Happy 4th of July!
The farm system doesn’t stop for the nation’s birthday and I’m wondering if the fireworks will stop prior to me finishing the DFR. (Question: Am I the only person in the world who isn’t thrilled by fireworks?)
Anywho, Arquimedes forgot to adjust his mirror death rays for the 8th inning after flirting with a no-no, things turn ugly. Memphis wins in extras and Springfield goes up in smoke (like fireworks!!!).
Let’s rock?
Memphis 3, Round Rock 2 (11 innings)
- Jon Jay was 2-for-4.
- Daniel Descalso was 2-for-5.
- Nick Stavinoha was 2-for-4 with a pair of walks.
- Brett Wallace was 3-for-4.
- Donovan Solano was 2-for-4 with a walk.
- Memphis turned 4 double plays — 3 of which involved Descalso.
- Adam, Adam, Adam. I’m just not sure what there is left to say about your outings. The command still isn’t there with 6 walks over 7 innings. The stuff is still tantalizing with 6 strikeouts as well. On the season, you’ve got 61 strikeouts in 71 innings. . . and 50 walks.
- Jess Todd struck out 3 in 2 innings of work allowing just 1 hit.
- Matt Scherer picked up the win striking out the side in the 11th.
- James Rapoport was 3-for-5 with a HR.
- Pete Kozma was 0-for-4 committing his 15th error of the season.
- Shane Peterson was 2-for-5.
- Tyler Henley was 1-for-5 but took that 1 hit out of the yard.
- Mike Folli and Tony Cruz both went 2-for-4.
- Needless to say the pitching sucked something fierce.
- Brian Broderick – 2.1 IP, 8 runs (4 earned)
- Brad Furnish – .1 IP, 4 runs
- Eddie Degerman – .1 IP, 3 runs, 6 walks
- Marco Gonzalez – 3 IP, 2 runs
- Eduardo Sanchez – 1 IP, 1 run
- Only Sam Freeman escaped that catastrophe unscathed pitching 2 scoreless frames striking out 1 and allowing a hit.
- Curt Smith was 3-for-5 with a double.
- Aaron Luna was 2-for-4 with a double and a triple.
- Domnit Bolivar was 2-for-4.
- Oliver Marmol got his Craig Biggio on with a walk and 2 HBP.
- Scott Gorgen had a nice outing striking out 9 over 7 innings. He allowed 3 hits and 3 walks.
- Blake King blew up allowing 3 runs without retiring a batter.
- Adam Reifer picked up the win with a scoreless frame and 1 K. Adam’s been striking out more than a batter an inning this season with a K:BB ratio approaching 3. He’s also been strangely hittable for someone whith his purported stuff allowing more than a hit an inning. With an ERA over 5, there’s still work to do.
- Matt Carpenter went 2-for-3 with a walk. He’s claimed the drums* for when Chris, David and he form their band: The Carpenters. Catchy, no?
- Arquimedes Nieto took a no-no into the 8th inning before allowing a 2-run HR. That was the only scoring of the game unfortunately. Nieto ended up striking out 7 over 7.1 innings.
- Alan Ahmady was 1-for-3 with 2 BBs.
- Ryde Rodrigeuz was 2-for-4 with a double. He’s raised his OPS to .901 after struggling during the start of his season in Quad Cities.
- Ivan Castro, C, was 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Tyler Lavigne struck out 8 over 5 innings. He allowed just 3 hits, 1 walk and 1 ER.
- Deryk Hooker got beat up for 5 ER over 3 innings.
- Michael Swinson was 3-for-4 with a double and a HR.
- Richard Racobaldo was 3-for-4.
- Yunier Castillo was 2-for-4.
- JC pitchers 1 hit Bristol with a pair of walks. Jesse Simpson struck out 6 in 4 innings, Pablo Ortiz struck out 8 in 4 innings and David Kington picked up his 3rd save with a scoreless frame.
*Wagonmaker gets a cameo since he’s almost a Carpenter. He’ll be playing the cowbell.
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I’m sure glad Tyler Herron isn’t cluttering up that Springfield pitching staff anymore!
I was at the Springfield game tonight. Not a lot to report, other than it was the longest damn game of my life. Here’s just a few brief notes:
Kozma’s error wasn’t actually his fault. It was a fine throw, but Cruz was inexplicably off the bag
Herron’s swing looks nice and smooth
Sanchez’s stuff, like Matt Baker said, is pretty filthy. He touched 96 and had better control than everybody else that pitched tonight (non Sam Freeman division)
Steven Hill’s single was a swinging bunt that literally rolled down the foul line. The pitcher picked it up, thinking it would be called foul but wasn’t.
Degerman’s pitching motion, as others here have mentioned, is weird. He looks even weirder when he’s playing long toss with the outfielders
Matt Arburr and Lance Lynn are HUGE
Wow. That 18 spot looks ug-ly.
At what point do we release furnish and degerman?
Maybe a cardinal minor leaguer will finally be making a debut on BA’s prospect hot sheet in form of Brett Wallace. Eh?
Wallace just won’t stop hitting. I hope they bring him up in or by September. Also, good to see Descalso hit. I was starting to hope that Kozma may only be about a year away, but i’m starting to think it’s going to be longer…
@tom s. … and daley?
The Dutch Oven stays hot with 3 more hits tonight.
Tyler Lavigne is off to a really solid start to his pro career. 17 K, and only 2 BB, in 12.2 IP. Not bad for a 50th-rounder. He put up some good stats in college, playing for a good program at San Diego State. Makes you wonder why he fell all the way to the 50th round.
Like the question mark after Let’s Rock too, by the way.
Reminds me of “I’m Ron Burgundy?”
Palm Beach, which usually draws 4 or 5 hundred in attendance per game, drew
7,800 yesterday. Musta’ had a hell of a fireworks show. Memphis drew close
to 14,00 by the way.
Tyler Lavigne must have had signability questions to fall that far in the draft. Does anyone know what his signing bonus was?
Anyway, good job by the Cards taking that chance and either getting lucky or showing the kid some money. He has 17 K and only 2 BB in 12 IP – sort of reminds me of Jesse Todd’s start with Batavia a few years ago.
Lavigne is also a polished college arm pitching in rookie ball. While its exciting to see I wouldn’t put too much stock in it.
sluhser,
I think it’s fair to be cautious given that he has only pitched 12 innings.
However, Lavigne isn’t some older guy dominating younger, less experienced players. He is actually a little young for the league because he is still 20 years old (he turns 21 years old in a few weeks). And I don’t know how polished he can be because most of his college career was spent at Southern Nevada, which isn’t exactly playing a tough schedule.
Anyway, most of the prospects in the NY Penn League players are college juniors and seniors who are at between 21 or 22 years old. Lavigne is right where he should be, and he’s striking out a lot of guys, not walking many, and with a 2:1 GO:AO ration. If he can keep it up…
Ehh had a bit of a brain fart there thinking he was at JC….
Reifer’s is posting a BABIP of .400 this year while having only one of .242 last year. His GB% last year was 56% while this year it is 41%. Now he is giving up less HR’s per FB than last year only 4% this year compared to 7% this year.
So my guess is his Line Drive percentage against is through the roof. I wish I knew were to look to confirm my suspicion but I don’t know where to look for LD% for minor leaguers in A ball.
If his LD rate is up than he might be tipping his pitches or not getting the same movement he did last year. His BB and K percentages numbers are down from last year. That might just going to the next level or he is sacrificing movement/speed for accuracy.
I would love to hear a recent scouting report on him
Descalso might be for real. He’s having a great year.