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Thursday, June 14, 2007

A Slow News Day

Injuries/News:

Knicks in 08!!!

AAA:

Kei Igawa got the win for Scranton. Igawa’s line, 6-4-1-1-2-4-1 (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR), wasn’t all that impressive, but it was good enough that if Clippard has another poor outing, Igawa might be back in the bigs. I really don’t think the difference in true talent level between the two is enough to make much of a difference, so either way it’s cool. For personal fandom reasons, I’d rather see Clippard in the bigs, but I’ll survive if he’s demoted. Chris Britton continued to toil away in the minors, 3-4-2-2-0-4-0. Winning cures everything and right now the bullpen is doing a good enough job since they rarely have to be used much, but it’s hard to see why Britton is still in the minors.

Alberto Gonzalez was 2 for 4 with a double and a walk. It was the best game he’s had in some time, but his season line remains extremely uninspiring.

AA:

Brett Smith picked up his 6th victory, but didn’t pitch all that well. Smith’s line of 5-4-3-3-4-2-1 brought his ERA up to 1.99. Smith still has terrific season totals, but his recent outings seem to indicate regression to the mean.

Brett Gardner and Cody Ehlers were both 0 for 2 with 2 walks.

A+:

The Tampa Yankees won a nail biter with Dan McCutchen, 6-7-0-0-1-4-0, picking up the victory. Reegie Corona was 2 for 4 with a walk and a steal as a bunch of the offensive players had ok games. Jose Tabata was 1 for 4 with a double and a steal. Colin Curtis was 1 for 4 with a strikeout. Juan Miranda was 1 for 4 with a homer and 2 strikeouts. Frank Cervelli was 0 for 2 with a walk. Finally, Lakeland managed to keep Marcos Vechionacci at bay, 0 for 4.

A-:

Mitch Hilligoss and Seth Fortenberry had good games in an otherwise quiet night for Charleston. Hilly was 3 for 3 with a double and Fortenberry was 2 for 4 with a double. This was the first really good game Hilly’s had since the conclusion of his big hit streak, so it was nice to see. Mitch might be happier than everyone else when it comes to appreciating Vechionacci’s recent hot streak because it seems he will have to wait on something being done with Marcos before he is promoted, which makes sense. Seth...I’m not sure what the wait is to promote him.

Spotlight On:

Ian Kennedy making his 3rd AA start.