Down on the Farm: 4/8/2016

AAA  Salt Lake City Bees again stung the Sacramento River Cats 6-4:

Andrew Susac C- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .286.
Mac Williamson LF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(1).  BA= .250.
Grant Green 3B- 2 for 4, SB(1).  BA= .375.
Hak-Ju Lee SS- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .333.
Clayton Blacburn RHP- 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO= 10/0.  ERA= 3.60.

Blackburn's peripherals look good here.  Mac took an 0'fer on Opening Day.  This is more like what we are expecting out of him.  Trevor Brown seems to be tightening his grip on the backup catcher gig.  Is Susac a candidate for a deadline trade?

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AA  Hartford Yard Goats pounded the Richmond Flying Squirrels 8-3:

Christian Arroyo SS- 4 for 4, BB.  BA= .625.
Ricky Oropesa 1B- 2 for 5.  BA= .333.
Ryder Jones 3B- 2 for 5.  BA= .444.
Rando Moreno 2B- 2 for 4.  BA= .250.
Adalberto Mejia LHP- 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 1.80.

Arroyo continues his hot hitting reaching base all 5 PA's.  He made 2 errors though.  Ryder Jones made his 3'rd error of the season.  Strong start to the season for Mejia.

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High A  Lancaster Jethawks vs San Jose Giants game suspended after 4 innings with the Jethawks leading 4-1:

Jose Vizcaino Jr 3B- 1 for 2, HR(1).  BA= .400.
Sam Coonrod RHP- 4 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 4.50.

Viz Jr is off to a hot start.  Coonrod continues an early trend of Giants minor league pitchers underperforming their peripherals.

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Low A  Rome Braves beat the Augusta Greenjackets 6-1:

Dillon Dobson 1B- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .143.
Phil Bickford RHP- 4.2 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 10 K's.  ERA= 5.79.
Ryan Halstead RHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Speaking of underperforming peripherals, Bickford took a no-hitter with 8 K's into the 5'th inning.  He struck out the first two batters in the 5'th but then a HBP, BB, double sequence knocked him out of the game.  Matthew Pope allowed the inherited runner to score…..3 runs allowed.  This team is going to struggle offensively with so many toolsy kids learning to hit pro pitching.