7/3 Minor League Freedom From Wrap-Ups Edition

by Gomez on Jul 4, 2008 1:50 PM PDT Comment 3 comments

So before I could write the recap for 7/2 yesterday, my right ankle gave out on my way back from lunch. While I usually pound out a recap during the lunch hour, I spent most of the rest of my lunch hour, and the day, keeping my projects at work caught up while attending to my ankle. I admittedly was in no mood to catch up on the minors last night, so I figured on a DOUBLEHEADER special today.

Well... except I got as far as wrapping up the DSL before MiLB.com decided to crap out. And stay crapped out as I type this. It may be up in an hour or so, but with two hours and change to go before I need to be somewhere today... I'm afraid a recap for 7/3 is no-go as well.

But DON'T FRET... for stats on yesterday's games I will direct you to the fundamentally outdated but statistically updated First Inning for your statheaded needs, and for more info, there is also the always-detailed J at Mariner Minors.

And my apologies. I'll try it again tomorrow.

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Gomez, have you heard of this Walter Suriel on the AquaSox?

He threw last night for them, and I was pretty impressed. Sat 88-92 on his FB, average about 90, high 93. Looked like he had two offspeed pitches, a slider and a change – the slider was so-so, the change looked very good.

Per BR-Minors, his stats have been bad and he’s almost 22… so I guess that answers the question of whether or not he’s a legit prospect.

by seattlebruin on Jul 4, 2008 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He's a DSLer that they decided to bring to the mainland for this year

I was a bit surprised, as it seemed there were a few better options to bring up from last year’s DSL team… but he’s got enough stuff to be of use. If he can locate (which he’s obviously struggled with), he’s got hope as a lefty reliever.

As with any low-ender, I try to reserve judgment on a guy until he’s faceplanted repeatedly at a given level over 2-3 years, or he’s gotten to the AA/AAA and we have some idea of what path his career’s taking.

by Gomez on Jul 5, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs