Oh a little more on Soto. 28 plate appearances. 1 walks. 0 strikeouts.
I remember reading that Soto was the best hitting prospect to come out of PR this year. Small sample size, but I'll stick my neck out and say that whoever wrote that was correct.
So... I'm interested in what you more knowledgeable kids think of this guy. Is he all that? Do we have a ringer on our hands?
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
That's an absurd line Soto is putting up.
Brandon Waring hit his first homer today, Billings was up 3-0, but Great Falls got 2 in the 4th, 3-2 Billings, mid 4th.
Dayton's game is currently suspended in the 2nd inning. Dragons leading 2-1, Eddy Rodriguez has gone deep. Phipps has the other hit. Guerrero gave up a solo homer in 2 innings, 1 walk, no K's.
Stubbs is not in the lineup. Interesting.
Some pics of Neftali Soto from the National Power Showcase Home Run Derby in 2006.
Mesoraco went 1-5 with a single, GIDP and had a passed ball.
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
---TRF
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
Yeah, he's been roughed up both starts. His line looks like this:
9.2 IP, 11 H, 9 ER, 5 BB, 6 K
The most alarming thing is his K/BB ratio. In Dayton he struck out 85 while only walking 13. Obviously, that has changed in Sarasota.
I'm not overly concerned though, it's only two starts.
Brandon Waring is 3-for-3 with two singles and a HR and 4 RBI.
You are totally correct...it is only 2 starts. But look at some of the comments back when Watson was the next Homer. Whenever someone said he was playing in Low A, it was shot down like some ridiculous notion.
Watson is where he should minimally be. And we'll see what happens. Hopefully this is only an adjustment period.
Recap
Louisville Lost 6-4
- Freel: 2-5, 2 R
- Keppinger: 2-5, R
- Votto: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, BB, R, K
- Dickerson: 1-3, 3B, 2 BB, 2 K
- Lopez: 1-5, K, 7 LOB
- Livingston: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Bray: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Burton: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Chatanooga Won 6-3
- Anderson: 1-4, 2B, BB, R
- Bruce: 0-4
- Cruz: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, 2 R, K
- Rosales: 1-3, 2B, RBI, 2 K
- Fisher: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Ramirez: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
- Guevara: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
- Roenicke: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Sarasota Lost 8-1
- Griffin: 0-4, 2 K
- Dorn: 1-4
- Symanski: 0-3, 3 K
- Watson: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
- Manuel: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Dayton's game was suspended. They are up 2-1.
- Stubbs: DNP
- Turner: 0-1
- Valaika: 0-1
- Francisco: 0-1
- Roriguez: 1-1, HR, 2 RBI, R
Billings Won 8-3
- Keltavious Jones: 2-4, 2B, BB, 2 R
- Cabrera: 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 K
- Waring: 4-5, HR, 5 RBI, 2 R, K
- McKennon: 1-4, RBI, R, K
- Mike Jones (who): 0-4, K
- Gaffney: 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 1 K
GCL Reds Lost 16-7
- Reed: 0-6, 5 k
- Soto: 3-4, RBI, BB, R
- Brown: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, R, 2 K
- Bartles: 2-4, BB, R
- Mesoraco: 1-5, R
- Sanchez: 2-4, HR, RBI, R
- Chiu: 0.2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
- Medina: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 5 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
- Pauly: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
- Fiebig: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
VSL Reds/Rays Won 10-7
- Contreras: 1-4, 2B, BB
- Rodriguez: 1-3, 2 RBI, BB, 2 R
- Hernandez: 0-1
- Omana: 4-5, 2 RBI, R
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