Sun. 7/12: Bring on the All-Star Break!

[biedergb]

What an uncomfortable position for a pitcher. Payne and Dickinson on base and Bitonti up. Double steal and Bitonti just misses the 3-0 pitch and fouls it back. Bitonti takes the walk. Good patience young man. Would love for Bitonti to get his July back to May/June production.  Hall up with bases juiced. 

[biedergb]

Nice patient at bat by Hall. Down 0-2 in the count looks at a close miss (but a ball) and then fouls several off and draws a walk. 5-3 good guys. Castill up next after the pitching change.

[Ro Mueller]

Yerlin allowed Beloit back into the game and Luis Castillo smacked a grand slam to restore a big lead (now 9-3). Go Timber Rattlers!

[Ro Mueller]

33 minutes ago, biedergb said:

Talking about players and leashes - Carlos Rodriguez is a nice pitcher but he is taking a 40 man spot and isn’t really that effective in AAA, and has been limited to mop up duty when in the bigs.  Wonder what will happen to him, he seems like a good candidate to trade to a team needing depth pitching who can be patient with him I think?

Basically a lost season for the still young man (24 until Thanksgiving). Maybe we’ll shut him down and beg for a 4th option year.

[biedergb]

3 minutes ago, Ro Mueller said:

Yerlin allowed Beloit back into the game and Luis Castillo smacked a grand slam to restore a big lead (now 9-3). Go Timber Rattlers!

I walk away for a few minutes after Luis gets himself into an 0-2 (or was it 1-2) hole. And come back to see a grand slam. What an inning. 2 out rally with 4 walks and the HR. Nice job T-Rats!

[wallus]

That is one of the slowest home run trots by Fischer I have ever seen. I wonder if there was something going on with that pitcher or against that team?

[TURBO]

2 hours ago, biedergb said:

Ok. Walk, single, single, double and it’s 4-2. How much more leash does Yerlin keep getting?

He's been a mess.

It's his 3rd year in Appleton, at what point does he just plain run out of rope?

[biedergb]

Watched Mayorquin.  Impressed. He is not big, but compact and looks mature in his stature.

Good command overall, but a few non-competitive pitches, but mostly in  or near the zone.

He has a very good curveball.  Apparently a change up although this untrained eye did not notice it, so either it's really good or not very good???  His fastball has life to it and is around 92-94 mph per the announcer, so that is solid.

Renz has a similar looking arsenal but his curveball moves but doesn't seem to fool as much as Mayorquin (maybe no video / scouting report on him), and he has better command of his fastball but it is 88-89.

Oh and Ibarguen made a few nice plays in LF.  Maybe that bat can play at LF and DH, so he could be a sleeper prospect if he can keep on hitting and add a little more power to his profile, he has the size to do so.