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Even back in spring training, his first in big league camp, Logan Allen was anticipating having to make an adjustment. The major league baseball’s seams are smaller than those used throughout the minors, the leather is of a better quality and it was, Allen surmised, going to affect at least some of his stuff. The fact that both Triple-A circuits were going to use MLB baseballs in 2019 only complicated Allen’s conundrum after he realized it was his split change-up that was impacted most. “I knew I was going to have to make an adjustment,” Allen said. “I just had a hard time figuring out what that adjustment was going to be.”Allen searched high and low in bullpens between starts, before and after he was assigned to Triple-A El Paso following a shaky finish in big league champ. The fix – honing his focal point – might not have been as important as simply continuing to throw the pitch. Even when it was bad. Sometimes especially if it was bad. … [Read more...] about Minors: Logan Allen getting a grip in El Paso

Edwin Rodriguez understands that the Major League Baseball, in use for the first time in Triple-A leagues across the game, jumps quite a bit. The ball also carries quite a bit in some of the Pacific Coast League’s newer parks. Still, you have to hit a baseball hard. His El Paso Chihuahuas are doing that quite a bit, too. Austin Allen and Esteban Quiroz homered in Friday’s 7-5 loss at home against Salt Lake, pushing the team total to a professional baseball-best 68 in 29 games. The Pacific Coast League’s next-best total is Albuquerque’s 53. “You have to give credit to the hitters, too,” Rodriguez said. “We’re making hard contact. It doesn’t matter who I put in the lineup. They have the ability to make hard contact and they are taking advantage of the whole situation. I feel very confident with whoever I put in the lineup.” El Paso’s power surge helped fuel a 12-game winning streak and a stretch in which the Chihuahuas … [Read more...] about El Paso sporting pro baseball’s most powerful lineup

Logan Allen got back on track Saturday night. Ty France hasn’t been off track in a while. Putting a rough start behind him, the 21-year-old Allen turned in his first quality start of the year and France was a double short of the cycle in extending his hitting streak to 13 games in Triple-A El Paso’s 12-1 win Saturday night against Reno.France hit his seventh homer, tripled, singled and drove in four runs in five at-bats. He is hitting .431 with a 1.347 OPS and on Saturday played second base for the fifth time of his career, all this year with El Paso.Last year’s Texas League pitcher of the year, Allen opened the season with 14 runs allowed in his first 10 innings with the Chihuahuas (9-7). On Saturday, Allen (1-1, 7.88) struck out four, didn’t walk a batter and allowed one run on three hits, easily his best start of the year.Allen also helped his own cause, going 2-for-3 with a run scored during El Paso’s 19-hit attack. Michael Gettys (.262), Matthew … [Read more...] about Minors: Logan Allen, Ty France pace El Paso win