Let me start off by saying that my personal draft board will come out today, but it will be in the afternoon. With the draft being on Monday evening I have some things planned for the few hours leading up to the draft, including doing a live chat over on Youtube (it will hopefully go well – I’ve been testing out a few things this week with the hopes of making it work properly).
Yesterday there were more than a few defensive highlights in both Dayton and Louisville. And you can see those below, but the first thing you need to see is the home run that Stuart Fairchild hit last night for the Dragons. They were trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the 9th inning when he unloaded on this pitch. There are two things to watch here. First, how quick the baseball got out. Second, where it hits the pole at the back of the stadium.
Yeah…. guys don’t miss home runs. When you hit the ball that far, you didn’t miss it. But Stuart Fairchild absolutely did not miss any single piece of that baseball.
Earlier in the game Jose Garcia made an outstanding play in the Dragons bullpen.
Here’s the video of the catch from Dayton Dragons shortstop Jose Garcia from tonight that I was talking about earlier. pic.twitter.com/qMAG8idtuk
— Doug Gray (@dougdirt24) June 3, 2018
That’s two straight nights with highlight reel plays for the 20-year-old Cuban infielder. On Friday night he had one while starting at second base.
Down in Louisville it was Phillip Ervin and Nick Senzel showing off the defensive skills.
Another big day for Ibandel Isabel
On Friday afternoon Ibandel Isabel hit two home runs in the first game of the Daytona Tortugas double header. He went homerless in the second game on Friday evening. On Saturday the Tortugas only played one game in Lakeland, but Isabel double-dipped and hit two more home runs. Just like on Friday, one of the home runs was pulled and one of them went to the opposite field.
Ibandel Isabel began the year with the Dodgers organization, but that didn’t last very long. He was traded to the Reds in the Ariel Hernandez deal, along with pitcher Zach Neal. He had one home run with the Dodgers Advanced-A affiliate in six games. With the Daytona Tortugas he’s now played in 29 games and has added another nine home runs. The 22-year-old Isabel is now slugging .564 in the Florida State League, which might as well be eleventy-billion, because no one hits for power in that league.