In today's BA chat, AJ reed's name came up multiple times. Good to see him get consideration for top 50 and MiLB player of the year. Hopefully he is our solution to 1B. Spoiler Also Musgrove with another good start, although he was very wild. He allowed 2 walks for the first time this season. 6IP 4H 2ER (2HR) 2BB 7K. He allowed the two HRs in the first 2 innings and then settled in after that.
Mark Appel 8.0 innings, 4 hits, 1ER, 8K's, 1BB. Fresno winning 7-1. Not sure if he's done for the night or not. Starting to become cautiously optimistic about him.
8 IP, 4 H, ER, BB, 8 K is Mark Appel's final line for tonight. He threw 91 pitches, 62 of which were strikes.
His time at AAA really hasn't been ALL that bad...really just one bad start, two poor starts, and the rest have been solid to good.
With a 2-run homer in the 4th, D.J. Fisher now has a 20-20 season in his first full season in the minors.
You may be onto something here! His ERA with bases empty is better than Keuchel, Kershaw, Scherzer and the same as Greinkes!
How dumb is this, I joined after lurking just to correct this stupidity. They score more runs with runners on base??? C'mon man of course they do. Yea I agree he may not be the strongest mentally but using pointless stat to bolster your baseless opinion is ridiculous. Dude is pitching good lately, just sit back and let him do his thing and stop jumping on the headcase bandwagon just because that's the easy explanation for his struggles. Good lord
I think he needs to be more aggressive with runners on and trust his plus stuff. Probably pressing and tries to be too fine with runners on.
Maybe Im not following this or Im slow…but other than a solo home run, how exactly do you give up runs with bases empty? In other words, I don't see how these stats really give us much to work with given that it is obvious that his ERA with bases empty would be ridiculously low. I think the more telling statistic would be WHIP with runners on base or bases empty. For example, if his WHIP is similar in both situations, then it's not in his head…it's just that a double with bases empty results in zero runs, whereas a double with men on base almost assuredly means someone is scoring. Of course, if his WHIP is 1.0 with bases empty and 1.50 with men on base, then we have big mental issues.
It is better he figure things out in the minors than to begin the perpetual revolving door of minor to MLB et... The never ending back and forth that can extend for years with top prospect talented players.
He got lit up in his AAA debut since then 42 IP 2.79 ERA 8.4 K/9 3.0 BB/9 1.21 WHIP If you also want to remove his second start in AAA, his ERA drops to 2.47 and the WHIP to 1.10 in his last 6 starts. Still a way before I fell good about him again, but he's pitching like a top prospect is supposed to now. Hopefully he finishes the year strong and hits the offseason with some momentum. Maybe he's in our rotation early next year, maybe he's a big piece in a major offseason trade, either way him showing top form would be huge. I really don't think teams were valuing him very highly at the deadline.
Teoscar Hernandez starting to show signs of life. Hopefully he can regain some of his value as a prospect. He needs a strong finish to the season. I was hoping he could turn into a Santana type of prospect and be included as a high upside piece in a trade to a GM who values toolsy prospects more than Luhnow. He is probably more bust than boom at this point. Still his last 30 days have been pretty solid so hopefully it continues as he adjusts to AA. I am not really sure how he is in CF but I am guessing he flashes above average. Could be a Justin Maxwell type but a better base runner than him. Will be 23 in October so maybe losing luster but I wouldn't count him out at this point. He also hits righties better than lefties over most of his career (not this year) which is strange. Last 30 days 0.279 AVG 0.339 OBP 0.477 SLUG 0.816 OPS 6 HR 7 SB (out of 8 attempts) 19.7 K% (usually around 25%) - Hopefully adjusted to AA Pitching now 7.4 BB%
