The Athletics signed Matsui in the offseason, hoping for middle of the order power production. After a horrible first half, he’s finally finding his stroke. Since the middle of July, he’s 24-for-52 with three homers and 17 RBI. Godzilla has returned!
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Now all of a sudden, he’s re-emerged with value for the D-Backs. Owings has mostly been a long reliever this year, but he looked really strong in his start last Sunday, earning himself the fifth starter job in Arizona for the time being. Saturday Owings gets the Dodgers – a really good match up, especially in LA where the Dodgers have been unable to generate any offense this year.
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In your role as a semi-omnipotent being, you control a cursor representing “the Breath.” You’ll primarily be scooping up elements (left trigger) from one area and depositing them elsewhere (right), which while simple is fundamentally awkward without the use of a mouse. It’s tough to be precise, due in no small part to a camera that never gets all that close to the world you’re attempting to craft. Beyond the basics, you also gain access to a handful of special powers as you progress that can be utilized via the d-pad.
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On Wednesday, in just his third start for Triple-A Syracuse, Peacock took a no-hitter into the eighth inning, winding up with seven shutout frames of one-hit ball with seven Ks and four walks. Peacock was roughed up in his debut for Syracuse, but in the past two starts, he’s only given up five hits and one earned run in 12 IP, fanning 11 and walking five.
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As “The Kid,” you’ll do battle with two weapons (mapped to “B” and “X,” respectively) and a special skill (right trigger) offensively and an evasive roll (A) and shield (left trigger or left analog stick) on defense — consuming healing potions (Y) rounds out the controls. When engaging in melee combat everything flows smoothly. Unfortunately, ranged fighting can be pretty iffy. Auto-lock doesn’t work as well as it should and cycling through targets with the bumpers is painfully slow, though the issues top out at “frustrating” rather than downright flawed.
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In his first full season at Triple-A, the 24-year-old has been quite impressive, especially lately, tossing extremely strong starts in four of his last five outings. All Mitchell has done in July is go 3-0 (including two shutouts) with a 1.07 ERA and just 12 hits allowed in 25 1/3 IP with 25 strikeouts. That’ll get your attention.
Minor Matters: D.J. Mitchell Ready for the Call Read Post »
Is he the answer or does Arizona try to fill the hole at shortstop through a trade?
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