Farmers only: Not such a great start by Homer

by Rick House on Aug 19, 2008 4:28 AM EDT in Farmers only

Rosales

Triple-A: Homer Bailey gave up 9 more hits, but Jon Adkins blew up in the ninth, allowing 3 runs in Louisville's 7-6 loss. Adam Rosales was 3 for 5 with a homer, continuing his conquest of the minor leagues, and Wilkin Castillo moved to 3rd base and collected a couple hits. Justin Lehr threw two strong innings, and despite the loss, the Bats gained ground on the playoffs thanks to Toledo's loss. Their magic number is now 2.

Mesoraco

Double-A: Danny Dorn had 2 hits and Justin Turner was 2 for 5 with a double in Chattanooga's 5-4 loss. Ben Jukich gave up 3 runs in 5 innings, and Sean Watson took the loss.

Low A: Devin Mesoraco went 1 for 4 with a homer in Dayton's 4-1 win. Neftali Soto had a single, a double and 2 RBIs, Zach Cozart doubled and Mike McKennon went 2 for 4 but was homerless. 3 strikeouts in 3 innings for Jeff Jeffords.

Rookie leagues: Tony Brown had 2 doubles and David Sappelt had a double and a triple, but Billings lost 19-5. 3 doubles for Byron Wiley, and Josh Ravin allowed 2 earned runs but struck out 4 in his 3-inning appearance, his first since his demotion. ... Still no starting pitchers for the G-Reds, who lost 13-2. ... Juan Duran was 0 for 3 with a walk in the D-Reds' 4-1 win.

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Joe Posnanski is apparently going to be writing a weekly column for SI.com. How does the guy do it?

by Brian B on Aug 19, 2008 9:25 AM EDT reply actions

What's Mesoraco batting now?

.250?

Hey Dusty...Are you sure you're OK? You might need an MRI.

by Paul Householder on Aug 19, 2008 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

.269

by cmoredlegs on Aug 19, 2008 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions

I think we should rename this daily entry

“Things that happened in the Reds system besides Mesoraco going 1-4”

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 19, 2008 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Also:

Going 1 for 4 will now be referred to as “pulling a Mesoraco.”

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 19, 2008 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

That'll also be the reason why Griffey goes on the DL in a week

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 19, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Doug Gray is reporting that Alonso has gotten assigned to the GCL Reds.

It’d be nice to see him as a September call up, but that’s probably out of the question. I’d like to just see what the kid can do if it doesn’t start his clock. Probably crazy talk though.

Madville – you seem to be the foremost authority on crazy. Am I crazy for hoping for this to happen?

Linky: Redsminorleagues.com

It's so watery - and yet, there's a smack of ham to it.

by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Aug 19, 2008 1:26 PM EDT reply actions

We most likely won't see Yonder until 2009 ST

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 19, 2008 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

GCL is the low rookie, Sarasota is the A+, right?

so if its in the same place, are we really saying that the 22 year old best hitter in college is closer to some kid born in 1991 than to, say, Joey Votto at the same age? I understand that you may not want to send him to Dayton or Billings because he’s already in Flordida…but this don’t make so much sense to me.

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Aug 19, 2008 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

well, he's only 21

but I think the real issue is that he’s had a lot of time off. Maybe they just want him to get his feet wet this year and then they’ll promote him more aggressively next year?

Just trying to be optimistic.

I’m more a hello man and a welcome man than a good-bye man. And to me Adam Dunn was more a person than a player.

by Slyde on Aug 19, 2008 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions