Notes: Halsey looking to crack rotation
03/03/2006
TUCSON, Ariz. -- It wasn't a work of art, but Brad Halsey accomplished what he wanted to on Friday.
The left-hander, who is trying to win the fifth spot in the rotation, allowed three runs on four hits over two innings against the White Sox. All three of the runs came on homers by Juan Uribe and Jermaine Dye.
"I didn't get the results I wanted, but my arm feels good," Halsey said. "I did some things well, and there's some things I didn't execute."
The home run hit by Uribe was on a changeup that got a little too much of the plate, while Dye smoked an inside fastball that wasn't quite inside enough.
"My goals with these guys the first time or two they touch the ball is to throw the ball over the plate, and he did that," Arizona pitching coach Bryan Price said.
The conditions were not advantageous for the pitchers with a 20-plus mph wind gusting out. The teams combined for six homers.
The fifth spot in the rotation is mainly a competition between Halsey and Claudio Vargas, though Dustin Nippert and Edgar Gonzalez are among those that could sneak in.
Vargas gets his first start of the spring on Saturday against the World Baseball Classic's Team Mexico.
"If [Vargas] goes out and does what he did in the middle of last season, and Halsey goes out and shows you what he did late-April through June, you're going to have a tough battle," manager Bob Melvin said.
En fuego: Another day, another extra-base hit for shortstop Justin Upton, the No. 1 overall pick in last year's First-Year Player Draft.
On Thursday, the 18-year-old lined a two-run triple the opposite way to right. On Friday, he nearly left the park with a double to left-center off side-arming lefty Javier Lopez.
"Yesterday, I got my jitters out. And today, I took my normal approach to hitting," Upton said. "I got something down and in that I could hit."
Speaking of impressive youngsters: Shortstop Stephen Drew, the D-Backs' first pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft was 2-for-2 with a double and a home run.
The double may have been more impressive, since the left-handed swinging Drew hit it off lefty Mark Buehrle. The homer came off righty Cliff Politte.
"He had nice at-bats every time up," Melvin said. "Certainly, you can tell I don't think lefties are going to give him too much trouble. He hangs in there well, has a good idea of how guys are going to pitch him. He'll stay out there against left-handers and not try to get into pull mode too much."
Ouch: Utilityman Damion Easley was scratched from Friday's lineup after suffering a mild concussion in Thursday's game. Easley was playing first base when a throw up the line caused him to collide with White Sox catcher Donny Lucy.
Easley, who is expected to be back in the lineup on Saturday, said he doesn't remember anything after reaching for the ball until he got back to the clubhouse.
Up next: The Diamondbacks play a pair of games on Saturday, a 12:05 p.m. MST game against the White Sox and a 5:05 p.m. MST contest against Team Mexico.
Orlando Hernandez will get the start for the Diamondbacks in the early game, while Claudio Vargas will get the nod in the nightcap. Terry Mulholland, Brandon Lyon, Neal Musser and Enrique Gonzalez will also see action in the early game while Kevin Jarvis, Luis Vizcaino, Bill Murphy and Mike Schultz will go against Mexico.
Lineups: Against the Sox: Alberto Callaspo (SS), Orlando Hudson (2B), Luis Gonzalez (LF), Tony Clark (1B), Shawn Green (RF), Johnny Estrada (C), Easley (3B), Luis Terrero (CF) and Justin Upton (DH)
Against Team Mexico: Eric Byrnes (CF), Stephen Drew (SS), Chad Tracy (3B), Conor Jackson (1B), Jeff DaVanon (LF), Carlos Quentin (RF), Chris Carter (DH), Andy Green (2B) and Koyie Hill (C).
Source: http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/
TUCSON, Ariz. -- It wasn't a work of art, but Brad Halsey accomplished what he wanted to on Friday.
The left-hander, who is trying to win the fifth spot in the rotation, allowed three runs on four hits over two innings against the White Sox. All three of the runs came on homers by Juan Uribe and Jermaine Dye.
"I didn't get the results I wanted, but my arm feels good," Halsey said. "I did some things well, and there's some things I didn't execute."
The home run hit by Uribe was on a changeup that got a little too much of the plate, while Dye smoked an inside fastball that wasn't quite inside enough.
"My goals with these guys the first time or two they touch the ball is to throw the ball over the plate, and he did that," Arizona pitching coach Bryan Price said.
The conditions were not advantageous for the pitchers with a 20-plus mph wind gusting out. The teams combined for six homers.
The fifth spot in the rotation is mainly a competition between Halsey and Claudio Vargas, though Dustin Nippert and Edgar Gonzalez are among those that could sneak in.
Vargas gets his first start of the spring on Saturday against the World Baseball Classic's Team Mexico.
"If [Vargas] goes out and does what he did in the middle of last season, and Halsey goes out and shows you what he did late-April through June, you're going to have a tough battle," manager Bob Melvin said.
En fuego: Another day, another extra-base hit for shortstop Justin Upton, the No. 1 overall pick in last year's First-Year Player Draft.
On Thursday, the 18-year-old lined a two-run triple the opposite way to right. On Friday, he nearly left the park with a double to left-center off side-arming lefty Javier Lopez.
"Yesterday, I got my jitters out. And today, I took my normal approach to hitting," Upton said. "I got something down and in that I could hit."
Speaking of impressive youngsters: Shortstop Stephen Drew, the D-Backs' first pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft was 2-for-2 with a double and a home run.
The double may have been more impressive, since the left-handed swinging Drew hit it off lefty Mark Buehrle. The homer came off righty Cliff Politte.
"He had nice at-bats every time up," Melvin said. "Certainly, you can tell I don't think lefties are going to give him too much trouble. He hangs in there well, has a good idea of how guys are going to pitch him. He'll stay out there against left-handers and not try to get into pull mode too much."
Ouch: Utilityman Damion Easley was scratched from Friday's lineup after suffering a mild concussion in Thursday's game. Easley was playing first base when a throw up the line caused him to collide with White Sox catcher Donny Lucy.
Easley, who is expected to be back in the lineup on Saturday, said he doesn't remember anything after reaching for the ball until he got back to the clubhouse.
Up next: The Diamondbacks play a pair of games on Saturday, a 12:05 p.m. MST game against the White Sox and a 5:05 p.m. MST contest against Team Mexico.
Orlando Hernandez will get the start for the Diamondbacks in the early game, while Claudio Vargas will get the nod in the nightcap. Terry Mulholland, Brandon Lyon, Neal Musser and Enrique Gonzalez will also see action in the early game while Kevin Jarvis, Luis Vizcaino, Bill Murphy and Mike Schultz will go against Mexico.
Lineups: Against the Sox: Alberto Callaspo (SS), Orlando Hudson (2B), Luis Gonzalez (LF), Tony Clark (1B), Shawn Green (RF), Johnny Estrada (C), Easley (3B), Luis Terrero (CF) and Justin Upton (DH)
Against Team Mexico: Eric Byrnes (CF), Stephen Drew (SS), Chad Tracy (3B), Conor Jackson (1B), Jeff DaVanon (LF), Carlos Quentin (RF), Chris Carter (DH), Andy Green (2B) and Koyie Hill (C).
Source: http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/
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