Yamamoto Wins Again as Marlins Sweep

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The Marlins completed the sweep of NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 6-4 with a 16 HIT bombardment off Philadelphia pitching. Yamamoto took the ball for the Fish and he put the Marlins in a position to win. The Marlins outscored the Phillies 13-8 and out hit them 29-20. Very solid series sweep for the Fish.

Offense Produces

The Marlins offense managed to scratch a run off Phillies’ starter Enyel De Los Santos in the first inning. Rojas opened the game with a lead off single, followed by a Garret Cooper single which advanced Rojas to second. A wild pitch pushed Rojas to third and Cooper to second. 

Starlin Castro comes up huge with a single scoring Rojas but Cooper is thrown out at the plate after a Phillies’ challenge on the original safe call. Nonetheless, Miami is on the board early.

After a Cesar Puello single to open the second inning, JT Riddle blasts a two run homer to right field to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead. That is Riddle’s second home run in back to back games and he has now homered in three of his last four games.

More offense followed after the homer by JT Riddle. Garret Cooper and Brian Anderson followed up with homers of their own launching back to back home runs in the fifth inning.

Yamamoto’s Solid Start

Yamamoto got off to a rocky start in the first inning when he walked the bases loaded. He struggled to find the zone with his off speed pitches but minimized the damage to only two runs. A Jean Segura single scored two runs in the inning as they were the only runs the Phillies were gonna scratch off Yamamoto or the rest of the game. 

He managed to bounce back from that rocky start and threw five innings of quality baseball without allowing additional runs. His final stat line for his outing is 5 IP, 2 ER, 2 Hits, 4 Walks, and 7 Strikeouts on 99 pitches. Three of those four walks came in the first inning, so a solid bounce back in the aspect of command for the rookie.

Yamamoto Makes History

After his solid pitching performance and the Marlins securing the win, Yamamoto became the first Marlins’ pitcher in franchise history to win their first three starts to start their career. (via @DuseReport)

His performance also pushed the Marlins rotation to sole possession of the 3rd best rotation ERA in ALL of baseball with a 3.71 ERA. They passed the Cincinnati Reds and the Minnesota Twins and kept their lead of the Houston Astros. The only two teams ahead of the Marlins are the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays, both with sub-3 ERA’s. (via @fishstripes)

Weekly Recruiting Recruiting Roundup: 6/21/19

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So from now on, I will be providing you guys with weekly updates on recruiting such as visits, recruiting events, commitments/decommitments, so on and so forth.

 

Miami hosted two visitors this past weekend, both three-star linebackers: Romello Height from Dublin, Georgia and Corey Flagg from Houston, TX. This was an official visit for Height, who is listed as a linebacker on recruiting services but is being recruited by Miami to play defensive end due to his tall 6’5” frame. He expects to make a commitment in September and Miami is competing with the likes of Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Florida, and South Carolina.

 

Flagg, on the other hand, loved his visit so much that he wasted no time committing to coaches on the spot while in Coral Gables and to say coaches were happy to get his commitment is probably an understatement:

 

Flagg is rated as the 34th-best inside linebacker in the country by the 247Sports Composite and racked up 144 tackles, 33 tackles-for-loss, and four sacks for North Shore High School.  Flagg will be back at the U for his official visit in August and he joins AJ Mathis as the two linebacker commits for the class of 2020.

 

This past weekend, Miami continued its 7-on7 camp featuring many high schools throughout the state of Florida and were able to get a commit out of it in class of 2021 Hialeah WR Fred Eaford. Eaford committed to his dream school over offers from Indiana and Louisville.

 

WELCOME TO PARADISE

 

Miami’s biggest recruiting event of the year is taking place this Saturday from 6-9 PM, closed to the public but open to the media. Thanks to the indoor practice facility, weather will no longer be a factor and this is also provides a lot of recruits their first opportunity at exploring the new state of the art facility. There will be an opening/dinner event at taking place on Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium before the camp on Saturday. 

 

Paradise Camp will also feature a lot of UM legends as speakers, with names ranging from Michael Irvin, Jon Beason, to Jeremy Shockey and even recent alumni with the likes of David Njoku, Jaquan Johnson, and Lamar Miller.

 

The visitor list is below and contains many current 2020 UM commits as well as any notable high-level targets as well as underclassmen targets from 2021 and 2022.

 

2020

 

Commits

 

CB Justin Hodges

RB Don Chaney

QB Tyler Van Dyke

WR Marcus Fleming

WR Xavier Restrepo

TE Dominic Mammarelli

OL Jalen Rivers

OL Antonio Smith

DE Samuel Anaele

DT Willie Moise

DT Trevon Riggins

S Jaiden Francois

S Keshawn Washington

S Daran Branch

LB AJ Mathis

 

Notable Targets

 

DE Donell Harris (Former commit, five-star recruit recently reclassified from Class of 2021 to 2020)

TE Darnell Washington (Five-star recruit from Las Vegas)

S Avantae Williams (former commit)

WR Dazalin Worsham (Alabama commit, official visit)

WR Bryan Robinson (former commit)

WR Leonard Manuel (former commit)

WR Thaiu Jones-Bell

OL Jonathan Denis (former commit)

OL Cayden Baker (on commit watch)

CB Keshawn Lawrence (official visit)

CB Brian George (#1 JUCO CB, hails from Belle Glade, FL)

S Ladarius Tennison (former commit)

DE Jaylen Harrell

DE Elijah Roberts (former commit)

 

2021

 

Commits

 

WR Romello Brinson

WR Fred Eaford

TE Khalil Brantley

OL Laurence Seymore

DT Savion Collins

DT Anthony Hundley

LB Tyler Johnson (brother of former Canes safety Jaquan Johnson)

K Andres Borregales

 

Notable Targets

 

S James Williams (former commit)

RB Amari Daniels

DT Leonard Taylor

WR Jacorey Brooks

LB Terrence Lewis

LB Jonathan Flowe (brother of 2020 LB target Justin Flowe)

CB Corey Collier

CB Jason Marshall

 

Highlights of Heat’s draft night & Riley’s presser

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Alphonse Sidney (@Alf954) and I were at American Airlines Arena for the Miami Heat’s 2019 draft, and stuck around until past 1 a.m. to tape a couple of podcasts and hear from first-round pick Tyler Herro (by conference call) and Heat president Pat Riley.

Here are some of the highlights, tweet by tweet:

 

 

More to come….

 

Zac Gallen Shows Promise in Marlins/MLB Debut

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One of the Marlins’ top pitching prospects in Zac Gallen made his Major League debut last night against the St. Louis Cardinals and he did not disappoint. The Cardinals happen to be his former club that traded him for Marcel Ozuna before the 2018 season and he showed them what they traded.

Gallen Shines

In his five innings of work, Gallen allowed five hits, one earned run, struck out six and walked two. That’s a pretty impressive debut if you ask me. If I’m being honest, that run should’ve never came across to score. Gallen was robbed of strike three call on a pitch that was well inside the zone, but nonetheless, that run came across. Here’s a video of all of Gallen’s six *should’ve been seven* strikeouts. (via @Marlins)

Gallen did get worked into some deep counts against the Cardinals’ hitters which is why he left the game at 99 pitches through his five innings. He did leave with the game tied and when the Marlins came up to bat in the top half of the inning they managed to gain the lead and putting Gallen in line for the win.

Marlins Bullpen Blows Lead… Again.

Unfortunately, the woes of the Marlins’ bullpen continue to spoil the performances of the young pitching staff. Gallen was in line for the win all the way up until the 8th inning when Tayron Guerrero gave up a two-run home run to Tommy Edman. 

That home run happened to be on an 0-2 count and the first of Edman’s career. So good job on that one… Edman couldn’t catch up to the previous four fastballs that Guerrero was throwing to him so why Guerrero threw a center cut slider is beyond me. (via @Cardinals)

Riddle Saves The Day

Despite the bullpen blowing yet another lead, J.T Riddle was the hero the Marlins needed. He blasted a two-run home run off of Cardinals’ reliever Andrew Miller. In a 1-2 count, Miller threw a slider that hung over the middle of the plate and Riddle made him pay with a 400 foot blast to right field. (via @Marlins)

Strange Sequence of Events in the 11th

Things got interesting when the Cardinals got a run across on Sergio Romo and pulled with in one. Yadier Molina is not the fastest guy in the league. It was best that he was pinch ran for by Cardinals’ staring pitcher Jack Flaherty, at least that’s what Cardinals’ manager Mike Shildt thought. 

Flaherty took a standard lead off of second base but wasn’t paying attention. He was then picked off by Sergio Romo to end the threat of the tying run coming across and ended the game in the Marlins’ favor in 11 innings. (via @Marlins)

The Marlins head to Philadelphia to take on the Phillies for tomorrow night’s game. Sandy Alcantara will take the ball for the Marlins and Aaron Nola will take the mound for the Phillies.

Miami Heat draft Tyler Herro, fans not thrilled

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Sekou.

KPJ.

Bol Bol.

Three high upside players, which the Miami Heat need.

Even Brandon Clarke, the so-called safest pick.

Plenty of players thought to be Heat options were available at No. 13.

Pat Riley, however, went back to his alma matter, for a player — swingman Tyler Herro — who was projected in the 20s until recently.

Miami has done good work in the draft the past four years, so maybe this works out.

Herro was certainly happy.

But the initial reaction was mostly skepticism.

Early polling on @5ReasonsSports had about 75 percent of the fans against it.

Nor was there much excitement in the main bowl of AmericanAirlines Arena, where the Heat were hosting a draft party.

 

More on a podcast posting soon, plus comments from Herro and Pat Riley.

David Ortiz y el manto de dudas que cubre su caso

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El caso de David Ortiz ha conmovido a la República Dominica.

El ex toletero zurdo fue herido de bala el pasado 9 de Junio mientras se encontraba con unas amistades en un sitio nocturno en su país natal.

En principio, se descartó de plano la posibilidad de que se tratase de un robo a mano armada común en los países latinoamericanos, y se barajó la posibilidad de que se tratara de algo más.

Algunos reportes incluso hablaban de que podía tratarse de una situación derivada de una posible relación de Ortiz con una modelo dominicana, supuestamente relacionada con un narcotraficante.

La noche de este miércoles, el procurador general de la República, Jean Rodríguez, y el director general de la Policía Nacional, mayor general Ney Aldrin Bautista, identificaron a los prófugos Víctor Hugo Gómez y Alberto Miguel Rodríguez Mota como los autores intelectuales del atentado donde resultaron heridos el expelotero David Ortiz y el comunicador Jhoel López, en horas de la noche del pasado domingo 9 de junio en un centro de diversión de Santo Domingo Este.el produrador general de República Dominicana, ofreció los resultados finales de la investigación en una rueda de prensa.

¿Está conforme el país con los resultados de la investigación del caso David Ortiz?

Conversamos con el periodista dominicano Héctor Gómez, quien ha seguido de cerca este incidente desde el primer día, en el episodio 40 de Cinco Razones Podcast.

Para Gómez, hay un manto de duda sobre el caso de David Ortiz, pues la hipótesis que presentaron las autoridades dominicanas, indicando que el atentado iba dirigido a la persona que acompañana a Ortiz, no termina de convencer al pueblo dominicano.

El periodista dominicano resalta que había preocupación general en el país sobre la posibilidad de que este caso complicara la escogencia de David Ortiz al Salón de la Fama de Cooperstown.

¿Será que esto cambió el rumbo de la investigación? ¿Ustedes qué piensan?

En Cinco Razones Podcast hablamos de diversos temas de actualidad. Visita nuestra página y disfruta de todos nuestros episodios haciendo click aquí. 

Ky Bowman leads list of Heat targets with newly acquired 2nd round pick

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With today’s acquisition by the Miami Heat of the 44th pick in the 2nd round of Thursday’s 2019 NBA Draft, the natural question is – who will the Heat target?

Boston College guard Ky Bowman, an explosive scorer/finisher with a deadly first step and shot creation skills, leads the list of names the Heat is targeting according to a source.

Virginia guard Kyle Guy, Missouri center Jontay Porter, Iowa State combo guard Talen Horton-Tucker, LSU freshman center Naz Reid and Depaul forward Max Strus are all additional speculative options.

With the 13th pick, 44th pick and various trade scenarios (some that could involve shedding salary) all in play, tomorrow night is shaping up to be a potentially active night for the Heat.

Miami Heat’s draft night gets busier

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Refresh our memories.

When is the last time the Miami Heat were the team giving up cash considerations?

Maybe it’s happened recently, but it doesn’t come to mind. The Heat have been in cost-saving, more than cost-adding, mode since the middle of the Big Three era — but apparently they like some of the prospects in this draft enough to pony up a little.

Here’s the trade they just made:

What’s interesting about this deal is that the Heat have done such an incredible job of developing undrafted players of late that it hasn’t seemed necessary to stockpile second round picks.

But apparently, the Heat scouts are intrigued by the depth in this year’s draft. And they also may see a need. The team’s depth, particularly in the backcourt, has already been thinned by the cost-related subtractions of Rodney McGruder, Tyler Johnson and Wayne Ellington — plus the retirement of Dwyane Wade.

Look for coverage from American Airlines Arena — on this website and on podcasts — from myself (Ethan Skolnick) and Alphonse Sidney. That will include a recap of Pat Riley’s remarks, which now figure to occur early Friday morning, when everything is over.

Lionel Messi and Barcelona will play in Miami again this summer

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Lionel Messi and Barcelona will play at Hard Rock Stadium once again, two years after we witnessed a summer edition of El Clasico in Miami.

Barcelona will face Napoli at Hard Rock Stadium on August 7th and soccer fans in our city will have the opportunity to see two of the best teams of European club soccer.

The last time Barcelona played here, they still had Neymar in their roster, and there have been a lot of rumors that the Brazilian striker could be back with the team by the end of this summer.

So, maybe, we get to see Neymar here too again.

James Rodriguez will not stay at Real Madrid, and many Colombians are not happy because of that. However, there have been many reports linking James to Napoli, Barcelona’s rival in that friendly match at Hard Rock Stadium in August.

Barcelona coming back to the US

The club informed that FC Barcelona preseason will be divided into two parts this summer. Several months ago it was announced that the first team will be playing two games in Japan against Chelsea in Tokyo (July 23) and Vissel Kobe in Kobe (July 27), and it has now been announced there will be two further games in August in the United States against Napoli for a newly created trophy, the LaLiga Serie A Cup, to be contested between teams from the Spanish and Italian leagues, in this case the champions of the former and the runners-up from the latter.

This will be the ninth time that FC Barcelona visits the United States, and the third year in a row. In 2017, the team played three games in New York, Washington and Miami, and last year switched from the east to the west coast and played in Los Angeles, Dallas and San Francisco, as well as a training camp in Portland, where they were joined for the first time on tour by the women’s team.

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David Beckham is still one of the owners of Inter Miami

David Beckham no ha vendido sus acciones en el Inter Miami

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David Beckham sigue siendo uno de los dueños del Internacional de Miami.

Jurgen Mainka, chief business officer, desmientió el rumor sobre la venta de acciones de David Beckham en el Internacional de Miami en el programa radial Rush Deportivo con Ricardo Montes de Oca y Leandro Soto en la 990 ESPN Deportes

“Es simple y claro. El diario AS está incorrecto. Beckham no ha vendido ninguna de sus acciones. Ya conversamos con el diario, y ya ha publicado nuestro punto de vista. No lo han impulsado igual, pero pueden verlo en su portal. Según ellos, les llegó por una fuente, pero es totalmente incorrecta, errónea,” dijo Mainka.

David Beckham había estado en Miami hace unas semanas en los primeros duelos interescuadras en Broward, y ahora se encuentra en Europa trabajando en conseguir posibles jugadores para el equipo, que debuta en la MLS en 2020.

Estos veranos hay mucha acción de futbol y estamos siguiendo de cerca todas las competiciones que se están disputando

David Beckham y los planes en el Freedom Park

Hace una semana el Inter le envió la propuesta de contrato a la ciudad de Miami para lo que será el Miami Freedom Park.

Mainka dio los detalles del nuevo parque, que va mas allá del estadio de fútbol profesional, e invitó a la fanaticada del Sur de Florida a visitar la página miamifreedompark.com para conocer todos los detalles.

Ricardo Montes de Oca y Leandro Soto are breaking news nowadays, and you can check them out listening to Cinco Razones Podcast with Alejandro Villegas clicking here.