Autumn Dreamin

Duke Ellis beat out Dominguez for a September call up with the Yankees. Cristian Mena had his season cut short by a forearm strain at the end of July.

3rd consecutive QS for Schweitzer. Zach Franklin added another scoreless inning since being promoted. 5 IP, 7K, 0 BB, and just 1 H allowed (a single) at the level so far.

Eh, I underestimated how much work Caden Dana got in before his call up. It's almost certainly going to be him.

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Noah Schultz threw 4IP scoreless. 4IP, 0ER, 1H, 2BB, 7K. He tried to play it cool after the 3rd: But was clearly fired up after the 4th: His August: 18.2IP, 1ER, 8H, 8BB, 22K. 0.86 WHIP, 0.48 ERA. Maybe could nab a Southern League pitcher of the month?

Schultz strikes out the side in the 3rd. His ceiling is crazy.

Smith gave up 1 with 2 outs in the first on a walk>HBP>single sequence. He hits his pitch count with 2.2IP, 1ER, 2H, 1BB (2HBP), 1K. In Kanny, Arxy Hernandez left in the first with an injury.

Happy Smith bump day

4K in two perfect innings for Combs tonight to close out a comeback win. Game was tied on C Jackson Appel's first pro HR (and first hit from the right side): Wolkow scored the go ahead run from second on an Arxy single. He was 1-3 with a BB. AMak lost his 16 game hitting streak with an 0-3 day, but still got on base once with a walk.

Short start for Adams off the IL. 3IP, 3H, 0ER, 1K, 44 pitches. Soroka first out of the pen. Game goes into a rain delay with the bases loaded (DeLoach double, Elko and Montgomery BB) and Ramos at the plate bottom 4.

Seth Keener WS debut And my guy Mason Adams is back from the IL

I mean...if you've watched Nishida, I literally can't imaging talking about him without mentioning his personality. The fact that he plays the game with such obvious joy makes him emphatically calling himself safe after hustling out IF singles and putting defenses on edge dancing on the basepaths so much fun to watch. It's not a "skill" but it absolutely is a unique part of his game.

Veras is so fun when he's on.

I think this is where I'm at. He could probably start, but the MIRP routine is clearly working for him and being a top 3 RP in the system is probably more valuable than being a top...12? SP right now.

Batista with 6IP, 1ER, 3H, 2BB, 4K tonight. Just 3 ER in 4 starts (21 IP) since promotion, good for a 1.29ERA/0.86 WHIP. Schweitzer had a no hitter going into the 5th in Bham. Finished with 6IP, 2R (1ER), 3H, 2BB, 6K. Zach Franklin threw a scoreless 9th and 10th for the Barons 3-2 W. He's been great in his first few AA outings. 4IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 6K. He has more wins than baserunners allowed.

Knights came back from down 6-2 early to win 16-7. They managed a couple strategies unfamiliar to the big league team: Hitting a bunch of HR Coming back to win a game Getting Soroka a W Deloach 1-3 with a BB and 2RBI. Elko 1-5 with the HR above. Montgomery 1-5 with a 2B. Colas 1-4 with a BB.

Carlton Perkins had some nasty stuff today. 5IP, 1ER, 4H, 1BB, 9K. Ballers up 6-3 behind some big hits from A-Mak and Wolkow

Eder finally gets a W. He goes 5IP, 2ER, 5H, 2BB, 6K. The second run was a 90mph 344ft solo shot that one imagines is a fly out in more MLB parks than not. Got at least a couple whiffs on all 4 pitches, and was spinning the curveball especially well today. He was never under much stress outside of some traffic in the first, and the bats made it easy the rest of the way for an 8-3 final. Ramos 3-5 with his 2 HRs. Probably time for a call up. Colson 2-4 with a 2B and HR. Deloach 1-4 with a 2B and BB. Elko 1-5 with a 2B and 3K. Colas 1-3 with a BB. Would also like to see some Charlotte pen arms called up.

Ramos just crushed another, 424ft 104mph

DeLoach double, Ramos HR to give Eder a 2-1 lead in the 4th. Colson adds a solo shot, 3-1.

LOL Tatum just stole home to walk it off for the Barons, 3-2. 5IP scoreless for the BP following up Schultz. 2IP for Plymell, another 2IP for Pallette who looks like a fast mover now that he's found his role, and 1IP/2K and the W for Zach Franklin. And now that the higher level games are wrapped up, I can shout out our other lefty first rounders for having good days on the other side of the ball. Colson had a 3-4 night with a BB and RBI, and Gonzo was 2-3 with 1 2B, BB, and SB. Knights offense was hot overall today. They won 10-1. Ramos 2-4 with a BB, DeLoach 2-5 with a RBI, Elko 1-5 with a 2RBI 2B. Scoreless BP work from Peralta (2IP), Berroa, and Coffey. Peralta has a 1.27 ERA/0.81 WHIP for Charlotte. I've liked him since his AFL stint, so I'm glad we got him back.

I want to highlight some newer/lesser known guys in Kanny, who won tonight 5-1. One is 21yo RHSP Ricardo Brizuela, who threw his best start of the season today: 6IP, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 3K. If you ignore his very first A ball inning where he got tagged for 6 runs, he's got a 1.86 ERA and 0.93 WHIP in 38.2IP at the level. And even after the terrible first inning, he battled to still give the team 5IP in that first start. There's also a pair of new bats off to good starts at the level. IF Sam Antonacci (5th round) was 3-4 with a pair of doubles today, and has quietly overtaken Wolkow with a .828 OPS (.289/.460/.368). A silly 11 BB to 6 K in 12 games. And corner IF Alec Makarewicz (UDFA) who has hit in 12 straight and is slashing .295/.377/.410 with 18 hits/12RBI in his 16 games.