Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Down on the Farm: 8/16/2011

AAA Round Rock Express defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 7-5 in 10 innings:

Edgar Gonzalez(LF)- 3 for 5, 2B. BA= .326.
Brett Pill(1B)- 1 for 5, HR(24). BA= .312.
Bill Hall(2B)- 2 for 5, 2B, HR(5). BA= .333.
Brad Eldred(DH)- 2 for 4, HR(21). BA= .271.
Scott Munter(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 6.58.

Hey, maybe we'll see Scott Munter and his bowling ball sinker again! Just kidding!

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels edged the Bowie Baysox 5-4:

Francisco Peguero(RF)- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .294.
Johnny Monell(DH)- 2 for 2, HR(10), BB. BA= .250.
Eric Surkamp(LHP)- 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 2.14.
Heath Hembree(RHP)- 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(13). ERA= 3.86.

High A Lake Elsinore Storm outlasted the San Jose Giants 4-3 in 10 innings:

Tommy Joseph(C)- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .271.
Kelvin Marte(LHP)- 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.28.

Joseph stays hot.

Low A Greensboro Grasshoppers pounded the Augusta Greenjackets 13-2:

I'm going to call nothing to see here.

Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes topped the Vancouver Canadians 5-2:

Jesus Galindo(CF)- 1 for 4, BB, 2 SB(33). BA= .281.
Joe Panik(SS)- 2 for 5. BA= .354.
Mike Murray(DH)- 0 for 1, 4 BB. BA= .351.
Dan Burkhart(C)- 2 for 4, 2B, SB(1). BA= .270.
Jack Snodrass(LHP)- 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.74.
Matt Graham(RHP)- 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 8.42.
Cody Hall(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, Save(4). ERA= 2.61.

More baby steps for Graham.

Rookie AZL Giant clubbed the A's 16-8:

Kelby Tomlinson(2B)- 2 for 6, 2 2B, SB(7). BA= .324.
Major Blair(LF)- 3 for 5. BB. BA= .382.
Mike Merganthaler(DH)- 3 for 4, 2B, HR(3), 2 BB. BA= .347.
Leonardo Fuentes(RF)- 1 for 5, 2B, SF, SB(1). BA= .280.
Stephen Yarrow(1B)- 2 for 4, 2 BB. BA= .268.
Keith Bilodeau(RHP)- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 0.00.

Some of these guys are college draftees from major programs who are probably playing at too low a level. Still, it's better to be playing well than not well at whatever level you find yourself at.

DSL Giants downed the Mets1 3-1:

Emmanuel De Jesus(LHP)- 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K's. ERA= 1.74.

Yet another dominating start by De Jesus. In 8 starts he has a line of 4-1, 0.63, 43 IP, 12 BB, 56 K's. Can't wait to see what he an Mejia do in the States next season.


6 comments:

  1. Does Panik start the season in Augusta , San Jose, or Richmond? I think you can rule out Augusta. He is just killing SK to badly to send him to A-. I would not be shocked to see him start in Richmond, but I do not remember the last time the G's started a guy above San Jose.

    Susac and your boy Ricky probably start in SJ, along with Jones, Duvall, Willouhby, Fuentes, Rodriguez... Man, that team is gunna be STACKED. With the pitching, though, it will be the exact opposite of their parent club.

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  2. panik could get the brown treatment, or just spend 2 months in sj and then go to richmond...may never see fresno

    they will most likely split the incoming group between augusta and sj...along with many from salk

    the thing that i am most excited about is that the team is gonna finally have depth in the catching dept and mi

    all this balances out the seeming implosion of this years big squad

    and next draft, giants can focus on getting sp and middle relief

    and if they get lucky again, they can grab undervalued guys and again sign the vast majority of their draftees

    evans and his staff are outbeaning beane

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  3. Let's see.....next year's SJ squad? I'll do position players only:

    C Susac plus 1 or 2 out of Murray, Burkhart and Staley.
    1B Oropesa
    2B Willoughby? Kaohi Downing?
    3B Duvall
    SS Panik
    OF Chris Lofton
    OF Brett Krill
    OF Jesus Galindo? Rafael Rodriguez?

    Augusta?

    C Eric Sim, 1 or 2 out of Murray, Payne and Staley.
    1B Ben Thomas Brian Nicholson?
    2B Downing?
    SS Tomlinson
    3B Cuevas
    OF Jones?
    OF Fuentes?
    OF RafRod?
    OF Payne/Blair/Merganthaler/Barnett?

    Some tough decisions and some good players are going to get left out.

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  4. I sketched out who I thought would be in SJ next year, and I came to the same exact infield as you. However, I had your Augusta OF in SJ (Jones, Fuentes, RafRod). Those guys are exceptionally young, though, so maybe it makes more sense putting them in Augusta. But DAYUM, those are 3 HIGH HIGH HIGH ceiling players in the same OF...

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  5. Yep, I'm excited about some of the younger players down in short season ball. I forgot all about Garrett Buechele too. Where does he play, if at all?

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  6. Roger at MCC posted these two links in one of their threads. I found them fascinating, and useful for rosterbation purposes.

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2011-organization-batting.shtml

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/2011-organization-pitching.shtml

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