AFL Update: Oct. 30, 2022
Just two of the six Javelinas escaped damage in a 15-4 defenestration by the Rafters.
Alas, Tim Cate (pictured above) was not one of them. In fact, he bore the brunt of the assault. The 25-y.o. southpaw gave up seven runs on ten hits (no HR!) and two walks over three innings to lose for the third time this Fall. He threw 68 pitches to 20 batters and 44 of those went for strikes.
Lucas Knowles also pitched but was dinged for a run on a two-out walk followed by a double in the 7th. The 24-y.o. had come on to stop the bleeding in the 6th, hitting a batter before rolling a grounder to strand a runner. He finished the 7th to retire four of seven batters faced.
Yasel Antuna (pictured below) batted ninth and played left field. He struck out twice and flew out to left, but with a runner on third who came in to score, that would be a sacrifice fly and an RBI. He’s now batting .192 for the Fall.
Peoria is off for the next two days. They’ll visit Glendale on Tuesday, then remain home on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. This weekend is the (predetermined) Fall Star festivities in Mesa, including a HR derby on Saturday and the exhibition on Sunday.
No, the catcher isn’t foolish. Antuna fouled off the pitch off his mask
Great moment capture Lee
I’m sure the catcher will love a copy for his cyber photo album for career !
Thank you!!~
Just think of how awesome capturing the ball on the mask would be.
It immediately went on my things to do list…..
Great work Lee.
Thank you!!~
I’ve been out of pocket for a week so just checking the Peoria stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=e4afe2e9
Frizzell and Baker still in witness protection. I guess the only positive stories as far as the Nats are concerned are if you believe that Millas and Ribalto have found something that they haven’t shown in the regular season. Meanwhile, poor Tim Cate has really dug himself a hole, and Antuna is wobbling along at .192.
Baker has a broken hand.
The scout who helped bring three of the guys into Padre chain who now are in Nats chain just was hired by Tigers
Rizzo should have hired him .
Brock Holt possibly looking to get into coaching , Mike Rizzo?
Cate’s outing was so bad it took the website down.
Tim Cate now rocking a 20.86 ERA over four Arizona Fall League appearances. That’s…uh…
Yasel Antuna has appeared in nine games has a .192/.661 slash line and a spot on the 40-man roster. Nice work if you can get it.
Drew Millas has cooled off a little but is still hitting .319/.872 over twelve games, which is solid. Of greater interest to me, though, is his 2:7 BB/K ratio, which suggests to me he’s still struggling to pick up higher-level pitchers (more walks than strikeouts in the low minors, but a 15:53 BB/K ratio at Double-A this season).