June 23, 200817 yr Charlotte Wins 7-2 Cook 2-3, HR, 3 R Richar 3-4, 3 RBI Bourgeois 2-4, HR Broadway 5 IP, 8 H, 0 R, BB, 0 K Wassermann allows first R (HR) of year Barons Win 12-4 Gartrell 3-3, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB Armstrong 3-5, RBI Schnurstein 4-5, 2 R McCulloch 7 IP, 8 H, 3 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 8 K Warthogs win 5-3 Lang 2-3 Long 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, BB, 4 K Kannapolis loses 8-7 Miranda 2-3, 2 R Gallagher 3-4, 3 RBI Shirek 5 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 4 ER, BB, 2 K Great Falls Wins 6-5 Escobar 2-4, 3B K. Williams 0-4 Morel 1-4 Mahin 1-4 RBI Gerst 2-4, HR, 2 RBI Skogley 5.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 3 K Burdie (W) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 5 K Bristol PPD, DSL Off.
June 23, 200817 yr nice to see Broadway bounced back with a decent start. I think Cook is trying to make a case for a September call up as well. Gallagher has been on fire lately raising his batting average to .268 after a horrible start. Edited June 23, 200817 yr by BearSox
June 23, 200817 yr Kent Gerst seems to have found a power stroke. Homeruns on back-to-back nights? And Matt Inouye is just HOT. Batting .472 in his last 10 games? Now batting .346 with a .415 OBP since activated 24 games ago. Bucking for a promotion to W-S? The Warthogs 3 catchers are averaging about .200 each. Edited June 23, 200817 yr by scenario
June 23, 200817 yr QUOTE (scenario @ Jun 22, 2008 -> 09:16 PM) Kent Gerst seems to have found a power stroke. Homeruns on back-to-back nights? wasn't he that super prospect according to bureau?
June 23, 200817 yr QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 22, 2008 -> 09:19 PM) wasn't he that super prospect according to bureau? Yep. Mr. B said Gerst was the next Jacoby Ellsbury.
June 23, 200817 yr QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 23, 2008 -> 12:31 AM) Who the hell is Gartrell? More or less a non-prospect with the disappointing season he's had. Was never a big prospect, but he's in AA in his 2nd full season of pro ball. He was taken out of college, spent one year in rookie ball, started last year in Kanny, did well there and got promoted to W-S where he was decent. He's been bad this year. His K rate is kinda high this year, that might be why he's struggling. Gerst is in his 3rd year of rookie ball. He sounded like a decent prospect when he got picked and I think I said something about that here, but he hasn't performed. If he does well to finish this year and then succeeds at Kanny, we might have something, but for now he's just a guy in his 3rd year of pro ball facing rookies.
June 23, 200817 yr QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 22, 2008 -> 11:31 PM) Who the hell is Gartrell? A stone cold pimp hitting machine. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/ar...sp&sid=l111 Edited June 23, 200817 yr by JPN366
June 23, 200817 yr QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 23, 2008 -> 12:44 AM) More or less a non-prospect with the disappointing season he's had. Was never a big prospect, but he's in AA in his 2nd full season of pro ball. He was taken out of college, spent one year in rookie ball, started last year in Kanny, did well there and got promoted to W-S where he was decent. He's been bad this year. His K rate is kinda high this year, that might be why he's struggling. Gerst is in his 3rd year of rookie ball. He sounded like a decent prospect when he got picked and I think I said something about that here, but he hasn't performed. If he does well to finish this year and then succeeds at Kanny, we might have something, but for now he's just a guy in his 3rd year of pro ball facing rookies. Gartrell is one of those guys I really liked when we drafted him. He has good tools across the board and had a solid professional debut. However, as a collegiate player his age quickly becomes a concern as you can rarely afford to have back to back years in the same league and Gartrell is going to have to have a strong 2nd half to earn a promote to AAA next year (he's capable of it). I wouldn't necessarily call him a non-prospect, just because he has some tools, but I'm not about to pencil him into the Sox lineup either. He's a guy that right now is probably nothing, but if it just took him a couple months to get used to AA and make adjustments, he could put himself on that prospect radar.
June 23, 200817 yr Decent outing for McCullough also last night, despite the H's given up. As for Gartrell, he needs a strong second half to be up with Charlotte next season no doubt, but the opportunity is there for him. Nice to see Richar get into a groove with the bat now also. Unless Uribe gets traded, I don't think we'll see him up anytime soon though (unless Alexei goes in a real big slump).
June 23, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 23, 2008 -> 10:22 AM) Gartrell is one of those guys I really liked when we drafted him. He has good tools across the board and had a solid professional debut. However, as a collegiate player his age quickly becomes a concern as you can rarely afford to have back to back years in the same league and Gartrell is going to have to have a strong 2nd half to earn a promote to AAA next year (he's capable of it). I wouldn't necessarily call him a non-prospect, just because he has some tools, but I'm not about to pencil him into the Sox lineup either. He's a guy that right now is probably nothing, but if it just took him a couple months to get used to AA and make adjustments, he could put himself on that prospect radar. He's the rare guy both you and I like.
June 24, 200817 yr It will be very interesting to see how Gartrell plays in the second half. He looked like David Cook last year at Kanny... then got promoted to W-S for only 20 games. And then started this year at Birmingham. That's a big jump in one year... from low A-ball to AA. Hopefully, his recent hot streak (7 hits and 3 walks in his last 15 plate appearances) means he's adjusting to the pitching and that we'll see a much improved 2nd half.
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