minor lines, 9/2/08

by steve S on Sep 3, 2008 9:00 AM PDT

AAA: Fresno finished its season on Monday with a 67-76 W-L record
(15.5 games behind Sacramento in its division)

AA: Connecticut finished its season on Monday with a 68-73 W-L record
(18.5 games behind Trenton in its division)

A+: San Jose finishes its regular season on Monday with an 85-55 W-L record
(after the best record in the league in both halves, they have a bye in the first round of the playoffs)

Giants on Cal League leaderboards:
--Hitters:
AVG: Downs: 11th
SLG: Downs 7th
OPS: Downs 9th
AB: Felmy 11th
HR: Downs 10th
3B: McBryde 11th
2B: D'Alessio 10th
H: Felmy 9th
TB: Downs 11th
SO: D'Alessio 3rd
RBI: D'Alessio 10th
SB: Graham 2nd, McBryde 9th
CS: Graham 2nd, Downs 4th, McBryde 7th
--Pitchers:
ERA: Alderson 1st, Pucetas 2nd, English 4th, Tanner 6th
WHIP: Alderson 1st, Pucetas 2nd, English 6th
K: English 3rd, Alderson 4th
IP: Alderson 7th
BB: English 8th
W: Alderson 3rd, English 3rd, Pucetas 6th, Tanner 6th
Sv: Otero 5th, Wilding 9th

A-: Augusta finished its regular season on Monday with an 88-50 W-L record
(They had the best overall record in the league and won their division in the second half. Their playoff series begins tonight.)

GreenJackets on SAL leaderboards:
--Hitters:
HR: Villalona 12th
3B: Noonan 3rd, Baker 3rd
2B: Villalona 11th
H: Noonan 11th
TB: Noonan 13th
BB: Jordan 4th
SO: Simmons 10th
AB: Noonan 10th
RBI: Neal 11th
R: Noonan 11th
SB: Jordan 7th
CS Jordan 6th
--Pitchers:
ERA: Bumgarner 1st, Brewer 5th, Clark 12th
WHIP: Bumgarner 1st, Clark 2nd, Brewer 9th, Odle 11th
K: Bumgarner 1st
IP: Bumgarner 8th
H: Odle 6th
G: DeLaGarza 4th
W: Bumgarner 1st, Odle 11th, Brewer 11th
Sv: Otero 6th, DeLaGarza 13th

ssA: Salem-Keizer defeated Vancouver 3-0
(maintaining their one game lead with one game to play and clinching their division title since they own the tiebreaker over Eugene)

Salem-Keizer: C Buster Posey: 0 for 3, BB, E
Salem-Keizer: RF Francisco Peguero: 1 for 3, 3B, 2 SO

Salem-Keizer: RHP Mike Loree: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K--1 WP, 1 E
Salem-Keizer: LHP Aaron King: 0.1 IP, 1 K
Salem-Keizer: RHP Edwin Quirarate: 1.1 IP, 4 K

The Volcanoes' offense was limited to four hits, a walk and a hit batter, with no one reaching base twice. Peguero's 4th triple was the only XBH for either team. Posey drew one of only two walks in the game. Posey and Peguero and other regulars may not even be present for tonight's season finale, as a fair number of the team may be on an early bus to Spokane, where the NWL championship series begins on Thursday.)

Loree pitched six scoreless innings to improve his ERA to 2.44. King and Quirarte struck out all five batters batters they faced and stranded two inherited runners in the 8th inning to preserve the shutout.

R: Giants won the league championship on Sunday

DSL: Game 1 of Giants at Nationals was postponed by rain

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Pitching Triple Crown!

Make me proud again Hen

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Sep 3, 2008 9:13 AM PDT 0 recs

word

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 3, 2008 9:27 AM PDT up 0 recs

Add in WHIP and it’s a quadruple crown.

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Sep 3, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up 0 recs

What do folks think will happen to D’Alessio next season? I’m personally done with him.

Billy Hayes: His job is better than yours.

by delorean on Sep 3, 2008 9:14 AM PDT 0 recs

I think he'll play winter ball somewhere (hawaii, perhaps?)

and depending on that goes he’ll either stay at SJ or move to AA.

by joe t on Sep 3, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up 0 recs

He’ll float around the lower levels for awhile.

Michael Ambort: Dude hits TATERS.
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 3, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

A+ pitching note: had he stayed in Augusta all season, Daryl Maday would have likely joined MadBum, Brewer, Clark, and Odle at the top of the league pitching stats.

I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. - Bob Lemon, 1981

by Lyle on Sep 3, 2008 10:04 AM PDT 0 recs

SJ uber pwnage!

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Sep 3, 2008 10:08 AM PDT 0 recs

SJ Giants is teh awesome

Adopted brother of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on Sep 3, 2008 10:26 AM PDT up 0 recs

Villalona's improvement

in August: .308/.363/.529
Since the all star break: .286/.328/.455

by superk1ng on Sep 3, 2008 10:50 AM PDT 0 recs

From BP Yesterday

Angel Villalona, 1B, Low-A Augusta (Giants)

This was probably not the best year to be a young hitter in the South Atlantic League; with the performances by Montero, Stanton, and many others, it was easy to be overlooked. Just 17 years old for most of the season, Villalona’s mediocre performance had him getting passed by for good reason, but with his size, swing, and age, most scouts remain quite high on him, and he finished the year strong, going 6-for-11 with a pair of home runs in his last three games of the season and hitting .308/.363/.529 in August. If Montero was as young as most of this year’s high school draftees, Villalona is as young as most of next year’s group, and despite an overall line of .263/.312/.435, he remains an excellent prospect.

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Sep 3, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

Big V season even more impressive

in essence it was really his JUNIOR year of high school.

by wilriv21 on Sep 3, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

Works for me.

Angel Villalona: Rush Fan? Probably.

by AngelintheInfield on Sep 3, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

Hopefully Big V doesn’t get any bigger.

by flyonthewall on Sep 3, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

He will be Frank Thomas big.

"Don't trust anyone under the age of 30" - Brian Sabean

by Smotheredinhugs on Sep 4, 2008 6:46 AM PDT up 0 recs

Years ago MLB attempted to have to what amounted to a spring training tournament in Las Vegas. Believe four teams where invited, however,it was washed away due to a rainy weekend. My buddy and I just finished taking our lumps off the craps tables and were commiserating with a midnight buffet when I noticed this hulk of a man sitting a few tables over. Turned to my buddy and said “That is Frank Thomas”. My buddy, who is 6’3" and about 225lbs says “He ain’t so big”. I laughed. A few minutes later Thomas and his crew finish their meal and walk out and my buddy then says “He is huge. He looks like a football player”.

by wilriv21 on Sep 4, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up 0 recs

On second thought

the 2008 season was really his SENIOR high school season. Big V is one year younger than Madison Bumgarner and we all know how Bummy dominated the Sally League.

by wilriv21 on Sep 4, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up 0 recs

San Jose First Basemen

D’Alessio wasn’t San Jose’s #1 first baseman this year. Mostly Dhed. Good hitter who really got into a funk the end of the season. Nowhere else to put him and not too good on the bases, either.

by flyonthewall on Sep 3, 2008 5:33 PM PDT 0 recs