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Title: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol. XVII
Post by: Jacksonian on June 17, 2005, 03:27:44 pm
Post draft and minor league ASBs soon.
Title: Re: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol. XVII
Post by: Froback 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...
Title: Re: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol. XVII
Post by: Jacksonian on June 17, 2005, 05:37:48 pm
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Post draft and minor league ASBs soon.


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





Huh?
Title: Re: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol. XVII
Post by: Froback on June 17, 2005, 05:39:27 pm
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Post draft and minor league ASBs soon.


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




Huh?


my bad, just found your draft report on the editorials... Thought it would have a reference here...
Title: Re: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol.
Post by: Duman 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
Title: Re: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol.
Post by: Jacksonian on June 17, 2005, 05:44:23 pm
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Look under minor opinions back on the forums page.  Look way down the list. It's there and it's good.  Thanks Jackson




Thank you and you're welcome.
Title: Re: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol. XVII
Post by: Jacksonian on June 17, 2005, 05:45:50 pm
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Post draft and minor league ASBs soon.


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




Huh?


my bad, just found your draft report on the editorials... Thought it would have a reference here...




Most of the site traffic goes through the TZ so I posted a note there.  I assumed, wrongly obviously, that those who frequented this forum also were familiar with the MO forum.
Title: Greeneville Roster
Post by: Duman 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.
Title: Info on Tri-City Roster
Post by: Fletch on June 18, 2005, 01:06:37 pm
Anthony Pluta will start the opener.

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Title: Re: Info on Tri-City Roster
Post by: Jacksonian on June 18, 2005, 07:10:07 pm
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Anthony Pluta will start the opener.

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Pluta's recovery must be pretty far along.  I'll be interested to see how he progresses over the season.
Title: Re: Greeneville Roster
Post by: Jacksonian on June 18, 2005, 07:14:10 pm
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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.





You'd expect all the high school signees to be at Greeneville.  There'll be some JUCO signees there as well.

There were a number of VSL and DSL players at extended spring training so there's no surprise that the rosters at both Greeneville and Tri-City would have a number of those players.
Title: Re: Greeneville Roster
Post by: Duman 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.
Title: Re: Info on Tri-City Roster
Post by: jaklewein on June 19, 2005, 12:20:34 pm
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Anthony Pluta will start the opener.

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Pluta's recovery must be pretty far along.  I'll be interested to see how he progresses over the season.





I'm very happy to see that Pluta's back in action.  I met him (well, brief hello, nice to meet you type thing) a couple years ago in ST, before his surgery.  He was extremely polite....nice kid.  I'm rooting for him.
Title: Tri-City Roster
Post by: Fletch on June 19, 2005, 03:30:55 pm
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Title: Lexington Ties for 1st half title
Post by: Duman 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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Title: Buchholz turning it around?
Post by: Froback 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.
Title: Nieve promoted
Post by: Jacksonian 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.
Title: Re: Nieve promoted
Post by: jaklewein 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?
Title: Re: Nieve promoted
Post by: Jacksonian on June 20, 2005, 01:46:35 pm
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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?





It's open season.
Title: Re: Nieve promoted
Post by: jaklewein 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.
Title: Re: Nieve promoted
Post by: Froback on June 20, 2005, 03:58:18 pm
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Can't believe none of you slackers have posted this.

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He'll start for Round Rock today.



Do you suppose this is creating an opening for Patton, or are they going to leave him to pitch that 1 game for the SAL 1st half title?
Title: Re: Nieve promoted
Post by: jaklewein on June 20, 2005, 04:03:58 pm
If anything Patton will be ticketed to Salem, not CC.
Title: Re: Greeneville Roster
Post by: Duman 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.
Title: Confused about starting dates
Post by: Froback 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!
Title: Re: Greeneville Roster
Post by: Jacksonian on June 21, 2005, 03:52:58 pm
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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.





An interesting group.  A number of intriguing arms.  Henriquez has gotten the press at catcher, but Andres Reiner is high on Jose Lopez, a defensive catcher.  The infield is one giant question mark.  There's no telling how the new kids from the Dominican and Venezuela are going to do, much less Johnson.  In the outfield, Barnes, Flores and Rodriguez can all run.  There's some real power potential there too.
Title: Re: Confused about starting dates
Post by: Jacksonian on June 21, 2005, 03:55:09 pm
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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!





Both kick off tonight.

I'd need to know who is starting tonight to know who'll lead off.  There are a few guys who could do that, both in the infield and the outfield.
Title: G'ville game broadcast
Post by: Duman 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.
Title: New signings
Post by: Duman 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.
Title: Re: New signings (Chronicle link)
Post by: Fletch on June 22, 2005, 11:25:20 am
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Title: Re: Info on Tri-City Roster
Post by: Fletch 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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Title: Revenge of the Mendoza Line
Post by: Duman 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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Title: Greenville's bats
Post by: Froback 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.
Title: Re: Greenville's bats
Post by: Duman 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.
Title: Re: Nieve promoted
Post by: Jacksonian 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.
Title: Re: Nieve promoted
Post by: Kent's Moustache on June 22, 2005, 05:05:58 pm
McLemore has always had great stuff.  His Achilles heel, however, is control.
Title: All Star Futures Game - more Patton & Nieve love
Post by: Duman 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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Title: Douglass on a roll
Post by: Froback 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

Title: Re: Douglass on a roll
Post by: Greg M on June 23, 2005, 05:51:09 pm
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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






Douglass is a pansy.  He can't be a real man because he doesn't rack up enough strikeouts.  All kidding aside, how is his velocity this year?
Title: Re: Douglass on a roll
Post by: Froback on June 23, 2005, 06:48:14 pm
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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






Douglass is a pansy.  He can't be a real man because he doesn't rack up enough strikeouts.  All kidding aside, how is his velocity this year?




While I know you were kidding, I would point to Jamie Moyer as a pitcher who doesn't K alot of people but is amazingly affective.
Title: Another Lexington SAL all star
Post by: Duman 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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Title: Another Draft Signing
Post by: Fletch on June 24, 2005, 09:57:14 pm
Brown just said they signed Ryan Mitchell and that Manzella was taking BP today.
Title: Pence Injury update
Post by: Duman 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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Title: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Duman 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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Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Jacksonian on June 27, 2005, 07:03:49 pm
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? 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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And Tommy Manzella is about to step in at Tri-City.  It'll be interesting to see how the playing time gets distributed.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Fletch on June 27, 2005, 07:19:50 pm
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? 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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They might move Sutil to Lexington since Zobrist is going to Salem.

Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: VirtualBob on June 28, 2005, 02:02:17 pm
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? 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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They might move Sutil to Lexington since Zobrist is going to Salem.

 



Yep.  I really thought Sutil would start the season at Lexington (with Zobrist starting at Salem and Robinson starting at Corpus).  With first Robinson and now Zobrist getting the bump, and with Sutil getting off to a good start, I expect that is what will happen now.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Jacksonian on June 28, 2005, 02:36:20 pm
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? 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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They might move Sutil to Lexington since Zobrist is going to Salem.

 



Yep.  I really thought Sutil would start the season at Lexington (with Zobrist starting at Salem and Robinson starting at Corpus).  With first Robinson and now Zobrist getting the bump, and with Sutil getting off to a good start, I expect that is what will happen now.




A Sutil promotion would say a couple of things, IMO.  1) Sutil is on the fast-track, and 2) Maysonet is no longer on the radar.

I'm not sure it isn't just a coincidence that Zobrist's promotion coincides with Maysonet being on the DL.  If Sutil doesn't join Lex, I wouldn't be surprised to see Zobrist sent back down when Maysonet comes off the DL.  Of course if Zobrist tears up the Carolina League, then who knows.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: VirtualBob on June 28, 2005, 05:47:28 pm
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I really thought Sutil would start the season at Lexington (with Zobrist starting at Salem and Robinson starting at Corpus).  With first Robinson and now Zobrist getting the bump, and with Sutil getting off to a good start, I expect that is what will happen now.




A Sutil promotion would say a couple of things, IMO.  1) Sutil is on the fast-track, and 2) Maysonet is no longer on the radar.

I'm not sure it isn't just a coincidence that Zobrist's promotion coincides with Maysonet being on the DL.  If Sutil doesn't join Lex, I wouldn't be surprised to see Zobrist sent back down when Maysonet comes off the DL.  Of course if Zobrist tears up the Carolina League, then who knows.





Does anyone have some scoop on how Maysonet was doing??  His offensive stats were not too good, but stats always tell less than the whole story ... and with middle infielders that goes double.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Jacksonian on June 28, 2005, 06:13:53 pm
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I really thought Sutil would start the season at Lexington (with Zobrist starting at Salem and Robinson starting at Corpus).  With first Robinson and now Zobrist getting the bump, and with Sutil getting off to a good start, I expect that is what will happen now.




A Sutil promotion would say a couple of things, IMO.  1) Sutil is on the fast-track, and 2) Maysonet is no longer on the radar.

I'm not sure it isn't just a coincidence that Zobrist's promotion coincides with Maysonet being on the DL.  If Sutil doesn't join Lex, I wouldn't be surprised to see Zobrist sent back down when Maysonet comes off the DL.  Of course if Zobrist tears up the Carolina League, then who knows.




Does anyone have some scoop on how Maysonet was doing??  His offensive stats were not too good, but stats always tell less than the whole story ... and with middle infielders that goes double.




In this case, the stats probably tell enough of the story.  I haven't heard any complaints about his defense.  And, his speed is still there.  But, his bat has gone south from last year, and he hasn't shown signs of significant improvement.  If he's got an injury that's been affecting his swing all year, the Astros aren't saying.  I can try to find out though.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: sturgis 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.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Jacksonian on June 28, 2005, 06:46:03 pm
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Isn't all of this movement also making room for Manzella, the Tulane SS.  He could go to Tri-city or Lex.




He's already assigned to Tri-City.  Anything is possible, but I won't assume it.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Fletch on June 28, 2005, 06:50:37 pm
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? 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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They might move Sutil to Lexington since Zobrist is going to Salem.

 



Yep.  I really thought Sutil would start the season at Lexington (with Zobrist starting at Salem and Robinson starting at Corpus).  With first Robinson and now Zobrist getting the bump, and with Sutil getting off to a good start, I expect that is what will happen now.




A Sutil promotion would say a couple of things, IMO.  1) Sutil is on the fast-track, and 2) Maysonet is no longer on the radar.

I'm not sure it isn't just a coincidence that Zobrist's promotion coincides with Maysonet being on the DL.  If Sutil doesn't join Lex, I wouldn't be surprised to see Zobrist sent back down when Maysonet comes off the DL.  Of course if Zobrist tears up the Carolina League, then who knows.





Was Maysonet playing 2nd or SS? The Roster has him listed as a 2nd baseman so would Ash be sent back down or Zobrist? or whoever is doing best of those two gets to stay?
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: VirtualBob on June 28, 2005, 07:18:09 pm
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Was Maysonet playing 2nd or SS? The Roster has him listed as a 2nd baseman so would Ash be sent back down or Zobrist? or whoever is doing best of those two gets to stay?





He was the regular SS ... you can check out the game logs on BA (under 'stats') if you want this kind of detail.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Fletch on June 28, 2005, 07:48:21 pm
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Was Maysonet playing 2nd or SS? The Roster has him listed as a 2nd baseman so would Ash be sent back down or Zobrist? or whoever is doing best of those two gets to stay?





He was the regular SS ... you can check out the game logs on BA (under 'stats') if you want this kind of detail.





We should find out next week when Manzella reports to Tri-City.

Anyone heard when Iorg is going to report to Tri-City? I saw it mentioned that he was going to rest a couple of weeks but the article did not say exactly how long.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Jacksonian on June 28, 2005, 11:56:29 pm
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? 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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They might move Sutil to Lexington since Zobrist is going to Salem.

 



Yep.  I really thought Sutil would start the season at Lexington (with Zobrist starting at Salem and Robinson starting at Corpus).  With first Robinson and now Zobrist getting the bump, and with Sutil getting off to a good start, I expect that is what will happen now.




A Sutil promotion would say a couple of things, IMO.  1) Sutil is on the fast-track, and 2) Maysonet is no longer on the radar.

I'm not sure it isn't just a coincidence that Zobrist's promotion coincides with Maysonet being on the DL.  If Sutil doesn't join Lex, I wouldn't be surprised to see Zobrist sent back down when Maysonet comes off the DL.  Of course if Zobrist tears up the Carolina League, then who knows.





Was Maysonet playing 2nd or SS? The Roster has him listed as a 2nd baseman so would Ash be sent back down or Zobrist? or whoever is doing best of those two gets to stay?




Right, but he's not playing 2nd.  Look at the boxscores from the 18th (when he got hurt) back and you'll see he's been exclusively at short.
Title: Pence update from BA
Post by: Duman 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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Title: Not good...
Post by: jaklewein 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.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: jaklewein 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.
Title: Re: Not good...
Post by: Duman 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!
Title: Re: Not good...
Post by: Fletch on June 30, 2005, 09:05:21 am
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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.




It was Joshua Flores that got picked off and caught 4 times last night. Still not good.
Title: Re: Not good...
Post by: Jacksonian on June 30, 2005, 10:28:02 am
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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.




It was Joshua Flores that got picked off and caught 4 times last night. Still not good.





Actually it was only 2 times.  Minor league baseball records caught stealings and pick offs separately even though they are part of the same play.  Flores got picked off first twice but was actually put out on those pick offs at second base.  So, for MiLB pick offs are not necessarily outs, but caught stealings are.
Title: Re: Not good...
Post by: Fletch on June 30, 2005, 12:13:26 pm
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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.




It was Joshua Flores that got picked off and caught 4 times last night. Still not good.




Actually it was only 2 times.  Minor league baseball records caught stealings and pick offs separately even though they are part of the same play.  Flores got picked off first twice but was actually put out on those pick offs at second base.  So, for MiLB pick offs are not necessarily outs, but caught stealings are.




Nice to know. Doesn't look as bad that way.
Title: Re: Not good...
Post by: jaklewein on June 30, 2005, 12:23:46 pm
Guess you can learn something new everyday.  Thanks Jacksonian.
Title: Re: Week 06/17 - 06/23: Ask And Ye Shall Maybe Receive vol.
Post by: HOB 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.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Jacksonian on July 01, 2005, 01:28:46 pm
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? 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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They might move Sutil to Lexington since Zobrist is going to Salem.

 



Yep.  I really thought Sutil would start the season at Lexington (with Zobrist starting at Salem and Robinson starting at Corpus).  With first Robinson and now Zobrist getting the bump, and with Sutil getting off to a good start, I expect that is what will happen now.




A Sutil promotion would say a couple of things, IMO.  1) Sutil is on the fast-track, and 2) Maysonet is no longer on the radar.

I'm not sure it isn't just a coincidence that Zobrist's promotion coincides with Maysonet being on the DL.  If Sutil doesn't join Lex, I wouldn't be surprised to see Zobrist sent back down when Maysonet comes off the DL.  Of course if Zobrist tears up the Carolina League, then who knows.





Was Maysonet playing 2nd or SS? The Roster has him listed as a 2nd baseman so would Ash be sent back down or Zobrist? or whoever is doing best of those two gets to stay?




Right, but he's not playing 2nd.  Look at the boxscores from the 18th (when he got hurt) back and you'll see he's been exclusively at short.




Heard that Maysonet may get sent to Lexington, meaning Sutil would be staying put.
Title: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Fletch 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?
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Jacksonian on July 01, 2005, 01:49:53 pm
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Who do you think will be bumped to make room for Patton?



Likely Albers or Shortell.



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Any possibility of someone being promoted to fill the opening at CC?



McClaskey was demoted from RR to CC.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Fletch on July 01, 2005, 01:59:34 pm
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Likely Albers or Shortell.




If it is Shortell then he should start tonight.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: EasTexAstro on July 01, 2005, 03:02:25 pm
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Any possibility of someone being promoted to fill the opening at CC?



McClaskey was demoted from RR to CC.





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Round Rock righthander Jared Gothreaux has been temporarily sidelined with shoulder stiffness. Veteran Tim McClaskey has been called up from Class AA Corpus Christi to take his spot in the rotation.




Might just be temporary, but there is still an opening.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Duman on July 01, 2005, 03:30:40 pm
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Likely Albers or Shortell.




If it is Shortell then he should start tonight.





I would be surprised if he started tonight.   He started last Saturday and threw 1 inning Tuesday at the SAL all star game.
They are closely monitoring his Innings Pitched.  They had him skip a start in late May and may use this as another place to skip a start.  Skipping a start now might also allow him to get a good look at what this level of batter looks like.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Fletch on July 01, 2005, 03:50:03 pm
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I would be surprised if he started tonight.   He started last Saturday and threw 1 inning Tuesday at the SAL all star game.
They are closely monitoring his Innings Pitched.  They had him skip a start in late May and may use this as another place to skip a start.  Skipping a start now might also allow him to get a good look at what this level of batter looks like.





He also is scheduled to pitch in the futures game. That will affect the decision also.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Fletch on July 01, 2005, 03:51:56 pm
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Round Rock righthander Jared Gothreaux has been temporarily sidelined with shoulder stiffness. Veteran Tim McClaskey has been called up from Class AA Corpus Christi to take his spot in the rotation.




Might just be temporary, but there is still an opening.





McClaskey is still listed on the RR roster but they may not have updated it yet.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Jacksonian on July 01, 2005, 04:30:42 pm
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Round Rock righthander Jared Gothreaux has been temporarily sidelined with shoulder stiffness. Veteran Tim McClaskey has been called up from Class AA Corpus Christi to take his spot in the rotation.




Might just be temporary, but there is still an opening.




McClaskey is still listed on the RR roster but they may not have updated it yet.




I read the demotion in the online Austin paper dated today.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: EasTexAstro on July 01, 2005, 04:34:41 pm
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Round Rock righthander Jared Gothreaux has been temporarily sidelined with shoulder stiffness. Veteran Tim McClaskey has been called up from Class AA Corpus Christi to take his spot in the rotation.




Might just be temporary, but there is still an opening.




McClaskey is still listed on the RR roster but they may not have updated it yet.




I read the demotion in the online Austin paper dated today.




OK. My bad. The quote about Gothreaux was from the  Chronicle posted the 28th. I just read it today and thought it was related.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
Post by: Jacksonian on July 01, 2005, 04:45:54 pm
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Round Rock righthander Jared Gothreaux has been temporarily sidelined with shoulder stiffness. Veteran Tim McClaskey has been called up from Class AA Corpus Christi to take his spot in the rotation.




Might just be temporary, but there is still an opening.




McClaskey is still listed on the RR roster but they may not have updated it yet.




I read the demotion in the online Austin paper dated today.




OK. My bad. The quote about Gothreaux was from the  Chronicle posted the 28th. I just read it today and thought it was related.




No problem.  Just don't ever fucking do it again.  

Actually it was at the bottom of the article about last night's RR game.  I was looking to see why Buchholz only went 1 inning.  Apparently he had arm stiffness in warmups and that carried over to the game.  I hope he's not significantly injured.  He's been really coming on.
Title: Re: Salem Starting Rotation
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Round Rock righthander Jared Gothreaux has been temporarily sidelined with shoulder stiffness. Veteran Tim McClaskey has been called up from Class AA Corpus Christi to take his spot in the rotation.




Might just be temporary, but there is still an opening.




McClaskey is still listed on the RR roster but they may not have updated it yet.




I read the demotion in the online Austin paper dated today.




OK. My bad. The quote about Gothreaux was from the  Chronicle posted the 28th. I just read it today and thought it was related.




No problem.  Just don't ever fucking do it again.  

Actually it was at the bottom of the article about last night's RR game.  I was looking to see why Buchholz only went 1 inning.  Apparently he had arm stiffness in warmups and that carried over to the game.  I hope he's not significantly injured.  He's been really coming on.




I really don't see how you can keep up with all the players and details.

No. Don't tell me. I would prefer to believe in magic. Don't look at the man behind the curtain.
Title: Pence off DL
Post by: Duman on July 02, 2005, 11:26:24 pm
Hunter Pence is in the line up in Lex tonight and has homered.
Title: Re: Sutil update from BA
Post by: Fletch on July 02, 2005, 11:34:06 pm
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Heard that Maysonet may get sent to Lexington, meaning Sutil would be staying put.




You heard right.

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Drew Sutton, Edwin Maysonet and Clint McGill will fill the holes left by all-star middle infielders Jonny Ash and Ben Zobrist, and utility player Edgar Babilonia
Title: Sounds like the Astros are impressed w/ Bogar
Post by: Fletch 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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Title: Stiehl
Post by: Bannie on July 04, 2005, 01:00:25 pm
When did he slip back in?  Nice ERA.  Any idea how he is doing?