Tues. 4/1: Undefeated Sounds Take on Undefeated Gwinnett (April Fools!)

[Joseph Zarr]

Naturally, the Sounds will be playing in the early afternoon hours (PST - my time) and I will be knee-deep in Spring Break adventures with my 7-year-old daughter. Hopefully, I'll find some time to check portions of the game via MiLB.TV later in the evening. The (1-2) Sounds will take on the Braves' affiliate in the (0-3) Stripers. We are only three days away from all four full-season affiliates playing ball.

As per usual, this thread will be utilized for any minor league news Tuesday.

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[Joseph Zarr]

Let's start with a celebration amidst this historically bad start by the Brewers. Not all is lost. Sample sizes are often tossed out the window. BUT, they are also celebrated...the baseball paradox.

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Well LHP Bruce Zimmerman is pitching like he wants an early call up:

2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 1 HB, 1 K, 2 HR, 3 ER

Sounds trail 3-0 after two frames. They have one poke, a Durbin single. He also swiped a bag.

[wiguy94]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

Well LHP Bruce Zimmerman is pitching like he wants an early call up:

2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 1 HB, 1 K, 2 HR, 3 ER

Sounds trail 3-0 after two frames. They have one poke, a Durbin single. He also swiped a bag.

This game is giving 2025 Brewers energy. Zimmerman getting smashed and Waldrep is dominating the bats.

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

This game is giving 2025 Brewers energy. Zimmerman getting smashed and Waldrep is dominating the bats.

Yeah 6 K through 2 1/3 IP is not fist pumps. This early season is bruuuuuutal.

[wiguy94]

Just now, Joseph Zarr said:

Yeah 6 K through 2 1/3 IP is not fist pumps. This early season is bruuuuuutal.

Though in Ernesto's defense he got rung up on a pitch clock violation when the ump started the pitch clock well before Waldrep got the ball back after Durbin's SB.

[Ro Mueller]

Here’s that first road lineup, with 30-year old LHP Bruce Zimmermann making his organizational debut at Gwinnett: 

[Joseph Zarr]

19 minutes ago, Ro Mueller said:

Here’s that first road lineup, with 30-year old LHP Bruce Zimmermann making his organizational debut at Gwinnett: 

Debut indeed. And he's going to want a mulligan. 4-1 Stripers in the 4th. He just WP'd the man on 2nd (RBI double) to third - his second WP. In the process he walked our old friend, INF Eddy Alvarez, for his fourth free pass of his outing. I don't know he makes it past 3 1/3 IP w two HR surrendered and a WHIP over 3. Yikes.

[wiguy94]

Abysmal offensive performance from Nashville today. It's one thing to get lit up by a very good pitching prospect in Waldrep. Another thing to continue to get lit up by Moran and his 83mph FB.

[wiguy94]

5 hits, 3 BB, 1 HBP and 16 SO for the Sounds today. Rough start to the season for the bats. Also get healthy soon Quero. Alfaro has a .000 OPS through 3 starts.