Down on the Farm: 6/15/2019

AAA  Sacramento River Cats outscored the Iowa Cubs 7-6(10 innings):

Austin Slater CF- 1 for 3, 2 HBP.  BA= .289.
Chris Shaw LF- 3 for 5, Assist(3B).  BA= .326.
Abiatal Avelino SS- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(5).  BA= 286.
Conner Menez LHP- 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 10 K's.  ERA= 4.09.
Ray Black RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.60.

Conner Menez has 19 K's in 11 IP in his two AAA starts.  He hit a speed bump in the fourth inning allowing 3 2B, HR, BB, IBB.  Take out that inning and his line would be 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K's.

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AA  New Hampshire Fisher Cats downed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 7-6:

Johneshwy Fargas CF- 2 for 5, HR(3).  BA= .247.
Brandon Beachy RHP- 6 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 4.56.

K/BB looks great for Brandon Beachy who is on the comeback trail.

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A+  San Jose Giants pounded the Visalia Rawhide 10-2:

Bryce Johnson RF- 2 for 5, 3B.  BA= .259.
Heliot Ramos CF- 1 for 5, SF.  BA= .305.
Courtney Hawkins DH- 3 for 4, 2 2B.  BA= .247.
David Villar 3B- 1 for 1, 2B, 4 BB.  BA= .255.
Manuel Geraldo SS- 3 for 5.  BA= .192.
Zander Clarke 1B- 3 for 4, BB.  BA= .192.
Casey Meisner RHP- 5.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 2.36.

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A  Rome Braves edged out the Augusta Greenjackets 3-2:

Keith Weisenberg RHP- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 7/1.  ERA= 3.86.

Keith Weisenberg has intriguing size at 6'5", 195 lbs. Scouts seem to think he has a high ceiling but has struggled with a subpar K/BB.  Curious that ATL just let him go so quickly(drafted in Round 14 in 2017 out of Stanford).  Nice project for the guys from Driveline.

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Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes outlasted the Boise Hawks 5-4(10 innings):

Simon Whiteman SS- 2 for 5.  BA= .400.
Sean Roby 3B- 1 for 4, SF.  BA= .200.
Franklin Labour RF- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .400.
Yorlis Rodriguez DH- 1 for 3, 3B, HBP.  BA= .250.
Kwan Adkins LF- 1 for 4, 2 SB(2).  BA= .222.
Jacob Lopez LHP- 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Cooper Casad RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 0.00.
Bryce Tucker LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Let's see:  No hits, no walks, no HBP, no E.  I believe that's 5 perfect innings for Jacob Lopez to start his 2019 season.  He's a 26 round draft pick last year out of JC ball.  Nice size at 6'4", 220 lbs.  Put up a nice line in rookie ball last summer:  1-1, 1.42, 25.1 IP, 6 BB, 34 K.  Kind of a sleeper in the system.

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DSL  Royals2 dominated the Giants 9-3:

Luis Matos CF(17 yo)- 2 for 4, SB(4).  BA= .325.
Luis Castillo LHP(16 yo)- 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.50.

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Reality Check(Part 2):  The Yankees acquired Edwin Encarnacion from the Mariners, who has hit 21 dingers so far in 2019, for RHP prospect Juan Then.  Then was ranked as the #31 prospect in the Yankees system by Fangraphs.  That should tell you something about the midseason trade market and it's not good news for Farhan Zaidi and the Giants.