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A fairly tame day on the farm but a 25 year-old continued an incredible start to his season.


Las Vegas 1    Colorado 3 (Game 1)

Not of a heck of a lot to discuss in this one. Pretty boring, actually.   Brett Wallace and Brian Dopirak each had a hit.  Dopirak's was a double.  And, um, four other 51s did as Zzzzzzzzzzz.  Whoa, sorry about that.

On the mound, Robert (Bobby? Bob? Rob? I can never remember) Ray attempted to work himself back into the giant picture of potential Jays starters with a mixed bag performance.  Ray went five, allowing three runs on seven hits and three walks to go against four strikeouts.  Not really a mixed bag, actually.  Just kind of a crappy one.



Las Vegas 0    Colorado Springs 7

Aw, man.  I wish I hadn't used the "zzzzz" joke in the first recap.  This game was worse.  The 51s managed but four hits.  Two were doubles and both came off the bat off Chris Aguila who is 31 years-old. 

Steven Register
started and sucked, though he did strike out five in three innings.  Zach Jackson relieved and was alright.



Binghamton 1    New Hampshire 3


So don't forget Luis Perez when it comes to the aforementioned potential starters picture.  All he did today was the heavy lifting in a one-hit victory.  Perez went seven, allowed the only hit, walked four and struck out three.  For those keeping track, Perez now has a 0.53 ERA and two hits allowed in seventeen innings.  Again, two hits in seventeen innings.  Two hits, seventeen innings.  Two.  Seventeen.

Trystan Magnuson and Danny Farquhar, who are quickly becoming New Hampshire's version of Ward and Henke, shut the Mets down in the 8th and 9th respectively.

At the dish, David Cooper was on an all-or-nothing kick going 2-for-5 with a run scored and 3 strikeouts.  Adam Calderone had a pair of hits while Darin Mastroianni walked twice and stole his 5th base of the year.  I really want that guy to make it.



Dayton @ Dunedin- Postponed

My bet is rain.  Or the volcanic ash is making its way over here.



Bowling Green 3    Lansing 4


Bradley Glenn, the Jays 23rd rounder in 2009, continued his hot start with a HR, single and 2 RBI.  The 23 year-old is hitting 366/409/610 in 41 AB so far.  Balbino Fuenmayor kept up his strikeout parade with two more whiffs.  That gives him 14 in 39 AB.  Eric Eiland contributed a pair of hits to bump his average to .293.  It's early, of course, but Eiland's usually hovering about 100 points lower so let's run with it.  He also stole his first base of the season.

Nothing big on the mound.  Ryan Shopshire started and was alright in his five frames.  Aaron Loup picked up the save and has now gone 8.2 scoreless frames to begin the year.



Three Stars:

3rd Star: Adam Calderone
- 2-for-3, 2B, RBI, BB
2nd Star: Bradley Glenn- 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
1st Star: Luis Perez- 7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K


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trey2589 - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 01:56 PM EDT (#213851) #
I think you guys might be surprised this year with Eiland's performance. I understand  that he's been a two sport athlete all his life, spiltting time between football ( Texas All State Safety ) and baseball.  Learning to hit is probably the hardest skill in sports. This is his third full year and I believe he's starting to get the hang of it.
Schad - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 03:11 PM EDT (#213857) #
Eiland's peripherals are still awful, though. He has 10 Ks and zero walks thus far, a measly .048 ISO power, and has gotten lucky to the tune of a .387 BA/bip. I suspect that he is every bit as bad as ever, but has had the good fortune to hit a few where they ain't. Once that subsides, he'll go back to being the .220/.270/.280 hitter that we know and love.
Mike Green - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 03:39 PM EDT (#213858) #
Those are good points, but stated a bit harshly, don't you think?  We all wish the best for Eiland and we know that he only recently moved to a baseball-only athlete, but nobody is too excited yet about the .293 average, especially since he is now in left field.
Gerry - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 03:47 PM EDT (#213859) #

Eiland was probably a victim of the Jays pushing too far, too fast.  Eiland had a good first half season and was sent to Hawaii winter ball where he really struggled.  According to the coaches he changed his swing there and it took a while to get it back on track.  It is good to see him having some success now.

Eiland is 21 and had he gone to college this would be his draft season.  Hopefully he can build on his start like a late blooming college player and have a solid 2010 which would put him in line in 2011 with college players of the same age.

Similar players to Eiland such as Jake Marisnick are now back in short season ball rather than being pushed to Lansing.

MatO - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 04:26 PM EDT (#213860) #
The problem is that Eiland was a better hitter as a 19 year old in Lansing than he's been since then.  He's repeated a level and gotten worse.  After last season I thought he might start looking for football scholarship offers he turned down coming out of HS.
trey2589 - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 06:54 PM EDT (#213863) #

You're a hard guy, but when you look at the percentage, 41 AB'S AND 10 K'S, that's only 24%, which is distinct improvement over the previous year. Also, by comparison, Schimp a college player is 33%, Wilson 36%, Goins 21%.. The lack of walks is curious, but I suspect he's concentrating on hitting, not walking.  If you listen to the Lugnut's game, he's hitting the ball hard his peripherals will be much improved as the season goes on.

 

 

Gerry - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 08:25 PM EDT (#213865) #
I see Sean Shoffit and AJ Jimenez are off the DL.  Shoffit's return has pushed Brad McElroy down to Lansing.
Mike Green - Monday, April 19 2010 @ 08:52 PM EDT (#213866) #
And Jimenez is off to a good start, going 3-3.  Jeroloman is hitting too.  It's feast or famine for the catchers.
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