MINORS FINAL FRIDAY 4/21 ... Rome wins in 18 innings!

[Enscheff]

I was at the game tonight (1st of the season) and I agree the lineup is bad. Overall the team appears to be young and very raw. I did like the Cajun catcher (savicque) he may turn into a decent player. The outfielders seemed ok but young.

Soroka disappointed me a little. I don't think he has one dominate pitch. He will be a pitch to contact guy that will require good defense behind him. I do like how he keeps the ball low. I think the only pitch he threw above the belt was the one hit batter. I was sitting down the 3rd base line so I didn't get a feel for movement on the ball. I would pump the brakes on him a little bit. He seemed to get tired tonight causing a lot of balls in the dirt. It's going to take a while for him to build the stamina to pitch in the majors.

Mader is going to be good. I could see him pitching a long time in the MLB.

If Soroka really is sitting 90-91 with his FB, then he is succeeding with mediocre stuff against low quality hitters due to superior command vs his level.

I hope we have witnessed this exact phenomenon enough times to see where this is probably going: getting shelled at the MLB level.

FB velo sitting at 90-91 simply isn't going to allow him to be anything more than a backend guy. Hooefully there is more in the tank from him.

Now bring on the homers with their chats of "he just knows how to pitch", and "he just hits his spots", and "he just knows how to change speeds". They were wrong every other time they've spouted that nonsense, but that certainly won't stop them from doing it again.