Kris Bryant: 0-3, BB, 2 SO, SB
- Kris Bryant walks.
- With Steven Souza Jr batting, Kris Bryant steals (2) 2nd base.
- Kris Bryant strikes out swinging.
- Kris Bryant flies out to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio in foul territory.
- Kris Bryant strikes out swinging.
Wes Darvill: 1-4
- Wes Darvill singles on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio.
- Wes Darvill grounds out to first baseman Japhet Amador.
- Wes Darvill lines out to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio.
- Wes Darvill grounds out, shortstop Nolan Fontana to first baseman Japhet Amador.
Lendy Castillo: IP, 2 H, SO
- Japhet Amador doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Brian Goodwin.
- Jorge Bonifacio singles on a soft ground ball to shortstop Addison Russell.
- Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Cory Spangenberg replaces Japhet Amador.
- Aaron Altherr grounds into a double play, second baseman Wes Darvill to shortstop Addison Russell to first baseman Max Muncy. Cory Spangenberg to 3rd. Jorge Bonifacio out at 2nd.
- Jonathan Meyer strikes out swinging.
Prospects to Date
Albert Almora: 8-14, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 6 R, 8 RBI, BB, SO (.571/.600/1.143), 2/7/4 FB/GB/LD
Dallas Beeler: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Kris Bryant 8-19, 3 ROE, 2B, 5 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 BB, 4 SO, SF, 2 SB, E (.336/.390/.688), 9/6/3 FB/GB/LD
Lendy Castillo 3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 WP, 4.50 ERA, 18.00 R/9, 2.700 WHIP, 2/6/4 FB/GB/LD
Wes Darvill 3-8, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB (.500/.667/1.250) 1/4/3 FB/GB/LD
Matt Loosen 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, BB, 2 SO, 4.15 ERA, 8.31 R/9, 1.615 WHIP, 4/4/6 FB/GB/LD
Armando Rivero 3 IP, 3 H, R, ER, 3 SO, 3.00 ERA, 3.00 R/9, 1.000 WHIP 4/1/3 FB/GB/LD
Jorge Soler 5-26, 3 2B, 4 R, 4 RBI, 6 SO (.192/.192/.308), 2/11/6 FB/GB/LD
MEGAPROSPECT
Aloris Brolera: 21-61, 3 ROE, 7 2B, 3B, 14 R, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 4 BB, 11 SO, E, SF, 2 SB (.344/.379/.639), 1.018 OPS
Comments
sitrick wrote:
I’m sure MIN is smart enough to see that Freeman is simply an upgrade to try to be competitive this season. He’s also a good backup option or placeholder for a young QB. And as I said, this is the year to get a QB.
Bears fans should probably get to know a few of these guys as well.
Omar LittleQuote Reply
I think there is a typo in the post. Wes Darvill was 0-4 but singled in his first AB?
Jim LQuote Reply
Jim L wrote:
ROE?
sitrickQuote Reply
Jim L wrote:
Thanks, you’re right. It was 1-4.
MylesQuote Reply
RE: CJ Edwards
Big time Timmy Jim as well as Oswalt are guys that can carry the load while being slight in frame. Do you think this is more about bigger guys being able to throw harder as a genetic thing? There might be something to the fact that there just aren’t many small/slight pitchers that have the velocity to get to the MLB. Therefore, the sample size of those pitchers is greatly reduced to begin with. Might not have anything to do with their body being able to handle it. After all, pitching has a lot to do with the body/motion, but you have to have the arm elasticity as well.
Am I way off base here? Homering for CJ?
srbutch5Quote Reply
srbutch5 wrote:
I’m not a doctor, but just logically I would think a bigger part of it is endurance. It’s a long season, and players tend to both drop weight and have fatigue set in as it wears on. The fatigue makes arm slots drop and in general makes for worse mechanics, and as pitchers go through dead-arm periods they might overcompensate by throwing harder. Having a good, athletic frame that fills out and allows for sturdy builds probably holds off fatigue and sets a higher base level so that they’re dropping from 210 to 190 (or whatever) over the course of the season instead of from 160 to 140.
I’m totally pulling that out of my ass, but that seems to make more sense to me, because you can generate high velocity with torque and long, gangly arms, you just end up being frailer as there’s less muscular structure there keeing things like elbow and shoulder joints stable.
sitrickQuote Reply
I think there’s relatively small. Roy Oswalt is 6-0/190. I think there’s small. Tim Lincecum is 5-11/170. Then then there’s tiny. CJ Edwards is 6-2/155. He’s so small I’d be worried about him breaking a leg as he walked to the mound.
Oswalt and Lincecum would have been smaller at the time of the draft, but not as tiny as Edwards.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ sitrick:
All valid points…unless your the Red Sox of 2011, then everyone gains weight. Fried Chicken, Beer, etc.
srbutch5Quote Reply
I think teams have decided that bigger and athletic is better for pitchers. Are they right? I have no idea and I’m not sure they really know. I do think they make some mistakes and smaller guys are overlooked.
Pitcher injuries, if anything, have increased, but you’d have to factor in technology.
If Edwards was 6-2/175, he’d be small, but that would be a huge difference. The problem is that he apparently has difficulty putting on any weight.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89 wrote:
Well a very, very heavy du– burtation.
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