Lineup: Kevin Newman SS, Bryan Reynolds LF, Starling Marte 1B, Josh Bell 1B, Colin Moran 3B, Jose Osuna RF, Adam Frazier 2B, Jake Stallings C, Mitch Keller P. Jake swapped in for Eli while Joey O keeps getting daily looks. And with a 130 OPS+, why not?
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| Mitch on the mound - 2019 Bowman 30th Anniversary |
Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller (1-2/7.24) closes out the set against RHP Vince Velasquez (5-7/4.93). Mitch is serving his apprenticeship, and two of his last three games have been quite solid. With 33 punch outs in 27-1/3 IP, he's got the stuff. Kell showed much better command last game and the Bucs let him dip into his toolkit early and often to mix it up (he had been on fastball regimen before, mostly as a control issue), helping the cause. This will be his first outing against Philadelphia. Velasquez is mostly a five-inning arm with lots of ups and downs in performance. This will be the first time he's seen the Pirates since 2017.
Notes:
- Worries about Fraze at second have been way exaggerated - he has a +6 DRS, compared to -2 for J-Hay last year. He's second in MLB-DRS, behind only Kolten Wong, among qualified second sackers.
- The Altoona Mirror wonders if Uncle Ray could be replaced by Cousin Hanny?
- Old Bucco update - IF Gift Ngoepe and RHP Vin Mazzaro are still playing, albeit in the indie Atlantic League. Gift is with Lancaster while Vinnie is playing for Long Island.
- After the game, the Bucs travel to Colorado to take on the Rockies in a four-game set.
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