We on tv tonight ? Or radio only ?
We on tv tonight ? Or radio only ?
Never mind - I found it - Mlbtv has it -
Coupla takeaways from the game - Felix got into a lot of trouble and kept getting out of it.
Touki looked pretty dang solid in relief.
Touki has been a huge bright spot so far. The guy has looked every bit the highly-ranked prospect he was a year or two ago.
clvclv (03-10-2020), UNCBlue012 (03-10-2020)
It's been awesome to see Touki flash this spring, it just seems like he's going to have to put everything together for good now at this point because of the numbers game - aside from Newk, he's the one out of the current group that has that feel of a lockdown late-inning option. I don't disagree that Ynoa belongs in the pen as well, but if you look at the entire group of guys currently projected to start in Gwinnett there are 9 SPs there.
It's absolutely true that you can never have enough pitching, but the organization DOES have too many starters at the AAA level. There's no chance that Wright/Wilson/Anderson don't take 3 rotation spots. Assuming Muller doesn't start out back in Mississippi (which I think has at least some chance of happening) four spots are taken. Even if Muller repeats AA, the fourth spot in the rotation likely goes to one of the other lefties - Davidson or Pfeifer. That COULD leave a rotation spot open for Touki - and he's arguably shown enough this spring to deserve that spot - but they're probably at the point that they have to decide whether he's going to be kept in the long run or included in a trade. If they would rather turn some of the other guys (Davidson, Pfeifer, and Muller at the top of the list) into relievers, he definitely should be showcased in the Gwinnett rotation if they're convinced that the adjustments he's made are going to take this time.
The fact of the matter is that we're finally facing the 40-Man Roster crunch that's been coming for awhile, and there just aren't many guys you'd want to expose to waivers to put both Culberson and Solarte on the roster or add both Tomlin and Matzek to the pen. Dayton's really the only obvious candidate to be cut loose to create a spot for someone at this point (although some can reasonably argue that A-Jax is somewhat expendable as well - I wouldn't disagree that he might slide through unclaimed too).
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Didn't see this posted elsewhere-- if it was, sorry
Minter and Sobotka have been optioned to Gwinnett.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;......
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
High Flight
by
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
JohnAdcox (03-10-2020)
Garmel (03-10-2020), jpx7 (03-10-2020), UNCBlue012 (03-10-2020)
Acuna with walk and hit (blooper). He bout to roll now
Culberson and Solarte are never going to both make the roster. Also no way Matzek and Tomlin both make the team. The only way Matzek makes the team would be as the second lefty, but he's not on the 40 man and Pfeifer has been just as good if not better and is on the 40 man. I personally would rather have Touki or Weigel on the team instead of Tomlin. I think Tomlin is a waste of a roster slot.
Wasn't FF in lineup?
jpx7 (03-10-2020), zbhargrove (03-10-2020)
Good things happening on the split squad away team early... Riley with another walk and Pache with a 3 run bomb to center field. Granted, its against a guy who's yet to pitch above AAA but still good to see.
Anderson also looking efficient and filthy in 2 innings.
Last edited by zbhargrove; 03-10-2020 at 05:38 PM.
jpx7 (03-10-2020)
Boy, no one really banging the door down to take that final utility spot
jpx7 (03-10-2020)
Riley just misses a homerun, but gets a double off the top of the wall.
jpx7 (03-10-2020)
At this point I’m hoping they have enough faith in Riley to simply let Camargo take the UTIL role. I was hoping Solarte might show anything, and steal the spot from Culberson; but, given past and (albeit relatively meaningless) current performance, I’m not sure it’s worth bumping anyone off the 40-man to add one of those two (or anybody else).
Maybe we’ll see a trade?
Edit: I see Solarte is 2-2 today, but I’d think he have to look blisteringly good to earn a spot, especially having to leapfrog Culberson.
Last edited by jpx7; 03-10-2020 at 06:23 PM.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
zbhargrove (03-10-2020)
Dayton really trying to lock down that DFA position... 4 more runs given up tonight.
Big positives today (among other things):
Riley.
Minter.
Soroka was awesome.
Waters defense.
UNCBlue012 (03-11-2020)