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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Slow Night

Injuries/News:

No updates.

AAA:

Steven Jackson seems to have found his arm slot and, resultantly, his effectiveness. The RHP posted a line of 7.1-4-1-0-1-5-0 (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) as he did a good job of keeping the Pawtucket team off balance. Jackson has shown ability in flashes this season and this was the brightest flash thus far. Hopefully, he can build on this for his next start.

Eric Duncan was 0 for 3. The good news is that he did not strike out. The bad news is that Duncan seems to have a serious problem with popping the ball up. He doesn’t have a pretty left-hand swing, to my eye, though it is quick. It kind of looks like he is chopping down on the ball, which seems to produce a ton of pop ups. I noticed this in his stats last year, but it is something to behold. This is likely the cause of his poor AVG and further takes away from his prospect status.

Alberto Gonzalez was also 0 for 3.

AA:

Terribly uninteresting night.

A+:

Postponed.

A-:

Angel Reyes suffered from Abel Gomez Syndrome today with a final line of 3.1-4-3-3-4-3-0. Reyes has really had a lot of trouble with his control thus far and it is a wonder that he would be allowed to pitch in full season baseball while Dellin and Zach wait in the wings.

Mitch Hilligoss was 1 for 3 with a single and is now up to 18 games in a row. Austin Jackson was also 1 for 3 with a single and caught stealing while Jose Gil and Wilmer Pino were both 1 for 2 with singles. The most important news of the day was that Eduardo Nunez was 1 for 2 with...his first extra base hit of the year, a triple.

Spotlight On:

Chase Wright taking the mound in Scranton. The rest of the minor league rotations are in a bit of a flux, so I’ll have to figure that out.