Charlotte (11-17) @ Rochester (13-13)

Carlos Torres (3-1, 0.96) vs. Jason Jones (0-3, 4.44)

6 CT

 

Birmingham (19-8) @ Montgomery (13-16)

Aaron Poreda (2-3, 1.65) vs. Ryan Morse (2-3, 4.35)

7:05 CT

 

Winston-Salem PPD

 

Kannapolis (16-12) @ Lake County (11-16)

Charlie Leesman (3-1, 2.70) vs. Alexander Perez (1-0, 2.28)

Box Score | Audio

 

 

I wonder how many of his guys KW sent down to watch Poreda's game? There's got to be some interest (given the Contreras sitiuation) on getting a good progress report.

Look at the ERAs of the pitchers going tonight...

If Torres goes 7 tonight with minimal walks and 2 or fewer runs, I'd give him a shot. Maybe not next Wednesday, but the turn after that.

Looks like Cole Armstrong's career peaked in the Arizona Fall League.

 

.136 batting average in Charlotte... .191 OBP...

 

Cole Armstrong your career dissipation light is flashing.

 

 

Torres getting hit around tonight, as he's given up 4 runs and it's still in the 4th.

Beckham not playing again...

Line So far:

Birmingham

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

Poreda 4.0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1.44

 

Looks like Poreda ran out of gas in the 7th. Still, a promising start.

Why did they take Flowers out of the game?

 

Hopefully not another injury, although Beckham will be back on Monday at least.

Why did they take Flowers out of the game?

 

Hopefully not another injury, although Beckham will be back on Monday at least.

If it's not an injury, maybe we decided to cut ties with Corky and promote Flowers. But I doubt that.

Looks like Poreda ran out of gas in the 7th. Still, a promising start.

 

 

Aaron said that his back was stiff the whole game. He was told that he would just have to "sack up" and keep pitching. It probably explains why he was up in the zone so much. He was struggling with command of his FB the whole game, but he kept getting out of trouble. He thought he could do it one more time in the 7th.

I wonder what their plan is with Aaron....

Kroeger has his OPS up to .858, hitting .405 in his last 10 games with 4 HR and 4 doubles.

 

Cole Armstrong with a hit raises his average to .146, but also made his second error. He's really struggling.

 

Brandon Allen now hitting .300, OPS approaching .900.

 

I just can't get over how good CJ Retherford seems to be, as an undrafted free agent. His OPS is now 1.007. And he seems capable of playing every position on the field.

 

Fernando Hernandez seems to have figured out the Southern League, in his 2nd year there. Probably time to move him up to Charlotte, pending whatever pitching roster moves the Sox might make.

 

 

 

I don't know where Hawk got the idea that Brandon Allen got off to a disastrous start this season. I think he must have been confused with Viciedo.

 

Kroeger=Betemit, and Betemit doesn't have a place on this roster. The only difference is that Kroeger could play both corner OF spots, so I wouldn't be against him taking Lillibridge's spot, just because Lillibridge is atrocious.

 

I'd rather have Kroeger trying to play CF and getting the advantage of his bat than watching Lillibridge flail away. Then again, Kroeger and Pods would be hitting against RHP only, so who knows. Pods is already coming back to reality.

I don't know where Hawk got the idea that Brandon Allen got off to a disastrous start this season. I think he must have been confused with Viciedo.

 

I don't where Hawk gets any of his ideas.

 

Anyone up for explaining Lillibridge over Kroeger? We just calling it, "an Ozzie being Ozzie?"

Anyone up for explaining Lillibridge over Kroeger? We just calling it, "an Ozzie being Ozzie?"

 

If Betemit hadn't been an absolute hack in his attempts during S/T to play SS, then I think Kroeger might have been up instead of Lilli.

 

But we had to have a backup SS, Nix was hurt, and Betemit wasn't it... so... there it is.

 

 

Anyone up for explaining Lillibridge over Kroeger? We just calling it, "an Ozzie being Ozzie?"

 

Trying to show the fans a return on the Javy trade.

Kroeger has his OPS up to .858, hitting .405 in his last 10 games with 4 HR and 4 doubles.

 

Cole Armstrong with a hit raises his average to .146, but also made his second error. He's really struggling.

 

Brandon Allen now hitting .300, OPS approaching .900.

 

I just can't get over how good CJ Retherford seems to be, as an undrafted free agent. His OPS is now 1.007. And he seems capable of playing every position on the field.

 

Fernando Hernandez seems to have figured out the Southern League, in his 2nd year there. Probably time to move him up to Charlotte, pending whatever pitching roster moves the Sox might make.

 

This is Fernando's third year in B'ham.

This is Fernando's third year in B'ham.

With a brief inning for the Oakland A's thrown in too.

Aaron said that his back was stiff the whole game. He was told that he would just have to "sack up" and keep pitching. It probably explains why he was up in the zone so much. He was struggling with command of his FB the whole game, but he kept getting out of trouble. He thought he could do it one more time in the 7th.

Glad to see he was able to battle through and that 7th should be a good learning experience for him. Also, thanks for the info!

Trying to show the fans a return on the Javy trade.

Thats Gilmore and Flowers.

Hopefully Santos Rodriguez can be the next Boone Logan, but with better mental faculties is "man up" than Logan or Marte.

Hopefully Santos Rodriguez can be the next Boone Logan, but with better mental faculties is "man up" than Logan or Marte.

The Sox scouts really like him. He's got good stuff and is very very young. We'll see if the org can help him and Gilmore develop.