jdmurphy315

Is there a roster available somewhere of everyone present?

So what was the injury resulting from the HBP, exactly? Has that been disclosed?

Calling Zander Wiel up as an extra September bat wouldn't be crazy. He's been raking all season.

Smeltzer outdueling Bieber Friday night would be the equivalent of Arraez's pinch-hit walk and I am absolutely ready for it.

Last season in Rochester Astudillo make one of the most heads-up plays I've ever seen. There was a man on second and none out and he was playing third base. A ball got hit very sharply to him on the ground and he caught it and immediately threw to second base, behind the runner who of course was not advancing. The runner managed to retreat in time to avoid the out, but there was still plenty of time to relay on for a 5-4-3 put-out at first. I'd never seen that before in my life, and he executed it so quickly that he'd obviously thought it through ahead of time.

Yes, all the position players were healthy, but I think the real depth question has always been what would happen when they were healthy and went to 13 pitchers - now it's only 12. Still boils down to Adrianza and Astudillo, and Astudillo's slump plus his option makes him much likelier than was the case a month ago. When they'll call upon that 13th pitcher, though, who knows - maybe they don't feel they need to.

Is Poppen staying in Rochester or was this just a spot start?

Sure, Buxton misplayed the Mondesi inside-the-parker. But he clearly expected Kepler to be there to retrieve the ball and probably limit Mondesi to a triple; I was expecting the same thing watching at home. Would be interesting to see where Kepler was playing (I don't know, maybe he was way over on the foul line) and whether he should have been able to pick that ball up off the rebound once Buxton missed it.