all his innings since comming off the DL... Maybe he is figuring it all out.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #16 on:** June 20, 2005, 11:56:19 am »

Can't believe none of you slackers have posted this.

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He'll start for Round Rock today.

jaklewein · « **Reply #17 on:** June 20, 2005, 01:38:18 pm »

Jacksonian:

Now that TENN has been eliminated...does that mean the Astros are free to start negotiating with Eli, or is there some buffer period?

jaklewein · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2005, 01:54:51 pm »

Cool. By the way...you see the sweet catch he made a few days back. That gave me an idea of the athleticism this kid has.

jaklewein · « **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2005, 04:03:58 pm »

If anything Patton will be ticketed to Salem, not CC.

Duman · « **Reply #22 on:** June 21, 2005, 02:49:52 pm »

The roster is finally out (a good thing since they play their first game tonight).

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The team will have 5 of the first 10 round draft picks. 3 of those being in the outfield.

For those of you sweltering in the Texas heat, game time temp in Bristol tonight should be in the mid 70's with 55% humidity.

Froback · « **Reply #23 on:** June 21, 2005, 03:48:33 pm »

Maybe I am wrong, but I thought Greenville started Thursday and Tri-City started tonight? Am I wrong?

either way... I will watch both closely to see what kind of players we got in this year's draft... Flores I would imagine is the lead-off guy. I am anxious to see what kind of Catcher Ralph is... I have high hopes given his is a Switch hitter to boot!

Duman · « **Reply #26 on:** June 21, 2005, 05:01:26 pm »

Not all of Greeneville's games are broadcast but tonights IS!

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Game time is 7pm Eastern. Pre game at 6:45.

Duman · « **Reply #27 on:** June 22, 2005, 11:19:42 am »

Baseball america has updated the signings and shows the two U of Tenn. guys have signed. Now that Tulane has been eleminated, hopefully they will sign as well.

Fletch · « **Reply #28 on:** June 22, 2005, 11:25:20 am »

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Fletch · « **Reply #29 on:** June 22, 2005, 11:29:44 am »

He had some control problems looking at the box score.
IP H R ER W HR SO
Pluta (L, 0-1) 1.1 4 8 8 4 1 1 54.00

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Duman · « **Reply #30 on:** June 22, 2005, 11:58:17 am »

Sometimes the numbers just don't add up.

The Lexington Legends fielded a team last night that included five batters with averages less than .190.

West Virginia had one such batter in the lineup.

But it was the Legends who literally bombarded the Applebee's Park scoreboard with 15 hits en route to a 12-5 victory.

Kevin Vital, who came into the game hitting .171, delivered the big blow with the Legends' sixth grand slam of the season, a shot off the scoreboard in right-center that highlighted a six-run seventh inning.

"Just trying to be aggressive," Vital said. "Lately that's been the issue I've been having at the plate. So I'm trying to turn it around, flip the switch and stay aggressive 100 percent of the time, and stop thinking too much."

Beau Torbert (.107) followed with a solo shot.

J.R. Towles (.000 -- 0-for-3 in his debut game) had four hits, including a leadoff homer in the eighth. One out later, Vital blasted his fifth homer of the season over the right-field deck, giving him a three-hit night.

Lexington leads the league with 85 homers.

Edgar Babilonia (.181) had an RBI single and Clint McGill (.188) singled, doubled and scored twice.

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Froback · « **Reply #31 on:** June 22, 2005, 01:06:50 pm »

Well, they did get alot of hits and base runners, but lost cause they had 15 LOBsters.

If they continue to hit anywhere close, I expect a ton of offense from that team.

Duman · « **Reply #32 on:** June 22, 2005, 01:56:12 pm »

They had 12 k's and 6 were from 2 players (Graham 1B and Gonzalez 3B) Early in the game they were overpowered by the Bristol started who had 7k's. I don't see this being a homer team but a doubles team. Pitching should be ahead of hitting the first few weeks. 60 + more games of development to go.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #33 on:** June 22, 2005, 02:34:00 pm »

Heard from a source today that, pre-Nieve's callup, Purpura thought the future of the Astros pitching was in Corpus. Likely referring to Nieve, Hirsh, and McLemore.

Oh, and by the way guys, no one here seems to notice what with all the Patton and Nieve love, but Mark McLemore is putting together a hell of a season at Corpus. A sub-3 ERA and holding the hitting friendly Texas League to a .227 batting average against is pretty damned good. Coming into this season conventional wisdom was that McLemore would be a middle reliever for the Astros. Right now he's looking like he could have enough to crack the starting rotation in the future. I don't know if all this will hold up but it pretty impressive stuff.

Kent's Moustache · « **Reply #34 on:** June 22, 2005, 05:05:58 pm »

McLemore has always had great stuff. His Achilles heel, however, is control.

Duman · « **Reply #35 on:** June 22, 2005, 06:27:19 pm »

Patton has been named to the US team and Nieve will pitch for the world.

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Froback · « **Reply #36 on:** June 23, 2005, 03:50:47 pm »

Chance Douglass's last 5 starts:

Code:

IP/H/ER/R/BB/K
8.0/5/0/0/1/5  5/29
7.0/7/3/1/0/4  6/4 (CG-shortend)
5.1/2/0/0/5/3  6/11
7.0/6/4/4/1/7  6/16
8.0/3/0/0/3/6  6/22

35.1/23/7/5/10/26  Total
ERA of 1.27 and Whip of 0.934

Duman · « **Reply #39 on:** June 24, 2005, 09:51:42 am »

Juan Gutierrez was added to the Northern Division roster. He replaces Delmarva's David Haehnel, who has been promoted to High-A Frederick.

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Fletch · « **Reply #40 on:** June 24, 2005, 09:57:14 pm »

Brown just said they signed Ryan Mitchell and that Manzella was taking BP today.

Duman · « **Reply #41 on:** June 26, 2005, 08:53:34 pm »

This was in the Lexington Paper Saturday:
But Pence, who suffered a strained quadriceps June 12, is on the disabled list and will not play. The league leader in homers (23) learned yesterday that he also will be scratched from the pre-game Home Run Derby.

"It's a nice honor for him to go and it's a shame that he's injured," Bogar said. "But what's more important here, a home run-hitting contest or the second half of the season?"

Pence says he will make the trip, though. He is looking forward to "just getting to meet everybody and being a part of it. It's a great honor to be there and I'm just happy to have a chance to go."

Pence could be back in the lineup soon after the all-star break.

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Duman · « **Reply #42 on:** June 27, 2005, 05:16:25 pm »

? An early breakout player in the New York-Penn League is Astros shortstop Wladimir Sutil. The 20-year-old Venezuelan, who led the Appy League in steals last year while wowing scouts with his defensive skills, has gone 10-for-21 (.476) in his first six games for short-season Tri-City, and has yet to strike out.

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sturgis · « **Reply #49 on:** June 28, 2005, 06:34:55 pm »

Isn't all of this movement also making room for Manzella, the Tulane SS. He could go to Tri-city or Lex.

Duman · « **Reply #55 on:** June 29, 2005, 06:10:03 pm »

"Lexington outfielder Hunter Pence, on the disabled list since June 12 with a strained quadriceps, has developed an infection in his knee and won't return until the end of the week, at the earliest. Since he was leading the minors in homers when he went down, it isn't hard to imagine that he might not be far behind in promotion."

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jaklewein · « **Reply #56 on:** June 30, 2005, 01:02:38 am »

Barnes (Greenville), our 5th or 6th round draft pick this year was caught stealing twice....and also picked off twice. Not sure I've ever seen that before...even in the minors.

jaklewein · « **Reply #57 on:** June 30, 2005, 01:05:40 am »

Sutile continueing to play well. Went 0-2, but drew three walks, stole a base and scored a pair of runs.

Duman · « **Reply #58 on:** June 30, 2005, 08:13:09 am »

So far Greeneville pitchers have surrendered 51 runs. However, only 31 have been earned. Errors are killing us!

I was at the game the other night and saw this series of events:

Batter 1 : Pitchers misses 1st base on force
Pitcher throws away pick off
Batter 2: Pitcher leaves grounder on ground.

3 E1's in 2 batters.

And this was with the game tied! Rookie ball at its most exciting!

jaklewein · « **Reply #62 on:** June 30, 2005, 12:23:46 pm »

Guess you can learn something new everyday. Thanks Jacksonian.

HOB · « **Reply #63 on:** June 30, 2005, 01:44:12 pm »

Just out of curiosity, what's the latest on Hernandez? I've only read his numbers, and they aren't pretty, and any first hand feedback is much appreciated.

Fletch · « **Reply #65 on:** July 01, 2005, 01:45:35 pm »

Who do you think will be bumped to make room for Patton? Any possibility of someone being promoted to fill the opening at CC?

Duman · « **Reply #76 on:** July 02, 2005, 11:26:24 pm »

Hunter Pence is in the line up in Lex tonight and has homered.

Fletch · « **Reply #78 on:** July 02, 2005, 11:36:37 pm »

"The one thing that I've heard over and over again from our roving instructors is, 'Whoever's with Tim Bogar gets better and plays better.' " Purpura said

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Bannie · « **Reply #79 on:** July 04, 2005, 01:00:25 pm »

When did he slip back in? Nice ERA. Any idea how he is doing?