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| Larks 2 at Whiz Kids 2 Game 1 Larks 2 Whiz Kids 3 Larks leading 2-0 after 6. Kids take the lead with 3 in the 7th on a bases clearing M. Kepler double. Abreu gets the save. Game 2 Larks 5 Whiz Kids 6 Larks take the 1-0 after 1 but the Kids score 1 run in the 3rd,4th, 5th, & 6th. Larks get 2 in the 8th and Kids get 2 in the bottom half. Larks come up short with 2 in the 9th Sims closes the door with the tying run in scoring position. Game 3 Larks 5 Whiz Kids 3 Scoreless till the 4th Larks take 1-0 lead, Kids comeback with 1 in the 5th but Larks score 1 again in the 6th. The Larks get 3 in the 9th and the Kids close the gap with 2 in the bottom half. Manager decides to stay with Cease who throws a complete game. Game 4 Larks 4 Whiz Kids 2 Larks open the game with 1 in the 1st, Kids take the lead with 2 in the 2nd. Larks tie the game in the 5th and score 2 in the 9th. Strider K’s 10 and Matt McLain hits 2 Homers Whiz Kids 2 at Ponies 2 Gm1 :Garcia, Renfroe HRs to support Bibee (7 IP, 3 ER for the win), as Ponies take the opener 5-3 Gm 2: Kepler 4 hits ,3 RBIs to lead a Kids offensive explosion, easy 11-2 win Gm 3: J. Naylor 4 hits, Elder 7 2/3 no runs allowed, as Kids cruise 8-1 Gm 4: Whiz Kids stand 11 runners, as Ponies' Janssen and D. Williams get 8 outs to preserve 5-3 win. D. Williams Ks the last two hitters as Kids leave the bases loaded in the 9th Ponies 3 at Mitts 1 Game 1-Ponies 10 Mitts 2 - Riley 2 HR 3 RBI -Garcia 4 hits Game 2-Poiess 2 Mitts 0 - Riley HR - Miller 7 IP 2 Hits 8 K's Game 3-Ponies 6 Mitts 2 - Riley 2 hits HR 2 RBI - Santana 2 hits HR Game 4-Mitts 3 Ponies 2 - Meyers HR 2 RBI - Ford HR Rogues 1 at A's 3 In a series dominated by A's pitching, allowing only 13 runs in 4 games with 48 strikeouts in 36 innings, the A's biggest moment came in the series finale as Josh Bell hit a 2 run, pinch hit homerun off Josh Hader to walk it off. Gm1-The Rogues took a 2-1 lead on a Corey Seager homer in the top of the 8th. In the bottom of the 8th the A's erupted for 3 runs to win 4-2. Marcus Semien came through with a big 2 run double in the inning. A's pitching held the Rogues to 3 hits and 13 strikeouts. Sean Manaea hurled 5.1 innings, allowing only 1 hit and no runs. Gm2- Errors allowed the A's to take an early lead and then they exploded off Zac Gallen for 5 consecutive hits and coasted to an 8-1 win. Ian Happ drove in 4 while JD Davis contributed with 3 hits including a homerun. Brandon Woodruff threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 10, while reliever Bryan Baker struck out 5 in his 3 innings of work. Seager had 3 hits including a solo blast for the Rogues. Gm3-Joey Gallo belted a homerun and drove in 4 to lead the Rogues to a 5-2 win. Dauri Moreta and Jeff Hoffman combined for 5 no hit innings of relief. Gm4-The Rogues broke on top in the 1st with 3 runs on back to back homers by Nelson Velasquez and Seager, but Yandy Diaz cut the lead with a 2 run dinger in the bottom of the frame. The Rogues added to the lead and led 5-2 in the 8th with Aaron Nola, who was pitching well when Semien cut the lead with a 2 run blast. Josh Hader was called on for a 4 out save. He struck out the first 3 he faced, then lost control and walked Ryan Jeffers with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. Brandon Nimmo was pulled for pinch hitter Josh Bell who promptly deposited a Hader offering into the left center field bleechers for the walk off A's win. The A's out scored the Rogues 20-13, out hit them .240 to .198, and out pitched them with a 2.75 ERA to the Rogues 4.81 ERA. JD Davis led the A's attack, hitting .500 with a homerun and double. Seager was the Rogues offense hitting .529 with 3 homeruns, 2 doubles and 5 RBI. Unfortunately for the Rogues, Bryce Harper was 0-17 during the series. Ponies 0 at Kids 4 Game 1-Kids 4 Ponies 2 - Stewart HR 3 RBI - Correa 2 RBI Game 2-Kids 11 Ponies 10 - Drury 3 hits 2 HR 3 RBI -Arenado 3 RBI Game 3-Kids 15 Ponies 4 - Altuve 5 hits 2 HR 4 RBI -Kepler 3 hits 3 RBI Game 4-Kids 9 Ponies 6 - Stewart HR(GS) - Altuve 2hits HR 2 RBI Penguins 3 at Ungulates 1 The long ball was key, as the combined for seventeen "taters" in the series. Gm 1: Matt Olson got his CBL season off to a roaring start going 4 for 5, including a pair of HR's, with 5 RBI to lead the Penguins' 14 hit attack. Penguins won the opener 8-2. The other Olson, Reese, got the win while Bieber took the loss. Gm 2: Ungulates evened the series thanks to 4 solo HR's (Jung, Tucker, Bogaerts, Moncada) for all their scoring in the 4-2 win. Jon Gray picked up the win with 6 IP of 2 hit ball. Sanchez took the loss; he gave up 3 of the 4 bombs. Gm 3: Penguins sent all nine to the plate in the 3rd, and scored 6 times in the 8-3 win. Lots of action as the teams combine for 22 hits, but Ungulates had 10 LOB. Bobby Miller got the win, and Joe Ryan the loss. Gm 4: Penguins jumped out to a 5-0 lead by scoring in each of the first 3 innings only to see the Ingulates tie the score with 5 runs in the . McMurdo scored 2 in the 8th and hung on for a 7-6 win. Holmes came in to squash the Ungulates' 8th inning rally, and recorded a 5 out SV - his first of the season Comets 2 at Mitts 2 Game 1; Mitts 5, Comets 3 (10 innings). WP-Adam. LP-Bautista. HR: Monial and Ford for Mitts, Y.Diaz and Wallner for Comets. Moniak: 2-run walk-off HR in 10th for Mitts. Game 2: Mitts 7, Comets 0. WP-Valdez. LP-Bradish. HR: B.Reynolds (Mitts). B.Reynolds: 3 H, HR, 1 R, 4 RBI. Game 3: Comets 6, Mitts 3. WP-Quintana. LP-Assad. Save-Bautista. HR: Acuna (2) for Comets, C.Vazquez for Mitts. Game 4: Comets 5, Mitts 1. WP-K.Crawford. LP-L.Webb. HR: J.Ramirez (Comets) Mitts 3 at Ponies 1 gm 1- Each team put up just five hits as Bryce Miller and Javier Assad hooked up in a pitchers’ duel. Final Ponies 1, Mitts 0 with the home club scoring its run in the 7th inn. gm 2- Mitts turn the shutout this time with Logan Webb getting a rare CG. He gave up five hits and fanned 12 as the Mitts cruised to a 5-0 win. Carlos Santana went 4-for-5 to lead his team’s attack against Urias. gm 3- Ponies plate three runs in the home 4th but after that it was just about all Mitts. Final 8-5 Mitts with Merrill Kelly lasting long enough to get the win. Waiver pick Mike Ford clouted his 4th HR of the young season. Buck Farmer took the L. gm 4- Mike Clevinger and four relievers held the Ponies down as the Mitts take the finale 3-1. Darvish was inexplicably pulled in the 3rd inning forcing A Diaz to toss a 4-2/3 inning stint. Comets 3 at Kids 1 Game 1; Comets 10, kids 3. WP-Brito. LP-Holton. HRs: L.Thomas (grand slam), Burger (2) and Morel for Comets, Willson Contreras and Tatis for Kids. Game 2: Comets 6, Kids 3. WP-K.Crawford. LP-Oviedo. J. Ramirez (Comets): 3 H, 2 R. 1 RBI. Game 3; Comets 5, Kids 0. WP-McClanahan (10 Ks in 7 IP). LP-Gilbert. Neto (Comets): 4 RBI. Game 4: Kids 5, Comets 2. WP-J.Montgomery. LP-Kirby. Save: B.Abreu. HRs: Willson Contreras (Kids) and L.Thomas (Comets). Comets 3 at Ungulates 1 Game 1: Ungulates 10, Comets 0. WP-J.Gray. LP-McClanahan. HRs: Campusano, Bogaerts and Bader (grand slam) for Ungulates. Game 2: Comets 10, Ungulates 3. WP-Kirby. LP-J.Ryan. HRs: Acuna (2), Goldschmidt, Y. Diaz (grand slam) and Wallner for Comets, Gorman and Yastrzemski for Ungulates. Acuna: 3 H, 2 HR, 4 R, 2 RBI. Game 3: Comets 3, Ungulates 2. WP-Bradish. LP-Canning. Save-Bautista. HRs: Acuna and Goldschmidt (Comets). Game 4: Comets 8, Ungulates 7 (11 innings). WP-Bautista. LP-Dominguez. HRs: Acuna, Goldschmidt, Burger and L.Thomas (Comets), Jung, Alonso and Moncada (Ungulates). Acuna: 3-run HR in 9th for Comets sent game to extra innings. Comets 3 at Bombers 1 Game 1: Comets 11, Bombers 2. WP-Bradish. LP-Ashcraft. Save-Brito. HRs: Y.Diaz, Wallner and Neto (all Comets). Game 2: Bombers 6, Comets 3.WP-T.Beck. LP-Lawrence. HRs: C.Taylor and McCarthy (Bombers), J.Ramirez (Comets). Game 3: Comets 10, Bombers 4. WP-K.Crawford. LP-Lorenzen. HRs: Acuna, Burger and L. Thomas (for Comets), M.Chapman (2) and D.Smith (Bombers). Game 4: Comets 3, Bombers 2. WP-McClanahan. LP-Kikuchi. Save-Bautista. HRs: Acuna and Y.Diaz (for Comets). Comets 2 at Titans 2 Game 1: Titans 11, Comets 7. WP-Verlander. LP-K.Crawford. Save-Pivetta. HRs: W. Smith (for Titans), Wallner and L.Thomas (for Comets). W. Smith: 3H, 3R, HR, 4 RBI. Game 2: Comets 5, Titans 1. WP-McClanahan. LP-C.Javier. HR: Merrifield (for Comets). Merrifield: 3-run HR. Game 3: Comets 5, Titans 1. WP-Kirby. LP-Miley. Save-Bautista. HRs: L. Thomas and Morel (Comets), W. Smith (Titans). Morel: 3 RBI. Game 4: Titans 10, Comets 2. WP-L.Castillo. LP-Bradish. HRs: Soto and Alvarez (Titans). Soto: 3-run HR. |
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MITTS' WAIVER GUYS CONTRIBUTING EARLY
The Mitts have played 16 games as of Sunday April 14th. Two of their three waiver selections have performed admirably in the early going with the third, starting pitcher Jim Paxton waiting to be activated in block 2.
Our first waiver selection was DH Mike Ford who at this point has been the Mitts' best hitter.
As you can see in the graphic he is really pounding the ball. The only problem is that we'd hoped to get two blocks worth of games in with him at DH and now it appears he won't last that long. So we'll likely inactivate him in blocks 2 and 3 while bringing up Patrick Wisdom to do the DH role vs righties.
Our third round waiver selection was hard righty Miguel Castro.
He has been one of the team's most effective relievers in the early going. Confession:
Years ago I was an opponent of even having a waiver draft. But
with the Mitts having had appreciable boosts with their recent waiver
guys we have clearly altered our position on it.
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MY TAKE ON BRETT BATY
Mike McC and
I have Brett Baty in common. Mike has him here in the CBL while I
picked him up a year ago as a prospect in the SBA. We both want
him to succeed and I thought I’d give you my thoughts on how he’s
looking early in the 2024 MLB campaign.By the numbers he is way up from the horrid season he had as a rookie. Even though the Mets crushed Atlanta on Thursday scoring 16 runs on 16 hits Baty had just a measly single in five official AB’s. His BA sits at .311 which is nice. His OPS is just 732 which really isn’t impressive. Baty has been good as a singles hitter so far this year and he’s using all fields for them. Just like last year the preponderence of his contact in on the ground. With his barely average speed he’s always a great GIDP candidate. He still hasn’t shown me the ability to consistently drive the ball. Most of his fly balls are easy cans of corn to right or left field. So offensively he’s a far better player than he was in 2023 but that’s a low bar to get over. His fielding is also improved. If SOM had to grade him off this early going I’d expect him to be a 3B-3. The game company seems reticent to jump a guy two grades early in his career so I doubt he could get up to 3B-2 in the next set of cards. Bottom line is that Mike and I want Baty to become some sort of better-than-average players. He’s not there yet but there is some hope. |
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CBL's BEST INTEREST OF
THE LEAGUE
COMMITTEE
Matt-
commissioner
Mitch- league statistician Jordan- rules coordinator Mark - representing West division Wayne- representing Chicago division Bob- representing South division |
The
members of the CBL will never forget our friend
and charter member Mac McConchie. |
In October of 2022 the league also lost
long time member Eric Johns to ALS. |
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