Game Thread: Now the Hated A's...7/25-27

[donaldson79]

I'm gonna catch the second half of Inglourious Bastards on TNT rather that continue with putting my finger in the pencil sharpener which is known as the Ranger season of 2014.

See ya tomorrow.

Better times await we hope.

 

[DT LUNA]

Ok, I'm through with this...good evening all...

Any one left?

 

[romeo212000]

I'm gonna catch the second half of Inglourious Bastards on TNT rather that continue with putting my finger in the pencil sharpener which is known as the Ranger season of 2014.

See ya tomorrow.

Better times await we hope.

I also switched to this. Good movie.

 

[DT LUNA]

I also switched to this. Good movie.

This team doesn't deserve us. Over n' out

 

[romeo212000]

This team doesn't deserve us. Over n' out

Honestly my excitement right now is seeing if JD can pull off a big trade involving Rios.

 

[Justinkm83]

Honestly my excitement right now is seeing if JD can pull off a big trade involving Rios.

I'm following the standings also.

 

[Justinkm83]

Derek Holland of Texas Rangers set for rehab start - ESPN Dallas


I think Thompson, our new acquisition is pitching Tuesday. Exciting week in Frisco.

 

[romeo212000]

Derek Holland of Texas Rangers set for rehab start - ESPN Dallas


I think Thompson, our new acquisition is pitching Tuesday. Exciting week in Frisco.

I need to get down there.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I'm gonna catch the second half of Inglourious Bastards on TNT rather that continue with putting my finger in the pencil sharpener which is known as the Ranger season of 2014.

See ya tomorrow.

Better times await we hope.

Love that movie. Glad I missed the game. This offense has been dormant. Tepesch did well overall from what I can tell.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Just got home...... What the hell..... We don't need wins anyway. I'm just glad the As didn't sweep us. Fight hard tomorrow in the rubber game!

 

[terpsfball09]

just got back from Frisco. It was the top of the 9th when we left and it was tied 1-1. I believe gallo went like 0-3 with a walk. Left a shit load of runners on base though. Made an error at 3rd.

Alec Asher didnt impress me too much. Sat 87-88 with his fastball but sometimes the gun read 93. Might have been up a few ticks or he might have just been holding back for AA. We brought in a reliever (keller I think was his name) who routinely hit 98-99 though.

The starter for san antonio though... that dude was pretty damn good. 93-95 really good change up that was 86-87. Sort of a boring game

 

[Justinkm83]

just got back from Frisco. It was the top of the 9th when we left and it was tied 1-1. I believe gallo went like 0-3 with a walk. Left a shit load of runners on base though. Made an error at 3rd.

Alec Asher didnt impress me too much. Sat 87-88 with his fastball but sometimes the gun read 93. Might have been up a few ticks or he might have just been holding back for AA. We brought in a reliever (keller I think was his name) who routinely hit 98-99 though.

The starter for san antonio though... that dude was pretty damn good. 93-95 really good change up that was 86-87. Sort of a boring game

You missed a walk off. They were saying that Asher throws 92-94. He pitched 7 scoreless innings. I thought he looked pretty good.

 

[terpsfball09]

You missed a walk off. They were saying that Asher throws 92-94. He pitched 7 scoreless innings. I thought he looked pretty good.

According to the frisco gun, he was rarely, and i mean like maybe 5 times all night, above 90.

I thought his mechanics, his appearance, and his stuff looked A LOT like colby lewis. Like literally colby lewis 2.0. High 80's fastball with a good change up and either a slider or a curve that he used a lot. Sorta tough to tell from my angle.

 

[terpsfball09]

Maybe the frisco gun is a tick or two slow, but one would think that if that's the case, then their starter was throwing 95-97 and our reliever was 101-102. So I think it was pretty accurate. But like I said, could be wrong. I tried to look at the speed after every pitch, and even though he hit 93 some times (maybe 94 once) it was usually like 87 or 88

 

[Justinkm83]

According to the frisco gun, he was rarely, and i mean like maybe 5 times all night, above 90.

I thought his mechanics, his appearance, and his stuff looked A LOT like colby lewis. Like literally colby lewis 2.0. High 80's fastball with a good change up and either a slider or a curve that he used a lot. Sorta tough to tell from my angle.

Just saw this on WFAA Top prospect watch:

LoneStarBall’s enigmatic prospect writer Tepid Participation likens Asher to a “post-Japan Colby Lewis,” the kind of solid pitcher who knows the zone and goes after hitters relentlessly, a comparison easily reached when watching Asher pitch. If Asher can bridge the jump between A+ and AA effectively while improving his off-speed pitches, he could see the majors as early as 2015, and a long term role as a middle-rotation pitcher would not be implausible.


Asher features a low-to-mid 90s fastball that he commands the zone with, though it doesn’t have much movement. His secondary pitches include a solid mid-80s slider, and an 83-85 MPH changeup that will need to be his most improved upon pitch in 2014. In spring training he also showed a slurvy breaking ball from 79-80, though that pitch wasn’t seen in a scouting report from later in the season.

 

[terpsfball09]

heyyy a sports writer agrees with me! like I said, it probably wouldve been much more exciting to watch if he threw harder like the other guy did, but he just wasnt very hard. Maybe just an off day.

 

[donaldson79]

In his first appearance since an emergency relief appearance on Tuesday, Tepesch was superb for five scoreless innings, gave up two homers in the sixth and departed after throwing three pitches in the seventh. The club said he has inflammation in the left knee and will be re-evaluated on Sunday.

 

[terpsfball09]

Per Ken Rosenthal "Blue Jays interest in Rios is fleeting."

I'm assuming its because of our price tag. I don't really want any of their pitching prospects anyway tbh. That lefty is okay, but I think he's just marginally better than Thompson.

 

[terpsfball09]

Oh! I forgot to say that Joe Ortiz pitched yesterday! Completely forgot. But he looked the same. Still fat and small. I will say about him, my brother and I noticed that it was totally an appearance for the sake of rehab, not for the sake of success. I would say he maybe threw 3 fastballs the whole inning. Literally everything else was a sharp curveball that actually was pretty impressive. The catcher was having trouble receiving it and it eventually led to a run scoring passed ball that was easily catchable. His fastball was 89 mph every time I saw it on the stadium gun. His curve was upper 70's but very, very sharp and late.

 

[romeo212000]

Per Ken Rosenthal "Blue Jays interest in Rios is fleeting."

I'm assuming its because of our price tag. I don't really want any of their pitching prospects anyway tbh. That lefty is okay, but I think he's just marginally better than Thompson.

When you're doing what JD is doing a team or two will drop off. Hopefully he keeps two or three on the hook long enough to net a nice return. And honestly, if we don't trade him we have our starting RF next year. There's always winter as well.