Link Report for Tue. 4/28 -- Evan Anundsen NO-HITTER for Brevard!!!!!!!

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Tuesday's Daily Menu: We love typing Manatee Matinee

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Link here for the live audio choices - audio will no longer archive. For the Brevard County game specifically, click here for the Daytona Cubs feed.

 

Nashville: RHP Tim Dillard at home vs. Iowa (Cubs), 10:45 AM pre-game; 11:00 gametime

 

Huntsville: LHP David Welch at Chattanooga (Dodgers), 6:00 PM pre-game; 6:15 gametime

 

Brevard County: RHP Evan Anundsen at Daytona (Cubs), 9:35 AM gametime

 

Wisconsin: LHP Evan Frederickson at Quad Cities (Cardinals), 6:45 PM pre-game, 7:00 gametime

[Mass Haas]

Follow Tuesday's action as it happens:

Here's what you do, right click on each of the links below and choose "Open in New Tab or New Window". Choose "Recap". While you're listening to your minor league game of choice (or watching/listening to the big league Crew when they are playing), simply refresh your game log browsers every so often.

 

MiLB.com now has Gameday available for AA as well as AAA this season.

Nashville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_04_28_iowaaa_nasaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t559&t=g_box&gid=2009_04_28_hunaax_cngaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=t503&t=g_box&gid=2009_04_28_breafa_dbcafa_1

 

Wisconsin:

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=g_box&gid=2009_04_28_wisafx_qcsafx_1&did=t572&sid=t572

[Mass Haas]

This link will be included in each daily report when the Nashville Sounds are scheduled to play. Normally it is updated a few hours prior to gametime.

 

Nashville Media Notes (Adobe .pdf format):

 

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Midwest League Standings

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 Pacific Coast League (AAA) - PCL American North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iowa 13 6 .684 - 6-2 7-4 W2 Memphis 10 8 .556 2.5 7-4 3-4 L2 Omaha 10 8 .556 2.5 3-3 7-5 L1 Nashville 10 9 .526 3.0 4-7 6-2 L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Southern League (AA) - SOU North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntsville 10 8 .556 - 5-5 5-3 L1 Tennessee 9 8 .529 0.5 4-3 5-5 L1 West Tenn 8 10 .444 2.0 4-4 4-6 W1 Carolina 7 11 .389 3.0 2-3 5-8 W1 Chattanooga 4 14 .222 6.0 3-5 1-9 W1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

 Florida State League (A+) - FSL North Division Standings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team W L PCT GB HOME ROAD STREAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brevard County 11 6 .647 - 6-2 5-4 L1 Clearwater 10 7 .588 1.0 4-5 6-2 L1 Daytona 9 8 .529 2.0 5-4 4-4 W3 Tampa 8 9 .471 3.0 4-4 4-5 W1 Lakeland 7 10 .412 4.0 5-4 2-6 L3 Dunedin 6 11 .353 5.0 1-7 5-4 W1 

[DHonks]

Wow, three of my favorites going today, and Welch makes a solid 4th. He looked a lot better than I expected in the WBC

[tyguy20204]

Anundsen has a pretty good game going through 7 2/3, if anyone's interested.

 

Edit - Through 8, now.

[Mass Haas]

Anundsen has a pretty good game going through 7 2/3, if anyone's interested.

 

Edit - Through 8, now.

 

Yeah, you all REALLY need to listen to this (you need REAL player). It's nice that the Manatees scored in the 8th in a previously scoreless game.

 

To the bottom of the 9th we go!

[colbyjack]

Stop it Jim. tyguy's reference was good enough http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif.

[Mass Haas]

NO-HITTER EVAN ANUNDSEN, Yee-Hah!

 

That was a great listen.

 

Anundsen walked one, hit one batter, and survived two Brent Brewer errors. Amazingly, one of those errors came with two outs in the 9th, on a pop-up behind short towards the left-field line that clanked off Brent's glove while he fought the sun.

 

Evan then struck out the final batter, the ball scooted from catcher Anderson Delarosa, who made a shaky throw to first that manged to get the runner.

 

Anundsen struck out ten, got 11 groundouts, just wow. Don't know what the pitch count was, but it had to be up there.

[marty22]

Done. wow, even better...it was against the cubs

[Mass Haas]

MiLB.com has to figure out how to get that audio archived for the kid, even if it was the Daytona Cubs' announcers.

We'll remind the Brewer front office to pursue such an audio archive with the Daytona radio station if MiLB does not.

 

We're actually fortunate this was against Daytona, one of only a tiny percentage of games that are available via audio for the Manatees all season.

[NDBrewerfan]

Anundsen has been unreal so far this year. Could he blow up like sinkerballer Trevor Cahill did last year? Is his stuff that good?

[TooLiveBrew]

Congrats to Anundsen! 10 K's with 11 groundouts? No wonder it was a no-no http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Mass Haas]

Final: Brevard County 1, Daytona (Cubs) 0

 

Brevard County Box Score

Yeah, it's special...

 

Brevard County Game Log

Manatees stranded seven, thank goodness for this --

 

Brevard County Top 8th

• Anderson De La Rosa lines out to second baseman Nate Samson.
• Logan Schafer triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Dylan Johnston.
• Eric Farris walks.
• Pitcher Change: Dustin Sasser replaces Stephen Vento.
• Caleb Gindl singles on a line drive to center fielder Jonathan Wyatt. Logan Schafer scores. Eric Farris to 2nd.

[TooLiveBrew]

And of course Evan only walked one guy. Amazing performance.

[Mass Haas]

Regarding the audio we heard, what's odd is that MiLB.com does not even list the Daytona feed on the new MiLB.com audio page.

 

But I had remembered that Daytona had always broadcast each game in the past, so to start the season, I sought out and found the audio link from the radio station site.

 

So if Evan's friends and families listened live today via the Link Report, I'm honored to have been of assistance. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

The Brewers should fly Evan up to Milwaukee this week between starts to be honored.

[hawing]

The Brewers should fly Evan up to Milwaukee this week between starts to be honored.

If they do it on Thursday, I'll tip my cap to him on behalf of you all.

[jjfanec]

Congrats to Anundsen! 10 K's with 11 groundouts? No wonder it was a no-no http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

10 K's is a ton for Anundsen isn't it? He really is not a huge strikeout guy. I wish I would have checked this sooner to listen in. Congrats to Evan.

[jjfanec]

Nashville is cruising right now. Up 7-0 and Tim Dillard had a very nice start. 16 hits as a team for Nashville too.

[marty22]

Anundsen has been unreal so far this year. Could he blow up like sinkerballer Trevor Cahill did last year? Is his stuff that good?

I'm also curious about Anundsen. Anyone have a scouting report? I imagine sinker/slider/change guy, but any additional info would be appreciated

[marty22]

From Bernie's Crew

Evan Anundsen

 

Born: 5/17/1988

Height:6'3"

Weight: 200 lbs

Throws: R

 

Anundsen put together a pretty good season with the West Virginia Power, going 12-8 with a 4.28 ERA. He has a very heavy fastball that works in the lower-90s or higher-80s, which allows Evan to induce tons of ground balls -- his GO/AO ratio was a very impressive 2.71. To go with that fastball, Evan throws a pretty good curveball and a changeup. He mostly relies on his fastball, however. His strike out rate is a modest 6.3 K/9 and will likely stagnate as he progresses up the system, so his upside is rather limited as a starter. The right-hander's success completely depends on his control, which is normally quite solid. His BB/9 rate is a respectable 2.4 and his HR/9 rate is a very good 0.5. Anundsen makes his living on the black and letting opposing hitters pound the ball into the ground. At the lower levels, it is effective, but Evan will need to keep his home run rate down as he moves up the minor league food chain.

 

There are some reasons to be concerned, however. Evan really struggled down the stretch -- posting a 4.76 and 6.35 ERA in July and August, respectively. His ground ball rates were fairly solid during the months, but his walk rate increased. The late-year struggles can probably be explained by a pretty extreme jump in innings pitched, however. In 2007 with the Helena Brewers, Evan threw only 77.1 innings. That number jumped to 145 innings last season. His arm was tired, and his mind was most likely fatigued after his first full season in the minors. It will be very interesting to see how Evan progesses next season in Brevard County. Will he struggle like he did in July and August, or will the right-hander revert back to his early-season form he showed in 2008? At best, Evan projects to be a fifth starter or a journeyman swing starter in the majors.

 

POTENTIAL: C

CHANCE OF REACHING THAT POTENTIAL: B-

PROJECTED ARRIVAL: 2012

OVERALL: C

 

Jim's Ranking: 25

Interesting comment about his K-Rate, as he's struck out lots of batters this year, although small sample size warning applies, obviously.

[battlekow]

Anundsen won't need to strike out a ton of guys if he continues to generate so many ground balls, but I certainly wouldn't be opposed to him doing it!

[TheCrew07]

Wow congratulations young man... yesterday I'm in the office following all of the happenings, today I'm on the road and miss this. Lame for me, great for Anundsen.

 

Is he projectable? Not in the Jeffress sense, but worst case he's probably a Suppan type... If he maintains his K/9 as he moves up he'll do well.

 

edit. sometimes my grammar is just horrible.