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Happy Victoria Day! The Blue Jays finally bid farewell to the Rays today, while also bidding farewell to TD Ballpark in Dunedin, and I’m not sure which I’m happier to see leave. Hopefully the stay in Buffalo will be as short as the one in Dunedin was for the Jays, and we can be back in a real stadium soon.
Anyway, we’ve got day baseball today because of the holiday, and also because of the holiday I slept in and we’re super close to gametime. So here we go for a 1:07 ET start.
Minor league update for 5/22/21
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It was an entertaining night on the farm for the Rangers affiliates.
That Nick Krauth guy started for the Wood Ducks and went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 8. I keep assuming he’s some 24 year old but he’s just 21, having signed out of the University of Connecticut as an undrafted free agent last summer. I don’t know what the story is here but Krauth has now struck out 16 and walked 2 while allowing 2 runs in 14.2 IP over his first three starts of the 2021 season.
Down East went into the 9th down 2-0. Evan Carter reached on an error to start the inning, then after a pop out, Dustin Harris reached on an infield single, with both runners then advancing on a bad throw on the play. Carter scored on a sac fly by Keyber Rodriguez, which brought Cody Freeman to the plate as the go-ahead run with two outs in the ninth. Freeman went deep, smacking a two run home run that provided the winning m
Minor league update for May 9, 2021
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Mother’s Day minor league games saw both Down East and Round Rock finish out sweeps and go undefeated for the first week of the minor league season.
2018 4th rounder Mason Englert made his pro debut for Down East, going 3 innings in his start and allowing 1 run on 4 hits and 2 walks, striking out 5. Evan Carter continued to impress, going 3 for 4 with a double, a walk and an HBP. Jose Rodriguez went 3 for 5, Dustin Harris had a pair of hits, Keyber Rodriguez had a hit and two walks, and Luisangel Acuna had a walk and a stolen base.
Minor League update for 5/7/21
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You want the rundown of tonight’s minor league performances? We got it for you.
T.K. Roby, the Rangers third round pick in 2020, made his pro debut tonight for low-A Down East. Roby went 2.1 IP and struck out 3 while not allowing a hit. He did walk one and hit a batter, though, and threw a pair of wild pitches. Still, an impressive debut for the 19 year old righthander.
In our Evan Carter Watch, we note that Carter went 1 for 5 with a double and three Ks. Luisangel Acuna had a single and a homer, and Keyber Rodriguez and Keithron Moss each had two hits.