The 6-5 "Hot, Latin Action" Minors Thread
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 5:53 PM CDT
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It's a night made for the likes of Brett Perryman as some of the best high-upside Latin talents in the organization goes tonight.
Hickory will play the Greensboro Grasshoppers tonight and Wilmer Font is listed as the probable starter for tonight. The Greensboro lineup is not particularly impressive, so it'll be interesting to see how fastball reliant Wilmer becomes against this lineup of weak hitters.
At 7, the Frisco Roughriders take on the Tulsa Drillers behind Michael Kirkman. The Tulsa lineup is especially weak against lefties, so it'll be good to see Kirkman do well here. Of course, he's also facing the Rockie's best prospect Jhouyls Chacin - a GB machine with a good arsenal, so this weak Frisco lineup might not give him much help.
At 7:05, the OKC Redhawks attempt to take the series from the Memphis Redbirds. Four A pitcher Neftali Feliz will go for the Redhawks, so let's hope for a good game.
Finally, at 9, Kennil Gomez will go for the Blaze against the San Jose Giants. I would like to see Gomez do well against this very good Giants lineup.
Discussion: Can You Say no to the Kodiak Bear?
This comely fellow is Richard Poythress, his nickname is the Kodiak Bear. He's one of the best bats in this college class, but he's falling because he has the defensive flexibility of a crippled Max Ramirez. However, that bat seems real. Let's say it's draft day, and this fellow is available with the 2nd round pick. He's certainly the best prospect available at this point, but given the Rangers' large amount of talent at 1B, would you take him despite other needs? Likewise, if at some point the Rangers unload Hank Blalock on, say, the Chicago White Sox, and JD is offered someone like Jon Link, a relief pitcher, or the positionally challenged Tyler Flowers. Do you go for the better prospect or the greater position of need?
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With Font on the mound
in lieu of Pimentel, I’m hoping we get to see NeRa to start the 4th.
Look forward to seeing lil’ Timmy’d frisco debut as well…
by Goyogringo on Jun 5, 2009 6:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hell yes to Poythress in the 2nd.
Even in the 1st Supp that’d be a decent pick IMO.
by LiamP on Jun 5, 2009 6:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Best player available
If he’s that guy, take him and don’t twice about it. Just makes it easier to use a slugging 1B/DH type to swing a blockbuster deal.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 5, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yah, I'd be really happy with Poythress in the supp round.
Advanced college bats are always good.
I really don’t think system depth should come into it too much, if at all.
You take the BPA every time and let the Flying Spaghetti Monster sort ’em out.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.
by thedirkatron on Jun 6, 2009 1:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Font
struggling.
2nd and 3rd, one out.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 6:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tim Smith Debut
Does Smith debut tonight, I can still make it. Can anyone confirm?
by peachygbc_1 on Jun 5, 2009 6:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
In the lineup
and batting 5th.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Font 1st
HBP
Walk
GB
Single
Walk
K (Kyle Skipsworth)
Single
Double off the wall
Ouch, Font done, Castillo in
Using a lot of changeups and sliders.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ouch
One of those days
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 5, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch indeed
If he was throwing lots of changeups and sliders, sounds like a mandated deal, so I guess a less-than dominant performance is to be expected.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 5, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
interestingly, the guy who’s starting at 1B tonight for Frisco is not Moreland, but Chad Tracy.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 6:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Moreland...
…hasn’t played a minute at 1st since the promotion.
"I will hit you, emo boy." -- my wife to a pedestrian, 8 May 2009
by Lucas on Jun 5, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
has tracy
played that much 1B this year?
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Almost none...
…until Smoak got hurt. Played there quite a bit down the stretch last year. Not a plus defender anywhere.
"I will hit you, emo boy." -- my wife to a pedestrian, 8 May 2009
by Lucas on Jun 5, 2009 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
by the way
jared mitchell is on ESPN
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 6:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Neftali Feliz 1
Batter 1: Jon Jay
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Ball (FB)
Pitch 3: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 4: Foul (FB)
Pitch 5: Foul
Pitch 6: GB to 2B Vallejo (FB on the hands)
Batter 2: Jared Hoffpauir
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Ball (FB)
Pitch 3: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 4: Swinging Strike (FB)
Pitch 5: GB to SS Benjamin (FB)
Batter 3: Joe Mather
Pitch 1: Called Strikes (FB)
Pitch 2: Foul (FB – 96 with late run into the hitter’s hands)
Pitch 3: Ball (FB)
Pitch 4: Popup (FB)
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
did he really just throw all fastballs?
so much for working on those secondary pitches. At least his command was decent
Charter member of the Dutch bandwagon
by rchawk12 on Jun 5, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Borbon walk!
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 7:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Vallejo walk!
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neftali 2nd
Batter 4: Brett Wallace
Pitch 1: Ball
Pitch 2: Foul (FB)
Pitch 3: Foul (FB)
Pitch 4: Foul (FB) – All these are in
Pitch 5: Foul
Pitch 6: Ball (CRV)
Pitch 7: GB to 2B Vallejo (FB)
Batter 5: Allen Craig
Pitch 1: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 2: GB to P Feliz (FB)
Batter 6:
Pitch 1: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 2: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 3: Ball (FB)
Pitch 4: Foul (FB)
Pitch 5: Foul (FB)
Pitch 6: Foul (FB – 99 mph)
Pitch 7: Swinging Strike (FB)
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 7:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Neftali 3rd
Batter 7: Casey Rolette
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 3: Ball (CRV)
Pitch 4: Ball (FB)
Pitch 5: Foul (FB -97)
Pitch 6: Called Strike (CRV) – Frozen
Batter 8: Brandon Shorey
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 3: Swinging Strike (FB)
Pitch 4: Foul (CRV)
Pitch 5: Ball (FB)
Pitch 6: Ball (FB)
Pitch 7: Swinging Strike (FB – 97 high)
Batter 9: Shane Robinson
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 3: Called Strike (FB – Outer half)
Pitch 4: Ball (CRV)
Pitch 5: Ball (FB)
Pitch 6: Foul Tip (FB – 98 – Dropped by Richardson)
Pitch 7: Foul (FB)
Pitch 8: GB to 2B Vallejo (FB)
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 8:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Neftali 4
Batter 1: Jon Jay
Pitch 1: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 2: Foul (FB)
Pitch 3: Ball (FB)
Pitch 4: Foul (CRV)
PItch 5: Foul (FB)
Pitch 6: Foul (Broken Bat on the FB)
Pitch 7: Foul (CHG)
Pitch 8: Popup to LF Murphy
Batter 2: Jared Hoffpauir
Pitch 1: Called Strike (CHG)
Pitch 2: Ball (FB) – 99 mph
Pitch 3: GB to SS Benjamin (FB – Broken bat)
Batter 3: Joe Mather
Pitch 1: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 2: Ball (CRV)
Pitch 3: Ball (CRV)
Pitch 4: Flyout ot RF Golson
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How many pitches so far?
Go Rangers...don't suck...
by Kinslerhomer on Jun 5, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, basically they're sitting red and fouling a few off.
If he ever commands an off speed pitch, it’s lights out.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
by scoop16 on Jun 5, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neftali 5
Batter 4: Brett Wallace
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Lined Single to RF (FB)
Batter 5: Allen Craig
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Called Strike (FB)
Pitch 3: Foul (FB)
Pitch 4: GB DP (Vallejo to Benjamin to Frostad) – CHG
Batter 6: Brian Anderson
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Flyout to LF Steve Murphy (FB)
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 8:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Neftali 6
Batter 7: Casey Rolette
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Foul (FB)
Pitch 3: GB to 2B Vallejo
Batter 8: Mark Shorey
Pitch 1: Called Strike (CRV)
Pitch 2: Single to CF Borbon (FB – Linedrive)
Batter 9: Shane Robinson
Pitch 1: Foul (FB)
Pitch 2: Ball (FB)
Pitch 3: Swinging Strike (FB)
Pitch 4: Foul (FB – 99)
Pitch 5: GB to P Feliz
Batter 1: Jon Jay
Pitch 1: Ball (FB)
Pitch 2: Ball (FB)
Pitch 3: Ball (FB – Right off the inside corner)
Pitch 4: Called Strike (FB – 92 mph – "took something off)
Pitch 5: GB to P Feliz (Broken Bat on that FB)
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
91 pitches now?
I’m guessing that’s it, nice outing.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
by scoop16 on Jun 5, 2009 8:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
91
yep. AJ Murray is already warming.
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome outing for Feliz.
Very cool of you to do this Firebat.
The CJ hate is getting old.
"We love Wash.....As a team, we want Wash as the head of that team." Hamilton
"The NFL made me undergo a psychiatric evaluation......Please. It was an accident. If I wanted to post a picture of my penis I wouldn't have been all hunched over."- Chris Cooley.
by sprite on Jun 5, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, thanks
Perhaps I’m reading too much into it, but here’s a thought: could the heavy fastball reliance tonight be an instruction from above, as a prelude to him joining the pen as a power arm sooner rather than later?
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 5, 2009 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He threw quite a bit
of CRVs after the first 2 innings.
Also, keep in mind that Neftali was tossing the ball and doing fielding stuff until 10 minutes before the game. Chances are, he used the first inning to get warm.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
I didn’t read the latter innings as closely as the fastball-reliant first. Plus, I’m prone to overanalyzing such things.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 5, 2009 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ditto. Great stuff.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
by scoop16 on Jun 5, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AJ in, Neftali done. good job Neftali
6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And thanks for the pitch by pitch break down again.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Jun 6, 2009 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
With him throwing that many FBs
i guess that really is an 80 pitch with those results. If he learns to just have command of two offspeed offerings, they dont even have to be that special, he is going to be dominant.
by Michael Cave on Jun 6, 2009 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I was going to chart for Kennil Gomez too, but San Jose also lacks a radio affiliate, so sorry
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Found it
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually this radio guy is awful
not gonna put myself through this.
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
7 IP, 9 H, 3R, 0 BB, 1 K
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1K? bleh
Go Rangers...don't suck...
by Kinslerhomer on Jun 5, 2009 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kennil Gomez already allowed a run.
GB, Single, Triple
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gomez
I can see why this guy has a 60% GB. Wow, a lot of movement on the FB, great movement on the power curve, uses the CHG often as well.
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Any thoughts on the BB issues?
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Jun 6, 2009 6:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I was curious as to why you didn’t update your probs
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Read 2 stinkin' books while my internet was down.
KoK, you out there? I finally have a book rec for you.
by shroomer on Jun 6, 2009 1:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What'd you read?
Had a couple long plane flights so I motored through Consider The Lobster.
I love DFW the person, love his college commencement speech, dig a lot of the short fiction.
Here he’s the dork show off you knew in high school. Equal parts knowledgable (lot of free time) and self-absorbed (embarrassed to have all the free time) who favors airing his mental questions out because that at least earns a little more attention. It was like reading a student waving his arm in the first row.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Jun 6, 2009 6:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DFW
Lot’s a peeps love that guy. Never read him.
I got into this sudden Foo Fighters kick for some reason and wound up curious how someone as sane as Dave Grohl got mixed up with Nirvana. So, I read Michael Azerrad’s Come as You Are. Hated it – demented 1993 left-wing screed built around a subject that he knew would interest the kids and sell.
Now I’m reading Everett True’s 2005 detail-o-rama Nirvana. Much much better – although he’s a limey his voice is very American from, I suppose, hanging out with Americans so much.
Turns out Dave Grohl was like the 5th drummer Nirvana went thru and was mostly just the last piece to plug into a rocket ship that was ready to blast off into outer space. Sort of a hired gun – he wasn’t involved long enough to go nutzo. Good for him.
And good for us since the Foo Fighters was basically conceived and nurtured while Kurt and Courtney laid around in shambolic dingy rooms doing horse.
by shroomer on Jun 6, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nirvana
The one I read was Heavier than Heaven.
I couldn’t put it down. Someone mentioned how vetted it seemed by Courtney, but with that subject matter I don’t really register anything political/extracurricular. If the Azzerad book’s the one I’m thinking of, yeah, it did look like the token book Tower Records puts in the impulse buy section to get a few more bucks.
He has another one that I enjoyed though, Our Band Could Be Your Life. Now that I think was more a labor of love, and genuine objective storytelling.
I met him briefly after that voice-over Nirvana movie, Been A Son I think it was called?
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Jun 6, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read Heavier Than Heaven as well.
I found it to be a pretty good read.
Sad story, obviously.
Kobain was not a well person.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Chris Davis will be fine. Relax.
by thedirkatron on Jun 7, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most celebs
seem to be at least a little screwed up, but yeah, he was special in that regard.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Jun 7, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to see the changeup a bit more from 4A
I love sexy changeups, especially following sexy fastballs
by Telegraph on Jun 5, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Josh Lueke
I’ve been out of the loop for a coupla days with no internet.
Did y’all already hear about this Josh Lueke story? Crazy stuff.
by shroomer on Jun 5, 2009 10:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So he's already released right?
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
suspended list
per the June 2nd minor league transaction list at BA’s prospects blog
by shroomer on Jun 5, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a shame
I’ll with hold value judgments until we know more. Awful accusation though.
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunate, he looked like a real nice prospect too
by Telegraph on Jun 5, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
he’s like the 5th best relief prospect in Bakersfield
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, I admit that I know nothing about the guy
I just wanted to say something nice about him
by Telegraph on Jun 5, 2009 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just checked the stats
How does he get so many strikeouts?
by Telegraph on Jun 5, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
SSS
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by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
27%
is great, but it’s not 37% great. He’s old for the level, doesn’t really have a dominating fastball.
He’s really, really middle of the road and he’s older than your average Cal Leaguer
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 5, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
WOW
Bakersfield Blaze relief pitcher Josh Lueke was arrested May 27 and is being held in Lerdo Jail on rape charges.
Lueke, in his second season with the Blaze, faces felony charges of rape and sodomy of an unconscious victim.
Bail has been set at $150,000.
Lueke faces pretrial hearings July 1-2.
Blaze general manager Shawn Schoolcraft declined to comment on Lueke’s status with the team. A media relations representative with the Blaze’s parent club, the Texas Rangers, has not responded to a telephone message and e-mail.
Lueke, who is 6-foot-5, 220 pounds and 24 years old, is a Kentucky native.
He has not pitched for Bakersfield since May 23.
by laxtonto on Jun 5, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the 11th in Bakersfield
Phillips with 2 more perfect innings.
The CJ hate is getting old.
"We love Wash.....As a team, we want Wash as the head of that team." Hamilton
"The NFL made me undergo a psychiatric evaluation......Please. It was an accident. If I wanted to post a picture of my penis I wouldn't have been all hunched over."- Chris Cooley.
by sprite on Jun 6, 2009 12:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gave up a Posey walkoff
Still, good outing except for that.
by Outworlder47 on Jun 6, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only one
that sees Feliz’s outings unproductive?
I don’t see how Feliz is learning anything by throwing FB’s 90% of the time? Shouldn’t he be working on his secondary pitches? How is he suppose to get better if most of his pitches are FBs? We know you have a good FB, work on everything else.
by Coolbean04 on Jun 6, 2009 1:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
One thing at a time
FB command first, then we can talk about secondary offerings.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on Jun 6, 2009 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He did really well in ST
and I don’t think he had these issues with FB command at the time though his control did decline a bit after his promotion to AA last year. I think he is just working through some mechanical issues. He has an AA curve that flashes plus (though how often I don’t know) and has made a lot of progress on his change since coming into the system. I’m not too worried. He can work through all of these things for the rest of the year, getting his mechanics in gear and then working on his secondary stuff, then maybe go to winter ball, and compete for a rotation spot next year. He’s young and doesn’t have a lot of innings under his belt so all the hype regarding his immanent arrive was a bit premature.
by Goyogringo on Jun 6, 2009 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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