Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-22-2006: Mesa!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Tempe holds on and wins it 6-5. :( Mesa had runners at first and second with one out but couldn't tie it up.

[karenmac]

looks like Peoria is also getting Nate Price in the outfield:

http://www.peoriachiefs.com/news/?id=6072

not quite sure why that happened - we lost Mota (infield) and Muyco (catcher - replaced by Farina), and currently have Garcia, Carter, Valdez, Gregg, and Ciaramella in the outfield. 6 seems like too many folks...perhaps Garcia's going back to playing more 1st?

 

The other thing I'm unsure of is if the catcher shift is just for the time that Barrett is serving his suspension, or whether this will be the way things look moving forward. We'll see how things shake out.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

looks like Peoria is also getting Nate Price in the outfield:

http://www.peoriachiefs.com/news/?id=6072

not quite sure why that happened - we lost Mota (infield) and Muyco (catcher - replaced by Farina), and currently have Garcia, Carter, Valdez, Gregg, and Ciaramella in the outfield. 6 seems like too many folks...perhaps Garcia's going back to playing more 1st?

 

The other thing I'm unsure of is if the catcher shift is just for the time that Barrett is serving his suspension, or whether this will be the way things look moving forward. We'll see how things shake out.

 

It's gotta be for more than just Barrett suspension since the big league squad didn't call up Reyes or Soto.

[JGalt73]

But he's not on Boise's web site's roster. They need to update!

 

And I'd imagine it'd be hard to have visa problems at this time of the year since these guys should have been in Mesa since March.

 

Oddly enough, Samardzija is listed on Boise's roster on the MiLB.com website.

 

I saw Samardzija interviewed in a Hawks cap from Boise on ESPN 360 this morning.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

But he's not on Boise's web site's roster. They need to update!

 

And I'd imagine it'd be hard to have visa problems at this time of the year since these guys should have been in Mesa since March.

 

Oddly enough, Samardzija is listed on Boise's roster on the MiLB.com website.

 

I saw Samardzija interviewed in a Hawks cap from Boise on ESPN 360 this morning.

 

He's with the team and has been working out with them. But his contract hasn't been approved by MLB, so he can't officially be on a roster.

[JGalt73]

He's with the team and has been working out with them. But his contract hasn't been approved by MLB, so he can't officially be on a roster.

 

Thanks. Wasn't sure how that worked.

[Balsa]

Anybody actually watch Pagan? Did he look much slower than he did before? Part of what made him such an effective ballplayer was his blistering speed, if he's lost any more than a half-step I'm not sure how useful he'll be. :?

[E.J.]

Anybody actually watch Pagan? Did he look much slower than he did before? Part of what made him such an effective ballplayer was his blistering speed, if he's lost any more than a half-step I'm not sure how useful he'll be. :?

 

Was he really that useful in the first place?

[Balsa]

Anybody actually watch Pagan? Did he look much slower than he did before? Part of what made him such an effective ballplayer was his blistering speed, if he's lost any more than a half-step I'm not sure how useful he'll be. :?

 

Was he really that useful in the first place?

I suppose that is debatable.

[texascub]

Anybody actually watch Pagan? Did he look much slower than he did before? Part of what made him such an effective ballplayer was his blistering speed, if he's lost any more than a half-step I'm not sure how useful he'll be. :?

 

Was he really that useful in the first place?

 

More useful than Bynum.

[donobr]

So far,Miller 2 scoreless innings a tPeoria.

[donobr]

Make it three for Miller.

[CUBZ99]

Any word on his stuff?

[Brian]

and velocity?

[ChiefsVoice]

and velocity?

 

radar gun wasnt on the the 1st inning....mostly 85-87

 

39 pitches, 25 strikes....3 hits, walk, 3 ks....

 

scheduled to start at Wisconsin for us on Tuesday...

[Brian]

I just checked in on all the games.

 

Of note

 

Pie has a K and a 2RBI triple

 

Holliman having a good night 7.0IP, 2H, 2BB, 0R, 4K

[Jon]

Anybody actually watch Pagan? Did he look much slower than he did before? Part of what made him such an effective ballplayer was his blistering speed, if he's lost any more than a half-step I'm not sure how useful he'll be. :?

 

Was he really that useful in the first place?

 

More useful than Bynum.

It would be hard to find major leaguers with career minor league numbers as bad as Bynum's and who are going to get as much starting time as him in the outfield, but Pagan comes darn close (.717 OPS vs. .710 OPS). They're equally sub-par on the basepaths careerwise, as well.

[Flames24Rulz]

Daytona won the 1st game of the 2nd half 4-1. Holliman went 7 1/3 only giving up 2 hits, 0 runs, 3 BB's, and had 4 K's. Hunton went 2/3's of an inning allowing a run (unearned), and a BB. Mendez pitched the 9th to get his 13th save of the year as he went 1 inning allowing 1 hit and had 1 K to lower his ERA to 0.64.

 

Muyco went 2/3 and Ryan Harvey went 1/3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk. Jonathan Mota also went 1/3 with a double and an RBI. Not much offense from Daytona as that was their only hits, but they did have 6 BB's as well. Nice to see Muyco and Mota have nice games tonight.

 

Iowa leads Omaha 8-5 in the 7th.

 

West Tenn is tied at 1 in the 7th.

 

Peoria is down 3-0 in the 8th.

[Laura]

and velocity?

 

radar gun wasnt on the the 1st inning....mostly 85-87

 

39 pitches, 25 strikes....3 hits, walk, 3 ks....

 

scheduled to start at Wisconsin for us on Tuesday...

 

Thanks, Nathan!

 

 

Daytona won the 1st game of the 2nd half 4-1. Holliman went 7 1/3 only giving up 2 hits, 0 runs, 3 BB's, and had 4 K's.

 

His ERA is to 2.88, WHIP to 1.09.

 

 

Homer Bailey had a nice AA debut.

[Flames24Rulz]

Iowa defeats Omaha 8-5. O'Malley improves his mark to 4-3 as he went 5 and 2/3's allowing 7 hits, 4 runs, 3 ER, 1 BB, and 3 K's. Clay Rapada pitched his first inning at Iowa going 1 inning allowing 3 hits and 1 ER. Atlee pitched a third of an inning and getting out the one batter he faced. Scott Williamson, in his rehab stint, got the save as he pitched 2 innings only allowing 2 hits and striking out 2.

 

Montanez hit a 2 run homer in the 1st inning, Theriot had 2 hits and 2 RBI's, Ojeda had 2 hits including a double and an RBI, Fontenot had 2 hits, Pie went 1/5 but had a triple and 3 RBI's. Coats and Soto also had hits.

 

Peoria lost 4-0. After Wade Miller pitched his 3 scoreless innings, Jesse Estrada pitched 3 innings allowing 8 hits, 3 runs, 0 BB's, and had no K's. He took the loss and dropped his record to 4-1. Roger Evenson pitched the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings as he allowed 2 hits, 1 run, and had 2 K's. Valdez had 2 of the 4 Peoria hits. Reed and Gregg had the other 2 Peoria hits. No extra-base-hits for Peoria tonight.

 

Jaxx are tied at 2 in the bottom of the 9th.

 

Boise is down 6-2 in the 5th.

[YearofDaCubs]

and velocity?

 

radar gun wasnt on the the 1st inning....mostly 85-87

 

39 pitches, 25 strikes....3 hits, walk, 3 ks....

 

scheduled to start at Wisconsin for us on Tuesday...

Not surprised one bit.

[Flames24Rulz]

Jaxx win 3-2 in 10 on a walk-off by EPatt!!!

 

Shaver went 6 innings only allowing 3 hits, 1 run, 0 ER, 4 BB's, and 5 K's. Ed Campusano, in his first action since being called up from Peoria, went 1 inning allowing 3 hits, 1 ER, 0 BB's, and had 1 K. Cherry went 2 innings only allowing 2 hits and had 4 K's. Jon Mueller got the win as he pitched the 10th allowing 2 hits, but no runs to score.

 

EPatt went 3 for 4 including the walk-off homer, a triple, and a single. Only a double short of the cycle. He had 2 RBI's as well. Dopirak went 1/4 with a double. The other Jaxx htis: Walker, Jackson, Lewis, Cates, and Shaver each had 1 hit. Shaver helped his own cause by getting an RBI single.

 

Boise down 6-3 in the 7th.

[sporrer17]

Just wondering when someone will point out that Welington Castillo started at C for Boise tonight :lol:

 

He went 0-3 with a BB and R.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Daytona won the 1st game of the 2nd half 4-1. Holliman went 7 1/3 only giving up 2 hits, 0 runs, 3 BB's, and had 4 K's. Hunton went 2/3's of an inning allowing a run (unearned), and a BB. Mendez pitched the 9th to get his 13th save of the year as he went 1 inning allowing 1 hit and had 1 K to lower his ERA to 0.64.

 

Holliman's start was the longest by a Daytona pitcher this season - longer than any start by even Sean Gallagher.

 

Boise lost 7-3 and are off to a 0-4 start. Deryck Lewis went 2/4 with 2 RBI and another walk. Jeremy Papelbon made his professional debut with 2 shutout innings of relief work.

[Outshined_One]

Draftniks will be happy to know that 2006 9th rounder Cliff Andersen has been signed, as he saw some playing time in Mesa today.

 

Also, I have no clue who the guy who blew the save for Mesa is.