Minors Thread 4/19-4/21
by Keynes on Apr 19, 2011 11:03 AM CDT
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PrintHIC-4-DH- Thom /Grimm (!)(!!)
MYR-5:30- Loux (!!)
FRS-7:00- Brigham (!+)
RRE-7:00- Hankins (... ya'll serious?)
Olt went 0-3 with 3 walks last night. He's just screwing with pitchers now. McBeerWalks went 2-4, 2 walks and 2 doubles. Kiker walked nor plunked anyone, per the box score, so that's probably a screwup.
Endy Chavez has an OPS of 900. Meanwhile, Chris Davis totally spit a sunflower seed way far in the dugout last night.
MYR-6:00- Erlin (!!)
RRE-7:00- Jackson (...meh.)
So, what's more impressive: Marteen's Mini-perfecto or Neil's continued AAA rampage?
April 19th
HIC-5:30- Tepesch (Postponed. Way to be, spring.)
MYR-6:00- Kelly (Olt willed the team to Victory in the 8th.)
FRS-7:00- Perez (OMG PERFECTO)
RRE-7:00- Ramirez (9 K's!)
Hat tip to Shroomer for the scheduling notes.
Parks wrote some sexy words on David Perez over at BP. He also puts even more sexy words at texasfarmreview.com/.
Tommy Mendonca is hitting the ball hard this year, at least. However, he's also K'ed 14 times compared to two walks. Tommy Mendonca is not very good at baseball, is what I'm trying to say. But I'm keeping the exact same hope I have for Bianucci up for Mendonca- he brings back a useful major league piece in July.
Let's all light a candle for Eric Hurley and continue waiting for Leo'nys.
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HIC begins a 5-game series with Hagerstown today. Which means ...
it’s Harpertime. Bryce is currently at .231/.333/.333. Sounds due.
He sees Tepesch, Thompson, Grimm, Melo, and Mendez if the roto holds as is.
I think that’s in order of my confidence in the matchups, low to high.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
During the HIC pre-game show the other day ...
they gave the mic to Braden Tullis to inteview Justin Grimm. Braden kept calling him, “Griimm” and asking him stupid questions. Grimm has a great Southern accent and played along expertly. Pretty funny stuff.
From the HIC radio pxp guy ...
Hi,
Just a couple of games off for him. Nothing of note and we expect him back in there soon!
Thanks!
Andrew
lol, yeah, a few mins after I got that reply ... news hits everywhere about Profar to the DL
I let him know that his response was a real head-scratcher. heh
Only seven-day DL
and they could always make it retroactive to his last game played. I don’t know the specifics of the situation but there’s always the chance that it is just a few games off.
Yeah...
Durrett just said three to five more days.
What's up with this Perez-Lobo kid?
Hyphenated names confuse and excite me.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Low three-quarters arm angle
was 90-93 in spring training with a decent slider and decent change. Pretty good arm given the round.
I'm calling him the Lobotomizer.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
I simultaneously despise and love you.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
.
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
by JimCrankshaft on Apr 19, 2011 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm now convinced God is out to kill Eric Hurley.
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
So NeRa back up to AAA after the Hurley injury?
I hate that it comes at the expense of Hurley, but I can’t say I’m not excited
>mfw
It would be kinda beans if he dominates there the whole year
And by beans, I mean semen everywhere
>mfw
That would be amazing
even if he’s got a not so pretty ERA if his peripherals are good he would shoot up our org rankings
Yeah
And I’m pretty sure he’s already a top-5 prospect anyway ever since he came to camp flashing a changeup that may end up average to go with the upper-90s heat that he can command
>mfw
Interesting to think about rankings this early on
And I wonder if Scheppers is as an automatic in the top five choice as he was before ST.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Tepesch
I know nothing about him. Was he a big sign from last years draft? The pitcher I heard the most about from last years draft was Jackson and I guess we’re waiting for short season before he goes in action
college guy we drafted in the 14th round
88-92 mph fastball to go with a curve, cutter, and change
>mfw
Interesting
he comes in with a cutter, wonder if he gets some tips from the org on improving it since alot of our guys seem to develop it
It's more of a cut-slider
somewhere in between. He added it at Mizzou against righties. In the one ST outing I saw, he was 88-92, threw strikes, and showed good command of all four pitches. It was pretty impressive and certainly didn’t look like a guy that would’ve been hit around in college.
Buckle and Grimm are noteworthy, as well
Perez-Lobo might be too.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
always had above average stuff at Mizzou, but never really dominated at the college level
we’ll see how he can improve now with a different coaching staff helping him
It's Time.
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 20, 2011 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Andrew Doyle
Where is he at this year?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Pitched last night in relief for Myrtle Beach, I believe.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Thanks guys.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
post to let us know if you are home
if not someone else needs to do the first inning or two
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
I haven't heard much at all about Buckel....
anything interesting?
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
by Bface on Apr 19, 2011 5:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'll take it.
Shake that rust off Colby.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
Wrong thread...
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
Martin Perez Inning 1 (just now getting the radio up. this is just raw gameday info)
Batter 1 – Mike Trout
1. Ball
2. Flyout
Batter 2 – Darwin Perez
1. Called strike
2. Ball
3. Ball
4. Fouled off
5. Ball
6. Groundout
Batter 3 – Luiz Jimenez
1. Ball
2. Foul
3. Called strike
4. Fouled off
5. Ground out
>mfw
Perez Youngest pitcher
Trout youngest position player
Perez 1
Trout 0
"dude spilling the salt is very bad luck, quick pass the salt over ur right shoulder" -Derek Holland
Martin Perez inning 2 (command isn't all there)
Batter 1 – Ryan Mount
1. Called strike, fastball (94)
2. Ball, fastball (95)
3. Swinging strike, fastball (93)
4. Ball, curveball (78)
5. Ball, fastball (95)
6. Flyout. Very deep. Good play by Paisano
Batter 2 – Clay Fuller
1. Fouled off
2. Ball, fastball
3. Ball, curveball
4. Ball, fastball (94)
5. Flyout
Batter 3 – Dillon Baird
1. Ball, fastball (95)
2. Fouled off
3. Fouled off
4. Ball (squeezed)
5. Groundout
>mfw
He's getting lucky on balls in play
Engel made a good play running in and Paisano made a great play running straight back
>mfw
Want more strikeouts.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
Martin Perez inning 3
Batter 1 – Orlando Mercado
1. Called strike, curveball (finally)
2. Ball, curveball
3. Foul ball
4. Foul tipped
5. Ball, curveball
6. Called strike
Batter 2 – Angel Castillo
1. Foul
2. Ball
3. Groundout
Batter 3 – Adam Younger
1. Ball, Fastball
2. Ball, curveball
3. Fouled off, Fastball (96)
4. Called strike, fastball (95)
5. Swinging strike, curveball
>mfw
I like this inning better.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
Funny that he's getting less by way of swinging strikes but actual results
Compare that to his first start…
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Trout popped out
2X groundouts.
14 pitches.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Martin Perez inning 5 (radio shit out)
Batter 1 – Ryan Mount
1. Called strike, fastball
2. Ball
3. Called strike
4. Ball
5. Swinging strike
Batter 2 – Clay Fuller
1. Flyout
Batter 3 – Dillon Baird
1. Called strike
2. Called strike
Felix clipped by a foul ball. He’s okay
3. Groundout
What a fucking start Marteen. Keep it going
67 pitches, 42 strikes through 5
>mfw
When is the NeRa start?
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
Go NeRa
"dude spilling the salt is very bad luck, quick pass the salt over ur right shoulder" -Derek Holland
Is there any video of NeRa pitching anytime?
"dude spilling the salt is very bad luck, quick pass the salt over ur right shoulder" -Derek Holland
a couple odd SBs lead to an un-earned run
but looks good so far
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Neil Ramirez 2nd
20 pitches
K swinging
K swinging
K swinging
>mfw
by MonkeyEpoxy on Apr 19, 2011 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
And he was in High A a week ago.
I don’t give a fuck which affiliate… that’s a fucking jump.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
and he owned the Royals AAA team last start
so we can add the two together and get an average AAA team
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
He's just lucky Tron never murdered him in his sleep.
I’ll take AA-equivalent success after the #30org adjustment is applied.
But 7 K's though
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Yea, not perfect
but 7 stinking Ks is sick
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Just thinking out loud here
But is Hurley goes to the 7 day with the head thing, odds are Neil gets another start. And if he strings together three straight excellent starts, do they send him down to Myrtle? He has a chance to create a difficult quandary for the team.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Holy balls
just K’d the side in the 2nd… 5 Ks through 2
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Very interested to see how his second run through the order goes
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Perez doing great through 4
not the same kind of start as last time in terms of K, but effeciency is great
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Gameday says injur delay while Marteeeen is pitching......
Someone tell me some good news…….
That sucks, but, thank god.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Now I hope they call the game...
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
I wanted him to keep goin
Though if they call it he gets a perfect game right?
by groundingout on Apr 19, 2011 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah.
Now that the tarp is on the field, I doubt they let him go back out to pitch, so I’d rather just have the rain-shortened perfect game.
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
Ya if there is any kind of lengthy delay he is most likely done
May as well call it
by groundingout on Apr 19, 2011 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
61.5% strike is not terrible
must have gotten Hardened out there a bit
Impressive fifth for NeRa
I’m thinking he’s done at 83 pitches. 9 Ks, 3 BB, 1 H, 0 R.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
It's the fifth in my heart
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
I guess you can call that inning impressive
Given that it was his third swim through and the top of the order.
So, rather than an error, it was prophetic on my part!
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Tornado touching down
Marteen’s game looks to be down… Perfect game!?!?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
he caused
what the frico announcer called “armeggedon”
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
They're taking shelter
this game is certainly done I’d have to think
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
If a tornado hits them, I expect the rest of Frisco's team to sacrifice their bodies
to protect Martin.
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
I'm driving up there through the tornado to protect him
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Makes zero sense to bring him up in that role.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Mike Olt started a five run rally in the 8th for Myrtle
With his smile (and a single).
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
So the other guys could have the credit for driving him in.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
.
RidersBaseball Frisco RoughRiders
Today’s game is over. Frisco wins 1-0 as the Rangers’ number 1 prospect, LHP Martin Perez, throws a rain-shortened, five-inning perfect game
!
!!
:)
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Martin Perez final line
5 IP | 0 H | 0 R | 0 BB | 3 K | 67 pitches, 42 strikes | 7-4 GO-AO
Sat 93-95 T 96
Decent breaking ball per the PBP guy, but he didn’t get many strikes with it
Didn’t hear the guy mention many 2-seamers or changeups
>mfw
WTF has gotten into NeRa?
5 more innings of no ERs tonight, 2 hits, 9 Ks?
If a more highly-ranked prospect was doing what he’s doing at AAA right now, you wouldn’t stop hearing about it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
to go with the 60 curve and (hopefully) 50+ change?
A 70/60/50 starter has to be pretty goddamn nails
>mfw
Change
might project even higher than the CB. Scouts differ on the better sec, but I’ve seen a 70 future on the CU and a 65 on the CB. Technically, he could end up with three 60+ pitches and plus command. It has to all come together, but he’s so young that he has plenty of time to find refinement. He has special talent.
are you seriously talking about NeRa?
That sounds like Perez.
Please be talking about both of them
>mfw
that's fine
it’s always nice to be reminded about what could be with Marin perez if all goes well.
For Neil Ramirez though, how does his fastball grade out with its newfound velocity?
>mfw
by MonkeyEpoxy on Apr 19, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a plus pitch that can touch beyond that (velocity wise)
There are people who think the changeup has plus potential. When he was drafted, some scouts attached a 70 future on his CB. Ramirez has serious stuff.
Obviously, he needs overall arsenal refinement and sharper command, but this is a guy with only a few appearances above Low-A. The fact that he is more than holding his own in Triple-A tells you how good his stuff is. His projections are back on track from his pre-draft days. How often does that happen? Not very often.
Holy shnikeys.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
whenever the radio guy said a number it was 94-96 with a couple of 97s
but he rarely said anything, so
>mfw
Gun in OKC is notoriously a tick fast
but he’s 92-96, sitting 93-94 lately. He touched 98 in a short relief outing this spring.
This is probably an oversimplification and possibly misalignment of credit
But I love our development staff.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Not really. They have helped Ramirez be more direct to the plate
They removed a lot of the rotation in his torso in his delivery. Before last year, I would have thought you were crazy to tell me Ramirez would only walk ~2.5/9ip
repeating a level may have had something to do with his 2.5/9 BB rate last year
but in his 11 (SSS) in AAA he’s at 2.45/9 and had 1 walk in his 4.2 innings in MB
>mfw
And a team of supernatural investigators to figure out how he's doing it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
x
question something like
Umm, will neil Ramirez be the rangers #2 prospect soon? Perez dealing in frisco as well
ProfessorParks Jason Parks @
@ryancsablotny @newbergreport @lonestarball He is climbing w/ every start. The stuff is legit. The results are legit.The makeup is legit
>mfw
My boner's pretty legit right now
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
I believe it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
I'd rather trade Profar and Scheppers than Ramirez at this point
I’ve always been meh on Profar, though
this is as recent as there currently are, I think
there's also Hulet's over at fangraphs
who also has Profar over Perez. and Engel Beltre completely out of the top 10
>mfw
Might not be wrong about Beltre.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Most likely Lowe will come back up along with Gentry
Or if Tobin is really hurt he could go on the 60 and Chavez might be brought up
On the 40
Lowe, Phillips, Hurley, Fabio, and Yoshi
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Oh, and Aguero
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Fabio and Aguero are in AA
Hurleys on the DL
Unless they make a move to bring up Tomko or someone like that it’ll likely be Lowe
After...
The Sunday NY Ogando start (2nd and 3rd XS thru), the 3 late inning meltdowns on the trip and now tonight, I am beginning to dream of a staff that has Webb as the #5 and ogando, Feldman and Hunter in the pen. To me, that’s a championship staff.
Jack Daddy
Webb...
… sigh.
I want to believe.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Said "dream"
More likely hunter. But that still allows Ogando to get back to set up. Where we are dying. And I have good feeling about Feldman in 2nd half in the pen. Real good feeling.
Jack Daddy
Ramirez has allowed 11 baserunners and struck out 23.
That’s good, right, when you strike out twice as many people as get on base?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
usually, I consider that f'ing awesome
NeRa has almost been too good so far.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
What are the odds he stays in AAA if he keeps this up?
Would be interesting to see his value skyrocket and be a trade chip come the all star break.
Not likely to happen, but dreams are the foundation of baseball, so dream away. - JParks
"You know you're from Dallas if the Blue Book value on your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas it has in it."
Eric Prince, Director, Department of the Obvious
by Eric Prince on Apr 20, 2011 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I really think Frisco at worst at this point.
I think they’ll have a hard time sending him to Frisco if he turns in one more start like his first two. I also wonder who RR has to replace him in the rotation if he goes back down?
I see Frisco in his future at the very least.
But if he comes out and makes another dominant start, what do you lose by keeping him up there?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Development, potentially
But, I don’t understand why they can’t have him just work on those pitches at AA or AAA instead of Myrtle
I doubt he gets sent that low
If he gets sent down it will probably be to AA
Remember Beavan was in the same draft class and is in AAA right now and was promoted to AA in the second part of 09.
For some guys it just has to click and maybe we are seeing everything click for Ramirez this year. It wouldn’t be unprecedented for a guy, much less a Ranger pitching prospect recently, to shoot through the system starting the season in A ball and ending in AAA.
Not that it's impossible, but that's very conservative
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
Telis - 1/2 and a BB and he's playing C
is that the first time he’s done that this year? good to see him there
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
He's spent
1/2 his games behind the plate.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
hmm, hadnt noticed, only saw him at DH
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
Gorgeous overall
but dude is working on a niggling HR/G pace… What gives?
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Apr 20, 2011 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
those last two innings were joe ortiz
so take away 2 IPs and 2 Ks.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
What's the story with Myrtle Beach's 2B, Chirino?
Looks pretty damn young for the level, no patience and little power, but he’s hitting almost .380 right now.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
well, never mind
no hitter through 7 though.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
I went to the game last night
And Loux was not terribly impressive. I realize I’m just a fan and by no means a scout…it seems like he knows how to pitch, but his stuff just wasn’t that impressive. He was throwing some meatballs up there and getting hit hard (and the Kinston Indians SUCK). It’s interesting to see the comments on his line (below), showing you can’t just go by that. I was hoping to be impressed and was not.
Olt looked really good…he missed a couple hard hit balls that ABeltre would have had, but seemed to have a good approach at the plate (the Indians pitcher, Clayton Cook, was dealing last night – maybe why Loux didn’t seem impressive to me).
Zaneski is not good at throwing out runners.
Strausborger made a sweeeeeeeet diving catch in CF, and had a couple really nice hits.
Leury is tiny.
and I was hoping for some Hoying’s getting dropped on Kinston…but alas, no.
Neftali Feliz's fastball..."think Jules’ wallet in Pulp Fiction"
Well
he hit 96 last night. So I’m not sure saying his “stuff was not impressive” is fully accurate.
No doubt
That’s nice to be able to do, but if it’s straight and getting pounded by pretty poor offensive players…well, that’s where I was coming from. He may have really good stuff, it just didn’t seem like it last night.
I defer to you, you definitely know what you’re doing. His pitches were getting hit hard, most didn’t turn into hits until the bad inning…but they were squaring up on them. Maybe I was just disappointed, I wanted to see some dominance (I’m a homer, what can I say).
Neftali Feliz's fastball..."think Jules’ wallet in Pulp Fiction"
That's surprising
and encouraging. Can’t imagine he works anywhere near that regularly, but nice to know he has it in him.
Nelson Cruz - 2011 MVP
Myrtle Beach's top four starters have a combined
K/BB ratio of 53/13 in 48.1 IP so far, 4 HR allowed and a WHIP virtually at 1.1… Thats some pretty sweet looking numbers and it doesn’t even include Neil Ramirez who started as their number 1.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." The JeDi
The entire staff is pretty impressive so far
Tops in the league in runs allowed, ERA, Ks, H/9, and 2nd in K/9.
Nelson Cruz - 2011 MVP
saw this in today's Frisco game notes
Texas owns the best minor league record (33-18) so far this season. The Athletics are only percentage points behind the Rangers at 34-19, with the Dodgers a half-game back at 34-20.
The McCourt debacle makes me sad
Dodgers’ ownership should not be an embarrassment to MLB.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Something to keep in mind when looking at HR allowed...
Myrtle Beach is a (pretty ridiculous, iirc) pitchers park.
In the first part of the Hickory DH
Grimm: 6 IP | 5 H | 5 R | 4 ER | 5 BB | 5 K
Skole: 1-4, K
Deglan: 0-2, BB, 0K
and for curious people, Bryce Harper went 1-2 with a dong and a walk
>mfw
Loux
4 IP | 5 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 2 BB | 5 K | 5-1 GO-AO
So, I don’t know much about Loux’s stuff and what not, but he does get a good number of Ks and a ton of ground balls.
>mfw
The good news is Thompson only gave up 1 hit and had 5 SO....don't read any further if you wantto stay positive
3.1 IP | 1 H | 4 R | 3 ER | 6 BB | 5 SO
He also had 2 wild pitches.
I just tried that.
I think it fixed the z button – so yay. But … IE has a default zoom setting. On my monitor with Vista I really need to set the zoom to 125% to be able to read text comfortably. IE allows me to set it up that way and looks great. But Firefox evidently doesn’t do that. You can zoom but you can’t set every tab and session to a default size, as IE allows you to do. So, Firefox would be fine if I could see it as well as IE.
default zoom level work well..
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=zoom
JD’s like, "you want some f*&#ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
okay, this might work, I'll test it out for a while
I saw that add-on and hoped somebody would endorse it. thx
Netscape Communicator 4.5
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
Why does anyone still use IE
outside of work?
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
by Conjunction on Apr 22, 2011 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
why do multiple people ALWAYS ask this question when I mention I use IE?
… and you can’t just say “cause Microsoft is evil”
I have 3 or 4 work related sites that are IE mandatory, or else I'd never use it.
Also, I upgrayyyed to IE9 recently…it was a downgrade for me, overall. Sigh…
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
I think from now on when somebody rolls their eyes at my preferring IE ...
I’m gonna just cuss ’em out.
ease up, SeaBass!
Don’t know if you saw my comment in the video thread…but I was checking your work out last night.
If you can, try and put some more stuff up, homey.
"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've got nothing against Microsoft
I just don’t see the upside of IE as opposed to Chrome or Firefox.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
just discovered that I could create a personalized prospect page at Firstinning.com
greatest of all time
>mfw
does anyone know why Tanner Roark and Evan Reed aren't pitching for their teams yet?
injuries?
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Reed
Tommy John surgery after just one appearance last year. Roark had an injury over the offseason and he’s just now getting back into facing hitters at extended. I think he’s supposed to be back soon.
Brad Holman on MB pregame radio -
1 – MB staff thoughts? consistent bunch, be aggressive, attack hitters, wind blows in, air’s heavy so attack hitters – I know these guys from Hickory
2 – Worked for Boeing after ML career – whassup wit dat? 50/60 hours per week job, get home and fall asleep every night, Boeing laid him off after 9/11, so got back into the game and is very happy
3 – coached with Mariners, Pirates now w/Texas – how is Texas’ philosophy different than the other clubs? Rangers/Danny Clark – treat kids as individuals, “meeting where there at” – upper mgmt not as hands-on here as his previous stops – let him do his thang
4 – how do you prep a starter for a cool wet day like today? can’t go thru motions, let ‘em know it won’t be easy, gotta beat the other pitcher so go do it
5 – Went to HS with Barry Sanders, or something like that – fun to watch him run the football
by shroomer on Apr 22, 2011 5:44 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Good stuff, thanks for posting
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
NeRa
“It’s a tremendous story!” Servais exclaimed. "He’s the only pitcher I’ve ever seen that has been able to change his arm action.
Does anyone know what is meant by change his arm action?
Promote Mike Olt to Round Rock!
Actually wanted to comment on that in the morning thread.
I was also confused as to what he’s referring to specifically.
I think he shortened his arm action.
I think in that article or another, they talked about his arm action used to be pretty long when coming up in the back, and this contributed to his problems with accuracy. Now, I don’t have a clue what that means.
This
(I just read this a few days ago, don’t remember where)
He used to bring the ball very far behind his back, which made his windup too long, and also caused mechanical/release point consistency issues. He now has a shorter load phase to his windup, which serves to lessen the shoulder strain and improve repeatability of his mechanics.
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
It took a while
but Melo’s issues with wildness finally reappeared.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
And, Ross is in fine GB-inducing form.
8 GB and 1 FB out so far through 5.
Promote Mike Olt to Round Rock!
out after 5.2
still hasn’t given up an ER this year.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Remember when we all thought Braden Tullis had a future in baseball?
different times.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Remember when we thought NeRa was a waste of a draft pick and farm roster space?
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
no one has ever doubted the man's power
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
and now he's got two on the night
six on the year.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Let's all talk about how awesome he is and how we would hate to see him traded
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
My mind just says throw ball throw hard and strike. - Marteen
The Astros might be that dumb
Mendonca and Ramon Aguero for Wandy!
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
is anyone else at least mildly surprised at what Yan is doing so far this year?
8 innings, 1 ER, 1.0 WHIP, extreme GB tendencies.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Turns out all Bryce Harper needed
was a series against the Crawdads.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Ah yes, and dmn says it's in HD
Corpus Christi at RoughRiders*
7:00
Ch. 21
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
Let's hope he doesn't "Rhads it up" too much.
=P
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
JC did a great job!
If we had that level of insight and research in the radio booth every night I’d listen to as many RR games as possible. That was awesome!
Yeah, well at least I'm housebroken.
What?
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."-Capote
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning."-JD
There's a big difference in their walk rates, though
Olt has a minor league career BB rate of 13.4% vs. a K rate of 24.4% (too high for my taste). Mendonca’s BB rate is just 6.2%, with a career K rate of 28.2%. Yikes. Olt really needs to cut down that K rate a bit, but he’s still walking at a very healthy clip.
Nelson Cruz - 2011 MVP
So far on the season
29.6% K
4.2% BB
53.2% GB
0% HR
100% AWESOME
So are we gonna get a new thread today
NeRa goes today with Perez tomorrow. As long as these guys stay pitching on the same day or one day apart I think we should do new threads for their starts.
Did anyone watch the Frisco game on TXA 21 yesterday?
If you want me to cut and post short elements from the game, I can use my station privileges to make that happen. I’m looking for funny moments with JCole, as well as prospect goodness.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
Goldsmith kept calling Mendonca "Bianucci" during one AB.
I’ve wondered if JC was sitting there wondering how to react. “Should I correct TV boy here? Should I call him Bianucci, too? I’m confused!”
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