Down on the Farm: 8/26/2016

AAA Sacramento River Cats blanked the Fresno Grizzlies 3-0:

Miguel Olivo C- 2 for 4.  BA= .247.
Ryan Lollis RF- 3 for 4.  BA= .260.
Ruben Tejada SS- 3 for 4, 2B.  BA= .287.
Ty Blach LHP- 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K's.  ERA= 3.43.
Josh Osich LHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 1.50.
Steven Okert LHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(3).  BA= 4.06.

If Jake Peavy cannot reclaim his rotation spot today, I hope Blach gets the next shot.  He's definitely earned it with his performance at Sacramento this year.  His ERA is 2.28 over his last 10 Starts.  Osich looks like he could help down the stretch too.

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AA  Akron Rubber Ducks pounded the Richmond Flying Squirrels 9-3:

Kyle Crick RHP- 2.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 5.33.
Carlos Alvarado RHP- 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.20.

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High A  Visalia Rawhide outslugged the San Jose Giants 8-7:

Rando Moreno SS- 2 for 5.  BA= .245.
Dylan Davis LF- 1 for 3, 2 BB.  BA= .304.
Jonah Arenado 1B- 1 for 5, HR(17).  BA= .261.
Miguel Gomez DH- 3 for 5, 2B, HR(8).  BA= .254.
Conner Menez LHP- 5.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 6.53.
Dusten Knight RHP- 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 5.11.

3 of Menez' runs scored after 2 outs in the 6'th.  Before that, he had a nice start going with a great K ratio.  Gomez is hitting .333 with 4 dingers over his last 10 games.

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Low A Rome Braves dominated the Augusta Greenjackets 7-1 in a rain-shortened game to 5.5 innings:

Kolby Allard(Braves)- 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 9 K's.  ERA= 3.64.

Allard was the Braves first round draft pick in 2015.  His draft stock dropped due to a stress fracture in his spine.  He dominated the Appy League early in this season.  Except for 1 start, he's dominating the SAL too.

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Short Season  Eugene Emeralds topped the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 6-4:

Manuel Geraldo 3B- 2 for 5, SB(12).  BA= .285.
Gio Brusa LF- 2 for 5.  BA= .258.
Ashford Fulmer CF- 2 for 4.  BA= .299.
Matt Krook LHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 5.13.
Nolan Riggs RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA=3.86.

Will the Giants help Matt Krook solve his command/control problems or will he be another Kyle Crick?

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Rookie AZL  Reds defeated the Giants 7-2(First Game of DH, 7 innings):

Sandro Fabian RF- 1 for 2, 2B, SF.  BA= .331.
Kelvin Beltre 2B- 1 for 3, 2B.  BA= .300.
Brandon Van Horn SS- 1 for 3, 2B.  BA= .243.
Sandro Cabrera LHP- 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 2.81.

Fabian continues to rake the AZL.  2B would seem to be not the best place to put an injury prone player like Beltre.  I'm predicting a breakout season for Cabrera next year.

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Rookie AZL  Reds beat the Giants 4-2(Game 2 of DH, 7 innings):

Malique Zeigler LF- 2 for 4, SB(4).  BA= .290.

Zeigler is a project, but seems to have some tools.

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DSL  Giants outscored the Rojos 8-6:

Nishell Gutierrez 2B- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .226.
Brayan De Pena 1B- 1 for 2, HR(2).  BA= .188.
Andres Angulo C- 1 for 1, 2 BB, SB(6).  BA= .231.