Comments on: Daily Farm Report 6/22/09

By: Kelley

Kelley — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:42:38 +0000

Bad Blake King…where does this come from? I was at the game and watched Blake King pitch and he looked great to me. The first inning he faced 3 batters…no hits… 1 strike out…no walks….the second inning he got 2 quick outs and then there was a broken bat that flew at him and he got out of the way and the ball dropped in the infield for a registered base hit….then Blake tried to pick off the runner at first and the throw was low and the first baseman couldn’t dig it out…then there was little blooper in the infield between second and first that nobody caught….registered a single and a run scored…then there was a “hit and run” and the short stop left his position too early and the ball went right where he should have been..registered a hit and a run scored….there was a solid hit (the only one of the inning)….then there was a hit to the third baseman and he committed an error and an un-earned run scored…..then Blake struck out the next guy. He was throwing strikes and hitting 94mph and had no walks. He didn’t fall apart with what happened in the game and he finished with a strike out which showed poise to me. You should report the positive and the negative for these players ( Blake’s ERA jumped all the way up to 1.76 and he has 57 strikeouts in 41 innings…. and 30 walks with a record of 5-0)…so give him a break.

By: Jeff Roman

Jeff Roman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:31:27 +0000

http://www.futureredbirds.net/2009/06/22/monday-prospect-stew/

By: VolsnCards5

VolsnCards5 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:30:33 +0000

hmmm…maybe luhnow and company really do know what they are doing

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:38:43 +0000

Another line to add to Kyle’s point above, Justin Jackson, who many people, including me, liked as a shortstop in that draft is doing this at high A:

.243/.361/.308, 0HR, 31BB:60K

By: Hugo

Hugo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:15:57 +0000

Eric used to have a fangraphs blog about the cards that was in my RSS feed for ages after he quit posting on it. I have always been hoping he would revive it.

By: Neil T.

Neil T. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:44:51 +0000

So what’s the scoop on Mateo?

By: ArRedbird

ArRedbird — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:24:16 +0000

Hugo and Jeffery
Thanks for explaining the AA DH rule

By: burt

burt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:15:33 +0000

Congrats on the FanGraphs gig, Erik! Great first post.

By: Jeff Roman

Jeff Roman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:04:40 +0000

That dude has CRAZY eyes!

By: Jeffery

Jeffery — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:50:06 +0000

In AA the DH is used when one of the teams is American League. No DH when both are National League. Arkansas is AA Angels. Springfield plays 3 teams that no DH is used.