Indeed. He looks slow and out of synch. Never popped to grab a very gettable bunt single. Slow pop on the steal to 2B. Stole 3B unchallenged. Weak topped ground out to 2B. And, now the PB. Rough two innings for Clancy's 'Put him on the 40-Man!' candidate 🤭
Chattanooga's first run will score on a high heater - likely scored a WP. I would opine Miller needs to catch that pitch. He had his glove on the dirt. They scored it a PB. That's accurate. 1-0 Smokies.
It's pretty clear the Muddies are going to need to try and get to the Nats bullpen. They are getting dominanced by Sykora. They don't know what they're looking for. All sorts of off-balance swings.
Blalock escapes with a K swinging. He had a K looking as well. And a harmless bloop out to Ernesto.
Meanwhile, in Fredericksburg, Rodriguez just plunked a guy and nearly gave up a two-run bomb on a hanging slider. Whew. Lucky there.
Looked like he was safe by a tie to me. I don't know why Darrien Miller was so slow to pop up to chase that bunt. He never even left his crouch. That's now two steals on him this frame to boot.
I love Chattanooga mang. I used to farm in North Georgia in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. I went into Chattahoochee on weekends quite regularly. Beautiful city in a valley.
Daniel Guilarte punched out 10 times in a 2-for-18 week at Down East. He begins his series @ Fredericksburg with a swinging K on a splitter low and outside the zone. Sigh.
I have a cobweb residue comment from last week:
I didn't say it during my reporting or in the thread but I had the T-Rats on an isolated screen and LHP Brian Fitzpatrick was absolutely dealing. Best he's looked as a Brewers. He's trim and in incredible shape in 2024. Glad to see he was recognized by Brewers PD.
I don't believe there is anyone more 'Ride or Die!' with their guys than Clancy. He has Miller on speed dial. Sees Wes Clarke as the next great backstop. Heck, he was probably responsible for planting the Frelick at 3B concept to Murphy at Spring Training. Gotta love the passion!
Meanwhile, trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the 3rd frame. Two down and a man on first (DSL Crew Dos at the dish)...the DSL Crew Dos are 'Delayed'.
Not looking good for DSL games today.
The DSL Crew Uno were leading 3-0 in the bottom of the 4th and
SUSPENDED
Pena appears to have smacked his 4th triple of his DSL season. He plated 2 RBI in the process. 17-year-old Dominican RHP Ayendy Bravo was dealing - 4 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 4 K.
Absurdly small sample size but I'm still going to share good news when I see it:
OF Frandy Lafond thru 10 Games as a DSL Cerveceros Dos has a 7-to-4 BB:K output and 5 SB to 0 CS. He only has 1 XBH (1 2B) but I'll take this approach any day of the week. Two more free passes today to zero whiffs in an 0-for-2 final line.