JPN366 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 CBS Sports Network for those of you wondering, 221 on DirecTV. Tyler Williams in lineup at DH, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royoung Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 19, 2014 -> 07:12 PM) CBS Sports Network for those of you wondering, 221 on DirecTV. Tyler Williams in lineup at DH, LOL! Winston-Salem's lineup is pretty loaded. Kannapolis, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I managed to watch parts of the game, recorded the rest for later viewing. A few observations... --Brett Austin was AWFUL behind the plate. WP/PB problems, was trying to backhand or clean-catch everything instead of getting down in front of the ball (admittedly Andrew Mitchell will give any catcher fits, but Austin wasn't making an effort). Didn't control the field well. Made a bad throw to 1st. Had trouble framing anything. Just really looked bad back there. The caveat is huge of course - 1 game, his 1st pro game, skipping rookie ball AND playing on national TV. Still though, wasn't an encouraging look. --Andrew Mitchell's control issues seem rooted in a combination of an overhead-hook sort of delivery, and breaking pitches that fly all over the place. He doesn't know where they are going. There is a lot of talent there though - tons of movement, good velocity, great extension. --Matt Abramson's fastball is strong, 92-94 sometimes 95 (from reports), but it probably looks even faster because his arm seems to unfurl out of nowhere like he's flicking the ball up there. OF course the downside is, he's not a huge guy and has a very arm-reliant motion, which could be risky. But I think there is an interesting reliever profile there. --Tyler Williams looks awful at the plate, not surprisingly. Slow bat, slow reactions, and when he did make contact it was this weird half-swing thing. --One of my deep sleepers, Christian Stringer, I got to see hit twice. I had been psyched about him a little bit, because he showed great contact and plate discipline numbers and was drafted as a defensive MIF. But his plate approach was... odd. He does have good bat speed, so he can wait a bit longer to decide on pitches. But he's got a lot of noise waiting for the pitch, hands all over the place, and his lower body isn't getting set so he won't be able to drive the ball hard. Good news is, those are very fixable things. Bad news is, he's only a slap hitter, at least for now. Did show some nice speed. I will have to go watch the recording for more, but, what observations did the rest of you have? I missed the early parts of the game, didn't get to see Barnette pitch or Trey M hit, both of which I want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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