Down on the Farm: 6/2//2011

AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox pummeled the Fresno Grizzlies 9-3:

Conor Gillaspie(3B)- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .284.
Thomas Neal(LF)- 2 for 4, 3B. BA= .375.
Waldis Joaquin(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 1.59.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels blanked the Bowie Baysox 4-0:

Charlie Culberson(DH)- 2 for 5, 2B. BA= .278.
Nick Noonan(SS)- 1 for 3, BB. BA= .233.
Jose Flores(3B)- 3 for 4, SB(4). BA= .190.
Ryan Verdugo(LHP)- 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 10 K's. ERA= 2.50.

A dominant start for Verdugo. The Giants have 3 interesting LH starters at Richmond: Surkamp, Tanner and Verdugo. Of the 3, I believe Verdugo has the highest velocity so he may have the highest ceiling.

A+ Visalia Rawhide outslugged the San Jose Giants 12-8:

Gary Brown(CF)- 0 for 4, 2 BB, SB(31). BA= .364.
Hector Sanchez(DH)- 3 for 5, 2B. BA= .295.
Jarrett Parker(LF)- 2 for 4, HR(5). BA= .256.
Ryan Cavan(2B)- 1 for 4, HR(6), BB. BA= .273.
Tommy Joseph(C)- 3 for 5. BA= .222.
Chris Heston(RHP)- 4.2 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 3.84.
Ari Ronick(LHP)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 1.80.

Brown has drawn a solid number of walks despite maintaining a BA>.350. Heston had pitched pretty well before this game as evidenced by his ERA still being <4.

Low A Asheville Tourists topped the Augusta Greenjackets 4-3:

Jeff Arnold(C)- 1 for 4, HR(3). BA= .207.
Ehire Adrianza(SS)- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .192.
Taylor Rogers(RHP)- 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 2.67.
Seth Rosin(RHP)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.92.

I'm still really high on Seth Rosin. In his last 3 appearances, he has 9 K's and 2 BB's in 6.1 IP. His usage has been a bit strange as he's worked both as a starter and reliever.

DSL Giants Crushed the Mets1 10-1:

Franklin Matamoros(3B, 17 yo)- 3 for 5, 2B. BA= .417.
Reyes Maronta(RHP, 18 yo)- 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 0.00.

DSL box scores are very hard to decipher. There tend to be lots of walks, lots of errors and a wide range of ages. In general, any player over the age of 18 is not a true prospect. In this game, a big contribution to the score was the 7 errors committed by the Mets1 team, part of why the lines for the Giants players were not that impressive despite the team scoring 10 runs.