Thursday April 19, 2012 Minor League updates (Dayton video online)

[dougdirt]

Just a heads up that the Dayton Dragons game is available online tonight for free. Here is the link: http://www.whiotv.com/s/weather/7weathernow/
Stalin Gerson takes the mound for Dayton at 7.

Andrew Brackman is on the mound for Louisville at 6:35 and hoping to rebound from a very rough start a few days ago where he didn't make it out of the first inning.

JC Sulbaran is pitching for Pensacola at 8.

Josh Smith is on the mound for Bakersfield at 10:15.

[dougdirt]

Here is the Louisville lineup:
Player
Kristopher Negron CF
Chris Valaika 2B
Denis Phipps DH
Neftali Soto 1B
Daniel Dorn LF
Paul Janish SS
Mike Costanzo 3B
Dioner Navarro C
Bill Rhinehart RF

[dougdirt]

Andrew Brackman serves up a two-run home run after a walk. Bats down 2-0.

[dougdirt]

Brackman serves up another one. Brad Eldred with his 3rd home run against the Bats this season and his 8th on the season.

[dougdirt]

Someone needs to teach Brackman a 2 seam fastball and quick. I can't tell if he uses a 4 seamer or a cutter, but it is the straightest pitch I have ever seen.

[batsfan]

At game - brackman throwing 84-86. Painful to watch.

[dougdirt]

Originally Posted by batsfan

At game - brackman throwing 84-86. Painful to watch.

Let us know what the other guy is throwing. Might be a calibration issue.....

[dougdirt]

Here is the Dayton Dragons lineup

Player
Theo Bowe CF
Juan Perez SS
Ryan Wright 2B
Robert Maddox 1B
Juan Silva LF
Nick O'Shea DH
Kyle Waldrop RF
Junior Arias 3B
Yovan Gonzalez C
Stalin Gerson P

[batsfan]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Let us know what the other guy is throwing. Might be a calibration issue.....

Toledo pitcher hitting 93. Brackman 88-90 in second.

[texasdave]

Brackman with four walks and zero strike outs through two.

[dougdirt]

Originally Posted by batsfan

Toledo pitcher hitting 93. Brackman 88-90 in second.

Thanks.

[Edd Roush]

Originally Posted by batsfan

Toledo pitcher hitting 93. Brackman 88-90 in second.

After watching Brackman pitch for the Yankees last September, I had a hard time believing the off-season reports that he was throwing upper 90s again. Unfortunately, those off-season reports look they were incorrect.

[texasdave]

Gerson strikes out three in the first. Ryan Wright with a first-inning double that failed to materialize.

[Edd Roush]

Brackman walks his fifth batter with just one out in the third. After his first start, I thought Drew had developed as a pitcher, the last two starts have really changed that opinion.

[texasdave]

Brackman gives up a double and his fifth walk but wriggles out of the one-out jam.