Down on the Farm: 6/17/2018

AAA  New Orleans Baby Cakes blanked the Sacramento River Cats 3-0:

Mike Connolly RHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 9/4.  ERA= 0.00.
Tyler Beede RHP- 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K, HBP, 2 WP.  ERA= 7.10.
Manny Parra LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.55.

Mike Connolly gets the promotion from AA.  His AA line was 3-2, 3.99, 38.1 IP, 14 BB, 38 K, GO/AO= 1.32.  He was the 27'th round draft pick out of Univ. of Maine in 2013.  It took him awhile to get out of short season ball but finally worked a full season for Augusta in 2016 with a 3.05 ERA over. 135.2 IP.  His results last year in the hitter-friendly Cal League were not as good with a 4.85 ERA in 94.2 IP.  I've never read a scouting report on Connolly, but from his minor league record, I would guess his stuff is similar to Chris Heston and he's a guy who an be effective when his command is on with a ceiling of 5'th starter in MLB.  Another rough game for Tyler Beede who made a relief appearance.

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AA  Harrisburg Senators outscored the Richmond Flying Squirrels 6-5:

Luigi Rodriguez RF- 1 for 5, HR(6).  BA= .362.
Miguel Gomez 2B- 3 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .304.

Luigi! and Miguel Gomez were the only two players in the Squirrels starting lineup hitting over .250.

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A+  San Jose Giants defeated the Visalia Rawhide 7-1:

Wander Franco 3B- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .294.
Heath Quinn DH- 2 for 3, HR(4), BB.  BA= .344.
John Riley 1B- 2 for 3, 2 2B, BB.  BA= .368.
Brandon Van Horn SS- 1 for 4, HR(4).  BA= .221.
Raffi Vizcaino RHP- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 4.55.
Nolan Riggs RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.03.

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Low A  Augusta Greenjackets outlasted the Asheville Tourists 5-4 in 10 innings:

Heliot Ramos CF- 1 for 4, 2B, BB, SB(4).  BA= .243.
Shane Matheny 2B- 2 for 4, HR(4), BA= .230.
Tyler Brown LF- 3 for 3, 2 2B.  BA= .219.
Jason Bahr RHP- 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 9 K's.  ERA= 2.75.

Heliot Ramos has a 6 game hit streak with an XBH in each of his last 5 games, all doubles.  He is 9 for 24(.375) in that span.  3 of his 4 SB's have come in his last 4 games.

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Short Season  Tri-Cities Dust Devils blew away the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 11-0:

Jesus Tona RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Looking at the S-K roster, things may be a bit rough until reinforcements from the draft start arriving.

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DSL  Giants were idle as usual on Sundays.