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Tonight, we see Kumar Rocker, the 6′ 5″, 245-pound RH, #3 Draft Pick in the 2022 Draft, pitch against Tyler Glasnow. Well, Tyler is not going to hit against him, so there is that! Minor League Overview OKC Comets : They are now 5-7 after losing 6-5 to Round Rock. Of note is that…
Tonight, we see Kumar Rocker, the 6′ 5″, 245-pound RH, #3 Draft Pick in the 2022 Draft, pitch against Tyler Glasnow. Well, Tyler is not going to hit against him, so there is that!
Minor League Overview
OKC Comets: They are now 5-7 after losing 6-5 to Round Rock. Of note is that Fitzgerald is smoking hot (.415) and went 4-5 last night. Ehrhard was 3-5, and Noah Miller was 3-3 (.357). Several pitchers took the mound and were meeeehhh! The biggest concern is Ronan Kopp, who gave up 1 hit and 1 run while walking 4 in .2 innings. He currently has a 13,54 ERA and in 4.1 innings has allowed 6 hits, 3 HR, and walked 9 batters while striking out 5. Shades of Nick Nastrini!
Tulsa Drillers – They are now 4-2 as they beat Springfield 12-9. George was 3-5 (.407) with a double and his 5th SB. DePaula was 3-6. Nevin, Hainline, and Vetrano also had 2 hits. Serwinowski gave up 5 runs on 5 hits and 3 BB in 1.1 innings. Bruns was smoked for 4 runs in 2 IP, and when Wepf is your best pitcher of the day, you have issues. But they won. DePaula is on a fast track to OKC.
Great Lakes Loons – The Loons are also 4-2 after beating West Michigan 5-2. Davalan and Sirota each had a double, and Wagner hit his 2nd HR. Yean got the save, striking out 2 in the 9th inning.
Ontario Tower Buzzers – Leiter starts tonight! The Buzzers are also 4-2 as they Inland Empire 8-3. Elkins (DH) was 4-4 (.440) with his 2nd HR. Vargas was 2-5 as well. Morales is playing 3B and was 1-3 (a double).
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In 248.1 professional IP, Ronan Kopp has struck out a whopping 386 batters. That is 14.0 K/9. But like so many LAD pitching prospects, his BB rate is not good (okay, bad). In those same 248.1 IP, he has issued 186 walks, or 6.7 BB/9. One might hope that the pitcher can harness his control a bit better once he reaches AAA, but Kopp has regressed. He has appeared in 4 games, 4.1 IP and has 9 BB. What is also concerning is that he only has 5 K. A 1.8 K/BB ratio is not good, but a 1.8 BB to K ratio is horrible. His stuff is fantastic which is why he was protected. But it does no good if you can’t get it consistently over the plate. Too early to draw conclusions, but he needs to reverse the trend.
PAtrick Copen starts today for Tulsa against Springfield. I am working on my Meet Patrick Copen post. Hopefully today can add something special.
Good post Dad. The trip to Pittsburgh sounds really fun It’s such a beautiful setting on TV; I haven’t actually been there. But who wants to be the richest guy in the cemetery? Spend the grand and have fun. I cut the cable in Az this winter when my cable bill hit $350 a month. Great package but that’s too much. Another consideration for me was recording capabilities. I try to watch nothing live. I skip all the ads and I can watch a game in no time. I picked Hulu + with live TV and Disney. I’m figuring out the recording tricks and like it. My only problem now is I can’t figure out how to watch an unfinished game from the beginning while it is recording. So far, I have to wait for the game to be completed before I can watch the recording. If anybody knows how to avoid that, I’m all ears. So with Roku, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount+, History Vault and all the ESPN channels, I think I’m all set. If I was stying in Az longer, I’d get the MLB extra-innings package. All of this is much cheaper than $350/ mo. Having watched all of the depth, talent and competition in Spring Training, I’m surprised that OKC is 5 and 7. Yeah, it’s early but a fair number of our AAA squad might be on the 26 man roster of a number of Big League teams. With the exception of Senzel, Zavala and Siani, they are hitting the crap out of the ball but pitching is everything and statistically, very few of the top prospects are pitching well, Kopp being mentioned today as especially underperforming.
Probably going the YouTube route. Thanks for the info.
I cut the cable cord years ago and You Tube Tv has been great. I have ESPN, Hulu, HBO, ESPN, Netflix, Apple TV, and a few others.
really wish the Dodgers would move Ward. Let him try somewhere else and see if he can make a big league roster. Maybe nobody wants him? I don’t believe that, but it’s possible. Maybe he’s comfortable doing what he’s doing. I don’t know how much he makes, but it would be nice if he got a shot somewhere else. Nice to see aj hinch and the tigers off to a slow start! As well, the Red Sox are also off to a underwhelming start. Not bitter anymore, just a grinning! Rockies are playing some good baseball! The white Sox too. Pirates can be a playoff contender. Minnesota under Derek Shelton are competitive. Cardinals are playing better than anticipated. Maybe Ollie can manage. Baseball is in a good place. Let’s hope there’s no lockout! I think they work it out. Baseball can’t afford another lockout. Checked on tickets for the Dodgers trip to Pittsburgh. Around a $1000 bucks for 4 tickets for 2 games. That’s decent seats. I guess my wife and I could sleep in the car!!!! Still debating whether to go or watch in my den! Never stop writing Bear! Love reading about the old days. You’re a little older than me so I enjoy reading about some of the Dodgers I really never got to see. Limited tv in the 60’s where I grew up so didn’t get to watch as much as some. He’ll with all the streaming, could be headed back to those days! I don’t have peacock. I don’t have Netflix. I don’t have Hulu. I don’t have paramount. I DO have an outrageous cable subscription which I am dying to get rid of. Just afraid of YouTube tv. Well I do have mlb package which I love except when the Dodgers play either Washington or Baltimore, and those games are blacked out. Stupid since I am 5 hours away! Washington is not very good so they are never on national tv. Baltimore? Almost the same thing. I don’t get it. They want more viewers, but they limit the exposure!
I liked Hainline this spring and he’s off to a nice start at Tulsa. Looks like it’s the end of the line for Bruns. Just has no idea where the ball is going. Hate to see it.
Despite all the hype about Tibbs (justified), Erdhard is keeping pace. If George can get his bat working a little better, he could be a real weapon with his speed.
George is breaking out. Doing this at AA is worthy of notice. Opposite field fever! Tibbs was doing that too. Looking forward to seeing Leiter. Some interesting names right now atop the pitchibg watchlist: Copen, Root, Nieves, Zazueta, Fox. I hope Ward gets a chance somewhere. Tibbs has completely ended his [Ward’s] chance with us. Morales at 3B is cool. Let’s hope Joendry Vargas at SS has a bounceback season. Keep the pipeline flowin’ and the trophies showin’.