Minors 5/5 (aka Kirkman's on a roll)

bullpen ala CJ type later in the year? We have quite a few lefties that seem close to the bigs in bullpen roles – Rapada, Snyder, and Phillips.

Kirkman’s sub 2 ERA is looking pretty sexy, especially with the Ks. I’m loving how our minor league pitching has come out of the gate, with the exception of Kiker and his regression with his control which seemed impossible.

His 1.037 OPS might increase after today.

He grades out in the 53-54 range. Lots of present solid-avg stuff and a very good idea of what to do with it. Good prospect.

what you have against him.

5.0IP 2H 1R 0BB 4K

A bad hop single that caught the lip of the grass! yay

[btw, Jim Byers just commented that Boggs has played CF “beautifully” since Gentry got called up. just sayin’]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/prospects/prospect-bulletin/2010/269931.html

“He knows what he wants,” Frisco pitching coach Jeff Andrews said. “He’s advanced in the sense that he’s not afraid to go after it. I don’t think that’s typical of a lot of 19-year-olds, who may be unsure of themselves and what direction they want to go or if they’re talented enough or if they’ve worked hard enough. That’s the difference, to me, that separates him the most.”

“We’re taking a kid that’s still in his first professional season and there’s still the idea that you want him to use all his pitches, to develop all his pitches, give himself a sense of can he throw them for strikes, what to use ahead in the count, etc.,” said Andrews, interviewed prior to Scheppers’ promotion to Triple-A. “And he’s done that. A lot of times, guys will get caught up in the moment on the field and say, ‘I can just use my slider’ or ‘I can just use my fastball and get through these two innings,’ but he hasn’t done that. His grasp of the big picture is pretty good.”

5.0|3|0|0|3|7|0|1.82

Sweet.

in his inning

Kevin_Goldstein #Nationals 2006 1st round pick Colten Willems has retired; scout who saw him pitch this year called it “difficult to watch.”