Aaron Crow's first pro start is this afternoon

I'll try to post updates--the link is to the boxscore, but if you follow on gameday you should be able to see pitch speed/movement

23 days ago nwroyal 52 comments 1 recs |

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1st Inning

1st Batter-Walk on 5 pitches
2nd Batter-pops out to 2nd
3rd Batter-foul fly out to RF
4th Batter-grounder to 2nd

FB-92-94 MPH, Slider 86 MPH, Change 86 MPH
14 pitches, 9 strikes
11 FB, 2 SL, 1 CH

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so far, so good, hope he can keep the P/In down, or more downer, or....low-ish

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 28, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

that 2nd inning was like he was pitching against the Royals

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

2nd Inning

1st Batter-grounds out to 1st
2nd Batter-fly out deep to LF
3rd Batter-K

FB-90-91, Slider 86
8 pitches 5 strikes
7 FB, 1 SL

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Moose grounds out

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

3rd Inning

1st Batter-grounds out to SS
2nd Batter- grounds out to 1st
3rd Batter-HR to right
4th Batter-K

FB 90-92, Slider 84, Change 80-82

16 pitches, 11 strikes
8 FB, 5 Changes, 3 slider

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 4:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so you're telling me he's a reliever

Blank

by benfunke on Oct 28, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't be surprised if he's done for the dayw

we’ll see if he comes out for the 4th

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 4:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

crow back out there for the 4th, apparantly Trey is managing and wants to toughen him up

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

4th Inning

1st Batter-flies out to left
2nd Batter-grounds out to 2nd
3rd Batter-singles to right
4th Batter-triples to left—run scores
5th Batter-grounds out

velocity dipped a little bit.
4ip 3h 2r 2er 1w 2k
59 pitches, 38 strikes
6 ground outs, 4 fly outs

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

how crow can you go?

by royalsreview on Oct 28, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Nice.

by NotAHippie on Oct 28, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So Crow departs the game with two runs allowed while his team has scored zero runs, and then the next guy comes in from the bullpen and has so far allowed three additional runs. This is good practice for when he plays for the Royals.

by swing and a miss on Oct 28, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

valuable training

by royalsreview on Oct 28, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

surprise just needs to make some errors the next time he pitches

and then he’ll have had the full Royals starting pitcher experience.

by swing and a miss on Oct 28, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

They do have Moustakas on the team

shouldn’t be a problem

Crow beter not complain, becuase Moustaksa will rough him up with his awesome leadership skillz™ that are so awesome. That’s obviously why he got drafted, since it isn’t obviously isn’t for his hitting or fielding.

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by devil_fingers on Oct 28, 2009 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ouch.

This shall now be known as getting “Greinke’d”.

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Oct 28, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I thought we already called it "Meched"

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by cmkeller on Oct 28, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can't it be both?

Mech-ke’d!!

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 28, 2009 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or

Grein-ched.

Pronounced “grinched”, naturally.

This space for rent.

by jonfmorse on Oct 29, 2009 6:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

naturally

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 29, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

We'll call it "Meched"

after his arm blows up.

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Oct 28, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that Crisp'd would be better.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Oct 28, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unrelated but...

When a guy is rushed to the majors and ruined, I call it being Reichharted. Although you could call it being Gordoned.

by Dadunca on Oct 28, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Pfft.

It’s actually been known as Clyded for over 30 years now.

This space for rent.

by jonfmorse on Oct 29, 2009 6:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Even better

‘cause Wood’s one of ours!

If you look closely, it really says "CentralChamps2012."

by CentralChamps2009 on Oct 29, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Process:

Now self-replicating in the Arizona Fall League!

by swing and a miss on Oct 29, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Spreading like H1N1!! oh yeah!

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 29, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The other teams must have gotten the vaccine

by AxDxMx on Oct 29, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

they got the vaccine for the suck virus too, Royals missed 'em both.

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 29, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blake Wood is in now and not doing so hot

4 runs in in the inning

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

yikes

by royalsreview on Oct 28, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They have to get Crow used to how they do things up in the Bigs

I am confident he is learning this fact today.

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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Oct 28, 2009 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not a bad outing for Crow...

especially for his 1st pro experience and facing some of the better minor league hitters.

I like the 38 strikes in 59 pitches (as reported above by nwroyal). Yeah, he gave up a HR , but according to gameday, the wind is blowing out to right (with gusts up to 30MPH!) – so it may have gotten an extra boost. I also like that he came back and struck the next hitter out.

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Oct 28, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

one game doesn't make a career...

But, I didn’t see anything that screamed number one draft pick. I think AA will be a good place for AC to start out. Too bad about Blake he was having a fairly decent Fall. Mous’s bat was very silent. Again, a year at AA will be good for him. Just two days left in league play after todays loss the Rafters probably will not be in the playoffs.

by grudz96 on Oct 28, 2009 5:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

AFL season

the AFL season goes through Nov. 19—so there are about 3 weeks left in the season.

If he can build up his endurance and pitch at 92-94 with the kind of movement his FB has, he will be just fine.

by nwroyal on Oct 28, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Beat me to it...

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Oct 28, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the 89-91 fastball in the fourth inning was the main thing that didn't look too good

but 4 innings seems to be about as much as the starters pitch in the AFL, so I’d expect the velocity to improve with more practice of pitching deep into games.

by swing and a miss on Oct 28, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

huh?

They actually play well into November. The AZ Fall League Championship game is scheduled for Nov. 21. Lots of games left (and by “lots” I mean 18 if I counted correctly).

Tension is the enemy. - Charlie Lau

by aHorseWithNoName on Oct 28, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs