Thursday, May 30, 2013

More Bashing


Game 53, May 29123456789RHE
Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays)001010000231
Durham Bulls (Rays)10005004x10160

Season: 33-20; Home Stand: 3-0
Wrap, Box, Herald-Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays continued their assault on the Durham Bulls pitching staff, but the hitters came through with their best offensive game of the season (as measured by OPS — 1.212!). And the reinforced bullpen did just fine.

Before the game, WDBB favorite Alex Colome got his first call up. He is scheduled to start today down in Miami. Good luck. Meanwhile Jake Odorizzi is on his way back. And there are expectations that the Rays may grab another reliever from the Bulls soon.

Reliever Juan Sandoval came up from the Montgomery Biscuits where he had been their closer. He probably expected to go into the bullpen. Instead, he got his first start since 2007. Sandoval was the feature in any number of stories during spring training. The 32-year old has been working his way back up through the ranks of professional baseball since losing an eye in an accident a couple of years ago. Montoyo’s plan was to serve up a platoon of relievers to perhaps challenge the Bisons with diversity. It worked. Holding those guys to just three hits is a major achievement.

Meanwhile, every Bull got at least one hit (Leslie Anderson had four). They batted around in two innings. Along with their 9 singles they had four doubles, two triples (!), and a home run.

Outside the game —
  • Looks like Rays prospect Jose Sale has managed to single-handedly derail his career though social media.

Bulls Hitters

We last looked at the Bulls hitters on May 12. Pretty significant changes since then. Remember wRAA represents Weighted Runs Above Average and wOBA represents Weighted On Base Average. Both measures give a good glimpse of a player’s contribution to the team. What’s worth noting is that only one player’s numbers show much of a drop, Mike Fontenot. Nevertheless, the wRAA number is positive. Rich Thompson’s numbers are slightly disturbing; however, his 16 stolen bases and glove more that make up for it, especially since he seems to be coming out of a long slump (back on 5/12, his wRAA was -9.0, now it’s -7.5, so very improved along with his wOBA).



PlayerAgePAwRAAwOBAChange
Vince Belnome2518616.5.445.048
Leslie Anderson311917.379-.011
Wil Myers222145.1.363.011
Jason Bourgeois311794.361.058
Chris Gimenez301401.8.349.010
Brandon Guyer271782.2.348.006
Shelley Duncan33780.4.339NA
Mike Fontenot331530.2.335-.052
Tim Beckham23168-0.6.328.021
Cole Figueroa26176-2.2.317.026
Juan Apodaca2664-2.1.291.078
Craig Albernaz3052-1.8.289-.009
Rich Thompson34185-7.5.282.042


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