Drinos 2, Metsies 1 (again!)

Great game last night. A lot of action wrought by talent (Wright's bomb that Scotty Hairston snagged, the outings by Wolf, Bell and Hoffman, A Gon gunning down Endy at third on an attempted sacrifice), action wrought by ineptitude (E Gon's baserunning snafu), action wrought by randomness (Wolf's pitch smacking off Santana's shoulder on the attempted bunt) and action wrought by a little redemption (E Gon's diving snake to rob Beltran of a single in the top of the 8th).

Well played on both sides.

Looking forward to OP getting rocked tonight so his price tag will drop and KT can sign him for peanuts in the offseason.

Hi-oooooooooooo!

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Now a brief word on our boy Antonelli. Like many of you I've been wondering what's wrong with the kid in this his first foray into the ranks of AAA. He is currently batting .169 with 3 bombs and only 15 ribeyes in 195 at bats. Compare that to his line at San Antonio late last year (.294 7 24 in 187 ABs) and at Lake Elly in the first half of last season (.312 14 54 in 346 ABs).

Certainly a drop off in production for the youngster.

I do have one note of hope, however, that I was hoping someone who has watched Antonelli's games this year might be able to corroborate. Comparing his line from Portland this season and from San Antonio late last season, in a similar number of at bats, Antonelli has a similar number of Ks. So far this season in 195 ABs he has 39 Ks; at San Antone in 187 ABs he had 36 Ks.

In short, even though he is getting a lot fewer hits, Antonelli is not striking out at a greater clip this season. What that tells me - and again I'd love to get some corroboration of this from someone who has seen some of Antonelli's at bats live - is that he hasn't forgotten how to make contact, but may be having some bad luck and not driving the ball yet with consistency.

In other words, he is not so outclassed by the AAA pitchers that he is whiffing and taking called third strikes. Rather, he is hitting the ball at people and hasn't found a groove yet to hit the ball with authority to the gaps.

My thought is Antonelli will come around shortly.