The system goes 2-for-3 and, outside of Jake Shaffer and Zack Cox, lacks any standout performers. None of the starters had a great night though many of them pitched reasonably well.
- Pete Kozma was 2-for-4.
- Zack Cox was 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles.
- Matt Adams was 1-for-3.
- Ryan Jackson was 0-for-4.
- It was a bit of an off night for start Joe Kelly. He walked 4 batters in 5 innings allowing 7 hits and 3 ER. He struck out just 2 while maintaining his impressive groundout ratios.
- RJ Swindle struggled to work around a Cox error allowing 4 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits. Swindle struck out 2.
- A host of players went 1-for-4 with a walk including top prospects Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras. On the night, Springfield has 14 hits and 6 walks.
- Jake Shaffer was 3-for-5 with a pair of homeruns.
- Jose Garcia was 1-for-5 with a homerun.
- Trevor Rosenthal muddled through a start not too dissimilar from Joe Kelly. Rosenthal worked 5 innings allowing 2 runs on 6 hits and a pair of walks. He struck out 5. On the season, Rosenthal has 29 strikeouts in 30.2 IP. The problem has been the walks, of which he has 19.
- Justin Wright and Kevin Thomas would make things interesting during their relief stints allowing 3 runs and 4 runs (2 earned) respectively.
Palm Beach 0, Brevard County 3
- Mike O’Neill was 3-for-4. He’s having an unheralded year at Palm Beach, quietly hitting .340/.429/.402.
- The rest of Palm Beach tallied 5 singles and a pair of walks in the low offense game.
- Anthony Ferrara walked 5 in 5 innings of work but managed to limit the damage to just 1 run. He struck out 2 and allowed 3 hits.
- Aidan Lucas pitched 2 innings allowing 1 hit and striking out 2. Lucas now has 18 strikeouts in 15 innings of work.
- Logan Billbrough struck out 2 in his scoreless frame.
Quad Cities 2, Burlington 3 (Game 1 – 10 Innings)
- Tyler Rahmatulla was 1-for-4 with a homerun. With a .294/.400/.490 line on the season, the biggest area of concern is the strikeout rate but Rahmatulla has, thus far, shown he can handle full season baseball.
- Anthony Garcia was 2-for-3.
- Kyle Hald struck out 6 in 6 innings. He allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits.
- Willy Paulino walked 1 and allowed 1 hit in 3 innings of work. He struck out 2.
- Fun Boxscore Item: Nick Martini got ejected in the 6th inning by the 1st base umpire.
Quad Cities 6, Burlington 5 (Game 2 – 7 Innings)
- Nick Martini was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Martini’s bounceback season from an atrocious 2011 continues but with a .030 ISO, it lacks power.
- Colin Walsh was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Anthony Garcia was 1-for-1 with a walk as a substitute.
- Sam Gaviglio allowed 4 runs on 7 hits in 4.1 innings. He struck out 2 and walked 1.
- Robert Stock pitched 1 inning walking 3 and striking out 1. He allowed 1 run. Stock’s conversion to the mound has had a very rough start.
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Memphis now has Hamilton and Hill back. With those 2 and Adams in the middle of the lineup, and Chambers getting his mojo back at the top (.389 OBP), Memphis’ offense should improve. Right now they’re 2nd or 3rd from the bottom of the 16-team PCL in almost every offensive category.
The pitching is more middle-of-the-pack, except for surrendering the second-most HRs in the league. (How is that even possible when you play your home games in Memphis, where the air must have twice the density of the stadiums in the western half of the league?)
So your comment made me curious about how the ball park in Memphis plays and here is what I found. Memphis actually has a higher park factor than Springfield for HRs. http://firstinning.com/pf/?type=basic&lg=PCL&min=250&season=2012
That’s based on 2012 data only. Probably more misleading than helpful.
What a strange data set.
It has the stadium Palm Beach uses as neutral for both triples and home runs. Those of us who’ve been following this for a long time know that our prospects tend to hit far more triples in that league than they do at other levels, and fewer HRs.
I’m actually very pleased with Rosenthal’s start last night compared to some other ones. He didn’t fall behind hitters like previous games. He gave up 3 doubles I believe but one was where hte LF shouldn’t have left his feet to go for the diving catch. Would have been a single.
The 2 runs that were scored off him occurred like this. After the 1st out Rosenthal had the next batter down 1-2 but let him off the hook for the walk. The next batter fisted one that dropped in just in front of Taveras in CF. Taveras threw to third but up the line so the runner took 2nd on the throw. 2nd and 3rd one out. Wil Myers hitting Royals best prospect. Rosenthal K’s him on a 100 MPH fastball that broke Derba’s catching mitt. The next batter Rosenthal went outside corner for a 93 MPH fastball for a strike. The next pitch was in on the hitters hands he broke his bad badly but the ball found the area just between Garcia, Schaffer and Taveras for a jam shot.
The 5th he was in trouble again somewhat as a results of a leadoff double and then an E3 but he got 2 consecutive ground balls for a force play at 2nd and then a DP to end the inning.
The return of Hill and Hamilton has resulted in Swauger and Curtis returning to Springfield and Vasquez and Rosario to Palm Beach. All three teams should have an improved offense as a result. I still believe Walsh should be sent to PB soon.
Nice to see Cox starting to find his form. He gets (rightfully) looked over because of all the other talent in the system. But it’s nice to see him kind of holding his own in AAA in his second full pro season. He could definitely still have a productive career ahead of him as an average-ish 3B
Your right he needs to be consistent. He is kinda of a streaky hitter. Good approach alright Defensively at 3B improved it dramatically late last season. Still see him as Trade Bait because he is blocked or if Freese doesn’t stay healthy he can fill in since he on the 40 Man. His Major League Contract ends in 2013.
Yeah, this was another one of those better outings than what the line looked for Rosenthal. He finished with 87 pitches. Without the soft hits and the error, his pitchcount would have been about par.
Striking out Myers with runners on 2nd and 3rd with less than 2 out is a big indicator of good things to come from my perspective.
Last night Rosenthal walked 2. 2 too many, but a better outing. I don’t expect his walks to remain anywhere near his season to date rate.
From the sound of it, Rosie’s fastball range had a spread of 7 mph. That’s excellent. I don’t care what the radar gun readings are, but any gun can give you the spread or range of velocity.
Hopefully he can fix his command but he is one of the most polished pitcher in system.
It would help if the offense scored runs early to take some pressure off the pitchers.