Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Romero Continues to Improve

Ricky Romero had his third respectable start in a row for Buffalo, in a game where Mauro Gomez hit another home run. Jose Reyes continued to get back into game-shape with Dunedin before he returns to Toronto in the near future.

Buffalo 4 – Gwinnett 5

Ricky Romero was on the mound for the Bisons, had another quality start tonight. He lasted 7 innings giving up 5 hits, 1 run which was unearned, with 3 walks and 6 strikeouts. Relievers Joel Carreno and John Stilson each gave up 2 runs in the 8th and 9th inning respectively.

Anthony Gose had his best game in a while for the Bisons, as he went 1-2 with a double and what is surprisingly his 7th SB of the season. Mauro Gomez had his 19th HR of the season which happens to lead the (AAA) International League.

New Hampshire 2 – Altoona 5

Deck McGuire started tonight for the Fisher Cats fell victim to extra-base hits. He had a decent start by looking at his line which was 6ip 5h, 5 earned runs, with a walk and 6 strikeouts. But unfortunately Deck gave up 4 extra base-hits, 2 doubles, and 2 triples.

The Fisher Cats weren’t able to put up much offense tonight, as they managed only 2 runs tonight. Adam Loewen was 2-4 with a HR, and AJ Jimenez had a decent night as well going 2-4.

Tampa 4 – Dunedin 8

Jose Reyes continued to rehab with Dunedin, and he had another good game before he heads north to Buffalo for the weekend. Other hitters of the night were Andy Burns who went 3-5 with 2 runs, and Mike Crouse was 2-3 with 2 doubles.

Casey Lawrence had a quality start for Dunedin going 6 innings giving up 8 hits, 3 earned runs with a walk and three strikeouts. Casey was followed by Tony Davis, Ajay Meyer, and Alan Farina who each went an inning in relief.

Lansing – Day Off

Spokane 3 – Vancouver 8

Eric Brown started tonight for the Canadians who happen to play at the University of British Columbia a few years earlier. He had a fabulous start going 6.2 innings of 5 hit ball giving up 1 earned run, with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts.

Vancouver’s bats were on fire tonight putting together 12 hits, and 8 runs off of Spokane pitching. Braden Kalfus was 3-4 with 2 runs, and Jordan Leyland was 2-3 as he continued to be Vancouver’s best hitter.

DSL Blue Jays 2 – DSL Tigers

Michael De La Cruz continues to surprise Blue Jays fans as he had another 2 walks, raising his DSL slash line to 347/549/551 with a 22-10bb/k ratio. Blue Jays RF Juan Tejada was 1-4 with 2 rbi’s that he picked up in the 6th inning. Otherwise it was a quiet game for the Blue Jays who only managed 4 hits, and 2 runs.

Francisco Rios had a respectable start of 5innings giving up 3 hits, 3 earned runs, to go along with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. He was followed by Francis Eduardo and Yonardo Herdenez who pitched the next 3 innings giving up 2 runs combined.

Three Stars

3-Ricky Romero

2-Andy Burns

1-Mike Crouse

Posted by tercet on Wednesday, June 19 2013 @ 11:04 PM EDT.

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katman - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 01:08 AM EDT (#274568) #

Romero: 87 pitches, 53 strikes. That is improvement, on a night where he admitted he didn't have his best stuff.

As for Gose, his line is more mixed:

"Buffalo was clinging to a one-run lead with runners on first and second and two outs in the final inning. The lead was shortly after gone on a bloop single to center by Todd Cunningham. Anthony Gose bobbled the ball when trying to pick the hit up, allowing Jose Yepez to score. He then lofted the ball into the infield. That's when an alert and speedy Jose Constanza, who made it to third on the bobble, took off for home and reached without a throw to give the Braves the lead."

...and that was the ballgame. Currently ABG .228, OBP .326, OPS .643.

uglyone - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 02:19 AM EDT (#274569) #

oh please dear lord make this mean that Rickey has remembered how to pitch.

92-93 - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 08:30 AM EDT (#274579) #

Very positive news. This team is going to need Romero to compete in 2013.

Mike Green - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 08:39 AM EDT (#274582) #

oh please dear lord make this mean that Rickey has remembered how to pitch

Rickey says that Rickey finds learning to pitch as easy as stealing second base.

tecumseh18 - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 09:00 AM EDT (#274583) #

Or as easy as integrating major league baseball.

Gerry - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 09:28 AM EDT (#274584) #

Bluefield start their season today. The GCL Jays start tomorrow.

China fan - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 10:53 AM EDT (#274592) #

Anthony Gose's mental error yesterday was pretty bad -- he practically fell asleep in the outfield. The Buffalo broadcasters raked him over the coals. So did the manager, Marty Brown. Words and video here:

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/insidepitch/2013/06/bisons-need-turnaround-to-start-today.html

Lylemcr - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 11:01 AM EDT (#274594) #

I think his problem is between his ears. A couple more of those and Ricky will be back. The Jays could have a really good problem.

tercet - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 12:17 PM EDT (#274602) #

In my opinion, if Ricky is back before September, this is very bad news for the Jays. While Ricky has 3 decent starts in a row, he still isn't pitching good enough. Over his last 3 starts which is 18.2 innings, he has 8 walks and 12 strikeouts against AAA hitters. Those numbers no-where good enough, he will get slaughtered vs major league hitters.

bpoz - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 12:59 PM EDT (#274604) #

I imagine that the Bluefield starters will only go 3-4 innings per start for the first little while. There is probably a 50-60 pitch limit. I am just guessing.
I am expecting the rotation to have some of the youngest players on the team. A Tirado 18, Y Del Rosario 19, J Labourt 19 and C DeJong 19.

As they physically mature some may throw harder. Maybe not Tirado, who can already touch 96mph I believe.

katman - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 02:23 PM EDT (#274605) #

I'm with tercet, so far. Romero did improve this start - unlike his last start, whose near-50% Strike : Pitch ratio shows that the "positive" outcome wasn't very positive.

But Romero doesn't need a few more starts like this one to be ready for the majors again. He needs several starts that are better than this one, and a run of consistent results that show this start as his floor. Right now, it's his ceiling.

The club rushed him once. Until he can demonstrate the above, Jenkins and even Weber are better options, if we need them. Which we do not, at the moment, thanks to Wang and Rogers.

Also... LaRoche (3B) to the DL. So what we have in our infield is all we've got for a little bit. And when Reyes comes back, it just became more attractive to demote an infielder. I'm sad to say that this seems to mean Muni, though I'm not so sure that's a good idea.

ayjackson - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 02:25 PM EDT (#274606) #

Ricky's status for the rest of the season may depend on what the Jays are doing.

At some point, assuming he starts/continues to dominate AAA, you'd like to get his confidence back facing ML hitters before next season. I'm not sure a brief stint in September accomplishes that (unless he has no hiccups).

There's also the question of whether you get RA a stint on the DL to heal his back.

But what are you going to change if you keep winning like this?

FisherCat - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 02:37 PM EDT (#274608) #

I saw that Jacob Anderson was placed on the 60-day DL w/Bluefield. What is the injury forcing this drastic measure?

ayjackson - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 02:48 PM EDT (#274609) #

On the International scene, from Baseball America.....

"The player with the best chance to stay at shortstop is VenezuelanYeltsin Gudino, a 16-year-old who trains at Carlos Guillen’s academy and has been connected to the Blue Jays. Gudino is a smooth fielder with a good internal clock and a high baseball IQ. He’s a disciplined hitter with a compact righthanded stroke and he has excelled at international tournaments. Once Gudino adds strength to his thin 6-foot, 155-pound frame, his tools should improve, as his power, speed and arm strength are all average to below-average right now."

Mike Green - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 03:03 PM EDT (#274611) #

Yeltsin Gudino

His Venezuelan parents must have been counter-revolutionaries! But why didn't they do the honourable thing and name him Boris following the example of Vlad the Impaler's parents?

subculture - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 04:58 PM EDT (#274617) #

Just for a mental exercise, what do you guys think of this rotation?

Brandon Morrow
Ricky Romero
Kyle Drabek
Drew Hutchison
JA Happ

Mike Green - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 05:15 PM EDT (#274618) #

This season? Maybe 1 or 2 of them will be good in August. I like Hutchison's chances of eventually being a good starting pitcher again, but frankly it's more likely to be in 2014. I'd move Drabek to the pen. I don't really know anything about Happ's recovery from his injury, but wouldn't be surprised at all if he is good in August. Morrow is not a good candidate to throw 180 innings at any time, but if I was looking for a pitcher to work a tandem with in 2014, he'd be high on the list. Ricky Romero is coming along, and it wouldn't surprise me if he is ready to return to the major league rotation in August and contribute at his career norms.

If one is philosophically opposed to game tandems, I don't know why you couldn't do a season tandem. Let's say you have two pitchers who you figure are good for 140 innings max. Let's call them Esmil Rogers and Brandon Morrow. You start Esmil in the rotation at the start of the year and Brandon in the bullpen. At mid-season they switch. The each get 16 starts (and hopefully 95-100 innings that way and another 35-40 innings in the pen).

uglyone - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 05:37 PM EDT (#274620) #

The fact that our rotation is pitching pretty well right now, without even one of those guys in there, is....surprising? amusing? enlightening? impressive?

some word must fit.

Not a bad AAA rotation, that's for sure.

JB21 - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 06:00 PM EDT (#274622) #

That's what I was thinking too, I'll take that rotation any day... in Buffalo.

ayjackson - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 06:34 PM EDT (#274624) #

Matt Dean playing first base for Bluefield tonight, with Mitch Nay manning the hot corner.

Chase DeJong gets the start.

finch - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 08:21 PM EDT (#274627) #

Looks like Gustavo Pierre is starting at 3RD and playing 3B for Dunedin. Does that mean Andy Burns is going to New Hamshiere?

jayBlue - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 08:27 PM EDT (#274628) #

Five shutout innings for DeJong 6 hits no walks 2 Ks.

Gerry - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 08:52 PM EDT (#274629) #

Well....Andy Burns is not in the lineup for Dunedin tonight.

Mike Forbes - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 09:20 PM EDT (#274630) #

A.J. Jimenez is 4-4 with two doubles tonight. That ups his average to a cool .515. #FreeAJ? Too soon?

Gerry - Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 10:40 PM EDT (#274631) #

Aaron Sanchez is the scheduled starter for Dunedin tomorrow. Zak Wasilewski gets the #2 start for Bluefield.

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