Friday, August 17, 2007

Indy/Durham short version

In case you don't feel like slogging through the liveblog below, here are my thoughts from watching Indianapolis play tonight:

Steve Pearce- Dude can hit. He didn't have a hit tonight, but he hit the ball hard every time up. He's not a very big guy, he's listed at 5'11" and 200 lbs, but I'd guess he's smaller on both counts. That was really surprising to me.

Neil Walker- Looked pretty overmatched by the AAAA Jae Seo tonight. He worked him away with breaking stuff and came back in on him a couple times. He made a really nice play at third coming across the infield and bare-handing the ball, but then he almost booted an easy one (he recovered and made the play).

Andrew McCutchen- Seeing him on TV really reinforces just how young he is. He looks like a boy among men out on the field. I know the comparison everyone likes to make is to a young Bonds, but he's actually smaller than that. He does do a nice job in center field and had a hit tonight, which is a good start for a guy his age in AAA.

John Van Benschoten- Same as he ever was.

Dave Davidson- Looked pretty good in his inning and a third, getting a bunch of K's making pretty quick work of Durham.

Brian Bixler- Wholly unremarkable. The only things he did the whole night that stands out in my mind were his two really bad bunt attempts.