Beautiful fundamental baseball nabs an out at 3B and preserves the 1-0 lead from now. Ibarguen hit Bitonti on a relay in the middle infield - heads up to both. Bitonti catches the runner who had run through the stop sign and couldn't get back to 3B. Accurate throw gunned him down. Di Turi placed the tag. It was a single to RF after two consecutive BB's from Hernandez. He has fallen behind 3-0. Gets is 3-2. Gets a swinging K on a beautiful slider. Incredible work. 5 K for Hernandez through three innings. The youngster has so much grit.
Rain has let up in Augusta as the Mudcats still lead 1-0 in the bottom of the 3rd. Hernandez opened his third frame with a beautiful swinging 1-2 K on an outer black change-up. Gorgeous pitch.
Shuckers are still Delayed.
Alfaro an opening oppo taco puts the Sounds on the board. It's 1-0 Nashville. His 14th of his season. That was a carrying muscle shot on an outside slider. 107 mph off the bat. Very impressive poke.
Zimmerman works around a lead-off walk to open his 4th. He K's his 2nd. Works around a Delgado error on a weakly flared DP ball (couldn't get the ball to 2B cleanly) with a ground out to Zamora at SS (force out to 3B) and a 3rd K. He is looking very sharp (as usual over the past two months). 0-0 game headed to the top of the 5th.
Hey that same ump just blows a DP call against the Mudcats. Rodriguez clearly beat the DP throw at 1B. No matter, he's out. LOL. It's an RBI DP however. 1-0 Mudcats. Rain begins to fall.
I am putting out feelers for a mid/late summer 2024 Brewers Colin Rea bit of work tonight. Maybe something akin to his July 9th outing at Home vs Pittsburgh - 6 H, 2 BB, 1 HR, 7 ER over 5.0 IP. That'd be real nice for the Feels.
Very reasonable take. I just wish his fastball played better. Because it doesn't, and because I just haven't seen the type of jump I was hoping to see this past off-season (I personally think he's plateau'd since first arriving at Nashville - we could even argue he's regressed), I've also soured quite a but on 2025 Craig.
We loved (and still love) Jadher. He's a fantastic baseball player. But, keep in mind this is the running average expense the Brewers have for players they don't covet as highly within their own organizational metrics. Jadher is a smaller guy with some reasonable concerns when it comes to his swing decisions and mechanics. Jadher's defense will likely always be elite. Even I have major questions about how his swing will translate as the pitching challenges intensify. This trade very much reminds me of the Tristan Peters trade to SF tho we get a better caliber of player back given the better prospect being sent out.
I absolutely Love Jadher - this is known. AND, I am very happy for Jadher to get a meaningful opportunity. Good insurance move for the Crew. This is a roster upgrade. And one of my favorite players heads to a good situation. Win:Win.
Wait. The Crew signed all but, what, 4-5 draft picks? And people are upset?!?!
I really wanted Cadiz. Nothing you can do, however, when a kid wants to pursue their collegiate dream. I wish them all great luck.
We in Camp Cadiz must remain steadfast and strong. Kid just wants to ball any chance he gets. Absolute mash potatoes served up with his Walla Walla Sweets.
Oh my friend I know the numbers. I know the glaring flaw. Still truly enjoy watching the player. I appreciate he swings for the fence in every AB 😅. Defensively he just has more than Kesty ever had. Hence, I enjoy him more because he has some semblance of a glove and has meaningful size for the corners...in addition to absolutely being a mashman prophecy.
That's what they said about Vaughn before he entered the Brewers 'Hitting Lab'.
I do like Dalbec quite a bit more than I ever liked Hiura but I get your very valid point given the history.
@biedergb: Cover your eyes. A one out fielding error by Pratt in the ninth was followed by a two-run jack off LHP Brian Fitzpatrick. Shuckers lose 3-2 after they took the 2-1 lead in the bottom of the 8th. Hurt me! Pratt even had a redemption opportunity with two on and two down in the bottom half. He flew out to RF.
If we remember back to last week, Payne was hit on the head running to third base during what turned into a double steal in the bottom of the 1st inning (Peña had walked) on July 25th. It was a pick-off attempt back to 2B. Payne opened the first inning with an oppo single through the left side of the infield .extending his on base streak to 15 games. After Made K'd swinging, Payne stole 2B on a 2-0 count to Peña. In a 1-0 count to Bitonti the play in question happened: 1:09:55 on the replay. We didn't get a good look live as the camera was late to cut over but it was certainly concerning as Payne very clearly was shook - he was stumbling and falling to the dirt as he tried to get up. Both trainers came out and he was pulled after a two minute delay. The hope here is it was just a head jostling mild concussion. The concern is a possible skull fracture.
Mike Boeve shelved for a multi-week absence you say? Isn't that an annual tradition at this point? Tis why he sadly left my arbitrarily weekly changing Top 20 List. If he can't stay healthy (and can't play defense at this point in time) that lack of availability impacts his reputation and status. Sadly, the same can be said for EBJ despite a better start to 2025. These two talented young men have earned that unsavory label of 'injury prone' as Brewers. It obviously isn't their fault but it definitely is what it is.