Winning comes first. Making the playoffs. Hopefully some of the prospects can help with that.
I expect GRod back after a reset. Westburg to help after Frazier is traded. Cowser to be called up at some point. Hall may help in the pen later this season.
In May they were tied for 4th in the AL in runs scored, mostly on the strength of hitting .791 OPS with RISP. Their other offensive numbers were much middling.
This figured to be a low-scoring series, and so far, it has been.
Henderson may need to miss some time with the back, but fortunately we have some good prospects at AAA to step in.
So we better see what Maikel Franco is up to.
1. Pop fly to the OF converged on by Frazier, Mateo, Hicks and Hays. Nobody communicates well, Frazier goes for an over the shoulder catch, Mateo nearly collides with him and the ball ticks off Frazier’s glove with the other three fielders all within about five feet of him. Not an easy catch for anyone, but I’d say any of Frazier, Mateo and Hicks could have caught it with good communication, and maybe Hays too. Scored a single.
2. Soft grounder to the left of the mound, Akin grabs it and throws to 2B, but nobody is covering so the ball goes into the OF. Looked like Mateo blew his assignment, standing and watching after Akin got to a ball that otherwise would have stopped rolling 3/4 of the way to SS. Scored as an error on Akin but really it was Mateo’s mental error.
The first was a pop up that fell in "no mans land", Frazier got a glove on it. It was a tough play, made more difficult as it appears to me that Hicks plays much deeper than Mullins-I noticed it on a couple plays, the nice catch he made at the wall.
The second was complicated. Two on one out, the ball was hit back to Aikens glove side-textbook double play. Mateo who broke on the ball then had to cover and he hesitated a little, maybe to set up the lead. Aiken did exactly what he was supposed throwing to the bag leading Mateo but the throw was poor on the second base side, Aiken got the error on the throw.
Aren't we currently down a pitcher? I would say Lester down, Irvin up. I could see Akin going down for Vespi and keeping Zimmermann. Question is who replaces Gunnar. Could we finally see Westburg? Someone would have to be DFA.
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