Down on the Farm: 6/11/2010

AAA  Fresno Grizzlies defeated the Sacramento River Cats 3-2:

Conor Gillaspie(3B)- 1 for 2, HR(6), 2 BB.  BA= .337.
Francisco Peguero(RF)- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .237.
Yusmeiro Petit(RHP)- 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 3.19.
Jean Machi(RHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.74.
Heath Hembree(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K, Save(10).  ERA= 4.84.

I believe this is the third game in a row in which Frankie Pegs has drawn a walk.  This was Petit's weakest start in awhile and it was still pretty good.  Machi's line for his last 10 appearances is 0-1, 2.70, 10 IP, 1 BB, 9 K's with a GO/AO= 2.33.

AA  Eastern League was idle.

High A  Inland Empire 66'ers out hit the San Jose Giants 12-8:

I attended this game, so will go into a bit more detail here.

Ryan Lollis( RF)- 3 for 6, 2B.  BA= .292.

Joe Panik(SS)- 2 for 6, 2B.  BA= .254.  Panik's first 2 AB's didn't look too good as he popped up to 3B and grounded into a DP.  His next two AB's were much better as he hit solid line drives for a double in the right-center gap and the deep single to RF.  He bobbled one fairly routine grounder to SS.  I couldn't get much of a read on his range at SS but my initial reaction is it is average at best.

Adam Duvall(3B)- 1 for 3, BB, HBP.  BA= .262.  Duvall got picked off 2B by the catcher in the middle of a rally.  He also whiffed on a bounding ball down the 3B line but was not charged with an error.  He did start a DP on defense.

Ricky Oropesa(1B)- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .274.  Ricky flied out to left-center in his first AB on a Brandon Belt swing.  He struck out swinging in his second AB after working back from an 0-2 count to 3-2.  Third AB was an RBI single pulled through the hole on the right side.  I thought the 4'th AB was most impressive.  He as facing a sidewinding LHP, worked the count to 3-2 and then singled up the middle with 2 outs and the bases loaded.

Dan Burkhart(C)- 2 for 5.  BA= .262.

Bobby Haney(2B)- 2 for 5, 2B. BA= .386.  Haney looks really small out there.  He's very wiry.  Looked like he was playing with the most intensity of anyone out there.

Dan Runzler(LHP)- 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's.  ERA=9.00.  The stadium radar gun wasn't working but I saw some high velocity pitches.

Jack Snodgrass(LHP)- 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 6-1.  ERA= 3.50.  Snodgrass had a delayed start due to Runzler's rehab appearance.  He appeared to have average velocity with sink, a sharp breaking ball with pretty good depth and a nice changeup.  He pitched 3 scoreless frames but got pounded in the 5'th.

Mitchell Beacom(LHP)- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.  Beacom is huge.  The radar gun was working intermittantly late in the game.  It recorded pitches of 85 and 86 MPH which I would estimate to be accurate.  I had read somewhere that he is a sidearmer, but he looked more like a short armer to me.  Maybe a low 3/4 delivery.  He kind of stops his delivery with his arm back in an L shape just before bringing it forward with some effort right at the release point.

Seth Rosin- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 5.33.  My daughter was getting cold so we left before Rosin made his appearance.

The Ballpark in San Berdoo is now San Manuel Park(they've got their name on everything out here in the Inland Empire).  The park was well maintained but attendance was very light.  On the way to the game I asked my wife how much she wanted to bet we would hear YMCA.  She laughed and said We'd probably hear We Will Rock You too.  Sure enough!  I mean, can't they play ANYTHING else at minor league games?

Low A  Augusta Greenjackets vs Rome Braves was postponed.

DSL  Giants edged the Pirates2 8-7:

Nicoll Parra(CF, 17.10 yo)- 0 for 3, 2 BB, SB(5).  BA= .261.
Royel Astacio(1B, 18.8 yo)- 1 for 3, 2 BB.  BA= .348.
Julio Pena(RF, 19.6 yo)- 4 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .346.
Carlos Valdez( LF, 17.11 yo)- 1 for 3.  BA= .125.
Anthony Gomez(3B, 17.7 yo)- 1 for 2, BB.  BA= .250.
Luis Castillo(RHP, 19.6 yo)- 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 6.30.

Shankbone has an excellent rundown of the draft in a Fanpost over on McCovey Chronicles.  He attempts to quantify the draft by a weighted scoring system that I think makes a lot of sense in concept.  It's still subject to subjectivity in the individual scores for each pick.  I thought most of his scores were very reasonable, even generous at times.  I do have to say he lost me with the argument that drafting an unsignable local HS pick would be preferable to drafting the college senior who was picked and didn't seem so bad to me.  Of course, the Giants did just that with Pick 37 and 40 which I'm still wondering about.  Personally, I'd give those picks zeros and the college senior one at least a 2, but like I've said before, any arguments about Day 3 are just tempests in a teapot.  Anyway, be sure to go check it out for yourself in the Fanpost section of MCC.