Monday Pebble Report: Eric Young Jr. breaks Colorado Springs SB record, Remember Rafael Ortega's name
by Rox Girl on Aug 3, 2009 10:54 AM MDT
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PrintHa-ha, take that, Redhawk! Your boy Eric Young Jr. scored four runs last night without getting a hit..., Kidding mostly, I don't want to make it seem like I'm against hitters, you know, hitting. It's what we pay them for.
EY2 did steal two bases, breaking the Sky Sox franchise record with 53 on the season as linked in today's Rockpile, and walked three times. Mike McCoy and Paul Phillips homered for the Sky Sox. Adam Eaton pitched decently again as the starter but Randy Flores and Ryan Speier struggled to the tune of three runs given up apiece in relief as the Reno Aces came back to defeat the Sky Sox. Makes you grateful we made the changes to the bullpen that we did. I didn't realize that Scott Dohmann's now with the Diamondbacks organization, he picked up the save in last night's game.
A tough loss for the Drillers, as the game went sixteen innings. Infielder Rex Rungren, who had a fine day at the plate with three hits pitched the last two of those sixteen and came away with the loss. Darin Holcomb also had three hits, including two doubles, and Cole Garner hit his 11th home run for the Drillers. Samuel Deduno started and pitched a strong seven innings, giving up three runs but striking out seven, and getting an 11-2 GB-FB rate on his outs.
Scott Beerer had a three for three day with a walk and an HBP, raising his Modesto OBP over .400. Jason Van Kooten and Charlie Blackmon both doubled, most of the other Nuts struggled. Kenneth Durst took the loss, his 12th of the season.
For the recap, I'll defer to Franchise26's excellent scouting write-up. Chris Balcom-Miller continues to rise.
So from a box score observation standpoint, the one position player that I've really been tracking over the season has been 18 y.o. Rafael Ortega. What we know about him is that he hits a lot. He also walks more than he strikes out, and he doesn't strike out very often. His SB percentage and five triples and the fact that he plays center field mean that he's got wheels. He apparently wasn't a noteworthy bonus signing, as there have been no media mentions, but that he comes from Venezuela indicates that he's probably a product of scout Francisco Cartaya's work, and Cartaya has fed the team some serious talent over the last few years including Franklin Morales and Jhoulys Chacin. Anyway, keep an eye on this player for next season.
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You recapped Saturday's
games for Asheville and Tri-City. Neither played yesterday.
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by Russ Oates on Aug 3, 2009 11:00 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
Yep, I was just seeing things.
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The runs scored
weren’t with out hits….McCoy had 3 RBI’s on 2 Hits (triple and Homer), and Kenny Perez had 4 RBI’s with 2 hits(a single and a double).
Walks are nice…but if want to score runs…some one will usually have to get a hit eventually.
and I’m glad my running debate is the first thought when posting this!
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
more like your running wrong-itude
/shakes fist 7.53 times for a disdain factor of 1.65 (with 1.10 being my average disdain factor)
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2009 11:11 AM MDT up reply actions
No dude check out the box score. Young had 4 runs without getting a hit.
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
by CentralCaliRox on Aug 3, 2009 12:07 PM MDT up reply actions
how did EYJ cross home plate
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2009 12:11 PM MDT up reply actions
that also doesn't take a day off
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2009 12:41 PM MDT up reply actions
Sad day
when one of our position prospects has to pitch in a game, and he loses. I guess not everyone can be Kirt Manwaring.
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"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
that'd be Brent Mayne you're thinking of
Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.
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Your right
and of course I’m just a little slow. I got the position correct at least (and I spelled his name right).
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JFK
Out of all of our position players
who would you want to pitch if they had to?
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by Andrew Martin on Aug 3, 2009 2:48 PM MDT up reply actions
Tulo without a doubt.
I’m surprised Helton’s arm doesn’t go flying into the stands after he’s caught a ball that Tulo throws.
Most of these guys
pitched some time in their career (HS or College). I would love to see Helton pitch because he did pitch in college. I also tend to agree with the apparent philosophy that MI and C are probably the best extreme relief pitchers because of the accuracy and strength they have to have on all of their throws. I therefore pick Clint Barmes (even though we would lose his defense) because I don’t think I want to lose too much D putting Tulo there and Q is almost smaller than the Hererra guy from Cincy so I don’t know if he gets hit hard or not. Barmes is scrappy and would throw a bunch of junk and be fun(ny) to watch.
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"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
Hawpe
He has a gun for an arm and we’d take that horrible defense of the field while he stays in the lineup because the National League is awesome.
If Hawpe comes out
and has to pitch because he is the last guy that can it means a pitcher will be in right field. Is this really a defensive upgrade? Probably not but then taking Barmes or Tulo out of their position and placing a pitcher there wouldn’t be great either.
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JFK
I would love to see Hawpe pitch.
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Scott Beerer's avg has really fallen..
since being promoted to Modesto. Besides being exposed to kryptonite, is there a reasonable explanation for this? Also, is he on a fast-track to the bigs because of his age?
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If by kryptonite, you mean considerably better pitching, than yes.
But check out his last ten games: .463/.488/.537
He will be on a very fast track at his age.
So you're saying he's not going to hit .558 the rest of his life?
What a bum, trade him for a bullpen catcher.
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