Last night, former Silver Hawks pitcher Ryan Cook made his MLB debut. Unfortunately, it's one that he would like to forget. He took over in a 2-2 tie in the top of the tenth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers, and here's what happened:
Kotsay singles through the hole at shortstop.
Wild pitch moves Kotsay to second.
Hart walks.
Cook balks moving runners to second and third.
Morgan with a RBI single.
Braun with a RBI single.
Cook taken out.
After he was removed, Morgan ended up scoring on another hit.
So if you're counting, that's 0.0 innings pitched, three runs, all earned, a walk, a wild pitch, and a balk in his MLB debut. I think it's safe to say the nerves got the best of him.
Even still, he's in the majors, which is a lot better than most of us can say. Good luck Ryan the rest of the way!
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Former Hawk Called Up to the Majors
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced today that former South Bend Silver Hawks pitcher Ryan Cook has been called up to the Major Leagues.
When he appears in a game, he will become the 124th former South Bend White Sox/Silver Hawks player to make the Majors. He joins Josh Collmenter, Evan Scribner, and Bryan Shaw as former Hawks to debut this year in the Majors. Cook is also the first player from the 2009 squad to make the big leagues.
Cook was with South Bend for 25 games in 2009, going 11-11 with a 3.66 ERA, all as a starter. He was pitching in relief with double-A Mobile before getting the call.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Minor League Transactions
A few minor league moves involving former Silver Hawks, but no current members of the team:
Transferred from Mobile to Extended Spring Training: Matt Torra
Transferred from Visalia to Mobile: Patrick McAnaney
Transferred from Extended Spring Training to Visalia: Ryan Cook
Transferred from Mobile to Extended Spring Training: Matt Torra
Transferred from Visalia to Mobile: Patrick McAnaney
Transferred from Extended Spring Training to Visalia: Ryan Cook
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Q and A with Nick Piecoro (Part Two)
Here's the second part of my interview with Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic. This section focuses on the Diamondbacks minor league system and how much buzz it creates in the desert.
5) The Diamondbacks have traded away a lot of prospects over the last few years, greatly weakening the farm system. Is that a trend that is likely to continue, or will we see Arizona make a renewed effort to develop their own talent?
Nick Piecoro: The biggest knock on the organization in the Josh Byrnes era, for me, has been their poor drafts. In 2006, they got Max Scherzer and Brett Anderson but little else, although those two alone make it a pretty decent draft. The 2007 draft outside of Jarrod Parker was pretty bad and their 2008 returns aren’t impressive, although it’s too soon to really render a strong opinion on that one.
They put a ton of resources into the 2009 draft, in which they had a slew of extra picks, and the early returns are very strong. Key word there is early. We won’t know for a while how that draft pans out, but they have a lot riding on those players and are going to need several of them to turn into prospects if they have any hope of revitalizing the system.
6) Do prospects in South Bend (and other minor league stops) get a lot of hype in Arizona? How much excitement does a name like Jarrod Parker or A.J. Pollock generate in the desert?
NP: Not a lot. There are some diehards who follow the minor leagues pretty closely, but I don’t get the sense that it’s huge news. My theory is, if something is important to Josh Byrnes and the rest of the front office, it should be important in my coverage. As such, I cover the minor leagues fairly heavily during the season. Certainly more fans know who Parker is because he has been talked about quite a bit, but I’d guess that most fans in Arizona have no idea who A.J. Pollock is.
7) As a follow up: What, if anything, have you heard about some '09 Silver Hawks stars? (A few to consider: Pollock, Krauss, Navarro, Marte, Wheeler, Hose, Miley, Cook)
Like I said, I follow it pretty closely and I know there is a lot more hope for that crop of players – and for the guys who are going to be in South Bend in 2010 – than there probably has been for the last couple of years. Wheeler had a tremendous debut and looks like a great pick, and Cook looks like a pretty good late-round pick from 2008. Krauss had a pretty nice debut cut short by an ankle injury, but he’s supposed to be ready to go for spring training. Pollock didn’t hit much, but I haven’t heard any concerns about his future.
8) Any names that I missed that are generating a lot of buzz? Are there players from Missoula or Yakima that we should be watching out for here in South Bend next season?
Because the Diamondbacks had eight of the top 95 picks in the country last year, there are a lot of names to watch for next season and it will be interesting to see how the club deploys them. For example, both Bobby Borchering (No. 16 overall) and Matt Davidson (No. 35) were third basemen as amateurs and played the position in their pro debuts in Missoula and Yakima, respectively. Will the Diamondbacks move Davidson to first permanently or have them split time at those positions in South Bend? And what will become of Matt Helm, a seventh-round pick who signed for $500,000 and also has been called a third baseman?
Aside from those three, outfielder Keon Broxton, second baseman David Nick, shortstop Chris Owings and right-hander Scottie Allen all look like candidates for South Bend and all should be fun to follow.
Again, I'd like to thank Nick Piecoro for taking the time to answer these questions. People who follow the major league clubs daily from an outside perspective often have the most honest and unbiased opinions. I encourage you to check out Nick's blog at http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/NickPiecoro/Page0.
5) The Diamondbacks have traded away a lot of prospects over the last few years, greatly weakening the farm system. Is that a trend that is likely to continue, or will we see Arizona make a renewed effort to develop their own talent?
Nick Piecoro: The biggest knock on the organization in the Josh Byrnes era, for me, has been their poor drafts. In 2006, they got Max Scherzer and Brett Anderson but little else, although those two alone make it a pretty decent draft. The 2007 draft outside of Jarrod Parker was pretty bad and their 2008 returns aren’t impressive, although it’s too soon to really render a strong opinion on that one.
They put a ton of resources into the 2009 draft, in which they had a slew of extra picks, and the early returns are very strong. Key word there is early. We won’t know for a while how that draft pans out, but they have a lot riding on those players and are going to need several of them to turn into prospects if they have any hope of revitalizing the system.
6) Do prospects in South Bend (and other minor league stops) get a lot of hype in Arizona? How much excitement does a name like Jarrod Parker or A.J. Pollock generate in the desert?
NP: Not a lot. There are some diehards who follow the minor leagues pretty closely, but I don’t get the sense that it’s huge news. My theory is, if something is important to Josh Byrnes and the rest of the front office, it should be important in my coverage. As such, I cover the minor leagues fairly heavily during the season. Certainly more fans know who Parker is because he has been talked about quite a bit, but I’d guess that most fans in Arizona have no idea who A.J. Pollock is.
7) As a follow up: What, if anything, have you heard about some '09 Silver Hawks stars? (A few to consider: Pollock, Krauss, Navarro, Marte, Wheeler, Hose, Miley, Cook)
Like I said, I follow it pretty closely and I know there is a lot more hope for that crop of players – and for the guys who are going to be in South Bend in 2010 – than there probably has been for the last couple of years. Wheeler had a tremendous debut and looks like a great pick, and Cook looks like a pretty good late-round pick from 2008. Krauss had a pretty nice debut cut short by an ankle injury, but he’s supposed to be ready to go for spring training. Pollock didn’t hit much, but I haven’t heard any concerns about his future.
8) Any names that I missed that are generating a lot of buzz? Are there players from Missoula or Yakima that we should be watching out for here in South Bend next season?
Because the Diamondbacks had eight of the top 95 picks in the country last year, there are a lot of names to watch for next season and it will be interesting to see how the club deploys them. For example, both Bobby Borchering (No. 16 overall) and Matt Davidson (No. 35) were third basemen as amateurs and played the position in their pro debuts in Missoula and Yakima, respectively. Will the Diamondbacks move Davidson to first permanently or have them split time at those positions in South Bend? And what will become of Matt Helm, a seventh-round pick who signed for $500,000 and also has been called a third baseman?
Aside from those three, outfielder Keon Broxton, second baseman David Nick, shortstop Chris Owings and right-hander Scottie Allen all look like candidates for South Bend and all should be fun to follow.
Again, I'd like to thank Nick Piecoro for taking the time to answer these questions. People who follow the major league clubs daily from an outside perspective often have the most honest and unbiased opinions. I encourage you to check out Nick's blog at http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/NickPiecoro/Page0.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Today's Roster Move
Activated from DL: Ryan Cook, Bryan Woodall
Reassigned to Extended Spring Training: Houston Summers, Victor Capellan
Full story at www.silverhawks.com under the latest news column on the right side of the page.
Now it's decision time. Which of the following players moves out of the rotation so that Cook goes in?
Miley
Moorhouse
Sinclair
Morgan
Rodriguez
I would think Miley and Moorhouse are safe in the rotation. Sinclair's pitched so well it would be hard to take him out (although he is the guy that moved in when Cook got hurt, so perhaps he's moved back to the pen). Morgan's pitched better as of late in the starting role after struggling in his first few outings. Rodriguez just joined the team a few weeks ago, and has only made three starts, so it's tough to get a read on him.
I think this will be an interesting decision, but a good one to have. It's always nice to have six qualified candidates for five spots in the rotation.
Reassigned to Extended Spring Training: Houston Summers, Victor Capellan
Full story at www.silverhawks.com under the latest news column on the right side of the page.
Now it's decision time. Which of the following players moves out of the rotation so that Cook goes in?
Miley
Moorhouse
Sinclair
Morgan
Rodriguez
I would think Miley and Moorhouse are safe in the rotation. Sinclair's pitched so well it would be hard to take him out (although he is the guy that moved in when Cook got hurt, so perhaps he's moved back to the pen). Morgan's pitched better as of late in the starting role after struggling in his first few outings. Rodriguez just joined the team a few weeks ago, and has only made three starts, so it's tough to get a read on him.
I think this will be an interesting decision, but a good one to have. It's always nice to have six qualified candidates for five spots in the rotation.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Today's Roster Move
RHP Ryan Cook has been placed on the 7-Day DL with a blister on his pitching hand.
RHP Houston Summers joins the Silver Hawks from extended spring training.
My analysis: Losing Cook for any amount of time hurts, as his five wins is tied for second in the league. However, I speculated on the air last night that there was likely some issue for him to get pulled after just 3.0 innings. While a blister is an annoyance to the pitcher and get really have a tremendous impact, you have to be happy that it's nothing more serious than that.
Summers is a knuckleball pitcher who was originally drafted as a catcher, and converted to pitcher prior to the 2008 season. Knuckleball guys are always interesting, in that when they're on, they're great, and when they're not, they struggle mightily. I have not heard whether Summers will start or go into the bullpen as of yet.
RHP Houston Summers joins the Silver Hawks from extended spring training.
My analysis: Losing Cook for any amount of time hurts, as his five wins is tied for second in the league. However, I speculated on the air last night that there was likely some issue for him to get pulled after just 3.0 innings. While a blister is an annoyance to the pitcher and get really have a tremendous impact, you have to be happy that it's nothing more serious than that.
Summers is a knuckleball pitcher who was originally drafted as a catcher, and converted to pitcher prior to the 2008 season. Knuckleball guys are always interesting, in that when they're on, they're great, and when they're not, they struggle mightily. I have not heard whether Summers will start or go into the bullpen as of yet.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
A Win!
How about the Hawks tonight?
All nine batters with a hit.
All nine batters either scored or drove in a run.
9-2 win over Lansing.
First win of the year, and it came at home at the Cove.
Good starting pitching from Ryan Cook (6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R).
Good bullpen work from Zepeda (1 IP, o R) and Mace (2.0 IP, 0 R).
That's exactly what everyone was waiting for. Now that the first one is out of the way and the monkey is off the back, let's see what this team can do as the weather starts getting better tomorrow (hopefully).
I'll have some posts for you in the morning, right now, I have to figure out a way to thaw out from tonight's game. Don't forget, 5:30 PM eastern time start tomorrow for the doubleheader, pregame show at 5:10 PM.
All nine batters with a hit.
All nine batters either scored or drove in a run.
9-2 win over Lansing.
First win of the year, and it came at home at the Cove.
Good starting pitching from Ryan Cook (6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R).
Good bullpen work from Zepeda (1 IP, o R) and Mace (2.0 IP, 0 R).
That's exactly what everyone was waiting for. Now that the first one is out of the way and the monkey is off the back, let's see what this team can do as the weather starts getting better tomorrow (hopefully).
I'll have some posts for you in the morning, right now, I have to figure out a way to thaw out from tonight's game. Don't forget, 5:30 PM eastern time start tomorrow for the doubleheader, pregame show at 5:10 PM.
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