Mike Wilner keeps ranting about Atkins saying making contact is
more important in the playoffs than home run power. Is that the case?
Lets take a look.
Another minor league season comes to an end. It has not been one that will be remembered fondly. Only Vancouver made the playoffs. The other teams were lackluster and it required an injection of new faces at the trade deadline to create some interest in the last two months. Pitchers were falling like flies with most of the best pitching prospects needing Tommy John surgery. The best hitting prospect coming into the season missed time with a drugs ban. And yet the players who did get the call to the major league generally performed decently. And that is the minor leagues, the win/loss record doesn't matter, can you get one or two players a year to become part of your major league team? Fittingly Buffalo lost their last game.
Another loss for Buffalo but at least they scored five runs. Trenton Wallace could not escape the first inning. Josh Kasevich homered, again. Scranton hit four home runs, two by former Yankee Oswaldo Peraza.
The Bisons once again could only score one run. It took a Dunedin call up to drive in that one run. After losing 4-1 on Thursday, the Bisons lost 5-1 on Friday. Eric Pardinho continues to pitch well.