Rookie
20 year-old Chris Valaika went 2 for 4 with a 3B, R, and an RBI. For the season, the 3rd round pick of the 2006 Draft is now hitting .321/.394/.536.
21 year-old Misael DeJesus bounced back nicely from a rough game his first start going 5 innings giving up 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB while striking out 3. After two games he has a 5.40 ERA with 10 K and 3 BB in 8 IP.
21 year-old Luis Montano pitched 5 innings gave up 2 H, 0 ER, and 2 BB while striking out 4. For the season he has a 2.25 ERA with 7 K, 3 BB and 6 H in 8 IP.
LOW A
Dayton 8, Southwest Michigan 5
23 year-old B.J. Szymanski went 1 for 2 with a 2B, 2 R, and 2 BB. B.J., the 2nd round pick of the 2004 Draft, is now hitting .234/.316/.448.ÂÂ
23 year-old Carlos Fisher pitched 5.1 innings giving up 3 H, 0 ER, and 2 BB while striking out 4. For the season, the 11th round pick of the 2005 Draft, now has a 3.22 ERA with 60 K, 22 BB, 75 H in 81 IP.
HIGH A
23 year-old Drew Anderson, who recently moved from 2B to LF, went 2 for 4 with a 3B and R. The 13th round pick of the 2004 Draft, is now hitting .285/.342/.427.ÂÂ
AA
Some 20 year-old named Homer Bailey went 6 innings giving up 0 H, 0 ER, and 2 BB while striking out 6. In his two games at Chattanooga, the 1st round pick of the 2004 Draft has a perfect 0.00 ERA with 13 K, 2 BB, 5 H, in 12 IP. I think Dan might be working the fryer today, so you might have to go behind the counter at McDonalds to thank him.
AAA
25 year-old Chris Denorfia continues to mash the ball at Louisville, going 2 for 4 with a 2B and a R. For the season the 19th round pick in the 2002 draft is hitting .349/.408/.448.
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Who’s going out when EdE comes back? Obviously quinton is producing the least, but that leaves us Freel and more Freel for back up outfielders.
I don’t know why we really need 5 OF, and i’m sure someone could fill in in a desperate pinch, but it seems like most NL teams like to do it, for double switches and the like.
Could this be the end of the Javy Valentin experience? Jason Larue dealt?