Pedro Alvarez - AA game 1 & 2 posts

TonyPenaforHOF — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:11:36 -0000

Game 1 Last night:

0-4 with 3 strikeouts. Did make a nice play defensively on a bunt but looked terrible at the plate. In his first at bat he swung at ball three and ball four to strike out. In his last two at bats he looked overmatched. He was confused by curve balls and got a fastball blown by him for strike three in his last at bat. He was chasing pitches out of the zone and showed little patience at the plate. Early on they were not pitching to him and he went after pitches out of the strikezone. Later in the game when Erie was ahead they went after him and got him.

Game 2 Tonight:

He went 1-4 - Two strikeouts, one fielder’s choice and one monster HR. He made an error in the first which gave up two runs, made up for it with the two run homer and some great defensive plays throughout the game. They pitch him with a lot of respect, usually nothing early in the zone. When Alvarez goes fishing outside the zone that is when they start to go after him. If he was patient, working the strike zone and looking for his pitch to hit the kid could do well.

He is wearing # 13, his first name is Pedro and he can’t hit a curve ball…. all he needs is a hat for his bat, some rum and a live chicken and we have Cerrano from Major League!!

In all seriousness he is painfully raw but very talented. I don’t know why he is in AA – looks to me like he could use quite a bit of time in the minors.

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Pedro Alvarez - AA game 1 & 2 posts