Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 5/20/12

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:26:05 +0000

That makes sense… But on Sunday and Monday field conditions were perfect. Just sayin’.

By: zuke354

zuke354 — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:57:36 +0000

I remember when I worked in A ball. The were were a few rain delays. The teams got together with the umps and finally called it. The reason being was not officially announced. Only that the field wasn’t playable. But the reality was that both teams had millions of dollars tied up on the field and it just wasn’t worth the risk for either team.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:33:18 +0000

I don’t totally disagree, but part of preparing players is teaching them how to play. Players don’t suddenly figure it all out in the majors…and we don’t want them to have to unlearn something they picked up in the minors. Either a player learns to play the game aggressively or he doesn’t.

You can’t play the game living in fear of getting hurt. These guys should be learning the right way to bunt, steal, slide etc. Then they should be doing all those things in preparation of moving to the majors.

By: Vision

Vision — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:22:17 +0000

The goal of minor league baseball is not to win games; it’s to develop players.

I agree coaches should be more aggressive on the bases, but I have to think fear of running a top prospect guy into an injury holds the coaches up more than making mistakes/trying to win ballgames.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:20:55 +0000

Thanks for the report. From listening and watching 2 of Rosenthal’s games I get the same impression that he doesn’t always trust his stuff which is ridicolous because his stuff is probably the best in the league IMO.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:39:16 +0000

Sorry, meant to say Rosie became much more confident in his stuff as the game progressed.

By: Hugecardsfan

Hugecardsfan — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:36:19 +0000

I watched the last 2 games in Springfield. Rosie deserved better from the bullpen. Simpson pitched to 4 hitters and got one of the out. To add insult to injury they go to Kevin Thomas with men on 2d and 3rd and 1 out. He K’s the first hitter gets a couple strikes on the hitter and bounces the ball off the plate. Not only was the catcher unable to block the ball, he diddled around until both runners scored…before Thomas K’d the next hitter.

In that game, Wong bunted with men on first and 3rd. The ball went all the way to the 2B and he still had time to throw out the man from 3rd. Now I wasn’t watching the guy at 3rd (Melker) but he must have walked home backwards to be thrown out.

Then in the 8th Taveras crushes a line drive which bounces just in front of the wall in straight away center and the coach holds him up for a single. The ball was thrown back towards the infield about 20 feet off the bag. He could have hop scotched to second. They were down 3-2 at the time and could have used a guy on second.

Today Taveras was on 3rd with no outs and Scruggs skied one to left center and Taveras wasn’t allowed to try his arm. Taveras never did score. It just feels like the coaching is afraid of making a mistake and consequently making a bundle of them.

Comments on Rosie yesterday:

He began the game not trusting his stuff. He got deep into counts in the first couple innings with virtually every hitter. He pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the first. His low K rate is related to his unwillingness to challenge hitters. He was often behind in the count early on. As the game progressed he picked up a few of his K’s and became more effective. I became much more confident in his stuff as the game progressed.

Comments on Seth Maness today:

A great game. The kid can pitch. He moves the ball well and just didn’t struggle anywhere. 8 K’s in 7.2 innings. A few balls hit hard right at em but seemed in control throughout. I only remember one walk…Lead off guy first inning. I had just told my wife he doesn’t walk anybody and walked the lead off guy…. tsk. He hit the last batter he faced which kept him from finishing 8 innings.

Fornataro and Butler are doing fine in the pen. Haven’t got much use for the rest of them.

Xavier Scruggs hits the ball a ton when he hits it. He just doesn’t hit it often enough.

By: DT Flush

DT Flush — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:35:59 +0000

Maness pitched today his line 7.2 IP 5 H 0 ER 0 R 1 BB 8 K 9 Groundouts 5 Flyouts. Continues to have outstanding command.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:31:35 +0000

It’s kind of expected that pitchers will give up more runs in the western stadiums in the PCL.

By: pitch and hit

pitch and hit — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:26:04 +0000

I feel bad for Kelly, even the pitchers from LV hate the thin air.