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GOOD GRIEF the ump squeezes him again on a flamethrown heater on the outer stripe. He is absolutely squeezing Yoho here. Those pitches were absolute K's. No matter, he gets the K anyway. -
Goodness me oh my I HEART RHP Craig Yoho. Such a phenomenal arm to watch in key spots. Robbed of a first batter K on a gorgeous front door slider. Home plate ump absolutely blew that call. It was an absolute beauty.
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Good grief I am about sick and tired of the poor poor defense today. Adams absolutely throws a warm burner wounded duck to 1B on an absolutely routine grounder and Metzinger (suddenly in as a defensive sub?) makes it look like it was a rocket launch. He falls backward and onto the bag attempting to scoop the throw? Just absolutely ugly ugly ugly any way you look at it. Adams is prone to these gaffes because he's not a natural 3B but Metzinger also absolutely has to do better there. Keep the ball in front of you how about as the primary need there instead of falling over like a wounded duck backward so the ball can carom off you and into foul territory and a tie 2-2 ball game. This has just been ugly ugly mid day baseball. The pitchers to a man deserve 10X better.
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AND, just like that the Sparks error finally costs the Shuckers as a seeing eye 1-2 liner through the gap between 1B and 2B gave Carlos Rodriguez an opportunity to showcase his weak arm in RF. He bypasses the relay man in the process and allows the runner to advance to 2B. THIS is just the ugly type of OF play we are seeing early in this series. Given your weakness, know yourself and throw that ball into 2B. It wasn't even remotely close at the plate and the throw was poor regardless. Shuckers now trail 5-0. These are all on Sparks as far as I'm concerned.
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Men on the corners now for Smith - two down. A full count wild pitch after a weak pop out to Murray in the shallow LF grass (thankfully, Sparks didn't have to try and grab that ball). He'll try and work his way out of this one as his LF'er has put two runners on 2B in two innings pitched.
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T-Rats strand the bases juiced with two down in the 8th when their SS fires a rocket to 1B on a deep grounder into the shallow LF grass. IF that throw beat him, it was by an eyelash. Tough break for Fernandez!
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Sparks is just having a horrific time in LF at present. He just biffed another. This one just a classic case of taking his eye of the ball as the winds brought it into the warning track. Ugly stuff. He had ample room. The ball was definitely in the webbing. He just casually dropped it. The Shuckers are just a tough watch so far in Pensacola. Man on 2nd base now. Two down.
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Honestly, kind of sounds like a Boeve special. LOL. He is truly an expert at just making contact. Any kind. We'll take it!
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Adams can add a HBP to his tally. Unfortunately, he can also add a CS - immediately after his 8th inning plunk. It was really a fantastic throw and tag that nabbed him. Naturally, Areinamo then proceeded to line drive a smacked single to RF. Tough pill to swallow there! Meanwhile, with the Pensacola wind blazing in toward RF, Dirden unfairly suffers its wrath as his very well hit deep fly to RF just absolutely dies on the warning track. I thought that was a surefire two-run dinger. Not to be as the Shuckers remain scoreless as we head to the 8th. Frustrating poke out that was!
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Boeve has come to Double-A and picked up right where he left off in High-A. A triple and a single today - the only Shuckers doing anything of note at the dish (I know, shocker) - and has his BAA up to 0.308. AND, he is already up 3-0 in the next AB. Yup. He walks. Maybe, just maybe, his teammates can learn a thing or two about his approach to wake something up in their hibernating lumber?
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Smith escapes unscathed after Sparks misread and misplay. He gets the full count ground out over the 1B bag in what proved to be a slightly tricky play for Warren who scoops it cleanly but trips a bit but makes it back for the easy put out. That's another scoreless for Smith. AND, I spoke to it during Kuehner's last start: there was more to his arsenal than what the results show (tis why watching the games always tells us 10x more than the box score or stat lines). He has proved me quite right through his first 2 IP in relief so far today - 2 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 4 K, 0 ER. He is sublimely mixing his heater up in the zone with a bevy of off-speed breaking pitches to keep hitters guessing. Several swinging misses on that high heat.
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@wiguy94and I have been discussing his resurgence since late last summer. He's been fantastic and we can only hope he nails down this role moving forward. That slider is filthy since he's been fine-tuning his 'in zone' mechanics. BUT, make no mistake: this impact dates back to late last summer when he really started dialing things in. AND, speaking of the young up-and-coming hurler, he's on in the 7th for the Shuckers and has proceeded to K his first two batters swinging and then saw Lamar Sparks completely misread a fly ball to the warning track as it bounced over the wall for a double. Total misplay due to the wind blowing to LF. Should have been a 1-2-3 inning. Dating back to just last night that is two colossal misreads off the bat by both Rodriguez (costing the game) and now Sparks. The Shuckers need to pick it up.
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A sharply hit 3-0 fly out to the LF warning track off O'Rae's bat and a weakly hit grounder to 2B by Lara strand Fernandez at 2B after his lead off double down the RF line. It is still 2-1 T-Rats as we move to the bottom of the 7th.
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2024 Minor League Transaction Thread
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Back in the line-up today for the T-Rats and essentially is doing everything. Looks very spry. 2-for-2 (1 2B and both RBI) and a BB so far late in this one. Thanks for that early nibble at the health of one of our favorites! -
RHP Nick Merkel with 3 fantastic innings of relief work (yet another completely unheralded but highly effective reliever - one of the better breaking balls in the system when it is dialed in) so far has allowed his Shuckers a chance to claw back into the game. So far? Not really in the cards as the offense continues taking prolonged naps. 3-0 Wahoos still lead in the 7th. Two down with Rodriguez on 1B. Come on bats wake up!
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Kuehner gets the punch out facing the 2nd batter - two curves expertly executed then the classic raise the platform getting the swinging K on a high outside heater. Next batter hits a chopper over the mound and into CF for the groundball single. He then gets another K with a gorgeous back foot breaking ball that sinks below and to the back of the zone to another righty bat. Fantastic inning of work. 2-1 and we head to the 7th.
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Manfredi-to-Kuehner it is. The Lefty show continues. He absolutely shatters a bat for his first out on a weak dribbler to the mound. One down.
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Right? That looked really ugly. Fantastic if true!
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Another T-Rats game and no sign of INF Ben Metzinger. Such a curious season so far. I'd love to know what's going on here (as I alluded to in last night's report). T-Rats strand 2 (Chirinos K swinging on high outside heat. Rodríguez weak fly out to RF on first pitch). 2-1 and we're on to the bottom of the 6th.
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Adams is now 2-for-2 with a BB to add to the tally. He came back to the line-up ready to play. Heck of a day for the young fella.
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Manfredi escapes a runners on the corner one down scenario with a ground out to 1B for the 2nd out. A run crosses but the T-Rats see C Ramón Rodríguez gun down the runner trying to steal 3B for the final out. It's 2-1 T-Rats now in the top of the 6th. One down after Barrios lined out to RF. Adams will try to improve to 3-for-3 on his afternoon.
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Welcome back to Nashville, Mr. Cambell. Despite the woeful two-hit effort by the team at the dish in a 2-1 loss, Campbell compiled two OF assists - 1 at Home and 1 at 3B. Great work by the young man. Sounds fall back under 0.500 at 11-12.
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Manfredi has 7 K through 4 1/3 IP. T-Rats still clinging to a 2-0 lead. He just walked his 2nd batter of his outing. Let's hope he can work around it. He is showing he is definitely an arm to reckon with in the system. Awesome sauce.
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The sole Shuckers knock appears to be a Boeve 3-bagger. All other bats remain silent as the Shuckers ongoing offensive futility certainly has continued through 4 innings. That Campbell promotion is really going to impact this sleepy lineup in the near-term (in the very least).
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INF Luke Adams has returned to the lineup and has gone 2-for-2 - with a dub and both RBI; you love to see it! Manfredi continues his mini-breakout tour: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 5 K so far. T-Rats lead 2-0 headed to the bottom of the 4th frame.
