Round Rock
Estrada finishing his first AAA game without much difficulty.
Conrad off to a good start offensively.
Pence throws out a runner on attempted sac fly.
I watched the game last night and several just off the cuff observations:
Round Rock looks very dangerous as an offensive unit. Pence-Conrad-Munson is a murderers row for PCL. Munson got a ton of pitches to hit last night because Pence and Conrad basically got on base a lot and Eric became the guy to challenge. Turned into a great night for Munson.
Eric Munson is a butcher behind the dish. Much of what the Round Rock staff was throwing last night got a bit botched by Munson's glove work.
Nieve stuggled on the hill, but when he had to get an out, he did. Still did way too much pitching in innings he just needed to go after the hitters. But you know what, it was great to see him work on his changeup and breaking stuff rather than just rate back and throw hard and get batters out. I think his maturation as a starter is going to take a few months, so it's good he is dedicating his time to working on his pitches. It will pay off in the long run.
Estrada is an imposing figure on the mound and his location was very sweet last night. A couple of times, the umpire was frozen behind the dish trying to figure out how the heck this kid threw that pitch in that location.
Hunter Pence throws well, but his side arm throw is weird. He looks like Eric Byrnes out there though.
