4/28/2024 - SANDMAN

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1:00 p.m.: A - Salem (Dean) @ Carolina

1:10 p.m.: AA - Portland (TBD) @ Hartford

2:05 p.m.: AAA - Worcester (TBD) @ Toledo

3:05 p.m.: A+ - Greesboro @ Greenville (Sandlin)

I've decided Sandlin will pitch 5 innings & allow 1 run today with 7 strikeouts.

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Should be Wikelman for Portland & Fitts for Worcester.

& I was officially right on the Red Sox usage...

I'm going to guess that Dean & Sandlin get skipped & we get the following starters on Tuesday:

Salem - Wehunt
Greenville - JDE
Portland - Coffey
Worcester - Fitts

Or maybe I'm seeing a pattern that isn't there, or maybe something totally out of the blue will happen. Exciting times.
Lol game logs & a little bit of free time to math out what's going on.

You should ask Brian Abraham about it lol

It's a pretty interesting way to use a 6 man rotation, but have people regularly pitching every 6 days instead of every 7, while buying 1 guy an extra 5 days off every 6 weeks.

It won't really be proven until Dean & Sandlin start this Sunday. But I think I'm definitely on to something.
But @byAndrewParker refused to break this important news lol
 

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I'll take partial credit for the Hagenman prediction...

Worcester has been rolling with a 5-man rotation, but obviously there have been some ins & outs. Going back further because the Jason Alexander skip is kind of interesting to me.

Friday 5th: Fitts
Saturday 6th: BVB
Sunday 7th: Criswell
Monday 8th: Alexander

Wednesday 10th: Uwasawa
Thursday 11th: Fitts
Friday 12th: Gambrell
Saturday 13th: [RAIN]
Sunday 14th: BVB

Tuesday: Uwasawa
Wednesday: Fitts
Thursday: [RAIN]
Friday: Gambrell
Saturday: BVB & Alexander
Sunday: Uwasawa

So the logical thing is Fitts, Gambrell, BVB, Alexander, Uwasawa (or maybe like Hagenman or Vlad if Uwasawa is needed to start for the Sox) & Fitts again.
 

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I can’t break that! I would be stealing your sauce!
Steal literally anything you see here you want. I haven't done journalism in like 20+ years & not sure how breaking Red Sox news helps my career as a Vegas divorce attorney lol
 

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Noah Dean has been back to doing Noah Dean things after a great 1st outting:

4 IP
3 ER
4 hits
5 bb
2 hra
1 wp
2 k

78 pitches, 39 strikes (50%)

CJ Weins pitched a scoreless 5th & is trying to do the same in the 6th.

ETA: he did
 

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Was at my son's baseball game... but just saw Vaughn Grissom is 4-4 with a walk.
 

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Noah Dean has been back to doing Noah Dean things after a great 1st outting:

4 IP
3 ER
4 hits
5 bb
2 hra
1 wp
2 k

78 pitches, 39 strikes (50%)

CJ Weins pitched a scoreless 5th & is trying to do the same in the 6th.

ETA: he did
That was it for CJ Weins, 2 IP, 0 runs, 1 hit, 2 k.

Danny Kirwin made his org debut & pitched the last 2 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits with 1 k.

Salem lost 4-3.
 

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Freili was 2-4 with a double.

Alcantara was 1-4 with a homer.

Nelly T was 1-3 with a double & a walk.

Andy Lugo was 1-2 with 2 walks.

Feliz was 1-3 with a walk.

Fraymi & McElveny were 1-4.
 

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Solid start for WIKELMAN:

5 IP
2 ER
1 hit
1 bb
2 hbp
1 balk
8 k's

90 pitches, 56 strikes (62.2%)

But the bullpen was pretty yikes...

Jacob Webb: 2 ER in 1 IP.
Alex Hoppe: 5 runs, 3 ER in 0.2 IP.
Wyatt Olds: 3 ER in 1.1 IP.

Portland lost 12-5.
 

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Justin Hagenman got his 1st start for Worcester:

2.1 IP, 2 ER.

The Kwiat Assassin made the most of his AAA debut:

2.2 IP, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 bb, 3 k's, 1 win.

Luis Guerrero was good:

2 IP, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 bb, 1 hbp, 4 k's.

Jorge Benitez was not good:

0.2 IP, 3 ER

Lucas Luetge settled things down & got the save:

1.1 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits.

Worcester won 8-5.
 

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Corey Rosier was 3-4 with a homer.

Vaughn Grissom was 4-4 with a walk.

Niko Kavadas was 1-3 with a homer & 2 walks.

Meidroth & Westbrook were 1-4 with a walk.

Eddy Alvarez was 1-4 with 3 rbi.

Nathan Hickey was 1-5.

Elih Marrero was 0-3 with 1 bb & 1 hbp.
 

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I've decided Sandlin will pitch 5 innings & allow 1 run today with 7 strikeouts
Prediction fail:

4 IP
2 ER
4 hits
1 bb
5 k's

80 pitches, 48 strikes (60%)

After Sandlin, Zach Fogell allowed a run in 2 IP.

Bryce Bonnin pitched 2 scoreless, hitless innings with a walk & a strikeout.

Adam Smith allowed a run in the top of the 9th.

Greenville down 4-1 bottom 9.
 

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Greenville lost 4-1.

Allan Castro was 2-4.

Miguel Ugueto was 1-3 with a double.

Tyler Miller was 1-3.

Ahbram Liendo was 1-4

Bryan Gonzalez was 0-2 with a walk.

Kristian Campbell was 0-3 with a walk.