8/3 ML Gameday Thread: Henry Owens Portland debut

RDLR called up... who starts in his place?

Dan Butler's last 10 games:

.472/.537/.944/1.481

HHOD

Yeah honestly with the way he's pitched lately I'd have bet on him getting shut down for the year, not called up.

I don't know that De La Rosa has been called up. There have been a few tweets about this, but the only De La Rosa being called up that I can see is Eury De La Rosa, a left-handed reliever in the Diamondbacks farm system. He got the call-up to replace Skaggs.

Maybe they can sneak Xander in the trunk of the car he is driving up I-95. I really think there screwing with us now.

Hollywood needs to start making fictional baseball movies again. 


I would say that this is definitely more than "not a bad start", this is a pretty impressive start. 

What a line for Henry O in his Double-A debut. 6IP 4H 0R 0ER 2BB 11 K's. The lad is our best pitching prospect.

Given the results, can the fb speed be correct? Seems a bit low

Jon Meoli Jon Meoli
#redsox LHP Henry Owens with an 88-90 mph FB thru 2. Battling command issues with FB but CH, CU sharp as ever.

(1) I don't think the Bowie gun does anyone any favors, though I haven't been to the park recently.

(2) Weather in the DC area has been damp and drizzly this evening. Maybe not an optimum evening for getting loose and throwing one's hardest. But might have been a sub-optimal evening for the hitters as well.

Let's see what happens in his remaining starts. Speaking of which, tonight's start puts him 9 innings above his innings total for last season. How much more are we going to see of him?

Since I was running late thanks to recording the latest podcast, I missed half the damn game in Lynchburg tonight - Augliera and the Lynchburg starter were both cookin' - so not a ton to report. I also wasn't bearing down too hard scouting-wise: I was blocked from parking behind anyone with a gun, and frankly, my brain is still mush from the bar, so I was just relaxing.

- Augliera works quick. Pretty good arm-side run on the two-seam. Gave up a lot of loud contact that turned into outs though. I feel like he'll struggle more at higher levels, but he might have a role as a reliever.
- Marrero and Betts make up a really good defensive middle infield. Betts made a couple of REALLY nice plays, showing off some range. Marrero looked very smooth, although he did kind of olé one groundball to start the game-ending double play (although he may have done so because he was trying to see around the runner going to third - it was a tough play and hop).
- I honestly didn't see enough of anyone at the plate to pass anything along. KDLC did drill one off the CF wall 390' away.
- Cody Koback can cover some ground in center. Looks very quick on the bases as well.
- Madison Younginer brought some heat - Salem chart gun had him at 97 - with a curve that flashed plus to my untrained eye. FB control wasn't really great though.
- You can get pitchers of beer at the concession stands in Lynchburg. Of all places, I didn't think the home of Jerry Falwell would be where you could do that.
- The guy sitting in front of me, who had written "Gooooooo Dawgs!" in Sharpie on the back of his UGA hat along with whatever roman numeral the current Uga is, was talking about how he and his wife want to name their baby Atreyu if it's a boy, after the Neverending Story character.