Down on the Farm: 8/12/2017

AAA  Salt Lake City Bees stung the Sacramento River Cats 3-1:

Mac Williamson RF- 1 for 4, HR(10).  BA= .225.
Andrew Suarez LHP- 8.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 8 K's, GO/AO= 13/1.  ERA= 3.36.

-Suarez took a 4-hit gem into the 9'th inning before allowing a single and double to put runners at 2'nd and 3'rd with 1 out.  Tyler Rogers got a groundball out to keep the shutout alive but then gave up a 3-run dinger with the first 2 runs charged to Suarez.

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AA  Reading Fightin' Phils smashed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 8-1(7 innings):

Caleb Gindl CF- 1 for 3, HR(5).  BA= .302.

-Sigh.

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AA  Reading Fightin' Phils downed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 4-2(7 innings):

Myles Schroder 2B- 2 for 4.  BA= .257.
Brandon Bender 3B- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .271.
Daniel Carbonell CF- 2 for 4, 2 2B.  BA= .244.

Yeah.  Double sigh!

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High A  Modesto Nuts topped the San Jose Giants 4-3:

Steven Duggar DH- 1 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .258.
Matt Winn C- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .243.
Jalen Miller 2B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .225.

-Miller is hitting .278 over his last 10 games.

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Low A  Augusta Greenjackets outscored the Asheville Tourists 8-6:

Carlos Garcia SS- 2 for 5, 2B, HR(2).  BA= .279.
Jean Angomas CF- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .273.
Skyler Ewing 1B- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .247.
Sandro Fabian RF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(9).  BA= .258.

-Fabian is hitting .333 over his last 10 games and .371 for the month of August.

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Short Season  Vancouver Canadians beat the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 4-2:

Malique Ziegler CF- 1 for 3, BB.  BA= .276.
Ryan Kirby 1B- 3 for 3, BB.  BA= .284.
Logan Webb RHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 9/0.  ERA= 2.37.

I am bullish on Logan Webb who is just 20 yo.

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AZL  Giants blanked the Reds 1-0:

Ismael Munguia CF- 3 for 4, 2B.  BA= .353.
Diego Rincones RF- 1 for 3, 2B.  BA= .292.
Seth Corry LHP- 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 1.47.
Weilly Yan RHP- 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.32.
Keenan Bartlett RHP- 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.52.
Franklin Van Gurp RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 1.72.

-Love what Heliot Ramos and Jacob Gonzalez have accomplished in their pro debuts, but don't forget about Munguia and Rincones who are also teenagers playing well at an appropriate level.
-Corry had trouble finding the strike zone in his last start, but made a nice recovery here.

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DSL  Giants bested the Blue Jays 6-2(7 innings):

Franklin Labour 1B- 2 for 3, HR(5).  BA= .327.
Norwith Gudino RHP- 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.17.

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DSL  Giants smacked down the Blue Jays 7-0(7 innings):

Robinson Batista DH- 2 for 4, HR(1), SB(5).  BA= .353.
Alexander Canario CF/RF- 1 for 4, 3B.  BA= .292.
Franklin Labour 1B- 2 for 4, 2B, SB(12).  BA= .325.
Luis Alvarado C- 2 for 2, HBP.  BA= .234.
Francis Pena RHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 3.08.

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Jack Conlon the pitching prospect who failed the Orioles physical apparently also failed the Giants physical and several other MLB teams too and is headed to college at Texas A&M.