A solid night down on the farm including more powerful hits by Matt Adams, Trevor Rosenthal‘s return and John Gast‘s best pro start of his young career.
Archive for May, 2011The farm system book ends the night with wins including another impressive Shelby Miller performance albeit one that resulted in a loss for the young pitcher. Carlos Martinez pitches in Quad Cities and several impressive offensive nights (Alex Castellanos, Nick Longmire) make for today’s DFR. Heath Bell was the topic du jour during the Cardinals, seemingly endless, string of blown saves and reliever meltdowns. With pitchers Matt Adams and Luke Gregorson still in the Padres pen, Bell would seem ripe for a trade given his impending free agency at the end of the year. Memphis @ Tacoma, 9:05pm: Adam Ottavino Springfield @ Tulsa, 7:05pm: Kevin Thomas Palm Beach vs. Daytona, 6:35pm: Justin Smith Quad Cities vs. Cedar Rapids, 7:00pm: Carlos Martinez Only 1 win on the board, so let’s like for the rays of sunshine. On to the DFR! I’ll be the first to tell you that I don’t know very much about the MLB draft, with the lack of coverage of high school baseball and the wide range of talent available, not to mention the Cardinals picking in the 15+ range every year – anything could happen on draft day. However, being that it is 3 weeks away from draft day, I thought I’d take a look and see what the mock drafts (fairly worthless I know) had to say about the Cardinals selection and go from there. There was an interesting consensus around 2 selections from 5 different sites, let’s take a look after the jump. Memphis @ Tacoma, 9:05pm: Lance Lynn Springfield @ Arkansas, 7:10pm: David Kopp Palm Beach vs Daytona, 9:35am: Eric Fornataro Quad Cities @ Peoria, 11:00am: Carlos Martinez Congratulations to On to the DFR! Well, this is surprising. Pete Kozma has been called up from AAA Memphis to replace Nick Punto who was put on the DL. I’ve pushed my normal Wednesday to tomorrow post for this discussion topic. UPDATE: Makes sense for two reasons. 1 – he’s already on the 40 man roster. 2 – he’s a middle infielder like Punto. 3 – He’s the only infielder left in Memphis on the 40 man roster. 1+ 2 + 3 = callup. Kozma has a 220/284/284 slash line so far this year. Kozma will wear number 47. And of course, congrats to Mr. Kozma. His first major league appearance will be a huge milestone in his life. DEVELOPING. |
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