8/28 Gameday Thread: Judgement Day for Connor

A lot going on in rookie ball this morning:

Encarnacion bounces back after a rough couple of starts.

Lira has reached base three times already today after 4 times yesterday. He’s got 5 walks over the last two games.

Doubles for Mayer and Bleis. Bleis reached base a total of 3 times.

Bonaci reached base twice and stole two bases. Chacon reached base 3 times and also swiped a bag.

There are so many guys to watch at this level. Bloom and Co. have done a great job at building the depth at all levels.

For Salem - Ceddanne with a HR (Is he the smallest guy in the system?) and a Blaze 2b.

I happened to be at the Portland Whoopie Pie game last night and both Potts and Hernandez were making very loud contact, and both had long fly balls to the warning track in CF. Hernandez in particular has been nice at the plate lately.

Not so bold prediction: He'll get hotter than Jamaica in the middle of summer.
He's been making tons of contact and dominating the strike zone while lifting the ball.

Cam Cannon with a 4-hit day including 2 doubles

Josh Winckowski back on track

6 IP- 5 H- 2 ER- 2 BB- 8 K


Also Rio Gomez must be on a run, his numbers have improved a lot since he first showed up in Portland. 2 pretty dominant innings for him