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Post by The Duke on Apr 3, 2008 15:30:34 GMT -5
The bats are gettin gmowed down. With Bruce, Rosales, Green, and Cabrera I thought their offense would be pretty fierce, but today they are getting owned.
Majewski getting lit up in a AAA game. With Lincon and Mercker impressing early, and with Bray ahead of him on the callup order, looks like he may be done.
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Post by The Duke on Apr 3, 2008 15:33:10 GMT -5
Jordan Smith going aganist Francisco Liriano in High A tonight at 8:05. Talk about a tough matchup...
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Post by starpower25 on Apr 3, 2008 15:35:30 GMT -5
majewski is done IMO.....as for the bats bats...LOL Well you don't always hit but they will be fine.
I am really impressed with Homer's first start of the year. he could have struggled due to not wanting to go to AAA but he jumped right in and pithced well and went 7 innings. So he did not throw a ton of pitches thats a great thing. The strikout's will start adding up once his control gets better. Only walking 1 was great though.
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Post by starpower25 on Apr 3, 2008 15:36:46 GMT -5
I told you the Reds were high on Smith ! he gets the opening day start in High A. His stats were not all that greay just solid last year but he has great stuff. This could be a breakout year for Jordan
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Post by The Duke on Apr 3, 2008 15:37:24 GMT -5
I'll be interested to see the box scores and how many pitches he threw. My rough guess would be high 90's, low 100's. Walks, pitch count, offspeed. That should be all that is on his mind. They should make a rule for him in AAA right now that he can throw a max 40-50% fastballs, and the rest has to be slider/changeup/curveball.
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Post by The Duke on Apr 3, 2008 15:39:47 GMT -5
Lookouts, S Reds, and Dragons all going tonight, i'll be follwoing the box scores after about 8:45-9:15 (thats when i'll put my boys to bed) and then I might try to stream some audio. Gotta find my headphones at home so I can listen quietly.
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Post by starpower25 on Apr 3, 2008 15:42:11 GMT -5
I here bailey is working on a slider....if he gets that pitch down and gets control of all hsi pitches the sky is the limit.
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Post by The Duke on Apr 3, 2008 15:54:52 GMT -5
I here bailey is working on a slider....if he gets that pitch down and gets control of all hsi pitches the sky is the limit. I saw him throw it a couple times in one of his ST starts that were on FSN, and I think it has promise. With his delivery and arm slot, I think it could be far more effective than his curveball. Fastball/Slider/Change should be his arsenal, and then 3-6 curveballs a game as a show me pitch. |
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Post by starpower25 on Apr 3, 2008 15:57:01 GMT -5
OK here is the AAA boxscore........scroll down and look at the number of pitches Homer had in 7 innings
83 !
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Post by The Duke on Apr 3, 2008 15:59:19 GMT -5
I wonder why he was pulled after 7 innings if he had only thrown 83 pitches? I would think they would want him to go as long into games as possible, andhe clearly could have gone one more. Unless he didn't feel right and then it would be the right call to take him outl
Thats one thing pitchers need to do, is be self aware enough to know when they need to come out. Its a fine line though, because no one wants their pitcher to be a nancy out there.
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Post by starpower25 on Apr 3, 2008 16:08:42 GMT -5
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Post by Lark11 on Apr 3, 2008 16:25:13 GMT -5
I'm gonna try to listen to some of the Lookouts game tonight.
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Post by The Duke on Apr 4, 2008 6:59:50 GMT -5
4/3/08 games:
AA Chattanooga:
-Dayrl Thompson with a fantastic start. Only 1 uneqarned run in 6 IP with 3 hits and 0 walks to go with 5 K's for the win against top prospect Jake McGee (no decision), and had a 1.6 GB/FB ratio.
-Josh Roenicke got his first save giving up 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 BB, with 1 K.
-Dan Dorn went 0 for 3 but did walk once and scored a run
-Mike Griffin went 2 for 4 with 2 rbi, 2 SB, 1 2B, and 1 run
-Craig Tatum went 0 for 4.
AAA Louisville Bats:
-Homer Bailey took the loss going 7 IP, bu the only gave up 1 run in those 7 IP on 5 hits and 1 walk. Only 1 K, but he did only throw 82 pitches in those 7 IP, and 53 were for strikes.
-Jay Bruce went 1 for 4 with 2 Ks
-Adam Rosales went 0 for 3 with 1 K.
-Ryan Hannigan went 2 for 3 (2 of the teams 4 hits) and had a SB while not giving up any SB himself.
High A Sarasota Reds:
-Drew Stubbs on base 3 times and score 3 runs and steals a bag. 1 for 2 and 2 walks. Suprisingly though, he wasn't hitting leadoff.
-Chris Heisey started to rake at the start of last year and he did well here going 2 for 3 with 3 rbi, a SB, and a sac fly.
-Valaika only went 1 for 5, but that 1 was a 2 run HR.
-Juan Francisco with 3 doubles and a sinlge going 4 for 5 with 3 runs and a SB.
-Jordan Smith gets the win to go 1-0, but he does give up 5 hits and 3 walks in his 5 IP and 1 HR. He did have 5 K's, and only 2 of his 3 runs were earned.
Low A Dayton Dragons:
-Scott Carrol took the loss giving up 3 runs (2 earned) and gave up 6 hits in 51/3 innings. On a positive note he had 0 walks (albeit only 3 Ks) and had 10 groundouts to just 4 flyouts.
-Jeff Jeffords finished the last 2/3's of an inning with 2 Ks to end the game.
-Todd Frazier went 0 for 1 with 3 walks and scored 1 of Dayton's 2 runs, and had a SB
-Brandon Waring was 1 for 4 with 2 Ks
-Mike McKennon was 1 for 4 with a triple and 1 rbi
-Justin Reed was 0 for 5 with 1 rbi and 2 Ks, he reached on an error.
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