You Will Be Replaced By the New Kid: 4/23 Minor League Roundup
by hugo on Apr 24, 2011 7:25 AM EDT
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Rate stats of course haven't changed much since yesterday's update, so this'll just be a quick one (while Woodman is away). Buona Pasqua, and Happy Easter!
Las Vegas lost 2-1 to Colorado Springs:
Scott Richmond started and was just ok. 4 innings, 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks, with two strikeouts, but he did have 5 ground ball outs to 1 in the air.
Darrin Mastroianni was 0-4. .240/.269/.293.
Brett Lawrie was 2-4 with two singles. 1.212 OPS.
Eric Thames was 1-4 with a single and 2 Ks. 1.095 OPS
David Cooper was 2-3 with two doubles. Guy has been a doubles machine - ten already in just 69 at-bats. .377/.419/.609. He's 24 and didn't seem overmatched at all by major-league pitching this spring, so I wonder whether he's got a place on the major-league team in the second half this year.
Adam Loewen was 3-3 with a double. .271/.308/.424.
New Hampshire was rained out.
Dunedin lost to Daytona, 6-2.
Deck McGuire had a rough go of it, giving up 5 runs (4 earned) in 4 innings. 2 Ks and no walks, but he did give up a home run and have 6 flyouts to 4 groundouts. He was victimized by an error in the first inning. At any rate, a 3.44 ERA, and 16/5 K/BB ratio over 18 1/3 innings in his first taste of pro ball is pretty impressive, but you'd like to see him getting the ball down more (0.54 GO/AO) or the home runs will start to come against better hitting.
Scott Podsednik, making another rehab start, was 2-3 with a double and a walk. Dewayne Wise also made a rehab start.
A.J. JImenez and Brad Glenn had two hits a piece (one of Glenn's was a double). Everyone else was a big O-fer. Kevin Ahrens and Sean Ochinko did reach base via walks.
Lansing beat West Michigan again, 6-1:
Carlos Perez was 3-5 with three singles. .949 OPS.
Jake Marisnick was 1-2 with two walks and a triple. Great day. .327/.422/.564. He wasn't so great at Lansing last season over his 136 plate appearances there, but he's crushing the ball so far this season - maybe a promotion is in order in another month or so?
2009 Draftee Daniel Webb had a great start, going 7 strong and really keeping the ball down, with 11 ground ball outs and just three in the air. Webb gave up four hits, two walks, and struck out two.
K.C. Hobson was 1-3 with a walk.
Oliver Dominguez was 1-3 with a triple and a walk. He's 22, but was fairly successful at Lansing last season and is hitting .313/.353/.469 thusfar.
Title from the Old 97s' song "The New Kid," a great minor-league roundup song.
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If the Jays continue to struggle offensivley you’d have to think that they give Cooper a chance. JBau is going to have 45 HRs and 50 RBIs…..
As a Toronto sports fan I proudly follow the lessons of lachrymology.
"He drives that new car around town and feels really good about it." - Ron Wilson
"Vancouver, BC: A massive inferiority complex with a city." - TheOtherAndrew
"HOPE is more than a postponed disappointment" - Epica
by Redonred on Apr 24, 2011 11:54 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Where are you going to play Cooper though? DH and have EE on third? Maybe before Spring Training I would’ve said that he can play first and have Lind DH, but Lind is turning into a good major league first baseman.
by Minor Leaguer on Apr 24, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ve wanted EE to play third since we signed him to play 1st. We need the offence. I’m being a little too impatient I am sure but have 3 career bench players in our lineup everyday is not going to work out well. Things will likely be better when we finally have a healthy club. Man I hope Hill can turn it around.
As a Toronto sports fan I proudly follow the lessons of lachrymology.
"He drives that new car around town and feels really good about it." - Ron Wilson
"Vancouver, BC: A massive inferiority complex with a city." - TheOtherAndrew
"HOPE is more than a postponed disappointment" - Epica
by Redonred on Apr 24, 2011 12:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hill will be placed on the 15-day DL retroactive to Wednesday after the game today
Hopefully a little rest, and maybe a little rehab will do him good. And I actually agree with putting EE at 3B full time. I don’t think overall he will be that bad on defense to justify having Nix/PMoD/McCoy in the lineup.
by Minor Leaguer on Apr 24, 2011 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I did
“Patterson moved into leadoff for Jays with Escobar batting second. EE still not ready with Rivera DH.”
was the message i assume
ok:
“Edwin looks like he may have to be DL’s also. One more day to recover. Tender wrist not good for a DH. R.Davis is a possible reinstatement”
Seeing that now. For some reason it wasn’t coming up until I refreshed it. Thanks, Clint.
"You, sir, are addressing a man, who is in fact quiet... and yet, not quiet, if I may offer to you a riddle."
Wilner tweeted otherwise.
Wilnerness590 Mike Wilner
Farrell: Encarnacion should be able to go tomorrow. Not thinking about him as a candidate to go on disabled list. #bluejays #jays
I think you'll find I'm universally recognised as a mature and responsible adult.
Twitter is the thing with all the tweets...
Wilner's interview with Farrell re: Lawrie
Some of Lawrie’s errors have come on throws on the run.He can play 3b, but we want to give him a strong foundation there. Lawrie not likely to be called up as a quick fix for infield injury issues with big club. And when asked if he thinks Lawrie will be in the majors this year: “Oh, I would hope so.” And he means prior to September.
From Wilnerness590.
typo, thanks, fixed now
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
no one wants Rivera
he’s getting super unlucky despite excellent peripherals, so let’s just see if he can recover and have a decent first half. right now his value is literally negative given his contract
AA made it pretty clear he wants to wait to see how teams handle the kids the second time through. pretty much said he’s going to wait until June to bring anyone up.
And once he brings them up, they are here to stay.
by bowling_kid25 on Apr 24, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Good to see Adam Loewen getting his hitting going.
Really hoping for this guy. I think he could be a fit somewhere with the Jay’s. Nice story on him in the Las Vegas Review Journal.
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