Sunday Pebble Report
by Russ Oates on May 6, 2007 8:00 AM MDT
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PrintColorado Springs, W 7-6: Ryan Spilborghs (2-run homer) and Edwin Bellorin (3-run homer) led the offensive attack last night. Spilborghs also drove in a third run on a sac fly and Cory Sullivan tripled in Tim Olson for the other RBI (and stole two bases). Jorge DePaula had another effective outing despite walking four. He went six and allowed two runs on four hits. Bobby Keppel allowed four runs in 2/3 IP. After opening the eighth with a homer to Vince Sinisi, Keppel allowed a ground-rule double and walked two. Ryan Speier relieved Keppel and allowed all the inherited runners to score.
Tulsa, L 4-5: Corey Wimberly picked up his first two hits since returning to action, walked twice and stole his second base. Joe Gaetti clubbed his third homer. Ching-Lung Lo had an uneven outing since he went five innings and picked up the win, but the other stuff, not that great. He allowed five runs on four hits and walked four.
Modesto, W 8-4: Brandon Hynick continues to astound opposing batters as he recorded his fourth win. He gave up his first run of the season, but allowed only three hits and struck out six. David Arnold, on the other hand, allowed three runs in 1/3 IP. Andrew Johnston picked up his sixth save after ending the game while the bases were loaded.
Daniel Carte had a five-for-five night with three doubles. He drove in one run, along with Fowler, Cuadrado, Garner and Robledo. Chris Nelson had two for 19 on the season.
Xavier Cedeno starts today for the Nuts.
Asheville, W 6-4: Aneury Rodriguez continues to show encouraging results as he went six innings, allowed one earned run (four in total) on six hits and struck out four batters. Craig Baker pitched the seventh and picked up his first win of the season.
Free Logan Wiens! He had a three-run double in the seventh to put the Tourists in line for the win after being down 4-3 to start that inning. Hector Gomez committed his 10th error and the entire team struck out twelve times.
Here's a recap of the first month of the the season for the Tourists.
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Hynick + Lo =
Lo's numbers suggest a lack of competency at the Double A level (you could argue that his numbers the last three years have not suggested competency). He walks as many as he K's, and is good for a homer an outing. Last night's performance seemed to go backwards, not forwards.
As for Hynick, every single performance is dominant, and the K's trend upward while the walks are trending even more downward, if possible. 40 innings for an A/AA pitcher is about a quarter of the expected innings, so it's clear there is no fluke involved in his start, as if his K and BB rates didn't convince everyone to that note already.
If there's a pitcher that should be able to handle an aggressive timetable, it would be a low/no walk, hit and high K pitcher like Hynick. Move him up now, so that if he dominates Double A for a handful of months, he could come into the picture for the big leagues by early 2008.
It's the perfect match, Lo has no business starting in Double A, nor Hynick in A ball. Come on, let's take more risks...
I've got to disagree with part of this
For the last half of each of the last two seasons, Lo has shown competency at the levels he's been at. The argument could be made that mid-season call ups weakening those leagues played a big part in this improvement, but the numbers back it up nonetheless. What's more, he wasn't overmatched at Waikiki last fall and maintained some solid peripherals, so I'm unconvinced that he "has no business starting in AA" even if he isn't performing like it yet. Taking time to adjust to a new level seems to be part of his mode of operation, and while I agree that Hynick needs more advanced competition and that Lo's slot in the rotation is the most obvious choice for that right now, I'm not nearly so down on Lo's abilities. I think ultimately Ching Lung goes to the pen in this organization, so it might be a good time to start that transition now.
Alan Johnson
Interesting
Any word on who will be starting in Johnson's place? Will it be Tomas Santiago or is someone coming up from Asheville to take his place?
No word yet
For the people who are pushing for Hynick to get promoted ... he is not quite ready for AA. Sure, he could go there now and hold his ground and do well, but he's not likely to have the same sort of success that he's having here right now. His curveball is still a work in progress and he will need to throw it with more confidence and for strikes before he will be successful at the AA level. He throws a lot of strikes and without that curve, I think he would get hit around a bit. I think it's a better call to let him stay here for a couple more months and work on that pitch before bumping him up.
Latest word
Disregard the "disappointing" remark
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