Jump to content

Nick Delmonico and Christian Walker

steve4

By steve4
in Minors

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 113
  • Created
  • Last Reply
Stan P AAA

Stan P

Posted
Posted
Two more HR's for Delmonico today and Walker just keeps on rolling too. Looks like Duq and co. had a pretty good draft last year so far. I can't remember and O's prospect putting up the HR numbers like Delmonico is this year that is actually the right age for his league. Probably Wieters was the last. Hopefully these two guys stay healthy and get a taste of AA eventually this year.

Pretty sure he was drafted in 2011 before Duquette was the GM.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
sbsd123 A-Ball

sbsd123

Posted
Posted
I love him already,

I didn't really love him for this. Pena was thrown out his first at bat for arguing balls and strikes with the umpire. That is a clue that maybe you don't want to show up this upm. This was a big game. Frederick is trying to win the first half and they were playing the team they are two games behind for first place. They just lost two yesterday. They really needed this game. Kind of puts the team in a tough spot when two of the best hitters are thrown out of the game. Esposito played second for a while after Pena was thrown out. He's never played second. After Delmonico was thrown out, Esposito went to third and eventually Winegardner had to go in and play second! I'm sorry. It was an important game, AND the umpire had been calling that outside pitch all day. Swing or sit down. But don't argue with the ump in that spot. Show a little restraint and think about what's best for the team, which is not to have a ex-position player/pitcher come in from the bullpen and play second. They were up 7-2 after 7 but the other team came back to 7-6 in the ninth. It was close, and that defense did not help matters. The team needed Delmonico. Sorry. I'm a Keys fan and listen to every game. I'm not loving him today.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ruzious Hangout Grand Counsel

Ruzious

Posted
Posted

That does sound like a really stupid thing to do. Hopefully, this is a learning experience and it's handled better than the Esposito problem was last season - especially since Delmonico might be a special talent if he respects the game. Walker otoh - what a model of consistency and dependability. He's actually doing better at Frederick than at Delmarva. I assume that if he keeps doin what he's doin, he'll be in Bowie in less than a month.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
crissfan172 Hangout Grand Counsel

crissfan172

Posted
Posted
I didn't really love him for this. Pena was thrown out his first at bat for arguing balls and strikes with the umpire. That is a clue that maybe you don't want to show up this upm. This was a big game. Frederick is trying to win the first half and they were playing the team they are two games behind for first place. They just lost two yesterday. They really needed this game. Kind of puts the team in a tough spot when two of the best hitters are thrown out of the game. Esposito played second for a while after Pena was thrown out. He's never played second. After Delmonico was thrown out, Esposito went to third and eventually Winegardner had to go in and play second! I'm sorry. It was an important game, AND the umpire had been calling that outside pitch all day. Swing or sit down. But don't argue with the ump in that spot. Show a little restraint and think about what's best for the team, which is not to have a ex-position player/pitcher come in from the bullpen and play second. They were up 7-2 after 7 but the other team came back to 7-6 in the ninth. It was close, and that defense did not help matters. The team needed Delmonico. Sorry. I'm a Keys fan and listen to every game. I'm not loving him today.

Understandable from someone that follows and roots for the Keys. Personally...I don't care if the Keys win or lose. I just enjoy when players are willing to call out umpires for being terrible. I especially like the drawing the line in the dirt move, though I think you should probably save that for after you get thrown out.

I completely understand where you're coming from, though. I'd probably be upset if an Oriole did that with a big lead.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
gfrank AAA

gfrank

Posted
Posted

I'm just glad he's not hurt. Seeing the ominously indented "Esposito" beneath him in the box score got the words "oblique strain" swirling menacingly around my head.

And yes, I know it was Webb that was beneath him in the box score, but that sentence sounded so much better with Esposito there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
MachoMachadoMan Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

MachoMachadoMan

Posted
Posted

While Delmonico's ejection caught the headlines here, Walker kept rolling. 3-5, 2 dbls and a run scored.

His line is up to .358/.417/.940. He has nearly twice as many doubles in Frederick as he did in nearly the same amount of time he spent in Delmarva. He's batting .400 in his last 10 games with an OPS at 1.042.

Can't see how he doesn't finish the year in Bowie at this rate.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
waroriole Hangout Grand Counsel

waroriole

Posted
Posted
While Delmonico's ejection caught the headlines here, Walker kept rolling. 3-5, 2 dbls and a run scored.

His line is up to .358/.417/.940. He has nearly twice as many doubles in Frederick as he did in nearly the same amount of time he spent in Delmarva. He's batting .400 in his last 10 games with an OPS at 1.042.

Can't see how he doesn't finish the year in Bowie at this rate.

I like the idea of letting a guy get at least 200 AB in one place, but if he keeps hitting like this at FRE, there's no reason he won't get a cup of coffee in BOW.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • DrungoHazewood
      Time Gunnar's triple

      By DrungoHazewood · Posted

      Oh, I don't know. I thought when accusing someone of wild malpractice over possibly, maybe, slightly speeding up highlights that kind of opened the door to a little goofy exaggeration.
    • interloper
      The A's Series

      By interloper · Posted

      I was going to post something about this after reading about that on MLBTR this morning. That gives me a lot of hope for Bradish if this kid can come back from a UCL sprain and throw 103. Obviously, reliever vs. starter so who knows. But uplifting to read nonetheless. 
    • DrungoHazewood
      Colton Cowser 2024

      By DrungoHazewood · Posted

      Hollocher hit almost exclusively 2nd in the order. The Cubs' 3rd hitters (and it was the Cubs, not the Indians as I previously stated) were mostly Marty Krug, Zeb Terry, and John Kelleher. Krug was awful for a 1922 3rd-place hitter, with an 83 OPS+ in his only season as a MLB regular, but he only struck out 43 times in 524 PAs. Terry was worse, OPS+ing 74, but with just 16 Ks in 571 PAs. And Kelleher was the worst of the bunch, OPS+ing 60, while striking out 14 times in 222 PAs. Cubs manager Reindeer Bill Killefer stuck hard and fast to the old rule of thumb that the catcher should bat 8th, even if it's Bob O'Farrell and he hit .324 with an .880 OPS. Ray Grimes had a 1.014 OPS and batted cleanup. But Hack Miller and his .899 OPS batted mostly 6th. Statz wasn't a terrible leadoff hitter, was one of only a couple players who had a SB% higher than 50%, but was 6th among their regulars in OBP. That's as bad a bunch of #3 hitters as I've seen in a while, yet the Cubs finished 80-74-2. Just goes to show you batting order doesn't really matter. Anyway, back to the main point... yes, I'm sure some of Hollocher's CS were busted hit-and-runs. But nobody that regularly batted behind him struck out in even 7% of PAs so they shoulda been putting the ball in play the vast majority of the time.    
    • interloper
      Time Gunnar's triple

      By interloper · Posted

      Bobby needs to git gud. 
    • Frobby
      4/25: Bowie Wins, Only Team Above .500

      By Frobby · Posted

      How many people actually said they were one of the greatest teams ever?   They did hit the snot out of the ball the first 9 games of the year, mostly in a 6 game series in a very hitter-friendly ball park against a bad pitching staff.  That said, they’re still second in the league in runs per game.  Their pitching has been problematic, yielding 6.50 runs per game.  
    • RZNJ
      Time Gunnar's triple

      By RZNJ · Posted

      Gunnar’s base running is in the 99th percentile.  That mess is in the 98th percentile.
    • interloper
      Speculating on how the O's handle the pitching logjam

      By interloper · Posted

      Yeah, the highlighted section here is really why I agree that the O's will look to minimize losing players to waivers just yet. Things could blow up on them pretty quick. There's a ton of risk with these moves, but they have to find out. The best way to do that is to utilize the options for Akin and Tate, IMO. We'll see! 

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...