Reyes and Hensley playing well

[elonpride]

Reyes is tearing it up in Single A at the moment. He doesn't appear to be a SP, but has a 2.08 ERA and has thrown 14 Ks in 13 innings of work. Opp batting average only .098! Wouldn't be surprised to see him promoted soon.

Reyes Stats:
web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=592670

I read several scouting reports earlier in the season that had Hensley in the majors as a middle reliever/ #5 starter in 2010. He is playing pretty well in AA ball with a 7-7 record, 3.26 ERA & 72 Ks in 96.2 innings. It looks as if they are really working on his control. He's only given up 5 HRs this season. One thing to note; Even though his fastball touches the mid 90s, he is labaled as having "the best slider" in the Mariners farm system. We may see this guy in the majors next season!

web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=t104&t=p_pbp&pid=475622

[elon_phan]

Sounds encouraging. Thanks for the update.

[elonpride]

Jul 20, 2010 19:23:50 GMT -5 elon_phan said:

Sounds encouraging. Thanks for the update.

Here was a writer's take from about a month ago on Hensley:

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Steven Hensley [6'3", 200 lbs, RHP]: I had actually forgotten about Steve Hensley and his nifty slider until I came across his pitching line in a AA box score. Jon Shields pointed out that “With a pronounced Inverted W causing a slight timing problem as well as a few other ticky-tack issues, Hensley’s motion isn’t likely to please the biomechanics crowd,” but Hensley hasn’t had any significant injuries to speak of yet, so he appears to be fine in that respect. Hensley generally gets hitters to hit the ball on the ground more than in the air, but when they get some lift under the ball, they really blast it; the 23-year-old allowed 16 homers in only 112.2 innings last year. However, Hensley allows misses bats and has above-average control. Obviously, it would be great if all of these pitchers could pan out as starters, but some of them undoubtedly won’t, and Hensley could end up as a very successful reliever if the organization ends up deciding he would more valuable with a mid-nineties fastball out of the bullpen.

So what are you waiting for? Buy your plane tickets to West Tennessee and go watch this remarkable group of pitchers!

[elon_phan]

It would be great to see a former Elon player in the major leagues.