More offense from Charleston
ByTriple-A Scranton (11-0 beatdown courtesy of Louisville)
Juan Miranda: 2 for 4, 1 K
Eric Duncan & Nick Green: both 1 for 3, 1 2B – Green committed a throwing error
rest of lineup: combined 1 for 21, 1 BB, 2 K – Bernie Castro picked up a single … Jason Lane drew a walk
Steven “don’t call me” White: 4 IP, 11 H, 9 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 0-9 GB/FB – as ugly as it gets
Heath Phillips: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K – this year’s Ben Kozlowski
Scott Patterson: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 2-4 GB/FB – okay, who kidnapped the real Scott Patterson?
Jose Veras: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 HB
Double-A Trenton (4-3 loss to Altoona)
Reegie Corona: 1 for 5, 2 RBI, 1 SB
Austin Jackson: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 K – gettin’ himself in a nice little goove
Jose Tabata & Colin Curtis: both 2 for 4 – Tabata walked … Curtis drove a run in
Matt Carson: 0 for 5, 1 K
Marcos Vechionacci: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B – .292-.346-.417 on the year
George Kontos: 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 10-5 GB/FB
Zach Kroenke: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GB/FB – already has allowed as many ER this year as he did all of last year (3)
High-A Tampa (8-4 loss to Dunedin)
Damon Sublett: 1 for 5, 1 2B, 2 RBI – guess he’s not injured anymore
James Cooper: 2 for 4, 1 R
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K – 5 XBH and 9 RBI in 7 games
Kyle Anson: 1 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K
Kevin Smith: 1 for 4, 1 R
Tim Battle: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Braedyn Pruitt: 0 for 4, 2 K – yet to reach base this year after hitting .347-.458-.447 last year
Mike Dunn: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 WP
Grant Duff: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP – piggybacking with Dunn so far
Steven Artz: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Low-A Charleston (8-6 win over Savannah) they’re averaging 11.57 hits and 6.86 runs per game
Abe Almonte: 4 for 5, 3 RBI, 1 SB, 1 E (fielding) – picked off first
Justin Snyder: 3 for 5, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
Bradley Suttle: 0 for 5, 1 K – it was bound to happen eventually
Jesus Montero: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – slugging .586 as an 18-yr old in full season ball
Austin Romine: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B
Carmen Angelini & Austin Krum: both 2 for 4, 2 R – Angelini drove in a run, swpied a bag and K’ed once … Krum stole a base
Jairo Heredia: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 3-5 Gb/FB – picked a runner off first
Lance Pendleton: 2.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 Balk – 14 K in 4.2 IP this year for the forgotten prospect
Jon Ortiz: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Jesus, Almonte was picked off again– that’s like 3 or 4 times this year already.
Where has JB Cox been????
He’s probably in Extended Spring Training, where they can keep a close eye on him in the warm weather. They probably didn’t want him eating up a roster spot on High-A Tampa if he wasn’t good to go. Relax, I’m sure he’s fine, they’re just playing it safe.
oh my lord montero is exploding, number 1 hitting prospect in all of baseball by end of year mark my words
I think Travis Snider will have something to say about that.
Seriously, is Almonte’s instincts on the basepaths that bad?
Almonte might have to spend the whole year in Charleston just to learn baserunning. what’s the record for pickoffs in a season?
i wonder if the Charleston offense could outscore the Yankee lineup. seems possible right now.
Mike, any chance Montero goes to Tampa before the break?
Almonte was also caught stealing. holy lord, i could run better than him.
The caught stealing is from the pickoff.
Almost zero chance he moves up at all this year. Can’t rush his development behind the plate because he’s hitting like a madman. Besides, it’s not the worst thing in the world to let him rake in Low-A and build up confidence for the year.
Might there be an injury in Boston? Seems Sean Casey pinch hit for Mike Lowell before Lowell even took one swing.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxsco.....p;c_id=mlb
Yeah, Lowell left with a bruised thumb. No real biggie.
Heredia loaded the bases today in the third inning on a single, a walk and an error by Snyder.
That left it bases loaded and no outs.
He falls behind the next hitter. Clearly a fastball count. So behind in the count with the bases loaded and no outs what does Heredia throw? A change up. It’s a strike and he goes on to strike out the hitter for the first out. Next batter hits a sacrifice fly. Next hitter grounds out.
How impressive is that? An 18 year in his first full season action throws a change up with the bases juiced, no outs, behind in the count and K’s the guy. And that was after his second baseman loaded the bases on a throwing error. Then he limits the damage to 1 run.
Not many 18 year olds have that much composure and sense of how to pitch. I was sure he was going to have to groove a fastball. Instead he threw a change – that’s almost unfair for Sally League ball.
That was one of the raves of Heredia. I believe Mike also made note of it in his profile of him last year. The kid knows how to “pitch”.
Charleston is just exciting. It’s like a parade of prospects down there. The Charleston play by play guy couldn’t stop raving about Heredia.
Here’s my question and it is open to the floor:
How long does Eric Duncan have to put up impressive stats before he regains your trust? I say one full season. What do you guys think? More? Less?
He needs a good full season. He has to be consistent in both the first half and second half. He can’t do what Cervelli did last year where he has a torrid 2-3 months and is then mediocre after.
That said I think he just needs to be good (especially his BB:K) – not great in order to get himself back on the prospect map.
Here’s a link to John Sickels’ analysis of our upper level prospects.
http://www.bugsandcranks.com/n.....rm-system/
where is CJ Henry? his name in Tampa roster
CJ started the year on the DL. Mike would know better than me, but they might start him in high A when he is healthy.
That wasnt scott patterson, that was his cousin Guillermo Pitching.
Has Humberto Sanchez gotten on a mound yet? I heard he was supposed to start throwing off a mound by the end of March. As for CJ Henry, I heard he was injured in a collision with another outfielder during a ST game was has not made it back yet. He should be back soon.
Any Brett Smith news ?