Getaway day...AZ vs. CHISOX (4/4) Garland vs. Count

[justBLAZE]

You're right, I'm only following on gameday.

 

Was that DeWayne's first walk this spring?

 

Colon continues with strike outs.

[Dick Allen]

BA and Wise now have the same batting average this spring. I think BA has the higher slugging and OBP, and is the superior defender, so it makes perfect sense Wise gets the job.

[Reddy]

BA and Wise now have the same batting average this spring. I think BA has the higher slugging and OBP, and is the superior defender, so it makes perfect sense Wise gets the job.

duh.

[scenario]

Nice to see Christian Marrero and Salvadore Sanchez play.

 

They were two of the big stars of the 2007 Great Falls team, along with Retherford, and Poreda.

 

Marrero has a sweet swing. He'll be at Winston-Salem in 2009. This will be an important year to determine whether he's a prospect or pretender.

 

His brother is Chris Marrero of the Nationals.

 

 

[Kyyle23]

Colons 2 seamer looks nasty.

 

When Colon is "on" with that pitch he is breaking a lot of right hander bats

[Reddy]

Colon's pitch count through 3? 38. Strikes? 31.

 

Nasty.

[BaseballNick]

Wise 0-4, 2Ks, 1BB

Anderson 1-1, 3BBs

 

I don't think Wise will make it out of April as the leadoff hitter or full-time CF.

[chisox2334]

thats a white sox winner.... colon and contreas looked good

[Balta1701]

If Colon and Contreras can just come out and pitch like that occasionally...this team will be really, really dangerous.

[scenario]

Absolutely perfect way for Contreras and Colon to finish up spring training.

 

Couldn't have scripted it better than that.

 

 

[bighurt4life]

Escobar with a solid single for his first hit of the spring. I guess he'll be playing in Winston-Salem behind Beckham in the pecking order.

 

Beckham will be playing in b ham

[JorgeFabregas]

BA and Wise now have the same batting average this spring. I think BA has the higher slugging and OBP, and is the superior defender, so it makes perfect sense Wise gets the job.

Wise actually has a higher SLG--BA has much higher OBP. It works out to BA having a slightly higher OPS. You would think that the tiebreaker would be BA's 6 outfield assists (he has the most of any outfielder in MLB ST this year). But no--the tiebreaker is Wise's grindiness.

[ThunderBolt]

A solid effort every couple of weeks from The Count and The Colon has to make us a favorite to win this division.

Edited April 5, 2009 by Thunderbolt

[caulfield12]

Beckham will be playing in b ham

 

 

No, I meant Escobar will be starting at W-S and Beckham at BIRM, backing him up on the depth chart.

 

Escobar is far and away our best defensive SS in the system. The only question is his bat at the upper levels...he's obviously aggressive, I think he had 2 steals just today.

 

Ultimately, in 2011/12, I think it will look something like this...

 

3B Viciedo

SS Escobar

2B Beckham

1B/DH Fields/Allen

C Flowers

CF Jordan Danks

LF Alexei Ramirez

RF Carlos Quentin

 

Utility player/s: Shelby, Getz, Lillibridge

 

That's a MUCH more athletic and defensive-minded team. You could probably pick Shelby over Danks and not go wrong either, except for the fact that Jordan Danks is a much more natural CFer and I see Ramirez being another Soriano in LF, albeit with much better defensive ability at that position and a very strong arm as well.