Minor League Update: Zach Jackson Wins Again For Herd

We laughed.

Oh.. Zach Jackson.. A Throw-Away.. A 25-Year Old Throw-Away.

We'll, laugh now suckers. He's 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA. He took a perfect game into into the sixth inning as well.

Yesterday he led Buffalo to a shutout win giving up just two hits in six innings. No walks... Only threw 73 pitches.

Maybe he just needed a change.

Offensively, Morgan Ensberg led the charge with a grand-slam. Brad Snyder is heating up a bit, he went 2-4 with the other RBI in the game.

Nate Panther went deep and Akron got a win off a Matt LaPorta single in the 8th inning. LaPorta knocked int he go-ahead run in a 2-1 victory. Matt will be headed off to the Olympics and played his last game for Akron for the time being. An eye will definitely be kept on him as he starts for Team USA.

Kinston wins and Beau Mills continues to mash. He hit his 16th home run of the year and he could soon earn a call-up to Akron. He's a step behind LaPorta in terms of his ascent up the minor league ladder if you ask me. Ryan Goleski went deep as well and Cirilo Cumberbatch had three walks and a steal. Win number nine for Hector Rondon and save number five for Vinnie Pestano

Lake County finally broke out of a funk and was powered by a Matthew Brown grand-slam. He went 3-4 and had 6 total RBI. Cristo Arnal knocked in the other run via a solo shot.

Mahoning Valley ran rampant over Jamestown for win. They ended up getting shut out in the other game of the double header through. Kaimi Mead picked up win number four and was backed by a few new favorites. CORD PHELPS in the lineup and playing second base knocked in two runs off a 2-4 debut. Jeremie Tice went 2-3 with a walk and knocked in two runs himself. Lonnie Chisenhall, Brock Simpson and Ryan Blair knocked in a run as well.

Unfortunately this means the playing time of the almighty Isaias Velasquez will be losing playing time. Such a shame since I got his name down pat.

The trades completed get a thumbs up from the Minor League Insider.

Roster moves include Jeff Stevens being placed on reserve and Jon Meloan taking his place. Walter Diaz takes the spot of Andy Gonzalez, up from Kinston(quite the jump), Aaron Laffey takes the place of Chris De La Cruz who was traded and Anthony Reyes is on reserve still.