Kelly Dugan with a base hit in his AA debut, while 2 hits for Maikel Franco keeps his hot start going – he’s OPSing 1.104 for Reading. Ethan Martin doing Ethan Martiny things – 5bb in 5IP, to go along with 5R and 7H allowed, plus 4ks. After a strong outing last time, Brody Colvin got absolutely bombed on Friday night. I’ll spare you the details, and recommend you avert your eyes at that point in your box-browsing.

Elsewhere, Cameron Perkins returns from the DL with a 1-4 day, while teammate Chris Serritella had a double and a triple in 5 trips to the plate. 16 hits for Lakewood in a losing effort, including 4 from Angelo Mora. And after 2 more doubles, Zach Green’s ISO sits at what I would call a ridiculous .388.

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Kelly Dugan announced on social media late Thursday that he’s been called up to Reading. Should be a good test to see how he can handle another caliber of pitching.

A busy day for names of note – on the hill, Jesse Biddle gave up 1R, 3H, 1BB and 9K in 6 IP. Kenny Giles back on the bump for Clearwater – he touched 99, according to @baseballbetsy on Twitter. A fourth strong start in a row for Shane Watson since a meltdown outing 4 weeks ago.

As for position players, Cesar Hernandez got his first start in the outfield, playing in the rain make-up half of the double header – an interesting addition to his value if he can cut it. Tyson Gillies went deep. He’s hit in four straight since coming back up to AAA.  Dylan Cozens with his third HR of the year, while Zach Green had another double, and Andrew Pullin had 4 hits, including a triple.

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Nice line from Perci Garner – 3R on 4H, 2BB, and 8K in 7IP. Kelly Dugan was 2-6 with his 10th HR. Zach Green 3-4, with 2 more doubles. He’s got 14 XBH already this year, in 66 PAs. Yes, he’s striking out too much, but he’s walking some also. Will be interesting to see how his stats look in another month. 3R 5H 1BB and 5K in 6IP for Drew Anderson. He’s a 2012 High School pick, and a guy I’ll be keeping an eye on.

And oh what a day for Jesen Therrien. He recorded just one out, and allowed 6 hits, 1BB and 8 (8!) earned runs. For the day, that’s a 216.00 ERA. It’s said that experience is the cruelest teacher (h/t JDeF). If so, hopefully there’s a lesson for JDT in that third of an inning.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 7/3/2013 →

Severino Gonzalez was perfect through six innings, and struck out 9. That’s not too bad. 4 hits combined on both sides in that game – Willie Carmona won that slugfest when his went over the fence. Dylan Cozens went deep – his second for Williamsport. And the Lehigh Valley crew was beaten by a pitcher named Lobstein, begging the question, would you rather be a pitcher named Lobstein, as in “lob the ball over the plate”, or a hitter named LOBstein, as in “men left on base”? I might have taken up tennis, I think.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 7/2/2013 →

Cesar Hernandez has been putting on quite a show the last couple days – he’s 10 for his last 14, (all singles), and stole 3 bases last night. He’s now 26/32 on the year, or 81+%. Strong outing from David Buchanan, working into the ninth and allowing just 1R, 5H, 3BB and striking out 5 in 8 1/3IP. And for the second straight day, Cameron Rupp goes deep for Lehigh Valley. Here’s a little write-up on him from MiLB.com. It appeared on the bottom of my Box Score page as a “You Might Also Like”. They know me so well.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 7/1/2013 →

Maikel Franco cannot be stopped – 3-5 with a HR and he’s now OPSing 1.309 in his first ~50 AA PAs. Nice outings from Martin and Colvin.  Martin again got by without throwing a lot of strikes, 56/100 or 56% (#math), while Colvin was around 64%. Also an effective spot-start from Lakewood’s Jeb Stefan, going 5, allowing 1R on 3H and 1BB with 5Ks. His peripherals look pretty good out of the pen this year, (albeit as a 23-year-old in low-A), with 17BB (3.5/9) and 42Ks (just shy of 9/9), in 43.1 relief IP, and 4HR allowed, which rates out high (0.83/9), but is in a pretty small sample to look at HR rates. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him get moved up to the CLR bullpen sometime soon.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/30/2013 →

Pretty nice bounce-back game from Hoby Milner – 2R on 7H 1BB and 5K in 7 IP, after a couple bad performances in a row. Jesse Biddle slogged his way through giving up 2R on 9H 2BB and 2K over 6IP. Threw just 57% strikes. Cesar Hernandez with 4 hits, Cody Asche with 2 including a double, and Cameron Rupp with his first AAA homerun.

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Tyson Gillies is probably ready to go back up to AAA. Maybe that’s the move that clears an outfield spot for Kelly Dugan without sitting down Anthony Hewitt. Not that I’m worried about sitting down Anthony Hewitt, but he’s hitting fairly well, and is still young enough to want to keep on the field, I guess. And, as has been the case a half dozen times in the last couple years, I have now spent more time thinking about Anthony Hewitt than anyone should. Still rooting for the guy, mind you.

Mario Hollands the definition of hard-luck loser. Gave up 2 runs on 7 hits and no walks, and struck out 9 in 7 innings. Darin Ruf and Cody Asche both stroked their 19th doubles of the year. Dylan Cozens with his first HR of the young season. Johnathan Knight hosed two baserunners from left field. Braden Shull pitched his third professional inning. 2H, 1BB, 2 wild pitches. But he’s out there an not injured and that’s nice.

And finally, 19 year-old VSL LHP Jesus Chavez dominated in his start, throwing 6 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 8. He’s been excellent so far, and young enough to keep an eye on. You can check out what AndyB had to say about him and most everyone else on that team in his Early Season VSL Report.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/28/2013 →

New face in the GCL – it’s top pick JP Crawford. Some decent pitching from Wright and Stewart tonight. Maikel Franco sitting at .500 after a 3-5 night, including a triple.  He’s kind of impressive right now.

Continue reading Box Score Recap – 6/27/2013 →