Down on the Farm: 7/18/2019

AAA  Salt Lake City Bees swarmed over the Sacramento River Cats 9-6:

Steven Duggar CF- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .345.
Joey Rickard LF- 3 for 5, 2B.  BA= .412.
Zach Green 3B- 1 for 5, HR(23).  BA= .302.
Brandon Beachy RHP- 5.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 10.13.
Ray Black RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.95.

Brandon Beachy's comeback attempt reaches AAA.  SLC is a tough place to make that transition.

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AA  Erie Seawolves blanked the Richmond Flying Squirrels 3-0:

Chase Johnson RHP= 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 5.18.

Ryder Jones double with 2 outs in the 8'th inning spoiled a no-hitter for Spenser Watkins and was the Squirrels only hit of the night.

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A+  San Jose Giants defeated the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 6-1:

Heliot Ramos CF- 2 for 3, 2B, BB, SB(5).  BA= .314.
Joey Bart C- 2 for 4, 2 HR. BA= .271.
David Villar 1B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .261.
Brandon Van Horn 3B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .219.
Jose Marte RHP- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 4.99.
Luis Amaya LHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Joey Bart says "take that, Billy Hayes!"  Heliot just keeps rolling in his remarkable age 19 season.  Encouraging start for Jose Marte and Luis Amaya makes his A+ debut.

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A  Augusta Greenjackets edged out the Greensboro Grasshoppers 2-1:

Seth Corry LHP- 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 2.09.

Seth Corry is turning this into a breakout season that just keeps getting better.  He seems to be putting his command/control problems behind him with just 3 walks in 22.2 IP over his last 4 Starts.

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Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes topped the Boise Hawks 2-1:

Hunter Bishop CF- 0 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .333.
Ricardo Genoves C- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .284.
Jesus Ozoria RHP- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 3.49.
Deiyerbert Bolivar LHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 0.82.
Clay Helvey RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 6.64.

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Rookie AZL  Giants Orange beat the Mariners 7-4:

Luis Toribio 3B- 4 for 4, 2B, 3B, BB.  BA= .348.
Connor Cannon DH- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .329.
Logan Wyatt 1B- 0 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .241.
Patrick Hilson CF- 1 for 4, 2 SB(9).  BA= .206.
Najee Gaskins RF- 0 for 2, 2 BB, 3 SB(7).  BA= .280.
Andrew Caraballo 2B- 2 for 4, SB(3).  BA= .250.
Nick Morreale RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.25.
Julio Rodriguez RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Marco Gonzalez LHP- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's, Save(1).  ERA= 0.98.

Luis Toribio's hit tool seems to be for real.  Julio Rodriguez, who is reputed to have off-the-charts spin rate on his curveball makes his 2019 debut.

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Rookie AZL  Giants Black outslugged the White Sox 12-10:

Ghordy Santos 2B- 3 for 4, BB, 2 SB(7).  BA= .321.
Jairo Pomares RF- 4 for 5, 2B, 3B, HR(2).  BA= .395.
Carter Aldrete DH- 1 for 5, HR(1).  BA= .255.
Bryan Hernandez LF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(1), BB.  BA= .286.
Cesar Gonzalez C- 2 for 4.  BA= .125.
Jasier Herrera RHP- 5.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 1.91.

Jairo Pomares hits for the cycle.  The 3-headed monster of Marco Luciano, Pomares and Luis Matos the Giants signed last year are looking mighty impressive.  We haven't seen that much of Bryan Hernandez but when we have, he's been quite good.  He mostly walked a lot last year but is showing better all-around hitting this year.

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DSL  Tigers2 2 touchdowns and a field goal got the better of the Giants touchdown and 2 FG's 17-13:

Luis Matos CF- 4 for 5, 2B, 2 SF, SB(12).  BA= .366.
Victor Bericoto 1B(17 yo)- 4 for 5, 2B, 2 SB(6).  BA= .321.
Rayner Santana C(16 yo)- 1 for 4, 2 BB, SB(1).  BA= .283.
Jose Peralta 3B(17 yo)- 2 for 5, 2B, HBP.  BA= .282.
Diego Verbel 2B(16 yo)- 2 for 4, 2 BB, SB(3).  BA= .247.
Roberto Monegro SS(17 yo)- 1 for 3, 3 BB.  BA= .248.

Not sure what to add here.  Luis Matos is clearly playing at too low a level.