Comments on: Zakarin: Last Night’s Minor League Action

By: andyglass1

andyglass1 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:31:36 +0000

i would say that although it’s true that P’s will need to bat in the NL, you are primarily concerned with their pitching abilities. More than worrying about an injury while batting or running, you get to see the offensive abilities of an additional hitter as a DH vs the pitcher batting whose offense doesnt matter as much. instead of seeing 8 position players develop/perform offensively, you get to 9 do it, plus the pitcher works on his primary role. just a guess

By: rustyfan

rustyfan — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:10:41 +0000

I’m in Ithaca and get down to the games once in a while. There were some hard fouls, but not much staying in play. Just seemed like a night when everyone was cold and the ump was in a hurry to get inside.

By: smc

smc — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:55:27 +0000

This Argenis Reyes kid showed a lot of moxie in Spring Training. If Castillo goes down, might we get a look? I know AHern is usually the first one up, but he has shown no signs that he can hit.

By: Methtical

Methtical — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:27:29 +0000

I was at the bing mets game last night too. Niese looked great and so did Kunz closing it out. I was by 3rd base and almost got hit by a line drive that hit an empty seat 3 seats away from me. Cold night but i got F-mart to sign my hat so it was all worth it

By: Danny1986

Danny1986 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:19:43 +0000

GREAT JOB, JORDAN.

This is excellent stuff.

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:39:23 +0000

Nice to hear Pena got a couple of hits. Let’s hope he has a bounceback year and gets people excited about him again. He’s still got loads of time to develop, being an 18-yo catcher.

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:29:13 +0000

…because if all they had was players no one knows and useless stupid promotions between every half inning, no one would go?

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:28:32 +0000

If he can keep the walks and wildness down like last night be could be very effective at AAA and above. Would be odd if he was the best player in that trade.

By: TheIcon

TheIcon — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:58:46 +0000

If you play an American League affiliate, you always play with a DH. no matter who is the home team.

By: Alban

Alban — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:57:25 +0000

Hey! I was at the game too. Are you local or just visiting?

I agree with your assessment (see my post above). The only thing I might disagree with is your implication that there weren’t many hard hit balls. I was sitting over by right field, and there were quite a few hard hit foul balls that came my way.