Thursday, May 3, 2018

Down on the Farm: 5/2/2018

AAA  Las Vegas 51's came from behind to top the Sacramento River Cats 6-5:

Orlando Calixte SS- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(3).  BA= .282.
Chris Shaw LF- 3 for 4, 2B, 2 HR(7).  BA= .263.
Hunter Pence RF- 2 for 4.  BA= .313.
Dereck Rodriguez RHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 4.26.

Huge game for Chris Shaw.  Heeeere comes Hunter Pence!

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AA  Altoona Curve edged out the Richmond Flying Squirrels 3-2 in 10 innings:

Dylan Davis LF- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .263.
Garrett Williams LHP- 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 4.03.
Ray Black RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 1.13.

Ray Black looks ready for a callup....to the Giants!  Yeah!  I just want to see the guy pitch at least 1 inning in the majors before his arm falls off.

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A+  San Jose Giants defeated the Visalia Rawhide 4-1:

Jalen Miller 2B- 3 for 5, 2 2B.  BA= .307.
Brandon Van Horn SS- 2 for 4.  BA= .219.
Logan Webb RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 1.06.
DJ Myers RHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 6.33.
Patrick Ruotolo RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, Save(3).  ERA= 0.79.

Jalen Miller is still only 21 years old.  All those AB's in the low minors seem to be finally paying off.  Logan Webb graduates to 4 innings.  Maybe the plan is to add an inning to his limit each month?

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Low A  Augusta Greenjackets beat the West Virginia Power 3-1:

Manuel Geraldo SS- 2 for 4, 2B, SB(5).  BA= .275.
Jose Marte RHP- 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 2.55.
SJ Gettman RHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.26.
Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 8.31.
Frank Rubio RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 1.35.

Sleeper watch on Jose Marte.  Camilo Doval has 6 scoreless appearances since 4/12.

13 comments:

  1. Ray Black was humming last night -- faced 6 batters, threw 27 pitches, the "other" out was a pop-up.
    He's given up 1 XBH, a double, in the the one "bad" game he had -- walked 2, gave up his only ER.
    Can he jump from AA to the majors? He'll be 28 next month, it's pretty much now or never, isn't it?

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  2. Anyone know who Keith Law projected as the Giants round 1 pick?

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    1. Not sure, but I think either Swaggerty or Bohm.

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    2. According to a blurb at MCC, Law has the Giants taking Singer.

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    3. ...and Keith Law pretty much hates Brady Singer, so if he thinks the Giants are going to take him #2 overall, that kind of hints at what he thinks of John Barr and the Giants drafting strategy.

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  3. Dereck Rodriguez has given up 2 HRs in each of his last 3 games in 5-6 IP per game (SLC, Sac, LV).
    PCL can be a tough place to pitch but he, Tyler Beede, and Casey Kelly have watched a lot of big flies which isn't going to play too well in AZ and Col or against "power" teams anywhere.
    Do you think Rodriguezcan overcome this tendency?

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    1. I basically pay no attention to HR's allowed in Reno, Las Vegas, Colorado Springs or Albuquerque. Those places make Coors Field seem like a pitcher's paradise.

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    2. Add Salt Lake City to that list.

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    3. One of his 2 HR parks was Raley Field (Sac) but that can play tough for pitchers sometimes

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    4. Just to be clear, I think Dereck Rodriguez is an extreme long shot to ever have a significant MLB career, but I wouldn't make too much of dinger rates in the PCL.

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  4. Sorry to rain on the parade, but who would we DFA in order to bring Black up? Unless Cueto turns out to be TJS, there is no other 60-day DL candidates.

    That said, I would love to see Black attack some hitters in the majors, see them get blown away (or walked...).

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    1. IDK, maybe Roberto Gomez? Chase Johnson? Okert? Osich? I would not shed too many tears if any of them got claimed by another team.

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    2. Osich seems obvious given the number of LHP and his struggles.

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