Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Down on the Farm: 5/22/2018

AAA  Las Vegas 51's outscored the Sacramento River Cats 10-7:

Mac Williamson LF- 2 for 4.  BA= .444.
Austin Slater CF- 2 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .396.
Hunter Pence RF- 2 for 4, HR(1), BB.  BA= .319.
Ryder Jones 3B- 1 for 5, HR(3).  BA= 276.
Dylan Rheault RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.
Ray Black RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 8.44.

Can Austin Slater play CF?  He can't be any worse defensively than what the Giants have out there now, right?  Hunter Pence's first dinger on his rehab/retool assignment was a grand slam in the 3'rd inning.  Dylan Rheault has a successful AAA debut.  Free Ray Black!

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Binghampton Mets postponed by rain.

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A+  Modesto Nuts crushed the San Jose Giants 12-1:

Wander Franco 3B- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .306.
Jacob Heyward LF- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .273.
Caleb Baragar LHP- 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 5.87.

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Low A  Augusta Greenjackets vs Charleston RiverDogs postponed by rain.

3 comments:

  1. MCC had a really angry feature article last night lambasting Giants management for the mishandling of the team roster with special emphasis on the treatment of the young OF's. I agree - Slater is 2nd in the PCL in batting. Mac W. seems to have recovered from his concussion symptoms - and yet we find these two in AAA. Very frustrating to watch this spectacle.

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  2. On a bad day for the organization, the SJ Giants lost even worse than the AF Giants! Although the 'Cats were outscored, their OFers continue to BANG! Could that 3-some -- Pence, Slater, and Williamson -- be better than SFs OF? And no, Slater could not be worse than Jackson/Hernandez/Blanco, AND he has the chance to get BETTER!
    Moses, you're the stats wizard supreme: who has the worst major league OF so far in 2018?

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    1. Trey Mancini, LF Baltimore, is pretty bad.

      Statcast Catch Probability: -8
      Also, defensive bWAR: -1.2

      Those numbers project out super ugly.

      Giants in question:

      AJax: Catch Probability: -2 Def bWAR: -0.8

      Blanco: Catch Probability: 0 Def bWAR: -0.4

      Gorkys: Catch Probability: 1 Def bWAR: -0.2

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