Washington Nationals' Drew Storen In AFL Action Friday.

by Ed Chigliak on Oct 24, 2009 12:01 PM EDT Comment 17 comments

Washington Nationals assistant general manager and vice president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo, right, introduces pitcher Drew Storen, the team's first-round draft pick and 10th pick overall in the baseball draft during a news conference at Nationals Stadium in Washington, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

8 months ago: Washington Nationals assistant general manager and vice president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo, right, introduces pitcher Drew Storen, the team's first-round draft pick and 10th pick overall in the baseball draft during a news conference at Nationals Stadium in Washington, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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It took Drew Storen just 13 pitches to plow through the away team's last five outs in a long Arizona Fall League game Friday afternoon between Storen's Phoenix Desert Dogs and the visiting Surprise Rafters. The Washington Nationals' second first-round pick, taken 10th overall in the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Stanford, Storen was called upon to get the Desert Dogs out of bases-loaded one-out jam in the eighth, and though he let one run in on a sac fly on the first pitch he threw to left-handed hitting Cardinals' catching prospect Bryan Anderson, (who was ranked 5th overall in St. Louis' system by Baseball America before this season), the Nationals' 6'2'' right-handed reliever allowed just the one run to cross when he induced a two-out groundout in the next AB to end the Rafters' eighth.

In the top of the ninth, Storen struck out Daryl Jones, (ranked 7th overall in the Cards' organization by Baseball America), with three pitches, two called strikes and a third swinging, before back to back groundouts ended a quick 10-pitch frame. All told, after three hours and twenty minutes, when the Desert Dogs/Rafters game ended, 27 runs had scored on 30 hits, 4 HR's, 6 doubles and 1 triple, and two errors had been committed, one by each squad. Washington Nationals' first base prospect Chris Marrero was Phoenix's DH in this one, finishing 1 for 5 with a run scored and an RBI, as the only other DC prospect in action.

• Storen's line: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 13 pitches, 10 strikes.

• Storen/AFL Stats - (0-0, 0.00 ERA), 4 G, 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's, .263 BAA.

• Marrero/AFL Stats - 11 for 28, .393 AVG, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI's, .500 OBP, .714 SLG, 1.214 OPS.

• Final Score - Rafters 15, Desert Dogs 12. - MLB.com's GameDay.

Desert Dogs now 6-4.

(ed. note - "Next game is a night game, tonight (Sat. 10/24) with the Scottsdale Scorpions, who feature prospects from the Rockies', Giants', Pirates', Phillies' and D-Backs' systems. Game time 9:35 pm EST.)

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Organizational Statistics: Winter Leagues

http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/org.jsp?id=was

This shows all Nats’ players and who they play for……

Winter Leagues: Statistics ( by team and league….)
http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."

by cat daddy3000 on Oct 24, 2009 12:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Storen

This story is a bit butchered. When Storen came in, the bases were loaded in the 8th. So the ensuing fly ball that scored a run was certainly not his run, much less an unearned run as the story states. The story also says he threw 15 pitches, the stats at the bottom are correct. He actually threw 13 pitches, 10 strikes. No one he pitched to reached base. 5 hitters, 5 outs, 1 K, 3 broken bats.

by bigdickblack on Oct 24, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the edit, rushed to get something up this morning and didn't edit carefully enough...

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Ed Chigliak on Oct 24, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Storen is a machine

He should be a canidate for the bullpen this season. What gets me is that he is quite composed for a young kid.

Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."

by Mezza on Oct 24, 2009 7:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Storen will be so much better than Crow.

I’m glad we signed him instead of Crow.

Get Oher or Maybin please

by Horcasitas4 on Oct 24, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Harder to find a cold-blooded closer or a starter?

I’d go with closer, I just spent some time looking into Crow before and after that draft, so I was miffed when the negotiations went sour, but to get a kid like Storen more than makes up for the loss…

Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."

by Ed Chigliak on Oct 24, 2009 8:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Id take a decent closer

But an ace is a rare find…but I doubt Crow will be that ace. Storen should be a top quality closer – here is hoping.

Padilla walked into the Nats' clubhouse for the first time and said, "My God. I'm in heaven."

by Mezza on Oct 25, 2009 5:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time will tell. I'd rather have a number 1 or 2 starter.

by RoscoeNats on Oct 25, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

In Winter League action.......

   Licey takes a 2-0 lead in the top of the 3rd……after Bernie Castro hits an RBI single, putting runners on the corners, Torpedo Boat Ian Desmond takes a 12+ pitch AB to knock in the second run on a grounder between SS and 3rd……..His first RBI of the season.
   During his AB, he stepped out as Castro stole second, causing Bernie to have to return to first, or he might have had 2 ribbies…..
   He took second on a wild pitch and was stranded……

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."

by cat daddy3000 on Oct 24, 2009 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

In the bottom of the inning, Desmond made a full out dive to his right to snare a liner for the second out and kept an Estrella runner at first.

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."

by cat daddy3000 on Oct 24, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

After the Tigres score two more on a double by catcher Tupman.........

Ian Desmond comes to bat with two on and two outs, and grounds to first to end the inning… 4-0 Licey in the 4th……..

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."

by cat daddy3000 on Oct 24, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Estrellas Bottom 5th.......

Tetsuya Tani grounds into double play, shortstop Ian Desmond to first baseman Jose Valdez. Josh Pressley out at 2nd.

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."

by cat daddy3000 on Oct 24, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Top of the 7th

Bernie Castro singles on a high chopper to the 2b, who throws it away…. Castro takes second, then third on a wild pitch…….
Ian Desmond flies deep on the second pitch for a sac fly. 5-0 Tigres…..

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."

by cat daddy3000 on Oct 24, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Estrellas score one in the bottom of the 8th on a single, error by D'Angelo Jimenez and a single.

Odd pitcher Eddie De La Cruz, whose submarine delivery starts with him bent completely over, hits a guy to load the bases and benches clear, before inducing an inning ender to SS Ian Desmond to hold the 5-1 lead.

Mezza: ''Are we there yet?'' ...Roscoe: "In baseball hell? Yes we are."
"Freakish things are happening."

by cat daddy3000 on Oct 24, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs