Saturday, August 27, 2011

Down on the Farm: 8/26/2011

AAA. Sacramento River Cats defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 6-2:

Andres Torres- 1 for 4, HR(4). BA= .273.

Nothing else to see here. Grizzlies mustered just 3 hits in the game. Torres will probably be activated on Sunday

AA. Akron Aeros beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels 7-5:

Nothing to see here. Quinowski got the start and it didn't go well. 5 runs in 0.2 IP.

High A San Jose Giants edged the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 8-7:

Gary Brown- 3 for 5, 2B, BB, SB(48). BA= .334.
Jarrett Parker- 2 for 4, HR(12), BB. BA= .266.

Brown is red hot, hitting .442 over his last 10 games. I don't know what his BABIP is, but I'm pretty sure he won't sustain it, although his .334 BA on the season might be his true mean. Noon an and Hector Sanchez had 2 hits each.

Low A. Greenville Drive blanked the Augusta Greenjackets 3-0:

Mike Kickham- 6.2 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 14/1. BA= 4.09.

Jackets managed just 3 hits in this one. Kick ham's peripherals look pretty good on the season with 98 K's in 105.2 IP with a + K/BB. He might stand to improve on his BB/9, but it's not terrible at about 3.

Short Season. Salem-Keizer Volcanoes topped the Boise Hawks 7-3:

Leonardo Ochoa- 3 for 4, HR(5). BA= .282.
Joe Panik- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .337.
Kaohi Downing- 2 for 3, 2B, 3B, BB. BA= .300.
Brett Krill- 0 for 3, BB, 2 Assists(3B, Home). BA= .319.
Paul Davis- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 1.80.

Davis gets the promo from Arizona and has a successful first start for S-K. Krill apparently has a cannon in RF. I wonder if Panik could be accelerated a bit next year. Maybe SJ for 2 months until the weather arms up back east then the rest of the season in AA. It would be nice to have him and Brown come up together and provide a 1-2 punch at the top of the order for a full 6 years pre- FA.

Rookie AZL. Giants crushed the D'Backs 13-2:

Mike Merganthaler- 3 for 4, SF, SB(3). BA= .374.
Jose Cuevas- 1 for 1, BB, 2 SB(9). BA= .329.
Stephen Yarrow- 2 for 2, 2B, 3 BB. BA= .274.
Jean Delgado- 1 for 3, 3 BB. BA= .217.
Kentrall Hill- 2 for 6, 2B. BA= .262.
Gus Benusa- 2 for 4, HR(1), BB. BA= .292.
Sergio Romo- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.
Demandre Arnold- 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 1.69.
Sundrendy Windster- 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 6.05.
Chris Marlowe- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 0.00.

Cuevas may have been injured as he was lifted for a PH from the DH spot. Delgado has an OBP of .383. I've read reports from people who have seen Hill play who came away very impressed by his athleticism. Romo has a successful rehab appearance. Arnold continues to impress.

6 comments:

  1. I guess it's unlikely that we will see Susac/Oropesa make their pro debuts this year?

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  2. That sounds like a good plan for Panik. As an advanced college player and based on what he has shown so far he should be up to the challenge.

    Did I miss the news of Windster being converted to a pitcher? I recall him being a position player... but I could be mistaken.

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  3. I think Susac and Ricky are on the Brandon Belt track starting in instructional league, then hopefully start in SJ next spring.

    Windstorm has been on the mound all season. No announcement. He just showed up on the AZL roster as a pitcher.

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  4. ya, both susac and ricky reported to az for rook camp...too late to assign them to a team, and their layoffs were too long

    will be interesting to see how the draftees are divided up next season, as lots of guys from rook and ss deserve a bump

    as every position is deep (except sp) not gonna look for anyone to be fast tracked next season, except for maybe brown an panik...both, who may very well end up in the bigs sometime during 2012

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  5. Yeah, I'm hoping that Brown and Panik can meet up at some point, via Panik jumping up, and provide the Giants a great 1-2 punch atop the lineup, with Sandoval, Posey, Belt following. What a lineup that would be!

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  6. Actually, Windster spent the first month of the season in Augusta as a reserve infielder and hit .108, then randomly showed up as a pitcher in AZ.

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