Saturday, May 12, 2007
Trenton Offense, It’s Faaaannnn-tastic
Injuries/News:
Nothing new.
AAA:
Ross Ohlendorf took a huge step back last night. He threw way too many hittable pitches and his opponents took advantage of this. The final line of 2.2-9-7-6-0-4-0 (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) is indicative of the fact that Ohlendorf does have the type of stuff to just toss the ball over the plate and get good results. He has to hit his spots.
Alberto Gonzalez was 0 for 4 with a strikeout and is now down to .246 for the year. He is 1 for his last 12. Eric Duncan had the night off.
AA:
Brett Smith continues to impress for Trenton: 7-5-3-2-0-7-0. Smith’s ERA is now 1.24 in 36.1 innings and has only given up 22 hits with 36:12 K:BB ratio, no homers allowed, and more than twice as many groundballs as flyballs. All of this tells you that Smith is dominating, and numbers-wise, there are no performance holes. I’m still not completely sold, but I’m beginning to contemplate buying.
A+:
The game was smoked out and will be continued today.
A-:
Austin Jackson’s hit streak concluded at 10 games with an 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts night. Seth Fortenberry was 1 for 3 with a single and a walk and Wilmer Pino upped his average by going 1 for 4 with a single. Eduardo Nunez was 0 for 4. The most interesting part of the game was that several players were tossed prior to a pitch being thrown. Savannah and Charleston don’t like each other very much, which I guess is fitting with them being the Met and Yankee affiliates.
Spotlight On:
Tyler Clippard going for Scranton. The Yankees continue to take Rasner out at around 80 pitches, showing that they believe and probably rightly so, that he is getting the job done with smoke and mirrors. If Clippard continues to dominate, he may get a shot.
Comments
can you give me a quick rundown on gardner’s stuff? he’s old for the league iirc?
argh sorry smith not gardner obviously
I took a closer look at Tabata’s and Cervelli’s stats for this season. None of these are park adjusted, but thought they might be interesting anyway. For each stat it will go Tabata, Cervelli, League Average.
BA: .300, .352, (.255)
OBA: .380, .452, (.323)
SLG: .392, .443, (.363)
OPS+: 125, 162, (100)
BABIP: .385, .431, (.311)
BB rate (BB/AB+BB+SF): 9.7%, 13.7%, (8.4%)
XBH rate (XBH/(AB-SO): 7.6%, 11.1%, (9%)
Contact: 76.9%, 81.8%, (78.8%)
SO/BB: 2.15, 1.14, (2.29)
GB%: 60%, 42.6%, (51.4%)
LD%: 11.1%, 17.6%, (13.3%)
FB%: 28.9%, 30.9%, (28.7%)
POPUP%: 0.0%, 22.2%, (18.6%)
Tabata so far really likes to hit the ball on the air, and even with the low linedrive rate, you’d expect a high BABIP with all the GB and obviously no popups. The only thing missing so far is power, and while I’m wondering where it is, he’s still very young for this league and I’m confident he has the tools to develop into a 20-25 HR, 40+ 2B hitter in his prime. I just hope the reports from BA are false, and/or he really works his ass off to get back in shape. As much talent as he has, he’s one I really worry about since we’ve heard about weight issues for two years in a row, and I’m always worried about guys that have had hand/wrist injuries.
I really like what I’m seeing from Cervelli. It looks he lifts the ball a lot, and while his BABIP is certainly flukey, I’m happy to see a lot of linedrives thus far. I can’t believe how well he’s controlled the strike zone as well, not only walking frequently, but also walking nearly as often as he’s struck out. Even with a below average IsoP, he’s hitting XBH a bit more than most players, they’re just not going for HR. I’m confident that even when his BABIP regresses he’ll still be a very good hitter.
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