Farmers Only: Chris Heisey should start his own leaf removal company, because he's raking in Carolina

by BK on May 8, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in Farmers only

TheCure

Louisville won 6-1 on a strong outing by Sam LeCure. Sam had a great start, going 7 shutout innings, giving up 5 hits, and striking out 8 while walking nobody. Pedro Viola pitched a hitless 9th to bring his ERA down to a stellar 0.87. The Bats bats came alive, with Jonny Gomes belting his 6th home run of the season, and Danny Richar and Drew Sutton each hitting their first. Craig Tatum and Drew Stubbs also got in on the action, each having two hits. Up next: Homer Bailey takes on Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at 7:05.

Beast

Chris Heisey continues to show the Carolina brass that he deserves a callup, although he couldn't overcome the BayBears by himself as the Mudcats dropped to Mobile, 7-4. Heisey's Lawn Service was 4-for-5 and a triple away from the cycle, and is now batting .378 on the season. He's hit in 7 straight, and has gotten on base in every game this season. Todd Frazier and Michael Griffin were both 2-for-4. Up next: Jordan Smith returns from the DL to take on Mobile at 7:15.

Z-Stew

Sarasota won 3-1 behind a dominant performance from Zach Stewart. Z-Stew pitched a complete game, giving up 1 run on 5 hits, striking out 6 while walking 1. Alex Buchholz led the way for the offense, going 2-for-3 with his second home run of the year, and Carson Kainer (who is tearing up Sarasota right now) added two hits to bring his average up to .305. Up next: Jeremy Horst looks to build off a great outing last time, first pitch at 7:05.
Dayton dropped a tough one in 14 innings, losing to Clinton 6-4. Matt Fairel had another great start, giving up 3 runs in 6, but striking out 10 for his second double-digit strikeout game of the season.

Fairel
He's now 2nd in the MWL in Ks. The bullpen for the most part was solid, with Mace Thurman pitching 3 innings of one run ball and newcomer Mark James going 3 1/3 innings of scoreless ball in his Reds organization debut. On offense, every Dayton position player had at least 1 hit, and the Dragons had 13 in all. Kyle Day was 1-for-6 with his first HR of the season, and another Dayton newcomer, Stephen Chapman, got his second hit in as many nights as a Dragon. Farmers Only mainstays Byron Wiley and David Sappelt had two hits each, and Carlos Mendez was 3-for-6. Up next: Dayton starts a new series against Kane County at 7. No scheduled starter yet, but Josh Ravin is the next in line.

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Is anybody else excited

for the Stubbs, TVirus, Bruce outfield we are going to have in a month? That may be as good as Seattle’s outfield, defensively speaking. Plus we will get to see TVirus and Stubbs at the top of the order creating positive HAVOC. We could end up with a very good defensive team by the end of the summer if Frazier comes along and can play 3rd and Dusty keeps playing Janish.

by CamIam on May 8, 2009 8:48 AM EDT reply actions

Why do you think they'll call up Stubbs?

I’m not saying they shouldn’t; I’m just wondering if there’s any chance that they actually will.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on May 8, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

it may actually make sense

Jerry Hairston does whatever it is that he does as a utility infielder instead, and you have Stubbs-Taveras-Bruce with Dickerson and Nix as your LH/RH bats off the bench.

The only problem is that this would involve DFA’ing McDonald, who probably isn’t that much worse offensively than Stubbs at this point, and doesn’t really have development left in him. I think it may make more sense to play Nix in LF if he continues hitting as well as he’s been hitting, and keep Dickerson and McDonald on the bench.

So really it only makes sense if you’re playing OOTP. With 40-man considerations, it doesn’t make the most sense unless a trade happens.

Ali Boombaye

by Cy Schourek on May 8, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

It makes sense

If you think Nix is playing over his head, Dickerson is nothing more than a 4th outfielder, and McDonald shouldnt be on a major league team. I think in a month Stubbs numbers will have fully recovered from the slow start and Nix will regress to his career numbers. At that point we will have have a big hole in left field and a guy in AAA who is playing really well. I dont think DFA’ing McDonald will keep Stubbs in AAA since McDonald does not have a future with the team.

by CamIam on May 8, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

what's the deal with Billy Bray?

i havent heard anything from him in a while.

go look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 8, 2009 10:00 AM EDT reply actions

He's on the 7-day DL down in Louisville.

Haven’t seen anything on his injury, I’ll see if I can figure it out

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on May 8, 2009 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions

why do i feel like that this is releated to his spring training injury

kinda sucks that he is on the Minor League DL since he is unable to collect service time towards cool things like arbitration, free agency, and pension.

Bloop

by justin007000 on May 8, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Hopefully the Reds top position

prospects will heat up in the summer- right now its been a pretty dismal performance.
Stubbs, Frazier, Valiaka, Soto, Franciso all under 750 OPS and nobody is hitting for any power.
While the pitching depth contines to grow with Bailey hopefully regaining his early form. Fischer, Travis Wood, Stewart and if Thompson can comeback from his injury- the Reds may actually be in the position to trade pitching this year.

by davidmac84 on May 8, 2009 10:34 AM EDT reply actions