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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: davep
Date: April 18, 2011, 5:22 pm
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ArizonaPhil
of the five Dominican hurlers who threw today, W. Cruz really
stood out. He has some nasty stuff.
Craig - there is your left handed pitcher to root for.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Chris27
Date: April 18, 2011, 9:14 pm
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Cerda: 3-4, 2B, RBI, E
Ha: 3-run HR
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Chris27
Date: April 18, 2011, 9:36 pm
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Flaherty: 3-run HR, BB, 2 K
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: davep
Date: April 18, 2011, 9:48 pm
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Flaherty not only showing some of the power that had been
predicted for him, but he is also making contact and hitting for
average.
He has even been playing a few games at shortstop.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: April 18, 2011, 9:53 pm
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A little versatility never hurt.
Good to see Flaherty off to a nice start.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: Chris27
Date: April 18, 2011, 10:03 pm
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Simpson: 4-6-4-2-2-3
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: guest61
Date: April 19, 2011, 9:24 am
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I saw Alberto Cabrera pitch a few nights ago.
He throws very hard [97-98] but he throws a very straight and
hittable fastball.
You would think someone with his velocity would have more
strikeouts but Montgomery didnt seem to have any trouble making
contact.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: craig
Date: April 19, 2011, 11:37 am
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Disappointing to see simpson so ineffective and hittable in his
last two games, after his nice debut. As a surprise pick who
looked impressive for some games, but other scouts didn't seem
to see as much, it makes me worry a little. (Please chime in
now with comments about patience and not drawing conclusions
based on a couple of outings, I get that....)
Last summer I was really excited about last summer's draft
picks. A lot of the mid/late round overslot picks looked really
interesting, and there was reason to hope that Szczur, Simpson,
Golden, and Wells would all turn out to be value guys based on
money and Wilken's evaluations, etc..
I have to admit the early returns this month haven't been so
encouraging. Simpson's been ineffective. Gibbs has a nice OBP
for an almost-24-year-old in A-, but after he hit an empty .200
or whatever last year in Boise, I'm not very optimistic that
he'll ever be more than a Koyie-type backup. Ackerman was awful
last summer, apparently looked as bad in fall instrux, and
hasn't been any better in his first game or two in camp/XST.
Golden re AzPhil is fat, attitudy, and in the couple of box
scores I've seen has seemed to be about 1-12 with 4 K's or
something. If Simpson doesn't work out, the top end of the
draft could look pretty ugly.
Greathouse, who looked so interesting last summer, has started
badly at Peoria. Kurcz at daytona.
Reed was a guy who got some good attention. I've read no sign
of him from Az Phil. He's not there every day, so he may have
just missed him. But he's been there a lot of days. Hope he's
not hurt or have something wrong. I'll be relieved if/when I
see his name in a Phil-report box score.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: craig
Date: April 19, 2011, 11:39 am
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i "I saw Alberto Cabrera pitch a few nights ago. He throws
very hard [97-98] but he throws a very straight and hittable
fastball. You would think someone with his velocity would have
more strikeouts but Montgomery didnt seem to have any trouble
making contact."
thanks much for the report, jiggs. The velocity is encouraging,
the "straight" not so much, obviously.
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Re: On the Farm
DIR By: craig
Date: April 19, 2011, 11:49 am
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--- Quote from: davep link ---
>
> ArizonaPhil
>
> of the five Dominican hurlers who threw today, W. Cruz really
stood out. He has some nasty stuff.
>
> Craig - there is your left handed pitcher to root for.
>
--- End Quote ---
That's great to read, Dave. I'd wondered about him, and had him
on my list along with the other Dominican League starters.
Cruz is 20, lists at 6'2". He was impressive last summer in
that he had a 1.52 ERA. He had some "nasty stuff" splits:
59K/52IP/25H. In the bigs, maybe if a guy has an unusual BABIP
there is some randomness, but I suspect in the DSL it might not
be all fluke when guys are averaging less than 1/2 a hit per
inning.
Cruz also may be a wildman, or else a fast riser. Two summers
ago, he had a 6.1 ERA with 43BB/31K/38 IP. Add in 7 HBP and 11
WP, that's 61 wild-things in 38 IP. Wow!
He was still very wild last year, although by comparison it was
better: 52IP/32BB/6HBP/5WP. So 43 wild things per 52 IP, it's
progress.
Gaub seems to have recovered some of his 2009 stuff. He's got
15 K in 8.1 IP. That's pretty hard to hit. 6 walks in 8.1
isn't so hot, of course..
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