3 Prospect Stars Of The Day 6/14/09
by ASUcruz on Jun 15, 2009 1:06 AM PDT
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1. James McDonald - RHP - Albuquerque Isotopes (AAA)
McDonald had his second superb start in a row for the 'Topes. McDonald followed up his seven inning ten K performance with seven innings of shutout ball. McDonald struck out 13 in his latest performance. He walked one and gave up just two singles. McDonald earned his first win for the 'Topes giving him a record of 1-0. McDonald threw 106 pitches, 70 of which were strikes. McDonald has struck out 40 batters in 31.1 innings of work at the Triple-A level. Claudio Vargas pitched two innings of scoreless relief to preserve the shutout. The 'Topes won the game 4-0.
2. Scott Elbert - LHP - Chattanooga Lookouts (AA)
Elbert has been a strikeout machine for the Lookouts lately, racking up Ks by the handful. In his last four starts Elbert has struck out 9, 10, 9, and 9 batters respectively. In his latest outing, Elbert lasted five innings and gave up three earned runs. Elbert took the loss which balances his books for the year (2-2). Elbert 93 pitches, 57 for strikes. The Lookouts lost a close one 3-2, Josh Lindblom, Victor Garate, and Francisco Felix combined to throw three innings of scoreless relief but the bats could not come up with an equalizer.
3. Nathan Eovaldi - RHP - Great Lakes Loons (A-)
Eovaldi pitched four innings of scoreless relief behind Ethan Martin to earn his first save of the year. Eovaldi's four shutout innings extended his scoreless innings streak to 17.1 innings. Martin gave up a run in five innings while striking three and walking three. Eovaldi struck out one, walked one, and gave up just one hit. Eovaldi lowered his ERA to 4.66 on the season.
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it seems like if you hit the ball in play vs elbert its a double or home run
thats how its been in the majors and same goes for the minors
Elbert
Speaking of Elbert, I anticipate we’ll see him back in Los Angeles before the year (barring an injury). The question is as a starter or as a reliever. I hope his future is ultimately as a starter, but does anyone think he could be a Kuo like reliever this year? While I don’t think he’ll be effective as Kuo, he could be a weapon for Joe coming out of the pen.
Lefties are batting just .145 against him and he has a 29:3 K:BB ratio against them.
Agreed.
I don’t think he’ll get any starts in the majors this year, Torre won’t trust him.
by Brendan Scolari on Jun 15, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Can't say that I do.
Hard to get coverage of the teams in the Dominican. Baseball America doens’t really cover it.
Canuck talked about Bladimir Franco
last year on DT. Said he was supposed to be the best player on the team but as I recall he didn’t do much except strike out. Based on first inning it looks like he’s starting to live upto the promise that Canuck was talking about. I’ll do something on him soon.
http://firstinning.com/players/Bladimir-Franco-a/
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
by Phil Gurnee on Jun 17, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions
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