Who homered today Luke Berryhill (4, grand slam) Chad Stevens (5, solo) Leosdany Molina (4, 2-run) Kenedy Corona (3, 3-run) Freddy Guilamo (3, 2-run)
J.J. Matijevic was placed on the Sugar Land IL today. And in what continues to be a rather long-running sick joke, another Asheville pitcher was added to the IL. Hunter Peck is the latest arm to hit the Tourists shelf.
Alex Santos vs. Kannapolis: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 unearned runs, BB, 6 K Kenedy Corona homered (4) for the second straight night:
Joey Loperfido with his 4th for Fayetteville: Tyler Whitaker homered for the second straight game: And Yeuris Ramirez gets in on the fun:
Kenedy Corona with his 5th homer of the year. He's now on a five-game hitting streak and has homered in three straight games.
I’m no swing expert but the clips I’ve seen of Whitaker it looks he has a slow bat and a poor swing plane. Not impressed with anything about him so far aside from the fact that he is a big kid whose body looks like he should have some good power.
Justin Dirden wrapped up a huge weekend for with this home run (5). And Enmanuel Valdez homered twice to give him 8 on the season. This was the first blast: Second one:
Not going to get too far ahead of myself but Justin Dirden looks like an honorary 1st round pick as an UDFA from a draft we didn't have a 1st. Hope to see him in AAA soon if he keeps this up.
Wouldn’t mind seeing this position player roster in AAA over the 2nd half: C Lee 1B Matijevic 2B Valdez SS Leon 3B Hensley RF Adolph CF Siri LF McKenna DH Dirden Bench: Goodrum, Salazar, Julks, De Goti
The Astros usually rotate outfielders in the minors to give them all opportunities at all 3 positions. I hope he can at least prove capable at CF (though I think his home is ultimately one of the corners), because versatility never hurts.
Ross Adolph current has a .505 OBP. Just looking at his numbers he has an oppo LD heavy approach and few XBH so he seems to be slappy right now. Nonetheless somebody getting on base half the time in AA is worth note, he's walking (and getting hit) a ton. He isn't without power, so hopefully he will find a balance. 5 interesting bats in CC right now.