Memphis – AAA All Star Game
Springfield – No Scheduled Game
Palm Beach @ Dayton, 7:05pm – Chris Corrigan
Quad Cities @ Lansing, 6:05pm – Sam Gaviglio
Batavia @ Hudson Valley, 7:05pm – Kyle Barraclough
Johnson City @ Bristol, 7:00pm – TBA
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Who is representing Memphis in the game?
I understand their bat boy is fairly well thought of.
Dickson. Originally it was Barret Browning, but he got a better offer.
ugh. it hurts to be the team with the token player. with kelly and browning in the majors and adams on the DL, there weren’t a lot of good choices, i guess. nick greenwood, maybe? jackson for his defense? dickson seems like as good a redbird to pick as any.
I thought someone said Wacha tweeted he was making his debut tonight?
Michael Wacha with an excellent first outing after a month off. 2.0 IP 2H 0R 0ER 3K 1 groundout.
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2012_07_11_astrok_carrok_1
Quite a crew playing in that GCL game. Nick Additon and Cody Stanley making rehab starts, Tony Bryant playing in the GCL for the third consecutive season, Wacha making his pro debut …
That’s in addition to 2011 draftees like Kenny Peoples-Walls and Adam Ehrlich trying to get their footing.
FWIW, Amaury Capellan had a 2-out, 2-run, walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th.
BA with a nice write up about OT at the Futures Game.
3. And So Can Oscar Taveras . . .
“Two of the best batting practice sessions came from Padres outfielder Rymer Liriano and Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras. Liriano is brutally strong and his lower half looks more like a powerlifter’s than a guy who stole 66 bases last year and has 23 this year. Taveras’ power was a question mark coming into the year, but he’s answered those questions with 17 home runs in 79 games and a .322/.372/.596 batting line for Double-A Springfield at age 20.
At the Futures Game, Taveras showed plenty of pop in BP by depositing a handful of balls over the right-field fence. More impressive than the juice in Taveras’ bat is the way he’s able to manipulate the barrel. He takes an aggressive hack that can look like he’s out of control at times, but his swing path and hand-eye coordination are so good that he can punish pitchers no matter where they try to attack him. Try to pound him inside, he turns on the ball for power to his pull side. He can drive the ball to the middle of the field, which he showed on Sunday but was thwarted by a spectacular catch from Blue Jays center fielder Anthony Gose. When the pitch is away, as it was in the fifth inning, he can smack it for a line drive to the opposite field.
“Taveras has got a pretty sound approach,” said the second scout. “His bat is in the zone all day, he has strength, he has balance—it’s no wonder this guy has hit at every level. That’s a really good hitter. I’m not sure what else you’re looking for in a hitter.”"