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Daryl Thompson
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Triple-A: Literally nothing excites me from Louisville's 9-1 loss to the other Braves. Jay Bruce had a pedestrian day, Matt Maloney's ERA ballooned to 7.24 and Chris Dickerson and Andy Green had a couple of hits in the lopsided loss. UP NEXT: Game 3 at Richmond, 7 tonight.

Double-A: Tonys Gutierrez went 4 for 4 and Chattanooga had 14 hits, but the Lookouts fell 6-4 to more Braves. B.J. Szymanski was 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs, and Daryl Thompson had an excellent outing, allowing just 1 unearned run and striking out 6 in a no-decision. He still leads the Southern League with a 0.72 ERA. Carlos Fisher allowed a bunch of runs in the seventh to get Mississippi back in it. UP NEXT: Game 4 at the Braves, 8:05 tonight.

Ramon Geronimo
Geronimo

High A: Real-deal Chris Valaika went 2 for 4, but the host S-Reds lost 8-0 to Tampa. Look out for DR reliever Ramon Geronimo , who struck out the side in order in his inning and has been lights out this season. He has pitched 14.2 innings this season, striking out 21 (!), walking 3 (!!), allowing 5 hits (!!!) and no runs (!!!!). It's not the first year he's done this for us. UP NEXT: New Series at Palm Beach, 6 tonight.

Low A: David Weathers got an unusual rehab demotion and start, throwing 7 strikes in a perfect inning, and Matt Klinker struck out 6 in the next 7 innings as Dayton won 3-1.  Keltavious Jones was 2 for 4, and Brandon Waring was 1 for 2 with a double. Todd Frazier has dipped to a .292 batting average, and although his on-base and slugging percentages are still extremely strong, Chris Valaika probably has an edge on him for next year's No. 1 prospect. UP NEXT: Burlington at Dayton, 7 tonight.

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wow. Geronimo caught me totally by surprise. I know that doug has written about him briefly in the past, but I can find almost nothing about this guy. Doug, or anyone, do we know more about this guy? Is he a relative of Cesar? Somethin? He has ripped into the system’s top 20, and it would be nice to get some info about him.

Right now, I’m pretty confident saying Valaika has surged past Stubbs, Frazier, Francisco, Mesoraco, Roenicke, Maloney and Lotzkar as the Reds’ No. 1 prospect for next season, assuming Bruce and Bailey get call-ups soon enough to disqualify them as prospects. He could cool down, or Stubbs, Frazier or Francisco could get hot to take him over, but he’s the guy now. As I said yesterday, another month is the most he needs at this level, and if he can continue raking in Chattanooga, his destiny is set.

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on May 3, 2008 5:07 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Well...

...Majewski was lights-out again. :-)

Jay Bruce is hitless in May. Call him up, he’s ready!

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 6:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Is Maloney hurt?

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on May 3, 2008 9:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Not that I know of

I think Richmond is just hitting well. They are leading the IL in batting average and OBP.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on May 3, 2008 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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