Thursday, September 3, 2026

Down on the Farm: 9/2/2026

 AAA:  Sacramento River Cats tamed the Salt Lake City Bees 3-1.

Will Brennan LF- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .313.
Charlie Szykowny 1B- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .313.
Joe Whitman LHP- 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 4.23.

The Cats trailed 1-0 until Charlie Szykowny's walk-off 3-run HR in the 9'th inning.  Since moving back into the rotation after a very odd 6-week bullpen stint, Joe Whitman's line is 0-1, 2.25, 24 IP, 3 BB, 21 K's.  He is Rule 5 eligible this fall.  

AA:  Akron Rubber Ducks sank the Richmond Flying Squirrels 13-4.

Sabin Ceballos DH- 2 for 4, HR(17).  BA= .227.
Miguel Mendez RHP- 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 4.00.  

Ceballos is 10 for 28(.357) with 3 HR's over his last 8 games.

A+:  Hillsoboro Hops topped the Eugene Emeralds 5-2.

Jhonny Level SS- 1 for 4, BB, SB(14).  BA= .304.
Jose Ortiz CF- 2 for 4.  BA= .146.
Jose Ramos LF- 1 for 2, HR(2), 2 BB, SB(13).  BA= .293.

A:  Fresno Grizzlies defeated the San Jose Giants 6-2.

Andy Polanco CF- 4 for 4, SB(37).  BA= .289.
Ricardo Estrada LHP- 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 4.12.

1 comment:

  1. Ceballos falls in line with the types minor league players who generally don’t find success in MLB. The ones with lower avengers who strike out a lot but have some power. Kyle Haines has spoken in interviews about those types of players vs players on the minors who do a better job controlling the strike zone with higher averages, lower strike outs and better K/BB ratios. Apparently those types of players are more likely to develop some power later on in the majors as opposed to low batting average/high strikeout power hitting minor leagues getting better at hitting for average in the bigs

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