MEMORIAL DAYMINORS FINAL 5/27/19: Allard shaky start

[rico43]

MONDAY SCOREBOARD
All Times Eastern

CLASS AAA

Norfolk 9, Gwinnett 7

LP: Allard (4-3) 4.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Carle 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Minter 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Creasy 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
DePaula 1 IP,2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Demeritte 2-5, R, RBI
Blanco 3-4, 2B, 2 R
Lopez 3-5, R
Florimon 2-4, RBI


CLASS AA

Mississippi, idle

ADVANCED CLASS A

Florida, idle

CLASS A

Asheville 5, Rome 2

SP: Javier 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
Mora 1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
LP: Montilla (1-3) 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER< 0 BB, 1 K

Harris 0-3
Montesino 1-2, R

[Jaw]

Nice to see Minter have another good game. If he can get straightened out he would be a huge addition to an improving bullpen. Jackson, Newcomb, Touki, Webb, good Minter is a solid base to work off.

[msstate7]

Demeritte .307/.384/.613

He's 24 and a former 1st round pick. Is he building value?

[bravesfanMatt]

Demeritte .307/.384/.613

He's 24 and a former 1st round pick. Is he building value?

All Ozzie jokes aside. He is intriguing. But I haven’t looked at luck numbers either. But a 1 OPS is really good

[nsacpi]

A couple things to note about Demeritte:

1) 2019 BABIP stands at .371. The previous two seasons in AA he had BABIPs of .293 and .284. Maybe the hitting environment in AA is a bit tougher. Maybe he was a little unlucky in 2017 and 2018. But almost surely he has been enjoying significant BABIP luck in 2019.

2) K rate this year is 26%. K rate the prior two years in AA were 26% and 28%. All of this translates to a K rate around 30% in the majors. You need to hit with a fair amount of power or bring something else to the plate (defense, strong OBP, etc) to offset that sort of K rate.

3) He is 24, which is neither old nor young for AAA. Although I am a skeptic, some of the improvement this year is probably real and there could be more improvement to come. I would add him to the 40 man this off-season.

[thewupk]

The biggest difference for TD is his slugging and we all know why that has shot up.