Farmers Only: Weekend Recap

by BK on Jul 21, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in Farmers only

So not having power for 16 hours on Saturday prevented me from having this up yesterday, so we'll look at the big performances over the weekend bullet-style, plus recap Monday night's games.

In Louisville, Wes Bankston was 3-for-4 on Friday.
Kevin Barker was 3-for-4 with his 16th HR on Saturday.
Ben Jukich pitched 8 innings of 2-hit, 2-run ball, and struck out 6 on Saturday.
Adam Pettyjohn pitched 4 1/3 innings of relief on Saturday, and gave up 1 unearned run.
Zach Stewart pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief on Saturday.
Kip Wells got lit up on Sunday.
Infielders Michael Griffin and Luis Bolivar both pitched scoreless innings in relief on Sunday, with Bolivar getting the win.
Stephen Chapman had a pinch hit homer for Carolina on Saturday.
Tom Cochran pitched 5 innings of 2-hit ball on Saturday giving up 1 unearned run and striking out 6.
Travis Wood pitched 7 more shutout innings on Sunday, while giving up 4 hits and striking out 8. 18 scoreless innings now, and he hasn't given up a run since July 3rd.
Carson Kainer was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI on Sunday.
For Sarasota, Jake Kahaulelio was 3-for-5 on Saturday.
Scott Carroll gave up 2 runs in 8 innings on Saturday.
Justin Freeman pitched 3 shutout innings in relief on Saturday, striking out 5.
Enrique Rojas was 4-for-4 for Dayton on Saturday.
Lance Janke pitched 7 innings and gave up 1 run on 4 hits on Saturday.
Matt Fairel pitched 6 innings of 1-run ball on Sunday, striking out 7.
Alexis Oliveras was 3-for-5 on Friday for Billings.
Mariekson Gregorius was 3-for-6 on Friday.
Sean Conner was 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI on Sunday.
Blair Carson pitched 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief on Sunday.
Donnie Joseph pitched another perfect inning on Sunday to lower his ERA to 0.77.
Harold Johnson and Jeremy Ware pitched 4 shutout innings each for the GCL Reds on Friday.
Danny Vicioso was 3-for-5 with a HR on Saturday.
Tyler Cline pitched 6 innings of 1-hit scoreless ball on Sunday, while striking out 6.

And for Monday's games...

Justin Lehr won his 12th game of the season as Louisville beat Buffalo 5-1. Lehr went 8 innings of 1-run ball, and a likely jetlagged Robert Manuel pitched an inning as well. Darnell McDonald and Chris Valaika both went deep, and Drew Stubbs and Brian Peterson both had two hits. Alex Gonzalez and Chris Heisey both had one hit and drove in a run each. Up next: Matt Maloney takes on Buffalo at 7:05.
Carolina was off. They'll take on Huntsville at 8.
Sarasota won 3-2 against Clearwater. Dave Sappelt went yard, and Kyle Day went 2-for-4 with a double. Rafael Gonzalez went 6 innings of one run ball. Up next: Travis Webb takes on Clearwater at 7.
Curtis Partch had a quality start as Dayton won 6-3 against Beloit. Every position player in the lineup had at least one hit, with Carlos Mendez, Cody Puckett, and Josh Fellhauer having two. Fellhauer also hit his 2nd HR of the year. Up next: Dayton's off.
Billings lost 6-3 to Ogden. Mark Fleury hit his first professional homer, and Mauricio Pimental had 2 hits. Up next: Shea Snowden takes on Ogden at 9:05.
The GCL Reds were rained out yesterday. They're off today.
Roster Moves: Lots of 'em. New faces in Louisville include catcher Brian Peterson and infielder Eric Eymann from Carolina, Alex Gonzalez on rehab, and Sam LeCure is on the DL. Infielder Justin Tordi, catcher Jason Bour, and FSL All-Star reliever Enerio Del Rosario are with Carolina in AA. Even more interesting is the newest Red in Sarasota, pitcher Zach Ward. Remember him? The Reds traded him in 2006 for Kyle Lohse. He's back. Also joining the S-Reds are pitcher Chris Kelly and Kyle Day, who's listed as a DH but has been used as a corner infielder. Alex Buchholz is finally back with them off the DL, too. After a short stint in Billings, Humberto Sosa is back with the Dragons in Dayton.

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1rd!

ok so Justin Lehr can pitch. if there was a prospect on any big market AAA team that is 12-3 with a 3.33 ERA would he not be brought up? i keep hearing he doesn’t have great stuff but who cares? he can get minor leaguers out seemingly with ease, why not try him out in the bigs again? he leads the IL in wins and IP. could he be worse than owings (without taking into consideration hitting ability…owings’ bat has been dead lately)?

by GrooveLeg on Jul 21, 2009 9:24 AM EDT reply actions

yes. yes he could be worse than Owings.

Lehr has never made it in the bigs because he is the legendary AAAA player youve so often heard about. he can get AAA hitters out with ease, but doesnt have the stuff to get major leaguers out. we keep him around in case of injury and that is it. dude is 31. he’s a nice kind of player to keep in AAA just in case, but guys like Maloney and Bailey and Owings have far more talent and potential.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 21, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

But he leads the league in wins and IP!

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Jul 21, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, Micah Owings was 10-0 with a 3.70 ERA in Triple-A in 2006

at the age of 23.

I think Lehr is one of those pitchers who knows how to not make mistakes against hitters that aren’t very good. In his minimal Major League experience, his walk rate is much higher than it was in the minors. That tells me that he probably gets hitters out by pitching outside of the zone. That’s something that you can get away with a lot more in AAA than you can in the Majors.

I had a feeling that when I got up this morning, I’d see a lot of people asking for the Reds to get rid of Owings. The thing is, Owings is a legitimate 5th starter in the big leagues, if not slightly better. Justin Lehr is basically Chris Michalak. The Reds have proven over the last 5 years that you can’t just stick any career minor leaguer in to the rotation and see anything but failure. We finally have someone that gives us a good start 3 out of every 5 times, but people only focus on the 40% bad. I’m happy that we’ve got someone who is considerably better than the trash that we’ve had in the 5th spot for most of this decade.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jul 21, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

"gets hitters out by pitching outside of the zone"

Oh, so he’s David Weathers. I get it now. Don’t call this guy up.

by Brian B on Jul 21, 2009 1:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Lehr

He’s the guy who washed out of Korean baseball last year, right?

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

by BubbaFan on Jul 21, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

please excuse my knee-jerk reactions.

i don’t always think things through. you guys are right. Owings has been a nice 5th starter and i always defend him to people who want to get rid of him. i’ll chill on that kind of shit.

by GrooveLeg on Jul 21, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't feel too bad about it

Lance McAlister has a post up pretty much saying the same thing, and he talks about the Reds for a living. On the surface, it looks like he deserves a shot, but then you consider he’s a 31-year-old pitcher mowing down AAA hitters and a guy who couldn’t pitch well enough to keep a job in the Korean league last year. He’s Tom Shearn without the trailer behind the ballpark.

"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 Jul 21, 2009 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions