I want to thank everyone for reading my write-up yesterday and retweeting it to expand the readership of that article. It's really helping clean Zachary Hurley's name and his connection to PED's since more people are aware that this is stemming from an everyday, commonly used supplement. It's also helping the other guys clean their names as well, even though we don't know if Jack3d was the culprit in those cases. I am currently working on finding more information on their cases and will let you know when I find anything out.
I even received an email from Hurley himself yesterday thanking me for helping him get his story out and I'm setting up a small interview with him so we can get more details on the situation. So, if you have anything you want asked on the situation, please email me.
The New York-Penn League released their All-Star Roster yesterday and guess who made it! Ben Orloff and Tyler Burnett! Ben Orloff has been a pleasant surprise this season after really disappointing at the plate last season. He is a solid defender and is showing some promise at the plate now. Tyler Burnett has also shown some solid plate discipline in this short season as well as some power. Although, he has played a good bit of time at 1B but we have no indications as to whether its from poor defense or just spreading the time around to Michael Kvasnicka, Jhonny Medrano, and even Orloff.
Round Rock won 3-0
- Andy Van Hekken (4.18)-7 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 SO
- Mark Melancon (0.00)-1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO-That's what we're looking for!
- Brian Bogusevic (.297)-1-2, HR, 2 BB-That's about as perfect as you can get!
- Collin DeLome (.246)-2-4, HR, SO
Corpus Christi lost 4-3
- Douglas Arguello (2.55)-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO-Does anyone know if he got injured? It wasn't a rain delay or anything.
- J.D. Martinez (.321)-3-4, 2B, HR, BB-Yeah, he topped Bogey!
- David Cook (.242)-3-5, HR
Lancaster won 10-5
- Leandro Cespedes (5.85)-3 1/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR
- Jonathan Villar (.357)-2-5, 3B, SO, SB
- Brian Pellegrini (.301)-2-4, BB, SB
- Andrew Simunic (.341)-2-5, 2 2B, SO
- John Curtis (.291)-4-5
- David Flores (.272)-1-5, HR, SO
- Jose Altuve (.400)-2-3, 2B, BB
Lexington won 9-6
- Juan Minaya (5.16)-3 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR
- Jimmy Paredes (.282)-1-5, HR, 2 SO-He literally is the second coming of Altuve in Lexington as a leadoff hitter with some serious pop!
- Jio Mier (.221)-1-5, 3 SO-And there's another slump.
- Jake Goebbert (.278)-3-4, HR, BB-I'm really liking this guys! Anyone else?
- Kody Hinze (.272)-1-3, 2B, 2 BB, 2 SO
- Jonathan Meyer (.253)-1-2, 3 BB, SB-Solid plate discipline in that game.
- Miguel Arrendell (.249)-2-4, SO-He's been a pretty solid back-up in Lexington this year.
- Rene Garcia (.256)-2-4, BB
Tri-City won 6-2
- Robby Doran (5.48)-5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Ben Orloff (.316)-2-4, BB, SB
- Kike Hernandez (.288)-2-4, BB
- Michael Kvasnicka (.241)-1-4, 2B, BB
- Ben Heath (.248)-2-4, 2B, BB, 2 SO
Greeneville lost 13-3
- Mike Foltynewicz (6.58)-2 1/3 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO-His 4.42 FIP is a much better looking number than his ERA and his BABiP is still very high.
- Jhonny Medrano (.327)-1-3, HR, SO
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Chris Wallace (.329)-1-3, 2B, SO
Greeneville won 4-1
- Gabriel Garcia (2.25)-2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO
- Jeiller Castillo (2.35)-2 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO
- Jhonny Medrano (.336)-2-3, 2B, HR, BB, SO-Wow this was on heck of a day for Medrano!
- Rafael Valenzuela (.286)-2-4, 2B, HR, SO
- Marcus Nidiffer (.301)-1-3 HR, SO
- Telvin Nash (.252)-1-3, 2B
- Ryan Humphrey (.229)-2-3
GCL Astros lost 7-0
- Mark Jones (3.03)-6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
- Jordan Scott (.241)-3-4, 2B, SB
- Kyle Redinger (.206)-0-3, BB, 3 SO
- Geber Suniaga (.203)-0-3, 3 SO
DSL Astros lost 7-3
- Leonardo Alayon (3.63)-6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO
- Jose Solano (.286)-2-5
- Max Ayarza (.268)-2-5
- Luis De La Rosa (.284)-2-4, BB, SO
- Carlos Alcantara (.234)-2-2
- Yonathan Mejia (.234)-0-3, 2 BB, SO
Round Rock won 4-1
- Shane Loux (6.20)-6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO,1-2, 2B-You won this one Ed Wade, but he still sucks.
- Jack Shuck (.300)-2-4, 2B, 3B, SO-Wow, I really like this guy!
- Wladimir Sutil (.230)-1-3, 2B
- Brian Bogusevic (.298)-1-3, 2B, BB, SO
- Chris Shelton (.289)-1-4, HR, SO
- Ozzie Navarro (.271)-2-4, 2 SO
Corpus Christi won 7-1
- Henry Villar (4.31)-7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO
- Freddy Parejo (.364)-2-4, BB
- Albert Cartwright (.265)-2-5
- J.D. Martinez (.325)-2-5, SO
- Koby Clemens (.252)-2-5, 2B, SO
- Federico Hernandez (.333)-2-4
Lancaster won 7-3
- Ross Seaton (5.98)-7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR
- Brandon Barnes (.265)-1-4, HR, 2 SO
- Andrew Simunic (.345)-2-4, 2B, SO
- John Curtis (.306)-3-4, 2 2B-Apparently he's upset he wasn't given the call-up.
Lexington lost 9-1
- Jose Cisnero (4.03)-6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO-I love his strikeout rate!
- Batters=uhh, nobody...
Tri-City lost 2-1
- Jake Buchanan (3.92)-5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
- Alex Sogard (4.33)-2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO
- Ben Orloff (.312)-0-2, 2 BB
- Oscar Figueroa (.204)-2-3
Greeneville won 5-4
- Euris Quezada (4.88)-7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO
- Brian Streilein (6.17)-4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO
- Pedro Feliz (.200)-2-6, 2B, 2 SO
- Ryan Humphrey (.240)-2-5, 2 SO
- Jhonny Medrano (.342)-2-4, BB, SB
- Chris Wallace (.329)-2-6, SO
- Telvin Nash (.244)-0-4, 3 SO
- Marcus Nidiffer (.300)-1-4, HR, BB, SO, SB
- Hector Rodriguez (.328)-3-5, SO
GCL Astros won 6-2
- Jose Perdomo (1.91)-4 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR
- Jose Valdez (0.00)-1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO-His rehab has begun!
- Garen Wright (.214)-2-4, SO
- Ryan Ditthardt (.320)-1-3, 3B, BB
- Jose Vargas (.219)-1-4, HR, 2 SO
- Jose Monzon (.250)-3-4, 2B, SB
- Jose Fernandez (.250)-0-4, 4 SO
DSL Astros lost 6-2
- Enderson Franco (4.26)-6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
- Luis De La Rosa (.284)-1-4, 2B, SO
- Yonathan Mejia (.239)-2-4-Glad so see him start to get back on track.
- Ydarqui Marte (.258)-1-3, 3B