I supply last night’s box scores, you supply the commentary
Lakewood wins 5-3.
Clearwater wins 3-2.
Reading loses 7-2.
Lehigh Valley loses 7-6.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Lakewood Weekly Report (6/7-6/13)
Recap: The ‘Claws are surging going into the final week of the SAL first half, going 4-1 and moving ahead of Hickory and into first place in the SAL North. Sebastian Valle led the way with a monster power week, while the starting pitching was consistently good across the board. Their record has improved to 37-26. They close out the first half with seven games at home, including three with Lexington then four with Kannapolis.
Overbeck Promoted
Just a very quick note that Cody Overbeck was promoted from Clearwater to Reading the Reading Phillies announced today. Overbeck, 24, was hitting .302/.380/.553 with 11 HR and 41 RBI in 215 AB’s with Clearwater and is coming off a Florida State League All Star appearance.
2010 Draft Review
I’m going to start off my annual 2010 draft review with a quick note. I’m not one for self-editing. When I sit down to write something, I normally do it in one shot. I’ve written some very very long pieces in the history of this site, and off the top of my head, I think all of them were written in one sitting. Its the way I work. When I want to write something, I generally sit down and either it happens or it doesn’t. I have ideas, I want to talk about them, then I move on. But in writing this draft recap, I did a lot of self-editing. I started writing last night and ended up writing 5,500 words which I’ve since scrapped, or more accurately put, shelved until a later date. I started writing and realized my draft recap barely even talked about the 2010 draft, it was more of a philosophical writeup on the draft mechanics as a whole. Which I want to save for a later date, because I think they are still valid, but they’ll require me doing more work. And right now, all it seems anyone wants is my take on the draft. I’m going to pull a few small parts from that previous writeup, and its still going to be somewhat philosophical, but I’m going to focus more on the 2010 picks, and I’ll polish up that other piece for a rainy day while we wait for the signing deadline in August. So, for what is sure to still be a really long piece, check below…
‘Pigs Weekend Update
The weekend summary for Lehigh Valley along with some notes and a transaction.
Friday–The Lehigh Valley streak of not having won a series all season remains intact after their 8-4 loss to Toledo on Friday evening. The four game series was split. Toledo scored two in the first inning off of starter Brian Mazone, however the ‘Pigs bounced back with a run in the 2nd on a Willy Taveras RBI single. Toledo scored single runs in the 3d and 4th, making it 4-1. Again, the ‘Pigs stayed in the game with a Dane Sardinha Sac Fly in the 4th and an RBI double by Cody Ransom is the 5th that made the game 4-3. Mazone left after six, with no decision (6IP 9H 4R 3ER 0BB 5K). An RBi single by Ransom tied the game, but Lehigh Valley relief pitchers had a rough night with Ryan Vogelsong (2-4) taking the loss after giving up a run in the 8th. Toledo added three in the ninth off of Oscar Villarreal. Big nights offensively for Willy Taveras (2-4,r,rbi, sb), Cody Ransom (3-5, 2b, 2rbi), Dane Sardina (2-3,r,rbi), Brian Bocock (3 hits) and Neil Sellers (2 hits). Continue reading ‘Pigs Weekend Update
June 11th Open Discussion
Last night’s scores
Lakewood wins 8-2.
Clearwater loses 10-3.
Reading lost 9-7.
Lehigh Valley lost 4-3 and lost 2-1.
Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
A 3-3 week for Lehigh Valley (note: the second game of the doubleheader Thursday is not included), leaving Lehigh Valley at 23-36, in last place of the Northern division, 11 games behind division leading Syracuse.
‘Pigs league leaders thru 6/9/10–Hitters: Cody Ransom is tied for 8th in runs (34) tied for 3rd in homers (12),3rd in k’s (71),and 7th in RBI’s (37); John Mayberry is tied for 8th in runs (34), and tied for 10th in homers (9); Andy Tracy is 2nd in walks (37) and ninth in OBP (.391); Rich Thompson is tied for 6th in sb’s (14). Pitchers: Nate Bump is tied for 3rd in wins (6) , tied for the league lead in starts (12), is leading the league in IP (73)and is 6th in ERA (2.71); Andrew Carpenter is tied for 9th in wins(9); Brian Mazone is tied for the league lead in starts (12); tied for 5th in HR allowed (9) and is 10th in the league in IP (69); Scott Mathieson is 5th in the league in saves (11); Ryan Vogelsong is 10th in the league in k’s with 57. Continue reading Lehigh Valley Weekly Report
Around the System–Starting Pitching
June 10th Discussion
It rained a lot last night.
Clearwater lost 5-4
2010 Draft Picks Register
I’ve added the 2010 Draft Register at the top of the website, and you can get there by clicking here. This year, I’m going to try and go about assembling this page a bit differently. At the top, I’m still going to list the 50 picks, and when they sign, I’m going to put them in bold. Underneath the list of picks, I’m going to list each guy individually, in the order they were picked, and then also insert all of the scouting reports, articles, and anything else that I (and you) can find on the player. My hope is that page becomes the go to for all the information on the picks. So if you find scouting reports or information that hasn’t been posted, go ahead and post it on that page, not this post.
Also, a big thank you to Ryan, who helped update all of the lists during the last 2 days, and thank you to everyone else for posting information and creating a good discussion during the draft. Its going to take me a while to write my draft recap, but I hope to have as much information as possible, and I want to also write it from a bit more of a philosophical angle, not just regurgitating scouting reports. Check back for that maybe this weekend, or maybe sometime next week.
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