Matt Adams had a big night for Memphis. Seth Maness continues as the picture of consistency for Springfield. Overall, the system was 4 and 2.
- Matt Adams was 4-for-5 with a double and two home runs. Since returning to Memphis, Adams has goon 12-for-27 with 4 home runs.
- Zack Cox was 3-for-4 with a double.
- Brandon Dickson allowed 2 runs in 6 innings. He struck out 4 and walked 1.
- Jess Todd had an off night allowing 3 hits for 1 run. He struck out 2 in an inning of work.
- Maikel Cleto struck out 2 in an inning of work.
- Kolten Wong was 2-for-4.
- Audry Perez was 1-for-3 with a grand slam.
- Greg Garcia was 2-for-3.
- Seth Maness struck out 3 in 6 innings walking no one. He was tagged for 6 hits and 2 runs (1 earned). Maness’ control continues to be incredible this season. He’s pitched 98.1 innings split almost evenly between Palm Beach and Springfield. In total, he’s walked just 5 batters.
- Rainel Rosario was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks.
- Luis de la Cruz was 2-for-4.
- Tyler Rahmatulla went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Rahmatulla has struggled initially in his transition to Palm Beach. He’s just 6-for-33 with two extra base hits after last night.
- Brad Watson went 4.1 innings allowing 9 hits and 5 runs (4 earned). Watson didn’t do himself any favors with 3 errors to his name.
Quad Cities 3, Cedar Rapids 2 (5 innings)
- Scott Piscotty was 1-for-2 in his second professional game.
- Anthony Garcia was 1-for-2 with a triple.
- Hector Hernandez allowed 8 hits in 5 innings allowing 2 runs (1 earned). He walked 1 and struck out 4.
- Steve Ramos (RF) was 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk.
- Breyvic Valera (2B) was 4-for-5.
- David Washington (1B) was 2-for-5 with a double.
- Kyle Helisek struck out 5 over 4.2 innings. He allowed 3 walks and 2 hits.
- Tim Cooney finished off the final 4.1 innings. He allowed 2 hits and 1 run while striking out 4.
- Ildemaro Vargas was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles.
- Cesar Valera was 2-for-3.
- Steven Gallardo lasted just 2 innings in his start allowing 4 hits for 2 runs. Gallardo walked 1.
- Michael Aldrete and Steven Sabatino both pitched 3 innings allowing 3 hits and 2 runs striking out 1. Aldrete walked 2.
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It is nice to see Zack Cox swinging the bat better these days (or at least getting better results). Has anyone seen him play at Memphis to report on whether his defense is improving as well?
Hitting .400 in his past 10 games that is a 14 for 35 mark no small sample. It was reported that earlier in the season Cox had a mechanical flaw in his swing now it looks like they fixed that flaw.
yes, that is SSS.
That had to stop the QC game after 5 innings for fear of Colin Walsh, a dangerous man.
Will Cox ever play for St. Louis or is simply there to be traded?
Have to believe one of M. Carpenter or Cox will be traded either this year for BP help or during the offseason. Lots of teams need help at 3rd. Great to see Cox improving his trade value.
The Cardinals have lot’s of depth at 3B especially after the 2012 draft. Cox is currently blocked by Matt Carpenter and Freese with Kelly, Wisdom, and Piscotty playing 3B in the lower levels I think it’s very likely Cox could be traded. Though I think Wisdom will move to a corner OF spot because their is much depth at that position.
Piscotty is the one moving Mo pretty much already said it. That and he didn’t even play 3rd at Stanford this year. Wisdom is a naturally good defensive 3rd baseman. Piscotty moves before Wisdom I believe.
Cox will need to get traded. I think his consistent pattern of slow starts will hinder him moving to the big club with the competition at the position. He has a high likely hood of getting stuck in the Tyler Greene trap.
Nice to see Maness with another effective start especially against a talented lineup in the Frisco Rough Riders they have young hitting prospects like Profar, Leury Garcia, Engel Beltre, and Mike Olt. That was a good test for the control pitcher now 5 walks in 98 1/3 Innings pitch.
Anyone have information about Dailyn Martinez? The fact that he’s given up 6 unearned runs tempers my enthusiasm about his miniscule 0.41 ERA after four starts and 19 isn’t exactly young for the DSL. Still, this is his first year. Legit prospect?
Don’t much about him but 22 IP 6 walks 16 K 1.82 GO/AO 1.92 opponents AVG is impressive.
As long as we don’t trade Craig, Taveras, Wong, Adams, Carson Kelly, Jenkins, Miller and Martinez then I really wouldn’t be that upset if we traded a Cox, Piscotty or a lower level guy I wouldn’t be too upset. I am always fearing MO will make a stupid trade.
Well it would be really stupid to trade Piscotti. He’d have to take him back.
Too old for the GCL?
Venezuelan SP Silfredo Garcia, 21, was fine in the DSL last year. So far this season he has started three games in the GCL:
6.0 2 0 0 0 8
5.2 5 4 4 0 6
6.0 1 0 0 0 10, that’s today’s start
I would think the fact that Cox has a ML roster spot would be an impediment to trading him, aside from his underwhelming numbers, although he is following his usual trend of becoming acclimated to a new level.
A trade partner would have have an open spot on the 40-man and be willing to use it on a minor leaguer who may be another year away…not to mention service time issues.
If we trade Cox we would get a guy from that teams 40 man so it would cancel each other out. Maybe you mean 25 man roster. Cox isn’t ready for the big leagues but it would likely be a bullpen guy we get in return from a team that is selling, not buying, and that is a pretty easy hole to fill when you are not in the playoff hunt.
Correct, the 40-man roster slot wouldn’t be an issue because of the guy obtained in a Cox trade, who presumably would be on the other team’s 40-man already. However, the willingness to use it for someone not yet ready for the bigs (probably) is more of an issue. The teams that would have the “luxury” of absorbing such a contract. because they’re out of the running for the post season and won’t be playing roster games to fine-tune a contending team, would also want a prospect who’s going to be under team control for as long as possible, to be part of a rebuilding process. Unless Cox shows drastic improvement in the next few weeks (there are some encouraging signs, but it’s still unlikely), he won’t be attractive to either a buyer or a seller.
“Adams has goon ” That’s a Freudian slip for sure. Matt Adams could sure be considered a Goon, since he keeps beating up on pitchers. Adams is a Beast!!!