Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-25-15

[ctcf]

Trevor Clifton had another really strong night: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K

[ctcf]

Mark Zaguins has 12 walks and 6 K's. Edited April 26, 2015 by ctcf

[TruffleShuffle]

south bend won with 9 runs on 3 hits and 1 error. going to be hard to top that for my favorite R/H/E line of the year.

[ctcf]

Make that 13 walks for Zagunis.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I have to assume that Vogelbach will be in Iowa any day. Maybe Schwarber. It's not like there's anything holding them back. Valaika's at 1B, and lord knows he's disposable. They have 3 catchers, two are organizational fodder, the other a garden variety journeyman.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I have to assume that Vogelbach will be in Iowa any day. Maybe Schwarber. It's not like there's anything holding them back. Valaika's at 1B, and lord knows he's disposable. They have 3 catchers, two are organizational fodder, the other a garden variety journeyman.

 

Why the rush? Let's let these beefcakes marinate a bit.

[ScrubMD]

Sure would be great if Clifton and Null are legit.

[Quakers]

Vogelbach added a walk, which gives him a 20% BB rate and a 5% K rate on the year.

 

With Rizzo's penchant for getting hit, I wouldn't object at all to keeping Vogelbach. Let him DH against the AL(and hope NL adopts it), while being the 1st PH option off the bench and spotting Rizzo 5-10 games a year at 1B. 250 AB's from him could be of use to a good team.

 

I agree.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

Vogelbach added a walk, which gives him a 20% BB rate and a 5% K rate on the year.

 

With Rizzo's penchant for getting hit, I wouldn't object at all to keeping Vogelbach. Let him DH against the AL(and hope NL adopts it), while being the 1st PH option off the bench and spotting Rizzo 5-10 games a year at 1B. 250 AB's from him could be of use to a good team.

 

I agree.

 

Our 2017 World Series lineup

 

2B Russell

1B Rizzo

RF Soler

LF Bryant

DH Vogelbach

SS Castro

C Schwarber

3B Baez

CF Almora

 

And also '18, '19, '20..... :wink:

[KaiserCesar]

I could see Vogelbach added to the 40 man and a September call-up to give a bench bat and then moving into the role described above starting at some point next year. Could be fun.

[imb]

Vogelbach is basically having his first really good month as a pro. Let's pump the breaks

[Guest]

Vogelbach is basically having his first really good month as a pro. Let's pump the breaks

2011 and 2012 happened.

[imb]

He wasn't "really good" those years

[sneakypower]

Let's pump the breaks

ouch!

[Sammy Sofa]

FDB

[imb]

I mineaswell have been watching Nancy pelosi

[Guest]

He wasn't "really good" those years

On what earth are .324/.391/.686 and .322/.423/.608 not "really good"?

[imb]

I had forgotten he owned hat hard. Bad post retracted.

[SouthSideRyan]

He wasn't "really good" those years

On what earth are .324/.391/.686 and .322/.423/.608 not "really good"?

 

Well, that was the same season

[Clem Fandango]

Yeah, and in 2011 he only played 6 games. He was good in them, but still. Think ya got your years mixed up, Tim.

[Guest]

He wasn't "really good" those years

On what earth are .324/.391/.686 and .322/.423/.608 not "really good"?

 

Well, that was the same season

IMB said that this is the first good month he's ever had. Those encompass multiple months.

[Little Slide Rooter]

He's always put up solid enough numbers. Just not the type of numbers that a player of his..nature would need to make it.

[Clem Fandango]

He wasn't "really good" those years

On what earth are .324/.391/.686 and .322/.423/.608 not "really good"?

 

Well, that was the same season

IMB said that this is the first good month he's ever had. Those encompass multiple months.

 

Ahh, touché

[toonsterwu]

Anyone know if Bruno handles 1B, 3B, LF? He's a guy I'd love to have end up on the big league bench.

 

He played 3rd for UVA, and he was fairly solid at it. That said, AzPhil seemed pretty negative on his defense (it was in a recent post in the replies), saying he was basically 2nd base or bust (suggesting his arm wasn't good enough for 3rd). That strikes me as a bit odd based on what he was at UVA ... but I guess it's possible things have changed.