I’m more bummed with the game Adell had than the loss itself. He’s been having such some amazing at-bats and I hope he doesn’t regress back to what he was. Like @totdprods said, I am already ruling this season out but it’s important to get improvement by our younger “core” players.
With the state of the organization as a whole I am putting an unfair amount of hope into Rada’s development and I hate it. Dude is 18 years old in Double-A.
Oh brother, at this point a successful season for me is a bottom 5 record leading Arte to sell, the youngsters getting better and obviously a top 5 pick. Oh and the Dodgers not winning the chip.
Damn Jo really is coming around. Adell with a great at-bat to break up the no-no and now a great at-bat to get on base as the tying run along with a nice sliding catch. He was also safe stealing 2nd. He's an everyday player and let that confidence and comfortability grow.
Tucker Flint was a guy I was previously high on - skipped a level last season and went straight to Double-A after a strong debut. Having a strong start this season back with Rocket City.
What once looked like a strength in spring the pen looks suspicious as hell with the Stephenson injury, Soriano moving to the rotation and Joyce pitching with his eyes closed in the minors.
Soriano has got what it takes to be a really good starter. He was still hitting 99 towards the end of his start (around 70 pitches) so the velocity held really well. All in all I'd say it was encouraging for his starting prospects. Needs to just trust his elite stuff and not overthrowing. Also that first inning was just flat out stupid.