Seth Beer went 2-4 and hit a solo homer, his first in the Carolina League, in Buies Creek's 6-4 win on Frederick. He now has 8 homers in his pro career and 30 in this calendar year.
DFA Rodgers. Was never a real big fan of his, and he gave up 4 ER in 4 innings, and the damage could have been worse as he put two men on with no outs in the 4th, escaped the inning after two failed bunt attempts and a fly out. Make room on the 40-man, it's that time of the year again. More exciting news: Kyle Tucker taken out of the game. I'm calling it now: Marisnick to the DL, Tucker called up again.
No one in Quad Cities starting lineup tonight has a batting average over .234. Buies Creek is starting 4 players tonight hitting <.200. The DSL team started 5 players today hitting <.200, and had only 1 player in their lineup hitting over .250. I know batting average isn’t a tell-all stat, but still. Ouch. Down in Tri-City, OF Carlos Machado enters tonight’s game hitting .353/.371/.529 in August. He started off tonight with a double. 2B Ronald Urdaneta has caught fire in the GCL, his ops is up to .892. Corbin Martin pitching for Corpus tonight. Trent Thornton going for Fresno.
Jayson Schroeder allowed a run on a sac fly, a single, walked two, and struck out five in the GCL today.
Yordan Alvarez just hit a solo home run for Fresno. He now has seven in AAA and 19 homers on the season.
A few standout performances on offense in Tri-City's 7-3 win in Vermont... - Enmanuel Valdez went 2-4 with two runs scored and led off the game with a homer (6). - Alex McKenna went 4-5 with a couple of doubles; one of them resulted in an RBI. McKenna is now slashing .328/.423/.534 on the season. - Ramiro Rodriguez went 2-3 with an RBI single and a two-run triple.
Doubt we see him until at least September, if not next year. He still isn't quite fully locked into AAA just yet. And while I know he's really loved by many, but he just strikes me as very likely to end up as an all or nothing guy. But we'll see. Also, what's the chance that Rodgers is DFA'd to make room on the 40 man? I support that move.
The only thing that has ever slowed Alvarez down was missing time coming over from Cuba and injuries. He is barely 21 and has hit at every level he has played. His OPS is creeping up in AAA and would already be higher if his BABIP wasn’t low. I don’t see how he is an all or nothing type player. He is already the best offensive player in the system with a real natural aptitude for hitting. He is a well above average athlete that is fast and has been a good defensive outfielder in the minors. Hell I have less questions about Alvarez’ bat than I do about Tucker. I’ve seen a lot of Alvarez and hitting is natural for him. He has a very solid approach. Tucker on the other hand has physical ability but doesn’t seem to have the natural comfort that Yordan does.
I don't know, guys who are "big and strong" these days usually end up like that. If they have a ton of raw, natural power they're usually enticed to just swing swing swing. That's how the game is today. Alvarez has a decent number of K's, but his walk rate is actually pretty good too. I'm open to making one last push at Realmuto this winter and centering the package around either Tucker or Alvarez. You guys who oppose this are a bunch of prospect huggers who fail to acknowledge the large hole we have at C. Don't be fooled by Stassi's decent AVG, take out his red hot May and it's gotta be well below 200.
it's crazy how many few hitters are hitting better than .300 in the Majors this year. The shifts are game changers along with the hard throwers in today's game. Yeah, but as far as Kyle Tucker goes I would package him for JT, the best catcher in MLB.
More on JT: Jeter recently said that this offseason, he will try and work an extension with him, but if that isn't successful, then they will look to trade him. I'm on board with a Tucker for Realmuto trade, he's the best catcher in the game today, and would fill a huge hole on our team.
Very impressed with Kent Emanuel. He definitely should be a starter, the Emanuel as a Reliever experiment was a clear fail. He's 5-1 with a sub-2 ERA in his AAA starts I beleive. If Cionel Perez is destined to stay in the pen (I hope not), might he be a LHSP possibility? Dean Deetz has also been outstanding in relief. Hurling the strikeouts and allowed only 2 ER in 21.1 IP.
