Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Lawrence strong again for Dunedin

Today, the farm went 1-3, with the only win being in Buffalo. Today was highlighted by another strong pitching performance from Casey Lawrence.

Buffalo 6 – Indianapolis 5

Dave Bush started today for the Bisons, and he pitched well, going 5 innings of 5 hit ball giving up 2 runs. Mickey Storey came in the 9th to finish off the game, but was hit hard giving up 3 runs over 2/3 an inning.

Luiz Jimenez, Mauro Gomez , and Josh Thole each hit a homerun off Indianapolis starter Brooks Brown today. As well Jim Negrych went 2-4 with a run, and Ryan Langerhans went 3-4 with 2 runs.

New Hampshire 4 – New Britain 11

Deck McGuire had another stinker for the Jays today; he pitched 5 innings giving up 9 hits, 2 walks and 5 earned runs. Dustin Antolin, and Evan Crawford were both hit hard giving up 2 and 3 runs respectively while each pitching 1 inning.

Kevin Pillar continued to get on base today for the Fisher Cats, as he had 3 hits, and a walk. Brian Van Kirk, and Sean Ochinko, each had 2 hits, while Brian Van Kirk had a 2 run jack in a losing effort.

Dunedin 2 – Tampa 3 (13 Innings)

Casey Lawrence had a fantasy start today for Dunedin, as he went 7 innings giving up 5 hits, 1 earned run, and 6 strikeouts. Ajay Meyer and Blake McFarland each gave up a run in relief.

Tonight Dunedin had 10 hits, and 4 walks but only managed to put up two runs versus Tampa pitching over 13 innings. Marcus Knecht went 2-4 with a double, Mike Crouse went 3-5 with a double, and Chris Schaeffer knocked in 2 runs with a single.

Lansing 3 – South Bend 5

Lansing put 7 hits today, but only managed 3 runs. Dwight smith had 2 hits, and Gustavo Pierre continued to stay hot with 3 hits. Christian Lopes had a solo home run, which was the 4th of the year for him.

This afternoon Alonzo Gonzalez started the game for the Lugnuts. He put together a decent start of 5 innings including 5 hits, 3 earned runs, 2 walks and a strikeout. Ian Kadish relieved him and gave up 2 runs that gave South Bend enough for the win.

Three Stars

3-Mike Crouse

2-Kevin Pillar

1-Casey Lawrence

Posted by tercet on Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 09:45 PM EDT.

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tercet - Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 09:48 PM EDT (#272759) #

Anyone have any idea why Casey is not in NH? He has put up decent numbers 2 years in a row at Dunedin,.

Gerry - Sunday, May 26 2013 @ 10:54 PM EDT (#272761) #

Lawrence has put up decent numbers in Dunedin but has been hit around in four games above Dunedin over the last two seasons. The one number that gives you concern about promoting Lawrence is his K rate. This season he has 37 K's in 60 innings. That's about 5.5 K/9. In AA that number is likely to go down.

The starters in AA today are Deck McGuire, Marcus Stroman, Sean Nolin, Ryan Tepera and Marcus Walden. I believe Lawrence ranks behind those guys in ultimate potential.

Having said all that, if there were an injury in AA, it would be a 3 way battle between Lawrence, Bibens-Dirkx and Copeland to get the promotion.

uglyone - Monday, May 27 2013 @ 10:21 AM EDT (#272773) #

I've always had a soft spot for Crouse. So many tools on that kid, plus patience at the plate to go with those tools.

Nice to see him off to a hot start this year (.877ops), even though his K-rate (31.0%) still indicates a guy who's not gonna make it.

finch - Monday, May 27 2013 @ 01:42 PM EDT (#272789) #

On Twitter last night, someone asked Keith Law if Andy Burns was a prospect or suspect...he said prospect.

tercet - Monday, May 27 2013 @ 05:47 PM EDT (#272796) #

Ricky .2ip 5h 8er 3bb for Buffalo tonight.

Make that 13 ip with an era over 10, whip over 3, 20 walks, and 3 strikeouts

Alex Obal - Monday, May 27 2013 @ 05:49 PM EDT (#272797) #

Single, groundout, homer (Wil Myers), single, double, single, sac fly, walk, walk, walk. They have to start over sometime soon, right?

greenfrog - Monday, May 27 2013 @ 06:06 PM EDT (#272799) #

I really think the Jays blew it with Romero. He should have been slowly rebuilding his mechanics and confidence with a stepwise approach in the minors. His promotion to the majors obviously looks incredibly short-sighted. To go from extended to Dunedin (one start) to the majors (two starts) to AAA, all the while trying to change his mechanics and (quite likely) battling Steve Blass disease, is a strange progression.

One problem with AAA is that it's just a hop away from the majors, perhaps creating extra pressure to perform and turn things around pronto.

I don't know whether more could have been done last year to address his issues. He was apparently battling injuries, but I seem to recall that he didn't mention this to anyone until toward the end of the season.

BlueJayWay - Monday, May 27 2013 @ 06:11 PM EDT (#272800) #

I don't know if Romero's fixable anymore. This is like Dontrelle Willis.

It's shocking how fast he went from fairly good/getting even better in the majors to just....unable to throw a strike or get through an inning in professional baseball.

Eephus - Tuesday, May 28 2013 @ 01:15 AM EDT (#272814) #

I believe in Ricky Romero. I believe he can find himself again, 100 percent absolutely. Will he? Um...

It still boggles my mind why they thought calling him up after one start in Dunedin was a good idea. Now he's tasted the big leagues again and he must be putting so much pressure on himself to get back there, instead of enjoying the kind of buffer-zone he would've had with a longer Dunedin stay. The big club desperately needs a starting pitcher or two right now and he thinks "I could be that guy, I need to be that guy. But I have to pitch well, I have to pitch perfectly..."

We're wondering if he'll ever be a major league pitcher again. What's scary is you know he must be wondering the same thing at this point.

bball37 - Tuesday, May 28 2013 @ 04:48 PM EDT (#272859) #

Just remember, going thru levels takes time and the ability to adjust on your own. Not just throwing, but pitching. So, hopefully the pitchers in AA have the ability to just not throw, but manage their way thru the level. Having a good smart knowledgeable catcher is worth its weight in gold too. Prospects, I guess, are wonderful because they get first crack, but remember prospects are nothing more than one or a few guys' choices. And those same guys don't like to look bad because of choices they have made. Guys like Bibens, Copeland, and Lawrence will probably end up as consistent performers on other major league clubs.

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