Link Report for Games of Thurs. 6/30 -- Eight dominant innings from Nelson; Gindl, Gennett, and Kh. Davis go deep

[igor67]

Morris' power is enough to think of him as something of a prospect, but Halton's lack of power at first, and relatively advanced age really makes me question him a prospect. He could luck into a fringe career as a bench guy maybe with some positional versatility. I would not say that first is relatively deep

[TheCrew07]

I think you missed the larger point that Arnett has been very hittable in his career which is why he gives up so many unearned runs in R ball, he never stops the bleeding. He gave up quite a few unearned runs in WI as well in addition to putting up an ERA over 6, he's too hittable.

 

While we can certainly quibble over the results of one outing, the sheer number of unearned runs and the consistency of them in his starts is the real issue. We made excuses for him in the past... he wasn't using slider because of his college workload, etc. The simple truth is that for someone with a legit fastball and supposedly plus slider he doesn't miss enough bats. His BB and Hit rates mixed with a pedestrian K rate is a recipe for disaster outside of R ball.

[Mass Haas]

Some Rattler video from Cedar Rapids here.

[CheezWizHed]

I guess this is what happens when you don't play Orlando Arcia. The sweet-swinging 16-year-old shortstop sat out today's game

Just going to assume he was promoted to Milwaukee.

Then he would absolutely need a cool nickname. Especially since "the Kid" is already taken...

 

[docduany]

What does "the kid" translate to in Spanish?