Friday, June 3, 2011

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.

9 comments:

  1. Brown BBs make me happy.

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  2. Nice seeing Neal back on track... Not sure it is going to do him any good with the horde of mediocre OFs on the main roster. Neal is a perfect replacement for Rowand and Burrell by himself.
    Waiting to see what Surkamp does at Fresno. Have feeling that there could be some NY teams that might desire his services.

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  3. neal got his hits off of a rehabbing cook...he can hit mlb pitching

    ross is gone at year's end

    would love to see an of of neal, torres and nate

    speed, smarts and a bit of power from left

    until the org makes clear what is going to happen to cain, timmy and sanchez, i dont think sabean should move any of the minor league pitching

    and what up with sj? dont these guys want a pay raise? win the div already so you guys can move up

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  4. Oh yeah, I've been saying it for a long time and I'll say it again. Thomas Neal is the real deal!

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  5. Why does everybody want Neal to get called up now? So that he can sit on the bench behind all the outfielders Bochy is faithful to? They should let him play out the year in Fresno. He's only 23.

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  6. Where did I ever say I wanted Neal called up now? Or anyone else commenting here for that matter? Neal needs to consolidate his skills in AAA this year, but should definitely get a chance to win a big league job out of spring training next year.

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  7. here is how it works

    neal should get a sept callup

    not sure if they want him to play winter ball...but he did lose a full month from the minors

    he does get a shot to win a job out of st...and should be the odds on fav to win the left field position

    its kind of a no brainer....you keep the pay rate for you position players as low as possible, for as long as possible...and hold onto this rotation for as long as possible

    there is a very, very, very good possibilty that the majority of the position players in 2012, could be homegrown

    that is huge...

    and will earn sabean another extension

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  8. oh...and neal apologized on twitter for getting tossed, arguing balls and strikes

    who does that?

    we are talking choir boy here

    the kid is the anti-bonds

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  9. one other thing...hope the giants sign a long term with richmond

    they draw between 4-10k per night

    fan support is very important in development

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw41mQ_6Ywo&lc=wFICxHG4R6RdIDJjEC0aK6cX3N7kkH3zXCCitLZQVWI&feature=inbox

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