MMLR Player of the Day: St. Lucie SS Wilfredo Tovar.
Tovar, on base 5 of 6 PA’s, a HR short of a cycle, had a banner night.
Las Vegas (62- 49) sinks Salt Lake (45-65) 5-3.
A strong outing for John Lannan: (W, 1-0) 6.0 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 K.
Ryan Reid: 2.0 IP, 3 R, 2 H, (HR) BB, K.
Gonzalez Germen: (S, 1) 1.0 IP, 0 R, H, 0 BB.
Matt den Dekker: 2-5, 2B, 2 R.
Matt Reynolds: 3-5, 3B, RBI, R.
Josh Satin: 2-3, HR, BB, 2 RBI, R.
Kevin Plawecki: 2-4, RBI.
New Hampshire (51-57) baffles Binghamton (63-45) 5-1.
Steven Matz: (L, 4-2) 5.1 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 10 H, (HR) BB, 4 K.
Ryan Fraser: 2.2 IP, 0 R, H, 2 BB.
Jack Leathersich: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K. (Perfect Leather)
Jayce Boyd: 2-4.
T.J. Rivera: 1-3, RBI.
St. Lucie (58-46) slips past Dunedin (62-45) 7-6 in 12 innings.
Domingo Tapia: 6.0 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 4 K.
Robert Coles: (BS,2) 2.0 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K.
Beck Wheeler: 2.0 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 4 K.
Paul Sewald: (W, 4-1) 2.0 IP, 0 R, H, BB, 2 K. (Sewald is working on a 1.29 ERA.)
Wilfredo Tovar: 3-4, 3B, 2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI, R.
Gavin Cecchini: 3-6, R.
Albert Cordero: 3-6, RBI, R.
Gilbert Gomez: 2-4, 2B, BB, 2 R.
Game 1: Lexington (43-64) socks Savannah (65-37) 7-0.
Alex Panteliodis with a 6 inning CG: (L, 3-3) 6.0 IP, 7 R, 5 ER, 10 H, (2 HR) BB, 4 K.
The Gnats were unable to muster any offense, with only 2 hits.
Yeixon Ruiz: 1-2, 2B, BB.
Matt Oberste: 1-3.
That’s all she wrote!
Game 2: Savannah (66-37) slams Lexington (43-65) 7-2 for the split.
Miller Diaz: 4.1 IP, 2 R, H, (HR) 2 BB, 6 K.
Bret Mitchell: (W, 1-0) 0.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K.
Darwin Frias: 1.0 IP, perfect, 2 K.
Akeel Morris: 1.0 IP, perfect too, 3 K. (It doesn’t get any better than that.)
Dominic Smith: 2-2, 2 BB, 2 R.
Matt Oberste: 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI, R.
Cole Frenzel: 2-3, HR, 2B, BB, 3 RBI, R.
Stefan Sabol: 2-4, RBI, R.
Brooklyn (22-22) buzzes Lowell (19-25) 8-5.
Alberto Baldonado: (W, 1-3) ) 5.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 6 H, BB, 2 K.
Josh Prevost: 2.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 3 K.
Edioglis Villasmil: 0.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, K.
Shane Bay: (S, 8) 1.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 BB.
Amed Rosario: 2-5, 2B, R.
Michael Bernal: 1-5, HR, RBI, R.
Anthony Chavez: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R.
Michael Conforto: 1-4, BB, 2 R. (Conforto has 10 game hitting streak. He has hit in every game since his pro debut.)
Danville (23-13) drubs Kingsport (17-20) 7-1.
Gaby Almonte: (L, 0-4) 4.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 H, (HR) 2 BB.
Christian Montgomery: 1.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, H, 3 BB, 2 K.
Jimmy Duff: 2.0 IP, 0 R, H, 0 BB, K.
Ty Williams: 1.0 IP, R, H, BB.
Three hits for the K-Mets make it hard to buy a win.
GCL Cardinals (21-10) clip GCL Mets (17-16) 5-3.
Eucebio Arias (L, 2-2) didn‘t make it out of the 2nd inning: 1.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, K.
Gabriel Feliz had trouble finding the plate: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 BB, 3 K.
Erik Manoah: 3.0 IP, R, 5 H, 0 BB, 2 K.
Waldo Rodriguez: 2.0 IP, 0 R, H, 0 BB, 3 K.
Alvin Maracaro: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI.
DSL Mets1 (26-23) edge DSL Cardinals (15-34) 7-6.
Merandy Gonzalez: 3.2 IP, 3 R, 4 H, BB, 3 K.
Gregorix Estevez: 1.1 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 H, BB, 2 K.
Harol Gonzalez: (W, 2-3) 3.1 IP, R, 4 H, BB, K.
Aneury Olivo: (S, 5) 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, BB, K.
Oliver Pascual: 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, R.
Franklin Correa: 2-5, RBI, R.
Yeffry De Aza: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI.
Ysidro Pierre: 2-4, 2B, RBI, 3 R.
DSL Cubs (31-18) crush DSL Mets2 (21-28) 9-6.
Carlos Hernandez: (L, 1-5) 4.0 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 2 BB, K.
Jose Moreno: 2.0 IP, R, 2 H, BB, 2 K.
Yrelvis Castillo: 2.0 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K. Deuces wild!
Luis Crisostomo: 2-5, RBI, R.
Miguel Patino: 1-4, 2B, RBI, 2 R.
Claudio Geraldo: 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI.
The Vegas Matts were anything but doorrmats as Dekker stays hot and Reynolds reignites. Tovar adds one more ingredient to the "who could replace Tejada" mix. Akeel, Leather, Sewald...and Beck Wheeler with another nice game. I'd like to see Beck promoted to Bingo to see what he's got. Nice 2nd game for Dominic Smith, getting on 4 times. Matz a struggle, but you need those to learn. And lastly, an ace in waiting with Mr. Lannan! Trade him!
ReplyDeleteQuestion for Herb or Mack: Luis Mateo's last relief outing was July 19. Any idea if he had a bad setback?
ReplyDeleteI was at the B-Mets game last night. It was drizzling and cold. 62 degrees and dropping when the game started. Matz almost slipped when he was warming up before the 1st inning. He stopped mid delivery. You could see he was uncomfortable with the mound throughout the game. He was also a victim of a bad umpire and poor defense. More than 1 of those runs should have been unearned.
ReplyDeleteMatz didn't pitch like I heard he could. His fastball was low nineties. 9o, 91, 92 were seen frequently. I did see one at 94. His command wasn't very good and the umpire being extremely inconsistent didn't help. I believe the weather played a large part in this but the opposing pitcher didn't seem to have any issues so it can't be an excuse.
I was disappointed they sat Herrera.
Why is Tovar down in St Lu?
ReplyDeleterehab
DeleteWhat's going on with Akeel Morris? He's been virtually untouchable in the SAL.Why is he still there?
ReplyDeleteActually, Tovar is now off of rehab and has been officially assigned here
ReplyDeleteWhy would he be assigned there, after playing well for Bingo pre-injury?
ReplyDeleteAnd what's the story with Morris?
agreed on Tovar, if you are going to live with no stick at SS for now, why not insert Tovar's glove at some point, which by all accounts, is far superior to Ruben
ReplyDeleteA few thoughts to the readers who asked about Tovar and Morris: Tovar is just off the DL - they won't rush him. The Mets meanwhile have Reynolds at SS and Muno at 2B, both of whom are doing quite well. So can only promote them, not demote them. SO there is no everyday starting spot for Tovar in Vegas.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I think (who knows) that they promoted Flores partially to open up high level every day play for those 3. If FLores stayed in the minors, it would have presented a logjam.
What about Morris? I asked same question...my answer to myself is that they think he can be a big league closer, that he was not closing until the prior Savannah closer (Coles) was promoted, and now they want Morris to become a closer in a familiar environment (the team he was already pitching great for) and get the feel for doing it before they push him upwards. He's saved for a while, so hopefully they can move him up soon.
Lastly, Mack, I will cool that specific humor you flagged, it can be overdone - and in this case probably was.
I wasn't suggesting that Tovar be jumped to Vegas. I just wonder, since he's no longer on rehab, why he isn't back at his spot at Bingo.
ReplyDeleteI don't know Bill...
ReplyDeleteSorry, Bill. I thought Tovar did that in Binghamton the other nite.
ReplyDeleteIt was in St Lucie after all, so my comment was incorrect.
There is quite a logjam, with .345 Dilson at 2B in AA and .340 TJ Rivera at SS. Both playing extremely well, and Dilson won't lose any time, so it would be hard to bench or platoon TJ, or to shift him to another position and bench someone else in Binghamton at another position to make room for Tovar ot play every day. But A ball is far too low for Tovar for any length of time. It will be interesting to see how they handle that.