AAA: Tacoma Rainiers defeated the Sacramento River Cats 8-3.
Heliot Ramos RF- 1 for 4, SB(2). BA= .195.
Kevin Padlo 1B- 1 for 4, HR(8). BA= .240.
Sean Hjelle RHP- 5.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 1 BB, 6 K's, GO/AO= 7/2. ERA= 6.97.
Funny how often minor league results mirror majors. Hjelle was great for 4 innings then gave up 3 runs in the 5'th and another 2 in the 6'th before being lifted.
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AA: Altoona Curve crushed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 12-2.
Michael Gigliotti CF- 2 for 4, SB(9), BB. BA= .236.
Brandon Martorano C- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .202.
Armani Smith LF- 1 for 4. BA= .143.
Armani Smith started the season red hot in A+ Eugene, but his BA dropped to .233 there before his promotion to Richmond. Not sure a .233 BA in Eugene is indicative of being ready for Richmond and the AA EL.
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A+: Spokane Indians edged out the Eugene Emeralds 1-0(10 innings).
Nick Swiney LHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.80.
Ty Weber RHP- 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's, GO/AO= 8/3. ERA= 3.33.
Maybe it's the rainy weather and lots of postponed and cancelled games but hitting has been a increasing struggle for the Ems.
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A: Inland Empire 66'ers outscored the San Jose Giants 11-8:
Grant McCray CF- 2 for 5, 3B. BA= .317.
Aeverson Arteaga SS- 2 for 5, HR(5). BA= .254.
Vaun Brown DH- 2 for 4, 2 SB(12). BA= .328.
Andre Sugastey C- 2 for 3, HR(2). BA= .231.
Yorlis Rodriguez 3B- 2 for 4, 2 HR(3). BA= .280.
Matt Mikulski LHP- 3 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 0 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 5.96.
Jose Cruz RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 3.48.
Trevor McDonald RHP- 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 9 K's. ERA= 2.70.
I attended this game. Here are some of my impressions:
Grant McCray looked very fast running out the triple. He made a terrible throw from CF which left the impression he may not have the strongest arm in the OF.
Aeverson Arteaga is on the small side but packs a punch at the plate. Didn't get to see him make many plays at SS.
Vaun Brown has great size for a guy who can move that fast. The top 3 hitters in the Giants lineup, McCray, Arteaga and Brown had 2 hits each with a cumulative 3B, HR and 2 SB.
Mikulski had a disappointing start. FB topped out at 90 MPH. Seemed to throw a lot of breaking pitches, curves, sliders, cutters. Struggled with command.
Jose Cruz was painting the corners with 98 MPH heat and inducing swings and misses on sliders out of the zone.
Trevor McDonald looked like his pitching line. Great stuff with a FB that sat 93-95 MPH and a sharp breaking ball but got knocked around for reasons that were not entirely clear. Maybe the FB is a bit on the straight side?
I absolutely LOVE the new strict pace-of-play rules in the minor leagues. They cannot get to MLB fast enough! Even though there were a total of 19 runs scored in this game, it was played in 2 hours and 30 min. Started at 7 and I got to see the whole game without worrying about how tired I'd be at work tomorrow.
Not to overreact to Heliot because he looked solid in his few ABs in the majors, but based on his last few years he doesn't jump off the page as a guy. Closer to 4th OFer then difference maker IMO
ReplyDeleteRamos ceiling is probably more solid player than star, but he's still on the young side for the level. The Giants can afford to give him a full season's worth of AAA PA's to develop the bat.
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