A slew of roster moves happened today. Here they are are, all neat and bullet-pointy:
- Jon Jay to Memphis
- Shane Robinson to the DL
- Tyler Herron to Palm Beach
- Brandon Dickson to Springfield
- Kenny Maiques to Quad Cities
- Wayne Daman to Palm Beach
- JD Stambaugh from GCL to QC
Jay earned his promotion; he’s been impressive with the stick all season long, hitting .306/.373/.457 in 428 plate appearances. Herron has a 4.78 FIP in 81.1 innings pitched. Tyler’s been eminently hittable, with 101 allowed. I’m not sure if it’s a fluky BABIP thing, but one person I talked to has seen Herron multiple times this season and was less then impressed. He was throwing 85-88 and saw no signs of his any decent secondary stuff.
Some of you cock-eyed optimists out there will read this article and will begin to believe Justin Fiske is the next Jamie Moyer.
“Knowing how baseball is so velocity-oriented, you look at his velocity and say, ‘He’s not going to go pitch in the big leagues,’ ” Miller said. “But sometimes you don’t know. It might increase. Sometimes he might have an ‘out’ pitch where he can just get by.”
Dyar Miller says Fiske has a “Bugs Bunny” changeup. And we all know, Bugs Bunny was the greatest player ever to be banned from baseball, so that’s pretty high praise.
I admit, I got a little nervous when I saw this headline. Then I got a little disappointed with my lack of moral scruples for being relieved that I hadn’t heard of any of them. The three suspended for steroids are DSL Cardinals, the one with the highest profile being Andres Beras, a speedy CF that was signed last July 2nd.
This fantasy baseball site compares highly touted Rays prospect Desmond Jennings with Daryl Jones. They like Jones more.
Light DFR tonight, as Palm Beach and Quad Cities’ games were postponed and Johnson City had the night off.
- Josh Phelps is on another planet right now. He followed a 2 HR performance last night by going yard 3 times tonight in 3 at-bats. That’s…just…wow. Does he have any trade value?
- Tyler Greene and Jon Jay both singled.
- PJ Walters got walloped, whooped or whatever you want to call it-4.2 IP, 7 H 7 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 3 HR. He now has an unsightly HR/9 rate of 1.45.
- Matt Scherer allowed 4 ER over 2 IP.
- Put me down for a 100 shares of Daryl Jones. He went 3-for-4 with a double and a HR. I think it’s time we come up with a cool nickname for Daryl.
- Allen Craig 2-for-4.
- Adam Ottavino got roughed up yet again tonight-3 IP, 8 H (all singles), 8 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP. He threw 70 pitches just to record 9 outs and pitched to 4 batters in the 4th. I think Adam has the talent and the makeup to be a lot better than this; I have no idea what is going on.
- Brandon Yarbrough allowed 3 SB, all while Ottavino was pitching.
- Jon Edwards went 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Frederick Parejo doubled.
- Domnit Bolivar tripled.
- Shane Peterson walked and stole a base.
- Scott Gorgen threw 5 innings and allowed just a run on 3 hits with 4 K’s. So far, so good with Gorgen. 27 K’s over 25 innings, with 7 walks and a 2.25 ERA.
- Miguel Tapia allowed 2 ER on 6 hits and a walk.
- Adam Reifer allowed a run on 2 hits and a walk.
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Wonder if Gorgen follows Lynn to Iowa?
As for Jones nick name, it has to be My Other Brother Daryl Jones
Doesnt it?
Or for the hip, cool crowd it can be Daryl “Tool Box” Jones
Man I sound like I am 80 sometimes…I gotta stop watching Golden Girls on Oxygen so much!
daryl jones bustin out. wouldn’t it be great to see him go on a tear to finish the year and see how high his ranking goes in the off-season? as for the nickname, it has to be something that plays off DJ. come on people, fill in the blank. DJ _________.
Someting as simple as DJ Tools?
I like DJ Tools
In Johnson City news, Niko Vasquez took his off-night to develop a more efficient, yet lossless compression form for transporting high amounts of data over various networks and digital formats. Niko discovered a way to use the electric wiring in a house to create a giant broadcasting antenna using the nails in the frame of each house. Unfortunately for Niko, his hotel lost power and his data was lost.
Next on Niko’s to-do list? Save As…
Personally, I think Fiske, P.J. Walters, and Brad Furnish should all end up in the bullpen down the road. Anytime you have a pitcher who has that one dominant out pitch but not a ton else to offer, relief work seems to me to be an excellent use of their talents.
Is Dimebag Daryl taken…? How about the Terrible Daryble?
…yea I got nothin’.
I was looking for Wallace to move up. It seems like he’s just wasting time beating up on lesser competition already.
Having seen Fiske pitch in Springfield (only once), I came away thinking he has a chance to become a decent ML LOOGY. Anything more is unlikely. But a good LOOGY is not to be scoffed at, eh Cardinals fans? This line of thought brings me to ask the question, did anyone ever hear a reliable reason why the Cards cut Eric Haberer at the end of spring training, rather than grooming him as a LOOGY? Since he’s a local boy (Bloomington, IL), I continue to have an interest in that question.
What is a LOOGY?
Calling someone a toolbox is a cutdown not a compliment. I like DJ Tools alot.
Nice to see Daryl starting to get acclimated to AA. DJ Dynamite?
p.s. LOOGY – Lefty One Out GuY
HL, that’s classic…
I wonder if the Cards will allow Amaury to be transferred to my softball team.
DJ Dynamite—I like it
The nickname’s gotta be something that fits within his real name: Daryl “____” Jones.
Daryl “DJ Tools” Jones just doesn’t flow. Nor does Daryl “DJ Dynamite” Jones.
Now, if you went with Daryl “Dynamite” Jones, or perhaps “Dynamite” Daryl Jones….I think you’ve got something there.
How bout “Tackleberry” cuz he’s got tons of weapons?
D2J, for Dynamite Daryl or Daryl Dynamite??? What do you think about that?
I’m not sure dynamite is a good idea.. the temptation to go “dine-O-MIIIITE!” would be too great. http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153987/?tag=Dynomite
How about Chipper? Has that been taken?
Its a shame he is from Texas and not Indiana.
how about DJ5. for the 5 tools. or D5J or some iteration thereof.
Ottavino has no heart. It’s just sad to watch at this point.