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Post by redskoolaiddrinker on Jun 19, 2016 10:59:30 GMT -5
I'm starting to come around on him a little. Everyone's glad you came and joined the party.
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Post by redsfanman on Jun 19, 2016 19:20:59 GMT -5
Mustangs won their third ridiculously high scoring game in a row to start off a season, 10-5. This time Senzel, Trammell, and Okey were all out of the starting lineup, but that didn't make any difference.
I wonder if they can keep this up, or if the first series was just against a really bad or poorly prepared team.
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Post by The Duke on Jun 20, 2016 7:33:27 GMT -5
While not quite the California league, the Pioneer league is a big offensive league, albeit Dehler Park where Billings plays is about the closest to a pitching neutral field as there is in the league. The Mustang's first three games were all at home.
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Post by redsfanman on Jun 20, 2016 22:10:20 GMT -5
Scott Schebler was named the AAA International League Player of the Week. He hit triples in three consecutive games in that span.
He then went 4/4 tonight (Monday), with 3 doubles, raising his average for the season to .304. At this rate he seems to have a strong case for being named Player of the Month if he keeps his hot hitting going for a few more days. After an ugly May in which he hit .200.
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Post by redsfanman on Jun 21, 2016 22:35:52 GMT -5
Nick Senzel left Tuesday's game with an apparent wrist injury.
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Post by The Duke on Jun 22, 2016 7:22:29 GMT -5
Nick Senzel left Tuesday's game with an apparent wrist injury. He finished the inning defensively but didn't bat in the bottom of the inning. Hopefully, it's not too serious.
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Post by redsfanman on Jun 22, 2016 10:28:29 GMT -5
The Reds should hire a red priestess, like Melisandre in ASoIaF/Game of Thrones, who can see the future. And bring back people from the dead, when necessary. Cincinnati Reds. Red Priestess. Why DON'T they employ one already?
When some player gets unpopular you make a ritual sacrifice, burning them alive. Your Skip Schumakers, Jason Marquis, Alfredo Simons... it'd be a spectacle. It's a competitive advantage the Reds are squandering.
Such a person might've been able to foresee Senzel injuring his wrist.
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Post by redsfanman on Jun 22, 2016 18:00:08 GMT -5
The Reds made several midseason promotions today...
2b/OF Tony Renda hit well in AA, and has now been promoted to AAA. I assume he'll play LF while Winker is on the DL. As a bat-first contact-hitting 25 year old utility guy, it'll be interesting to see how he does. Now he's just a phone call away.
RHP Tyler Mahle, age 21, was promoted to AA. He outperformed Keury Mella to get the promotion, and now gets to join Travieso, Romano, Stephens and Davis in Pensacola's rotation, replacing Amir Garrett.
3b Taylor Sparks, age 23, was also promoted to AA. Where Eric Jagielo and Alex Blandino sometimes play 3b. Sparks' numbers are pretty ugly, but he's noticeably cut his strikeouts.
3b Tanner Rahier, 22, was promoted to Daytona, where there hopefully aren't any rocks to throw.
There's now seemingly an opening at Dayton for a new 3b. Like, you know, Nick Senzel.
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Post by redskoolaiddrinker on Jun 22, 2016 21:27:23 GMT -5
The Reds made several midseason promotions today... 2b/OF Tony Renda hit well in AA, and has now been promoted to AAA. I assume he'll play LF while Winker is on the DL. As a bat-first contact-hitting 25 year old utility guy, it'll be interesting to see how he does. Now he's just a phone call away. RHP Tyler Mahle, age 21, was promoted to AA. He outperformed Keury Mella to get the promotion, and now gets to join Travieso, Romano, Stephens and Davis in Pensacola's rotation, replacing Amir Garrett. 3b Taylor Sparks, age 23, was also promoted to AA. Where Eric Jagielo and Alex Blandino sometimes play 3b. Sparks' numbers are pretty ugly, but he's noticeably cut his strikeouts. 3b Tanner Rahier, 22, was promoted to Daytona, where there hopefully aren't any rocks to throw. There's now seemingly an opening at Dayton for a new 3b. Like, you know, Nick Senzel. I'm really intrigued by how these guys will respond to the promotions especially Mahle and Renda. Will they struggle and not adjust, will they struggle at first and adjust at a quick or reasonable rate, or will they keep on rolling from the get-go? I know you should never write a guy off, but I don't think Jagielo is close for what he could have been and is not going to block anyone from playing 3B at this point or block anyone at any position for that matter. Maybe I imagined it or the legend grew, but wasn't it a brick that Rahier threw (not that throwing a rock isn't a bad thing)?
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Post by The Duke on Jun 22, 2016 23:11:28 GMT -5
The Reds made several midseason promotions today... 2b/OF Tony Renda hit well in AA, and has now been promoted to AAA. I assume he'll play LF while Winker is on the DL. As a bat-first contact-hitting 25 year old utility guy, it'll be interesting to see how he does. Now he's just a phone call away. RHP Tyler Mahle, age 21, was promoted to AA. He outperformed Keury Mella to get the promotion, and now gets to join Travieso, Romano, Stephens and Davis in Pensacola's rotation, replacing Amir Garrett. 3b Taylor Sparks, age 23, was also promoted to AA. Where Eric Jagielo and Alex Blandino sometimes play 3b. Sparks' numbers are pretty ugly, but he's noticeably cut his strikeouts. 3b Tanner Rahier, 22, was promoted to Daytona, where there hopefully aren't any rocks to throw. There's now seemingly an opening at Dayton for a new 3b. Like, you know, Nick Senzel. I'm really intrigued by how these guys will respond to the promotions especially Mahle and Renda. Will they struggle and not adjust, will they struggle at first and adjust at a quick or reasonable rate, or will they keep on rolling from the get-go? I know you should never write a guy off, but I don't think Jagielo is close for what he could have been and is not going to block anyone from playing 3B at this point or block anyone at any position for that matter. Maybe I imagined it or the legend grew, but wasn't it a brick that Rahier threw (not that throwing a rock isn't a bad thing)? Legend has it, he picked up a boulder the size of a car, ricocheted off every car in the lot and caught her in the dome after it had broken in half 27 times.
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Post by kinsm on Jun 22, 2016 23:36:43 GMT -5
^There is probably a youtube video of that someplace, if I can find tigers playing with puppies and babies then I should be able to find Tanner Thor Rahier.
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Post by redsfanman on Jun 23, 2016 20:40:30 GMT -5
Rock, brick, stone, whatever. Rocks come in all sizes, from pebbles to boulders. Whatever it was, it wasn't good judgment to throw it at anybody's head.
Eric Jagielo will likely play 1b, with Sparks handing 3b. And Blandino playing a combo of 2b/SS/3b to get his bat in the lineup. Brandon Dixon often plays 2b, but started in CF tonight (20th game there in his career, first since coming to the Reds' organization). Sparks responded to the promotion by hitting two homeruns in his AA debut.
Teammate RHP Tyler Mahle pitched 5 innings, giving up 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, and 8 Ks in his AA debut. The strikeout total is impressive, the other numbers not so much.
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Post by The Duke on Jun 23, 2016 22:03:11 GMT -5
Senzel playing again, seems to be fine.
Nick Hanson with a professional debut to forget. 0.1 IP, 4 R, 108.00 ERA
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Post by redsfanman on Jun 28, 2016 10:37:38 GMT -5
RHP Tony Santillan, age 19, last year's second round draft pick, has now made 3 starts for Billings, and looks ready to establish himself as one of the Reds' top prospects for the postseason/pre-2017 list. In 3 starts and 13.1 innings he's allowed 11 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, and 27 K. He's recorded 40 outs, 27 by strikeout. After 8 K's in his first start he struck out 7 in his second, and 12 last night.
Obviously Santillan is really young, isn't pitching deep into games (they're only letting him throw ~80-85 pitches each time, good for 4-4.2 IP per start), but geez. His months in extended spring training really seem to have helped, with improved control for the big-armed righty, who was a major project out of the draft. Sure he's a kid facing low level competition, but it'll be interesting to see how he eventually does in full-season ball. His walks going down and strikeouts going up seem like great signs. I wonder if he'll end this season in Dayton, or just stick around Billings for the full season.
Several other Billings prospects have gotten off to strong starts... of course, all in small (likely insignificant) sample sizes.
RHP Andrew Jordan, 18, last year's 13 round pick, has pitched 9 innings over 2 starts with 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, and 10k.
RHP Zac Correll, 20, the 2014 13th round pick, has pitched 7 innings with 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, and 8 K.
C Cassidy Brown, 21, this years #12 pick, has started off 7/14 with 3 BB and 1 K. (Not to be confused with better-known C Chris Okey)
3b Nick Senzel leads his team with 5 BB, although he's 3/25 at the plate. With only 4 strikeouts that screams of bad BABIP-related luck, though.
OF Taylor Trammell is 9/32 with 3 BB and 7 K.
Amir Garrett made his second appearance for Louisville on Monday, coincidentally facing the same team (Buffalo) he faced in his first game. This time out he pitched 7 innings with 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K (after walking 6 and striking out 4 in his first start). Garrett technically didn't start the game, with Homer Bailey making a rehab start.
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Post by mackenzie45220 on Jul 3, 2016 9:03:29 GMT -5
RHP Tony Santillan, age 19, last year's second round draft pick, has now made 3 starts for Billings, and looks ready to establish himself as one of the Reds' top prospects for the postseason/pre-2017 list. In 3 starts and 13.1 innings he's allowed 11 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, and 27 K. He's recorded 40 outs, 27 by strikeout. After 8 K's in his first start he struck out 7 in his second, and 12 last night. Obviously Santillan is really young, isn't pitching deep into games (they're only letting him throw ~80-85 pitches each time, good for 4-4.2 IP per start), but geez. His months in extended spring training really seem to have helped, with improved control for the big-armed righty, who was a major project out of the draft. Sure he's a kid facing low level competition, but it'll be interesting to see how he eventually does in full-season ball. His walks going down and strikeouts going up seem like great signs. I wonder if he'll end this season in Dayton, or just stick around Billings for the full season. Several other Billings prospects have gotten off to strong starts... of course, all in small (likely insignificant) sample sizes. RHP Andrew Jordan, 18, last year's 13 round pick, has pitched 9 innings over 2 starts with 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, and 10k. RHP Zac Correll, 20, the 2014 13th round pick, has pitched 7 innings with 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, and 8 K. C Cassidy Brown, 21, this years #12 pick, has started off 7/14 with 3 BB and 1 K. (Not to be confused with better-known C Chris Okey) 3b Nick Senzel leads his team with 5 BB, although he's 3/25 at the plate. With only 4 strikeouts that screams of bad BABIP-related luck, though. OF Taylor Trammell is 9/32 with 3 BB and 7 K. Amir Garrett made his second appearance for Louisville on Monday, coincidentally facing the same team (Buffalo) he faced in his first game. This time out he pitched 7 innings with 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K (after walking 6 and striking out 4 in his first start). Garrett technically didn't start the game, with Homer Bailey making a rehab start. In addition to Santillan's insane start to the season, I'm really liking Jordan. All advanced stats say age adjusted performance is a big predictor of future success (although it's bigger in basketball and football than baseball), and he debuted at 17 last year. And not only is he young, he's actually pitching well to boot. Jordan wasn't drafted that high, although he was given a signing bonus that would have been typical for a 7th round high schooler. I doubt that he has a ton of velocity (I've heard 92). But he never walks anybody, just 3.4% of batters going back to last season. He strikes out 27.6% of batters, well above average, so it's not like he's pounding the strike zone to avoid walks: he's making an attempt to hit the corners and he's succeeding. So he's 18, he never walks anybody, and his above average strikeout rate probably reflects good location rather than crazy velocity given his draft history. Add it up; his command might be an 80 on the 20-80 scale. And if there is even an ounce of projection on that supposedly 180lbs frame, he should be a top 10 prospect.
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