Yeah, it was a good night. All that happened with Tropeano struggling; if he had been on his normal game, imagine what could have been.

Scott Moore has been performing pretty well. Would the Astros bring him up to "have a look at him" ?

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/04/astros-jonathan-singleton-fixes-his-home-run-drought/

Here's a blurb on Singleton from Baseball America, following his big game last night.

I doubt it, but he has played 3B in the Majors before, so once CJ struggles for a while, if they don't think Wallace is ready...who knows.

Didn't realize he had such problems against LHP. Something to keep in mind going forward...Kody Hinze and Telvin Nash are right-handed. If one of them pans out as the everyday DH, maybe they could play 1B while Singleton sits against the occasional nasty lefty.

Hopefully he can get better against lefties. If he develops the power many think he has, I think he needs to play against whoever is pitching(if he can hit for even a decent average against LHP).

Today Delino DeShields was 2-4 with a double. Also Nash hit another bomb. He now has 9. Santana also was 2-3 so hopefully he is turning this around.

~April 25th, 2012~

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AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks: Off Day

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AA Corpus Christi Hooks: 9-3 loss to Midland

-> Kody Hinze: 2-for-4, solo HR
-> Jonathan Singleton: 1-for-3, BB
-> Jacob Goebbert: 1-for-3, BB
-> Jose Martinez: 1-for-3, BB, R
-> Chris Wallace: 1-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI
-> Jonathan Villar: 1-for-4, 2 SB
-> Austin Wates: 1-for-5, 3 SB

SP Brett Oberholzter: 5.1 IP, 7 ER, 11 H, 0 BB, 5 K (loss)
RP Jonnathan Aristil: 3.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 4 K

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A+ Lancaster JetHawks: 8-2 win over Rancho Cucamonga

-> Domingo Santana: 2-for-3, BB, 2B, R
-> Jonathan Meyer: 2-for-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
-> Jiovanni Mier: 1-for-3, RBI, R, 2 BB
-> Rafael Valenzuela: 1-for-3, BB, 2B, 2 R
-> Enrique Hernandez: 1-for-3, RBI, R
-> Rene Garcia: 1-for-4, RBI, R
-> Telvin Nash: 1-for-5, solo HR
-> George Springer: 1-for-5, RBI, SB

SP Wes Musick: 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 5 K (win)
RP Jose Trinidad: 0.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K (hold)
RP Patrick Urckfitz: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K
RP Andrew Robinson: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K

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A- Lexington Legends: 9-4 loss to Charleston

-> Delino DeShields: 2-for-4, BB, 2B, R
-> Zachary Johnson: 1-for-3, BB, R
-> Jordan Scott: 1-for-3, BB, RBI
-> Justin Gominsky: 1-for-4, BB, SB, R
-> Alex Todd: 1-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI
-> Matthew Duffy: 0-for-3, BB, R
-> Andrew Muren: 0-for-3, BB

SP Kyle Hallock: 4.0 IP, 6 R (4 ER), 9 H, 2 BB, 1 K (loss)
RP Evan Grills: 3.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 2 K
RP Tanner Bushue: 2.0 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K

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Rough night for Oberholtzer again, though the BB and K numbers looked good. Bomb for Wallace is good to see, he's scuffled out of the gate. Hinze is on a nice little run; .313/.425/.438 during his last 10 games. Ran all over that catcher tonight, LOL.

Musick has an ERA under 3.00 now. It would be nice to get a little something out of that Lindstrom trade (not that losing Lindstrom was the end of the world). Nice to see Santana putting a little run together, and Nash, Meyer and Mier keep on doing more of the same.

Kvasnicka is hitting .091 man, 21 whiffs in 15 games, I have to say that's one of the season's biggest bummers for me so far. Hallock and Dufek haven't exactly lived up to our hopes either. And my gosh, look, Bushue's getting blown up even coming out of the pen. Boy oh boy. DeShields continues to progress though, and I have to say, he and Folty were probably the two guys we would have picked if we could have just two of the guys off that roster have good years and pan out.

Fernando Martinez smacked his 4th HR tonight. He's getting somewhat interesting given that he was once a top-prospect and he's still just 23.

~April 26th, 2012~

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AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks: 11-5 win over Round Rock

-> Brad Snyder: 3-for-3, BB, HR, RBI, 2 R
-> Fernando Martinez: 3-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
-> Justin Ruggiano: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI, R
-> Scott Moore: 2-for-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
-> Brian Bixler: 1-for-3, BB, 2B, 2 R
-> Mike Hessman: 1-for-4, HR, R, 4 RBI
-> Brett Wallace: 1-for-4
-> Jimmy Paredes: 1-for-5, R
-> Landon Powell: 0-for-3, BB, R

SP Henry Sosa: 6.2 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 K (win)
RP Sergio Perez: 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K
RP Xavier Cedeno: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K

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AA Corpus Christi Hooks: 5-4 win over Midland

-> Austin Wates: 3-for-5, RBI
-> Jonathan Villar: 2-for-4
-> Kody Hinze: 2-for-5, 2B, HR, R, 2 RBI
-> Jose Martinez: 1-for-2, R, 2 BB
-> Chris Wallace: 1-for-3, BB, RBI, R
-> Jonathan Singleton: 1-for-4, BB, RBI, R
-> Jacob Goebbert: 1-for-4, 2B, R
-> Andrew Simunic: 1-for-4
-> Brandon Barnes: 0-for-4, BB, SB

SP Jake Buchanan: 6.2 IP, 4 R (3 ER), 8 H, 3 BB, 3 K
RP Kevin Chapman: 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K (win)
RP Jason Stoffel: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K (save)

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A+ Lancaster JetHawks: 5-4 loss to Rancho Cucamonga

-> Enrique Hernandez: 2-for-3, 3B, HR, R, 2 RBI
-> Rafael Valenzuela: 2-for-4, BB
-> Jiovanni Mier: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
-> Domingo Santana: 1-for-3, BB, 2B, R
-> Erik Castro: 1-for-4, BB, solo HR
-> George Springer: 1-for-5, 2B, SB, RBI
-> Ben Orloff: 0-for-3, BB

SP Jorge De Leon: 2.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K
RP Alex Sogard: 3.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 4 BB, 3 K
RP Brad Dydalewicz: 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 0 K (blown save)
RP Brian Streilein: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 1 K (hold)
RP Kirk Clark: 1.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 0 K (blown save, loss)
RP Patrick Urckfitz: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K

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A- Lexington Legends: 5-2 win over Charleston

-> Matthew Duffy: 2-for-3, 2B
-> Andrew Muren: 2-for-4, RBI
-> Zachary Johnson: 1-for-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
-> Justin Gominsky: 1-for-4, SB, R
-> Delino DeShields: 1-for-4, RBI
-> Chris Epps: 0-for-2, BB, R
-> Roberto Pena: 0-for-2, RBI
-> Jordan Scott: 0-for-3, BB, R
-> Alex Todd: 0-for-3, BB, R

SP Michael Foltynewicz: 5.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 4 K
RP Jason Chowning: 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 2 K (win)
RP Dayan Diaz: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 K (save)

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Whew, this is late, sorry.

You sure do save me a lot of time by doing these recaps. Thanks.

No problemo.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2012/2613317.html

hot sheet has singleton 2nd this week.

It's just so nice to have such a young talent with good plate discipline and power coming up. People can malign Wade all they want, clearly he wasn't the best, but getting those three great prospects from the Phillies for Pence could end up going down as another great trade in our franchise history.

~April 27th, 2012~

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AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks: 8-3 loss to Round Rock

-> Angel Sanchez: 2-for-4, R
-> Carlos Corporan: 1-for-3, solo HR
-> Fernando Martinez: 1-for-4, R
-> Scott Moore: 1-for-4, RBI
-> Justin Ruggiano: 0-for-2, RBI

SP Aneury Rodriguez: 3.2 IP, 3 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 5 K (loss)
RP Mickey Storey: 1.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 1 K
RP Enerio Del Rosario: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 0 K
RP Juan Abreu: 2.0 IP, 3 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 5 K

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AA Corpus Christi Hooks: 12-0 loss to Frisco

-> Jonathan Singleton: 2-for-4
-> T.J. Steele: 1-for-3, SB
-> Brandon Barnes: 1-for-4, 2B
-> Kody Hinze: 0-for-3, BB

SP Jarred Cosart: 4.0 IP, 5 ER, 3 H, 6 BB, 4 K (loss)
RP Erick Abreu: 1.0 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 0 K
RP Henry Villar: 2.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K
RP Adalberto Flores: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 K

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A+ Lancaster JetHawks: 10-0 win over Stockton

-> Rene Garcia: 2-for-4, RBI
-> Jonathan Meyer: 2-for-5, 2B, R
-> Rafael Valenzuela: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 R
-> Ben Orloff: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
-> Domingo Santana: 1-for-4, BB, RBI, R
-> Erik Castro: 1-for-4, BB, HR, R, 3 RBI
-> Enrique Hernandez: 1-for-4, BB, 3 R
-> Adam Bailey: 1-for-4, BB
-> George Springer: 0-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R

SP Ruben Alaniz: 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 K (win)
RP Andrew Robinson: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
RP Jose Trinidad: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 K

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A- Lexington Legends: 7-0 win over Charleston

-> Matthew Duffy: 2-for-4, BB, 2B, R
-> James Howick: 2-for-4, solo HR
-> Zachary Johnson: 2-for-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
-> Jordan Scott: 1-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R
-> Alex Todd: 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
-> Emilio King: 1-for-3, BB, 2B, RBI
-> Roberto Pena: 1-for-4, BB, RBI
-> Delino DeShields: 1-for-5
-> Andrew Muren: 0-for-3, BB, RBI

SP Luis Cruz: 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 K (win)
RP Murilo Gouvea: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 4 K

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I haven't heard anything about an injury to Aneury, I think his pitch count was just high. K and BB numbers continue to look good, hopefully he'll put it together soon.

Cosart didn't look very good tonight. 94 pitches to get through four innings. Most of the damage came in the fifth inning when he couldn't get an out. Walks, wild pitches, passed balls, the reliever came in a coughed it up too...just a rough inning. Singleton keeps hitting though, wow.

Alaniz, wow! Stockton got just two singles off him, and the bullpen held them down too. Through five starts, Alaniz has a 2.90 ERA, 7.6 K/9 and 2.0 BB/9, out in that tough league. Jonathan Meyer is up to .311/.350/.500 so far; he's not walking a ton and he still needs to cut down on whiffs, but they haven't been horrible either.

Lopsided-win day for our system; three games with one team getting shutout, and all of them with at least a five run spread. Cruz, nice start, Scott and DeShields keep looking solid, but there's not a lot to watch down there outside of 3D, Folty and Nitro right now.

Bortaz, what is with all the personal attacks?

What's wrong with you, son?

~April 28th, 2012~

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AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks: 11-5 win over Round Rock

-> J.B. Shuck: 5-for-5, 2B, SB, RBI, 2 R
-> Scott Moore: 2-for-3, BB, R, 2 2B, 3 RBI
-> Fernando Martinez: 2-for-4, R, 3 RBI
-> Justin Ruggiano: 2-for-4, BB, R
-> Jimmy Paredes: 2-for-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
-> Brad Snyder: 2-for-5, 2B
-> Landon Powell: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R
-> Angel Sanchez: 1-for-3, BB, RBI, 2 R

SP Paul Clemens: 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 K (win)
RP Sergio Perez: 3.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 1 K
RP Jose Valdez: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K

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AA Corpus Christi Hooks: 10-1 win over Frisco

-> Austin Wates: 4-for-6, HR, R, 5 RBI
-> Jose Martinez: 2-for-3, RBI, R, 2 BB
-> Chris Wallace: 2-for-4, BB, 2B, RBI, 2 R
-> Brandon Barnes: 2-for-4, BB, RBI, 2 R
-> Kody Hinze: 1-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R
-> Jonathan Singleton: 1-for-4, BB
-> Jonathan Villar: 1-for-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
-> Jacob Goebbert: 1-for-6, 3B, R
-> Andrew Simunic: 0-for-3, 2 BB

SP Ross Seaton: 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 1 K (win)
RP Kevin Chapman: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 K
RP Josh Zeid: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K

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A+ Lancaster JetHawks: 11-4 loss to Stockton

-> Ryan McCurdy: 2-for-3
-> Jonathan Meyer: 2-for-4, RBI, R
-> George Springer: 2-for-5, 2B, R
-> Adam Bailey: 1-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI
-> Erik Castro: 1-for-5
-> Rafael Vanezuela: 1-for-5
-> Jiovanni Mier: 0-for-3, BB
-> Domingo Santana: 0-for-5, R

SP Zachary Grimmett: 6.0 IP, 6 ER, 9 H, 1 BB, 7 K (loss)
RP Patrick Urckfitz: 0.1 IP, 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 0 BB, 1 K
RP Gabriel Garcia: 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K
RP Brad Dydalewicz: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K

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A- Lexington Legends: 5-4 win over Savannah

-> John Hinson: 3-for-3, SB, solo HR
-> Andrew Muren: 3-for-5, 2B, HR, R, 2 RBI
-> Matthew Duffy: 1-for-5, HR, R, 2 RBI
-> Delino DeShields: 0-for-3, BB, SB, R
-> Emilio King: 0-for-3, BB
-> Zachary Johnson: 0-for-4, BB, R

SP Jonas Dufek: 5.0 IP, 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 0 BB, 5 K
RP Carlos Quevedo: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
RP Jason Chowning: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K
RP Dayan Diaz: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 3 K (win)

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Wow, what a night for Shuck. Solid night for Clemens and Paredes as well.

Well, he didn't really miss any bats, but good start from Seaton, hopefully he can build off that. Chapman just keeps rolling as well. Wates keeps raking, not that he's worth mentioning or anything...

Jonathan Meyer can't be stopped right now. During his last ten games, he's hitting .325/.325/.450, and six of them have been multi-hit games. He's not without a couple of holes still, but his defense has always been his best asset, so if he can also become a solid average, solid pop hitter as well, he could be a starter in the Majors. Springer is hitting .314 during his last eight games, but he's whiffing at an alarming rate (30 whiffs in 22 games so far). He's been quite good on the bases so far, if nothing else (6-for-6 in SB). And just an FYI, Nash hasn't played the last two games (Friday and Saturday). It could just be some time off since he was really scuffling recently after the hot start, but if he misses tonight then we may have to assume he's banged up or something.

John Hinson was our 13th pick last season, in case anyone forgot. He's a shortstop, though he played 2B with DeShields DHing tonight. He put up a decent .284/.348/.389 showing in Tri-City last year. Name to watch out of the corner of your eye maybe. Kvasnicka went 0-for-4 tonight, knocking him down to .085. He has a .262 OPS. Yes, OPS. Blah. Nitro is pitching tomorrow night if I'm not mistaken. Or, tomorrow afternoon I guess.

Chapman is looking very good. The trade with KC is looking better and better.