Jeff is on assignment in Hawaii for the next three weeks. Assignment as in on his honeymoon. So you get the FR godfather. Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon Jeff to do a service for me. But, until that day – accept this justice as a gift on um, … Jeff’s wedding day… And I hope that their first child be a masculine child. OK, I’ll stop with The Godfather quotes now.
- Remember Rick Ankiel? Of course you do. He went 2-for-5 with a HR. I am assuming he is on a rehab assignment. Alex Gordon, who inexplicably is not on a rehab assignment also went yard. He’s hitting .320/.448/.586 but is still banished to Triple-A for some purpose of Dayton Moore’s. O-Royals > KC Royals.
- On to the Redbirds. Mark Hamilton and Ruben Gotay both doubled.
- Bryan Anderson drew a pair of walks.
- Chuckie Fick struck out 5 in 5 innings. He also had the misfortune of giving up 4 homers.
- Erik fact: I went to college in Tulsa. I do not miss Tulsa in the middle of July. The bugs are huge, and it is hotter than hot there.
- Remember Stuart Pomeranz? Matt Carpenter hit a walk-off, two-run homer off of Pomeranz the Elder.
- Daryl “where did the tools go?” Jones went 2-4 with a HR. Yay.
- Scott “Farmer” McGregor gave up 5 ER and 2 HR. Boo.
- Andrew Brown went 2-for-5 with 3 strikeouts
- Chris Swauger doubled
- Blake King, Jason Buuuuuursma and Francisco Samuel all threw a scoreless frame. Each struck a batter out. King walked one, Buursma allowed one hit.
Palm Beach 4, Brevard County 8
- Niko Vasquez went 2-4 with a walk
- D’Marcus Ingram went 2-for-5 with a double and 3 RBI
- Hugo Castellanos and Rich the Rock Rocabadlo both doubled and drew walks.
- Richard Castillo – 4 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR. Castillo may have opened our eyes for his previous performances at a young age, but he has stalled. Considering the scouting reports were never all that glowing, I think it’s time for the last remaining Castillo bandwagoners to reconsider their position.
- Angel Tapia allowed a hit and struck out 3 over 2 IP
- Ryan Jackson went 3-for-4. Jackson also was caught stealing 2nd and picked up his 21st error. I”m not one for pointing out errors, but 21 seems like a lot considering Jackson’s defensive reputation.
- Matt Adams and Christian Beatty both doubled
- Jorge Rondon – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K
- Jason Smith struck out three in his 3 innings. He gave up two hits and a walk.
- Aaron Terry struck out 2 in a perfect inning of work for the save. Terry was a 42nd round pick last year, but so far has some pretty gaudy numbers for QC. 40 K in 31.1 IP, 10 walks, and a 2:1 ground out to air out rate.
Batavia 1, Jamestown Grape Thingy 0
- Matt Valaika went 2 for 3 with a double.
- Audris Perez went 1-for-3 with the only RBI
- Kevin Siegrist struck out four, walked two over 4 IP
- John Gast, in his second game, faced nine batters. Two struck out, five grounded out. He allowed a couple of hits. I don’t know, but I like John Gast’s prospects as a LOOGY, but I’m probably jumping the gun by just basing it off his college numbers.
- Cody Stanley, Phil Cerreto and Chris Edmondson all went yard. Chris Edmondson has a .667 slugging %. He’s a 45th round pick. I’m not saying this because Edmondson is a future star, I just honestly don’t know what the heck it means.
- What I’m more excited about is Oscar Tavaras. He went 4-4 with 2 doubles and is now batting .385 and is slugging well over .600. He an 18-year-old signee of the DR and plays center field. If anyone can give us a scouting report, please share it.
- Travis Tartamella went 3-3 with a double and a walk.
- Patrick Daugherty filled up the boxscore. 5 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 HR, 9 K.
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You guys still doing the weekly Latin America reviews? I don’t think I’ve seen any yet?
It’s on my list to check in on those stats. I know everyone is interested.
According to Jeff Luhnow’s mini-scouting report on Taveras post-DSL last year, Oscar was one of the “toolsier” players on his team. He didn’t say much more, unfortunately.
For a brief overview of OT’s ’09 season, you could check out the 59th and final page of Scout.com’s top 50 Cards prospects thread (very top of the threads page). It’s from Dec. 28, and it’s thorough, witty, eloquent…and written by ME. Well at least one of those things is true.
Also worth watching is fellow 18-year-old Anthony Garcia in the GCL. Not many AB’s, of course, but the catcher-turned-RF is showing power, patience, and excellent contact skills in a terrible hitting environment.
Luhnow has talked about Tavares numerous times already this year on the link provided yesterday. Sunday morning show with Marcek.
Anyone know when Shelby Miller is slated to pitch? QC is in Bowling Green and I would travel from Louisville to see it.
He last pitched on the 15th so I’m assuming he’ll be starting tomorrow night. He’s listed as the starter on QC’s website.
Merriam-Webster’s
Word of the Day
July 20
A-Gast
\Ah-Gassed\
adjective
Meaning
: to stand in a stupefied manner after a devilish fastball from a baseball pitcher, especially in the case of the pitcher being a lefthander in the Cardinals minor leagues.
Example Sentence
The batter for the Grape-Thingys was A-Gast when John froze him on that two-strike fastball.
Did you know?
In the 19th century, American pioneers ate a great amount of Gast brand beans—baked and fried—on their travels west, and when the subsequent flatulence made itself apparent, victims often complained of being Gast.
just noticed on the BA minor league transaction list the Cards re-instated Tyler Bighames from the suspended list and immediately released him.
When we drafted Bighmaes I was kind of excited as I thought he would be a project but he had upside. Obviously alot has changed since then and now he’s gone!
Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in.
First off, hurray for Matt Carpenter!
Second, does anyone have any idea if Jackson’s errors have been mostly fielding related or throwing related? If he is truly as advanced at SS as some claim, his errors could be due to the 1B unable to scoop some off-balanced throws. His increased range may leave him with some difficult throws that the 1B can’t scoop, leading to throwing errors given to Jackson… just a theory.
DK this is a great question on Jackson. I for one watched some Miami games as well as a decent amount of video on Jackson in college and leading up to the draft. I must say I have never been that impressed with a SS defense leading up to any draft before. So I am wondering the same thing and would be curious to see if anyone out there has seen him live this year multiple times that can give some insight.
Matt Adams doesn’t exactly look like a great fielding 1B … but i’ve never seen him.
21 errors is nothing. Kozma’s got 26.
LOL…that makes me feel better. So all of our SS prospects are making errors left and right! GREAT!
It’s perplexing to say the least.
Eric, which school…..ORU?
Chris Edmondson is also 22 years old, which is rather long in the tooth to be playing in JC. He can’t help it, of course, never having played pro ball before this year (doesn’t appear to have been drafted previously), but he really _should_ be beating up on the kiddies. If he still hits after being moved up a couple of levels, he could be interesting; at least a 22YO who hits a ton in the rookie league is more interesting than a 22YO who doesn’t hit a ton in the rookie league.
In Edmondson’s defense, not all teams even have short season A teams and many start nearly all their draftees in rookie ball (JC equivalent). I’d also suggest that JC is a huge step up from Le Moyne college. Next year will be more telling.