minor lines, 9/14/09

by steve S on Sep 15, 2009 8:37 AM PDT in They Might Be Giants

Only one Giants' affiliate was in post-season action last night, with San Jose losing. The most notable individual highlight was Thomas Neal having three hits.

AAA: Fresno ended its season on Labor Day

AA: Connecticut had an off-day in between its two playoff series
(The Defenders host Akron in game 1 of the best-of-five championship series tonight.)

Defenders on Eastern League leaderboards in selected stats:
--Hitters:
AVG: Bond 1st, Pill 6th, Boyer 9th, Martinez-Esteve 10th
OBP: Bond 1st, Martinez-Esteve 13th
SLG: Pill 4th
OPS: Bond 3rd, Pill 6th
HR: Pill 4th
2B: Pill 3rd, Martinez-Esteve 8th
H: Pill 3rd, Bond 4th
BB: Bond 5th
SO: (none--Crawford led team with 100)
AB: Pill 2nd
RBI: Pill 1st
R: Bond 2nd, Pill 7th
SB: McByrde 13th
--Pitchers:
ERA: Maday 13th
WHIP: Maday 13th
K: (none--Snyder and Griffin tied for team lead with 86)
IP: Maday 13th
BB: English 5th
G: Paterson 3rd, Yourkin 7th, Griffin 11th
W: Bumgarner 9th
L: (none--Griffin and English tied for team lead with 7)
Sv: Otero 3rd, Paterson 13th

A+: San Jose lost to Bakersfield 7-3
(allowing six runs in first two innings of game 3, but still lead best-of-five semifinals series 2-1)

San Jose: CF Darren Ford: 2 for 4, BB, SB
San Jose: LF Thomas Neal: 3 for 5
San Jose: RF Francisco Peguero: 2 for 4, 2B, BB
San Jose: 3B Conor Gillaspie: 1 for 4, 2B, BB, SO

San Jose: LHP Eric Surkamp: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K--2 HR
San Jose: RHP Oliver Odle: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 K
San Jose: LHP Ryan Verdugo: 1.0 IP, 2 K

After oh-fers in his first two playoff games, Neal paced the Giants' offense in their third playoff game, this time collecting three of their ten hits. Ford and Peguero had the Giants' other multi-hit lines as both hitters also reached base three times. Peguero has a .400 AVG through three post-season games. Gillaspie added a double and a walk.

Surkamp, who had a 3.30 ERA in 23 Sally League starts this year, did not fare well in his Cal League debut. Odle, whose regular season ERA was above 5.25, provided effective long relief with 4.0 scoreless IP. Verdugo had 2 K in a perfect 7th inning in his Cal League debut.

A-: Augusta ended its season on Labor Day

ssA: Salem-Keizer won the NWL championship series on September 10

R: Giants lost AZL championship game on August 31

DSL: The Gigantes finished their DSL championship series sweep on August 31

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owch Surkamp.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster

by jponry on Sep 15, 2009 10:25 AM PDT reply actions

lolkamp

Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Sep 15, 2009 11:18 AM PDT reply actions

Brock and Brett

Great job, Brock Bond and Brett Pill. Good luck tonight to all of the Connecticut Defenders!!

by flyonthewall on Sep 15, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions

I really like the promotions of Jonny Monell, Josh Mazzola, and Francisco Peguero for the playoffs. And Ari Ronick, for that matter. A little test at the end of the year can be a good thing, especially in determining where they are assigned next year.

Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005. And winner of the 2012 NL Fireman of the Year Award!

by Lyle on Sep 15, 2009 12:51 PM PDT reply actions

Of the "toolsey" prospects in the system

is Perguero the best bet to make it, given his defense and speed?

Still the loving, adoptive father of Hector Sanchez. And who doesn't love switch-hitting catchers with power and patience?

by tedfordfan on Sep 15, 2009 1:22 PM PDT reply actions

Peguero seems to be semi patient at the plate, and has very good speed, defense, and a great throwing arm. I’m quite intrigued to see him more often next season.

Awaiting his arrival in SF: Jesse English

by henwo on Sep 15, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions

I like him too

But I can’t agree with your “semi patient” characterization. 8 walks in 315 ABs screams no patience. It seems the best we can hope for is that he’s a bad-ball contact machine in the mold of Panda. His high average and relatively low K rate (about 16%) this year do give us a concrete reason to believe in it. His great progress in cutting down his K rate this year by almost 50% is also another hopeful sign, although he did have to repeat leagues this year in order to achieve it. His low OBP doesn’t bode well for his future as a lead-off man, and his low SLG would seem to relegate him to the bottom of the order even in our anemic lineup.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

by Fla-Giant on Sep 15, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions

No clutch hits

SJ puts 20 runners on base (10 hits, 8 walks and 2 errors), but can only score 3 runs. That’s > 2.2 runners per inning on average! It seems they’ve come down with the same disease as the big club when it comes to knocking in runners on base.

"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner

by Fla-Giant on Sep 15, 2009 6:11 PM PDT reply actions