DOTF
25 year-old Phil Dumatrait (Red Sox #1 - 2000) pitched 7 innings, giving up only 1 ER, 2 BB, and 3 H. Dumatrait, who came to the Reds as the player to be named later in the Scott Williamson trade, struck out 6. This year he has pitched 12 innings, given up only 5 H, and 4 BB, while striking out 11 with a 0.71 ERA. Last year in 15 games at Louisville, Dumatrait struck out 58 and walked 36 in 87.2 innings with a 4.72 ERA.
27 year-old Gary Majewski (White Sox #2 - 1998) tossed another scoreless inning he now has gone 3.2 innings with 1 BB, 4 H and 2 Ks.
23 year old Tyler Pelland (Red Sox #9 - 2002) pitched into some tough luck. After Evan Longoria reached on a throwing error by Paul Janish, Pelland got two quick outs. He walked Josh Arhart and then gave up a homer to Gabriel Martinez, thus 0 ER.
Pelland pitched 5.2 innings giving up 3 H, 3 BB, and recording 2 Ks. For the season he has 9.2 IP, 10 H, 3 BB, and 5 Ks.
25 year-old third baseman Enrique Cruz (Yankees #14 - 2003) went 2 for 3 with a 2B, R, and 2 RBI.
23 year-old Carlos Fisher (Reds #11 - 2005) again was the star in his second start of the year. Fisher, from baseball powerhouse Lewis & Clark State College, has now thrown 13 innings, giving up 0 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, and recording 5 Ks.
20 year-old Jay Bruce (Reds #1 - 2005) went 1 for 3 with 2 R, and a BB. For the season, the 6′2″ 218 lb. right fielder is hitting .381/.435/.524. Last year at Dayton, he hit .291/.355/.516.
24 year-old catcher Craig Tatum (Reds #3 - 2004) went 2 for 3 with a R, 2 2B and 3 RBI. For the season he is hitting .214/.214/.357
UPDATED 4/12 3:15 PM Thanks to reader doug
GAME 2 Dunedin 2, Sarasota 1
Dayton and South Bend PPD
April 12th, 2007 at 10:18 am
Matt - I love your DOTF reports. Thanks for doing these again this year!
Think Dumatrait could get a big league shot before Bailey? His minor league career numbers are looking pretty nice.
Was Tyler Pelland part of that deal, too, or how was he acquired?
April 12th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
I believe that Scott Williamson was traded for Phil Dumatrait, a player-to-be-named, and cash. Pelland was the PTBNL, because he had not been signed for a full year yet at the time of the trade. (For one year after their initial pro signing, a team cannot trade that player.)
I’ve followed Pelland’s pro career very closely, as he went to my high school. Huge event for a Vermonter to be drafted. Short, hard-throwing lefthander. Unearned runs are a big issue for him, as well as poor control. Hopefully he’ll put something together this year, having been re-assigned to Chattanooga.
April 12th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Oh, and ditto on the praise for Matt and DOTF. I like the addition of the guys’ original draft position.
April 12th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
umm you totally missed the fact that Sarasota played a double header yesterday. They lost their first game of the year 2-1. Johnny Cueto somewhat struggled going 4.2 ip, 7h, 2er, 2bb and 4k.
Jay Bruce went 1-3 and extended his hitting streak to 6 games. Michael Griffin also extended his hitting streak to 6 games.
April 12th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
umm..I noticed but unfortunately my other job got in the way…thanks for catching that…