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Chase Strumpf doubled.

Shrug

Manuel Espinoza gets the Opening Day nod for the Pelicans. The 2-6 in the lineup is fun and that’s with Hearn not starting tonight.

Tennessee PPD

Hah!

Chase Strumpf getting some love from BA:

We're back! Box Scores: Iowa lost 3-0 Box Score LF C. Maybin 0/4, 4 K 1B-C PJ Higgins 0/3, 2 K SP J. Biagini 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 16-0 GO-FO RP J. Adam 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-2 GO-FO Tennessee PPD - Rain South Bend won 7-4 Box Score SS L. Vázquez 1/5, RBI, 2 K LF C. Roederer 1/4, 2 R, BB, K, SB (1) 2B C. Strumpf 2/4, R, BB, 2B (1) RF Y. Perlaza 0/3, K, OF assist at second base CF DJ Wilson 2/3, 2 R, BB, K, 2 2B (2) SP P. Remy 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, HBP, 4-3 GO-FO RP E. Ramos 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GO-FO RP C. Ueckert 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 6-3 Box Score 2B Y. Santana 1/4, 3 K, 2B (1) SS E. Howard 1/4, RBI, K - pro debut DH J. Nwogu 0/3, 2 K, HBP - pro debut LF Y. Piñango 1/4 3B L. Verdugo 0/4, 2 K C P. Aliendo 1/4, R, 2 K, 2B (1) RF E. Americaan 1/3, R, BB, K SP M. Espinoza 4 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1BB, 0 K, 4-5 GO-FO RP J. Albertos 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO

Keeping/acquiring guys like Graham, Ifedi and Dalton at the expense of better players like Fuller and Leno seems like a mistake.

If rather have dumped Graham.

As suspected, Franklin and Márquez are healthy: The stuff in there about Ed Howard and Cam Sanders sounds fun too.

Patterson isn't pitching this year. Looks like he had surgery and tweeted he'll see us in 2022. Yep. That sucks.

So these are the pitchers who weren't on a roster today and reasonably should have been: Tyson Miller Brailyn Márquez - still getting ramped up Jack Patterson Brendon Little Kohl Franklin Riley Thompson - injured in his last start in Arizona Chris Clarke Michael McAvene Hunter Bigge Josh Burgmann Luke Little Yovanny Cruz I guess you could include Benjamin Rodríguez and Jeremiah Estrada on that list too. Hopefully most of these guys are just slowly getting ramped up (especially after the weird season last year) and aren't injured.

The highlights: Cam Sanders, Ethan Roberts, Manuel Rodríguez, Miguel Amaya, Christopher Morel and Andy Weber No Brennen or Brailyn

Iowa: The highlights: Cory Abbott, Keegan Thompson, Michael Rucker, Robert Stock, Brad Wieck and Trent Giambrone.

Sounds like we’ll have to wait a few more days for Brennen Davis too:

Nice list. I like Eskridge more than Brown at the end but can’t quibble. I’d trade down unless Jenkins or E. Moore somehow are still available at 52 (you can’t pass up that type of talent at a position of need). Guess you can also trade Anthony Miller for draft capital.

Kohl Franklin is the big omission for me. Hope he’s not hurt.

I've read several defenses of that and I've actually seen a scouting report that listed pre-snap reads as a strength of his ...you never know until he gets on the field. I am certainly a little concerned that if this is an issue, I definitely don't trust the Bears to coach it out of him. But I was genuinely surprised they didnt pick Jones when I found out the Bears traded up since he seems to be the opposite. Lacks things that Fields is good at but the consensus seems to be that he is really good at reading the field and going through progressions. After the Mitch disaster I figured they'd go for a safe pick. I'm personally happy they took Fields, definitely the higher ceiling and more explosive playmaking ability. But there have been many QBs that have all the tools and then struggle to pick up the mental side of the game. Defenses are going to be faster, schemes are likely going to be more complex. FWIW Watson's scouting report listed weaknesses with "Field Vision" and "reading progressions". Dak Prescott's were "can be confused with complex defensive schemes" and "makes poor decisions". Josh Allen also had the "makes poor decisions" label. Not quite the same as pre-snap reads but in a similar category of the mental side of QBing. We'll see Herbert had the same “issue” coming out. And not everyone agrees that he’s a one read QB (read the whole article - it’s great and drops a comp to a bigger Russell Wilson):

Myrtle Beach (low-A): The highlights: Richard Gallardo, DJ Herz, Ethan Hearn, Ed Howard, Luis Verdugo, Jordan Nwogu, Yeison Santana and Yohendrick Piñango.