Paul Goldscmidt Called Up To Diamonbacks Roster

[asuhoopsnut]

Really excited about this one!

http://rotoworld.com/player/mlb/6228/paul-goldschmidt

 

[Assface]

 

[HooverDam]

Nice! I'm likely going to be in Philly when the Snakes play there, I hope I get to see him in person.

 

[Dback Jon]

Let's see what he can do!

 

[az240zz]

I'm not going to hold my breath. I would rather have seen him called up in September.

 

[Tyler]

does he get the start at 1st today?

 

[Dback Jon]

I'm not going to hold my breath. I would rather have seen him called up in September.

Curious - why?

 

[82CardsGrad]

Wow! Bold move... AA to the bigs... Should be interesting!

 

[AZ Native]

I believe he is ready and this is the perfect time to bring him up. Besides, going to SF tomorrow for 2 weeks, gotta catch a game or 2.

 

[Lefty]

He is the future at first for the Diamondbacks and that is why Allen was sent. I don't know if you start him against the Giants pitching staff. Have the experienced Nady play and wait until next weekend to start Paul.

 

[dogpoo32]

Very excited about this.

 

[Lefty]

He's in tonight's starting lineup. Maybe he can take Cain deep.

 

[thirty-two]

Opposite field single on his first AB. Keep it up !

 

[Gaddabout]

That was a half-decent swing to drive the ball to right field. Wish the rest of the lineup had that approach. If the ump doesn't play the call on Chris Young Goldy picks up his first RBI in addition to his first big league hit.

 

[CardEd]

Good def. in the bottom half on a high throw

 

[Gaddabout]

Good def. in the bottom half on a high throw

That wasn't defense. That was gravity.

 

[Gaddabout]

That may be the last first-pitch fastball he sees for awhile. ha!

 

[CardEd]

That may be the last first-pitch fastball he sees for awhile. ha!

you are correct!!!!

 

[az240zz]

Curious - why?

because his pro career is only 1 full season. We have seen what happens to hitters when the Dbacks call them up from AA. Reynolds had a good 2 weeks before he started to crap out, Upton took 3 years before he started to see his potential, Parra the same.

More seasoning, without the pressure.

 

[Dback Jon]

because his pro career is only 1 full season. We have seen what happens to hitters when the Dbacks call them up from AA. Reynolds had a good 2 weeks before he started to crap out, Upton took 3 years before he started to see his potential, Parra the same.

More seasoning, without the pressure.

So you want to keep him in AA for how long?

 

[Gaddabout]

because his pro career is only 1 full season. We have seen what happens to hitters when the Dbacks call them up from AA. Reynolds had a good 2 weeks before he started to crap out, Upton took 3 years before he started to see his potential, Parra the same.

More seasoning, without the pressure.

I generally agree with you, but I don't think Goldschmidt has any place else to go. He dominated AA and he would put up even better numbers in the Pacific League. If you're going to keep him on the upward arc, the D-Backs did about the only thing they could do to present him with a new challenge to overcome.

Most kids like him come up and see fatback fastballs over the plate and they drive them over the fence. Then they start to see the soft stuff and don't know what to do with it. Last night I think the kid showed why he got called up so quickly. First at-bat he goes opposite field with a fastball (or was it a slider? I couldn't tell) off -- that's a ML hitter's approach. He wasn't looking to knock it over the fence. He went with a pitch he knew he could handle and drove hard, and appropriately.

If he's hitting .210 at the end of the month and shows glaring weaknesses at 1B, you can say, "I told you so." Until then, it looks like the best possible move to grow him up.

 

[Dback Jon]

I generally agree with you, but I don't think Goldschmidt has any place else to go. He dominated AA and he would put up even better numbers in the Pacific League. If you're going to keep him on the upward arc, the D-Backs did about the only thing they could do to present him with a new challenge to overcome.

Most kids like him come up and see fatback fastballs over the plate and they drive them over the fence. Then they start to see the soft stuff and don't know what to do with it. Last night I think the kid showed why he got called up so quickly. First at-bat he goes opposite field with a fastball (or was it a slider? I couldn't tell) off -- that's a ML hitter's approach. He wasn't looking to knock it over the fence. He went with a pitch he knew he could handle and drove hard, and appropriately.

If he's hitting .210 at the end of the month and shows glaring weaknesses at 1B, you can say, "I told you so." Until then, it looks like the best possible move to grow him up.

He did look good at 1B.

 

[82CardsGrad]

I generally agree with you, but I don't think Goldschmidt has any place else to go. He dominated AA and he would put up even better numbers in the Pacific League. If you're going to keep him on the upward arc, the D-Backs did about the only thing they could do to present him with a new challenge to overcome.

Most kids like him come up and see fatback fastballs over the plate and they drive them over the fence. Then they start to see the soft stuff and don't know what to do with it. Last night I think the kid showed why he got called up so quickly. First at-bat he goes opposite field with a fastball (or was it a slider? I couldn't tell) off -- that's a ML hitter's approach. He wasn't looking to knock it over the fence. He went with a pitch he knew he could handle and drove hard, and appropriately.

If he's hitting .210 at the end of the month and shows glaring weaknesses at 1B, you can say, "I told you so." Until then, it looks like the best possible move to grow him up.

It was amazing how quickly he earned big-league respect from Cain last night, when, in one at-bat on a 2-0 count, he was thrown a slider. And in the next at-bat on a 3-2 count, he was thrown an off-speed pitch!!! This was his FIRST appearance in the bigs... incredible!

 

[Gaddabout]

It was amazing how quickly he earned big-league respect from Cain last night, when, in one at-bat on a 2-0 count, he was thrown a slider. And in the next at-bat on a 3-2 count, he was thrown an off-speed pitch!!! This was his FIRST appearance in the bigs... incredible!

Yeah, but the other half of that is Cain is a really smart pitcher. He doesn't make mistakes and he's not the kind of guy to welcome a rookie with too much candy. I'm surprised he didn't put one in Goldy's ear. The D-Backs were pretty lucky for those ground balls to find holes. It probably should've been a 2-1 D-Backs lead after 6.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Yeah, but the other half of that is Cain is a really smart pitcher. He doesn't make mistakes and he's not the kind of guy to welcome a rookie with too much candy. I'm surprised he didn't put one in Goldy's ear. The D-Backs were pretty lucky for those ground balls to find holes. It probably should've been a 2-1 D-Backs lead after 6.

I think Goldy's first 2 at-bats may have helped Cain's learning process! And sure, the D-Backs received the benefit of a few seeing-eye base hits... What team doesn't gain that benefit a time or two during the course of a season? What's impressive is that they continue to scratch out W's. A win tonight and it's yet another series win (on the road no less!). If they were 15 games under .500, I would say that win last night was a bit lucky. However, they are now 11 games over .500 with the MOST road wins in our division! No luck involved here... just really good, sound baseball being displayed on a consistent basis. Very enjoyable to watch!!