You think Wrigley Field is bad? Try playing a sport in 45 mph winds like the pro whackers are right now across the pond!
Another football score for an affiliate while once again two affiliates had the evening off.
- Adam Melker went 1-for-4.
- Colin Walsh went 2-for-4 with a 2-R HR.
- Nick Longmire flashed some power for 3 RBIs going 2-for-4 with 2 Rs and 1 solo HR.
- Justin Bergman went 2-for-5 with a 3B and 3 RBI.
- Rainel Rosario went 3-for-5 with a 2B and 2 RBI.
- Patrick Biserta went 2-for-4 with 2 R.
- Yunier Castillo went 1-for-3 with 2-RBI.
- Justin Edwards scattered 6 H over 7 IP to go along with 2 ER and 8 K.
- David Kington pitched an inning with 1 H.
- Travis Lawler struckout 2 in 1 IP.
- Greg Garcia went 1-for-2 with 1 R.
- Oscar Taveras went 2-for-5.
- Cody Stanley went 2-for-5 with a HR.
- Rosario Ruiz went 1-for-3 with a 2B.
- Christopher Edmondson went 3-for-4 with 2 2Bs.
- Cale Johnson took the loss yielding 5 R (4 ER) over 5.1 IP. He was tagged with 7H and 1 BB to go along with his 2 K.
- Robert Revesz struckout 2 of his 4 outs.
- Christopher Patterson pitched an inning.
- Luis Mateo, Ryan Jackson and Matt Adams picked up singles.
- The lone run came from Ryde Rodriguez HR.
- Shelby Miller had a mixed bag outing. He yielded 10 H and 5 ER over 5 IP, but walked 1 and struckout 9. 3 of those ER came on a HR.
- Jason Novak gave up a H, ER and HR in 2 IP with 3 K.
- Chris Notti gave up a hit in 1 IP.
- Aaron Terry gave up a H and 1 K in 1 IP.
- Mark Hamilton went 1-for-3.
- Donovan Solano went 2-for-4.
- Brian Anderson, Kevin Howard and Aaron Luna all picked up singles.
- Lance Lynn took the loss despite only giving up 1 ER (2 R) on 4 H, 2 BB and 5 K over 6 IP.
- Mike MacDougal had a solid outing only giving up a H in 1 IP.
- Rich Rundles got 1 out while giving up a H and 2 UER.
- Renyel Pinto walked 2 while getting 2 outs.
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I assume you mean 7/15, right? Note that Batavia’s game tonight has already been postponed due to weather. Must be really miserable …
Neither Longmire nor Perez are young for their level, but it’s still good to see them doing well there. Any chances of quick promotions, do you think?
@ Grunt: corrected — thanks.
FWIW, 2 of the hits Miller gave up in that 4-run 5th inning were infield singles (one was described as a bunt to Miller, and the other seems to have been a ground ball to the 1st baseman). The home run was the only extra-base hit he gave up.
Matias also had his first non-spectacular start in the DSL: 5 IP, 3 runs, 2 ER, 4 hits, 2 BB, 4 K, plus a WP. His ERA is all the way up to 1.25.
Guess we’ll have to hyperventilate a little slower about both guys.
Is Chambers’ OBP and OPS at AAA at infinity (and beyond)?
@Lou Schuler: I’ve always considered the use of hyperventilate in this manner (as first used by Joe Strauss) to be odd. I’ve only had one instance of hyperventilating in my life when I was about 14 or 15. It was one of the scariest moments of my life. It had nothing to do with excitement but rather a very stressful situation.
I told you guys not to get all worked up about those Latin Prospects. Matias is obviously headed for bustville with that 1.25 ERA.
Longmire, Taveras and Stanley give me a bit of a chub. Especially Taveras.
Like someone sadi yesterday johnson City really has a bunch a good hitters right now. Anxious to see if they stay there the rest of the year or get moved up.
I think this is a first: As of this morning, all the Cards’ affiliates except VSL were at .500 or better. A couple are in first place, or close to it.
The writers who say our system lacks top-tier prospects beyond Miller are probably right. But generating future MLB all-stars is a hit and miss process. In all the time I’ve been following baseball from the draft on up (I started my subscription to BA in 1990, and I used to buy it on the newsstand for years before that), only two organizations have consistently generated good-to-great players: the Braves and Dodgers. Every other system has been up and down, same as the Cards.
But a system can consistently generate useful players, from replacement level to MLB average. A good system should get several of those a year.
In the early ’00s, our system couldn’t even do that. That’s why we ended up signing guys like Juan Encarnacion, with his lifetime .317 OBP and 97 OPS+, to a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract. A good system should provide guys like Jon Jay and Allen Craig, so you never have to go out and pay $4 million a year for a journeyman outfielder.
Hyperventilating aside, it’s fun to see our system reach that baseline of competence, with excellence within reach.
Still no walks for Yu Castillo! That’s almost 1.5 years, right, of not accepting any handouts from the pitcher? Yu earns his base, he takes no charity.
@jimmy_joe: I believe Yunier actually has 2 walks this year but that doesn’t change your point. It is why I am not high on him. With his lack of power, he would have to hit .280-.290 just to sniff a .700 OPS. doubtful at this point.