Future Redbirds

IT’S THURSDAY! MEET THE SWING DAY! Meet Oliver Marmol. (What? You were expecting a good prospect?)

What is your favorite meal?
Seafood!

Ugh - I hate seafood. I also dislike: pasta (except for spaghetti), vegetables, tomatoes and BBQ.

What is your favorite TV show?
Everybody Loves Raymond.

I think that Raymond is the most over-rated comedy of the last two decades. I don’t understand the allure. Best comedy of the last two decades: Seinfeld.

What secret talent do you have that people might find surprising?
I’m a stud on the piano!

I had to take 10 years of piano lessons. I haven’t touched a piano in the last 5 years. It’s kinda sad especially considering how much those lessons cost.

Springfield likes the long ball. (That’s what she said.) Eddie Degerman twirls a gem. A-ball closers stay on top of their game in this edition of the one, the only Daily Prospect Report.

Memphis 0, Alberquerque 10 (8 innings)

• Why couldn’t this have gotten rained out?
• Edgar Gonzalez goes 1-for-2 with a double and a walk. Tragically, that was Memphis’s best offensive box score of the game.
• Chris Lambert imploded for 5 runs.
• Mark Worrell threw 0.0 innings facing 0 batters. (He warmed up, rain delay, they sat him back down.)
• Andy Cavazos threw 2.0 innings allowing 1 BB and struck out 3.
• Mike Venafro imploded for 5 runs.
• Brian Falkenborg threw 0.0 innings facing 0 batters. (Game was called after 8 innings.)

Springfield 8, Tulsa 2

• Jose Martinez went yard and drew a walk.
• Amaury Cazana Marti impregnated every woman in a 2-mile radius and hit a HR. (Keep your women locked up at night Springfield.)
• Bryan Anderson went 0-for-4. He’s really been awful the last two months. The Ks are up, the walks are down and he isn’t hitting for any power at all.
• Mark Hamilton went deep.
• Cory Rauschenberger went 6 innings striking out 7. He allowed 3 hits and walked.

Palm Beach 3, Jupiter 1

• Palm Beach eeked this one out with some timely hitting considering they only had 1 extra-base hit (Mark Shorey, double) and one walk (Jim Rapoport).
• Eddie Degerman was very good tonight. A little wild, but very good. He went 7.1 innings allowing just 1 hit and 3 BBs but struck out 9. You could hope for a few more ground balls (5-10 GO-AO) but that’s really quibbling with an outing like this.
• Luke Gregerson picked up save number 25 with a perfect 9th striking out 2.

Quad Cities 3, Clinton 2 (Game 1: 8 innings)

• Christian Reyes and Jose Ramirez both went deep. Reyes had a 2-run shot in the 2nd and Ramirez had the game winner in the 8th inning.
• Brandon Dickson threw 4 innings allowing 1 unearned run on 2 hits and 1 BB while striking out 4.
• Kyle Mura picked up the win with 2 innings allowing 2 hits a striking out 1.
• Kenny Maiques continue to move up in the record books with save 30. I’d really like to see him jump to Springfield next year. I’m just not sure that Palm Beach is going to tell us anything about a 1-inning reliever that we don’t already know from Quad Cities.

Quad Cities 7, Clinton 3 (Game 2: 7 innings)

• Tyler Henley went 1-for-3 with a HR and 4 RBI.
• Steve Hill was behind the plate tonight and went 1-for-4. More importantly perhaps, the only stolen base attempt ended in a CS for Clinton.
• Shaun Garceau had a messing stat line tonight. In 5.1 innings he allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits and 4 BBs while striking out 3. 2 of those runners were bequeathed runners that came around to score.

Batavia 6, Mahoning Valley 4

• 3B Andrew Brown went 2-for-4.
• 1B Charlie Pelt went 2-for-3 with a HR and a BB.
• Brian Broderick threw 3.1 innings allowing 3 hits and 1 run while striking out 5.
• Justin Fiske threw 3.1 scoreless innings walking 1 batter against 3 Ks.

Johnson City had the night off.

GCL Cardinals had the night off.