Sun. 4/26: Does Logan Henderson refer to Jim Henderson as "Pop"?

[Jim Goulart]

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[Ro Mueller]

RHP Jason Woodward’s Tuesday outing was cut short due to weather (0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K). Now he can help cap off a 5-1 series win for High-A Wisconsin at Fort Wayne. 3B Andrew Fischer (.939 OPS in 76 PAs) has a 7-game hitting streak.

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Brett Wichrowski won Tuesday’s game in relief (4.2 IP, 3 R, 5 Ks) and AA Biloxi needs a win today to capture their home series against Rocket City 4-2. 1B Blake Burke has a 20-game on-base streak and has doubled in 5 of his last 7 games.

[Ro Mueller]

After throwing 29 pitches in Wednesday’s contest, RHP Quinn Priester makes his 2nd rehab start, as AAA Nashville needs a win at Charlotte to salvage a 4-3 series defeat. DH Eddys Leonard has a 9-game hitting streak, with 3 homers and 6 RBIs in his last 2 games.

[homer]

Braylon Payne is on some kind of heater. Sheesh.

[Ro Mueller]

RHP Miqueas Mercedes makes his 2nd start of the week (3 IP, 0 R, 6 Ks on Tuesday), as Low-W Warbirds hope to end their series in Delmarva on a good note. CF Jose Anderson leads the Carolina League with 19 RBIs in 19 games.

[wiguy94]

I'll be honest I'm really concerned about Priester. Topping out at 92.0mph with command like this does not seem like a guy who will be ready any time soon.

[Ro Mueller]

Cooper Pratt seems to be figuring it out:
- 99mph line drive single
- 100.3mph 3-run homer
- 102.4mph groundout 

 

[homer]

47 minutes ago, homer said:

Braylon Payne is on some kind of heater. Sheesh.

bump :)

And now Dinges....the top of this lineup is a joke 

[Joseph Zarr]

 

[biedergb]

who had Lara/Leonard, Burke, Payne and Anderson as the HR leaders for each MILB club at this time? That's quite an interesting Bingo card right there.  😉

[Jim French Stepstool]

48 minutes ago, Ro Mueller said:

Cooper Pratt seems to be figuring it out:
- 99mph line drive single
- 100.3mph 3-run homer
- 102.4mph groundout 

 

I haven't seen many of his ABs----either he isn't in the lineup or he isn't hitting when I duck in---but I've noticed his BB/K ratio is around 50-50 which is very solid. So I'm thinking or at least hoping the quality of his trips to the plate surpasses the raw numbers.

[Joseph Zarr]

C Ramón Rodríguez is doing above and beyond what you could hope for from a veteran back-up Catcher. He continues to be one of the most unheralded plus players in the system. Hit his first dinger today in a 2-for-3 line so far. Hitting  0.356 with a 0.930 OPS in 50 PA's (11 K:5 BB) just speaks to the quality of player I witnessed pre-injury for a season plus.

Here is your Moment of lofted Oppo Taco Zen:

 

[homer]

Lara breaks his record for home runs in a season and we haven't hit the month of May yet.

[Joseph Zarr]

1 1/3 IP. 4 more free passes for Birchard. No K's. No runs scored either. He is like our pitching Mitchell! Scratch that first K to complete his second frame of scoreless work. The man is such a beautiful conundrum.

[Ro Mueller]

Matt Wood just thwarted a 1st and 3rd double steal (2-6-2 out at home) to end one frame, hit a 3-run homer for Biloxi’s first lead (8-6) in the bottom half of that inning, then got a strike ‘em out / throw ‘em out at 2nd base to end the next frame.

All in just a few minutes. Awesome. 

 

[biedergb]

ok a rare full organizational sweep. that definitely ended my weekend on a high note.

I know @Terry will get us the data on the pitchers and hitters, but some observations from the boxscores:

Pratt-Lara-Jett go a combined 5-12 with 2HR, 4 RBI and 0 K between them

ANd Logan Henderson has a solid 5 IP today, with 9K, 1 BB, 5 H and 1 ER. Very solid work!

Come from behind effort in Biloxi, with Wood with the go head HR, and Burke still hitting. And Darrien Miller with the 0-0 with 3 HBP. 3HBP in 3 PA in one game, although he was replaced by a PR, so hopefully he is OK and hopefully just precautionary with 3 HBP. That's insane.

Birchard also with solid effort in a piggyback relief, but so Birchard-esque: 1H, 5BB, 2K.

Payne and Dinges doing the damage for WIsconsin, as Fischer was the only T-Rat to not get on base (0-5 with 3K). Woodward with 32 pitches as he builds back up, and Travis Smith solid in the piggyback relief today pitching to contact with no walks or Ks.

Wilson with a rare 12 hit effort today, led by Ortuno, Encarnacio, DiTui and Montero all with multihit games and accounting for 10 hits, and 4 of 6 runs scored. Miqueas Mercedes had a nice start as well.