Future Redbirds

[updated] Tyler Greene’s has injured his knee. It doesn’t sound so good.

The outlook for Springfield shortstop Tyler Greene does not appear favorable for the 2005 first-round draft pick, who on Sunday afternoon limped into the clubhouse a day after he injured his right knee in taking a swing.

Greene will undergo medical evaluations today to determine the seriousness of the injury, suffered in the third inning of Springfield’s 6-5 win at Wichita, Kan.

Team trainer Brad LaRosa described the injury as being in back of the knee, adding that Greene said he felt a “pop” as he fouled off a pitch. “Where he’s sore is not a good thing,” LaRosa said.

Hat tip, DanUp.

Just to mix things up a little bit, I’m working from the ground up here, starting with a look at Batavia’s roster:

Barring any signings between now and Tuesday, The Batavia Muckdogs have announced their roster. Here’s the link.

C - Mike Hill, Nick Derba, Steve Gonzalez, David Carpenter (DL)
1B - Andrew Brown, Scott Thomas
2B - Ross Oeder, Will Groff
SS - Oliver Marmol
3B - Daniel Delscalso, Brian Cartie
OF -Antone DeJesus, Collin Fanning, Roberto Marquez, Justin Roberson
P - Clayton Mortenson, David Kopp (who recently signed per the Birdhouse), Jess Todd, Thomas Eager, Josh Wilson, Josh Dew, Clayton Long, Wayne Daman, Davis Biradello, Logan Collier, Josh Fritsche, Brandon Garner, Ryan Hodinka, JD Stambaugh.

Wow, that’s 15 pitchers, which means we’ll be seeing the piggyback system again. I think it’s a smart idea here with all their college pitchers, these guys have already thrown a lot of pitches already this season so no need to try and stretch them too far. Interesting to see Mike Hill at catcher, he played 1st base for Sam F. Austin this season but has catching experience. If he can keep slugging at catcher position then he could prove to be one of the bigger steals of the draft. The intrigue with this team is that all of the starters they drafted on day one will be pitching for this team.
Quad Cities 6, Beloit 2

• Great pitching performance today by both pitchers. P.J. Walters allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 5. Elvis Hernandez pitched 4 innings of one hit ball, striking out 4.
• Daryl Jones knocked in 2 with a double, his only hit of the game. He also committed a fielding error.
• Christian Lopez went 2 for 3 with a triple and a walk.
• Donovan Solano went 2 for 4.
• Jared Schweitzer went 0 for 2 but drew 2 walks.

Springfield 1, Arkansas 6

• The Cardinals had their 8 game win streak snapped tonight.
• I’m getting a little concerned about Colby Rasmus. He went 0 for 3 with a walk and a strikeout tonight. After posting a 1.138 OPS for the month of May, he’s got just a .501 OPS for the month of June. He’s hit safely just 10 times in 64 at bats.
• Jaime Garcia went 5 and 2 thirds allowing 3 runs on 7 hits and a walk, striking out 6 and getting 8 ground ball outs.
• Mike Cooper allowed 3 runs in one inning.
• Mike Ferris went 2 for 3 with a HR.
• Juan Lucena went 2 for 3 with a double.

Memphis 5, Iowa 4

• Edgar Gonzalez, Ryan Christianson, Tagg Bozied and Skip Schumaker all went yard.
• Troy Percival pitched a scoreless inning, walking 1.
• Don’t look now, but it looks like Skip Schumaker’s hitting lessons with Mark McGwire and Chris Duncan this summer may be starting to pay off. He’s hitting .314/.379/.500. That’s right, folks. Skip Schumaker has a .500 slugging %. Xanadu.
• After hitting for a HR hat trick in the previous game, Rick Ankiel was rested.