- Allen Craig was 2-for-3 with a pair of HRs and a walk.
- Kyle Lohse went 4 innings allowing 3 solo HRs among 4 hits while striking out 2.
- Chuckie Fick followed up with 3 shutout innings allowing 1 walk, 1 hit and 1 strikeout.
- Eduardo Sanchez got the last two outs of the game (1 strikeout) for the save.
- Tony Cruz was 3-for-4 with a HR and a walk.
- Steven Hill was 2-for-5 with a HR.
- Tommy Pham was 1-for-3 with a pair of walks. Pham is hitting .307/.416/.427 in Springfield for a .842 OPS. It’s good to see him hitting but you can’t get too caught up in a sample size like this when he’s struggled at so many other levels.
- Chris Swauger was 2-for-4.
- Pete Kozma went 0-for-1 with a pair of walks.
- A nice outing for Scott McGregor who struck out 8 in 7 innings of work. He allowed 3 hits and 1 walk for 1 ER.
- Adam Reifer pitched a scoreless 1-hit frame.
- Niko Vasques was 0-for-1 with a pair of walks.
- Luis de la Cruz was 2-for-4 with a triple and a HR.
- Ryde Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double.
- Brett Zawacki with what might be his best outing of the year. He struck out 5 in 6.2 innings allowing 4 hits for 1 ER.
- Casey Mulligan pitched a scoreless frame striking out 2.
- David Carpenter got the save allowing 2 hits in the 9th.
- Matt Adams walked and homered in 4 PAs.
- Edgar Lara was 2-for-4 showing off his power with another HR. That’s his 4th in the last 10 games.
- Robert Stock was 2-for-4.
- Frederick Parejo was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks.
- Justin Smith pitched 5.2 innings allowing 5 hits and 1 ER while punching out 5.
- Daniel Bibona, in his first Cardinal affiliate appearance, pitched 2.1 innings allowing 1 hit and and 1 walk while striking out 4.
- Nick Longmire was 3-for-5.
- Roberto Espinoza went 2-for-2 with a walk.
- Joey Bergman was 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Yunier Castillo was 2-for-4 with a double.
- Andrew Moss struck out 6 in 5 innings. He allowed 4 hits and 1 walk for 1 ER. Moss is putting up decent numbers but is old for Batavia. He’ll be 24 in October.
- David Kington struck out 3 and walked 1 in 2 innings.
- Chase Reid struck out 5 in 2 perfect frames.
Johnson City 0, Elizabethton 5
- Kleininger Teran was 3-for-4.
- Charllan Jimenez walked a tightrope for 4 innings. He allowed 7 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4. Despite the base runners, he did not allow any runs.
- Aiden Lucas allowed 1 hit in a scoreless frame.
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Chase Reid is sporting a nifty 25-to-1 K:BB ratio in 15 innings. Jose Rada, Reid, and Keith Butler are all performing well coming out of the Batavia bullpen this season.
Was at the memphis game tonight. Lohse threw the ball really well. Moustakas just got ahold of 2 pitches and hit them very hard. The other homerun, lohse had the guy struckout and the umpire didnt call it. His pitches looks sharp and he looked good. The umpire had a tiny zone and didnt call anything down or even off the plate. Fick looked good too, he was a lanky kid with a funky finish but had excellent command and sink on a fastball that was around 90 and topped out at 92 on a scouts gun. Decent slider and good change up. Allen Craig is a beast and he has nothing left to prove. home run to right center and left. hes a big leaguer without a doubt, just give him At bats! Sanchez throws hard. about 93 94 with a good curveball and get everything out of his little body.
I have become excited about a few things in this system over the course of this season.
1) Catchers: We seem to have a lot of potential Yadi backups throughout the system.
2) Longmire: This guy has hit hit hit down there. Hopefully, he can do that in Palm Beach or higher next year.
3) Relief pitching: I don’t know what happened a few years ago, but the front office must have had a meeting where they decided that relief pitching is extremely important. The STL bullpen should be solid for the next many years with the likes of Sanchez, Reifer, Motte, Boggs, and Salas.
That group of relief pitching should allow McClellan to become a starter and someone to become the new closer after Franklin. The price of trading or signing free agent relievers is extremely high.
Now if they could develop some left handed relievers. Along those lines does Maclaine have the stuff to become a lefthanded short man??? Just asking?
You nailed it for the most part. Our system has always had (in recent time at least) some very good looking relievers. We usually draft one college closer fairly high in the draft and convert a position player or starter to a reliever to give us a ton of back of the bully type of relievers. I like the fact we have a few close to MLB ready relievers as well as some that should be ready for a cup next year (specifically Sanchez and Reifer)
We have more exciting catchers than any other year in recent time. Catchers are a premium position so this gives us plenty of options for either a trade or potential Yadi replacements down the road. Also another reason Stock gets converted to a pitcher this time next year if he hasn’t proved he can hit IMO.
Now to Longmire. I have said since draft day that one of the guys I am most excited about in the draft was Longmire. I don’t see him sticking in CF but he is a prototypical RF with a plus arm, good speed and he hits enough to play that position. Obviously I want to see him against better competition next year but all looks well for him so far.
And BTW – welcome to the Cards Org Bibona. Good debut.
When is Yadi’s contract up?
Yadi is signed through 2011 w. a club option for 2012.
If Zawacki throws a few more gems like that before the season is up, he could get some ranking consideration.
I had Zawacki as my “breakthrough” prospect a couple of years ago but, as I look at his numbers, I can’t remember why. I’m starting to look at Blazek as my guy for next year.
cough *look elsewhere* cough
Most everyone begins as a starter (hence the reason for the piggyback) and from what I see, the picture becomes clearer in high A moving forward for what role the pitcher will take on. It also depends on what’s in your arsenal and what you have learned. Then it breaks down further as to long relief, short, situational, closer, rhp, lhp. There are some starters who will become long releivers as well. And a lot depends on their make up as well. Only a few will move forward.