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  1. Another week. Another Mudcats game postponed during my report duties (sighs). Another week. Another prayer to the baseball gods the Shuckers season-long slumps throughout the line-up turn a corner to greener pastures where balls drop for hits. Thanks be to gahd. Let's get some 'W's. *Note: Obviously not this Shucker. Muh man.
  2. Just had a 'How is RHP Max Lazar's season going?' moment. Looks like he was crushing for the Phillies' Double-A Reading affiliate and has been promoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Go get 'em Max! Philadelphia Phillies Promotes Potential Closer to Triple-A
  3. Didn't they proclaim this off-season this was going to be changed in 2024? I think I am merely confusing this with the news they were leaving Granger Stadium after 2024? Dang it that is really annoying! Amazing the World Champs can't get a live feed going for their Low-A squad. Honestly, that's just ridiculous. Makes these absurd bird's eye view Biloxi games slightly more palatable. At least the Shuckers are on the road this week (Sorry Javik. Not sorry)
  4. HUGE win by the Mudcats today.. They lead Fredericksburg by a mere 1.0 G (also 7-3 over their last 10) - tho have a 2 G advantage in the Loss column 9-to-11. After the upcoming Down East road series (we shall see if Down East does indeed have Live feeds in 2024) upcoming, the Midcats have an opportunity to face off versus both last place Delmarva and Myrtle Beach for a 12 game stretch. And, it does look like the Mudcats will squeeze in their make-up games vs Columbia just before the first half ends June18th amd 20th. Assuming, of course, this is indeed still the first half?
  5. Well shoot that's some awesome post-Mom's Day dinner surprise! Heck of a series win.
  6. He gets the K swinging on an off-speed pitch skirting the outer half. Noice! 5-4 Muddies and we head to the 8th. Hopefully, they close it out. Gotta run to Mothers Day dinner.
  7. And he throws a 3-2 heater onto the plate and into the dirt. First player walk for Figueroa. Mudcats have walked 5 and plunked 2. Three WP's and a balk. AND, lead 5-4. We'll take it.
  8. Figueroa missed giving up a laser shot solo jack on a 1-0 high heater to a lefty. That ball was crushed. And, it hooked about 6-9' foul as the ball traveled down the RF line. Whew.
  9. Hunt reaches 50 pitches and is pulled. It looks like RHP Jeferson Figueroa will get the call. Hunt closed his work with a 2-2 weak grounder to Guilarte at 2B. Then he finished it off with another K check-swinging and missing on a 2-2 low outside slider. Two down. 5-4 Mudcats. Figueroa on the bump.
  10. Hunt will come back out for his third inning of work. Let's hope he buckles down. Still a precarious 5-4 lead.
  11. Three quick groundouts from Guilarte, Rodriguez, and Pratt bring us into the 7th inning stretch.
  12. AND, he K's the side. 5-4 Mudcats lead. They have countered every Pecker run with a run or runs of their own. SO, let's hope they can gain further separation! Here's a fun tidbit to warm your hearts regarding the competitiveness of this series: Between last night's 8-7 Mudcats win and between the Mudcats heartbreaking Xtras loss this past Wednesday, these two clubs shared 17 Lead Changes. Nuts.
  13. Well, Hunt is breaking out his Complex days. He just balked in the 3rd run of his outing. And, then strikes out the next batter. 5-4 Mudcats. Two down.
  14. Two runs conceded by K.C. Hunt (lead-off solo jack here in the bottom of the 6th) was not on my Sunday Bingo Card. Tells you just how dominant he's been. He has a runner on 2nd base (single, SB). He just struck out a guy. And, now he just threw his 2nd WP of his 1 1/3 IP so far. It's fair to say: not his best stuff today. Let's hope he buckles down and at least preserves the lead. 5-3 Mudcats.
  15. Ethan Murray fielding error - have I discussed Murray's struggles? - and we have another run across. 6-0 Biscuits. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. My goodeness. King gives up a single to LF. 8-0 Biscuits. His ERA is approaching 16. When it rains it pours. Happy Mother's Day y'all. I'm headed to plant flowers. That's enough of this. 😅
  16. King gives up the sac fly. Shuckers trail 5-0. Runner on 1st takes 2nd and 3rd. King walks the next batter on 5 pitches. Have I mentioned the struggle is very real?
  17. LHP Justin King's first inning of work since he gave up the grand slam in this same series. He already has runners on the corners with nobody out. The struggle is very real. I watched his work his last time out. He is not on top of his stuff. ERA already north of 12.00. Let's see if he can prevent further ballooning to levels no pitcher wants to see.
  18. Rund escapes. The runner took 2nd base uncontested (nobody covering). The lefty batter took a massive hack and massively undercut the ball on the outer half (low and away). Vargas casually catches the pop-up even though he was almost run over by the River Bandits' baserunner. 5-0 to the top of the 8th.
  19. After the T-Rats bats stranded Jheremy Vargas on 3B with one down in the top of the 7th, RHP Aaron Rund does his part inducing a key double play after a lead-off River Bandits single to start their bottom half. He gets the first two outs. He then sees a bloop flare single on a nice chang-up down and low - just a nice piece of two-strike hitting. The long-haired reliever will see if he can get out of his second man on first scenario unscathed.
  20. Looking at the Shuckers line-up: 5-through-9 hitters all sub 0.200 BA. All sub 0.600 OPS. Toss in EBJ's lead-off role at a 0.145 BA and 0.420 OPS. Man, their offense is a legit struggle at present. Once you move outside Boeve; Wilken; Clarke; and EMJ...it's a whole lotta ugly. <sad face gif>
  21. I have to think the development of his slider as a legitimate pitch is a possible reason they are stretching him out? It's an interesting exercise, however. We know he's started games before so it's in his mental repertoire.
  22. We can say what we want about the process of these ML games - we know they are filled with player-focused motivations etc. - BUT, and I stated this last season, one of the reasons I find Victor Estevez so dang likable is he bridges the gap. He plays to win. He plays to get into the post-season. AND, he very clearly implements player-motivated decisions in the process. We're seeing similar qualities in Nick Stanley's work in Zebulon in 2024. I personally feel post-season games should be a primary focus for the organization, as well. Get these young men in favorable high-leverage games. Last season, pushing Ashby so quickly through High-A/Double-A/Triple-A when Wisconsin was pushing and Biloxi was neck-and-neck and the Sounds still mathematically (though highly improbable) in the hunt for a lot of the 2nd half. Well, it just never made sense. Send him to the Complex and get him working on his many issues in a low-stress no-demands environment. I digress.😁
  23. Heck of a start by RHP Edwin Jimenez. You love to see it. This is a huge early season game for first half Standings purposes. A 4-2 series win would give the T-Rats a lil 1st place separation - push Quad Cities to 2.0 GB and, in the least, keep Beloit and Cedar Rapids at 2.5 GB minimum (pending their results today). Let's close it out!
  24. RHP Bo Bowman also another rebound success story in 2024. Really struggled hitting his stride after the call-up to Biloxi in 2023. Really has been a fantastic and consistent bullpen piece for manager Joe Ayrault in 2024 Biloxi. He pitches a scoreless 5th inning in relief with 2 K - 0 H, 0 BB. 1-1 into the Shuckers half.
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