MiLB.com has up an article on Jon Moscot after his outstanding start yesterday afternoon for Pensacola where he threw eight shutout innings.
“I was getting ahead of hitters early. They were hitting balls into the ground and the defense was great behind me, made a lot of great plays,” Moscot said. “I was able to throw my off-speed [pitches] for strikes.”
Moscot has a 2.08 ERA through five starts this season with 10 walks and 22 strikeouts in 30.1 innings.
John Sickels released his “Sleepers List” for his 2014 prospect book. There are three Reds who made the list. Left hander Tyler Mahle (7th round pick, 2013), third baseman Seth Mejias-Brean and right hander Josh Smith. Given that you guys read this site, you probably know who those guys are already. Mejias-Brean and Smith are already playing this season and having some success. Mahle is back in extended spring training preparing for the start of rookie ball.
Last week I took part in a podcast, talking about minor league baseball. I talked about some Reds prospects that I have seen, but I also talked about some guys from other teams. Fair warning, there is some language on the show that I wouldn’t allow on the site (I kept my language acceptable, but some others did not). With all of that said, if you want to listen in, you can check it out here. It is nearly two hours long though, so set aside some time if you want to check it out.
It’s April 28th and the Dayton Dragons pitching staff has a 2.34 ERA. That would rank 9th in the league for individual players if you removed the Dragons pitchers from the equation (they have three players in the top 10 of the league).
Speaking of pitching…. Ben Lively. He leads the California League in ERA at 0.31. The guy in second place is at 2.00. Lively leads the league in strikeouts with 40. He has one walk. ONE WALK. He leads the league with a 0.48 WHIP. The next best in the league is 0.89.
Ben Lively was named as the California League pitcher of the week. Ismael Guillon took home the Midwest League pitcher of the week.