AAA Memphis Redbirds defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 7-5:
Emmanuel Burriss(2B)- 3 for 5, 2B, 3B. BA= .366.
Brandon Belt(LF)- 2 for 3, 2B, 2 BB. BA= .400.
Conor Gillaspie(3B)- 1 for 4, 2B, SF. BA= .285.
If Burriss could play SS at the MLB level, I'd be campaigning for him to be the starting SS for the Giants right now. The Giants obviously believe he can't. Belt continues to put up crazy numbers, but maybe not as much power as hoped?
AA Harrisburg at Richmond was rained out.
A+ Stockton Ports pounded the San Jose Giants 9-4:
Hector Sanchez(C)- 2 for 4, HR(4). BA= .283.
Jarrett Parker(RF)- 3 for 4. BA= .265.
Kelvin Marte(LHP)- 5 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 4 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO= 7/1.
Jose Valdez(RHP)- 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.38.
Ari Ronick(LHP)- 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.57.
Marte allowed the first 4 batters to reach base in the 6'th. Valdez came in and promptly gave up a two run double. He eventually allowed all of Marte's baserunners to score plus gave up 2 more runs of his own before he settled down and retired 6 of the next 7 batters, 4 by strikeout.
Low A Augusta Greenjackets blanked the Hickory Crawdads 5-0:
Carlos Willoughby(2B)- 2 for 4, BB, SB(13). BA= .298. OBP= .385.
Ehire Adrianza(SS)- 2 for 5. BA= .400.
Adam Duvall(3B)- 1 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .271.
Seth Rosin(RHP)- 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 12/2. ERA= 3.62.
Gaspar Santiago(LHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.66.
Doesn't Willoughby seem like a perfect leadoff batter? Adrianza is off the DL, presumably on a rehab assignment before reporting to a higher level. Where is he going to play? Noonan seems to be doing well in Richmond while Crawford is almost surely ticketed for Fresno. Back to SJ? What becomes of Jurica then? Seth Rosin pounded the strike zone pitching to contact for grounders. He may need to develop better secondary stuff to get a few more K's. Santiago has 22 K's but also 16 BB's in 19.2 IP.
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I thought Burriss moved to second because he would be a great defender there vs an OK one because of his arm as short. His glove has looked shaky, but I don't see any reports that his great range has diminished.
ReplyDeleteIf David Eckstein survived with OK SS D in the bigs, I don't know why they can't give Burriss a shot. Some weak throws (which usually looks worse than it is) with some additional range has to be at least as good a package as Miggy (and Fontenot too).
I, too, thin Burriss should be given a shot at SS. Even we had a better defensive option, perhaps it wouldn't make sense. However, at this point, Burriss would not be a defensive downgrade.
ReplyDeleteAs for how to shuffle all the middle-infielders with Noonan, Crawford and Adrianza healthy...it's quite the predicament. It could force Noonan back to second, assuming the others perform well and push for promotions. However, he'd then be behind Culberson and Burriss on the depth chart. Perhaps we have a potential trade package to present to someone?
Lucky
Sorry for typos...I'm using a tiny key pad. Second sentence to read: "If we had..."
ReplyDeleteI can't remember where I read it, but I recently saw a report of a Giants coach/scout/executive or somebody saying Burriss can't play SS because he can't make the throw from the hole. Of course this begs the question of why that's worse than a shortstop who can't GET to the hole!
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