4/1 Spring Training Report
Posted by Jeremy on April 2, 2009 under Uncategorized | 
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Turning the page on the calendar, I saw the big red circle around April 6th marking the beginning of the 2009 MLB regular season! Spring training has flown by this season at a rocket’s (not steroid enhanced) pace and what a spring it has been for several young players! Wednesday’s action saw all or nothing slugger Michael Wilson of the Seattle Mariners slug his 8th HR of the spring, and super non-rookies Travis Buck and Alex Gordon hit their 4th and 6th HR’s respectively. ‘08 N.L. Rookie of the Year, Geovanny Soto and Mets prospect Omir Santos rang the dinger bell twice, but it was the young pitchers who opened eyes today. San Francisco Giants superstar-in-the-making Madison Bumgarner surrendered just one hit in 3 innings of work while striking out 4, but even that performance was not good enough to usurp the one time phenom Homer Bailey. The Cincinnati Reds hurler tossed 6 innings allowing 4 hits, 2 earned runs a walk an 8 strikeouts. Additionally, he went 2 for 2 at the plate with a double and a run scored. While it may not earn him a spot on the Reds’ rotation, it is surely worthy of receiving today’s Youngster of the Day award.
Youngster of the Day—HOMER BAILEY
Other Notable Performances:
- Josh Anderson—1-4 R RBI
- Adam Rosales—2-3 HR(2) 2 RBI
- Homer Bailey—6 IP 4H 2 ER BB 8K (2-2 2B R)
- Chris Johnson—2-4 2B RBI R
- William Glen—4 IP 6H ER BB 4K (W)
- Omir Santos—2-3 2 HR(4) 3 RBI 2R
- Travis Snider—2-3 2 2B R RBI
- Ross Detwiler—2.1 IP H
- Derek Holland—4 IP 3H ER BB 4K W(2)
- Matt Brown—1-3 HR(3) 2 RBI
- Geovanny Soto—2-2 2 HR(2) 5 RBI
- Travis Buck—2-2 HR(4) 2 RBI
- Cliff Pennington—2-2 2B 2 RBI R
- Rob Johnson—1-5 HR(2) 2 RBI
- Trevor Crowe—1-4 BB 2R
- Mike Wilson—2-5 HR(8) 2R 2 RBI
- Dexter Fowler—3-5 2B 3B RBI 2R
- Alex Gordon—2-4 HR(6) RBI
- Albert Callaspo—2-3 2B RBI BB SB(1)
- Billy Butler—1-4 HR(4) RBI
- Madison Bumgarner—3 IP H 4K