Memphis plays 2, Springfield early games

[82birds]

Palm Beach 0, Jupiter 0 ; Bot 2nd

Jacob Odle ~ 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Chase Heath ~ 1-1, Single, PO/CS...grounder finds its way into CF. Heath has been cold since a fast start to the season the first 2 weeks. Maybe this will get him going again? Then he gets PO/CS going for 2B.
Ryan Mitchell ~ 0-0, SB, BB

Walton and Reis (in particular Reis) talked at some length about Mitchell on today's Wednesdays with Walton and Reis

what did they say?

technical stuff about his swing
better you just listen to it

was it fluffy positive? Or was it merited criticism? A lot of these Pundits do fluff stuff so they don't (bleep) off the Org. It's a fine line they must traverse.

merited critique
not necessarily critical
Reis is good
not fluffy

[craviduce]

Palm Beach 0, Jupiter 0 ; Bot 2nd

Jacob Odle ~ 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Chase Heath ~ 1-1, Single, PO/CS...grounder finds its way into CF. Heath has been cold since a fast start to the season the first 2 weeks. Maybe this will get him going again? Then he gets PO/CS going for 2B.
Ryan Mitchell ~ 0-0, SB, BB

Walton and Reis (in particular Reis) talked at some length about Mitchell on today's Wednesdays with Walton and Reis

what did they say?

technical stuff about his swing
better you just listen to it

was it fluffy positive? Or was it merited criticism? A lot of these Pundits do fluff stuff so they don't (bleep) off the Org. It's a fine line they must traverse.

merited critique
not necessarily critical
Reis is good

critique is a good thing....like I said, he's taking a lot of pitches recently...that's a start. But his entire demeanor came off as someone Overwhelmed with Pro Ball. Even in the OF...so tentative on anything infront of him.

[craviduce]

Palm Beach 0, Jupiter 0 ; Bot 6th

Jacob Odle ~ 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K
Kade Echeman ~ 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Chase Heath ~ 1-1, Single, PO/CS, BB
Ryan Mitchell ~ 0-2, SB, BB, K
Trevor Haskins ~ 0-1, BB, K
Ryan Weingartner ~ 1-2, Single, SB, CS, BB, K
Jack Gurevitch ~ 0-2, BB, K

[craviduce]

Anyways, @82birds...I expect better from Mitchell starting by the All-Star Break...I understand it's an adjustment for him. We need to see something metrically other than walks by then....glimpse of hope is all we need

[craviduce]

Peoria 3, Wisconsin 2 ; Top 3rd

Blake Aita ~ 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 4 K

Rainiel Rodriguez ~ 1-1, Single, CS.
Jesus Baez ~ 0-1...ground out to 3B, tough play...nearly a hit for Baez.
Josh Kross ~ 1-1, HR....bomb over LCF wall. 2nd HR of the year...slow start for him from the power department.
Cade McGee ~ 1-1, Single, Run
Jose Suarez ~ 1-1, HR, 2 RBI...hard liner over LF wall
Won-bin Cho ~ 0-0, BB
Jose Suarez ~ 0-1...line out to RF
Tai Peete ~ 0-2...ground out

[craviduce]

Peoria 3, Wisconsin 2 ; Bot 3rd

Blake Aita ~ 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 5 K...75 pitches, 39 strikes...probably his last inning

Rainiel Rodriguez ~ 1-1, Single, CS.
Josh Kross ~ 1-1, HR
Cade McGee ~ 1-1, Single, Run
Jose Suarez ~ 1-1, HR, 2 RBI
Won-bin Cho ~ 0-0, BB

[craviduce]

Palm Beach 0, Jupiter 0 ; Bot 7th

Jacob Odle ~ 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K
Kade Echeman ~ 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K

Chase Heath ~ 2-2, 2 Singles, PO/CS, BB
Ryan Mitchell ~ 0-2, SB, BB, K
Trevor Haskins ~ 0-2, BB, K
Ryan Weingartner ~ 1-2, Single, SB, CS, BB, K
Jack Gurevitch ~ 0-2, BB, K

[Talkin' Baseball]

Pretty good line for Odle.

[craviduce]

Peoria 3, Wisconsin 2 ; Top 4th

Blake Aita ~ 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 5 K

Rainiel Rodriguez ~ 1-2, Single, CS....comebacker ground out to pitcher
Josh Kross ~ 2-2, HR, Single...grounder into the hole tween 2B/3B...stopped by SS, good throw but late.
Cade McGee ~ 1-2, Single, Run, K...looking
Jose Suarez ~ 1-1, HR, 2 RBI
Won-bin Cho ~ 0-0, BB
Jalin Flores ~ 0-2...safe on fielding error by 3B Fischer.
Jesus Baez ~ 0-2, K...swinging

[craviduce]

Palm Beach 0, Jupiter 0 ; Top 8th

Jacob Odle ~ 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K
Kade Echeman ~ 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

Chase Heath ~ 2-2, 2 Singles, PO/CS, BB
Ryan Mitchell ~ 0-2, SB, BB, K
Trevor Haskins ~ 0-2, BB, K
Ryan Weingartner ~ 1-2, Single, SB, CS, BB, K
Jack Gurevitch ~ 0-2, BB, K

[craviduce]

Pretty good line for Odle.

it twas....really good 3rd, 4th, 5th inning with the slider...or what the Announcer guy was calling a curve....it was slider, imo....anyways, the bite was really good...got 4 K's off of it that those two innings

[Talkin' Baseball]

Pretty good line for Odle.

it twas....really good 3rd, 4th, 5th inning with the slider...or what the Announcer guy was calling a curve....it was slider, imo....anyways, the bite was really good...got 4 K's off of it that those two innings

I'm not ready to say he's going to be something, but he is one of the Cardinals minor league pitchers I am most interested to monitor this year.

[craviduce]

Pretty good line for Odle.

it twas....really good 3rd, 4th, 5th inning with the slider...or what the Announcer guy was calling a curve....it was slider, imo....anyways, the bite was really good...got 4 K's off of it that those two innings

I'm not ready to say he's going to be something, but he is one of the Cardinals minor league pitchers I am most interested to monitor this year.

I think you picked a good one....96-99 on his fastball, but he looked much better with the cutter/slider combo in the later innings, it allowed him to go 5 innings, imo...b/c he got ahead of the batters and closed them out on most 4-5 pitch counts.

[craviduce]

Pretty good line for Odle.

it twas....really good 3rd, 4th, 5th inning with the slider...or what the Announcer guy was calling a curve....it was slider, imo....anyways, the bite was really good...got 4 K's off of it that those two innings

I'm not ready to say he's going to be something, but he is one of the Cardinals minor league pitchers I am most interested to monitor this year.

I think you picked a good one....96-99 on his fastball, but he looked much better with the cutter/slider combo in the later innings, it allowed him to go 5 innings, imo...b/c he got ahead of the batters and closed them out on most 4-5 pitch counts.

Odle and staff needs to figure out how to better incorporate his Four Seamer and his less impressive Sinker into the Cutter and Slider.

[craviduce]

Palm Beach 0, Jupiter 0 ; Bot 8th

Jacob Odle ~ 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K
Kade Echeman ~ 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

Chase Heath ~ 2-2, 2 Singles, PO/CS, BB
Ryan Mitchell ~ 0-3, SB, BB, K
Trevor Haskins ~ 0-2, BB, K
Ryan Weingartner ~ 1-3, Single, SB, CS, BB, K
Jack Gurevitch ~ 0-2, 2 BB, K

[Talkin' Baseball]

Pretty good line for Odle.

it twas....really good 3rd, 4th, 5th inning with the slider...or what the Announcer guy was calling a curve....it was slider, imo....anyways, the bite was really good...got 4 K's off of it that those two innings

I'm not ready to say he's going to be something, but he is one of the Cardinals minor league pitchers I am most interested to monitor this year.

I think you picked a good one....96-99 on his fastball, but he looked much better with the cutter/slider combo in the later innings, it allowed him to go 5 innings, imo...b/c he got ahead of the batters and closed them out on most 4-5 pitch counts.

Odle and staff needs to figure out how to better incorporate his Four Seamer and his less impressive Sinker into the Cutter and Slider.

Their development does well these days. I have a high level of confidence in them.