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Good job by Contreras. He only has 12 games (54.1 IP) at AA and only 3.2 innings at AAA. But he wasn't overmatched, looked confident and challenged hitters.

Sheez - lifted for a pinch hitter in the 3rd.



Line =

46 pitches

29 strikes 17 balls

3 hits (one hard hit ball)

1 walk

4 SO



Most impressive

1st inning, working out of 2 lead off hits

2nd inning, opened with 6 straight balls

3rd inning, gave up a 1 out double.

No runners advanced.

1E333E2F28392E6E6D5C0 wrote: Good job by Contreras. He only has 12 games (54.1 IP) at AA and only 3.2 innings at AAA. But he wasn't overmatched, looked confident and challenged hitters.


I expected he would go one more inning. I would have liked to see that. But a really good performance.



He’s not only young, he doesn’t have many starts in AA or AAA.



Agree with you: not over matched, he was confident. Challenged hitters. Very positive first start!

5E737E6F68796E2E2D1C0 wrote: Good job by Contreras. He only has 12 games (54.1 IP) at AA and only 3.2 innings at AAA. But he wasn't overmatched, looked confident and challenged hitters.
I liked his velocity

101701090710575B22050F030B0E4C010D0F620 wrote: Sheez - lifted for a pinch hitter in the 3rd. 
They said before the game that they only wanted him to pitch a few innings. It was an opportunity to give him a taste of pitching at this level and he left with confidence. I would have preferred he went another inning or two but I think they had a plan and they stuck to it.

The Sam Howard walk machine rolls on.

230E03121504135350610 wrote: The Sam Howard walk machine rolls on.
I enjoyed listening to Neal Walker talk about how difficult it is on

the infielders having to adjust to all the shifts that are used today.

0D33363E2D35353E1E3B2C3F685A0 wrote: The Sam Howard walk machine rolls on.
I enjoyed listening to Neal Walker talk about how difficult it is on

the infielders having to adjust to all the shifts that are used today.
Cub SS just missed the bag-does that look familiar?

052825343322357576470 wrote: Sheez - lifted for a pinch hitter in the 3rd.  
They said before the game that they only wanted him to pitch a few innings. It was an opportunity to give him a taste of pitching at this level and he left with confidence. I would have preferred he went another inning or two but I think they had a plan and they stuck to it.


And it makes sense.



I was thinking 60 pitches, so one more inning. I think he showed up REALLY well. But did the short leash cause him to pitch more aggressively? He was ranging between high 90s to high 70s. Did the short start aid in his velocity?



But it does make sense.

436F67606B4C7B6D7D0E0 wrote: Geez.



Why not have him pitch to Stallings instead of Perez.  Time to help a pitcher out in his first major league game. 


After being out for a week, it’s inexcusable that Stallings isn’t starting, especially tonight. Shelton is remarkably bad at this managing thing.