This game brought to you by a Yankees victory over the Red Sox. I’m not sure there’s ever a situation that could excise my hatred from 2004 for the Red Sox.
- Jon Jay was 2-for-6.
- Allen Craig gets the offensive trophy for the night going 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles.
- David Freese and Mark Hamilton both collected 2 hits including a double.
- Matt Pagnozzi and Shane Robinson both went 2-for-4. Sugar Shane (why is every Shane nicknamed Sugar?) went yard.
- Adam Ottavino needed 103 pitches to go 5 innings. He allowed 3 ER on 5 hits walking 3 and striking out 4.
- Fernando Salas pitched a scoreless frame walking 1 and striking out 1.
- Josh Kinney pitched a perfect frame.
- Steve Hill and Tony Cruz both went 2-for-5 with a double.
- Mike Folli was 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Brandon Dickson as victimized by the longball allowing 3 HRs. He was tagged for 5 hits in 6 IP and 4 ER. He did strike out 6 and walk 3.
- Chuckie Fick allowed a hit and a walk while striking out 1 in 2 scoreless frames.
Palm Beach 2, Charlotte 3 (Game 1: 7 innings)
- Osvaldo Morales was 2-for-3 with a double.
- Richard Castillo took a loss in a quality start allowing 3 runs in 6 innings. He struck out 3 and walked 1. Batters are hitting .284 against Castillo and he’s walked 59 striking out just 82 in 118 innings. When you’re walking that many batters AND getting hit that often, it’s a bad combination.
Palm Beach 2, Charlotte 3 (Game 2: 7 innings)
- Adron Chambers was 2-for-4 with a triple.
- Francisco Rivera was 2-for-3.
- Jose Jaime Garcia allowed just 1 hit in 4 innings striking out 6. (edit: I have no idea why I typed Jose since I even clicked the name to see how Jaime was doing in all of his rehab starts thus far.)
- Adam Reifer took the blown save walking 1 and allowing a hit for an ER. He’s been oddly hittable for someone with his scouting repertoire.
- Jermaine Curtis was 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of walks.
- Xavier Scruggs was 5-for-6 with a HR and 4 RBIs.
- Ryde Rodriguez was 3-for-6 with a triple.
- Frederick Parejo was 2-for-5.
- Jorge Rondon managed to contain the damage to 4 runs despite allowing 11 hits in 6.2 innings.
- David Carpenter would retire the last two batters to pick up his 8th save of the game season. (edit: Our editor* around here is falling asleep on the job)
- Alan Ahmady was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles.
- Matt Adams was 2-for-5 with a double and a HR.
- Kyle Conley was 2-for-3 with a pair of walks.
- Ivan Castro went yard.
- A nice outing for Deryk (edit: another typo**) Hooker who strikes out 4 in 5 scoreless innings allowing 5 hits.
- Joe Kelly takes a blown save (pitching in the 6th inning) allowing 3 unearned runs on 4 hits. Yes, save rules are dumb.
- Question: Is Kingsport really a port?
- Ted Obregon was 3-for-5.
- Audrey Perez was 2-for-5 with a double.
- Hector Alvarez was 2-for-4 with a double.
- Chris Notti tossed 5 innings striking out 5. The defense combined with Notti for 2 unearned runs.
- Zach Russell faced 11 batters: 2 hits, 1 walk, 1 flyout, 6 Ks. He’s struck out 36 batters in 27 innings this year.
- David Kington struck out 2 in a scoreless frame.
(*We don’t have an editor.)
(**I swear I was sober when I wrote the DFR.)
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Scruggs and Adams….my two new eggs….who’s on board with me?!
I’m pretty sure the Garcia who pitched the four strong innings in Palm Beach’s second game was the rehabbing prospect Jaime, not the infielder Jose, a fact worth emphasizing if true.
“David Carpenter would retire the last two batters to pick up his 8th save of the game.”
His 8th save of the game? Man, that must be a record or something. ;)
MIke G is right. That’s Jaime pitching, not Jose. Joe Strauss has been hinting for a couple of weeks that the front office is sandbagging on Garcia’s timetable to keep from getting peoples’ hopes up. But I think the appropriate read is there a reasonable likelihood he will get a September call-up.
Jamie 2009 = David Price 2008?
get a paper bag!
That triple was the 15th of the season for Adron Chambers. He’s quietly put together a solid year. I keep thinking of Nyjer Morgan as a comp for him. Chambers may never make it to the big leagues, but I see some similarities between those two.
The X-Man strikes again! Keep it up!
Garcia’s rehab end 21 Aug I think so they will have to make a decision on him before Sept – burn an option or find a roster spot for him.
Always amazed when players like Scruggs who are relatively struggling at one level can get promoted and perform much better. Descalso did this between A and AA as well. Seems to happen less with pitchers.
It’s very weird, I think you see that a lot actually. There could be some sense of “boredom” if they aren’t moving up especially with the young guys. So, when they move up a level, their true talent shines through.
That’s why scouting these guys without actually being in the guys’ head is so hard.
I could be completely off base with the boredom theory, however.
Oh yea, I hate the Red Sox too. And I have to live in Boston and it makes me hate them even more.
Are you kidding me Xavier Scruggs? Wow
Jeff-
I think that a lot of good fastball hitter improve as they move up the system because more pitchers have better control and putting more pitches near the plate.
That’s fair too. Players will swing at bad pitches because that is all they are getting in the low minors because they are desperate to impress with hitting, not walking.
Even though, I’m impressed by walking.
Question: why has there been no call for colby to be sent down in favor of Craig? Favoritism, upside, or some other reason?
Who plays CF on the days Rick Ankiel shows up drunk?
errrr, dehydrated. excuse me.
[Rasmus should have been installed in CF and left alone. Now he's being jostled around with inconsistent playing time. He's not doing much to help his case for everyday playing time either. A DL trip would probably be a better idea than a trip to the minors. It leaves the club dangerously thin at CF though.]
If the boredom theory holds water. Donavan Solano must be bored with Springfield. He has never hit much there and when promoted to AAA Memphis hit solid. Now back at Springfield he’s back to nothing.
@spencegrif…colby plays a gold glove caliber center field, even if he isn’t hitting, he still has positive value for this team…now craig for thurston is another situation entirely
oh, and yay jaime…i really hope he’s in our rotation next season
No option to burn on Jaime Garcia. He has been on the Major League roster all year. Since he got hurt officially while up with the major league club. He has been acrewing Major League playing time service this whole year.
but we can option him to AAA, right? i figured he had an option year left…i could be completely wrong…this stuff still confuses me
Colby has 3 options left!
oops, responded about the wrong player. On 21 august we have to either put garcia on the active roster (and send some one else to the minors or the DL) or option Jamie to the minors. Garcia has 2 options left. Sending him down this year will use one of those. I have said several times I thought the Cards were foolish to start his rehab before the 1st of August for this reason.
What’s the status on Scott Bittle? I thought he had signed and been sent to QC?
What’s wrong with having jamie on the active roster for 10 days until rosters expand? He was going to come up anyway on Sept.1. If he’s ready, we could use a bullpen arm.
Yeah, a port on the French Broad…
i think they can option garcia for a few days until the sept roster expansion and not burn an option. according to the CBA, an option of less than 20 days in one season does not count.
If the X-man doesn’t make the hot sheet this week it will lose the last of its credibility!
Correction to the above, Garcia’s rehab started 23 July and can last up to 30 days. Again, why not wait 7 days is beyond me.
@cariocacardinal. Perhaps they started Garcia’s rehab sooner because they see a glimmer of hope he can help the big club this season. Our bullpen is depleted and this is a year we are going for it. Is it really a problem to exchange Garcia for Thompson on July 23 and then let Brad come back when the rosters expand? Thus, I see it as a reasonable move that some may disagree with. No need for angst on this one IMHO.
Correction. Should be August 23 in above post.
Garcia has to be on the active roster before Aug.1 to be eligible for post season … right? I mean I know there’s some clause that the Angels used with K-Rod a couple years back but can’t remember the specifics of it. I would much rather have Garcia coming out of the pen in the postseason than Wellemeyer.
Wellemeyer has officially been given the start for tuesday against the Reds. dang
@Wade. If a player from the 25 man roster is on the DL the whole season then activated after Aug 1, I think he is eligible for post-season (at least this is my understanding). I thought I read that Garcia is accruing major league time while on DL. Thus, I expect he’ll be eligible for post-season. Maybe someone better informed on the rules has a different view.
To Wade:
He has to be on the 25-man roster by August 31, not 1.
I had thought Garcia was on the 60 day DL the entire season so far? This would meant that he was not taking up a spot on the 40 man roster, and therefore not accruing any major league service time right now, or burning up an option year.
It is the Red Sox Fans that I hate and not so much the team, especially the jump on the bandwagon crowd (2004) that don’t really even follow/ know baseball much .
Sugar Shane–could be a play on Sugar Cane ?
If Descalso isn’t playing much at Memphis he should have been traded or sent back to Springfield. Maybe the Memphis skipper thinks Hoffpauier(sp?)
gives them a better chance to win and they are trying to win the pennant there.
Post Police-should be Deryk Hooker not Deryl , the K is right next to the L
on my keyboard ( ; > )
you guys should start a club — or maybe we already have. . .
well nevermind wellemyer just got scratched fro tuesdays start and now looks like mitchell boggs is gonna get the start. makes no sense why they chose boggs who just came off a horrid start while p.j is on fire.
I thought you just had to be in the organization by August 31st to be eligible for the post-season.
You can call up anyone you want for the postseason, you just have to set your number of pitchers and position players.
Anyone know why Robert Stock hasn’t played the last 3 games for Johnson City? He get hurt?
Sadly no Kingsport is not a port its a small city located about 30min north of Johnson City
Boggs was pitching in a game where wind was blowing out at 40 mph. I don’t think it should keep him from starting.
And Wellemeyer has some elbow boo boo.