Down on the Farm: 8/22/2015

AAA  Sacramento River Cats edged out the New Orleans Zephyrs 2-1 in 10 innings:

Jarrett Parker(RF)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .289.
Ty Blach(LHP)- 8 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 15/2.  ERA= 4.05.
Mike Broadway(RHP)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.93.

Blach has now pitched a total of 17 innings over his last 2 starts allowing just 1 run.

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AA  Trenton Thunder pounded the Richmond Flying Squirrels 8-2:

Tyler Beede(RHP)- 6.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 2 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO=9/1.  ERA= 5.35.

Beede was still getting GB outs, but obviously way too many batted balls were finding holes.  I'm going to attribute Beede's struggles in AA to adjusting to pitching every 5'th day over the course of a full pro season, but if he's still putting up lines like this in May next year, I'll be officially concerned.

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High A  Bakersfield Blaze beat the San Jose Giants 6-3:

Brian Ragira(DH)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .246.
Martin Agosta(RHP)- 5 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 4.84.
Luis Ysla(LHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 6.24.
Ray Black(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.57.

Agosta's peripheral stats are much better than his results, partly due to a strong tendency to give up dingers, but that does not entirely account for the disconnect.  Again, I'm going to predict a big breakout next year in Richmond.  Ysla has run hot and cold this season.

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Low A  Charleston River Dogs outscored the Augusta Greenjackets 10-5:

Richard Rodriquez(SS)- 3 for 5, 2B.  BA= .333.
Chuckie Jones(CF)- 3 for 4, 2B.  BA= .271.
Michael Santos(RHP)- 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.03.
Carlos Diaz(LHP)- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.82.

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Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes topped the Eugene Emeralds 6-5 in 10 innings:

Ronnie Jebavy(CF)- 2 for 5, BB.  BA= .272.
Miguel Gomez(3B)- 2 for 5, BB.  BA= .346.
Chris Shaw(1B)- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .291.
Christian Lichtenthaler(SS)- 3 for 5.  BA= .246.
Luis Pino(RHP)- 6 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 1.09.

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Rookie AZL  Giants beat the D'Backs 6-2:

Mikey Edie(CF)- 2 for 5, SB(10).  BA= .277.
Byron Murray(LF)- 1 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .272.
Kleiber Rivas(Catcher)- 2 for 4.  BA= .400.
Deiyerbert Bolivar(LHP)- 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 2.13.
Matt Pope(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.00.

Edie is hitting .318 over his last 10 games.

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DSL  Giants downed the Red Sox1 3-2:

Sandro Fabian(RF, 17 yo)- 1 for 4, HR(3).  BA= .269.
Sandro Cabrera(LHP, 20 yo)- 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.32.

The Giants win their division by 1 game over Yankees1 with the best record in the entire DSL.