Minors 5/8 - 2007 Acquisition Night
by shroomer on May 6, 2010 9:48 AM CDT
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PrintThree 2007 draftees and a 2007 Latin signing - h/t SRL.
HIC-6:00- Ramirez
BAK-9:15- Main
FRS-7:00- Perez
OKC-6:30- Hunter
That's right, Kiker has lost out top billing cred to Thompson.
HIC-6:00- Thompson
BAK-9:15- Boscan
FRS-7:00- Kiker
OKC-6:30- Ballard
Scheppers hasn't pitched since the 4th, so look for him today or tomorrow.
Thomas Diamond is pitching well for the Iowa Cubs and faces the OKC Redhawks tonight.
The 5/6 links are after the jump ...
HIC-6:00- Font
BAK-9:00- Brigham
FRS-7:00- Bleier
OKC-6:30- Moscoso
Blake Beavan should pitch on local DFW TV this Sunday - if the Frisco roto holds.
Warner Madrigal has joined Frisco on a rehab stint.
Eric Hurley should be eligible to start a rehab stint [30 days into 60-day DL] by this weekend.
Last night Michael Schlact tweeted:
Facing hitters 2morrow for the 1st time in a year. It is a huge step for me in shoulder surgery rehab. Still on track for a game next week!
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If you're still Miggy gaga this morning ...
you can go read the local Hickory paper’s write-up of last night’s game. Evidently he made a big catch in CF yesterday on top of the HR. Richardson comments on Ross a bit, too.
Velazquez now leads the Sally League in OPS
at 1.010. 1st in slugging, 4th in ISOP, 3rd in wOBA.
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Font
SSS and everything, Wilmer started with three gorgeous pitching lines, then posted two with clunker walk rates.
Always possible they’re working on something, but goodness what a pitcher if he doesn’t walk dudes.
Go Strangers.
I've already got my tickets for the Perez start Saturday
assuming the roto holds as usual for frisco.
Players are going to be wearing pink jerseys for mothers day, that will look weird.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Perez over C-Wun?
Such a bandwagon whore, Rentzington.
Why follow the leader when you could step off the beaten path and experience something truly, dare I say… wonderful.
What do you think of that idea, C1?
I don’t what the fuck’s going there, but I’m fairly certain he’s indicating that he thinks going to see him pitch would be crazy mad funked-out and fresh, son.
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by thedirkatron on May 6, 2010 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Meh
I saw the beav pitch numerous times last year but only saw perez once at the end of the season.
Saying you want to sea beavan over perez is like saying you’d rather see neil ramierez over font or erlin, it’s just crazy talk.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Jimmy Clausen says, right back atcha, bra
by Adam J. Morris on May 6, 2010 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
So does the cast of Jersey Shore
I’ll spare everyone the pics.
That's why they call them business sox
That looks like Eric Byrnes if he was a morphed into a community college lesbian.
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by thedirkatron on May 6, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I doubt Jimmy Clausen has ever ridden a bicycle in his life.
Unless it was a tandem bike with the guy in the front doing all the work.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Shut up.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Bleier goes for Frisco tonight - needs a big outing you'd think.
7.62 ERA, not striking anybody out but is getting plenty of GO’s.
.327 BAA, and LH bats are hitting .314 off him for a 10.80 ERA vs lefties. bleh
You might wonder if he’s getting BABIP’ed to death – .333 – barely unlucky I guess.
Only 5 walks in 26 IP is very nice, but 4 HRs allowed is nearly half his 2009 total already.
You’d think if a BAK arm was sizzling he could be in trouble for demotion, but not much threat from below really. Brigham’s numbers are nice but trending the wrong direction. Main and Gomez don’t really need to come up. The Rangers plan on building up Scheppers’ innings and putting him in the OKC roto – which could bump Ballard down into Bleier’s spot – but that won’t be for a coupla weeks even if it does pan out. Danny Gutierrez isn’t due back until June 1st or so, Bleier’s safe there as well. They might have him tandem with Eric Hurley, if Hurley is healthy enough – we’ll see on Hurley soon.
Safe for now I suppose, but overall, he’d better turn it around or he’s gonna lose his AA turn.
Bleier will turn it around
and be his usual mediocre self soon.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
They gotta find room for Josh Lueke in Frisco one of these days, too.
He needs to get it going. Sir Richard needs to go all Bleierheart and kick some azz.
Indeed
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
there is a pretty big glut
of relief pitchers who are probably due for promotions in the coming weeks.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
I've enjoyed watching Bleier rise through the ranks
but his nickname is going to change from “Sir Richard Bleierheart” to “Schlact” if he doesn’t turn this thing around.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Heh
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
Hold your tongue, anon
You goat-kissing, notty-pated hedgepig.
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notty-pated hedgepig
Ha. I had to look it up. I was thinking Monty Python. Can’t seem to fing the origin of it.
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
You had me worried about Scheppers
But as JD said there, we reserve the right to change our minds.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Hickory's team stats
Team ERA is 4th in the SAL, but they lead the league in Ks, and are 3rd best in BBs allowed. Very solid team WHiP and HRs allowed – 2nd best runs allowed.
The bats aren’t bad either. 3rd best Team OPS. 4th best in earning BBs and 2nd lowest K total – VERY un-Ranger-like. [Jason Hart is the hitting coach there if you’re curious.] 2nd best HR total. The amazing thing is that they’re putting up all these nice team batting stats with freakin’ Cristian Santana playing LF every day! ouch
[Actually, Cristian Santana is doing pretty well despite struggling mightily against LHP, which should turn around. Only 20-yrs-old. Miracles do happen!]
If it weren't for Nera and his suckity suck suckfest on the mound (have I mentioned how bad he is),
Hickory would be tops.
</dirkatron
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
His last start was so crazily out of character (read: Good) that his overall statline isn't half bad right now.
That’s what early season SSS will do for you, though.
Before that game he had a 17-8 k/bb in 17 innings.
After he forgot to suck he now has a 26-8 k/bb in 23 innings.
As much as I hate him and think it’d be awesome if someone could find some sort of device that would pour poisonous spiders down his pants everytime he walked a batter, I’d love it if he could defy all medical logic and actually turn the corner and be decent at pitching for a change.
Still, I hate him so much.
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by thedirkatron on May 6, 2010 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Mitch Moreland
Got off to a rough start which hurt his overall numbers to date – .253/.323/.437 …
but he’s clipping along at .342/.432/.500 with just 7 Ks over his last 10 games. Mitch being Mitch.
Except against LHP – .133 – not good, but only 15 ABs. Jim Byers commented the other day that Moreland has looked just fine in the OF – big arm and has made a few decent catches. FWIW.
Nice on the D snippet
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
So, a question for the pro prospect evaluators....
Does Boggs have any chance of providing ML-average CF defense?
I had totally written him off at the beginning of the season, even thinking they could slide him off the 40. Now, I’m wondering fi he does have defensive chops whether JD would send Borbon down to clear his head and reward another guy for having good ABs.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
There's probably not room on the roster for both
but Boggs and Borbon seem like pretty decent platoon candidates.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Yah. Boggs has been sex criming righties and getting sex crimed by lefties, but that's out of character for him.
Career OPS*:
vs. LHP: .944
vs RHP: .761
* Don’t know if that takes into accoun this year, fwiw.
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by thedirkatron on May 6, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
That will be referred to as LT'ing something now.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
It was being reported earlier as a 15-year old. I definitely remember reading that.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Yeah, they updated
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I feel so much better about it now that I know the girl was 16 not 15
Load off my mind.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Errr... sounds like regular rape, too, right?
She said she refused, Taylor sexually assaulted her, then he paid her $300, which she gave to Davis, police said.
Statutory rape on a 16 year old isn’t a huge deal to me (shouldn’t even be a crime at all in most cases), but if she refused and he wnet all “I’m Keith Hernandez” on her, then that smells like real rape too, ya?
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Sounds like duress to me.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
I heard on the radio his lawyer say
“lawrence taylor did not have consensual sex with anyone that night, period!”
I thought to myself, so he had un-consensual sex?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
so if a 35 yr old bangs a 16 yr old that's okay?
just curious
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Why not?
How old is 16 really?
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by thedirkatron on May 7, 2010 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions
16.
<18.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Just my perspective
But they’re both just arbitrary numbers as far as I can see it.
I mean, I was a douchebag at 16, and I was a douchebag who could buy tobacco at 18.
Only other difference was in facial hair.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
It is certainly arbitrary, but it is a line that must be drawn somewhere.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Found a video of Velazquez hitting a bomb
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on May 6, 2010 5:43 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
There's a video of Velazquez hitting a double in Savannah, too.
LINK – Leury Garcia is on 1B. Watch him motor around 2nd and come home. Zooooooom!
[Edwin Garcia is the runner on 2nd]
His stance and swing
are very similar to Albert Pujols. Very limited bat movement, crouched, very athletic stance, generates a lot of power by using his hips and uses quick hands to generate more speed on his swing. Very nice…I like.
by DevilManHammy on May 7, 2010 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, I definitely see that
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Maybe in a superficial way, like their setup at the beginning. Velazquez lunges alot at the ball in comparison to Pujols.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
yeah, i was talking more his setup.
I can see what you’re saying….Pujols is the ultimate sit-n-spin guy.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I think that has more to do
with the pitch being lower in the strike zone than anything else.
Here is a much better and clearer look at Velazquez’s swing. As you can see, he does not lunge much. His hands and back-leg do a wonderful job at rotating congruently, enabling him to generate more power in the lower body, very similar to Pujols.
by DevilManHammy on May 8, 2010 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Jorge Quintero is a Air Hog now
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
an*
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Ugh...
shitty night for Wilmer.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
King Richard...
9 ip | 2 h | 0 r | 0 bb | 2 k’s |
Groundouts-flyouts: Bleier 14-8
LoneStarDugout Richard Bleier throws complete game, three-hit shutout on just 88 pitches. Absolutely dealt.
Who is this pitcher?
All I want to do is write him off.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on May 6, 2010 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Richard's triumphant postgame return home
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by t ball on May 6, 2010 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Honestly, the only other minor league OF I can think of that's hotter right now is
Mike Stanton.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Mangum; Neutral Milk Hotel
You can't spell MVP without MV.
The future for Miguel Velazquez looks a bit like the past:
It’s the way Velazquez holds his hands high before starting his swing that reminds me of Juan Gone.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
Good catch
Starts with high hands and has a smooth, downward drift in the load phase, allowing for a quick path to the ball; fast trigger.
Dude, don't use the words "fast trigger"
when discussing MV.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
hahaha
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on May 6, 2010 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
But
can he grow a world class mustache? That was the real source of Juando’s power.
by Brett Perryman on May 7, 2010 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
ha ha. A little more Rollie Fingers/Captain Morgan's than Juando, but not bad.
Now add the greasy lock of curly man mullet cascading out the back of his helmet and we’ll really have a winner.
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Heh, except of course he's almost 3 years older now than Juan was when he made his debut.
I’m excited about the kid, though.
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Yeah, but what does his autograph look like? /bigsteve
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
Anyone else notice?
Lemon played LF
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
He's been doing that quite a bit lately
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Huh
I don’t know why I didn’t see it before.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on May 6, 2010 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Frisco is down to 10 fielders on the roster and only 2 in the "OF" column.
Until they bring in a little help after the Banks promotion, you might see some strange OF names.
Beltre
another walk today. He’s touching 8%.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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The other Beltre with another bad game
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on May 6, 2010 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions
The other Beltre also had a walk
he wish he was touching 8%
I picture Engel Beltre
during this stretch where he’s walking a lot as Will Ferrell and John C Reilly when they talk at the Catalina Wine Mixer.
Jason Cole: You just walked in the winning run in a 23 pitch at bat. What are you going to do tonight to celebrate?
Engel Beltre: I’ll probably go back to my apartment and review some reasonable life insurance policies. You can never be too careful.
by Brett Perryman on May 7, 2010 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Erlin just keeps rollin' along
As does Cody Eppley, struck out all 3 batters in his inning tonight. 18Ks in 13.1 IP.
Piasano is giving me hope, hitting .310 and leading Bakersfield in OPS.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
You spelled Vin DiFazio wrong in the title there, E-Cart.
Fix it now or die.
Please.
Thank you.
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Hey, what are they doing with that big plot of cattle land right on the Denton side of the intersection of University and 35?
Google Earth makes it look like some kind of butt shit is going on there.
Figured you know the haps, on account of how huge and veinny your mind penis is.
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AJM, I know you're hesitant to bust out the ban hammer, but Rentzington here is clearly worse than a million tons of butt shit poured into the Suez Canal and then boiled back out.
Ban this man.
Ban him.
Forever.
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can't believe you got punked on a Denton-dote.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I don't know what this sentence means.
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by thedirkatron on May 7, 2010 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Wal-Mart and Sams on the the Braums/Mcdonalds side
Nice, fancy shopping center on the big plot of cattle land
The development got bogged down big time by the credit crisis
But I think they’ve finally started rolling again
Sounds pretty lame wad McGee slash Lowenstein.
I liked the Longhorns.
But fuck do I care, I suppose.
Ain’t like I’m ever gonna, like, go back to Denton.
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by thedirkatron on May 7, 2010 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
That's the old Rayzor Ranch, if you remember the little spread up on the hill there.
Had a herd of Longhorn cattle wandering around there since forever – I grew up 3 blocks away.
A huge commercial development was planned – kinda like a post-mall-era shopping complex with a bank of apartment houses running down Bonnie Brae and Medical offices along Scripture facing the hospital. A band shell and a atmospherey lake in the middle of it. I think the recession set the brakes hard on some of the plans there. The Medical offices will go in, maybe the apts, too, but the commercial/retail plans I think are being toned down a tad.
Across University dr there, in that empty field, a Sam’s Club and other retailers are going in big time. Strip Center heavan over there now. University dr has been widened down there to accomodate the expected traffic targeting both sides of the street.
Out on loop 288 are tentative plans for a huge residential area near the end of Bonnie Brae – but I think that kinda got squealched some by the recession, too. Kinda went hand-in-hand with the commercial project there at Rayzor Ranch.
Here’s the website with all the grandiose plans that the recession bit down hard upon.
Craziness. I do indeed remember the spread.
Always figured it was only a matter of time before it got gobbled up and developed into some kind of butt shit like this.
I loved that damn place.
It was always just so wonderfully random to have a big ass cow pasture with huge longhorns grazing right off Bonnie Brea and the highway there in the middle of town.
I wish it wasn’t strip mall central, but you gott put strip malls somewhere, I suppose.
Woulda been perfect for UNT and/or a city park, but money’s money, and I suppose building one of those cookie cutter stucco forests makes a shit ton more money than building a park and/or selling/donating to a University.
Thanks for the info.
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Apparently the guy who owned the land died...
…and his kids had no problem selling it millions on millions
Yah, figures.
Although any time there are multiple heirs to a land plot like that you’re almost always gonna end up with a sale.
Cause money splits easy.
Land, not so much.
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by thedirkatron on May 7, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
So you grew up by that big ass water tower then?
Figures you’d be so ugly.
People who live by big ass water towers end up uglier than butt shit 99% of the time.
Real men grow up on the South side of town.
Where the houses are newer and have big back yards… to accommodate our larger-than-average penises, of course.
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by thedirkatron on May 7, 2010 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I figured things just got way out of hand when you trimmed those rose bushes the other day.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
The Hangover's overrated, but it's not a bad movie.
It has moments, certainly.
Is Hot Rod actually good?
Samberg has his moments, too.
He can be hilarious as ass shit one moment, and then suck a big fat veinny unfunny immigrant penis the next.
The Lazy Sunday (Chronicles of Narnia) rap video gets me every single time, though.
That’s one of the funniest things in the history of the male comedy penis.
Girl acted like she’d never seen a ten befo’.
You could call me Aaron Burr from the way I’m droppin’ Hamiltons.
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by thedirkatron on May 7, 2010 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Q to JP on Robbie E (AOFP 56)
Is it Erlin’s breaking pitches that make him so good at K’ing Low A hitters? It’s curious that his repertoire grades out just a bit above average and his K/9 > 9.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
Guys with advanced secondary pitches
often do well in the low minors since those hitters are less advanced and weak against that stuff. Erlin, though, looks like a guy with good enough stuff to keep succeeding (though not with such video game stats) in the upper levels as well.
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tball
You generally know you stuff about the Rangers, their minor leagues and baseball in general. Why are you stuck with tball and not aball or aaball? :)
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
My playing skills
were better suited to t-ball. I hit like Teagarden.
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He can hit off a T.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
Right
Low A hitters tend to be overly aggressive, most often looking FB. Erlin is able to set hitters up using his FB, which he shows solid command of at the present. After he gets their timing locked in, he uses his CB and CU to force weak contact and/or misses. When they adjust, he adjusts. Erlin has both stuff and pitchability. Good combo for such a young arm.
Thompson 1
Hitter 1: Raymond Fuentes
Pitch 1: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 2: Curveball (Ball)
Pitch 3: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 5: GB to 2B Edwin Garcia
Hitter 2: Derrick Gibson
Pitch 1: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 2: Curveball (Called Strike)
Pitch 3: Curveball (Foul)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 5: Curveball (Ball)
Pitch 6: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 7: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 8: Changeup (Swinging Strike)
Hitter 3: Chris McGinnis
Pitch 1: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 2: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 3: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 5: Curveball (Ball)
Pitch 6: Fastball (Called Strike)
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Cristian Santana got nailed in the head
with a fastball.
Oh man, he’s out.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Thompson 3
Hitter 1: Kenneth Vazquez
Pitch 1: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 2: Curveball (Ball)
Pitch 3: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 5: Curveball (Foul)
Pitch 6: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 7: Fastball (Swinging Strike)
Hiiter 2: Kenneth Roque
Pitch 1: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 2: Curveball (Ball)
Pitch 3: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 5: Fastball – GB to 1B Ortiz
Hitter 3: Raymond Fuentes
Pitch 1: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 2: Ball
Pitch 3: Fastball (Swinging Strike)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Swinging Strike)
Pitch 5: Fastball (Swinging Strike)
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Interesting how deep his counts are
but all ending well
by Brett Perryman on May 7, 2010 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
his breaking ball hasn’t been and swing and miss so far.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Thompson 4
Hitter 1: Derrick Gibson
Pitch 1: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 2: FB to LF Bonnadonna
Hitter 2: Chris McGinnis
Pitch 1: GB to P Thompson
Hitter 3: Michael Almanzar
Pitch 1: Single to SS Garcia
Hitter 4: Ronald Bermudez
Pitch 1: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 2: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 3: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 5: Foul
Pitch 6: Curveball (Called Strike)
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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The Dads
are blowing out this team.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Matt Thompson 5
Hitter 1: Dan Butler
Pitch 1: Curveball (Ball)
Pitch 2: Curveball – Single up the Middle
Hitter 2: Zach Gentilly
Pitch 1: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 2: Ball
Pitch 3: Foul
Pitch 4: GB – DBL PLAY 4-6-3
Hitter 3: Cristian Vazquez
Pitch 1: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 2: Strike
Pitch 3: Curveball (Swinging Strike)
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Matt Thompson 6
Hitter 1: Ken Roque
Pitch 1: Fastball (Called Strike)
Pitch 2: LD out to 3B West
Hitter 2: Raymond Fuentes
Pitch 1: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 2: Triple to LF Bonnadonna
Bonnadonna got himself tangled up
Hitter 3: Derrick Gibson
Pitch 1: Fastball (Foul)
Pitch 2: Sac Fly to CF Velazquez
Hitter 4: Chris McGinnis
Pitch 1: GB to 1B Ortiz
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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Matt Thompson 7
Hitter 1: Michael Almanzar
Pitch 1: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 2: Curveball (Ball)
Pitch 3: GB to SS Garcia
Hitter 2: Ronald Bermudez
Pitch 1: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 2: Curveball (Called Strike)
Pitch 3: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 4: Fastball (Ball)
Pitch 5: Fastball (Ball)
Hitter 3: Dan Butler
Pitch 1: Fastball (Foul Tip)
Pitch 2: Curveball (Foul)
Pitch 3: Fastball (Swinging Strike)
Thompson hit his pitch limit, he’s done.
6.2 IP, 3 H, 1R, 1BB, 9K
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Bell retires the last guy
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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and 8-2 GB:FB
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
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38:6 K:BB for the season with a GB% north of 60% and a FIP around two
by Brett Perryman on May 7, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe JP is giving out very hard AOFP grades to the Rangers' prospects.
Maybe Thompson is actually a 62.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
The thing JP nailed was ...
Weaknesses: Despite fringe-plus velocity on present fastball, Thompson is quite hittable; leaves too many pitches in the zone (throws too many strikes and not enough quality strikes) and FB can get straight and visible. CU is improving, but when he overthrows the pitch at (83-84) it tends to hang in the zone and lacks the sink/fade movement and velocity variance it offers at (80-81).
.301 BAA in 2009 – .274 so far in 2010. Something to watch for improvement.
From BP, via Scott Lucas
Matt Thompson (2.27 ERA) fanned a career-high nine batters in 6.2 innings while allowing a run on four hits and a walk. He’s struck out 38 in 31.2 innings this season, good for a 29% rate, compared to only six walks.
Thompson was the subject of a glowing (subscription-only) report by Kevin Goldstein in yesterday’s Baseball Prospectus. One scout referred to him as the "perfect projection pitcher" with "80 delivery [and] arm action (on the 20-80 scouting scale)."
That there is high praise indeed.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
oooooooooooooooooo
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Very nice...
as always, thanks for logging the pitches too.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Yes, thanks.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
DiFazio's still better.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on May 7, 2010 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Nameriez
Hitter 1: Pichardo
Pitch 1: Fastball – ball
Pitch 2: fastball – ball
Pitch 3: fastball – strike
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: fastball- foul
Pitch 6: fastball – called strike
Hitter 2: Gibson
Pitch 1: curveball – ball
Pitch 2: Flyball out to CF Valazquez
Hitter 3: McGuiness
Pitch 1: fastball – strike
Pitch 2: fastball – outside
Pitch 3: change-up – ball
Pitch 4: fastball – ball
Pitch 5: fastball – strike
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 7: fastball – past the SS, single
Hitter 4: Almanzar
Pitch 1: fastball – ball
Pitch 2: change-up – swinging strike
<balk; dropped the ball>
Pitch 3: fastball – swinging strike
Pitch 4: fastball – swinging strike
Couple of bad innings after that. Pretty much a meh night.
5IP 9H 4ER 2BB 3K
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
Perez off to a good start. Anyone listening or watching?
2 IP 2H 0ER 0BB 2K
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
OMG
Zach Phillips allows a hit.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Mitch Moreland
hasn’t played since Thursday, did he tweak something?
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
Last night riders game
Perez looked sharp early, then after a few innings looked like he might have been elevating his pitches some.
Not sure if he was pulled for pitch count or because he wasn’t faring as well in the 4th and 5th.
Finally saw Ogando and the fastball is as advertised.
Said hi to Ryan Tatusko, really friendly guy seemed to appreciate hearing people saying they read his stuff on newberg’s report.
I tooks some pic’s and video I may or may not get around to doing anything with this week
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Come on man, up em.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
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