I saw Brantley in Carolina yesterday...he was in uni but walking pretty gingerly.
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Link Report for Sun. 6/29 -- Jeffress Goes Today
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Posts: 423 June 29, 2008 3:56 PM |
Wow, Gamel has his average back up to around .380 and also collected his 70th RBI of the season. Also nice to see Jeffress with another great outing.
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Posts: 4333 June 29, 2008 5:53 PM Brewerfan.net Moderator |
What's tough is that Chris Errecart goes 4 for 5 and is having a solid year for that league, but goes largely unnoticed because he's 'only'
hitting in the 280s.
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Posts: 7535 June 29, 2008 6:02 PM |
What DHonks said.
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Posts: 1704 June 29, 2008 7:02 PM |
Is there any chance for Jeffress to pitch in AA this year?
He seems completely legit. I would prefer that wherever he pitches - it is with the best pitching coach possible. |
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Posts: 2429 June 29, 2008 7:26 PM |
Is there any chance for Jeffress to pitch in AA this year? I would think AA is a possibility. Jeffress just dominated for the month of June, posting a 2.29 ERA with 43 Ks in 37 innings. He was a groundball machine, and averaged just over 6 innings a start. His only hiccup this month was a game he pitched in the rain, and he was dominant for the 1st 4 innings of that start too. If Jeffress can spend some time in AA this year, and then make up for lost time in the AFL, he could be in AAA as early as next year. Jeffress is a different pitcher than Gallardo, but they have similar results, and could be on the same timeline.
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Posts: 410 June 29, 2008 7:56 PM |
Anyone know why Anundsen left the game after 2.7 innings?
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Posts: 205 June 29, 2008 8:05 PM |
A long rain delay. |
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Posts: 332 June 29, 2008 8:26 PM |
Laynce Nix, although I think nothing of him as a prospect, is notably on fire.
What more can Mat Gamel possibly do? Other than throw, I mean. Best game ever for Roque Mercedes? Is it too early to think about moving Komatsu up? He's just toying with people -- 4 walks against one K to go with all his thunder. Greg. |
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Posts: 6595 June 29, 2008 8:35 PM Hipster, CWFHA |
If there wasn't a dearth of OFers between Arizona and Helena, Komatsu might be considered for a promotion pretty quickly. There isn't anyone to replace
him with at the moment however.
And yes... that was the best performance of Mercedes' career. |
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battlekow |
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Posts: 411 June 29, 2008 8:42 PM |
gregmag1 wrote: I was literally just going to post this, along with the response below, that it was too bad about how few position players there are in Helena. He's
really looking like he could use some more advanced competition.
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Posts: 6345 June 29, 2008 9:06 PM Brewerfan.net Moderator |
Isn't that two good performances in a row for Mercedes? For him that is practically white hot.
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Posts: 1198 June 29, 2008 9:06 PM |
I went to see how the D-Train did today for Lakeland and the game right now is in the 17th.
Willis by the way 2ip 1h 1er 3bb's And for the love of God, will someone feed Prince a cheeseburger already... |
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LouisEly |
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Posts: 1674 June 29, 2008 10:06 PM |
Minor league teams often run low on bodies. That's the way it is, as there isn't a magical reserve team somewhere to draw from.
But don't the rookie league teams have greater roster limits than the others? Aren't they allowed something like 30 players on the rookie league teams? Please correct me if I'm wrong here. If they have guys hurt, there is a magical reserve to draw from - undrafted college seniors and independent league ranks. Now the latter is usually only useful for pitchers, as most of the hitters are either washed up major leaguers or never could hit worth a lick to begin with or don't meet the age limits. But for the former, just ask the guys you drafted if they know of any college seniors who didn't get drafted and sign them for two weeks and put the injured guys on the 7-day DL. In general college baseball is equal to A-ball, so any undrafted college seniors can hold their own in Helena. Heck, look and see if anyone at UW-M didn't get drafted and sign them. Edit - it also didn't help that they drafted 30 pitchers and only 15 position players. A little more balance there in rounds 30+ would have been nice.
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Posts: 1593 June 29, 2008 10:52 PM |
With all the discussion today about Helena I was looking at the draftees again... I refuse to believe Marseco played college ball, the young man's picture
looks like he's 14 years old... only 145 pounds... geez. I've come across dogs that weighed more than that.
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Mass Haas |
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Posts: 15311 June 30, 2008 4:32 AM Minor League Link Reporter |
Audio Alley:
Nashville Pre-Game Audio Coaches Chat with Hitting Coach Harry Spilman Kind words for Brad Nelson... Huntsville Pre-Game Audio Interview with Starting Pitcher Nic Ungs Click on the WUMP archive of June 29th, then browse to the 03:00 minute mark... Helena Pre-Game Audio Interview with 8th Round Outfielder Erik Komatsu of Cal State-Fullerton Click on the KCAP archive of June 29th, then browse to the 17:00 minute mark... |
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Mass Haas |
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Posts: 15312 June 30, 2008 4:44 AM Minor League Link Reporter |
Good discussion on the Helena situation in the posts above.
So with a pitcher at DH again on Sunday (Josh Romanski, 2-for-4 on Sunday with two doubles), the Helena roster was without a single extra position player. |
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Mass Haas |
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Posts: 15313 June 30, 2008 4:50 AM Minor League Link Reporter |
dadofandrew wrote:
6 minor league teams, so 5 other teams. They are all there to develop players for the bigs. The concern seems to be poor Helena, playing with only 9 or 10 position players...who cares? Stressing out over stuff like that is a complete waste of time. Al, you might also want to know that Steve Wendt also told his listeners that the sole remaining catcher, 2008 14th rounder Corey Kemp, is nursing a sore shoulder. If you think he'd be playing every single inning right now under normal circumstances, then I'm not sure what to think. |
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Mass Haas |
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Posts: 15314 June 30, 2008 4:52 AM Minor League Link Reporter |
Thanks for your patience everyone, as I obviously focused on audio links this AM while getting my bearings after a full day away Sunday. All the game and
media updates will be posted at various points of the mid-morning. Of course, box score links are available at the very top of this thread, thanks.
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Mass Haas |
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Posts: 15315 June 30, 2008 6:43 AM Minor League Link Reporter |
Final: Round Rock (Astros) 7, Nashville 2
Nashville Site Game Summary: Link while active, text follows -- Nix Hits Two More HRs But Sounds Lose 7-2 ROUND ROCK, Texas - Laynce Nix continued his recent power surge by belting two home runs for the second straight night during a 3-for-4 evening, but his efforts were not enough to help the Nashville Sounds avoid a 7-2 loss at the hands of the Round Rock Express on Sunday at The Dell Diamond. The Nashville slugger - who accounted for half of the Sounds' six hits on the evening - has belted five home runs in his last three games and is batting .440 (11-for-25) during his current six-game hitting streak. With the loss, the Sounds (32-51) settled for a series split with the Express after recording wins in the first two contests. After the second inning, only two Sounds players other than Nix reached base against Express pitching (J.R. Hopf, 7th-inning walk; Brendan Katin, 8th-inning PH double). Nix got the evening's scoring started when he crushed his team-leading 14th longball of the season in the top of the first inning, a two-out solo shot to right-center off Round Rock starter Chad Reineke. Round Rock tied the contest in the third when Yordany Ramirez led off with a single against Sounds starter Chris Narveson, was sacrificed to second, and scored on an Edwin Maysonet single. The Express grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Mark Saccomanno singled and later scored on a Ramirez sacrifice fly. Round Rock gave itself some breathing room in the fifth with a four-run rally against Narveson keyed by a pair of home runs. J.R. Towles pushed the Express lead to 3-1 when he homered for the second straight night, belting a one-out solo shot to left for his fourth roundtripper of the season. Later in the frame, a J.R. House single and Saccamanno walk put a pair of ducks on the pond for Nick Gorneault, who slugged a two-out, three-run homer to left for his ninth tater of the year. The Express longball barrage continued in the sixth as Ramirez greeted Sounds reliever Erasmo Ramirez with a solo shot to left, his third longball of the year. Nix struck again in the top of the seventh when he led off with his second home run of the night, a solo shot to right-center off Reineke that reduced the deficit to 7-2. AUDIO: Another Laynce Nix Homer "Halfway to Mexico!" Sounds centerfielder Tony Gwynn went 0-for-4 to bring an end to his season-best eight-game hitting streak. Reineke (4-8) turned in a quality start to notch the victory for the Express, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out six in his seven frames of action. Nick Regilio and Ray King each tossed a scoreless relief inning to close out the Round Rock win. Narveson (2-10) took his PCL co-leading tenth loss after surrendering six runs on eight hits over his five innings of work. The Sounds travel to Memphis on Monday to complete their road trip with a four-game stop at AutoZone Park against the cross-state rival Memphis Redbirds. Right-hander Richie Gardner (6-2, 4.26) is scheduled to start Monday's 7:05 p.m. CT series opener for the Sounds. He'll face Memphis right-hander Brad Thompson (1-1, 7.82). Nashville Box Score Chris Narveson has done nothing with his golden opportunity in 2008 outside of his fine work in spring training, a regular season nightmare for him, actually... Nashville Game Log
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