Memphis @ Iowa: Lance Lynn
Springfield v. Frisco: Kevin Thomas [Update 3:32pm CST] Deryk Hooker will be making the start. Kevin Thomas bumped due to a rash. Per Kary Booher
Palm Beach @ Jupiter: Maikel Cleto
Quad Cities v. Burlington: Seth Blair
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Big fan of these threads to give me an early look on who is pitching in our system each day. Since I make a trip out to this site each morning (or that is my goal) it is nice to not have to go to another site to look it up. Thanks Azru!
Hoping for another big groundball day from Cleto. Lost in yesterday’s great games by Swagerty and Gast were 10-1 and 9-1 (if I remember correctly) groundout/flyout ratios. Looking for a nice comeback game by Blair. His stats were underwhelming the first game.
One suggestion on these threads would be if you could list the game times to reminds us if there is an early day game so we can remember to fire up Milb.com :)
Is there a stat or something that shows why a ground ball is better than a fly ball or why a walk is worse than a hit? It seems like everyone in the cardinals organization pushes for ground balls and don’t like walks or fly balls. I prefer K’s and an occasional walk over fly or ground balls because a large percentage of the time these types of contacts are for extra bases. I am sure that I am wrong, but this is what logic tells me. Please let me hear your thoughts.
Just my opinion but I think pitchers who throw more ground ball outs tend to give up less HR’s and less extra base hits (makes some sense, right?) Since there are more infielders and less room in the infield than the OF it also makes sense that a ground ball has a better chance of hitting someone’s glove and not falling for a hit. Ground ball pitchers also generate more double plays.
The lack of walks by minor league pitchers just shows more control to me. Also, a ball that is hit has a chance to be turned into an out compared to a walk that allows no chance for that.
There is some evidence that pop ups are as good as ground balls but until I see pop ups in the box scores, I’ll stick with groundouts.
Thanks for the response and it makes sense. My only concern is when I read a quote from a source who says that a pitcher had a good night when he gave up 8 hits, 3 ER’s, 2 BB’s and 4 K’s…..versus a quote that says that a pitcher gave up 2 hits, 1 ER, 3 BB’s and 1K had control issues or was roughed up by the opposition. Your analogy makes sense but some of the quotes that I read don’s make logic sense to me….maybe it is designed to protect those who are considered top prospects or first rounders. Thanks again for your response.
Ground balls are also a good indicator of movement. Flyballs show the hitters are doing a better job centering pitches. If you are a succesfull flyball pitcher in the minors, its rare that you will be in the majors.
Its also about being efficient. The more efficient you are, the more innings you will pitch.
Groundballs more likely to stay in the park and only go for singles. Flyballs more likely to leave the park and be multiple basehits. Groundballs produce doubleplays and help save an inning. A flyball is also usually hit more solidly than a ground ball.
Nothing groundbreaking here, but a little reading on the Doctor.
http://www.pennleaguereport.net/2011/04/scouting-report-on-rhp-tyrell-jenkins.html
Thanks for that post Franklin
Hill placed on the DL
http://blogs.news-leader.com/cardinals/2011/04/15/another-dl-casualty-bum-knee-shelves-hill/