Sunday, April 28, 2019

Down on the Farm: 4/28/2019

AAA  Tacoma Rainiers topped the Sacramento River Cats 4-3:

Austin Slater 2B- 1 for 2, 2 BB, SB(3).  BA= .286.
Steven Vogt C- 1 for 3, HR(3), BB.  BA= .231.
Zach Green 3B- 1 for 2, HR(5), 2 BB.  BA= .297.
Shaun Anderson RHP- 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 9 K's, GO/AO= 4/0.  ERA= 4.01.
Pat Venditte RHP/LHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 1.93.

Austin Slater seems to have taken Farhan's memo about plate discipline to heart.  OBP= .467.  A QS with dominant peripheral numbers from Shaun Anderson who has had 4 good Starts out of 5.

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AA Altoona Curve stopped the Richmond Flying Squirrels 8-6:

Chris Shaw LF- 1 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .268.
Jalen Miller 2B- 2 for 4, HR(4), BB.  BA= .258.
Ryan Howard SS- 1 for 3, 2 BB.  BA= .197.
Heath Quinn RF- 2 for 5.  BA= .169.
Hamlet Marte C- 1 for 5, HR(1).  BA= .154.

Jalen Miller had been slumping(along with most of the Squirrels hitters).  Hopefully this breaks out of that.  Heath Quinn is 5 for 13 over his last 3 games.

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A+  Stockton Ports defeated the San Jose Giants 3-2:

Bryce Johnson CF- 1 for 3, BB, SB(5).  BA= .202.
Matt Frisbee RHP- 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 6.75.

Matt Frisbee gets the promo from Augusta.  Probably pitches well enough to get another look.  Bad news for Giants prospect watchers:  Heliot Ramos will miss 4-6 weeks with a LCL knee sprain.  Ugh!

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A  Augusta Greenjackets blanked the Delmarva Shorebirds 3-0:

Ismael Munguia LF- 2 for 5.  BA= .347.
Aaron Bond RF- 0 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .194.
Wander Franco 2B- 1 for 4, HR(3).  BA= .163.
Jesus Ozoria RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, GO/AO= 6/2.  ERA= 0.00.
Solomon Bates RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 3.60.
Franklin Van Gurp RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's, Save(1).  ERA= 4.50.

In case you had forgotten, Jesus Ozoria is the 20 yo pitching prospect acquired when Farhan flipped C Tom Murphy to the Mariners at the end of spring training.  Ozoria makes his full season debut after 2 years in the DSL, an aggressive placement.

2 comments:

  1. Slater should move to SF before Mac

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    1. In addition to the drastic increase in BB, Slater is showing position flexibility. He has played LF, RF, 1B, 2B, and 3B so far. He played CF in the past, so can probably be the 3rd CF on the 25-man. If he is really adjusting his swing, his power numbers may see some modest increase eventually as well. He is certainly interesting.

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