Down on the Farm: 8/12/2019

AAA  Nashville Sounds edged out the Sacramento River Cats 3-2:

Mauricio Dubon SS- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .293.
Zach Green 3B- 1 for 4, HR(25).  BA= .286.
Chris Shaw DH- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .295.
Logan Webb RHP- 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 9/2.  ERA= 1.29.

Just a wild guess:  I'm gonna say Logan Webb's next start is in a San Francisco Giants uniform.  You can't have a much better AAA tune-up start than this and as several commenters have observed, the Giants are in dire straights for starting pitching.

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels were idle.

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A+  San Jose Giants were idle.

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A  Greenville Drive outscored the Augusta Greenjackets 6-5:

Simon Whiteman 2B- 1 for 4, BB, SB(7).  BA= .277.
Tyler Fitzgerald SS- 1 for 3, BB, SB(1).  BA= .333.
Logan Wyatt 1B- 0 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .000.
Jacob Gonzalez LF- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .236.

Three new arrivals in the lineup for the GJ's:  SS Tyler Fitzgerald, 1B Logan Wyatt and 3B Sean Roby.  Jacob Gonzalez gets bumped to LF to make room for Wyatt and Roby in the IF.  Gotta wonder if Jacob hangs around for next season after his second underwhelming stint in Augusta.

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Short Season  Tri-City Dust Devils blanked the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 2-0:

Hunter Bishop CF- 0 for 2, 2 BB, SB(6).  BA= .215.
Travis Perry RHP- 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 3.47.
Tyler Shimpf RHP- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 1.11.
Preston Tucker RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 1.35.

Hunter Bishop's excellent adventure in walks continues.  That .215 BA comes with a .416 OBP and just a .323 SLG%.  That's Brandon Belt on steroids!......or not.  Ha ha!  Maybe the Bishop Wars are coming down the pike?

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Rookie AZL  Giants Orange crushed the Giants Black 15-4:

Orange:

Abdiel Layer 2B- 3 for 5, 2 2B, HR(4), SB(4).  BA= .286.
Edison Mora SS- 3 for 5, 2 2B.  BA= .258.
Jesus Gomez LHP- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 3.89.

Huge line for Abdiel Layer.  Edison Mora's 3'rd multi-hit game in a row.  Jesus Gomez is one of the promising LHP's who graduated from the DSL this season.  This was his second scoreless start in a row with 16 K's in 10.1 IP, 3 BB.

Black:

Jean Pena 3B- 2 for 4.  BA= .202.
Trevor McDonald RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Trevor McDonald makes his pro debut.  He was drafted out of Mississippi HS in the 11'th round this year.  The Giants worked hard to get him an overslot deal.  He appears to have, by far, the highest ceiling of any pitcher in the Giants 2019 draft.

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DSL  Colorado defeated the Giants 6-2:

Luis Matos CF- 1 for 3, 2B, BB, SB(18).  BA= .355.
Ronaldo Flores 1B- 2 for 4.  BA= .329.

Someone asked about a perceived discrepancy between published scouting reports on Luis Matos and his performance.  First a couple of comments:  1.  You will rarely, if ever, find a player graded above 50 from rookie leagues. It's just too hard to project 17 and 18 yo bodies.  2.  International signing agreements usually go down when the kid is as young as 13 or 14.  Once the verbal agreement is in place, the organization does everything in their power to prevent the player from being formally scouted for obvious reasons.  Thus, reliable scouting reports are extremely difficult to find before the player actually starts playing in official games.

My own scouting report on Matos is quite bullish.  In addition to his exciting numbers, on video he has a tall, lean whip-like body with long, loose limbs and wiry strength.  At the same time, the frame looks solid enough to add muscle mass as he gets older.  Love this kid!