Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-30-16

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 11-0 Box Score

 

C W. Contreras 4/5, 3 R, 2 HR (8), 5 RBI

LF M. Murton 2/5, R, 2 2B (4), 2 K

1B D. Vogelbach 1/4, R, 2 RBI, BB, 2 K

CF A. Almora 3/5, R, 2B (12), K, SB (6), CS (2)

2B A. Alcántara 2/4, R, 2B (8), RBI, 2 K

SS M. Kawasaki 2/4, R, RBI, SB (4)

SP J. Buchanan 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 14-2 GO-FO, 68-47 pitches-strrikes

RP F. Peña 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-3 GO-FO

RP C. Edwards Jr 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee had the day off

 

Myrtle Beach won 4-2 Box Score

 

CF R. Crawford 0/5, RBI, 3 K

SS G. Torres 1/3, R, HR (6), RBI 2 BB, K

LF I. Happ 0/4, R, BB, K, SB (7)

3B J. Vosler 1/3, R, 2B (12), BB

SP T. Clifton 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 6-4 GO-FO, 83-59 pitches-strikes

RP D. Maples 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GO-FO

RP R. McNeil 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO

 

South Bend lost 5-4 Box Score

 

3B A. Ely 2/5, R, 2B (11)

2B C. Sepulveda 1/4, R, BB, K, E (3, missed catch)

CF D. Dewees 1/3, R, BB

LF E. Jimenez 1/4, RBI, K

DH I. Rice 1/3, 2 RBI, BB

C T. Alamo 2/4, R, K

1B M. Rose 1/4, K

SP J. Steele 3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 5-1 GO-FO, 81-48 pitches-strikes

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Contreras HR. He's 3-4 with the homer. Almora is 3-3 with a double and a SB and a CS.

[ctcf]

That HR was a grand slam btw

 

 

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

Oh horsefeathers, he just hit another one.

[ctcf]

Holy crap, Contreras

 

 

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[muntjack]

Good grief. Straight up for Salazar?

[ctcf]

I'd probably rather have a young cost controlled plus offensive catcher tbh

 

 

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

Edwards with a 1-2-3 9th with 2 K's.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Over his last 10 appearances, Edwards is at: 12.1IP 5H 1ER 2BB 18K

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Good grief. Straight up for Salazar?

 

The Indians are 1/2 a game out of first place.

[Tim]

Over his last 10 appearances, Edwards is at: 12.1IP 5H 1ER 2BB 18K

Even I'm ready to admit that he looks damn good right now.

[Tim]

Oh [expletive], he just hit another one.

He didn't like this talk about Eloy being the #1 prospect.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Over his last 10 appearances, Edwards is at: 12.1IP 5H 1ER 2BB 18K

Even I'm ready to admit that he looks damn good right now.

 

Yep, basically you take all the great things Tom's said about him and combine that with the walks being back down, and it equals pure gold.

[Tim]

Edwards' walks going down was more or less inevitable given he was never even rumored to be injured as a reliever and nothing else about his game changed. Panicky Petes

It was a two year trend in the wrong direction. There was more than enough reason to worry.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Nobody was panicking, either. It was just, well, we didn't want to rank a relief pitcher above a guy like Willson Contreras, especially when there was a negative trend in his walk-rate into the danger zone.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Edwards' walks going down was more or less inevitable given he was never even rumored to be injured as a reliever and nothing else about his game changed. Panicky Petes

 

It was a two year trend in the wrong direction. There was more than enough reason to worry.

 

Trend is hardly the word for one year in a dramatically different role.

 

Nobody was panicking, either. It was just, well, we didn't want to rank a relief pitcher above a guy like Willson Contreras, especially when there was a negative trend in his walk-rate into the danger zone.

 

Could have ranked him over lesser performing arms like Johnson and Underwood, it's not as if either outclassed him with stuff.

 

Well, I did have him ranked over both of them. I've never liked Underwood anyway. I just didn't have him ranked as the best player in the whole system or second or wherever you had him.

 

But, whatever. Can we please avoid having this discussion for the 23rd time?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

One pleasing thing from the recent Contreras home run binge: 6 of his 8 homers have come at home, where the homer-hitting environment is much more suppressed than the crazy, homer-happy parks up in the altitude out West.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Gleyber with a homer, too!

[davell]

Gleyber HR lol

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I would have been willing to risk losing Clayton Richard just to call up Edwards but now it looks like ther might be a spot for him if Hammel goes on the DL.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Clifton gave up a 2-run homer in the first, but was solid after that.

 

6IP 7H 2R 0BB 6K

[Tim]

Clifton gave up a 2-run homer in the first, but was solid after that.

 

6IP 7H 2R 0BB 6K

I'll take that outing in a heartbeat.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Clifton gave up a 2-run homer in the first, but was solid after that.

 

6IP 7H 2R 0BB 6K

I'll take that outing in a heartbeat.

 

Yeah, the walk column is just about all that matters with this guy right now.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Gleyber's added two walks. 1-2, the homer, the two walks, and no strikeouts.

[ScrubMD]

This has to be the best day in the minors since Wave 1 has been up.