It’s getting to be about that time as the short season teams are getting up and running.
Brian Walton published the starting Batavia roster (defending champs!) and should be a very interesting team to follow.
It will be interesting to see how the infield shakes out with Nico Vasquez, Ryan Jackson and Jason Stidham all vying for spots in the middle infield.
The outfield will look familiar for FR heads with Ryde Rodriquez, Beau Riportella (B-Ripper) and D’Marcus Ingram.
And of course at catcher is the indomitable Luis De La Cruz.
We got three close games and one not so close as the clubs went 2-2.
- Adam Ottavino started for the Redbirds and did very well. He only allowed 1 run on 3 this and a walk and struck out 7. He even got more groundouts than flyouts. That’s more like what I like to see from Ottavino.
- Matt Scherer took the loss by giving up 1 run in his 2/3 of an inning.
- Charlie Manning limited the damage by stranding Scherer’s two runners.
- Josh Kinney walked 1 in his 1 inning of work.
- Bryan Anderson, C (remember him?) was the hitter hero of the day. He went 2-3 with a double and a RBI.
- Brett Wallace, 3B and Mark Shorey, RF, both had 1 hit each.
- Trey Hearne pitched 7 solid innings, giving up only 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks. He only struck out 2, however. He got the win to move to 6-1 on the year and has a 3.00 ERA exactly. He’s quietly doing well this year.
- Sam Freeman pitched a scoreless 8th with a walk and a K.
- Francisco Samuel used the whole 2 run cushion he was provided giving up a solo home run and then closing out the game. I’m sure he just wanted it to be a little closer to help him concentrate. He also allowed a hit and plunked a guy.
- Mark Hamilton, DH went 2-3 with 2 doubles and a walk. Hopefully he’s back on track for the good season he was having before getting hurt.
- Daniel Descalso, 2B went 2-4 with a double, a walk and a RBI.
- Steve Hill, LF and Tyler Henley, RF both had doubles.
- Scott Gorgen started the game for PB and went 5 innings. He allowed 2 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks. But amazingly enough 8 of his 15 outs were via the strikeout. He also had 5 ground outs to 2 flyouts. He allowed a lot of hits, but that start had some good peripherals.
- Yonathan Gonzalez gave up 4 runs (1 earned) as his defense let him down big time.
- Jason Buuuuuuuuursma stranded Gonzalez’s 1 runner and pitched another 2 innings of shutout ball for 2.1 innings total.
- Adam Reifer had an adventuresome 9th, but got the save by striking out the side.
- Aaron Luna, 2B went 2-4 with a HR and a triple and 3 RBIs. He also was hit by a pitch. With the emergence of Daniel Descalso and Aaron Luna tearing the cover off the ball, 2B for the Cards in the minors is going to get mighty interesting in the next few years.
- Shane Peterson, RF went 3-5 with an RBI.
- Blake Murphy, C went 2-5 with 2 doubles.
- Colt Sedbrook, SS went 2-4 with a double.
- Adron Chambers, CF finds his way into the DFR yet again by going 2-5 with an RBI.
Quad Cities 0, Peoria 10
Sorry to anyone who drove over to Peoria for this game, it looks like it was a stinker. Hopefully advancing 2009 draft picks can spruce up the QC roster a little bit over the next month or so.
- Gary Daley gave up 7 runs in 5 innings, enough said.
- Miguel Tapia Pudding wasn’t much better as he gave up 3 runs in 2 innings.
- Matthew Frevert Frogurt was the lone highlight on the mound in his first outing since being called up from EST. He went 1 inning, allowing 1 hit and striking out 1. No runs allowed!!
- Jared Mitchell, RF and Charles Cutler, C had the only two hits for QC.
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man gorgen has been on fire he has 31 strikeouts in his last 24+ innings
Texas League All-Star Game rosters were announced today. Springfield will send 9 representatives:
Mark Hamilton
Dan Descalso
Tyler Henley
Pete Kozma
Daryl Jones
Steve Hill
Trey Hearne
Lance Lynn
Francisco Samuel
devin shepherd is another interesting guy in that outfield. he was big time coming out of high school. he’s wasn’t very good in the GCL last year, but who knows.
looks like an interesting team. the infield should be pretty loaded with vasquez, jackson, stidham, scruggs, and carpenter. the outfield is interesting. who knows about the pitching, but hooker and fornataro should be good and blazek had good ratios last year. pitching should get an upgrade when kelly and maybe bittle get there. i also wouldn’t be surprised to see ferrara up there at some point, and this might be where we see shelby miller at the end of the summer if he takes a while to sign b/c the NYPL usually has an extra week of games.
Hopefully Niko can find his stroke playing down a level. He is clearly overmatched at Quad Cities.
I see Ahmady is listed as a catcher. I’m not sure if he played C often at Fresno St. but if he could make that happen, that would definitely be a plus.
is gary daley released once our signees get to clubs?
I will be watching Ryan Jackson closely. I know stats in SS ball are meaningless in the long run but if he shows life with the bat, it will be exciting. I imagine he and Nico will only be splitting time for a little while, and whoever performs best will be moved up to QC. Either way, it seems like Jackson should start next season in Palm Beach, with Vasquez at QC for another round.
Ahmedy pitched for Fresno, so I assume he has the arm strength to be a solid catcher. The makeup is concerning, though. He must be very talented to get suspended from his college team multiple times and still get drafted as highly as he did.
Why no promotion for Cutler? Clearly he needs a new challenge.
because if he leaves, what is the QC team left with?
Per the first comment, Gorgen really is on a good stretch of performances…has me wondering where people see him (talent wise)…and how much of a factor the PB field/conditions are helping him. PB is usually hard for me to interpret and get excited about, but Peterson, Smith (like to see him be more selective at the plate), and Chambers are opening eyes. I’ve been a Sedbrook follower for awhile now and I think he is salvaging his season after a non-factor start. Pham, Curtis, and Reifer are killing me, though…high expectations that haven’t clicked yet. Look enigma up in Websters and you see a photo of Reifer. We’ll see if he pulls out of it or maybe he’s playing hurt…tough to assess.
“Yonathan Gonzalez”? Man, just when I get used to Chrysanthemum Linares and Arquimedes Nieto, along comes another Latino kid with an outlandish name.
This makes up for the Cards passing on some of the cool names in the draft. Oh how I wish we could have gotten Splitter McStrikethrower!
I look for Castro to emerge as the best catcher of that bunch at Batavia. He is better than most people think.