Montgomery makes Burlington debut

by nwroyal on May 17, 2009 3:56 PM EDT

Mike Montgomery starts today for Burlington--He was a supplemental 1st round pick last year and I'm really high on him.

so far, 3ip 0h 0r 4w 5k

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4ip 0h 0r 4w 6k

and 4 ground outs, 0 fly outs

by nwroyal on May 17, 2009 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

Final line

4.1 ip 1h 0r 4w 7k

by nwroyal on May 17, 2009 4:27 PM EDT reply actions

Good deal I was waiting for him to get to Burlington for my trip up there.

Hopefully Herrera comes back soon and I can see them both.

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on May 17, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

4 Groundouts 0 Flyouts and his one hit was a groundball single

Induced 2 double plays

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on May 17, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions

Those walks are kinda ugly

by AxDxMx on May 17, 2009 6:02 PM EDT reply actions

He's probably still "learning"

about his stuff, how it moves, etc.

With the K’s will come with a lot of walks, too.

He obviously needs to work on it, but it would appear that nearly everything else is firing on all cylinders.

by rockchalk on May 17, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

not worried about walks

I believe 2 were in the first inning of the first start in full season ball—I bet he was a little nervous/pumped up. New Monty has great control.

by nwroyal on May 17, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions

it's way too early to get worried about anything

on the other hand, it’s also way to early to get excited, either

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 17, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Very True

Nice to see any Royal prospect have a decent start. It’s the Midwest league though so not shocking.

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on May 17, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Pops over at RC said Melville got shipped to Burlington too.

Could see him later this week.

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on May 18, 2009 12:09 PM EDT reply actions

UPS or FedEx?

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

by Matt Klaassen on May 18, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions

USPS

that’s why it took longer than Monty

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on May 18, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Mike Lehmann got the start on Monday

Looks like the Bees are turning over their rotation. Who will be the guys to move out? Zach Peterson has to be one for sure. Couldn’t figure out why he was in the rotation anyway?

Really like the looks of:
Montgomery, Lehmann, K. Herrera, Melville and Casey. Use Fisher and Cota to piggy back starts for the pitch count kids.

by daveyork on May 18, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Herrera is going to the DL

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by RoyalsRetro on May 19, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Burlington needs hitting a lot more than it needs pitching

As a team, Burlington is hitting a putrid .220/.296/.317. I know that the Midwest League has never been hitter friendly, but that line is unacceptably awful. It’s the minor league equivalent of batting nine TPJ’s in your order.

Oh, and Eric Hosmer. 0 for 5 last night with 5 K’s, which lowers his line to .221/.341/.315 on the year. Someone remind me again why we drafted him over this guy?

Waiting for April.

by DC Royal on May 19, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions