A little more on Evan Meek: In the past couple of outings, he's been sitting at 92-94. According to Fangraphs, in his breakout year of 2010, his average heater was clocked at 95.1, and he threw it 59% of the time. This year, it's at 92.7, and he uses it just 45% of the time. Meek has gone more to the cutter, which has dropped from 2010's 92.7 to its current 90.6. But his velocity has been building since the spring.
The larger problem has been location. According to the team, his pitches have been staying up and not moving as much, so it sounds to us like he'll be going to Indy to both get steady innings and tweak his mechanics a bit to drive the ball down in the zone. His ground balls have dropped from 56.7% to 37.1% over that time, and his line drives have jumped from 16.1% to 37.1%, so that analysis sure looks about right.
In nine outings, he has a 5.59 ERA, a .324 OBA, and WHIP of 1.345, and his K rate has dropped noticeably. The Pirates can't depend on him in high leverage situations, and so it's off to Indy to try to find his mojo, which took a hike after his shoulder woes of last season.
We give the Pirate FO credit. They rolled the dice by taking Meek and Pedro Alvarez north after poor camp performances. Looks like one out of two worked out.
And it does again show why the Pirates are leery of investing long-term in relievers specifically and pitchers generally. The issues of injury/performance just don't make pitchers a good bet to lock up over a long stretch of time.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Karstens, Meek Ink Deals
Well, the FO is TCB on the arb front so far. Two more guys, Jeff Karstens and Evan Meek, have agreed to contracts.
Karstens, who had a breakout season in 2011, came out better than expected, inking a one year, $3.1M deal, a cool $2M more than last season, per Bill Brink of the Post-Gazette. The 29 year old righty went 9-9 with a 3.38 ERA after being a stop gap insertion into the rotation.
He started 26 games and went 162-1/3 frames. Clint Hurdle kept him on a short pitch-count leash early on, but by the dog days, JK was getting his six innings and 100 pitches in. The caveat is that in the last two months of the season, his ERA was around 6.5. It could be a natural reaction to his first full season as a starter since the cows came home or as stat guys warn, his regression toward the mean. We'll see if he can repeat in 2012.
Evan Meek, an All-Star in 2010, had shoulder woes and worked just 20-2/3 innings last season. The Bucs brought him back on a one-year, $875K deal with $25K in possible bonuses, according to Jen Langosh of MLB.com. He'll be in the mix with Chris Resop and Jason Grilli to be Hanny's eighth inning caddy, and the favorite if he regains his 2010 mojo.
That brings the Pirate arb signings to six players and nearly $12.5M, with Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee to go. Jones is expected to be worth $2.5 or so, and McGehee $3M plus, but the FO has been a bit on the generous side so far, so we'll see.
Karstens, who had a breakout season in 2011, came out better than expected, inking a one year, $3.1M deal, a cool $2M more than last season, per Bill Brink of the Post-Gazette. The 29 year old righty went 9-9 with a 3.38 ERA after being a stop gap insertion into the rotation.
He started 26 games and went 162-1/3 frames. Clint Hurdle kept him on a short pitch-count leash early on, but by the dog days, JK was getting his six innings and 100 pitches in. The caveat is that in the last two months of the season, his ERA was around 6.5. It could be a natural reaction to his first full season as a starter since the cows came home or as stat guys warn, his regression toward the mean. We'll see if he can repeat in 2012.
Evan Meek, an All-Star in 2010, had shoulder woes and worked just 20-2/3 innings last season. The Bucs brought him back on a one-year, $875K deal with $25K in possible bonuses, according to Jen Langosh of MLB.com. He'll be in the mix with Chris Resop and Jason Grilli to be Hanny's eighth inning caddy, and the favorite if he regains his 2010 mojo.
That brings the Pirate arb signings to six players and nearly $12.5M, with Garrett Jones and Casey McGehee to go. Jones is expected to be worth $2.5 or so, and McGehee $3M plus, but the FO has been a bit on the generous side so far, so we'll see.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Meek In Town, Moskos Back To Indy
The Bucs wasted little time announcing that Evan Meek has returned to the 25-man roster. Lefty Daniel Moskos was sent back to Indianapolis to clear his spot. Meek has been on the DL since April 30th and Moskos was his replacement, so the circle was unbroken.
Meek was ready. In four rehab appearances at Indy, he had two holds and a save, allowing one hit and K'ing six in four innings. Yesterday he passed his back-to-back outings test, and he'll be a welcome addition to the back end of the bullpen.
Don't expect him to fall automatically into his customary eighth inning role, though. Clint Hurdle has had success mixing up the set-up men in Meek's absence, and will probably continue to trot out Jose Veras and Joe Beimel, along with Meek, as a bridge to Joel Hanrahan as he sees fit.
While it would be easy to say that Moskos got his ticket to AAA punched because his options are intact, in this case it was a consideration that made some sense. The FO was high on out-of-options Jose Ascanio and just bought a little more time to evaluate him, though he hasn't been all that sharp in rehab or the show.
Hurdle was said to like two lefties out of the pen, but the skipper called on Moskos sparingly. He did well in his spots, appearing five times in three weeks and tossing 4-2/3 innings, giving up no runs, two hits and three walks along with a K. Moskos got a taste of success in the bigs. Now building on that performance with some regular work at Indy is the smart play.
Meek was ready. In four rehab appearances at Indy, he had two holds and a save, allowing one hit and K'ing six in four innings. Yesterday he passed his back-to-back outings test, and he'll be a welcome addition to the back end of the bullpen.
Don't expect him to fall automatically into his customary eighth inning role, though. Clint Hurdle has had success mixing up the set-up men in Meek's absence, and will probably continue to trot out Jose Veras and Joe Beimel, along with Meek, as a bridge to Joel Hanrahan as he sees fit.
While it would be easy to say that Moskos got his ticket to AAA punched because his options are intact, in this case it was a consideration that made some sense. The FO was high on out-of-options Jose Ascanio and just bought a little more time to evaluate him, though he hasn't been all that sharp in rehab or the show.
Hurdle was said to like two lefties out of the pen, but the skipper called on Moskos sparingly. He did well in his spots, appearing five times in three weeks and tossing 4-2/3 innings, giving up no runs, two hits and three walks along with a K. Moskos got a taste of success in the bigs. Now building on that performance with some regular work at Indy is the smart play.
Friday, February 20, 2009
The Meek Shall Inherit The Hill
Evan Meek was born in Bellevue, Washington, and is a 2002 graduate of the Inglemoor Vikings. He was a classmate of White Sox wild child Bobby Jenks, who was a couple of years ahead of him (they weren't teammates, though - Jenks didn't have the grades to play, and probably couldn't have gotten out of detention hall even if he did.)
He was drafted by the Twins in the 11th round that same year, but didn't sign right away. Instead, Meek went to Bellevue (WA) Community College, where he was named the top starting pitcher in the NWACC as a "draft and follow" player.
In 2003, he did sign on the dotted line, and went 7-1 with a 2.47 ERA for the Twin's short-season club, the Elizabethton Twins. In 51 innings, he walked 24 and struck out 47, allowing 33 hits. Baseball America rated him as the Appalachian League's #11 prospect, for what that's worth.
But in 2004, the right-hander suddenly lost all semblance of control, for no discernible reason. Meek walked 15 batters in only six innings at Class A Quad City before returning to extended spring training.
Hoping he was straightened out, the Twin Cities sent him back to Elizabethton, where he walked 25 more in 22 innings with an 8.06 ERA.
In 2005, the Twins gave him one more shot in the A Midwest League with Beloit, but he walked 36 more batters in 18 innings with a 10.00 ERA. Meek threw 23 wild pitches in 46 innings over two seasons.
He was, not too surprisingly, released by Minnesota midway through the year. Meek took the time off and tried to get his head together. That fall, the San Diego Padres signed him as a free agent and diligently worked side sessions with him, and his control improved significantly.
Meek went 6-6 with a 4.98 ERA for the high A Lake Elsinore Storm in the hitter's California League. Still, he walked 62 in 119 innings of work as a starter, better, but not enough to keep him in the Padre organization.
He was traded with Dale Thayer to Tampa Bay for Russell Branyan. The Rays did their homework, and they deleted two of his starts in which he gave up 17 runs in 2/3 of an inning. Meeks pitched 118-1/3 innings, striking out 113 and compiling a 3.72 ERA without those two stinkers.
They had one other trick up their sleeve. TB switched him to the pen, where he could rear back and fire without pacing himself. Meek was 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA after joining the Visalia Oaks at season's end, but the best was yet to come.
He spent 2007 with the AA Montgomery Biscuits and was 2-1 with a save and 4.30 ERA in 44 games. In 67 innings, he struck out 69 and walked 34 while registering 95 mph on the radar gun regularly.
A concussion and stiff shoulder early in the year hurt his line, but Meek finished strong, not allowing a run from August 9th on. He followed that with a stint in the Arizona Fall League, allowing one run and three hits while whiffing nine and walking five in 9-2/3 innings. His ERA was 0.93.
But the Rays, brimming with talent, had no room for Meek on their 40-man roster. Pittsburgh did, and selected him in the Rule 5 draft after the 2007 season.
Meek looked a little shaky at camp. He failed to top 91 MPH in spring training, claiming that he was taking something off of his stuff to improve his control. That's never good.
He made his MLB debut on April 2nd. His first warmup pitch went to the backstop and the next two hopped in the dirt. It didn't get any better; he gave up a two-run gopher ball to the Braves in his first frame in the show.
Meek walked 12 in 13 innings while striking out 7, and was 0-1 with a 6.92 ERA in nine games. Meek's most infamous performance came in the Bucs home lid-lifter against the Cubs, when the 25-year old picked up the loss after walking five in one inning of work. He allowed multiple runs in five of his first six April appearances.
Guess what? The Bucs waived him, and after he cleared, they offered him back to Tampa Bay. Guess what? They didn't want him back! Pittsburgh worked out a cash deal to keep Meek, who they liked but was obviously in need of the kind of tune-up only the coaching mechanics tinkering in the minors can provide.
They sent him kicking and screaming to Altoona to work out the kinks. Meek beefed, wanting to drop no lower than AAA Indy, no doubt fearing that he'd dropped completely out of the Pirate future. Neal Huntington gave him a choice - his way or the highway.
Meek took off a few days and finally came to the conclusion that Altoona was OK with him.
"I thought about the fact that Neal had made a deal to keep me," Meek recalled for Jen Langosch of MLB.com. "He obviously believed in me. He stuck with me, and the Pirates stuck with me. That's what helped me make my decision."
"And everything worked out great," he continued. "They kept their promise, too. They said that when I got my velocity back and my control back, they'd move me up."
Now that the warm and fuzzies were firmly established, Meek did his work and was 1-1 with 2 saves and a 2.81 ERA in nine outings for Altoona. More importantly, he struck out 17 and walked just three in 16 innings.
It was on to Indy, where he had 2 saves and a 2.40 ERA in 23 games, walking 14 in 41-2/3 frames while fanning 34.
Meek followed that with a strong performance in the Mexican Winter League, pitching for the Mazatlan Deer. He had a 2.93 ERA, 8 BB, 14 Ks, and 10 saves in 15-1/3 innings, with an opposing batting average of .167. Rene Gayo watched, and was impressed that Meek was showing some control and throwing as hot as 98 MPH while consistently hitting 94 MPH.
He put himself back on the fast track, reaching #8 on the Pirate's 2009 Top Ten prospect list, according to Minor League Ball.
Ah, nothing like a career revived to warm over the spring tedium. Will Meek break camp with the team? Well, he throws hard, with a sinking heater - he gets a lot of ground outs for a power pitcher, - curve and slider, and we know how much the suits like guys that throw BBs.
But there is a numbers game in camp, and he has an option left. It would make some sense to start him out at Indy to get his motion etched into his muscle memory. And whether he starts in Pittsburgh or not, he's a solid bet to be in the show sometime in 2009.
He was drafted by the Twins in the 11th round that same year, but didn't sign right away. Instead, Meek went to Bellevue (WA) Community College, where he was named the top starting pitcher in the NWACC as a "draft and follow" player.
In 2003, he did sign on the dotted line, and went 7-1 with a 2.47 ERA for the Twin's short-season club, the Elizabethton Twins. In 51 innings, he walked 24 and struck out 47, allowing 33 hits. Baseball America rated him as the Appalachian League's #11 prospect, for what that's worth.
But in 2004, the right-hander suddenly lost all semblance of control, for no discernible reason. Meek walked 15 batters in only six innings at Class A Quad City before returning to extended spring training.
Hoping he was straightened out, the Twin Cities sent him back to Elizabethton, where he walked 25 more in 22 innings with an 8.06 ERA.
In 2005, the Twins gave him one more shot in the A Midwest League with Beloit, but he walked 36 more batters in 18 innings with a 10.00 ERA. Meek threw 23 wild pitches in 46 innings over two seasons.
He was, not too surprisingly, released by Minnesota midway through the year. Meek took the time off and tried to get his head together. That fall, the San Diego Padres signed him as a free agent and diligently worked side sessions with him, and his control improved significantly.
Meek went 6-6 with a 4.98 ERA for the high A Lake Elsinore Storm in the hitter's California League. Still, he walked 62 in 119 innings of work as a starter, better, but not enough to keep him in the Padre organization.
He was traded with Dale Thayer to Tampa Bay for Russell Branyan. The Rays did their homework, and they deleted two of his starts in which he gave up 17 runs in 2/3 of an inning. Meeks pitched 118-1/3 innings, striking out 113 and compiling a 3.72 ERA without those two stinkers.
They had one other trick up their sleeve. TB switched him to the pen, where he could rear back and fire without pacing himself. Meek was 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA after joining the Visalia Oaks at season's end, but the best was yet to come.
He spent 2007 with the AA Montgomery Biscuits and was 2-1 with a save and 4.30 ERA in 44 games. In 67 innings, he struck out 69 and walked 34 while registering 95 mph on the radar gun regularly.
A concussion and stiff shoulder early in the year hurt his line, but Meek finished strong, not allowing a run from August 9th on. He followed that with a stint in the Arizona Fall League, allowing one run and three hits while whiffing nine and walking five in 9-2/3 innings. His ERA was 0.93.
But the Rays, brimming with talent, had no room for Meek on their 40-man roster. Pittsburgh did, and selected him in the Rule 5 draft after the 2007 season.
Meek looked a little shaky at camp. He failed to top 91 MPH in spring training, claiming that he was taking something off of his stuff to improve his control. That's never good.
He made his MLB debut on April 2nd. His first warmup pitch went to the backstop and the next two hopped in the dirt. It didn't get any better; he gave up a two-run gopher ball to the Braves in his first frame in the show.
Meek walked 12 in 13 innings while striking out 7, and was 0-1 with a 6.92 ERA in nine games. Meek's most infamous performance came in the Bucs home lid-lifter against the Cubs, when the 25-year old picked up the loss after walking five in one inning of work. He allowed multiple runs in five of his first six April appearances.
Guess what? The Bucs waived him, and after he cleared, they offered him back to Tampa Bay. Guess what? They didn't want him back! Pittsburgh worked out a cash deal to keep Meek, who they liked but was obviously in need of the kind of tune-up only the coaching mechanics tinkering in the minors can provide.
They sent him kicking and screaming to Altoona to work out the kinks. Meek beefed, wanting to drop no lower than AAA Indy, no doubt fearing that he'd dropped completely out of the Pirate future. Neal Huntington gave him a choice - his way or the highway.
Meek took off a few days and finally came to the conclusion that Altoona was OK with him.
"I thought about the fact that Neal had made a deal to keep me," Meek recalled for Jen Langosch of MLB.com. "He obviously believed in me. He stuck with me, and the Pirates stuck with me. That's what helped me make my decision."
"And everything worked out great," he continued. "They kept their promise, too. They said that when I got my velocity back and my control back, they'd move me up."
Now that the warm and fuzzies were firmly established, Meek did his work and was 1-1 with 2 saves and a 2.81 ERA in nine outings for Altoona. More importantly, he struck out 17 and walked just three in 16 innings.
It was on to Indy, where he had 2 saves and a 2.40 ERA in 23 games, walking 14 in 41-2/3 frames while fanning 34.
Meek followed that with a strong performance in the Mexican Winter League, pitching for the Mazatlan Deer. He had a 2.93 ERA, 8 BB, 14 Ks, and 10 saves in 15-1/3 innings, with an opposing batting average of .167. Rene Gayo watched, and was impressed that Meek was showing some control and throwing as hot as 98 MPH while consistently hitting 94 MPH.
He put himself back on the fast track, reaching #8 on the Pirate's 2009 Top Ten prospect list, according to Minor League Ball.
Ah, nothing like a career revived to warm over the spring tedium. Will Meek break camp with the team? Well, he throws hard, with a sinking heater - he gets a lot of ground outs for a power pitcher, - curve and slider, and we know how much the suits like guys that throw BBs.
But there is a numbers game in camp, and he has an option left. It would make some sense to start him out at Indy to get his motion etched into his muscle memory. And whether he starts in Pittsburgh or not, he's a solid bet to be in the show sometime in 2009.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Sunday pre game
The Pirates traded Indy middle infielder Josh Wilson, 27, originally from Mt. Lebanon, to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later Saturday.
Wilson was batting .276 with 5 HR and 32 RBI in 97 games at Indy. He has some MLB experience with Tampa Bay, Washington, and Florida, with a career average of .233 in 116 games.
> This may have flown under the radar, but Rotoworld reported that the Rockies tried to deal for Ian Snell before the deadline.
The Pirates wanted LHP Franklin Morales, 22, (1-2, 6.39 ERA) and prospects RHP Esmil Rogers, 22, (8-6, 4.55 ERA in A ball) and SS Chris Nelson, 22, (the Rox top pick in 2005; he's in AA, and broke his hamate bone in June; that must be the injury d' jour) in return for him. Colorado thought it was too much.
The price is high, but not outrageous, as both prospects are in the second half of Colorado's top 10. Snell's stock has fallen some this year, but so has that of Morales. The Pittsburgh suits held to their guns and wouldn't deal unless they thought the return was right.
The Rox didn't come up with another arm during the trade period, and may try to land Snell in a waiver deal if they can come to terms with Pittsburgh. Then again, they could go the Josh Fogg route, according to the Denver Post.
Interestingly, other teams that took a look at Snell during the trade period, like the Mets, saw him as a bullpen arm with the potential to close in time. High pitch counts as a starter, power arm featuring a fastball and slider - it does add up.
> The Pirates still haven't had two starters throw quality starts in back-to-back games since late June. Sunday's starter, right-hander Ian Snell, hasn't thrown one since June 11, which was also the last time he won. Not that one has anything to do with the other, of course.
> Do you ever wonder what tweaks pitching coaches come up with? In Sean Burnett's case, in June he and pitching coach Jeff Andrews moved his push foot from the first-base side of the rubber to the far third-base side. That shift got his slider down with better movement, and has been the key in Burny's resurgence.
> An old Pirate is worth big bucks on the market - the trading card market. A 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card was sold for $1.62 million at a memorabilia auction in Chicago, a sports auction company said Saturday. His more famous T206 card sold for $2.8M last year. Wagner himself never got a contract worth over $10,000 in his career.
> Jay Bay and Manny Ramirez homered yesterday for their new teams. Just sayin'...
On the minor league front: Indy won 11-3, banging out 18 hits against Toledo. 3B Matt Kata (.245) led the way, collecting four hits, including a double and his 7th HR with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. SS Brian Bixler (.281) added three hits and scored twice. OF Nyjer Morgan (.270), 1B Jason Delaney (.250), and C Michel Hernadez (.267), each had a pair of hits.
RHP Evan Meek has been named Indianapolis Player of the Month for July. He turned in an 0.51 ERA with no decisions over nine relief appearances in July, and allowed just one walk, eight hits and a .133 batting average, while striking out 16 in 17.2 innings.
During the month, Meek led all Tribe hurlers in ERA, batting average against, strikeout-to-walk ratio and WHIP (0.51).
> Altoona got run over by Bowie, 12-2. 2B Shelby Ford (.270) had a pair of hits and scored.
> Lynchburg lost 6-5 to Myrtle Beach. 3B Danny Bomback (.417), a recent Hickory call-up, had two hits, including his first HR, an RBI and 2 runs scored. DH/OF Eddie Prasch added two hits, including a double, and scored and drove home a run.
> HIckory lost, 7-4. 2B Greg Picard (.259) had two knocks, including his first homer and 2 RBI, RF Erik Huber (.269) had two hits and an RBI, and 1B Tom Hagan (.277) added a pair of singles.
> State College lost to Batavia, 6-5 in 10 innings. CF Ciro Rosero had three hits, scored a run and had an RBI. DH/OF Andrew Biela (.293), C Mark Carver (.197), SS Chase D'Arnaud (.283), and 2B Chad Rice (.233) had a pair of knocks apiece.
> Bradenton beat the Red's GCL squad 5-1. RHP Gabriel Alvarado, 21, (3-1, 3.19 ERA) went five shutout innings, giving up three hits while striking out 4 for the win. Ronny Paulino, DH'ing while in rehab, went 3-3 with a double, run scored, and RBI.
18-year old SS Benjamin Gonzalez (.205) had two hits, including a double & a walk, and scored twice for the baby Bucs. In his first game, LF Jose Tabata was 1 for 2 with a double and a run scored, and RF Edward Garcia (.176) hit his second home run, a two-out, three-run shot.
Wilson was batting .276 with 5 HR and 32 RBI in 97 games at Indy. He has some MLB experience with Tampa Bay, Washington, and Florida, with a career average of .233 in 116 games.
> This may have flown under the radar, but Rotoworld reported that the Rockies tried to deal for Ian Snell before the deadline.
The Pirates wanted LHP Franklin Morales, 22, (1-2, 6.39 ERA) and prospects RHP Esmil Rogers, 22, (8-6, 4.55 ERA in A ball) and SS Chris Nelson, 22, (the Rox top pick in 2005; he's in AA, and broke his hamate bone in June; that must be the injury d' jour) in return for him. Colorado thought it was too much.
The price is high, but not outrageous, as both prospects are in the second half of Colorado's top 10. Snell's stock has fallen some this year, but so has that of Morales. The Pittsburgh suits held to their guns and wouldn't deal unless they thought the return was right.
The Rox didn't come up with another arm during the trade period, and may try to land Snell in a waiver deal if they can come to terms with Pittsburgh. Then again, they could go the Josh Fogg route, according to the Denver Post.
Interestingly, other teams that took a look at Snell during the trade period, like the Mets, saw him as a bullpen arm with the potential to close in time. High pitch counts as a starter, power arm featuring a fastball and slider - it does add up.
> The Pirates still haven't had two starters throw quality starts in back-to-back games since late June. Sunday's starter, right-hander Ian Snell, hasn't thrown one since June 11, which was also the last time he won. Not that one has anything to do with the other, of course.
> Do you ever wonder what tweaks pitching coaches come up with? In Sean Burnett's case, in June he and pitching coach Jeff Andrews moved his push foot from the first-base side of the rubber to the far third-base side. That shift got his slider down with better movement, and has been the key in Burny's resurgence.
> An old Pirate is worth big bucks on the market - the trading card market. A 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card was sold for $1.62 million at a memorabilia auction in Chicago, a sports auction company said Saturday. His more famous T206 card sold for $2.8M last year. Wagner himself never got a contract worth over $10,000 in his career.
> Jay Bay and Manny Ramirez homered yesterday for their new teams. Just sayin'...
On the minor league front: Indy won 11-3, banging out 18 hits against Toledo. 3B Matt Kata (.245) led the way, collecting four hits, including a double and his 7th HR with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. SS Brian Bixler (.281) added three hits and scored twice. OF Nyjer Morgan (.270), 1B Jason Delaney (.250), and C Michel Hernadez (.267), each had a pair of hits.
RHP Evan Meek has been named Indianapolis Player of the Month for July. He turned in an 0.51 ERA with no decisions over nine relief appearances in July, and allowed just one walk, eight hits and a .133 batting average, while striking out 16 in 17.2 innings.
During the month, Meek led all Tribe hurlers in ERA, batting average against, strikeout-to-walk ratio and WHIP (0.51).
> Altoona got run over by Bowie, 12-2. 2B Shelby Ford (.270) had a pair of hits and scored.
> Lynchburg lost 6-5 to Myrtle Beach. 3B Danny Bomback (.417), a recent Hickory call-up, had two hits, including his first HR, an RBI and 2 runs scored. DH/OF Eddie Prasch added two hits, including a double, and scored and drove home a run.
> HIckory lost, 7-4. 2B Greg Picard (.259) had two knocks, including his first homer and 2 RBI, RF Erik Huber (.269) had two hits and an RBI, and 1B Tom Hagan (.277) added a pair of singles.
> State College lost to Batavia, 6-5 in 10 innings. CF Ciro Rosero had three hits, scored a run and had an RBI. DH/OF Andrew Biela (.293), C Mark Carver (.197), SS Chase D'Arnaud (.283), and 2B Chad Rice (.233) had a pair of knocks apiece.
> Bradenton beat the Red's GCL squad 5-1. RHP Gabriel Alvarado, 21, (3-1, 3.19 ERA) went five shutout innings, giving up three hits while striking out 4 for the win. Ronny Paulino, DH'ing while in rehab, went 3-3 with a double, run scored, and RBI.
18-year old SS Benjamin Gonzalez (.205) had two hits, including a double & a walk, and scored twice for the baby Bucs. In his first game, LF Jose Tabata was 1 for 2 with a double and a run scored, and RF Edward Garcia (.176) hit his second home run, a two-out, three-run shot.
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