MLB –
Texas designated C Yorvit Torrealba for assignment
Philadelphia promotes
OF Domonic Brown.
Marlins promoting Gorkys Hernandez
Hunter Pence - Thank you Philadelphia for all your support
and passion. Excited to see what awaits me in San Francisco!
Shane
Victorino - Mahalo to the Phillies and the
AMAZING fans in Philly for a great run. A lot of unforgettable memories in this
city. I'll miss you guys!
Elias Says Mike Trout is the 1st AL rookie to score 30 runs in
one calendar month since Minnie Minoso in May
1951.
The Royals won the
first selection July 17th in MLB's first-ever Competitive Balance Lottery. The
Competitive Balance Lottery aims to give the ten smallest-market teams and ten
lowest-revenue teams the opportunity to win extra draft choices. There was
naturally some crossover between the two groupings, so a total of 13 teams
participated: the Diamondbacks, Orioles, Indians, Royals, Athletics, Padres,
Rays, Reds, Rockies, Marlins, Brewers and Cardinals. The Tigers were also
eligible, though only for the selections after the second round. Wednesday's lottery
determined that the Royals, Pirates, Diamondbacks, Orioles, Reds and Marlins
will pick between the first and second rounds next year while the Padres,
Indians, Rockies, Athletics, Brewers and Tigers will pick after the second
round. The Cardinals and Rays did not receive a pick in either lottery round.
Teams are able to trade picks from the Competitive Draft Lottery, which adds
some extra intrigue to the upcoming July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.
MLB - Mets:
Scott
Hairston - "I'm kind of glad I'm still here. Like I said last night, I'm
having a lot of fun playing for the Mets and this is a great team to be a part
of. I admit I didn't sleep as good as I thought I would last night. I kept
staring at the clock. So I'll get that out of the way" – (I was hoping for a little more than ‘kind of glad:…)
Now, but there’s
something amazing about a professional sports draft that allows for even the
outside possibility that somebody selected after 1,497 other big league
hopefuls can actually make it to the highest level. Josh Edgin, a lefthanded
starting pitcher from Francis Marion University (by way of Ohio State), was
drafted in the fiftieth (50th!) round in 2009. Think about how crazy that is
for a moment: Edgin was deemed not quite good enough to get drafted 1,497 times
over before the Braves pulled the trigger with the 1,498th overall pick. A
little perspective here: only 14 of the 49 2009 first round (including the
supplemental round) picks have reached the big leagues. Many more seem like
stone cold locks to make their big league debuts in the not too distant future
– Tony Sanchez, Zack Wheeler, Shelby Miller, Grant
Green, and Tyler Skaggs, just to name a
few – while others face seemingly insurmountable roads to even crack a AAA
roster (we’ll withhold names to protect the innocent, but a quick look at this
list is quite revealing) before they hang up the spikes. Future progress of
these first rounders aside, there’s something special about beating the
majority of your draft class’ first round picks to the big leagues. http://baseballdraftreport.com/2012/07/30/josh-edgin-from-round-50-to-citi-field/
Kevin
Goldstein - Hate the fact that the Mets won't trade Hairston. Screams of ownership
meddling to win 82 and prevent GM from building for future.
Dodgers have designated
LHP Michael Antonini for assignment.
AAA – Buffalo:
RHP Collin McHugh takes the mound for his ninth start of
the season. The righty is coming off his best start of the year after tossing
6.2 shutout innings in Louisville on July 25 (5H, BB, 6K). McHugh has
registered three consecutive quality starts (7/15 @PAW, 7/20 vCHA, 7/25 @LOU).
In those outings, the righty is 0-1 with a 2.89ERA and 18K in 18.2 innings.
Tuesday –
Could there be anything
more painful than an extra-inning Bisons’ game?
2B Josh Satin hit his
11th home run and 3B-1B Zach Lutz adds his 7th.
I’ll leave it at 4-4
AA-Binghamton:
Peter
Gammons - In the last 2 deadlines, Zach Wheeler may turn out to be the best longterm
acquisition
RHP Zack Wheeler (9-6, 3.29)
makes his 19th start of the season and second against the Harrisburg Senators.
Wheeler comes off a loss to the New Britain Rock Cats on July 25. He matched a
career-high by allowing ten hits. The righty surrendered six runs (five earned)
over four innings and watched his ERA rise above 3.00 for the first time since
the middle of April. In his last two starts Wheeler has allowed 13 earned runs
over 7.2 innings (15.26 ERA). Wheeler defeated the Senators on June 7, allowing
just one unearned run on two hits over seven innings.
RHP Paul Demny (6-6, 5.40)
takes the mound for his 22nd start this season and second against the B-Mets.
Demny lost his last start to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on July 25. The
Texas native allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits and five walks over
five innings. Demny is searching for his first win in the last five starts with
his most recent victory coming against the Altoona Curve on June 27. Demny took
a no-decision against the B-Mets on June 5, conceding four runs on six hits
over six innings of work in a game Harrisburg would 9-6. Demny was selected in
the 6th round of the 2008 draft by the Nationals out of Blinn College (JC) in
Brenham, Texas.
OF Raul Reyes was transferred
from Buffalo.
INF Mike Fisher was placed on
restricted list (leaving team without permission)… this is never a
good sign…
Tuesday –
Well, it looks like Wheeler went out of AA with a bang: 11-Ks
in 6.2-IP. And, I loved the two that followed him… C.J.
Nitkowski (0.00) and Frank Francisco (4.91).
Francisco struck out the side. And then you end it with another scoreless
outing by Adam Kolarek (0.00). A great pitching night!
Jefry Marte moved over to 1B and let loose tonight: 3-4, 1-R, double,
RBI, .270.
3B Wilmer Flores 1-3, 2-R, BB,
.280
2B Reese Havens 0-3, .227
A+ - St. Lucie: -
Tuesday –
I’ve talked to Savannah’s pitching coach, Frank Viola, about a lot of Mets pitching prospects,
but no one gets more praise out of him than Rafael Montero. Montero was
dominant in Savannah this season (12-starts, 6-3, 2.52, 71.1-IP, only 8-BB).
Montero doesn’t throw the ball past you. Instead, as Viola put it, “he has an
incredible fastball with command.”
Tonight will make headlines tomorrow.
Montero had 14-Ks in 6.0-IP. Most of the time it really doesn’t
matter in the minors what the final score is. Tonight was one of those nights.
3B Aderlin Rodriguez 0-4, .206
RF Cory Vaughn 0-3, .240
C Blake Forsythe 1-3, .260
LF Travis Taijeron is having a
tough time adjusting to A+ ball. 1-4 tonight, hitting .216
A – Savannah: -
Tuesday –
Another superbly pitched game… SP Jacob
deGrom started it off (7.0-IP, 1-ER, 4-H, 5-K) followed by Estarlin Moral 1.0-IP, 0-R, and T.J. Chism (2.0-IP, 0-R).
The problem was that Greensboro was throwing up the same 1-R,
10-IP numbers.
Time for a Dustin Lawley walk-off
single.
A-Low – Brooklyn:
Tuesday – night off…
Tuesday – night off…
Rookie –
Kingsport:
Tuesday – Postponed
Rookie – DSL Mets:
SP Adrian Almeida (born 1995!) – 5.0-IP, 1-ER, 2.94
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