Tater Talk: 2039.28 – Week in Review, 5/20-5/26

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Tater Talk: 2039.28 – Week in Review, 5/20-5/26

Post by jleddy » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:26 pm

Image WEEK IN REVIEW (1-6): After an undefeated week, Boise slogged to its worst stretch of the year, dropping six of seven by a total of 59 runs. Save for Ramón Vela, the entire offense struggled and Spuds pitchers imploded, leading to a 45-minute closed-door meeting between manager Barrett Callahan, pitching coach Bob Blaisdell and the entire pitching staff after a May 26th 11-5 loss to Long Beach. Boise remained in second place in the Frontier Division, however the rest of the division drew closer. The Spuds also feel into a three-way tie for third in the Frick Wild Card standings.

ORE-IDA® TATER-TOTS EMOJI SUMMARY OF THE WEEK: 📉 💣💥

HITTER OF THE WEEK: Ramón Vela - 11-for-26, 3 HR, 6 RBI (.423 AVG, 1.252 OPS)

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Ha!

GAME OF THE WEEK: In a Tater Talk first, this turn for Game of the Week will be a Boise loss, the aforementioned 11-5 defeat to the Surfers on May 26th. After scoring three runs in the top of the first, the Spuds were outscored 11-2, giving up 18 hits and committing two errors. The loss resulted in what has been called "a heated meeting" between coaches and the pitching staff and leading to several roster moves. Will this loss and meeting put the Spuds back on track or is it the lighting of a fuse leading towards a bigger explosion? Only time will tell...

Frick League Frontier Division Standings
TEAMWINSLOSESWIN%GBRD
Seattle Storm2922.569-+17
Boise Spuds2723.5401.5-7
Calgary Pioneers2526.4904-1
Edmonton Jackrabbits1833.35311-29
Vancouver Mounties1732.34711-60

NEWS AND NOTES: Boise made two trades during the week: (1) Spuds sent Claudio Pérez, who was removed as starting catcher two weeks ago, and AAA SP Akihisa Oka to Las Vegas in exchange for Eliseu Satino and minor leaguers Julián Fernández and Sandro Plumey; (2) Spuds sent Jesús Enríquez, expendable with the addition of Satino, to Vancouver for minor league OF/2B Guy Webb...the Spuds will employ a platoon in right field with Satino and Ken Gerhart III...in addition to the two trades, the Spuds made several roster moves: Allan MacHugh was called up to replace Perez as back-up catcher in Boise; Samuel Cant was waived and designated for assignment; Marcos Sánchez was sent down to Triple A Salt Lake City, with plans to stretch him into a full-time starter; António Sánchez returned to Boise after two weeks of rehab assignments in AAA; Mario Contreras was called up from Salt Lake City

DOWN ON THE FARM: Salt Lake City (AAA) went 2-4, dropping to 20-28 on the season...Buffalo (AA) continued an up-and-down season, going 3-3 and remaining 4th in the Colonial Division...Tulsa (A) dropped five of six during the week to fall to 27-22 and remained in 2nd place in the division
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Re: Tater Talk: 2039.28 – Week in Review, 5/20-5/26

Post by shoeless.db » Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:49 pm

A French-less weekly review. Inconceivable.
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Re: Tater Talk: 2039.28 – Week in Review, 5/20-5/26

Post by HoosierVic » Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:54 pm

On the bright side, you’re still above .500 and it’s not looking like an especially, um, powerhouse division. I’m thinking if you had Huntsville’s record, you’d be fitting the entire bullpen for cement overshoes ...

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Re: Tater Talk: 2039.28 – Week in Review, 5/20-5/26

Post by RonCo » Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:23 pm

The ORE-IDA® TATER-TOTS EMOJI SUMMARY OF THE WEEK is always illuminating.
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Re: Tater Talk: 2039.28 – Week in Review, 5/20-5/26

Post by jleddy » Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:56 pm

RonCo wrote:
Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:23 pm
The ORE-IDA® TATER-TOTS EMOJI SUMMARY OF THE WEEK is always illuminating.
Kids these days love their tater tots and emojis...it was a perfect partnership with a major brand in our backyard and is a great way to keep those with short attention spans abreast on how the Spuds are doing.
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