Chapman lost focus after hitting a batter and gave up hit after hit.Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine
Chapman lost focus after hitting a batter and gave up hit after hit.
All these hits/runs and Frazier is on the bench. He needs to get going.
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Bats win 20-7
BATTINGCode:Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Burke, C CF 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Cozart SS 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 .250 Valaika 2B 7 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .341 Dorn 1B 5 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 .268 Balentien RF 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 .159 Francisco, J LF 5 2 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 .189 Jukich P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Castillo, W 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .242 Miller C 5 3 3 2 0 1 5 0 1 .306 Chapman P 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .750 Anderson PH-LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128
2B: Cozart (7, Stoner), Francisco, J 3 (5, Stoner, Calero, Calero), Chapman (1, Stoner), Miller, C 2 (5, Stoner, Pettyjohn), Balentien 2 (3, Pettyjohn, Calero), Dorn (6, Calero), Valaika (6, Calero).
HR: Cozart (3, 6th inning off Calero, 1 on, 2 out), Miller, C (3, 7th inning off O'Connor, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Burke, C 2; Cozart 6; Valaika 4; Dorn 5; Balentien 5; Francisco, J 7; Castillo, W; Miller, C 8; Chapman 3.
RBI: Dorn 3 (11), Chapman (1), Castillo, W (6), Miller, C 5 (12), Balentien 2 (3), Valaika (7), Francisco, J 4 (9), Cozart 2 (11).
2-out RBI: Dorn; Chapman; Balentien 2; Francisco, J 4; Cozart 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cozart; Francisco, J; Castillo, W 2; Anderson, J.
S: Castillo, W.
SF: Miller, C.
Team RISP: 13-for-25.
Team LOB: 10.
FIELDING
E: Balentien (1, fielding).
PB: Miller, C (2).
HBP: Martinez, F (by Chapman), Dorn (by Calero).Code:Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Chapman (W,2-1) 5.0 9 6 6 1 8 0 3.12 Jukich (S, 1) 4.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 3.00
Pitches-strikes: Chapman 99-65, Jukich 67-47, Stoner 56-42, Pettyjohn 50-26, Calero 34-25, O'Connor 43-24, Parnell 13-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Chapman 3-3, Jukich 4-5
Dayton won 10-5
Code:Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Rodriguez 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 .289 Coddington DH 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .327 Means RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .309 Richburg 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Garton LF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 Pfister 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Contreras, E CF 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .208 Carlson, S SS 3 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .256 Wideman C 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .208 Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Walker (W,2) 6.0 8 5 4 1 4 1 6.12 Salinas (H,1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.88 Infante 1.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 3.14 Joseph 1.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.73
Haven't taken a closer look at the Dayton cats, but those batting averages look pretty good. Is this team underrated?
Joseph should be in Lynchburg, if not Carolina. No reason for college relievers drafted that high to be toiling in Low A a year later- especially when they're sporting an ERA under 1.00.
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He'll be up soon enough. No reason to rush him -- he's not going to be in Cincy this year. I like the idea of Dayton winning games, and he's a big part of that.Joseph should be in Lynchburg, if not Carolina. No reason for college relievers drafted that high to be toiling in Low A a year later- especially when they're sporting an ERA under 1.00.
I just looked at the game recap of Chapman's start last night. By my count, five of the hits off Chapman were of the groundball variety. I'm not even worried about the hits, what I'm focusing on the most is his BB/K ratio. He posted a 1 BB/8 K ratio last night after walking only two and striking out four in his previous start. So in his last two starts, he's got 3 BB/12 K in 11 innings. Hopefully he can continue making strides with his control. Judging from the very small clips I saw of his start last night, he appeared to have his secondary pitches working.
The biggest thing about Chapman last night was his abrupt change in effectiveness. It was purely mental. If he's going to be a big leaguer, he's got to learn to stay in his game.
1st inning: K, GO, GO on 14 pitches
2nd inning: FO, BB, Popup, line out on 13 pitches
3rd inning: K, K, Double, K on 18 pitches
4th inning: HBP, K, single, single, K, single, single, single, single, K on 33 pitches
To be fair, I'd find it hard to focus if I were up fifteen runs or so as well.
I'd like to have him ready to step in at the big league level in some capacity by the time Cordero moves on. To get him ready, he needs to start facing real competition. Highly drafted college relievers move faster than anyone. That is a big part of the appeal of spending a high draft pick on them, especially when you consider the fact that they have a shorter shelf-life than just about anyone else.
Go BLUE!!!
I noticed that Jukich got the save last night. Let the conversion to closer commence!
He wasn't up 15 runs. He was up 7 runs. He was up only 2 runs after the 4th.
But the Bats scored 6 in the 5th and 5 in the 6th.
Sure, just your average 4 IP save.
Sorry, the hyperbole that was inside my head apparently didn't transfer to the computer keyboard.
What I'm saying is that it's perfectly understandable and reasonable that he might "drift" and that you shouldn't read anymore into it than that as of now.
Now, if he struggles a great deal over the next couple of starts, perhaps this might be important.
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