AAA Fresno Grizzlies pounded the Tacoma Rainiers 11-5:
Francisco Peguero(RF)- 2 for 6, 3B. BA= .191.
Joaquin Arias(SS)- 3 for 3, 2 2B. BA= .400.
Christian(.416), Gillaspie(.333), Culberson(.300)- 2 hits each. Culby had a double. Christian had a SB(2).
AA Reading Phillies blanked the Richmond Flying Squirrels 6-0:
Brown(.219), Cavan(.290) and Mayora(.393) had 2 hits each.
High A: San Jose Giants defeated the High Desert Mavericks 9-5:
Ryan Lollis(RF)- 2 for 5, 2B. BA= .353.
Freddy Sanchez(DH)- 2 for 4. BA= .429.
Ricky Oropesa(1B)- 3 for 4. BA= .267.
Carter Jurica(2B)- 3 for 4. BA= .327.
Joe Panik(.230) and Adam Duvall(.260)- 2 hits each.
Jose Valdez(RHP)- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 2.38.
Seth Rosin(RHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 1.23.
Lollis is quietly having a strong season. Freddy didn't sound too conident in his shoulder the last comments I read. Still DH'ing in SJ.
Low A Augusta Greenjackets downed the Kannapolis Intimidators 9-4:
Jose Cuevas(3B)- 3 for 5, 2 HR(3). BA= .258.
Joe Biagini(RHP)- 3.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 8.38.
Paul Davis(RHP)- 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 3.00.
Scotty Walker(LHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA=0.00.
Scotty Walker is an undrafted FA who pitched at UC Davis. Has a FB that gets up to 95. Sleeper!
Shankbone takes a look at possible Giants 2'nd round draft picks in Fanpost over at MCC. Check it out!
Minor League Ball has a new mock draft up. They have the Giants taking Victor Roache at #20. I'd be OK with that, but there's just something about it that doesn't fit the Giants MO. Right now I'm getting strong vibes it will be a HS pitcher. Leaning Ty Hensley, but there are several other possibilities. At the other end of the spectrum, I could really see them going for Tyler Naquin or Travis Jankowski, both college OF's who are the types of players they like to draft. Crossing my fingers for Ron Miller in round 2. I would be ecstatic with him in that spot.
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Can't believe the Giants keep feeding us this Freddy is back PR stuff. Didn't play in the field in spring. Is DHing in SJ. When I see him turn a DP or throw from deep in the hole in a MLB ballpark, then I will believe.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise I don't see him back in April, May, maybe June or he is done for the year.
Love the tough Freddy, but except for late 2012 it ain't been so. Got to plan on Burriss, The Roit and Arias...TBD
Freddy is paying the price for being a max effort player in a normal man's body. With the leg issue, he really is a great story that with hard work and determination, you don't need to be a super human athlete to play pro baseball, you just have to want it badly enough and put the time and work in.
ReplyDeleteIt blows me away (pun intended) that a guy who throws 95mph could go undrafted? I don't care if he pitches for the School for the Blind, 95 is 95 and even in its most raw form usually merits a project worth trying out.
As for the draft, I like the Giants' ability to mold HS arms, but we're pretty pitching-depleted. I'd like to see a super high ceiling kid taken first then hopefully fill in some starting pitcher slots with a few more advanced (although possibly limited potential) college arms. As long as they front load pitchers, I have no issues. I have no stats to back it up and Craw, Belt, Schierholtz, Posey, etc probably prove this point totally moot, but I just feel like the Giants get lucky with hitters and actually have the system in place to create great pitchers.
-AF
Great blog as always DrB. I read but don't comment much but I thought I would add a little scouting on Hensley and update on my son from out here in Oklahoma.
ReplyDeleteTy Hensley has had a nice season here in Oklahoma for 5th ranked in 6A Edmond Santa Fe. If everyone remembers the Giants picked Clayton Blackburn last year from Edmond Santa Fe in the 16th round and he looked good early in the AZ Rookie league.
Hensey is probably going to be a first round pick after a very good summer with the bat and on the mound. I have not seen him pitch this year but he looked really good last year and throws 3-5 MPH harder than Blackburn. He has a good 12-6 curveball that is tough to read as he throws both the FB and curve over the top and hides the ball pretty well.
It is pretty unbelievable that Santa Fe has not won a State Championship with their squad over the last couple of years considering the pitching available to them.
Moving on to 5A baseball here in Oklahoma, my son has had a pretty good season on the mound so far and is headed to Oklahoma City University. He is 6-2 on the year pitching for #12 ranked Bishop McGuinness. Over his last 6 starts he is 5-1 having allowed 4 earned runs (5 total runs)over the span of 34 innings pitched only losing to Southmoore who is ranked #10 in 6A. In that game he gave up 3 runs (2 earned) in the first inning and then shut them out over the next 5 innings before being pulled after 6 innings.
Monday night against El Reno.......... 6 inn, 6K, 1 BB, 3 hits, 0 runs. He didn't get to come out in the 7th due to hitting his 85 pitch limit.
Andrew Head whom someone on the blog asked about is my son's catcher and he is headed to Washington and Lee to play ball. He has hit 5 HR on the season and my son has 3 HR. It has been a really fun year and the Irish are jelling at just the right time for regionals that start on May 3rd. Wish us luck for that.
That was me asking, and thanks much for the OK prep update! OK City has 2 mashers this year, Dane Phillips and Miguel Beltran. They both are still slugging over 800 on the year. Beltran is a senior from CA, Phillips tore up the Cape as well, Catches and plays RF. I'd love for the Giants to take a look. Good luck to your son in them regionals!
DeleteHensley is rising up the boards with that curve ball being one of the 3-4 best in the HS class, in addition to his velocity and big frame. I still think he is the most Matt Cain of all the pitchers. The big knock on him is his age, he should really be in college or professional baseball already. However, the Giants don't consider that their first look (Crick is in a similar age bracket) and the age should be more of a tie-breaker among prospects than the first factor to look at. It is a red flag though.
Thanks for the shoutout again DrB. I agree, my sense is the Giants will look hard at the HS pitching. You and I are on the same page with Ron Miller.
ReplyDeleteIf you are looking for a pattern, the 2009 draft played out with the Giants snagging Zach Wheeler followed by the raw power of Tommy Joseph. It is quite possible they go young pitcher and then, not happy with the college bats available, take a plunge on a HS bat. I would expect them to look to hitting early, then make a run at pitching. That has been a pretty solid trend in the 4 years of Barr drafts.
Then again, they have to adapt to what the other 29 teams are doing, and they have an air of unpredictibility. I love that. Trust your scouting, take your guy. So we have these patterns, but I wouldn't call them rules, more like trends. Last year they were looking at prep pitching - Joe Ross in particular - and then went with Panik once the CA HS pitching wasn't available to them.
Its funny with Roache. He is the white whale for me, but the injury does leave some tarnish. You start to question how well he did with the Cape league, especially the 2nd half where he was attacked with breaking balls and struggled. Plus the competition he hit them 30 dingerz against isn't exactly stacked. Still, he punishes the baseball. I like that.
the 18 day turnaround for freddy is bs and the org knows it. thats why they are bringing up arias...dont know who is going down
ReplyDeleteon twitter, follow @boomer414
lives in augusta, goes to a lot of the games....says kelby and cuevas are for real
another reason why i see no purpose in fangraphs...giants are developing depth in each position...seems to me that the only position that is actually lacking is sp, and only from the 1-3....which may take a good 5 years to come up with
i believe that arias was put on a plane this morning...twitter is great...ellen reported immediately that he got pulled...scooped every beat writer
dont know enuf about college to comment...
Arias had a nice ST and kept his nose clean for 3 weeks in the minors. First try to plug the hole at 2nd with some Crawford backup. Theriot isn't showing much of that scrappy vet he was signed for in the early going. So Arias gets a shot at utility and if he catches fire he can flip flop with Burriss. I'd double anything they are saying for Sanchez time frame, but until Freddy actually takes the field and throws in a game the clock doesn't start.
DeleteArias doesn't walk much, but the ability to play all over the IF is nice. I'll take the OBP trade off for some SLG, Handy Manny just won't get that done.
If Theriot or Arias don't do anything, the next move will be a trade, scrap heap variety.
The annoying thing for me about fangraphs - everything being stats - in that Cain contract hack job Dave Cameron wrote, he brings up pitchers with completely different physiques and pitches. He uses a sinkerballer like Webb to demonstrate injury risk. He ignores recent historical comps to Cain like Mussina. I just don't see any love of the game in the saber world, and they miss out big time.
All baseball stats are just ballpark figures.
DeleteArias...good spring back pocket find and keep for just this occasion. I am assuming they move Wilson to the 60-day and put Arias on the 40-man. Now who comes off the 25-man? Does the bell toll, for Huff?
ReplyDeletei think a lot depends on what freddy does tonite in the field
Deletehuff is probably going to the 7 day
still brings up what happens on friday
with timmy's issues i cannot see a pen game...so they gotta bring up an arm
vogie again will be the sacrificial lamb...they are definitely gonna push him to 7 or 8