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Carlos Santana has 25 walks and 18 strikeouts. Swoon.
I refuse to ever root for a team that routinely does the MVP chant for opposing players.
by TheVanillaGorilla on May 21, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
Holy cow … can we cross out fingers for him and Rondon to develop normally?
by FallsTribeFan on May 21, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Lastoria doesn’t mention a slider in Gomez’s repertoire, but apparently that’s what he’s been dominating with today. Did he add his slider in the past year?
by cleveland teamer on May 21, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe the college kids calling this game think its a slider.
by FallsTribeFan on May 21, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure this will be the front page on milb.com very soon.
by FallsTribeFan on May 21, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
for posterity
Akron
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gomez, J (W, 4-0) 9.0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.31
Fun fact: Tomo Ohka threw a perfect game for AAA Pawtucket in 2000
by cleveland teamer on May 21, 2009 1:25 PM EDT reply actions
Announcers are pronouncing his name YAHN – mahr. Do they know something or are they totally guessing?
Baseball isn't boring. YOU ARE.
Yeah, not sure why we bother with non-Venezuelans.
by dgcambridge on May 21, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Let’s promote this to the front page. Screw Jake Peavy.
by fleerdon on May 21, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I say we convert ALL minor league pitchers to relievers …
by FallsTribeFan on May 21, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
JEANMARVELOUS!!!!
Juan Salas: Smartest man in baseball?
by emd2k3 on May 21, 2009 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
From Ross Atkins, as reported by Lastoria on his blog:
On Jeanmar Gomez: “He is a 21-year old in Double-A with a fastball he has gotten up to 94-95 MPH. He has a very clean delivery and is extremely durable. He is competing in Double-A with essentially no average secondary pitches. He is a lot like Hector Rondon, just not quite as much of a fastball as Hector has. He is similar in the velocity, but as we were talking about with Sowers, some guys’ fastballs play with a little bit more life. With Jeanmar he has to work a little harder to locate his fastball, and his secondary pitches will be more important than they are for Hector. But a 21-year old competing in Double-A with just a fastball is very promising.”
On Jeanmar Gomez’s callup: “It was just more a matter of having a spot for him here in Akron open up. Secondarily, we wanted to make sure the subtle adjustments he had made were going to take and he was going to have success with those adjustments. We would rather him do that in a little bit lower level to play and a bit of warmer weather too. A little bit less change as he was making just a little bit of a subtle change to his arm swing, making his circle just a little shorter.”
And from Akron pitching coach Ruben Niebla
On Jeanmar Gomez: “The stats speak for themselves. Everyone here has a process and has something to work on. Gomez is Jeanmar Gomezthe same as everyone else. He has been great and commanded his fastball well, now it is a matter of being able to maintain it and being able to consistently get Double-A hitters out. There are certain things with his delivery we are working on still, certain consistencies with his offspeed pitches, but I think he is a solid competitor at this level at this point.”
FIRE SHAPIRO for not acquiring any pitchers with live arms!
by world dictator on May 21, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
it would be nice if some of the few live arms shapiro has acquired would, you know, actually make it to the parent club once in awhile. i’ve got high hopes for gomez/rondon/de la cruz—it seems like at least one of those guys has to become a productive major league starter.
by Cap'n Snegiryov on May 22, 2009 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought Lastoria made an interesting observation that the time to move one of these guys (Gomez, Rondon, De La Cruz) is now. Gomez, in particular, since he is such a one dimensional pitcher and his secondary stuff (is apparently) pretty ordinary.
He hedged it by saying only for a starting pitcher that was still under control for next year also.
i know Shap (over)values any young pitcher with the potential to be a starter, but the time to win is now (and next year).
While I agree this seems like a decent time to move one of these guys, I don’t trust any of the scouting reports I hear regarding any of these guys’ stuff. There’s nobody observing the Indians at the minor league level who brings anywhere near the level of expertise I’d want in order to trust their evaluation of Gomez’ stuff.
I mean, Gomez is 21. It’s not like no 21 year old pitcher has ever developed better secondary stuff in the next 18 months of his life.
Exactly. Even if his future looks like the great wide open, at some point it’ll become clear. For what it’s worth he siad in the postgame interview that “all” his pitches were working. Perhaps the word “all” means means “every fastball” instead of referring to his secondary pitches but that would be a new one on me.
But isn’t that Lasortia’s point? Gomez could turn into the next Johan Santana but he could just as easily fall off at higher levels. When you have three guys like this in your system, at similar levels, why not sell the high unknown of the future for the established good starting pitcher of right now. Obviously you don’t get rid of one of the three just because, but they seem like good, tradeable, chips for the right starting pitcher.
But the bigger problem in any trade for a legit starter is going to be salary. Teams don’t usually trade young, cheap, starting pitching.
by world dictator on May 22, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Someone put together a list of Minor League perfect games. I don’t know how complete it is, but I don’t see any superstars on the list…
6-26-47 Carl DeRose (AA) KC vs. Minn (5-0)
6-23-56 John Herbert (NYPENN) Erie vs. Hornell (?score?)
6-11-59 Ron Bloodworth (III) Fox City vs. Green Bay (3-0)
6- 1-67 Percival Ford (FLA) W. Palm Beach vs. Ft. Lauderdale (1-0)
7-18-68 Ed Phillips (CAR) Win-Sal vs. Rocky Mt. (3-0)
6-12-70 Leonardo Ferguson (MEX) Campeche vs. Puerto Mex (2-0)
8- 4-70 Chip Swanson (SOUTHERN) Montgomery vs. Alabama (3-0)
6-18-71 Mike Ruddell (EASTERN) Three Rivers vs. Pawtcuket (1-0) (9 1/3 Perfect inns)
4-18-73 Steve Hardin (CAR) Wislon vs. Win-Sal (?score?)
6- 6-75 Marc Bombard (FL ST) Tamps vs. Lakeland (1-0)
7-21-78 Horacio Pena (MEX) Aguascalientes vs. Mex City Reds (3-0)
8-12-78 Marty Bystrom (CAR) Peninsula vs. Win-Sal (3-0)
7-14-79 Jamie Easterly (AA) Denver vs. Iowa (10-0)
5- 5-83 David Wilhelmi (TEX) Shreveport vs. Arkansas (7-0)
8- 3-83 Randy Ramirez (CAL) Bakersfield vs. Stockton (1-0)
4- 9-89 Dennis Burlingame (CAR) Durham vs. Frederick (4-0)
8-13-96 Rick Helling (AA) OK City v. Nashville (4-0)
9- 6-96 Keith Ramsey (CAR) Kinston vs. Myrtle Beach (6-0)
6- 1-00 Tomo Ohka (IL) Pawtucket vs. Charlotte (2-0)
7- 7-01 John Halama (PCL) Tacoma vs. Calgary (6-0)
4- 7-03 John Wasdin (PCL) Nashville vs Albuquerque (4-0)
8- 9-03 Bronson Arroyo (IL) Pawtucket vs. Buffalo (7-0)
6-25-07 Manny Parra (PCL) Nashville vs. Round Rock (3-0)
7-15-07 Guillermo Moscoso (NYPENN) Oneonta vs. Batavia (6-0)
7- 2-61 Dennis Ribant (MID) Quad Cities vs. Clinton
7-21-75 Abelino Pena (MID) Burlington vs. Cedar Rapids
7-25-85 Bob Link (MID) Waterloo vs. Clinton
8- 3-00 Scott Dunn (MID) Clinton vs. Lansing
6-30-04 Chris Coughlin (MID) Burlington vs. Beloit
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
Nothing all that great – or to get excited about… Marty Bystrom stands out as most notable to me – since he played a big part in the Phillies winning the NL East and World Series in 1980 (going 5-0 and 1.50 ERA after being called up in September)
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge..." C. Darwin
Yes, and if they do we must trade them within 4 days … before the next start.
by FallsTribeFan on May 22, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
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