Randar68

As an 18-year-old, Gio has a better fastball, a better curve, and probably better command of both those pitches than Parque had. He has some work to do, but I think yyou're going to see a different body-shape from him next year. He had some "baby-fat" and some weight to "shift". He's not skinny because of metabolism, per se, but working with strength and diet guys in the offseason should turn him into a much more muscular kid. He's not "skinny" like BMac was, by any means. He's not tall, true, but his frame is sufficient to be built like a Tim Hudson, who is more muscular than most would give him credit for. Gio is going to have to learn a 4th pitch, probably, and improve on his change, maybe change his grip to get a little better movement, but with him, it's all about health. Other than height and left-handedness, the Parque comparison really holds no water at all.

DAMNIT! Then what's that "cutting" pitch you throw in the high 80's? Are you just taking something off your fastball and getting more natural movement on it? Sheeesh. I forgot to ask you about it when I was in W-S, and look what happens! LOL! BTW, the Chattanooga announcers on the radio announced you as 180 pounds, lol! Congrats on that 200th K and good luck in the playoffs.

Yeah, we're getting obsessed. He was gettinng squeezed, but he left a couople too many fastballs center-cut.

Winston-Salem loses 5-4, as Pollok blows the save and gives up 2 runs to pick up the loss in the top of the 9th. http://milb.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnfor...px?GAMEID=11877 Hey! Whose thread is this MnSoxFan? Bottom 7th of the BHam/Lookouts game: 1) Spidale with the lead-off double! 2) Lopez up, WP sends Bikowski to 3rd, no outs. Full Count, lopez fouling off a bunch of fastballs. Foul-tip K, 1 out. 3) Bikowski? fouls out. 2 outs. Wasting ANOTHER golden opportunity 4) maldonado K's. UGH! Still 4-2 Lookouts.

McCarthy comes out for the 7th. Pitchers getting squeezed a bit. 1) lopez handles a bouncer up the middle on a 2-2 pitch, 1 out 2) Bmac had him K'd on 0-2 pitch called a ball, goes all the way to 3-2, single up the middle hit hard. BMac at 100 pitches, 1 out, runner on 1st. 3) BMac induces an 0-2 pitch into 4-6-3 DP, 3 ouots. BMac is done for the night: 7 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 5 K's. Got squeezed early and payed for not having command of any of his offspeed pitches in the 3rd.

1) K swinging for ???, 1 out 2) Paz K's on 2-2 pitch, 2 outs 5 straight K's on Barons hitters for Lookouts reliever Matt Beech 3) Reyes walks 4) Yan singles, Reyes to 3rd 5) spidale up, Yan caught stealing..., 3 outs. How many opportunities they gonna waste tonight? White Sox Lite.

1) blanco (hit the 3-run HR) walks on a 3-1 pitch. 2) long fly-out to RCF, 1 out 3) K looking on a fastball, outside corner on 2-2 pitch, 2 outs, runner still on 1st. 4) Bannon K's looking on sharp inside curve. 4-2 Lookouts. 6 IP, 5 K's, 7 H, 2 BB, 4 ER

1) Bikowski K's swinging on 3-2 pitch, 1 out 2) Maldonado K's looking on 1-2 pitch, 2 outs 3) Sasser K's looking on 1-2 pitch, 3 outs.

Top of the 5th inning: 1) Fly out on 0-1 pitch, 1 out. 2) Check-swing ground-out to Yan on 0-1 pitch, 2 outs 3) Reyes error at 3rd base on a short-hop. Runner on 1st, 2 outs. 4) first-pitch fly-out to CF. quick inning. 4-2 Lookouts in the middle of the 5th.

idiots now complaining about BHam traffic? LMFAO! 1) Lead-off walk for Barons. Pitching change for Lookouts 2) Reyes due up. singles to LF. 1st and 2nd, no outs. Let's keep that no-loss streak alive for BMac. 3) Yan blows 2 bunt-attempts. 1-2 pitch misses inside, 2-2 pitch inside again, full count. hard-bunts into DP, 4-6-3 2 outs. 4) spidale up, draws another full-count walk. 1st tand 3rd, 2 outs. 5) Pedro Lopez up, looking for his first hit in AA. Grounds out to the SS. wasted opportunity. Still 4-2 Lookouts. Cinch it up and hunker-down, Brandon!

1) slow rolling ground-out to Pedro Lopez on 1-2 pitch, 1 out Brandon's next K will be his 200th of the season. 2) behind in count again, 3-1 pitch popped foul, full-count strike 3 looking. 3rd K of the night to go with 1 BB. 2 outs 200th K of the year, thrown 61 pitches at this point. Congrats to Bmac on 200th K! 3) blooper over Yan's head for single - Maldonado throws him out trying to steal 2nd. 3 outs. 4 IP, 4 ER, ~65 pitches, 7 H, 3 k's, 1 BB, been deep in an unusually large number of counts...

He last lost on June 5th, so that ought to give you some idea...

1) Spidale K's swinging on 2-2 breaking ball 2) Lopez walks on 3-1 pitch, 2nd walk in 2 AB's tonight. 3) Bikowski fouls off a couple 1-2 pitches before doubling into RF corner. Runners 2nd and 3rd, 1 out. 4) Maldonado lined 2-1 pitchh SF to CF, bikowski to 3rd base, Lopez scoroes, 4-1 lookouts 5) Sasser lines 3-2 pitch into LF corner. 4-2 Lookouts... Lookouts pitcher already has ~75 pitches, 4 or 5 walks in 3 2/3 rds IP 6) McNeal strikes out on 2-2? pitch? Heading to the top of the 5th, bottom third of the order due up for the Lookouts

1) first pitch fly-out weakly hit to shirt center 2) 3rd pitch harder-hit fly to Right-center 3) first-pitch change hit for a sinngle 4) got behind in the count on a couple close pitches, gave up a near-HR double off the left-center wall on the fly. 1-run scores still 2 outs. Brandon throwing the fastball past hitters, but having trouble throwing his curve for strikes tonight. 5) got behind 3-1 and then intentionally walked the guy 6) 1-2 pitch hit for a HR to RF? a 3-run shot. Threw it center-cut. 7) 0-1 pitch grounded ouot to 3rd. 4-run inning. He's was a 1-pitch pitcher that inning

McCarthy sounding good, gave up a couple 1st inning hits but got out of it. Chattanooga announcers absolutely TERRIBLE. Jason Hill picks up the 3rd hit of the game, still in the top of the 2nd. Audio Feed Here Play-by-play guy ripping on Jack Black and Tenacious D. What an old codger. Color guy claims he cracks him up...

Landed in the middle of the concourse in Right Center Field.

Didn't he say the question was from a couple weeks ago, prior to his promotion? It was a prepared answer... lazy...

If you're going to write a national prospect beat, don't you think you should be able to cultivate enough contacts or talk to media relations guys and at least get the bare basics right?

He saw McCarrthy walked 2 guys and figured he had better keep pace... LOL!

This isn't a matter of 'fatigue' with Kris. He had the whole off-season and then blew-up cominig in. I just hope it's not his shoulder, but there are a lot of parallels to the whole Danny Wright 'we can't find anything wrong' BS...

I don't believe Honel's issue has anything to do with "arm strength"

That's true, but you can't baby these guys too much, or they come up and pittch like Judy.

munoz had gone non-stop for about 20 months. i don't think there's that worry with McCarthy. He's going to get the winter off for the most part.

By nature, guys don't pitch all thatt often in the aFL. Too many premium pitchers, so they just get a few innings each and rotate. 5 IP ini an outing for a starter in the AFL is a lot.

he last lost on June 5th. he's out of the game now, though, 7 IP, 9k's... Meaux strikes out the side in the 8th. Still 8-1 Barons.