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The Memphis Redbirds won 4-3 against the Iowa Cubs. box

• Batting Highlights:
  • Jon Jay went 1 for 2 with 2 walks.
  • Ruben Gotay had a homer to show for 3 at bats.
  • Shane Robinson was 1 of 3.
  Pitching Highlights:
  • Rich Hill threw 6 and 2/3 innings giving up 2 unearned runs. He struck out 6 batters and only gave up 1 hit, but he did walk 5 hitters.
  • Pete Parise once again made it interesting giving up a homer and a triple, but he held on to pick up another save.

The Springfield Cardinals won 2-1 against the Midland Rock Hounds. box

• Batting Highlights:
  • Curt Smith and Charles Cutler were each 2 for 4. One of Smith's hits was a double.
  • Pete Kozma was 1 for 2 with a homer.
  Pitching Highlights:
  • Nick Additon pitched 4 and 2/3 innings giving up 1 run. He struck out 8 although he did walk 4.
  • Chuckie Fick added 2 and 1/3 scorless innings in relief.
  • Eduardo Sanchez tossed 2 perfect innings to pick up the win.

The Palm Beach Cardinals lost 7-5 to the St. Lucie Mets. box

• Batting Highlights:
  • Matt Carpenter and Tommy Pham each went 1 for 3 with a walk.
  • Tony Cruz was 2 for 4 with a double and a run scored. He caught 2 runners trying to steal, but he also had a passed ball.
  • Rich Racobaldo was 2 of 4
  • Alex Castellanos doubled in 3 at bats. He also walked once.
  Pitching Highlights:
  • Brian Broderick threw 6 innings giving up 3 runs on 6 hits.
  • Joel Pichardo tossed an inning and two-thirds of scoreless relief.

The Quad Cities River Bandits won 5-3 against the Beloit Snappers. box

• Batting Highlights:
  • D'Marcus Ingram and Jason Stidham each went 1 for 3 and walked twice.
  • Matt Adams was 3 for 4 with a homer.
  • Devin Shepherd was 2 for 4 with a double.
  • Robert Stock doubled and walked in 3 at bats.
  Pitching Highlights:
  • Mike Blazek threw 5 innings giving up 2 runs (1 earned). He struck out 4 batters and walked none.
  • Jorge Rondon followed with 3 innings. He gave up a run, struck out 4, and was equally stingy with the free passes.
  • Jesse Simpson picked up another save.

It's early, but Pete "Don't-Call-My-Swing-Poopy" Kozma's off to a hot-start.

Cronos69 wrote:It's early, but Pete "Don't-Call-My-Swing-Poopy" Kozma's off to a hot-start.

Seems that way, but he's only hitting .196 (.651 OPS).

Socnorb11 wrote:

Cronos69 wrote:It's early, but Pete "Don't-Call-My-Swing-Poopy" Kozma's off to a hot-start.

Seems that way, but he's only hitting .196 (.651 OPS).

I think that actually qualifies as a hot start for him...

NewP - love the wrap ups. Thanks for doing them. Wondering if anyone could do like a weekly organization wide stat breakdown to show who is looking good. I see that so and so did three for four with a couple of rbi's - if that raises his ave to .081 I don't want to get to excited.

player, level, stats, maybe brief comment - limit it to like the top 20 stat wise plus Kozma (or other key names that may not be performing in the top 20).

Anyone, Anyone?

BigDCardlvr wrote:

Socnorb11 wrote:

Cronos69 wrote:It's early, but Pete "Don't-Call-My-Swing-Poopy" Kozma's off to a hot-start.

Seems that way, but he's only hitting .196 (.651 OPS).

I think that actually qualifies as a hot start for him...

white hot

Really though, from what I've seen of him he's a slick defender.

BigDCardlvr wrote:

Socnorb11 wrote:

Cronos69 wrote:It's early, but Pete "Don't-Call-My-Swing-Poopy" Kozma's off to a hot-start.

Seems that way, but he's only hitting .196 (.651 OPS).

I think that actually qualifies as a hot start for him...

NewP - love the wrap ups. Thanks for doing them. Wondering if anyone could do like a weekly organization wide stat breakdown to show who is looking good. I see that so and so did three for four with a couple of rbi's - if that raises his ave to .081 I don't want to get to excited.

player, level, stats, maybe brief comment - limit it to like the top 20 stat wise plus Kozma (or other key names that may not be performing in the top 20).

Anyone, Anyone?

I actually started a thread regarding which prospects we need to keep an eye on.

Unfortunately, i haven't been able to really keep up with it, but i certainly plan to try to post weekly updates on how our best prospects are doing.

At some point the Mendoza Line will be renamed the Kozma Line

Don't forget, Kozma is just turned 22 and is in AA.

His second half season at each level has been pretty good
A - .284 .363 .398 .760
A+ - .315 .381 .384 .765

He certainly wasn't ready for the jump to AA Springfield as a 21 year old last year after having played just 42 games at Palm Beach. If anyone needed a full season at high A it was Kozma. I think it was a mistake to push him that far, but his defense plays and has pushed him above his age and talent level. Hopefully history will repeat itself for him and he'll be more prepared for AA pitchers the second half season through. So far, he's driving the ball, but he's got to find more consistency at the plate.

BigDCardlvr wrote:

Socnorb11 wrote:

Cronos69 wrote:It's early, but Pete "Don't-Call-My-Swing-Poopy" Kozma's off to a hot-start.

Seems that way, but he's only hitting .196 (.651 OPS).

I think that actually qualifies as a hot start for him...

NewP - love the wrap ups. Thanks for doing them. Wondering if anyone could do like a weekly organization wide stat breakdown to show who is looking good. I see that so and so did three for four with a couple of rbi's - if that raises his ave to .081 I don't want to get to excited.

player, level, stats, maybe brief comment - limit it to like the top 20 stat wise plus Kozma (or other key names that may not be performing in the top 20).

Anyone, Anyone?

I'll try to add some weekly reports starting this weekend. I was hoping to do more with these reports, but they're harder than I remember them being.