Something has to be done about the Lancaster rotation. It's in dire need of upgrading. The rotation looked fairly decent when rosters were announced but with Bobby Doran promoted to Corpus Christi and Wes Musick promoted to Corpus and then Oklahoma City much earlier in the season, the rotation is pretty thin. Ruben Alaniz remains the headliner and Tyson Perez is interesting but has struggled since his first three outings that opened some eyes. But, after those two, nothing gets me excited as Zachary Grimmett has potential but isn't quite ready and David Martinez is an older prospect that fits better in the bullpen. The final piece is Jorge De Leon who may not have a rotation job anymore after last night. When a starter just doesn't pitch well consistently, he gets pulled from the rotation, and failing to make it out of the first inning doesn't help at all. Nicholas Tropeano's time in Lancaster may be coming. He's capable of getting strikeouts and has a good GB%, the two things it takes to succeed in Lancaster.
We waited for a long time for Jean Carlos Batista to finally show up last year with decent results. Now, he's in Greeneville and he's showing up big. He's spraying doubles with the best of them and he's hitting for a high average. He lost some development time with the delay over his age discrepency, but he seems to be making up time now.
Oklahoma City RedHawks won 10-6
- Brett Oberholtzer-3 2/3 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO, 5/2 GO/AO-80 pitches GS: 25
- Enerio Del Rosario-2 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 6/1 GO/AO
- Hector Ambriz-2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Juan Abreu-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO
- Jimmy Paredes 2B-2-5, BB, PO
- Brett Wallace 3B-4-6, 2 2B, HR, SO
- Mike Hessman 1B-2-4, 2 HR, SO
- Brad Snyder RF-2-5, 2B, 2 SO
- Brandon Barnes CF-2-5, 2 2B, 3 SO, 2 SB
- J.B. Shuck LF-0-3, 2 BB, SB
- Landon Powell C-2-4, HR, BB, 2 SO
Corpus Christi Hooks: Off
Lancaster JetHawks lost 11-9
- Jorge De Leon-2/3 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO GS: 18
- Jason Chowning-3 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 1 HR, 1/2 GO/AO
- Brad Dydalewicz-4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 7/3 GO/AO
- Kirk Clark-1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO, 2/0 GO/AO
- George Springer CF-2-4, HR, BB
- Erik Castro 1B-0-2, 3 BB, SO
- Telvin Nash DH-1-5, HR, 3 SO
- Chris Epps LF-1-5, 2B, 2 SO
- Jonathan Meyer 3B-1-5, 2B
- Enrique Hernandez 2B-2-4, 2B
- Rene Garcia C-3-5, 2B, SO
- Grant Hogue RF-2-4, OF assist
Lexington Legends lost 8-2
- Luis Ordosgoitti-5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 3/8 GO/AO GS: 25
- Euris Quezada-3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 7/1 GO/AO
- Delino DeShields Jr. 2B-1-3, 2B, 2 BB, SO
- Jordan Scott CF-2-5, SO
- Zachary Johnson 1B-0-3, 2 BB
Tri-City ValleyCats won 2-1
- Juri Perez-6 Ip, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, 7/4 GO/AO GS: 66
- Jeremiah Meiners-2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Jamaine Cotton-2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO
- Kenny Long-1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Austin Elkins 2B-2-4
- Andrew Aplin CF-1-2, BB, SB
- Neiko Johnson 3B-2-3, SO, CS
Greeneville Astros lost 6-3
- Frederick Tiburcio-4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 4/3 GO/AO GS: 46
- Tanner Bushue-1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 0/1 GO/AO
- Zachary Hardoin-2 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 4/0 GO/AO
- Zachary Dando-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
- Jean Batista SS-2-5, 2 2B, SO-Been scorching to start the season
- Michael Martinez 1B-2-3, 2B, BB
GCL Astros: PPD
DSL Astros lost 5-1
- Edwin Villarroel-7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 8/8 GO/AO GS: 61
- Rayderson Chevalier-0 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO
- Frangy Colon-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO
- Juan Delis-1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
- Luis Reynoso SS-0-2, 2 BB, SB
- Randy Cesar 3B-1-4, 2B, 2 SO