minor lines, 4/24/10
by steve S on Apr 25, 2010 3:18 PM PDT
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PrintSaturday highlights from the Giants' farm: Mike McBryde and Brandon Belt both homered as part of their multi-hit lines.
AAA: Fresno defeated Portland 3-2
(with no runs scored after 4th inning)
Fresno: C Buster Posey: 1 for 4
Fresno: CF Mike McBryde: 2 for 4, HR
Fresno: SP Kevin Pucetas: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Fresno: RP Osiris Matos: 2.0 IP, 4 K
McBryde, one of three Grizzlies' with two hits, had his 1st HR of the year, a two-run shot with one out in the 4th inning that provided the game's final runs. Posey's ordinary line is also listed for those who want to know.
Pucetas labored through four plus innings, throwing 94 pitches (56 strikes) to the 22 batters he faced. The season-high 4 K (against 2 BB) evened his K/BB ratio at 1.00. His BAA is .316. Matos had 4 K in 2.0 perfect IP.
AA: Richmond lost to Reading 3-2
Richmond: CF Darren Ford: 1 for 4, 2B, SB
Richmond: 3B Conor Gillaspie: 1 for 4, 2B, SO
Richmond: SP Mike MacDonald: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K--2 HR, 1 HB, 1 WP
Richmond: RP Dan Turpen: 1.2 IP, 1 K
While no one reached base twice for the Flying Squirrels, both Ford and Gillaspie had their 3rd doubles of the year.
MacDonald had a quality start, but his W-L record fall to 0-2 after four starts. Turpen had 1.2 perfect IP after allowing 10 H in 6.2 IP over his previous four appearances.
A+: San Jose defeated Bakersfield 7-6
(after rallying for four runs in 8th inning)
San Jose: 1B Brandon Belt: 2 for 4, HR, 2B, BB
San Jose: 3B Drew Biery: 3 for 5, SO
San Jose: LF Wendell Fairley: 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB, SO
Bakersfield: CF Engel Beltre: 2 for 3, 2B, BB, SH
San Jose: SP Justin Fitzgerald: 5.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K--1 HB
San Jose: RP Jason Stoffel: 1.0 IP, 2 K
Belt homered for the second straight day. He reached base three times, as did Biery and Fairley. Biery's three singles raised his AVG to .357. Fairley's double was his 1st XBH of the year. Beltre, who is considered among the Rangers' top 15 prospects, also reached base three times.
Fitzgerald made his second start of the year. With just 1 ER allowed so far, his ERA is below 1.00. Stoffel had 2 K in a perfect 9th inning for his 4th save. His peripheral stats are now 4 H, 1 BB, and 8 K in 5.1 IP over five appearances. This was the first time he has appeared in games on consecutive days.
A-: Augusta at Asheville postponed by rain
(A makeup doubleheader is scheduled for Sunday.)
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Thanks, as always, Steve! I’m eager to see how Jason Stoffel does this year – I have high hopes for him. Does anyone know what kind of hitter Drew Biery is, and whether or not he’d be able to play any other position besides 3B?
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Biery looks like he could be a solid sleeper
McDonald has looked impressive so far (SSS, I know)
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by Gobroks on Apr 25, 2010 3:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He could go up to AA quick
Michael Ambort shouldn’t block anyone and Josh Mazzola intrigues me, Though personally I’d keep Belt in SJ until August and then maybe give him a taste of AA at the end of the year.
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Eh, he’s 22 years old. There’s no particular reason to hold him back if his bat’s saying he belongs in another level. If he’s still putting up these kinds of numbers a month from now then there’s probably no reason for keeping him in A ball.
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Yeah but it's his first full pro season
I want him to get some confidence hitting with wood bats and playing everyday. Maybe send him up in late June/early July if he continues to mash
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it's been 2 weeks
let’s all settle down
by FluLikeSymptoms on Apr 25, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course, I’m just saying there’s no reason to go conservative in your development approach with a 22 year old college grad. Let the bat tell you where it needs to play.
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Belt got off to a bit of a slow start to the season, but he is absolutely crushing the ball. I’m really excited to hopefully see him in Richmond at some point this season
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by theghostofjasonellison on Apr 25, 2010 4:07 PM PDT reply actions
Pucetas labored through four plus innings, throwing 94 pitches (56 strikes) to the 22 batters he faced. The season-high 4 K (against 2 BB) evened his K/BB ratio at 1.00.
I’m beginning to suspect that Kevin Pucetas might not be the fifth starter we’ve been waiting for.
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The season-high 4 K
That’s not going to get it done.
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I know it’s early, but doesn’t this season look like an utter catastrophe for the Giants’ farm system so far? Posey’s still Posey and Brandon Belt has been awesome, but virtually every other hitting prospect is sporting a sub-.300 OBP with no power. And the pitchers haven’t been much better.
THE SKY IS FALLING!!! THE SKY IF FALLING!!!
by FluLikeSymptoms on Apr 25, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I keep rubbing my SSS rabbit, but so far I’m not getting the results i"d hoped for.
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Although I’d add that Ford seems to have straightened himself out, and really Neal’s at least still showing a pretty good secondary average (with +108) which suggests he’s still maintaining a good approach at the plate. Juan Carlos Perez on the other hand, is kind of hitting the crap out of the ball, but with no secondary average.
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Ford’s at a .306 OBP, with a 15:2 k:bb ratio. I’m not encouraged.
The individual samples are very small, but collectively, Ford/Kieschnick/Neal/Crawford/Noonan/Gillaspie have around 380 plate appearances and they’re averaging somewhere around .250/.290/.350. And that’s just AA; Adrianza and Peguero and Dominguez and Joseph are just as bad.
Maybe it’s the weather or something.
Fortunately it’s all very very early — so much so that Joseph went from a .640 OPS to .760 TODAY. But yeah, the AA lineup I have some pretty big hopes for and they’ve really been bad. Neal, Crawford, and Gillespie are at least showing some plate discipline but there’s nothing that’s not disastrous about the season’s beginnings for Kieschnick (.238/.279/.286!) or Noonan (.210/.234/.274). I was worried about promoting Noonan after his decidedly so-so year in the Cal league. I’m really afraid this year’s going to take whatever shine’s left off his prospect status.
But hay, let’s look at Belt’s line one more time: .408/.492/.694, 7 BB, 4K, 5 SB. YUMMY!
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I think it’s funny that Gillaspie is posting a .200 ISO after .100 ISO last year in SJ.
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Gillaspie thought a high OBP would get him to the bigs the quickest. Though that’s also kind of a hope because if what he showed last year was his true power…that would be awful.
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by Gobroks on Apr 25, 2010 7:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
That really just doesn’t make that much sense. The whole point of good plate discipline is to make sure you’re swinging at the pitches you can do damage with. A high OBP really should go up with your SLG, not at the expense of it.
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Check back in a month. I’m guessing a lot of that ISO is going to dry up by the time summer hits.
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