Brewers Blow Out Bucs Again
by Charlie Wilmoth on Apr 21, 2010 10:24 PM EDT
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PrintBy the end of the third inning, I was pretty sure the Pirates would never get anything going against Yovani Gallardo, as they seemed determined not to swing at Gallardo's two-strike fastballs--batter after batter walked back to the dugout after being called out looking. To be fair, Gallardo was getting some calls on some fairly close pitches to the outside corner. Anyway, it didn't matter much: Zach Duke really had trouble getting out of the fifth, and the Brewers had a blowout on their hands by the time the inning was over.
Er... Andrew McCutchen stole two bases. And Argenis Diaz grounded out in his first major league plate appearance. And that's about it. The Pirates, in the last couple of years, have to have set some kind of major league record for getting three-hit or four-hit. Tonight's four-hit performance just feels like the latest in a string.
Significant minor league games:
Scoreboard | Altoona 9, Akron 6
Since March, no other Pirate prospect's stock has fallen as much as Tim Alderson's. Not only is his velocity reportedly way down, but he's also getting poor results. Today he allowed six runs and struck out just one batter; his ERA is now 5.52 for the year, with as many walks as strikeouts. On the bright side, Josh Harrison went 2-for-5 to raise his average to .340, Chase D'Arnaud and Jim Negrych had two doubles apiece, and Tony Watson, pitching this year as a long reliever, struck out six batters in 3.1 innings. If anyone has seen Watson so far this year, I'd love to hear a report--he was underwhelming as a starter, but he's put up excellent stats so far this year.
Scoreboard | Bradenton 7, Jupiter 3
The world's greatest minor league team rolls on. Jeff Locke was terrific tonight, posting ten strikeouts while allowing three unearned runs runs in five innings. The Marauders bullpen then shut down Jupiter from there on out. Offensively, the damage was done mostly by catcher Eric Fryer and shortstop Brock Holt.
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Is Watson repeating AA?
I’m glad to see my boy Negrych crushing. He’s my favorite underdog prospect and I find it funny how he was on the bench the 1st few games even though he is Altoona’s best hitter. He can’t be worse in LF than he reportedly is in the IF, right?
What is his activity… chainsaw what?
by C4M4 on Apr 21, 2010 11:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow.
Another blow out against the Brewers. I hate the Brewers so much. I’m so glad they’re blacked out in Iowa.
This offense is why I predicted the Bucs to lose 100 games.
It’s absolutely awful. Nobody outside of McCutchen is hitting. We don’t have any power at positions (corner infield and a corner OF spot) that are considered power positions. Throw this on top of that face that we have 2, MAYBE 3, sure-fire starters in our rotation and this season could get long by mid-May. I know just about the entire lineup is struggling right now so it’s hard to single out any one guy, but Clement needs to sit and Church needs to play RF (with Jones moving to 1B – I know Jones hasn’t done anything since the first week, but he’s bought some time with last year’ s performance). I think Aki will get back to hitting. I don’t know what’s gonna happen at 3rd. I think the season is going to get long in a hurry.
P.S. I’m tired of the Brewers. Not only do we lost to them EVERY FREAKIN’ TIME, but we get blown out! It’s embarrassing. That is all.
Agreed on
Why bother sitting young guys who might have a futur with the Bucs to play a stop-gap veteran like Church ? We may win 65 games instead of 60 … big deal !
We expected 2010 to be a developing year.
An unexpected 7-5 start shouldn’t be a factor on sit/start decisions just to have a chance to reach 81 wins … and fail anyway.
Call me a FO believer, but we got to stick to the plan : play the youngsters and live through the Clement’s .400 OPS and the Morton’s 15+ ERA of the world.
by From France on Apr 22, 2010 4:34 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Right now, David Eckstein has a higher slugging percentage and more home runs than Prince Fielder and Carlos Lee combined. That’s how early in the season it still is.
Sure, there are reasons to be concerned, but not to go into full panic mode (like the Cubs) because of less than 3 weeks of play. There’s no good reason to change the line-up and rotation now or in the near future, that was the best on paper (out of the team’s available options) coming into the season.
by Adam Reynolds on Apr 22, 2010 4:54 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
14 games into 1990:
*Barry Bonds was hitting .209 with a .672 OPS
*Andy Van Slyke was hitting .229 with a .747 OPS
*Doug Drabek had made three starts, and in both his first two had allowed three runs and gone five innings or fewer. He also had a 6/7 K/BB on the year to that point.
It’s early, is what I’m saying.
Did Drabek have an option?
They should have sent him down!
Not at that point, he didn't.
1990 was the year he won.
He had been pretty good the year before, though: 2.80 ERA (120 ERA+) and 1.16 WHIP in 244 innings. Just no hardware.
Statistical oddity of the day
The Pirates stuck out looking 4 times against Gallardo; Jupiter also struck out looking 4 times against Jeff Locke.
charity standing orders
Alderson
Again, what baseball god did we piss off?
Alderson
I was willing to wait and see while he was still getting results but now that it’s getting out of hand can he throw from the effing windup already????
RIP NATE. RIP TONY PLUSH.
"I'D BE A CHEF"
-TONY PLUSH
Long Range Salary Plan - The owners win win
I have endured the last 17 losing seasons. I have attended a large number of games and still watch the Bucs on tv as much as I can but how long do we have to hold on for the rebuilding to take place? We are in a catch 22 situation. If we stop supporting our team then we have to face the possibility of them moving. If we continue to support them, we only make the owner’s bank accounts larger. I try my best not to be negative but where does it end. After being destroyed tonight, how can the ownership even appear in public? Wait……I know…..they have to get out to make a bank deposit!!! MLB – you approved the Pirates “Long Term Plan?” Let’s think about this…..umm….the Pirates represent MLB. There is no doubt attendance will start to decline at PNC! Is that OK MLB? Don’t forget the Pirates play in a number of ball parks around the country. Do you think attendence will improve when the Pirates play at the other parks? Maybe in hopes of seeing a scoring record set.
Well said.
I’ve been a fan since ‘78, and have tried to be positive, but at what point will things change? The FO talks a good game but we’ve heard it before, we need to see results, I think most of us have been very patient since ’92. We are a joke to the rest of the league and until we start winning, it will remain that way. Enough with patience, we need wins, there have been more than a few “long term plans” and “rebuilding years” in the last 17 years than I care to remember. Until the wins come, I have no more faith in this FO than any of the past ones, been burned way too many times.
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