Silverio went 2/3 with a grand slam. Hitting .350 now with 13 RBI in 16 games in High-A.

Mitchell and Thompson both struck out 3 times each.

 

146 on the season now for Jared. 737 OPS.

 

Keenyn Walker is kind of muddling along as well.

 

 

Charlotte continues to be the most interesting box score most Knights...Omogrosso is another guy to follow in that bullpen, along with Remenowsky.

Guess we slacked yesterday. To at least have something, here's the FS Twitter recap of the day.

 

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Bristol lost 10-8. Bucker 3-5, 2B. Farris 2-3, 2 HR, BB, K. Keegan 2-5, K. Bollinger 4.1 IP, 5 R, 3 ER. Soptic 0.2 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, BB, H

 

Voyagers won 2-1. Millender 1-3, BB. Eveland 2-4, 2B, K. Smith 0-3, BB. McCray 5 IP, 0 R, 4 K, BB, H

 

Intimidators won 5-2. Walker 1-4, K. Sanchez 2-4. Black 3-4, 3B, K. Thompson 0-4, 3 K. Bachanov 4 IP, R. Upchurch 3 IP, R

 

Dash won 10-0. Saladino 0-3, 2 BB. Mitchell 0-3, BB, 3 K. Gac 2-3, HR, BB. Wilkins 1-4, 2 K. Silverio 2-3, HR. Serafin 6 IP, 4 K, 3 BB, 4 H

 

Barons won 7-1. Short 2-4, K. Marrero 2-3, HR, BB. Gilmore 2-4. Martinez 1-4, 2B, K. Shirek 7 IP, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB, 5 H

 

Knights won 7-5. Kuhn 2-4, BB. Escobar 3-5. Viciedo 0-2, 2 BB. Axelrod 5 IP, 3 R, 2 K, 2 BB, 7 H

 

Wonder if Shirek will get a look in September? Possibly.

 

Who's K. Thompson? Just joking...you had a ton of names to write there, maybe you were combining Keenyn and Trayce.

 

God, we really need Mitchell or Thompson to show something these final 3 weeks to give some renewed hope for 2012. I'm guessing we'll see Mitchell in the AFL again, won't we? If his injury has healed 100%, there's no reason not to get a better gauge on him against some of the best pitching prospects in the minors. Let's see exactly where he stands.

 

 

Wonder if Shirek will get a look in September? Possibly.

 

Who's K. Thompson? Just joking...you had a ton of names to write there, maybe you were combining Keenyn and Trayce.

 

God, we really need Mitchell or Thompson to show something these final 3 weeks to give some renewed hope for 2012. I'm guessing we'll see Mitchell in the AFL again, won't we? If his injury has healed 100%, there's no reason not to get a better gauge on him against some of the best pitching prospects in the minors. Let's see exactly where he stands.

 

When Mitchell is already striking out at a near 33% rate in High-A, one shouldn't be clamoring to see him face some of the best pitching in baseball. I will assume that most already know this, but strikeout rates for players with contact issues typically don't improve upon facing better competition at higher levels. I'm not against Jared playing in the AFL, but it should be merely to get more reps and to work on the glaring red flag that is his strikeout problem.

As Rongey keeps saying, Adam Dunn won't come out of his slump sitting on the bench.

 

Mitchell...if he succeeds in the AFL again, might be exactly the impetus he needs. If he fails and is that psychologically fragile, maybe he wasn't the type of player they thought he was coming out of LSU. We'll see.

 

It's the same argument with playing Brent Morel everyday in Chicago or AAA. At some point, they have to produce at the next level.

As Rongey keeps saying, Adam Dunn won't come out of his slump sitting on the bench.

 

Mitchell...if he succeeds in the AFL again, might be exactly the impetus he needs. If he fails and is that psychologically fragile, maybe he wasn't the type of player they thought he was coming out of LSU. We'll see.

 

It's the same argument with playing Brent Morel everyday in Chicago or AAA. At some point, they have to produce at the next level.

 

So if he succeeds thats a big push he needed to get going but if he fails it means he is a mental midget?

Isn't that the same argument we've heard about Beckham for the last 2 years?

 

PERHAPS there's something else going wrong with this organization, rather than just blaming every single player for their failures.

 

 

As Rongey keeps saying, Adam Dunn won't come out of his slump sitting on the bench.

 

Mitchell...if he succeeds in the AFL again, might be exactly the impetus he needs. If he fails and is that psychologically fragile, maybe he wasn't the type of player they thought he was coming out of LSU. We'll see.

 

It's the same argument with playing Brent Morel everyday in Chicago or AAA. At some point, they have to produce at the next level.

 

I'm not against Mitchell playing in the AFL, but the justification that we need to see how he'll fare against some of the best pitching prospects in baseball is silly. He's nowhere near that level of player at this point in time. The gap is substantial. The reason he should play in the AFL or in any type off-season ball is that he has some big deficiencies in his game that need repetitions and playing time to correct.