5/15 Games

[flavum]

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20130515

 

Kannapolis and Birmingham day games.

[NorthSideSox72]

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20130515

 

Kannapolis and Birmingham day games.

W-S loses 9-2. Nothing much good to report on offense, it was a Sunday lineup of sorts. Leyer struggled with control again, he's a hard guy to figure out. Storm Throne may have a cool name but he has been pretty bad so far in minor league play. Kind of surprised they added him from extended spring, I thought maybe he figured something out (he does have serious velocity on the fastball), but so far, it doesn't look like he has.

 

[caulfield12]

Snodgress struggling a bit again.

 

3 ER in 4+.

[NorthSideSox72]

I kind of had irrational hope for him because of his name when we drafted him. I imagined him coming out of the pen like Charlie Sheen's character in Major League.

He's got a live arm and is still very young. He also has games where he looks outright dominant. I wouldn't write him off just yet.

 

[fathom]

Bassitt with a nightmare start. Pitching struggling a bit in the minors.

[caulfield12]

Bassitt with a nightmare start. Pitching struggling a bit in the minors.

 

 

Even Semien was below .300 last time I checked.

 

Hard-pressed to find any really positive stories, other than Erik Johnson. And Phegley.

[fathom]

Even Semien was below .300 last time I checked.

 

Hard-pressed to find any really positive stories, other than Erik Johnson. And Phegley.

 

Impressive:

1- E. Johnson

2- Phegley

3- M. Johnson

4- Beck

5- Jaye

 

Disappointing:

1- Rienzo

2- Mitchell

3- K. Walker

4- C. Sanchez

5- Hawkins

 

There have definitely been some positives with the farm system so far this year, but the disappointing players were the higher ranked guys coming into the year for the most part.

Edited May 16, 2013 by fathom

[caulfield12]

Impressive:

1- E. Johnson

2- Phegley

3- M. Johnson

4- Beck

5- Jaye

 

Disappointing:

1- Rienzo

2- Mitchell

3- K. Walker

4- C. Sanchez

5- Hawkins

 

There have definitely been some positives with the farm system so far this year, but the disappointing players were the higher ranked guys coming into the year for the most part.

 

 

Forgot about Micah Johnson.

 

Never really expected much out of Rienzo. Maybe because any player with PED's allegations (and Flowers was part of this, too) has a bit of a shadow over them.

 

The only other highly rated guy is Trayce Thompson, but it seems like his performance-to-date is about as expected with the jump to AA...although everyone would like to see the BA in the .240's at least and .260's/.270's ideally.

 

Before tonight's games, you could definitely argue Bassit in the Top 5 surprises, too.

Edited May 16, 2013 by caulfield12

[caulfield12]

Speaking of Trayce, and his brother Klay...

 

 

 

By Ben Bolch (LA TIMES)

May 15, 2013, 6:00 p.m.

OAKLAND — Klay Thompson had just outdone himself and nearly everyone else in recent NBA playoffs.

 

The shooting guard scored 29 points for the Golden State Warriors in the first half of a Western Conference semifinal game against San Antonio earlier this month. He finished with 34 points, 14 rebounds and three steals in a victory.

 

Someone in the family wanted more, though, and you probably don't need two guesses if you're even vaguely familiar with the Thompson family's picky patriarch.

 

Never mind that according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other starting guards to match Klay's scoring and rebounding totals in a playoff game in the last 25 years were Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter.

 

According to Mychal Thompson, his son should have scored 40 points — because he missed too many layups.

 

These are the perils of being the offspring of a two-time NBA champion and Lakers radio analyst whose expectations are always high.

 

Yet Klay doesn't wince whenever his cellphone rings.

 

"It's good to hear from him," said Klay, a former Santa Margarita High standout. "It's great to go to him for advice."

 

Mychal has dispensed plenty of that throughout a best-of-seven series that resumes with Game 6 on Thursday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland with the Spurs holding a 3-2 advantage.

 

There have been times when Klay has not at all looked like a 23-year-old making his first foray into the playoffs in only his second NBA season. He has been the splish to Stephen Curry's splash, making shot after shot as the up-and-coming member of the duo known as the Splash Brothers.

 

But there have been other times when his contribution has slowed to a drip, his shot betraying him and San Antonio's Tony Parker repeatedly driving past him for layups, as Parker did during a 32-point outburst in Game 3.

 

"Klay came out and was deferring in Game 3," Mychal Thompson said. "In Game 2, he came out on the attack, and that's the difference in the games."

 

Klay was at his best in the series' first two games. He used the length that accompanies his 6-foot-7 frame to play lockdown defense on Parker while helping the Warriors take a 16-point lead late in Game 1. They squandered the advantage only after Klay fouled out with nearly four minutes left in the fourth quarter of an overtime defeat.

 

After brooding over what he perceived as letting his teammates down, Klay responded by making eight of nine three-pointers in Game 2.

 

"I made a lot of new friends that night," he said. "Half of those people texted me after" the game.

 

Mychal's voice has remained constant after victories and defeats, and it's been mostly reaasuring even as Klay's production dipped to 17 points in Game 3, 10 points in Game 4 and four points in Game 5.

 

"It's a blessing to have somebody who's been in the playoffs, been in difficult situations, had good games, had difficult games, all those factors," Golden State General Manager Bob Myers said of Mychal Thompson, who won titles with the Lakers in 1987 and '88. "To be able to talk to your father about something like that and someone who's had that experience is a big positive."

 

Mychal's messages tend to be upbeat, if occasionally tinged with subtle jabs that Klay knows not to take personally.

 

"He thought I played great 'D' on Tony and Manu [Ginobili] in the first two games," Klay said, "but the thing is, it's a very humbling league. In Game 3, you're high on yourself, you think you're playing great defense and Tony Parker goes out and gets 25 in the first half."

 

Klay has always been able to make shots; it's his improved defense that has made him one of the best young players in the league. His feistiness sprouted from backyard battles against older brother Mychel, who played briefly last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and younger brother Trayce, a center fielder with the double-A Birmingham Barons, a Chicago White Sox affiliate.

 

 

[thxfrthmmrs]

Who's speaking of Trayce and Klay? Not sure why you highlighted the last paragrah, the article has one brief mention of Trayce, it's an NBA article more than anything, lol

[The Ginger Kid]

I hope Veal is 0.00 because he's figured out how to throw his curve for a strike.

[danman31]

Leyer struggled with control again, he's a hard guy to figure out.

Not sure what's hard to figure out about Leyer. He's not that good.

 

Impressive:

1- E. Johnson

2- Phegley

3- M. Johnson

4- Beck

5- Jaye

Beck doesn't belong in that impressive list. He has 23 K to 16 BB. No one expected him to get back to form by now and he did skip a level, but a low ERA and groundball rate aren't enough with that awful K rate. His ERA should be heading north of 4 shortly.