Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Posts

Your weekly winter ball update

Since it's late Friday/early Saturday, a look at some winter ball numbers:

Arizona Fall League
  • Chris Getz: .267/.343/.300 (60 AB), 2 2B, 2 RBI, 7 BB, 5 K, 2/4 SB
  • Ryan Sweeney:  .258/.329/.258 (66 AB), 0 XBH, 7 RBI, 8 BB, 17 K, 4/5 SB
  • Donny Lucy: 7-for-35, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 12 K, 1/1 SB
  • Jack Egbert:  14.1 IP, 13 H, 6 ER, 10 BB, 11 K
  • Adam Russell:  14 IP, 13 H, 4 ER, 7 BB, 14 K
  • Dewon Day:  12 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 15 K
  • Fernando Hernandez Jr.: 11.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 11 K
Mexican League
  • Jason Bourgeois: .274/.349/.336 (113 AB), 5 2B, 1 3B, 12 BB, 16 K, 12/13 SB
  • Heath Phillips:  4.91 ERA, 25.2 IP, 30 H, 11 BB, 25 K
Dominican League
  • Oneli Perez: 7.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K
Venezuelan League
  • Carlos Vasquez: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
Hawaiian League
  • Kanekoa Texeira: 5.2 IP, 9 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Not that I want to harp on Sweeney's lack of extra-base hits, but he's more than halfway to Jerry Owens' 2007 record drought of 118 consecutive at-bats -- against far weaker competition and in a good hitting environment.

The good news, however, is that the relievers are getting the job done:
  • Dewon Day has thrown three straight perfect outings, striking out five over three innings.
  • Same goes for Fernando Hernandez, except he's struck out three over three.
  • Oneli Perez has pitched six hitless outings in seven tries.
I only wish I knew what was up with Jack Egbert's walk total.

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I'm not sure what I like better about the latest Smells Like Mascot -- Ozzie's expression in the fifth panel, or Juan Uribe's shirt in the sixth.