"Rising Stars Game" -- Latest: Photo gallery

[derflotr]

Now I understand why Peralta was being considered to fill in for Greinke. Electric stuff, very energetic on the mound. If he learns to keep it over the plate he could be terrific. Rivas has a strange arm angle. It's like his body sets him up to go more 3/4 but he comes straight over the top.

[Patrick425]

Did not see this thread until now. I was at the game on Saturday sitting 5 rows behind home plate. I am not a minor league expert at all and I don't follow it nearly as closely as others on this board. Nevertheless, here are my observations.

 

1) The pitchers names were the most recognizable to me (I think I only recognized 3 or 4 of the hitters names) and they did look impressive, However....

2) I thought the majority of hitters looked absolutely awful. It really seemed like many of them could not catch up with any fastballs that were over 88 or 89 mph. I can't remember, either the first 2 batters on the White team struck out swinging in each of their first 3 ABs or the first 3 batters struck out swinging in each of their first 2 ABs. It was something along those lines.

3) There was a handful of players that seemed to be not any taller than 5'8". Shaw and Gennet seemed to be the exact same size (no taller than 5'8"). However, the scoreboard listed Shaw as 6'0" and Gennet as 5'9". It seemed like a majority of player's heights were overstated by anywhere from 3-5 inches.

4) I was disappointed that there was no program or information sheet available or anything that gave any data on the players. I was hoping they would have at least put there "level" on the scoreboard when they came up to bat.

[Mass Haas]

Photo gallery from the Rising Stars game, courtesy of the Rattlers