Ok, he gets a promotion and goes out and throws another 5 2/3 scoreless innings.
So, Thomas Pannone sets at, I think, 51 1/3 consecutive innings without giving up an EARNED run.
So, I did some digging and asked Sean Lahman at SABR for some help in finding the minor league record for consecutive innings without giving up an earned run by a pitcher. Here is his response:
"Our game-level data is incomplete for many minor leagues, but I believe the record for consecutive scoreless innings is 59, set by Irving Wilhelm of the Memphis Redbirds in 1907. This was uncovered in 2004 when another pitcher, Brad Thompson with the Tennessee Smokies of the Southern League, ran his streak to 57. (It was actually 49 in the Southern League and 8 in the FSL)". Thompson's, like Pannone's streak, came over two seasons.
So, as officially as we know, Pannone would have to go 8 more scoreless innings a row to break the minor league record.
Will be difficult to do as he is now pitching in a better league and he would likely have to do it over 2 more starts. But he is close and he has had a great run so far.
Let's hope for a little luck.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
Pannone
Another 7 scoreless tonight. That's over 27 innings this year without giving up an earned run. But wait, it gets better.
Looking back over last year it looks like this last two starts (7 and 6 innings) were scoreless and his 3rd to last start he gave up a HR in the first inning.
So, likely, he has gone 45 innings at Lynchburg over the last two seasons without giving up an ER.
Amazing. Probably not close to a minor league record but, still, really darned good for a guy who is not too old for the league...and did I mention that he is a lefty?
Pannone is a guy to keep an eye on.
Looking back over last year it looks like this last two starts (7 and 6 innings) were scoreless and his 3rd to last start he gave up a HR in the first inning.
So, likely, he has gone 45 innings at Lynchburg over the last two seasons without giving up an ER.
Amazing. Probably not close to a minor league record but, still, really darned good for a guy who is not too old for the league...and did I mention that he is a lefty?
Pannone is a guy to keep an eye on.
Saturday, April 29, 2017
A snapshot almost 4 weeks in
Cleveland
- Bullpen solid as ever
- Starters going deep into games and giving us quality starts and/or a good chance to win
- Santana, Encarnacion, catchers not in tune yet. Lindor and Ramirez smokin' it
Columbus
- Starting pitching
- Gonzalez, Naquin, Diaz not letting demotions get them down, giving us GREAT depth
- Zimmer looks like he might be ready by July
- Urshela may have something left in the tank given great BB/AB and good K/B rate.
- Starting pitching, outside of Clevinger who has been good, has looked surprisingly bad to abysmal.
- Bullpen has OK depth of homegrown guys, many of whom have been to Cleveland. I just like that better than rent-a-guy depth. It just makes me feel better about the player development system.
Akron
- Mejia has been as or more than advertised.
- Allen has been as advertised, Krieger a little surprising
- Papi may be better than I thought as he is hitting this well, this late into the season for maybe the first time
- Chang, Bradley struggling
- Peoples, Lugo and Merryweather - I think there may be something there that wasn't there before.
- Relievers, especially Hill, may have some upside
Lynchburg
- Sam Haggerty, what the heck? You can't stop him, all you can hope to do is contain him. No way would I have predicted this kind of start. He just looks like he is a boy among men in this league....and he is not that old for the league, either, especially as a college guy.
- I would have never guessed that this team would have so many guys hitting above .250 at this point with arguably the three best position player prospects on the team, Calica, Castro, Salters and Marabell, not reaching that level yet.
- Thomas Pannone, what the heck, part deux? His numbers (WHIP, K/IP) are just eye-popping. He is not THAT old for this level.
- McKenzie, Esparza and Chiang also look really good so far.
- Bullpen may have some guys (e.g. Linares) who may break on the scene this year.
Lake County
- Jury still out on whether any hitting prospects exist on this team. Disappointing start for Gabe Mejia
- Starting pitching not as dominant as I would have expected although only the Aiken/Garza piggyback and Juan Hillman has been really concerning so far, with Hillman just looking like his mechanics have deserted him. The rest are just not as dominating as I thought there would be.
- The bullpen has made me smile. Guys pitching as good as possible with 5 guys with ERAs of under 3.
Indians have not hit their stride yet but are doing OK. Minor league teams are predictably struggling given the talent on those teams. Still, most of the prospects on these teams are doing well and we have as many surprises as disappointments at this point and that is a GOOD thing.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Sign him up!
OK, from Mike Chernoff's son to the most casual of Indians' fans I think we are all in agreement:
Sign Francisco Lindor to a long-term extension.
Here is how it should go:
10 years - $201 million
2017 - $5 million signing bonus
2018 - $10 million
2019 - $12.5 million
2020 - $15 million
2021 - $17.5 million
2022 - $20 million
2023 - $20 million
2024 - $25 million
2025 - $25 million
2026 - $25 million
2027 - $25 million
2018 - Mutual $25 million option, $1 million buyout
I have never advocated for long-term contracts but this kid needs to stay as an Indian. If he stays healthy and motivated, he could have a statue next to Feller's some day.
Get it done Indians. Get it done Lindor/Lindor's agent.
Sign Francisco Lindor to a long-term extension.
Here is how it should go:
10 years - $201 million
2017 - $5 million signing bonus
2018 - $10 million
2019 - $12.5 million
2020 - $15 million
2021 - $17.5 million
2022 - $20 million
2023 - $20 million
2024 - $25 million
2025 - $25 million
2026 - $25 million
2027 - $25 million
2018 - Mutual $25 million option, $1 million buyout
I have never advocated for long-term contracts but this kid needs to stay as an Indian. If he stays healthy and motivated, he could have a statue next to Feller's some day.
Get it done Indians. Get it done Lindor/Lindor's agent.
Friday, April 21, 2017
The Case to SIgn Luis Robert
OK, I just looked in my wallet and I have $22 so I don't think I would be much help. Yeah, there are a couple of credit cards but I checked my limit and I don't think, even if I max them out, that would make much of a dent, either.
So, when I say what I am about to say I am playing with someone else's money.
Nevertheless, the Indians need to sign Luis Robert. Period.
Remember that the Indians will not have a first round pick this year and, likely, will get a low competitive balance pick meaning their first two picks will be at the end of the second round and after it. Teams can save money in the first round if they get their draftee to sign for below slot. But we don't have a first round pick and our second round pick will be low enough that the bonus slot for that pick is pretty low. So, in essence, they will have very little money to play with in the draft this year.
Cleveland is and always will be a small market team. We need to build from within and so we need to keep the pipeline of prospects coming. A draft year such as this (loss of a first round pick and low second round slot) can really put a hole in that pipeline. So we need to augment our lack of first round pick with a first round amateur talent like Robert and augment that with a high profile foreign professional signing after the season.
The Indians have never come close to signing the top international amateur prospect except for maybe Danys Baez. It is time for the Indians not to just dip their toe in that water but to do a belly flop from the high board into their international bonus pool. This is the year to do it and shopping in the bargain basement at Macy's is not going to get us there.
Sign Robert. Please.
So, when I say what I am about to say I am playing with someone else's money.
Nevertheless, the Indians need to sign Luis Robert. Period.
Remember that the Indians will not have a first round pick this year and, likely, will get a low competitive balance pick meaning their first two picks will be at the end of the second round and after it. Teams can save money in the first round if they get their draftee to sign for below slot. But we don't have a first round pick and our second round pick will be low enough that the bonus slot for that pick is pretty low. So, in essence, they will have very little money to play with in the draft this year.
Cleveland is and always will be a small market team. We need to build from within and so we need to keep the pipeline of prospects coming. A draft year such as this (loss of a first round pick and low second round slot) can really put a hole in that pipeline. So we need to augment our lack of first round pick with a first round amateur talent like Robert and augment that with a high profile foreign professional signing after the season.
The Indians have never come close to signing the top international amateur prospect except for maybe Danys Baez. It is time for the Indians not to just dip their toe in that water but to do a belly flop from the high board into their international bonus pool. This is the year to do it and shopping in the bargain basement at Macy's is not going to get us there.
Sign Robert. Please.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
April 18th - Tax day not too taxing at all
Good pitching dominates for the Indians and their affiliates tonight.
Columbus - Ryan Merritt and relievers pitch a shutout. Merritt with a bounceback performance that puts his ERA squarely back into Merritt country.
Akron - The bullpen failed but DJ Brown was solid, albeit not out there lon enough.
Lynchburg - Pannone and McKenzie were almost unhittable. McKenzie looked a little wild at times, especially in the 5th inning when he walked a guy on 4 pitches, wild pitched him to second and wild pickoff attempt him to 3rd base before he struck out the side, ending with 8 Ks in the game. Lynchburg pitchers held the Mudcats to one unearned run on six hits in 14 innings in the doubleheader. Total pitching domination. Nice to see out of the co-aces of this team.
Lake County - Aaron Civale got on the Shane Bieber bus and rode it to a dominating performance as Lake County pitchers gave the organization its third shutout of the evening.
Akron was the only team in our minor leagues that gave up an earned run tonight...and we had some hitting, too.
Columbus - Ryan Merritt and relievers pitch a shutout. Merritt with a bounceback performance that puts his ERA squarely back into Merritt country.
Akron - The bullpen failed but DJ Brown was solid, albeit not out there lon enough.
Lynchburg - Pannone and McKenzie were almost unhittable. McKenzie looked a little wild at times, especially in the 5th inning when he walked a guy on 4 pitches, wild pitched him to second and wild pickoff attempt him to 3rd base before he struck out the side, ending with 8 Ks in the game. Lynchburg pitchers held the Mudcats to one unearned run on six hits in 14 innings in the doubleheader. Total pitching domination. Nice to see out of the co-aces of this team.
Lake County - Aaron Civale got on the Shane Bieber bus and rode it to a dominating performance as Lake County pitchers gave the organization its third shutout of the evening.
Akron was the only team in our minor leagues that gave up an earned run tonight...and we had some hitting, too.
Monday, April 17, 2017
12 games in --- thoughts so far
By the end of this week 1/10 of the season will be over.
So what I have I seen so far?
Brantley - Right now Michael Brantley looks like a former very good player, a former all-star, who has had his skills diminished by a serious shoulder injury. To me, this means one of two things:
(1) He is getting by on guile and experience and this is as good, essentially, as it's going to get with him.
(2) He is still knocking off the rust from a long layoff from baseball and will only get stronger as the season goes on.
Well, the Indians truly know which one it is, or highly suspect which one it is. Let's hope it is (2) as if it is (1) I doubt that they ever acknowledge it, even to themselves, and so we will be left for a long time to come with an easy out in the middle of the order.
Encarnacion - There is no way in hell that this guy is done, right? I mean 39 homers per year for a while. Again, like Brantley, he looks like a former star player getting by on experience. I think in his case he breaks out of it big time this week and what we have see so far is his idea of a slump.
Diaz - All you have to do is look at the peripherals to see that he needs more minor league refinement. I can't wait for a healthy..
Kipnis - Looking at him so far in the minors he looks good. He looks like he is not having shoulder troubles at all. Then again, neither does Brantley and when I saw McGwire toward the end of his career when his production fell of a cliff, neither did he...at least to my eye. We don't need walking wounded, per se, but right now I would rather have him than Diaz.
Gomes - What can you say? Offensively, he JUST PLAIN SUCKS. Either he has just not gotten in the rhythm yet or he is done. I would say he has until the end of May and if he hasn't figured it out by then sending to the minors....probably for good.
Starting Pitching - Kluber and Tomlin do not look sharp right now. Bauer, Salazar and Carrasco have their innings/games where they look good. It is too early to make any judgements but, gut feeling, I think they are OK physically and mentally. I think they will all get stronger as the season gets along. For those worried about Tomlin, I think he has gone through these things before.
Bullpen - So far no red flags but the jury is still out. Miller was not sharp last night in relief of Kluber and Shaw has his moments. Goody looks better than Armstrong for the last spot but, frankly, I would rather have a veteran like Blanton than either of them.
Bench - I still see this, counting the OF platoons, as a strength of this tea. Still have to sort out the outfielders but I don't think I would change a thing about the construction of this bench.
So, at 5-7 it doesn't look good so far But, at this point, the record doesn't mean anything. It is how we are playing. If things work out and guys stay/get healthy, we will look like the team of last year, only better.
Just like we planned.
So what I have I seen so far?
Brantley - Right now Michael Brantley looks like a former very good player, a former all-star, who has had his skills diminished by a serious shoulder injury. To me, this means one of two things:
(1) He is getting by on guile and experience and this is as good, essentially, as it's going to get with him.
(2) He is still knocking off the rust from a long layoff from baseball and will only get stronger as the season goes on.
Well, the Indians truly know which one it is, or highly suspect which one it is. Let's hope it is (2) as if it is (1) I doubt that they ever acknowledge it, even to themselves, and so we will be left for a long time to come with an easy out in the middle of the order.
Encarnacion - There is no way in hell that this guy is done, right? I mean 39 homers per year for a while. Again, like Brantley, he looks like a former star player getting by on experience. I think in his case he breaks out of it big time this week and what we have see so far is his idea of a slump.
Diaz - All you have to do is look at the peripherals to see that he needs more minor league refinement. I can't wait for a healthy..
Kipnis - Looking at him so far in the minors he looks good. He looks like he is not having shoulder troubles at all. Then again, neither does Brantley and when I saw McGwire toward the end of his career when his production fell of a cliff, neither did he...at least to my eye. We don't need walking wounded, per se, but right now I would rather have him than Diaz.
Gomes - What can you say? Offensively, he JUST PLAIN SUCKS. Either he has just not gotten in the rhythm yet or he is done. I would say he has until the end of May and if he hasn't figured it out by then sending to the minors....probably for good.
Starting Pitching - Kluber and Tomlin do not look sharp right now. Bauer, Salazar and Carrasco have their innings/games where they look good. It is too early to make any judgements but, gut feeling, I think they are OK physically and mentally. I think they will all get stronger as the season gets along. For those worried about Tomlin, I think he has gone through these things before.
Bullpen - So far no red flags but the jury is still out. Miller was not sharp last night in relief of Kluber and Shaw has his moments. Goody looks better than Armstrong for the last spot but, frankly, I would rather have a veteran like Blanton than either of them.
Bench - I still see this, counting the OF platoons, as a strength of this tea. Still have to sort out the outfielders but I don't think I would change a thing about the construction of this bench.
So, at 5-7 it doesn't look good so far But, at this point, the record doesn't mean anything. It is how we are playing. If things work out and guys stay/get healthy, we will look like the team of last year, only better.
Just like we planned.
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