Down on the Farm: 8/19/2017

AAA  Sacramento River Cats cooled of the Albuquerque Isotopes 8-0:

Melvin Upton Jr CF- 2 for 5, HR(1).  BA= .268.
Conor Gillaspie 1B- 3 for 5.  BA= .299.
Mac Williamson RF- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .243.
Chris Shaw LF- 1 for 4, BB.  BA= .286.
Jae-Gyun Hwang 3B- 2 for 4, HR(9).  BA= .291.
Trevor Brown C- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .169.
Casey Kelly RHP- 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 4.47.
Dusten Knight RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.98.
Reyes Maronta RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 3.48.

-Kelly has been hot and cold but the talent and tools are still there.
-Do the Giants try to keep Hwang around for next year?  It's unclear to me if they control his contract or if he is a FA at the end of the season.

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels outscored the Akron Rubber Ducks 9-7(completion of suspended game from 8/18):

NTSH

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels blanked the Akron Rubber Ducks 2-0(7 innings):

Dan Slania RHP- 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 3.54.

-Was this Slania's best appearance of the season?

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High A  San Jose Giants outlasted the Visalia Rawhide 8-7(10 innings):

Jonah Arenado 3B- 3 for 4, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .271.
Gio Brusa LF- 2 for 4, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .236.
Ronnie Jebavy CF- 3 for 4, HR(2), BB, SB(11).  BA= .256.
Drew Muren RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Caleb Simpson RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 4.45.

-Jonah Arenado is so hot, he might be the cause of Global Warming!

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Low A  Charleston River Dogs shut out the Augusta Greenjackets 5-0:

NTSH.

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Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes buried the Hillsboro Hops 6-0:

Malique Ziegler CF- 1 for 4, BB, SB(24).  BA= .272.
Orlando Garcia 2B- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .295.
Rob Calabrese C- 2 for 3, 3B.  BA= .278.
Stetson Woods RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.26.
Alejandro De La Rosa RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.57.
Aaron Phillips 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 4.35.
John Russell RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.00.

-Not sure why Woods came out after just 3 IP.

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AZL  Giants pounded the A's 10-5:

Heliot Ramos CF- 2 for 3, 2B, 3B, 2 BB, SB(10).  BA= .346.
Jacob Gonzalez 3B- 2 for 5.  BA= .349.
Diego Rincones RF- 3 for 5, 2 2B. BA= .315.
Ricardo Genoves C- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .261.
Francisco Medina SS- 2 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .216.
Miguel Figueroa RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 4.68.

-Before you dump all over the Giants farm system, John Barr and Bobby Evans, ask yourself if you can remember a time when they had so many promising teenagers in Arizona.

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DSL  Orioles topped the Giants 5-4:

Luigi Pichardo RF- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .286.
Francis Pena RHP- 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 3.02.
Oliver Pinto RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.81.