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The Louisville Bats won 8-2. Box Score
- Jose Peraza went 3-5 with a double, steal, and 3 runs scored.
- Christian Colon went 1-2 with a run and an RBI.
- Mitch Nay went 1-2 with a run and an RBI.
- Brian O’Grady went 2-4 with a walk, double, and he had an RBI.
- Narciso Crook went 1-4 with a walk, steal, run, and an RBI.
- Chadwick Tromp went 3-5 with a double, run scored, and he had 2 RBI.
- Alfredo Rodriguez went 1-5 with an RBI.
- Blake Trahan went 1-4 with an RBI.
- Nick Ciuffo went 1-1 as a pinch hitter.
- Tejay Antone went 1-3 with a double and a run at the plate. He allowed 2 runs in 7.0 innings with 10 strikeouts on the mound.
- Jimmy Herget threw 2.0 shutout innings with a walk and a strikeout.
The Chattanooga Lookouts lost 9-2. Box Score
- Michael O’Neill went 1-4.
- Samir Duenez went 1-3 with a walk.
- Tyler Stephenson went 1-4 with a run scored.
- Brantley Bell went 1-3 with a double and 2 RBI.
- Tyler Jay threw 1.1 hitless innings with a walk and a strikeout.
- Ty Boyles threw 2.0 hitless innings with a walk and 4 strikeouts.
- Brandon Finnegan threw a perfect inning of relief.
The Dayton Dragons lost 2-0. Box Score
- Randy Ventura went 1-4.
- Cameron Warren went 2-3 with a walk.
- Mariel Bautista went 2-4.
- Jay Schuyler went 1-4 with a double.
- Eduardo Salazar threw 5.0 shutout innings with 4 walks and 3 strikeouts.
- Moises Nova threw a shutout inning.
The Billings Mustangs lost 4-3. Box Score
- Quin Cotton went 1-4.
- Victor Ruiz went 1-4 with a double.
- Reniel Ozuna went 2-4 with a triple, run scored, and he had an RBI.
- Jonathan Willems went 2-4 with a double and an RBI.
- Garrett Wolforth went 1-4 with a solo home run (6).
- Justin McGregor allowed 4 runs in 6.0 innings with 5 strikeouts.
- Alec Byrd threw 2.0 shutout innings with a walk and a strikeout.
9/2 Game Preview
| Team | 1st half | 2nd half | Time (ET) | Probable | Box Score | Listen Live | Watch Live |
| Louisville | 59-80 | N/A | 1:00pm | Stout | Here | Here | Here |
| Chattanooga | 36-33 | 25-41 | 2:05pm | Sanmartin | Here | Here | Here |
| Daytona | 35-30 | 31-37 | Season | Complete | Here | Here | N/A |
| Dayton | 28-42 | 29-40 | 2:00pm | Schmidt |
Here | Here | Here |
| Billings | 15-23 | 21-12 | 6:00pm | Medrano | Here | Here | N/A |
| Greeneville | 26-40 | N/A | Season | Complete |
Here | Here | N/A |
| AZL Reds | 27-29 | N/A | Season | Complete |
Here | N/A | N/A |
My last Dragons game today. A very forgettable season and the boys kinda called this one in today. The last weekend is always a good time to see what the guys parents look like as many are in town to help the boys move home.
Thanks MK, I enjoy your reports and insight.
It’s been a very forgettable season for the entire organization after a lot of gum bumping from the big club. Needless to say it’s been an F- for the organization as a whole but there’s certainly been some individual bright spots and a few amazing performances as well. The future is still dark and cloudy for the organization but hopeful for some individuals can continue to stay hit and break records.
When there’s been individual bright spots and a few amazing performances then giving an F- is ludicrous. The point of the farm is to produce, at most, a hand full of players a year who can be an asset to the major league team whether it be through a promotion or trade package. There’s no denying mission accomplished this year.
2019. Reds MiLB produced Senzel, Ervin, Aquino, and VanMeter. Not bad.
Pitching (from MiLB) not so good. Stephenson is good.
MK- you’d think they’d play hard in front of their parents?
Sometimes when family is there they play too hard and it messes with their heads
Did Peraza take any base on balls while in Louisville.
How could he? He was hitting everything. When you are getting three hits per game and batting over .600 in that stretch, why on earth would walks matter?
Is he there to work on showing everyone how good he is at hitting AAA pitching or is he there to work on things that he needs to help him at the ML level? His plate discipline is really poor, and he’ll continue to struggle at the ML level until it improves. He swings at too many pitches out of the zone and make too much weak contact because of it.
Neither. He’s there because of a roster crunch on Reds with a week left.
He was easiest to option.
So you don’t believe he has anything to work on? If he didn’t he wouldn’t have been sent down or the easiest to option.
He was hitting everything from AAA pitchers that are more mistake prone than the big boys. When a major league pitcher knows that the batter will swing at anything that is spherical and moving through the air, the pitcher can easily make the batter make weak contact and get himself out.
Hitting AAA pitching without showing plate discipline or control of the strike zone makes you Christian Colon. Notice that the Reds haven’t given him a 40 man roster spot.
Nope. Not why he’s in AAA.
This certainly was not a great season for the Dragons but a lot of these guys busted their butts each time they played I hope the organization sees that and gives them another chance to prove their worth.
I wish the remaining teams, including the Dragons, a great last day and off season
Thanks for all the good reads, Doug and everyone who contributed-
I think if Siani as a player that really got after it this season.
I second the kudos to Doug!
*of Siani
Antone is an interesting guy to keep in mind. Big time ground ball numbers, first full season after TJ, overall decent numbers as a starter in AAA. He ended up with a 4.28 FIP, 4.26 xFIP over 14 games. He’ll turn 26 in December, so he’s still relatively on the younger side.
At AAA Louisville, he has 1.73 WHIP and opponents have .322 BA against him. He may have potential but his AAA stats are Meh.
Well I did say decent. Probably just semantics between that and meh. I’m more looking at trends for the end of the year, and seeing how he’s bounced back from TJ in a full season. In his last 5 starts he’s lowered his ERA from 6.12 to 4.65. That’s positive momentum. He also has 35 strike outs in those five games, a positive trend. The walks could come down a bit, absolutely, but they’re not awful overall at 3.89/9IP. What’s hurting him is the .402 BABIP. If that normalizes (his highest BABIP in full season ball was .334 until AAA) the WHIP and ERA should come down.
Anyone else like Gausman in the pen?
On an arbitration raise from his $9.35m salary? Very few relievers are worth that much. He’s been pretty solid out of the bullpen for the Reds since arriving. I wouldn’t be able to justify the price though if he’s not a lock-down, dominant, high leverage reliever. At this point he’s not being used or performing as such.
Perhaps work on a third pitch in the offseason and start him in spring training?
If it comes down to being a rh reliever in 2020, I don’t see the Reds tendering Gausman. On the other hand, Reds may try to sign him to a more “team- friendly” 2-3 year deal. He’s got over 150 ML starts & still has a “live arm”. He’ll be 29 next year. For the right price, Gausman could be a pretty effective middle reliever/spot starter.
Where is the guy that always roots on Stanford and Alex blandino? Not here because blandino just got caught stealing. Who knows what the reds may have done without giving up that free out.
-Larry Ferguson, BA (Hospitality Management: University of Phoenix)
You sure that degree isn’t a BS?
7 years of college down the drain.
First, it was 5 years- not seven. Second, that degree helped me land a nighttime manager job at a national motel chain- so I would say joke is on you bud!
-Larry Ferguson, BA (Hospitality Management: University of Phoenix)