The lower minors carry the system to a 2-2 night. How about that past future redbird Jaime Garcia? Let the goodness shower over you.
Hitting:
- Adron Chambers hit from the second spot in the order and provided 2 2B, 1 RBI, and 1 R in his 5 AB
- Matt Carpenter was Matt Carpenter, he went 1-for-1 with 1 RBI, 3 BB, and 2 R
- Andrew Brown hit a dinger for his lone hit in 3 AB, he also contributed 2 RBI, 1 BB, and 1 R
- Pete Kozma went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 2 RBI
Pitching:
- Brandon Dickson abandoned his ground ball tendencies for at least four pitches tonight, his line was as follows, 6.1 IP, 13 H, 8 ER, 5 K, and 4 HR allowed
- Cory Rauchenberger came in to a surprisingly (given Dickson’s line) close game and pitched 1.2 scoreless giving up only 1 hit
Hitting:
- The sluggtastic Matt Adams went 2-for-4 with 2 HR, unfortunately for the team, they were solo shots
- Eric Duncan, Chris Swauger, and Niko Vasquez all went 1-for-4 with 1 2B, Vazquez had 2 RBI
Pitching:
- Scott Schneider got the start and got lit up to the tune of 4.0 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 3 BB, and 1 K
- Nick Greenwood had the only scoreless outing going 1.0 IP with nothing but zeros
Hitting:
- AudryPerez went all Matt Adams on the Mets by being the second Cardinal farmhand to hit 2 HR is one game on this great night, he went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and 2 R
- Edgar Lara went 2-for-3 with 1 R and 1 BB
- Domnit Bolivar (who I feel like has been around forever) went 2-for-4 with 1 2B, 1 RBI, and 1 R
- D’Marcus Ingram and Xavier Scruggs both hit doubles in their 4 PA
- Adam Melker added 2 RBI on 1 1B in his 4 AB
Pitching:
- Eric Fornataro is quietly putting together his best pro season, tonight his line was 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, and 7 K
- Chase Reid came in for the save and pitching 2.0 clean innings w/ 4 K
Hitting:
- Nick Longmire went 1-for-5 w/ 1 HR, 2 RBI, and 2 R
- Oscar Taveras went 4-for-5 w/ 2 2B, 1 3B, 1RBI, and 2 R. It has only been 10 games and 37 AB but he is hitting .541 with and impressive SLG of .811 for an OPS of 1.386.
- Cody Stanley added 2 2B, 1 RBI, and 1 R in his 5 AB
- Jonathan Rodriguez went 2-for-4 w/ 1 RBI
Pitching:
- Anthony Ferrara went 6.2 solids innings that included 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, and 2 K
- Justin Wright closed it out with 2.1 perfect innings that included 2 K
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Not on Scott Schneider….he had a no hitter through 3. Struggled in the 4th and gave up 2 runs and then completely lost it the next inning. It was a tale of two Scotts that game.
Note on Scott Schneider I mean.
No 8-run lead is safe in Albuquerque. The place is a launching pad comparable to pre-humidor Coors. (Stadium elevation above MSL is almost exactly one mile, just like Coors.) For the same reason, don’t get too excited about Carpenter’s and Brown’s lines.
I’ll be there Saturday night watching. Who’s on the bump for Memphis?
Carpenters numbers are worth looking into as he has a bunch of walks. He’s clearly regressed after Spring Training but he’s a good professional hitter. ideal number 2 guy.
It is really fun to have two position prospects, Matt Adams and Oscar Taveras, to be excited about. Really early on but they are putting some awesome numbers thus far.
What’s really nice about Adams is he hits for average too. He’s not an Adam Dunn type.
Agreed on both points.
“What’s really nice about Adams is he hits for average too. He’s not an Adam Dunn type”
Words fail me.
“Words fail me.”
Eat ‘em. Not doing so will make everyone happy but you… :o)
I wouldn’t mind a little Dunn in Matt. Not sure how the “never saw a pitch I didn’t like” plays in the next league.
I don’t know what your post means. My point was just that Adams a low BA, high power guy. He has a good eye and makes a lot of contact.
Wasn’t trying to say Dunn was bad.
Adam Dunn hit .304 over his 3 seasons in the minor leagues so your point about Adams doesn’t really seem apt.
Of course Adam Dunn always showed the ability to get on base when he was a minor leaguer. .425 career minor league OBP.
Do you really think that Adams is going to hit three hundred as a major leaguer when he doesn’t walk and strikes out at over a 17% rate?
Every organization has these guys, and the fans of every organization that watch there minor league organizations consistently overrate them because they hit for power, and think that they can extrapolate that into a quality major league future. Ignoring all the many flaws that are quite apparent in their game.
And could we please stop using batting average to assess value of a prospect.
It pretty much means nothing at the minor league level.
Sure it does mean something when its consistantly one of the best on the teams he plays on and in the league he’s in.
BA is an indicator of future projection in conjunction with good line drive %. Kdizzle hit it on the head though, Adams needs to show more patience at the plate. His obp is gonna nose dive when the balls start not falling in…assuming the balls aren’t leaving the yard.
BA is a useful metric. There are others as well. Its not just one.
Adams cost about $1MM less in signing bonus than Dunn. He’s on track for 30+ HRs at AA during his second full pro season. If Adams continues to pump iron, he has a chance.
I apologize that I accidentally posted this twice. My browser got messed up and then I accidentally submitted it generally rather than as a reply to you. Here’s what I posted:
“Adam Dunn hit .304 over his 3 seasons in the minor leagues so your point about Adams doesn’t really seem apt.”
I was talking about Dunn in the majors. I thought that was pretty clear. Dunn exemplifies the type of player that hits a ton of homers but hits low to mid .200′s and strikes out a bunch.
“Every organization has these guys.”
Adams ranks in the top 10 in the Texas League in BA, RBIs, homers, and OPS. Apparently he’s doing better than most of those other guys.
“Do you really think that Adams is going to hit three hundred as a major leaguer when he doesn’t walk and strikes out at over a 17% rate?”
Adams strike out rate is not that bad. Look at Mark Reynolds in the minors. 100+ strikeouts. Look at Adrian Gonzalez in the minors. 80-100 Ks per year there as well. Would it be nice to see Adams walk more? Sure. But I have heard he is expanding his zone to make more contact and if he is hitting like this, I am ok with it. May need to change philosophy later but right now, enjoying what he can do by putting the bat on the ball.
At the Kane County game last night. Taveras isn’t long for low A.
Hey. I was there last night too! Awesome game. Taveras is truely special. And Longmire absolutely crushed that HR.
Where the doubles and triples pulled or opposite field? He really has good power to the opposite field.
How did he look? Did he hit hte ball consistently harder than everyone else? He did when I saw him.
What’s wrong with Taveras? Only 8 Total Bases tonight… Just a little more effort and he’d have hit the cycle. But, noooo.
He forgot to eat his Wheaties…….that last double could have been a HR if he would have had breakfast.lol
Ryan Jackson’s BA plummet is impressive in a bad way. He went from .447 to .293 in just over 2 weeks thanks to his current 8-for-52 slump. Matt Adams gets results but I have seen him a few times already and I can’t see any team viewing him as a everyday MLB player unless he gets in better shape. Prince Fielder could get away with it but he has a far better eye and way more name value. It takes a ton for a bad body 20+ rounder to gain the steam and I honestly don’t see any team viewing him as anything more as as complementary piece in trade talks.
They are slow with these but here is the May 4th NWA and Springfield highlights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW_l-7Wj9fI
“It takes a tony for a bad body 20+ rounder to gain the steam…”
You mean something like .315/.342/.620/.962 with 8 homers and 25 RBIs through 27 games and 108 ABs?
Something like that? :)
Ton*
Its the Texas League stats there aren’t that big of a deal and most clubs will be turned off by looks alone. Adams had the great line last year and they didn’t even view him as a Top-20 prospect in the MWL.
2010 Matt Adams in A ball last year: .310/.355/.541/.896 with 22 homers and 88 RBIs over 510 ABs
2011 Matt Adams in AA this year: .315/.342/.620/.962 with 8 homers and 25 RBIs over 108 ABs
Likely he’ll slow down somewhat but right he is on pace to hit even better than he did last year, two levels higher. He completely skipped Palm Beach.
I don’t like that he has a “bad body” but the stats speak for themselves. He is in the top 10 in the Texas League in homers, batting average, and OPS. Brett Wallace has a terrible body but he’s starting to hit pretty well over with the Astros (.921 OPS over 100+ ABs). He’s a 1B or DH. But nobody is asking him to play anything else right now so I don’t see what the problem is if he hits well and plays close to an average 1B.
As far as prospect ranking, he was in A ball last year. Personally, I don’t rank many A ball prospects since they are so far down there. Most of the time it is isn’t even worth ranking prospects down there since the minors by design weed out a lot of players.
That 2010 line didn’t even get him the MWL Top-20 prospect list, the numbers don’t mean anything if they don’t like the way you look getting them.
He also skipped skipped over High A so what he’s doing is in fact very impressive. He didn’t get recognized for what he did last year because he was a 21st round pick and played at a small junior college. He will start getting more recognition soon.
Skipping the FSL was a help not a hindrance other organizations would stand up and take notice more by doing it in a pitchers park in a pitchers league rather than a big hitters park in a hitters league.
Your forgetting that that Pitchers league is High A and the hitters league is AA. It’s commonly known the hardest jump to make is from High A to AA. There is a reason that Adams was getting defensive lessons from Pujols this spring and that they already have him scheduled and planned to have a strong conditioning program this winter. They think he’s for real and see him as the replacement for Pujols if Pujols leaves. Adams wont start next year if Pujols leaves but you can bet he will be here the following you.
BTW the Midwest League is a pitchers league and Adams still had those excellent stats last year. How do you explain that? Not sure why you rip on the guy who is a better hitter in our farm system right now?
I’m not forgetting anything I said the FSL was the pitching league and jumping High A to Springfield is a gift to all hitters that why we have seen the numbers spike once hitting the Texas League and the most all pitchers see ERA jump. Adams cleaned up at home in the MWL and MW Park is a big time hitters park. that’s why S Miller had terrible home numbers, BTW I’m not ripping in telling you what I have seen and what scouts say at Springfield.
There is more to the prospect game than numbers, that’s the reason he had those big MWL stats and they didn’t give him a Top-20 prospect spot when he was the best stat guy in the league. Its also the reason why you see guys with numbers get cut and guys with poor stats get promoted its all about talent and projection.
Sorry your wrong…Miller had good numbers because he overpowered players with his fastball. the MidWest League is NOT a hitter’s league. The parks are big. I agree that once you reach AAA and your there for 3 years putting up big numbres and get cut its that type of thing but thats not the case with Adams. Have you seen him play in person? Do you have any insider scouting knowledge that says he can’t handle a fastball over 90 mph or a breaking ball? He got AB’s in Major League Camp this year and held his own. Your just way off on most of hte stuff here. FSL is a pitching league for sure but the toughest jump is from High A to AA. Adams is skipping right over it. I’m guessing you wouldn’t have been a fan of Prince Fielder when he was in the minors? Or Pujols for that matter, at that point he was still chunky and didn’t have a good body.
No I’m not wrong, go find the splits Miller sucked at home and Adams tore it up at Modern Woodmen Park. Its a hard jump to the Southern or Eastern league but the level of hitters league makes it a easy jump into the Texas league.
I’m not ripping the guy I’m telling you what scouts have said to this old man in Springfield, its sad that people can’t accept that not everyone loves our guys even if they get stats. A very small fraction of minor league players make it as a starter in the majors but every team has several teams worth of guys putting up stats down in the minors,
I know we all love to hope but most of these names we talk about every night aren’t ever going to be MLB players and only a few of the ones that do will ever be given a important everyday role.
A .962 OPS in Springfield over a small sample size with no walks is no great shakes.
I don’t think it’s implausible that Adams will hit as well as someone like Allen Craig in the majors, but Craig is by no means an impact player IMO and would be below-average (with the positional adjustment) at 1B. The lack of walks is such a huge red flag as well. I can’t (off the top of my head) think of any impact hitter in the majors in recent years who’s had SUCH a BA-driven OBP in the mid-to-high minors.
To illustrate that first point – Daniel Descalso put up a .900+ OPS in over 400 PAs in Springfield. Craig and Freese were both around .900 in their time there. None of those guys was/is seen as a premium prospect, and they’re all far more valuable defensively than Adams.
I’ve been cautioning on Adams all along, but there are those who read the spreadsheet only who don’t want to hear it.
Bad body, bat only, 1B types are a common commodity as is. Bad body, bat only, 1B types who don’t walk? Well, there’s a reason they aren’t highly thought of.
Adams is going to prove everyone wrong every step of the way. That’s just the way it is.
*Have to prove everyone wrong.
Even in Jacksons slump he seems to walk 1 or 2 times a game so thats a positive. The Cardinals have already announced a very strong conditioning program for Matt Adams for next year. They mentioned this during this Spring Training. He’s a very hard worker and I believe he will be able to lose some more weight.
He doesn’t look like a “very hard worker”. Presumably if he was a “very hard worker” he wouldn’t be morbidly obese.
guess who is getting called up to quad cities!
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/article_7fd2d4dc-7829-11e0-9224-0019bb30f31a.html
Taveras has a hit in every game he’s played. He keeps producing in an otherwise weak QC offense. I’m planning on being in the Quads in two weekss. Please don’t promote him until after that. Also let Martinez pitch that weekend.
@gruntosaurus- are you stanthemanfan over at VEB?
Yes. Why?
That would be great if Martinez did start that QC game at Busch on the 26th. I was planning on going anyway, but this might become a priority, now.
Rumors abound of swagerty to Palm Beach and SHELBY MILLER to Springfield
Cleto was promoted to Springfield.
Oscar Taveras: best prospect in baseball…or best prospect ever?
Seriously, though, if the 18-year-old goes into an 0-for20 skid, he’ll still be hitting roughly .350 with a .900 OPS in a league with an overall sub-.700 OPS.
Yowza.
Oscar had a problem hitting southpaws last year; how’s he doing this season? Six for nine, with a homer, a double, two walks, and zero strikeouts. I’ll take that. ;)
Leave Shelby to work with Martinez….please.
It’s about development and practice, don’t be in such a rush to see these guys moved up too quickly.
True enough, but still, what can he learn at high A, and how will we know whether he’s learned it? Martinez will certainly teach him things (he appears to be admirably teachable); he will try them; he will get guys out. But they’ll be the same guys that he’s simply blowing away on what he already knows how to do. They will provide little evidence that he has been successful in learning, merely that he has not taken a step backward.
I don’t know how Bryan Eversgerd (pitching coach at Springfield) is as a teacher, but it’s hard to believe he’s a complete dud. Why wouldn’t Shelby work just as well with im?
Refinement of off speed pitches and learning how to pitch are two things Miller needs to work on. There’s nothing wrong with letting a guy get reps in at a level for half a season. He’s made 6 or 7 starts in High A. He’s there for development; when the time is right, the powers that be will move him up the ladder.
Good article about Shelby Miller still having a little difficulty developing his secondary pitches. Even so, Johnny Mo says he thinks Miller will be promoted “sooner rather than later.”
Link: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20110504/SPORTS02/105040368/1044/sports02/Coaches-Shelby-Miller-close-just-not-ready-yet-Springfield
I’m coming over to the idea that, with young pitchers, it’s more a matter of time before they miss a year with TJ (or, worse, have shoulder issues or something more chronic). I don’t agree with “rushing” them, but I think they should be moved up when they look ready, and Miller looks to be pretty much dominating high A now.
@grunt- because your wording here was identical as tha username’s on VEB. I was wondering if it was a coincidence
@Ryan- yea apparently the rumor was more speculation than fact. Probably for the best
Lots of guys released around the system
Releases
05/07/2011 Released Springfield Cardinals released RF Tyler Henley.
05/07/2011 Released Springfield Cardinals released LHP Ryan Kulik.
05/06/2011 Released Palm Beach Cardinals released RF Ryde Rodriguez.
05/04/2011 Released Quad Cities River Bandits released RHP Andrew Moss.
Promotions
05/07/2011 Jordan Swagerty Jordan Swagerty assigned to Palm Beach Cardinals from Quad Cities River Bandits.
05/07/2011 Carlos Martinez RHP Carlos Martinez assigned to Quad Cities River Bandits from DSL Cardinals.
05/07/2011 Maikel Cleto assigned to Springfield Cardinals from Palm Beach Cardinals.
05/06/2011 LHP Samuel Freeman assigned to Springfield Cardinals from Palm Beach Cardinals.
05/06/2011 OF Alan Ahmady assigned to Springfield Cardinals from Palm Beach Cardinals.
Lots of roster moves today.
I’m sorry to see Terry Henley go. He seems like a good dude. He was plagued with injuries and didn’t really get back on track to anything like his 2009 season. When I saw he wan’t really getting any playing time this year I figured this might be the result. Hopefully he can catch on with an organization and keep after his dream.
Ryde Rodriguez was the first higher-profile Domincan players to sign with Cards after reopening their DR complex I think. I guess the scout who nicknamed him the “King of the Jamshots” was on target.
me too on henley
he was hurt much of last year
wonder if full recovery is not in the cards for him
Ryde is from Cuba.
Ryde Rodriguez is a good player. ..Its not a smart decition…He can easily get to the big leagues…
05/04/2011 DH Kyle Conley assigned to Palm Beach Cardinals from Quad Cities River Bandits.
Lets hope this guy can get it going. He had a monster half year after he was drafted in 2009. Then missed practically an of 2010 with an injury.
Betting Henley won’t be unemployed long…
Carlos Martinez making the start for Quad Cities tonight, thats whats up!
Looks like he had a dynamite debut! 4IP, 0H, 0ER, 1BB, 6K. Let the Carlos Martinez love wagon begin!
“Adam Dunn hit .304 over his 3 seasons in the minor leagues so your point about Adams doesn’t really seem apt.”
I was talking about Dunn in the majors. I thought that was pretty clear. Dunn exemplifies the type of player that hits a ton of homers but hits low to mid .200′s and strikes out a bunch.
“Every organization has these guys.”
Adams ranks in the top 10 in the Texas League in BA, RBIs, homers, and OPS. Apparently he’s doing better than most of those other guys.
“Do you really think that Adams is going to hit three hundred as a major leaguer when he doesn’t walk and strikes out at over a 17% rate?”
Adams strike out rate is not that bad. Look at Mark Reynolds in the minors. 100+ strikeouts. Look at Adrian Gonzalez in the minors. 80-100 Ks per year there as well. Would it be nice to see Adams walk more? Sure. But I have heard he is expanding his zone to make more contact and if he is hitting like this, I am ok with it. May need to change philosophy later but right now, enjoying what he can do by putting the bat on the ball.
Why is Adam Dunn getting dogged for not hitting for a high average? Dood gets on base for his career at a .380 clip and slugs and has slugged .517, good for a .896 ops. He’s also hit 38 home runs in 7 years in the MLB. Bottom line, Dunn is a very good major league player. If Adams becomes half the player Dunn is, it will be a plus for the Cardinals. That said, I agree that Adams differs from Dunn’s major league numbers in that Adams is hitting for a high average (currently), while Dunn is a low average, high on base guy. However, as mentioned above, Dunn is a career .304 hitter in the minor leagues and put up great numbers over the 4 seasons he was there.
I agree with the point that was trying to be made above, if Adams is going to succeed at the highest level, he needs to have a consistent walk rate that will allow him to manage the draughts when the balls aren’t falling in. In truth, if Adams wants to reach the bigs and make an impact, he needs to have an obp of around .400 when he is hitting .320 something, imo.
Looks like Adams is batting .321 now with 9 hr’s and 27 rbi’s after today’s game
Adams has 6 homers over the last 9 games.
I promised some people a report on the Memphis game, and since there’s no 5/7 thread up yet and I will have forgotten all this by tomorrow, here it is. In short, Memphis loses on something I have never seen before: a walk-off sacrifice bunt — not only with nobody on third for a squeeze, but nobody on second, either.
The long version: Tie score, bottom of the ninth. Victor Marte, who was actually the only Redbird pitcher who looked decent all night, walked Albuquerque leadoff hitter Dee Gordon (very fast). Next hitter puts down a good bunt which Marte fields. He fires a 4-seamer to Nick Stavinoha, playing first — as badly as he plays everything else. Ball squirts through Stav and into the right-field corner, and by the time Jim Rapoport retrieves it, Gordon has scored the winner. From where I sat, it was E-3 all the way, although I don’t know how it was scored.
A few comments on Memphis players: Nobody looked really good, although Carp was 1/3 with a walk and made a nice heads-up defensive play for something else I’d never seen: a 7-5-4 double play. (Two on. Line drive to left — Valdes gave up lots of those — scoring the lead runner. Andrew Brown, playing left, guns down the second runner at third. Carp sees the batter going for second, fires a seed to Bynum, and the tag is made.) Tony Cruz and Stav had HRs, the former a real rocket blast to left that never got as high in the air as our seats.
Valdes looked awful. He never passed 86 on the stadium gun all night and survived five innings on pure guile. He gave up a lot of loud outs. Blake King was even worse: 12 pitches, 10 balls, two walks and a HBP. He had no idea where the strike zone was (and the umpire seemed to be calling it better than most major-league umps I’ve seen lately). Chuckie Fick was OK replacing him, although he allowed two of the three runners to score. Marte was the only pitcher all night for either team to reach 93 on the gun, and actually looked decent despite taking the loss.
In the field, Brown, who you will recall obliterated Shane Robinson on an outfield collision, nearly did the same thing to Adron Chambers on a first-inning fly ball where there was confusion (the polite word) about who called it. It wasn’t a gapper or anything else particularly hard to handle, indeed was a lazy fly where the problem might have been picking it out of a high sky. (Chris Duncan ran the funniest route to a fly that I’ve ever seen a few years ago, on a ball to almost the exact same spot. Albuquerque does feature a high sky.) Somebody needs to drill those guys on defensive communication, particularly Brown. Otherwise, nothing notable on defense, although Koz (who looked lost at the plate) did start a very slick DP.
One other thing: Marte tried to cover the plate on that final non-out, and there was a grinding collision as Gordon slid in safely. I noticed that Marte was limping as he came of the field. Significance unknown, although he didn’t look too badly hurt.
So that’s it, generally a very uninspiring game for the Redbirds. (Nice fireworks show after the game, though.) I’ll try to put up some photos at VEB tomorrow.
Nice recap. Other than Lance Lynn and Carp, I don’t see much help from Memphis for the big club this year. Of course, Salas and Sanchez have already been promoted.
Why do people continually overlook Adam Ottavino?
Because he has one really good major league pitch(fastball) and walks four or five hitters per start, which pretty much puts his ceiling at about middle relief.
He’s got 2 very good MLB pitches, fastball and slider and a change up thats is better than many MLB’s third pitch. He losing command low and away but seems to be able to get himself out of the jams. Granted he won’ot be able to in the Bigs but in AAA he pretty much can. Wondering if you have ever seen him pitch? In person or Milb.tv? He’s also been snakebitten with injuries and I’m guessing now only now is he really getting his arm strength back completely from his injury last year.
Ottavino has a ML fastball and that’s about it.. Until he can through his off speed pitches for strikes consistently he won’t be a ML pitcher. He has a major problem with control, falling off the mound to the first base side instead of falling & driving straight thru to home plate, throwing across his body like when you see a pitcher trying to over throw a fast ball, and looks like he is off balance when pitching a lot of times. If you’ll notice his delivery looks like Chris Carpenter only he looks like he is off balance on the delivery. It’s just to bad because I have been watching this guy for the past 3 years on Milb.TV and have been waiting for him to lower his walk rate and he hasn’t.
FB 95 MPH
CB ??
CU 75 MPH
SD 82 MPH
I see him having good control on his slider either a get me over one or one on the outside corner that is either a swing or a miss or a ball but its in a good spot. It seems to me his biggest issue in terms of control is on the fastball. And yes when hes not throwing strikes he falls off the mound.
I tuned in to the end of the game. Saw Stavi hit his HR. Fick looked ok very weird delievry. That final play of the game was pretty amazing to watch….Gordon can fly…Marte pulled Stavi off the bag who had to try to tag the runner when that happened the runner knocked the ball out of the glove and it rolling towards the outfield. Gordon then circled the bases.
I have to say that I don’t enjoy watching Memphis at all this year. Last year I did but this year the team is well really boring. Chambers is fun to watch. Kozma…Zzzz. Carp is pretty boring to watch to. Anderson has done nothing and Cruz has done a little. Only time I really tune is is when Ottavino or Lance Lynn pitch. Hoping Francisco Samuel comes back soon so I can see him close.
Also it really seems like the peopl ein Albuqueque love there baseball. Had 7 thosand in attendance last night and 12 thosand tonight. That seems like its ALOT more than the normal attendance in Memphis.
Part of it was that there was an after-game fireworks display — a TERRIFIC display, one of the best I’ve ever seen anywhere. Those draw huge crowds; if you ever get a chance to see one live, go.
From our seats (club level almost directly behind home, great seats although photography was impeded by the screen), I thought Stav should have had the throw from Marte without getting pulled off. He’s just not a first baseman. But what do I know…
I wish great success to Jackson, Adams and Castellanos, who have been tearing it up in Springfield…!! Also to Pham. I think they have great possibilities. I see people comment abt Adams overweight. Adam your doing great, forget what people say as long as you hit the ball that’s what counts. Adam is a good for 1b and will do well one day in majors, but honestly it wlll be hard. Pujols will sign and if he doesnt remember we have Berkman that plays first base that can move there.
Nice to see Martinez pitching well. I’m so glad. Good luck to all the teams this year.