4/22/11 Minor League Report : Gould in them thar Loons
by Phil Gurnee on Apr 23, 2011 2:10 PM PDT
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AAA and AA both lose 7 - 2, both A league teams lose 5 - 4, not one of the better nights for the system.
Minor League Player of the Day – Garrett Gould hurled his 3rd straight solid outing this spring, giving up one run in six innings. Gould has now given up only one run in each of his three starts. Austin Gallagher gets a tip of the hat, you can read about his exploits below.
AAA – Isotopes fall 7 - 2, Redding got rocked, Hoffman hit a home run, Trayvon Robinson had two more hits, Travyon now has a 1.133 OPS in his last 10 games. Only his 30% K rate is keeping me from getting all goo goo eyed.
AA –Lookouts lose 7 - 2, Kyle Russell hit his 2nd home run of the year and Scott Van Slyke continued his torrid stretch with two more doubles. Van Slyke is 10 for his last 19 with five doubles.
HiA –Rancho loses 5 - 4, Matt MaGill gave up 10 baserunners in five innings but only two runs. Robert Romero gave up the game with three runs in the 9th. Late Night hit a home run, Austin Gallagher picked up two more hits including a home run, and has had two or more hits in six straight games, 14 for 24 with only one strikeout. Gallagher is the hottest hitter in the organization if not all of the minor leagues. His average is currently at .445 good for 2nd in the league, fifth in OPS (1.155), and fourth in OBA (.484). That is some good work.
LoA – Loons also lose 5 - 4 as Montgomery gives up three in relief of Gould. Landry, Akins, and Coyle all had two hits.
Albuquerque Isotopes Box Score (AAA)
Chattanooga Lookouts Box Score (AA)
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Box Score (HiA)
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Craziness in Portland. Blazers were down at least 23 in the second half, but now lead the Mavs with 39.2 seconds left.
watching now
Needless to say, I am not concerned if the Lakers face Dallas in Round 2.
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It was 67-44 Dallas with 1:16 remaining in the third quarter.
It’s 84-82 Portland, Blazers ball, with 27.9 seconds left.
40-15 run by Portland in 12:48. Amazing.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2011 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Craziness. Let these two beat each other up for seven games.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Roy hit a three near the end of the third quarter, then scored 18 in the fourth. Holy shit.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2011 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Good for him
Seems like I’ve seen that shellshocked look on the Mavs’ faces before.
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Gallagher
Too bad he can’t play 3B anymore. Even with as hot as he is, he looks like little more then another Loney: all average, little power, and not enough patience to make up for it.
Although
He’s younger then I thought he was, still only 22.
as bad as Loney is doing Adam Dunn ain’t doing much better
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Any free agent who signed for more then 8 Million doing anything?
Crawford, Dunn, Werth, Lee, Pena off the top of my head.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
Kuroda and Lilly have been acceptable.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
Loons win (4/23)
3-2. Score winning run in bottom of the ninth. Tolleson picks up the win with a hitless/walkless top of the ninth. 1 K.
FUCK
That dude named Russ Martin with 2 HR’s today now has 6 HR and 15 RBI
by Dodgermanramon on Apr 23, 2011 6:17 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I was going to say something about him...
Hindsight and all, but if our first 5 hitters were Caroll, Martin, Ethier, Kemp and Blake, these would be the five slashlines (Avg/OBP/OPS):
.319/.372/.747
.333/?/1.122
.381/.453/1.000
.402/.484/1.143
.333/.433/.963
(the four Dodgers are not including today’s numbers)
Holy snap that’d be an amazing first five.
Nomar
made a stupid comment on BBTN, something to the effect “it doesn’t surprise me he’s doing this, he’s always had the talent…sometimes you need a change of scenery, with a veteran ballclub where they expect you to be on every night”…so the expectations are lower in Los Angeles cos it’s not New York?? It’s OK to be an underachiever with the Dodgers?! Fuck you, asshole!
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change in scenery...
aka going from a pitchers park to a band box…..
still, Martin’s been legitimately awesome so far this season for the Yanks.
Yeah, one thought on that via Jay Jaffe on twitter
@jay_jaffe I asked Russell Martin last week about power resurgence, said AL East’s smaller parks were 1 factor. Multi-HRgms in Fenway & Camden Yds now
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It's too simplistic to credit AL East parks with everything
Martin’s doing, being healthier obviously helps. But it is absolutely obvious that there is a difference hitting in those parks vs some of the pitchers in that division vs the NL West parks and pitchers. But again, that’s just one part of it. He’s healthy now.
Or it’s because of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. /nomar
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heh
Derek Jeter’s hitting like shit so far this season, he’s the only member of ther starting 9 yet to hit a dinger (even Brett Freaking Gardner has one now)
health is obviously a major part of the issue, and probably helps a little that he’s inserted in a lineup with a jackload of awesome.
I did not know
Mark Sweeney was on twitter. @Sweendog9. I found this out while adding James Loney on twitter. Uh oh. Bad Omen.
Today UCLA had a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the ninth against Stanford with two out and nobody on and lost 5-4.
Cal got swept by ASU. They lost the first game in 17 innings and then got shut out in the next two.
Nonconference game with Stanford on Monday.
Hope that Blake Swihart
is there for the Dodgers at 16, he seems to be the top-rated catcher, but what the hell do I know? There are some others rated close behind him according to mock drafts, but I don’t know how many actually project as MLB catchers.
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Dodgers Won't Draft A Catcher Early, Let Alone In The First Round
Just not Logan White’s style. We will probably take a HS pitcher at #16, as usual. I could see either Daniel Norris of Tennessee or Henry Owens of Southern California attracting White’s eye. Both are left-handed and we do seem to be lacking in southpaw starter prospects while being stacked with righties.
by CanuckDodger on Apr 23, 2011 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
An oft repeated fact
Logan White First Round Picks
2002 – James Loney, 1B High school
2003 – Chad Billingsley RHP, High school
2004 – Scott Elbert, LHP, High school, Blake Dewitt 3B, High school
2005 – none
2006 – Clayton Kershaw LHP, High school, Bryan Morris, RHP, Community college
2007 – Chris Withrow, RHP, High school
2008 – Ethan Martin, RHP, High school
2009 – none
2010 – Zach Lee, RHP, High school
9 1st Round picks, 8 high school players, 1 community college. 6 RHP, 1 LHP, 1 1B, 1 infielder.
Current BA draft projection has Swihart going in 16-20 range, but I always think high school pitchers first with White’s past history.
I know the history
but if we draft another HS pitcher, I won’t be happy. We have a major dearth of corner infield and catcher talent, and first-round picks are first-round picks for a reason — a better chance to succeed. If Logan White isn’t a stubborn man, he will agree with me.
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I think we'd all like to see the Dodgers...
improve those positions where they lack much talent. However, developing pitching isn’t easy, and since White seems to have an eye for talented young pitchers, I won’t complain if that’s where they go. I was hoping for Bauer, but now it seems like he won’t be there, and he is not a high schooler anyways.
It will sure be interesting to see how the draft is handled with the ownership issues going on. They won’t be getting another Zach Lee this year, unfortunately.
@foryourhandicap
Been gone most of the day
so just saw Eovaldi’s line: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 3 BB, 4 K. Not mindblowing, but his 1.20 ERA in the Southern League is terrific.
Current Top 5 Pitchers:
1. Lee
2. Rubby
3. Webster
4. Gould
5. Eovaldi
Jake Lemmerman getting adjusted to High A
After starting out 4-26, he’s now up to .297 as he has gone 15 for his last 38.
Isotopes and Lookouts play tomorrow, Rubby should start for Lookouts.
Both High A and A teams, Quakes and Loons are not scheduled to play on Easter Sunday.
I picked Lemmerman to be this year's big surprise
So far I’m wrong, but he’s starting to heat up.
by Julio Nievas on Apr 23, 2011 8:20 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Brandon is seeing a Isotope special
Isotopes down 2 going into bottom of 6th, have now scored 9 runs in the past 2 innings, including a bases-loaded clearing triple by Trayvon Robinson.
Heh
Merkin Valdez currently pitching to old friend Joe Thurston (who flies out).
Bastardo had 7 Ks and no walks in 6 innings.
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Trevor Bauer
I remember scouts projected him to mid-late first round in this year’s MLB draft. He has to be top 10 now, right? Bauer is just mowing down guys left and right
by Julio Nievas on Apr 23, 2011 8:23 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yes
I was hoping we had a shot at 16, but now hearing Bauer may be 2nd pitcher off-the-board (after teammate Gerrit Cole).
Blake Smoth has struck out 3 times during the Quakes hit parade.
by Julio Nievas on Apr 23, 2011 8:28 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Tomorrow's game
Any regulars likely to get the day off? Maybe Gwynn in LF instead of Sanda against Zambrano?
Hard to say
Uribe completely depends on health. I can see either way regarding Sands/Gwynn, but I think they go with the if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it-20-runs-in-two-days lineup and keep Sands in there.
by Eric Stephen on Apr 23, 2011 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Im out in modesto, not a good night for the home team
Through 4 1/2,
Rc 14 18 0
mod 0 1 1
Webster dealing, hitting 93
Blake k’s 3 times and then hits a 2 run bomb on 4th ab
by lchristmas on Apr 23, 2011 8:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Dude, this is excellent! Keep us updated
by Julio Nievas on Apr 23, 2011 8:53 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Sorry, my 18 month old doesn't stay after 5 innings
Unless its 13 run difference or less :)
by lchristmas on Apr 23, 2011 9:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Holy shit
Community was hilarious this week. Josie is 1 for 1 so far (I haven’t watched Parks & Rec yet)
Cubs lineup
Fukudome RF
Barney 2B
Castro SS
Ramirez 3B
Peña 1B
Byrd CF
Soriano LF
Soto C
Zambrano P
by Eric Stephen on Apr 24, 2011 7:26 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
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