Tampa falls despite another Montero homer
ByUpdate by Ben (12:02 a.m.): Juan Miranda is not on his way to the Bronx. He simply had an upset stomach, per Chad Jennings. The Yanks, however, may be shuffling the bullpen shortly.
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Triple-A Scranton (14-7 loss to Norfolk)
Luis Nunez: 0 for 5, 1 K
John Rodriguez & Eric Duncan: both 0 for 4 – J-Rod drew a walk & K’ed twice … E-Dunc K’ed & committed a fielding error
Todd Linden & Austin Jackson: both 1 for 4, 2 R – Linden drew a walk & K’ed twice … Ajax drove in a run
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – dude is en fuego … he’s 16 for his last 45 (.356) with 4 doubles & 5 homers
Juan Miranda: 0 for 1, 1 E (fielding) – was lifted from the game for an unknown reason in the 4th … he’s probably on his way up to give the Yanks an extra position player in case Swisher needs to take a few days off with the bum elbow
Carlos Mendoza: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 E (throwing)
PJ Pilittere: 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Jason Stephens: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 6-1 GB/FB – 42 of 80 pitches were strikes (52.5%) … called up from Tampa to fill one of the stops vacated by Phil Hughes & Ian Kennedy … allowed the best prospect in baseball to reach base all 3 times he faced him
Zach Kroenke: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB – 28 of 45 pitches were strikes (62.2%)
JB Cox: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 5-1 GB/FB – 26 of 42 pitches were strikes (61.9%) … well, at least the ground balls are there
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – 9 of 15 pitches were strikes (60%)
Double-A Trenton (9-5 loss to New Britain)
Eduardo Nunez: 3 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SB
Reegie Corona: 1 for 5, 1 SB
Colin Curtis & Kevin Smith: both 0 for 5, 2 K – Curtis is stil rockin’ a .320 avg
Jorge Vazquez: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – lifted from the game in the fifth … maybe he’s on his way to SWB to replace Miranda?
Justin Snyder: 1 for 2, 1 R
Marcos Vechionacci: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Frankie Cervelli: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – 9 for his last 27 (.333)
Seth Fortenberry: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
James Cooper: 0 for 1, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 HBP
Ryan Pope: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 4-8 GB/FB
Mike Dunn: 1.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB – ERA jumps from 0.77 to 4.85 just like that
Kevin Whelan 1.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-2 GB/FB – allowed his two inherited base runners to score
High-A Tampa (4-3 loss to Dunedin)
Austin Krum: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
Eric Fryer: 0 for 4, 1 K
Jesus Montero: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – 3 homers in his last 4 games
Brandon Laird, Austin Romine & Mitch Hilligoss: all 1 for 4 – Romine allowed a passed ball … Hilligoss stole a base & K’ed twice
Wady Rufino: 1 for 3, 1 K, 1 HBP
Addison Maruszack: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 K
Dellin Betances: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 4-6 GB/FB – 9 BB in his last 12 IP … 5 BB in his previous 14.1 IP
Grant Duff: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2-5 GB/FB
Craig Heyer: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB - one of the walks was intentional
Low-A Charleston (6-3 win over Asheville)
Ray Kruml & Abe Almonte: both 0 for 4 – Kruml drew a walk & K’ed … Almonte K’ed thrice & is 0 for his last 31 … ouch
Carmen Angelini: 1 for 5, 1 K
David Adams & Brian Baisley: both 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB – Adams K’ed twice … Baisley homered, drove in 2 & K’ed
Taylor Grote: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K
Melky Mesa: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – threw runners out at 2nd & 3rd from RF
Garrison Lassiter & Chase Weems: both 1 for 4, 1 BB – Lassiter K’ed twice & committed a fielding error
DJ Mitchell: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 5-4 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – that’s two more walks than he’d issued all season coming into this start
Casey Erickson: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Pat Venditte: 1.1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-1 GB/FB
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Two games in a row with no Angelini error?
My mind is blown.
You meant Tampa.
My bad. Old habits die hard.
Do you mean “Tampa Falls Despite another Home Run From Montero”?
Seriously, Vendette needs to go up to Tampa.
What else does he have to prove? He’s not that young, aren’t they just wasting his time now?
Hopefully Carmen can continue to not put an E up there every night and start hitting with the bat. The guy seems to have some good skills from reports.
Montero:
Over/under with 23 Homeruns?
Over by two. I’m saying 25.
I’ll say under. The FSL is a brutal league for hitters, and he’ll tire as Florida sun wears him down while catching. I bet we see some of the homers turning into doubles as the season continues on.
I’m going to say over. Maybe i’m overestimating the relief Montero will find in sharing catching duties with Romine. You factor in the catching lessons Montero undergoes on the side before games, on off-days, in the off-season, and i’ll still say Montero should stay relatively fresh for a banner offensive year at Tampa.
What exactly is it that makes the FSL so hard on hitters? Is it the quality of the pitchers? The construction of the parks? The heat?! My god, David! The Heat!
you stole my jesus fish !!!!
We’re the DEVILS!! THE DEVILS!!! HSSS
Size of parks, humidity, the fact all of the stadiums are right around sea level all contribute to the pitcher friendliness of the FSL.
Wow, this was quick Mike! You finished this while watching the game and typing in the game thread?!
Yeah, but that’s no different than any other night. I guess you can say I use the 5-10 seconds between pitches better than anyone else around here.
LOL, that’s why you guys are the professionals of bloggers, I guess!
Any chance we can get SBs against and CSes for Montero and Romine?
Sure, I’ll note it from now on. But remember, the pitcher plays a big part in that too.
True – unfortunately, there’s no pitch f/x for the minor leagues (yet?, heh), so we can’t track pitcher’s time to home
God, mL pitch f/x would be an absolute gold mine.
Why not bring up Shelly Duncan if he’s that hot?
I agree, he’s also the one that can play the outfield.
this is a very loose definition of “can play the outfield”.
He’s not on the 40-man roster anymore.
Duncan is no longer on the 40 man roster. Calling him up would require removing someone else from the 40 man.
With Swish and Damon dinged up, Nady hurt, Matsui incapable of playing the OF, and Gardner incapable of hitting, the Yankees sure could use another OFer right now.
40-man.
Breaking ball
too many valuable forearms to protect from the bash
Hey Mike how good is Montero’s arm? I,ve read reports it’s above average and others saying it’s average at best.
I’ve heard the same as you, I really don’t know.
I saw him play, it looked pretty darn good to me. It looked like it had a lot of velocity from what I saw, but I’m no expert either lol.
Hey guys, I know Pena has a great glove, but what’s his ceiling as a hitter, anybody know? Thanks.
Everything I’ve heard (except for the stupid MSM hype in the early spring) is that he’s got an ML glove but his bat will never catch up. That’s why I think his ceiling is a Utility IFer.
NYYFans brought up a point that I think we should follow throughout the year: Jesus Monetro’s batting splits as a catcher and designated hitter.
The Savior as a catcher: .214/.298/.286, 42 AB, and 3 XBH.
The Savior as a designated hitter: .486/.514/.886, 35 AB, and 6 XBH (4 HR).
Eh, very small sample size, but it makes sense. Here’s last year:
As a C: .293-.333-.440
As a DH: .356-.417-.548
That’s shouldn’t stop them from keeping him at catcher as long as humanly possible though.
Here’s Romine for comparison’s sake:
As a C (’08): .338-.384-.507
As a DH (’08): .251-.296-.353
As a C (’09): .333-.333-.400
As a DH (’09): .233-.250-.349
Oh, fuck no, I am one of the strongest proponents of keeping his defensively challenged ass at catcher. I’ve always said, “he [Montero] does not even need to be below average at the position, just don’t be a fucking butcher and I’ll be good.”
Agreed.
I’m getting WAAAAY ahead of myself, but I’d love if they could both develop, and pull a Napoli/Mathis C/DH tandem.
Yeah, but hopefully one of them won’t hit as awful as Jeff Mathis, haha.
Like I’ve said all along, as long as he can play Posada-level, hell, I’d even accept Piazza level, defense, he should stay at catcher and be Jorge Pt. 2.
Or Jesus Level Inifity.
“.486/.514/.886,”
Holy fuck.
As a DH, he as a .400 IsoP. Just let that sink in for a second. A .400 IsoP.
That’s like…
That’s like having a 0.10 WHIP.
The Savior as a designated hitter: .486/.514/.886, 35 AB, and 6 XBH (4 HR).
Holy unsustainable, Batman! And in the FSL, no less.
There’s always the option of turning Montero into our Venezuelan version of MIKE STANTON. Give him reps in the OF this season if these splits hold up. You’re only holding back a top 10 bat in all the minors if you keep him at catcher when mounting statistical evidence tells you that Montero’s bat is Posada-ish at catcher.
you want to move him from power hitting catcher to left handed setup man?
IETC. Ah, the old days…or something like that.
You may be joking, and I think you are. But the Mike Stanton in the Marlins system.
Yep, I’m a piece of shit.
Yup.
60% of the time, it works every time.
Never ceases to amaze me.
when mounting statistical evidence tells you that Montero’s bat is Posada-ish at catcher
so….he’ll only be one of the 10-20 best offensive catchers in the history of baseball? the horror!!
i admit, i may have misread what you are trying to say here.
No biggie.
Of course we’re dealing with a sample of 80 at-bats, but this position change argument should be re-addressed in another couple months when the FL summer is in full swing. If Montero is still putting up splits that make his Dh numbers reminiscent of a Jim Thome …. then there’s definitely an argument.
Mounting statistical evidence. Sounds serious.
That was my doing
what is IsoP??
IsoP is the difference between batting average and slugging percentage. Helps measure power, since it’s subtracting out singles.
thanks.
isolated Power. (SLG% – Battting AVG)
That’s a vintage Betances start. Could be worse.
That’s a vintage FIRST HALF Betances start. Could be worse.
There you go. Now its a positive statement.
Does dopple-Melky have the same kind of arm as real Melky?
What’s his ceiling?
He has more tools than Spicoli’s dad, but he swings at everything thrown at the plate. IF he could develop any kind of plate discipline, the sky’s the limit.
AJax some more XBH’s would be nice.
I’ve updated DotF. Miranda wasn’t feeling well. It doesn’t seem he’s Bronx bound.
can’t they just put Nady or Wang on the 60 day? it’s retro anyway, that means a few extra days before he can come off at most.
Is E-dunc playing the outfield full-time now?