Batter's Box Interactive Magazine

Tercet has had to go on the DL so here is your abbreviated minor league update. Buffalo were rained out mid-way, and Lansing are on their all-star break so there were three teams in action. Vancouver and Dunedin lost easily so New Hampshire drew all the attention. Daniel Norris made his first AA start and mostly it was good. He did start a beanball war that led to a multitude of ejections. The Bluefield Blue Jays start play tonight.

Buffalo at Columbus

This game was suspended in the fourth inning due to rain, it will be completed today. Esmil Rogers started and was hit around a bit.

Altoona 5 New Hampshire 6

Daniel Norris made his first AA start and it was good and bad. Altoona hit two home runs off him but he registered 9 K's in 5.2 innings. It was a good building block. Norris left the game after hitting Stetson Allie who had homered off him earlier and that started a beanball war. There were five players from New Hampshire ejected, plus the manager, but the Fisher Cats rallied for the win. Andy Burns homered, Kenny Wilson had two hits and Jon Berti drove in three runs.

Dunedin 2 Brevard County 5

Dunedin haven't won since they clinched the first half title. Taylor Cole was not his usual dominant self. This game marks the end of the first half of the season.

Lansing - All star break

Spokane 5 Vancouver 2

Another loss for the bullpen. Alberto Tirado walked too many (5) but hung in there to allow just one run. Franklin Barreto went 0-4 with 3 K's. Roemon Fields had two hits.

3 Stars

3rd star: Jon Berti

2nd star: Scott Gracey

1st star: Daniel Norris

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Posted by Gerry on Thursday, June 19 2014 @ 10:28 AM EDT.

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Gerry - Thursday, June 19 2014 @ 01:34 PM EDT (#288677) #

Jesus Tinoco gets the opening day start for Bluefield.

Kelekin - Thursday, June 19 2014 @ 03:41 PM EDT (#288686) #

Is there any reason Griffin Murphy is still in Lansing? He seems to have finally found his footing with relief pitching. Him and Barnes both need promotions.

Mike Green - Thursday, June 19 2014 @ 04:57 PM EDT (#288691) #

Good point, Kelekin.

The Bisons came back to win the suspended game and then won the regularly scheduled game this afternoon. Kevin Pillar went 4-8 with 2 doubles and a walk; he's got his batting average for the season up to .328. He's been very hot since he was sent down.

Ryan Day - Thursday, June 19 2014 @ 05:02 PM EDT (#288692) #

Ricky Romero has had knee surgery.

In the interests of desperately clinging to any shred of optimism, I suspect it's tough to pitch if your knees don't work properly. He'll be out for 6 weeks.

Kelekin - Thursday, June 19 2014 @ 06:29 PM EDT (#288697) #

The comments on that article are atrocious.

I don't think Romero's going to make it back to the majors (at least not as a starter), and it's unfortunate, but at the same time, we got more out of him than we ever thought we'd get based on his minor league performance. How often does someone perform terribly their entire minor league career manage to make it to the majors and somehow learn to pitch?

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