It was a quiet night on the Farm as all 4 full season leagues were idle as MLB demands that everyone watch the All-Star game. You know, I really hate the All-Star game. Haven't watched it in years!
Short Season Boise Hawks defeated the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 7-4:
Raynor Campbell- 3 for 5, 2B, 3B. BA= .279.
Shane Kauffman- 5 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 2.74.
Kauffman held Boise scoreless for the first 4 innings before faltering in the 5'th.
Rookie AZL Giants held off the Indians 3-2:
Wes Hobson- 2 for 4, 3B, BB. BA= .333.
Devin Harris- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(1). BA= .279.
Kendry Flores- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 7.52.
Ryan Bean- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 0.00.
Jake Dunnington- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's, Save(2). ERA= 0.79.
Bean is a big(6'4", 225 lb) 20 yo drafted out of JC ball. Dunnington has 15 K's vs 4 BB's in 11.1 IP.
DSL Giants out hit the Yankees 9-5:
Jesus Galindo- 2 for 2, 2B, 2 BB, SB(24). BA= .200.
Galindo looks like a prospect, if he could just hit.
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ReplyDelete1. I read somewhere that SF Giants dictated to Fresno to start Downs, Burris, and Rohinger ahead of Bond. I understand that Bond is a fringe prospect at best. Still, it must be quite demoralizing for a young player. I hope he looks at what Ishikawa has done, and follows that example.
2. For me, the most intriguing thing about Belt is this: I remember Andy Seiler loving the Giants' draft of last year, with the exception of Belt, whom he thought was an overdraft. Yet, someone in the Giants organization saw something, acquired him, fixed his mechanics, and he has flourish. Sounds familiar? Is there a Dick Tidrow equivalent in the Giants organization for position players?
Still, not too bad a start for Kauffman, he just got really unlucky with the hits, otherwise his peripherals were great: 0 BB, 5 K's, 9.0 K/9, good K/BB, only gave up too many hits.
ReplyDeleteAbout Bond, it's too bad for him, but the team has plans for the others. Burriss is viewed as a potential starter or at worse a MI utility guy with great defense at 2B and plus speed in stealing bases. Both Downs and Rohlinger has been groomed for MI utility roles for a couple of years now.
Bond had not shown much of anything until last season. Yet he's been a little old as a prospect at each level he's been at, discounting any stats he's done at any level. He provides no power nor speed, and his defense is so-so even at the only position he can really play, which is 2B.
His numbers the past two seasons is nice, but to make the majors as a starter, you really need to hit around 1.000+ OPS. Plus his numbers are not really anything like Downs or Rohlinger this season either.
I would expect one or both of Downs and Rohlinger to be a utility guy in the majors next season, to pair up with DeRosa as another super-utility type on the bench (except that DeRosa will probably get regular starts if healthy). Given Burris' health issues, I expect him to play in AAA next season, but he'll probably be competing for that bench role too, with the two of them.
Bond would then be competing with one or two of them for playing time at 2B in 2011, as Noonan looks like he won't be advancing to AAA next season.
Too bad, he made such great progress in the second half of 2009 that I thought he would break out this season, but he has regressed in his batting line. However, looking at his stats, he's really been unlucky this season, his BABIP was way low in April, his seasonal numbers are significantly depressed by his April, his May-June numbers are much more in line with his 2009 numbers, though it appears he suffered an injury and was out for most of June. That might explain the poor July so far, he's still recovering from the injury.
More importantly, he has continued to control his bat, keeping his strikeouts to a minimum, though he's not walking as much as last year's breakout months.
His problem has been his inability to hit for power thus far in the EL. I have not checked to see if that is a result of playing in Richmond or the EL, data sliced that finely is no longer available via minorleaguesplits. I wish they would bring back that feature, I miss it.
But he has hit well at home, but poorly on the road. Exact opposite for Conor Gillaspie. Neal is so-so either way, but better, almost average, on the road. Darren Ford has been much better at home, but not so good either anywhere, just horrible on the road. Nothing conclusive to deduce there, not like Dodd Stadium where clearly power was dampened greatly.
Belt has been magnificent almost any way you look at it. I hope you are right that there is now a Dick Tidrow equivalent for position players, supposedly John Barr is suppose to be that for the Giants, he found some position players for LAD previously to joining the Giants.
Damn, lost my post because it was too long...
ReplyDeleteBasically, Bond hasn't done that well, not as advanced as the other three, but they could start him next year in AAA, though his limit to just 2B and lack of defense probably dooms him with regards to the Giants.
Ishikawa is different because he has done something well - hit for power - since the very beginning. Bond's only plus is getting base, which is good, but not without other skills, like defense, power, or speed.
He'll get a chance at 2B in AAA in 2011 because Noonan will probably not advance to AAA in 2011, though he has actually been OK in May-June before an injury took him out, and he has a horrible July, so he's probably recovering.
More importantly, he hasn't been striking out a lot, which was his problem before, just bad luck with batted balls resulted in his poor batting line in April. He should be fine the rest of season once he is recovered fully, though his problem is also no power at this level so far. He will need to do that before advancing.
Still, he's only 21, so he's young for the league still, repeating won't hurt his prospect status greatly, I don't think, but next year he needs to make a move up to AAA else he'll fall hard, I think.
Unsure whether that power loss is park induced or not. Looking at others, no clear answer.
Belt has been amazing no matter how you slice it. Supposedly John Barr is that Dick Tidrow equivalent for position players, we got from from LAD because he found position guys for them too. I should ask Seiler his thoughts on Belt now.
From what I understand, Belt was basically a slap hitter in college. The specific adjustment they did is to open up his stance and get him to drive the ball with a slight uppercut. Kind of like what Andres Torres did on his own. Belt said opening up his stance enabled him to get the bat to the ball much quicker so he could drive it rather than slap it. Hope that all makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read anything about any specific coach or scout who worked with Brandon Belt.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that sounds exactly like Torres. He said he was taught to be a slap hitter to capitalize on his speed, but then learned with the help of that internet teacher how to drive the ball with a slight uppercut, the Teddyball way.
ReplyDeleteIt appears the Giants recognized that Torres had changed, because there was nothing in his stats that suggested that he improved in any way in the minors previous to the Giants signing him. He was purely a scouting find, IMO.