Friday, August 25, 2006

Van Benschoten update

Since I mentioned it yesterday, I figured I should go the full nine yards and post an update about Van Benschoten's start last night. It seems to be mostly a mixed bag, he struck out 8, but walked three, gave up 6 hits (5 for extra bases) and four runs and only lasted 4 and 2/3rds (which is probably a result of a pitch count). He also recorded no ground outs, which is not good. Still, the 8 Ks against a pretty good team (Toledo is tied with Indy for the lead in the IL West division) in only his second start at AAA is encouraging. I haven't seen any reports about his velocity yet, though I'll keep an eye out for them.