Future Redbirds

In a bizarre and somewhat unexpected move, Anthony Reyes was sent to Memphis with Troy Cate getting the call up. The move puts Todd Wellemeyer in the rotation. Duncan, you have now officially fallen in love with your own genius and clearly lost your mind. Reyes is likely to go down, be his own pitching coach, remind us all why he was once the prize of the organization, get called back up and suck. Wash, rinse, repeat. Has their been anything more agonizing to watch then the Reyes soap opera? I’m of the persuasion that he does not suck, nor does he make Jason Marquis look like a pitching genius. Now his stock is as low as it can get, and any slick GM who doesn’t have a pitching coach that has a “all pitchers must throw sinkers or die” mentality could probably swing him in a deal for pennies on the dollar to watch him turn into Dan Haren. (OK, he probably isn’t that good..)

Wellemeyer actually has been used as a starter primarily in the minors. He’s made 96 starts out his 106 appearances with a fielding independent ERA of 3.38. For someone who’s been so wild throughout his career, he’s been nothing but a strike thrower since coming over to St. Louis. It’s odd to say the least to me that he doesn’t emerge as the primary set up man when you have Franklin who’s already made 106 MLB starts…but I digress, this blog ain’t for talking about the majors. Welcome to the show, T.R.O.Y.

Memphis 2, Round Rock 0

Blake Hawksworth went 7 strong innings where he allowed only 1 run, all of his outs coming on contact. He allowed 5 hits and didn’t walk a man. He allowed three straight singles in the second, but Skip Schumaker threw out Mark Saccomanno at the plate. (Any relation to Kramer’s friend Bob Saccomanno?) He had 8 ground outs to 12 flies.
Rick Ankiel drove in a run on his only hit of the game.
Brian Esposito drove in the other run by hitting a solo shot.
Brendan Ryan went 2 for 4.

Springfield 4, Corpus Christi 8

Starting pitcher Kevin Ool was only able to get two outs and allowed 6 runs.
Mighty mite Sean Danielson went 3 for 5 with a double.
Colby Rasmus went 0 fer for his 2nd 3rd game in a row.
Chris Perez struck out 2 of the 3 batters he faced and didn’t allow a base runner. For the season, he’s struck out slightly more then 40% of the batters he’s faced, that’s just a sick ratio. The bad thing is he’s walked 16% of the batters he’s faced. He didn’t walk a man today, though.

PB Cardinals 3, Lakeland Flying Tigers 2

A.J. Van Slyke scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning on an error. He also went 2 for 5.
Jose Martinez went 3 for 4 with a double.
Tyler Norrick had a funky ratio, 5 walks, 1 K, with 6 hits allowed. He only allowed a couple of runs in 6 innings, which was good enough for the win.
Luke Gregerson picked up his 11th save. He struck out 1, got 2 ground balls and lowered his ERA to 0.95.

QC 3, Beloit 2

The 9th inning went like this for the Swing:

* Jared Schweitzer doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Brian Dinkelman.
* Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Willian Sandoval replaces Jared Schweitzer.
* Dan Leatherman intentionally walks Brandon Buckman.
* Mark Shorey singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Daniel Valencia. Willian Sandoval to 3rd. Brandon Buckman to 2nd.
* Chris Grossman singles on a line drive to center fielder Joe Benson. Willian Sandoval scores. Brandon Buckman to 3rd. Mark Shorey to 2nd. Game over.

Buckman tied the game in the 7th with a HR for his only hit. He also drew a walk.
Mark Shorey went 2 for 4.
Elvis Hernandez started the game. He went 4 and a third and gave up 2 runs on 10 hits while striking out 4.
P.J. Walters allowed no runs on 3 hits while striking out 4.