Monday, March 27, 2006 |
Two Games
Blowout: Dodgers 12, Mets 3
The Dodgers pounded the Mets, and amazingly, with Brett Tomko on the mound. It looks to me like the Mets put a lot of non-starters on the roster, which created the big disparity; Jason Repko went 4-4, Oscar Robles went 3-3 with a two-run home run, and Tomko got a three-run dinger off Mets starter Steve Trachsel. Yhency Brazoban managed to get a scoreless inning in, though he walked a batter.Is This Heaven? No, It's Spring Training: Angels 15, Padres 2
Oh, sure, Garret Anderson, Orlando Cabrera, Juan Rivera and Dallas McPherson all homered, but what they don't tell you is that D-Mac's came off of Leo Rosales, a 2003 20th-round draft pick who has a great changeup... and, well, he's got a great changeup. In a way, he's illustrative of the general lousiness of the Padres' system, because there's a bunch of guys like him in their system. Believe it or not, Baseball America ranks him their 21st best prospect.But I harp too much on the Pads. They recently graduated a bunch of guys -- Khalil Greene most notably -- and Rosales had never pitched above high-A ball before, anyway. Darrell Sales, the other player to homer off Rosales -- it was a five-run inning of woe for the Padres hurler, who only managed one out -- was a 16th-round draftee from last year's draft who has some interesting numbers in the AZL leagues, posting a .282/.375/.437 line in 103 at bats; 13 of his 29 hits went for extra bases. The Angels need to purge him as soon as possible, because anyone showing that kind of plate patience and power is clearly an alien life form.
Anderson continued to play left, and the Chronicler made a good point that one reason GA could have such terrible numbers at the DH position is because Mike always puts him there whenever he's injured.
Escobar held down a Padres lineup that included Mike Piazza, giving up only a pair of earned runs, one of which was a Mark Bellhorn solo homer. Both Esteban Yan and Kevin Gregg had good outings as well, allowing no runs. The competition for the last bullpen spot could be significant.
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