Minors - 7/5
by LiamP on Jul 5, 2009 2:01 PM CDT
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A focus on the really young ones today, as Ross and Perez look to continue their awesomeness.
I'm in love. Ross - 5/3/0/0/1/10. 5:0 GB:FB. All of his outs tonight were via K or GB.
Perez is God. 5/3/1/1/1/8, with the 1 run coming on a solo HR that really wasn't. Nooch is 2/2 with a walk and a 3 run bomb, and Matt West is 1/2 with a walk.
1st game - Hamilton's 2/4 with a 2B and 3B, so his wheels are working fine at least. Smoak's 1/3 with 2k's, which obviously means RUDY'S ALREADY GOTTEN TO HIM.
AZRL - pm - Rijo?
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Latin Wind
.300 / .358 / .409
Still just 21 years old. I think there is a chance.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
by tricer on Jul 5, 2009 2:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Latin Wind?
Be away a while. Who is Latin Wind?
by peachygbc_1 on Jul 5, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
David Paisano
I think dirkatron coined it in reference to how effortlessly he plays center. Or something like that.
by naropean on Jul 5, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bianucci
3-run bomb.
Perez gave up a solo “homer” that hit two feet short of the top of the wall, per Buchbinder.
"I will hit you, emo boy." -- my wife to a pedestrian, 8 May 2009
by Lucas on Jul 5, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Anybody hear why Bianucci was taken out?
Miggy Alfonzo is with HIC now, btw.
by shroomer on Jul 5, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Miguel Velazquez is in Spokane
Per Jason Cole.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 5, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Miggy!!
he was doin real good then disappeared so im hoping he shows back up and lets every1 know what the hell they were miss’n
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jul 5, 2009 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nooch and EFry are swapping teams.
That’s the poop – explains the early exit.
by shroomer on Jul 6, 2009 8:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nooch is FREED!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jul 6, 2009 8:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fry disdained Nooch on the freeway when their buses passed.
"[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 Jul 6, 2009 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Finally
but how weird is that for a promotion, mid-game?!
by Goyogringo on Jul 6, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
its a long ass haul, i guess they had a flight all lined up 4 him
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 6, 2009 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome!
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
by lonestarJon on Jul 6, 2009 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BTW, Derek Norris is really good.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 5, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, yea his numbers are awesome for a young catcher
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
5 Ks through 2 for Marty P
he good
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lots of swinging Ks for Perez
8 so far into the 5th
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OKC streaming game linkage:
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jul 5, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Have you found that this site
shows minors games very often? I always forget to check. The used to have minors links up at myp2p but I didn’t notice any the when i was over there like a month ago or so…
by Goyogringo on Jul 5, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They have about six up today.
Yanks, Stros, and a few others. I usually see at least one MiLB game listed there a day.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jul 5, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm, is it supposed to be on now?
its not showing anything now
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just checked several feeds.
It seems like anything using the windows player is dead, but the Grand Prix bike racing is awesome!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jul 5, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha, oh well
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jorge Lorenzo,
Hell Of A Race!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jul 5, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh... Hamilton K's.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 5, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
as does Smoak
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jul 5, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least he made solid contact on a foul
he’s batting righty, unfortunately
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
unfortunately?
yeah its horrible for the guy with a prime future to be working against lefty pitching and using his weak side to get experience and improve at a minor league level…
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jul 5, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok, im just saying he's not as good righty
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Travis Metcalf
playing 2nd base for Omaha
by shroomer on Jul 5, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are they batting Hamilton first
just so he get more PAs?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jul 5, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kevin Mahar
Playing for Reading in the Eastern League. Who knew?
by shroomer on Jul 5, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cool
not bad numbers too.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 5, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew.
But I kept it to myself.
Also, at one point K.C. Herren, Freddie Thon and Wally Backman II were all Joliet Jackhammers. Team manager: Wally Backman. Joliet released Herren a few weeks ago. Talk about a bust.
"I will hit you, emo boy." -- my wife to a pedestrian, 8 May 2009
by Lucas on Jul 5, 2009 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josh with a 2B!
woo hoo
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jul 5, 2009 5:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rush him to arlington, he can make it!
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jul 5, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT. Borbon better play tonight.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 5, 2009 5:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hes not going to.
He was brought up to relieve a slumping Byrd. Byrd then immediately caught on fire. Done. Stupid to bring him up for that reason rather than to play CF and bring his overall game? Yeah, but it happened so lets deal with it and move on, its just a week of the guys time he will get through it. Hes going back down when hammy comes up.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jul 5, 2009 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, slumping byrd/cruz combo
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jul 5, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was pondering ...
whether our brass is smart enough to make a subtle threat to the major league roster by having a high profile prospect show up and remind everybody what-have-you-done-for-me-lately still exists and it might roll over your career if you don’t get your azz in gear.
by shroomer on Jul 5, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ugh
Smoak K’s again.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 5, 2009 5:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Patience, grasshoppah
The boy will be just fine. I don’t know if he will do well enough to earn a quick promo like J-New alluded to in one of his recent reports, but he’ll be fine.
AAA ain’t just a retread wasteland, it’s a good primer for the kids.
What's the rumpus?
by Hypo-Luxa on Jul 5, 2009 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
u gonna react like that every time he ever K's?
its AAA, he’s a kid, and in his first week. he’ll be here by september probably. chill.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jul 5, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smoak`1-3 in the first game.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jul 5, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, he's only hitting .333??
wtf?!!
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuckin eh.
Don’t want to jinx the kid, but Robbie Ross looks special so far.
All of his outs so far are on K’s or grounders.
by LiamP on Jul 5, 2009 9:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's been dominant
he obviously has good stuff
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the season
26/3 K/BB ratio? I thought that kind of ratio was only seen by 28 year olds in the midwest league.
His ERA is meh atm but his periphs are crazy including his groundout rate
by groundingout on Jul 5, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
are the milb player pages updated in game?
I took the season stats from his player page and added in tonight’s results below, which should be correct unless the player stat pages are updated in game.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
by tricer on Jul 5, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no, but if you look at the game by game stats
they are usually close to updated in game
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
still a very small sample, but still
for the season (currently 20.1 ip): 34 k, 4 bb
go/ao: somewhere above 5.0
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
by tricer on Jul 5, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If this continues
do you squeeze him into the Hickory roto at some point? You could start next season with a Carolina League rotation of Perez, Boscan, Font, Ross and Wieland. Or somesuch.
by Brett Perryman on Jul 5, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which team are they taking over in the Carolina league?
Also, that rotation would be filthy.
by LiamP on Jul 5, 2009 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think anything is finalized
I just think that’s the intention.
by Brett Perryman on Jul 5, 2009 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
God I hope so.
Bakersfield does not deserve that rotation.
by LiamP on Jul 5, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been drooling over this rotation for too long
it needs to happen soon… Id have a team that i could always count on to watch and be excited about
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One problem with my suggestion there
It’s probably where Scheppers needs to start too…
by Brett Perryman on Jul 6, 2009 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, i guess i can keep drooling then
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 6, 2009 12:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perez and Font can tandem start the first month until Scheppers dominates enough face to go to AA.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
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by thedirkatron on Jul 6, 2009 2:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think your numbers are off
on his stat page they have the first 4 innings of todays game updated into it, I added in the last inning above
by groundingout on Jul 5, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
6/20: 0 bb, 9k
6/25: 2 bb, 6k
6/30: 1 bb, 9k
7/5: 1 bb, 10k
totals: 4 bb, 34k
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
by tricer on Jul 5, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vin DiFazio
We briefly covered this on draft day, but is VD a prospect or a Hogan-esque org catcher?
Seems to have good discipline and power, but he’s 23. Maybe he should be promoted soon to see if he’s an actual commodity or a vet beating up SS kid pitchers. Whatever he is, seems like a good guy to shepherd young arms thru IPs.
by shroomer on Jul 5, 2009 11:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
you'd have to look at the links
that were provided after the draft, but i remember that he had some injuries (I believe non baseball related) that stunted his progress a bit, but the Rangers definitely view him as a legit prospect and believe they got a steal getting him where they did (I’ve never heard that before right after a draft).
I am optimistic he could prove to be another advanced college hitter we find late (ish) in the draft.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Jul 5, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea, we've done this now three years in a row (hopefully) with Moreland, Nucc, and now hopefully Difaz
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes those are the quotes
He had two bad things happen where he basically didn’t play his junior year and missed time as a sophomore too. If I recall correctly.
He’s shepherding the kids right now but I think he’ll get a look in Hickory soon.
by Hull Fan on Jul 5, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I want to see.
Have Hogan go from the AZRL team to Spokane and send VD to Hickory.
Bet they just send Hogan to Hickory instead.
by shroomer on Jul 6, 2009 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think he was kind of a sleeper pick due to injuries
if he can stay healthy, I see no reason why he cant be somewhat of a prospect. If he continues like this, I gotta think he’ll get some regular time at either Hickory or Bake b4 the year is out
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On DiFazio
I’m a little less likely to worry about age to league level with catchers, but it seems pretty early to get excited about him.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Jul 6, 2009 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
While i dont think our system will likely end up in the top 3 or 4 systems when ranked at the end of the
year, I think we will regain that mantle pretty quickly in 2010 and 2011 with all these talented kids in A ball. It wont likely happen this year, but soon, I think Perez will be considered a top 10 prospect in baseball. Ross and Weiland will be considered much more highly regarded if they continue to develop, those two kids have a ton of potential. As Font develops, he could be certaintly considered another top 50 prospect if he can harness his control (as he’s shown recently). There are just so many talented kids down there that you have to feel like given some time, we’ll have several new top 100/top 50 type prospects coming. Its very exciting.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 5, 2009 11:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think the Rangers have a pretty good chance of having a top 3 system at the end of this year.
They have Smoak and Feliz at the top end, and a massive slug of talent at the bottom, with Kiker, Beavan, Moreland et al in the middle. If Scheppers gets a few innings in this year, that will help. Everyone is in agreement that they have quite the haul in the Latin market. It’s incredibly deep, even if it has "only " two or maybe three top-20 guys.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jul 6, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea, we may only end up with 3 maybe 4 top 100 guys, but we have a ton, a ton of guys that are right near the cusp or will be
there given a year or two. It will be interesting, but its the depth that we have that gets me excited and stands out to me really.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 6, 2009 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rangers' farm system rank
will depend on whether Smoak and Feliz qualify and whether Scheppers and Purke are signed. If all four of these are Rangers’ prospects at the end of the year, then the team should have at least five players in the Top 100 (along with Martin Perez) with Smoak, Perez, and Feliz likely in the Top 50. If Ross continues to rack up the K’s, it wouldn’t surprise me to see him in a Top 100 list or two.
The team also has a few fringy guys who could work their ways into Top 100 slots with strong second halves. Despite his awful first half, Max Ramirez could still return to the Top 100 with a strong AAA finish and a few quality at bats in the majors in September. Quality ML time might also get Borbon in. Wieland would have to be pretty dominant the rest of the way, but his scouting report could get him in as well.
by spurdynasty on Jul 6, 2009 6:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i didnt realize this but Neftali Feliz has the 2nd best FIP of all PCL pitchers
thats pretty solid for a youngster like him
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 6, 2009 2:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
MaxRam blurb in the OKC newspaper ...
Catcher Max Ramirez has missed a string of games because of soreness in his left wrist. Ramirez has missed some time with soreness in his right wrist, too.
“He’s waiting to find out what the doctors in Arlington want to do or whether or not he might need surgery on it," RedHawks manager Bobby Jones said.
by shroomer on Jul 6, 2009 7:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if it's hamate related?
That’s a terrible bone to break, as the bloodflow is limited, and interrupted when fractured. Takes forever to heal, and can remain painful for a long time. I know, I’ve done it twice to the same wrist…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jul 6, 2009 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you use lube you won't have to strain 'em so bad.
Hey-oh!!!!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
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by thedirkatron on Jul 6, 2009 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly what I was thinking, but I lacked a good line.
Nice, tron.
"[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 Jul 6, 2009 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the damn 'Conomy
Gotta cut back on expenses, ya’ know.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jul 6, 2009 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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