5/24 River Cats @ Omaha: Pics and Thoughts
by hairball on May 24, 2009 8:40 PM PDT
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| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Sacramento |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | |
| Omaha |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
Patterson: 2-5 with a walk and 2 R
Munson: 2-5 with a Grand Slam
Putnam: 2-5
Baisley: 2-4 with a HR, a walk, and a K
| Sacramento | ||||||||
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Gonzalez, G | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4.70 |
| Kilby (W, 1-1) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.29 |
| Williams | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 |
Thoughts: I was really impressed with Patterson, who seems to have a real idea at the plate. Daric Barton looked both good and bad (he flailed on at least a couple pitches). Is Munson a prospect (I don't follow the A's minor leaguers that closely)? As far as pitching, Gio was meh-to-good. He exhibited great control, with most of his misses being below the zone. His velocity was hard to determine, as the stadium speed gun was broken, but I would guess he was in the upper 80s most of the time. His problem is that he is quite hittable. I left thinking that his ceiling may be that of a great reliever, but unless something really changes, probably not a plus MLB starter. Speaking of great relievers, Kilby was EXCELLENT, coming into a difficult situation and inducing a double play. He seemed to be in control the whole time he was in. Jerome Williams came in once the game was way beyond being decided, and was both wild and effective. What a frustrating pitcher!
On the flip side, I was excited to see Ka'aihue, but all he did was get a walk and hit a foul ball to our seats (I didn't have a mitt, and got out of the way fast). Metcalf seemed pretty good. Pena has power to spare, and is built like Sandoval, maybe even shorter.
On to the pics...
Gio:
Barton:
Patterson:
Jerome:
Full set of pics (around 75 of them, sorry if order is funky) here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/slb95449/sets/72157618668516359/
(Note: some of the best pics are on page 2, where you can see, among other things, Royals' slugger Pena get brushed back before hitting a homerun, and also the weak swing he had that led to a double play later in the game)
Hope you like!!
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I would have put more pics in the fanpost body
But it’s late here in Fremont, Nebraska, and I have to travel far tomorrow morning.
One big regret: just got the camera (a Nikon Coolpix P90) today, and while it was awfully fun shooting with it (the multi frames per second mode is awesome), I missed the biggest moment of the game, when Munson hit a first pitch grand salami. My wife was in the middle of saying, “This is a high leverage at bat”, and I somehow wasn’t ready in time. I did catch him coming home to a group of happy River Cats at least.
This was my first time trying sports photography. It’s hard work. I really respect all of you who do it!
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 24, 2009 8:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think there's a good chance...
Gio will be the bust among the A’s group of young pitchers or at least not pitch up to expectations. I guess slusser was right that gio’s stuff might play better from the bullpen. Go max effort for a couple innings. To have any chance at an extended mlb career, that might be his best role. Considering the A’s lack of a lefty reliever, maybe gio helps out there eventually. Anyways, the x factor from that trade is supposed to be De los Santos if he ever gets healthy. Rated a 5 star prospect by BP and the best pure stuff of that stockton rotation in 08. Yes, better than cahill/anderson and the 100mph flamethrower Hrod.
by Asfan4ever723 on May 24, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I still have high hopes for FDLS,
although he may profile better as a power reliever who can move quickly at this point. He’s never had a consistent changeup, and he’s 23 years old now. His FB/slider combo, however, is devastating. It’s not out of the question that he comes back from TJ flashing even higher velo.
by CapgrasDelusion on May 25, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not bad for a first start
Keep shooting.
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by Flashfire on May 24, 2009 9:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just got back from my trip
Thank you! That means a lot to me.
"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.
by hairball on May 31, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baisley showing signs of life
Put together a nice couple of games. I can’t really blame him too much for the rough start after being DFA, but if he can get it together, he might be the A’s best option at third (such as it is). He had a nifty, very balanced, season at Sacramento last year (.298/.374/478), though that season was so good largely because of his very low strikeout percentage, and he’s been King a lot so far this year (pressing for power I would assume). I don’t care how bad he’s been this year, he can’t be worse than Hannahan and Crosby.
by AgitationStation on May 24, 2009 9:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the pics.
And just so you know, Munson isnt a prospect. We signed him to a minor league deal at the begining of the season. He was a #1 pick of the Tigers in 1999. He’s bounced around the league but provides some depth and is supposedly is best friends with Chavez.
"That team runs on Bobby Crosby being healthy. This guy is amazing. If he's healthy, they could go a long way. He's the key"
-Johnny Damon
by jnm on May 24, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
5/24 Minor Athletics
Thought I would just add the performances from our other affiliates here. Thanks a bunch for the pics and box score information.
Midland 11
Corpus Christi 5
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Horton SS: 3-5, R, HR, 2 RBI
Carter 1B: 0-3, R, 2 BB, SO
Cardenas 2B: 3-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI .396 Is there a better hitting 2B in AA right now. The trade with Philly is looking pretty good right now, especially with the way Outman has been performing.
Brown, C CF: 1-4, R, 3B
Sulentic RF: 2-4, R, 2B, RBI
Banwart (W, 5-1) 5 IP, 5H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K 2.47 ERA I’m not exactly sure where his success is coming from. He is not striking out people and is giving up about a hit an inning. His BB are down—which is good. If people have insight—please share.
Stockton 6
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Vitters 3B: 0-3, BB
Padron 1B: 2-4, 2R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
Thomas, Dav CF: 1-3, R, 2B,
Hodsdon (W, 2-4) 5.2 IP, 4 H, ER, 4K 6.40 ERA Picked in the 6th Round in 2007, Hodsdon showed some success last season in Kane County. He was still hittable allowing 134 H in 120 IP. This has been the case this season, 60 H in 45 IP and not striking out enough people, 30 K.
H Rod: 2 IP, BB, 4 K On the season 5 IP, H, BB, 11K WOW. I think we’ll be seeing him in AAA soon.
Kane County 6
West Michigan 5
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Christian 3B: 0-3, BB, SO .245 Really struggling, and led off the game again. .209 BA in the month of May
Coleman SS: 4-4, 2 R, 2B, 3B, .293
Desme CF: 1-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI .270
Paramore C: 1-2, R, RBI, BB
Barfield RF: 1-3, R, 2 SO
Hunter: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 6 BB, 0 K 6.52 ERA Is going to have a tough rest of the season as he tries to figure out that delivery.
by asyouwish33 on May 25, 2009 8:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
From the Midland game
Cardenas hit his HR on a low slider that was on his shoestrings. It looked like a left-handed 7-iron shot to right field over the bullpen. A great at-bat and showed the ability to hit breaking balls with power.
Banwart pitched a very smart game. He has average velocity, very nice control of all pitches, and keeps batters off balance. As best I could tell, the first time through the order, Banwart only threw fastballs and changups. The second time through, he only threw 4-seam fastballs and big looping curves. After that, batters had no idea what was coming. Banwart looked in control of the game.
Nico asked about how Corey Brown hits breaking balls. I watched him closely but really could not detect any trends. He hit a few and missed a few, both fastballs and breaking stuff. I want to reemphasize Corey’s range in CF. Twice, he ran a very,very long way toward right field to grab hard hit balls and made the catch. This guy can play CF.
by redtopcowboy on May 26, 2009 4:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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