Tuesday June 16, 2009 Minor League Updates

[GOYA]

Viola gives up a walk but retires the side.

Bats still up 6-4 going to the bottom of the 8th.

[GOYA]

Norfolk pitcher Radhames Liz can throw some smoke. He just hit 98 MPH

[dougdirt]

Dayton won in a rain shortened game, 6-3.

[GOYA]

Bats win 6-4.

Viola with a perfect 9th.

[GOYA]

Player	        AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Hopper LF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.271
Stubbs RF	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.312
Sutton 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.244
Bnkstn DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257
Barker 1B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	.236
McDnld CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279
Griffin 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
Bolivar SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.247
Castillo C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218
Tatum C	        3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.245

Player	                IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ramirez, R (W, 2-4)	5.0	6	3	1	1	2	0	4.52
Kennard, J (H, 1)	2.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	4.68
Viola (S, 4)	        1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.33

Homer pitches tomorrow. The game starts at 11:45 AM.

[GOYA]

Sarasota lost 9-1 and gave up 17 hits.

[Mario-Rijo]

He can only be sent down with his permission.

Understood but I assume they really don't care at this point if they have his permission or not. I'm sure they expect he'll give it a go since no one else seems to want him. He could gamble that the contract is the reason they wouldn't have picked him up but at this point that's a fair sized gamble.

[PuffyPig]

Understood but I assume they really don't care at this point if they have his permission or not. I'm sure they expect he'll give it a go since no one else seems to want him. He could gamble that the contract is the reason they wouldn't have picked him up but at this point that's a fair sized gamble.

I'm sure they do care, as they can't send him down without his permission.

THey would be left with releasing him (but still owing his salary) and paying him to pitch elsewhere, or pitching him.

What gamble? At worse he'll pitch in someone else's minor league system, and at best he'll pitch in the majors.

[Mario-Rijo]

I'm sure they do care, as they can't send him down without his permission.

THey would be left with releasing him (but still owing his salary) and paying him to pitch elsewhere, or pitching him.

What gamble? At worse he'll pitch in someone else's minor league system, and at best he'll pitch in the majors.

I'm just saying if they put him through waivers that says something about their current feelings about him and that they have some reason for placing him on those waivers. No one claimed him so he has to question whether he will get another opportunity or not. I suspect someone will give him a minor league offer but if that's the case why not just accept a trip to Louisville and try to work on getting back to pitching like he did quite a bit last year and honor his contract? He's not helping us currently or much at all thus far so something needs to be done.

[HeatherC1212]

Norfolk pitcher Radhames Liz can throw some smoke. He just hit 98 MPH

He definitely can but the main reason he's with Norfolk instead of helping the Orioles right now is because half the time he doesn't know where the ball's going at that high speed. Great arm but a little wild.

[Benihana]

Stubbs is ready- it's time.

[bubbachunk]

Player	        AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Hopper LF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.271
Stubbs RF	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.312
Sutton 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.244
Bnkstn DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257
Barker 1B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	.236
McDnld CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279
Griffin 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
Bolivar SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.247
Castillo C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218
Tatum C	        3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.245

Player	                IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ramirez, R (W, 2-4)	5.0	6	3	1	1	2	0	4.52
Kennard, J (H, 1)	2.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	4.68
Viola (S, 4)	        1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.33

Homer pitches tomorrow. The game starts at 11:45 AM.

Any place I can follow it? Will be doing laundry and lord knows day time tv is terrible.

[redhawk61]

Stubbs is ready- it's time.

My thoughts exactly. Hey Doug, is there something not ready with his development yet that hides behind the numbers

[GOYA]

Any place I can follow it? Will be doing laundry and lord knows day time tv is terrible.

You can get the radio broadcast for free here:

http://louisville.bats.milb.com/mult...d=416&sid=t416

You can subscribe to MiLB.TV for $30 (or $7 monthly) and watch video streaming here:

http://louisville.bats.milb.com/mult...d=416&sid=t416

Or you can follow the gameday for free here:

http://www.batsbaseball.com/

[bubbachunk]

You can get the radio broadcast for free here:

http://louisville.bats.milb.com/mult...d=416&sid=t416

You can subscribe to MiLB.TV for $30 (or $7 monthly) and watch video streaming here:

http://louisville.bats.milb.com/mult...d=416&sid=t416

Or you can follow the gameday for free here:

http://www.batsbaseball.com/

Thanks a bunch for the links.