minor lines, 7/18/10
by steve S on Jul 18, 2010 11:38 PM PDT
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PrintHighlights from the Giants' farm: Craig Westcott had 9 K and just 1 ER in 7.0 IP, Matt Yourkin had 7.0 scoreless IP, Chris Dominguez homered and singled, Charlie Culberson had four hits, and four different Grizzlies homered--Jackson Williams, Ryan Rohlinger, John Bowker, and Brett Pill.
AAA: Fresno defeated Las Vegas 12-2
(after leading 5-0 through six innings)
Fresno: 2B Manny Burriss: 3 for 5, 2B
Fresno: SS Ryan Rohlinger: 1 for 3, HR, 2 BB, GiDP
Fresno: LF John Bowker: 2 for 5, HR, SO
Fresno: 1B Brett Pill: 2 for 5, HR, SO, GiDP
Fresno: C Jackson Williams: 1 for 3, HR, SO, GiDP
Fresno: SP Matt Yourkin: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Fresno: RP Alex Hinshaw: 1.0 IP, 2 K
Four different Grizzlies homered--Pill for his 11th HR, Bowker for his 10th HR, Rohlinger for his 4th HR, and Williams for his 1st HR. While every Grizzly in the lineup had a hit, Burriss was one of two Grizzlies with three hits, raising his AVG above .300.
Yourkin, who has emerged as the Grizzlies' most effective starter, had 7.0 scoreless IP to lower his ERA below 3.50. Hinshaw had 2 K in a perfect 8th inning.
AA: Richmond defeated Bowie 4-2
Richmond: CF Darren Ford: 3 for 4, 2B, SO, 2 CS
Richmond: DH Thomas Neal: 2 for 4
Richmond: RF Clay Timpner: 2 for 3, BB
Richmond: SP Craig Westcott: 7.0+ IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K--1 HR, 1 HB, 1 E
Ford had three of the Flying Squirrels' ten hits, but he was also caught stealing twice. His season line of .239/.299/.344 in 352 AB with 27/15 SB/CS remains disappointing. Neal and Timpner also had multi-hit lines.
Westcott's third start since being promoted to the upper minors was his best yet, including a season-high 9 K.
A+: San Jose defeated Lancaster 7-1
San Jose: CF Juan Perez: 3 for 4, 2B, CS
San Jose: 2B Charlie Culberson: 4 for 5, SB
San Jose: SP Eric Surkamp: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
San Jose: RP Ryan Verdugo: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 K--1 WP
Culberson and Perez combined for nearly half of the Giants' fifteen hits, raising their repsective AVGs to .331 and .301. Perez is apparently not the basestealer given his 13/10 SB/CS line. Culberson, who is nearly two and a half years younger than Perez, has experienced better success on the bases with his 18/5 SB/CS line.
One hit was unfortunately enough to knock Surkamp out of today's game. The final batter Surkamp faced singled on a ground ball back to him. Verdugo provided long relief to keep the JetHawks scoreless through five innings.
A-: Augusta defeated Charleston 3-1
(scoring two runs in the top of the 9th inning)
Augusta: 3B Chris Dominguez: 2 for 4, HR, SO
Charleston: DH J.R. Murphy: 3 for 3, BB
Augusta: SP Chris Heston: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Augusta: RP Jose Casilla: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K
Dominguez, who had the GreenJackets' only multi-hit line, got his second hit with his 14th HR to break the tie score with one out in the 9th inning. Murphy, who is one of the Yankees' top ten prospects, reached base four times. Drafted in the second round a year as a catcher (similar to the Giants' Tommy Joseph), he has hit just .249/.288/.340 through 209 AB in the Sally League this year.
Heston had an effective start, this time getting a few more ground balls than usual (7/2 GO/FO line). The victim of poor run support, he still did not get a win today. In his last nine starts, he has a K/BB above 5.00 and only twice has allowed more than 2 ER but has a 1-5 W-L record in that stretch. Casilla got his 7th save.
ssA: Salem-Keizer lost to Vancouver 7-4
Salem-Keizer: CF Chris Lofton: 2 for 4, 2B
Salem-Keizer: RF Jose Medina: 2 for 4, SO, SB
Salem-Keizer: SP Kevin Couture: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K--1 WP
Salem-Keizer: RP Matt Graham: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 K
Lofton and Medina were the only two Volcanoes to reach base twice. Lofton's double was the Volcanoes' only XBH today and just his second XBH in eighteen pro games.
Couture's third start was his least effective after he had allowed just one run in each of his previous two starts. He did have an 8/1 GO/FO line, but also allowed a season-high 8 H. Graham struck out three of the six batters he faced, but his ERA remains close to 8.00.
R: Giants defeated Rangers 3-0
Scottsdale: LF Jose De La Cruz: 2 for 4, SO, CS
Scottsdale: SP Kendry Flores: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Scottsdale: RP Kelvin Marte: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 4 K
With this third straight multi-hit game, De La Cruz was the only rookie Giant to reach base twice.
The 18-year-old Flores had his second straight start with 0 ER in 5.0 IP. After a small flood of runs in his first four starts, his ERA is now down to nearly 6.00. Marte struck out four of his six batters in his fifth appearance. He had had just 3 K in his previous four appearances (in 4.2 IP).
DSL: The Gigantes had their usual Sunday off-day
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Hope Surkamp isn't injured
Yourkin is still proving to be the best AAA Rule V pick on the Grizzlies.
Hinshaw didn’t walk anyone? Wow.
Neal-showing some realism
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I think Culberson has to be considered a real prospect now. Hell, if Belt can turn a few good months in SJ and a nice start in Richmond into sort-of fame, then Culberson’s .316/.363/.530 as a 3B (dunno where you get your stuff, steve, but firstinning.com says he’s hitting .316 including Sunday’s game). Sure, it comes with a .354 BABIP, 5.8% BB rate and 16.3% K rate, but he’s also got a LD rate of 24%.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
LOL baseball-reference has a 325/370/543 line
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/7/18/1576317/minor-lines-7-18-10#comments
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by say hey nation on Jul 19, 2010 6:37 AM PDT up reply actions
He's a mystery man
minorleaguesplits.com has him at: .329/.375/.543/.918 – why all the differences?
A couple more things about Culberson.
1. Culberson hasn’t played a single inning at 3B this year, he’s been strictly a 2B, wtih a few DH and PH appearainces thrown in. They moved him off of 3B, because his D was horrendous there at Augusta in 2008 and 2009. He hasn’t been a defensive wizard at 2B, but he’s doing a lot better than he was at 3B.
2. The seemingly-high BABIP is not at all unusual for the Cal League. For example, Belt’s BABIP in SJ this year was .437!
3. Yes, his K rate is higher than I’d like, and his BB-rate is lower, but both are trending in the right direction this year. His K-rate at Augusta the last 2 years was 19.7%, and it was over 20% in the Cal League as late as 4 weeks ago. To have that much of a downward movement in only 4 weeks tells you how much he’s changed his K tendencies. Specifically, his K-rate and BB-rate for the month of July is identically 10.5% – so he actually has as many BBs as Ks this month, while his k-rate for the month of June was only 16.5%. Just for reference, the folks ar hardballtimes.com have cruched the numbers, and come to the conclusion that anything under an 18% K-rate in the minors should be considered acceptable, as long as the hitter is putting up decent other offensive stats.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
One more plus about Culberson. He’s quietly improved his baserunning. He’s stolen 18 out of 23 bases this year while hitting in the #5 and 6 spots in the order for most of the time.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
how does 2b rate as a value position compared to 3b?
I would think that having a power hitting 2b is a huge plus for an organization as those seem to be quite rare, but 3b is definitely a high priority position as well.
In either event, I am pleasantly surprised by Culberson. Hopefully out of he, Belt, Neal, Noonan, et al we can find one or two good mlb bats.
C, SS, and CF are the most valuable positions. 2B, 3B are lower but similar. Corner-OF, 1B are the least valuable.
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by say hey nation on Jul 19, 2010 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
BABIP in the minors should be high for good players, because they should be hitting the ball very hard against inferior pitchers. Sure, there is also the matter of questionable fields and fielders, but I wouldn’t discount a prospect because his BABIP is supposedly too high. It’s not the majors, and it’s not just luck.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 19, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm impressed
Agreed on real prospect status for the Giants’ system light on position player talent. It seems that among the lack of first half system stars, Culberson has been very consistent. Not that Noonan is a throw-away, but he didn’t exactly tear up either ‘A’ level. Maybe a flip-flop of these two players is in order?
Yeah, the only thing that Noonan has over Culberson in terms of A+ performacnces is that he was a year younger than Culby is this year when he played in SJ last year, and he had a better defensive rep.
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I was going to say that as well.
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I should have been more precise in my choice of words. I didn’t meant o imply that Noonan has a good defensive rep at 2B, just that his rep there was better than Culberson’s rep at 3B going into this season. As Einstein said, everything is relative.
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Who's the best left handed potential call-up we have?
Yourkin? Paterson? Espineli? Stevens? Quirate?
I have a feeling Hinshaw gets one more chance or DFA’d in the next few weeks. That late inning double by Ike Davis brought the bullpen imbalance and Runzler injury into perspective.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 19, 2010 5:57 AM PDT reply actions
I was kind of hoping that the 9th and 10th innings yesterday brought our bizarre roster construction into perspective personally (aside from the desparate need for a PR in the 9th and PH in the 10th, had they actually tied that game in the 10th, but not won it, they were in a situation where Whiteside and a pitcher would have had to hit the rest of the game!).
But, I digress, the only LHP on the 40 man is Hinshaw but he’s really struggling. They could conceivably try Espinelli again (flipping Gino and Hinshaw on the 40 man), but I don’t really see any way they go to Paterson or Yourkin. I wouldn’t be surprised if a trade isn’t the way they go. But they’ve got to do something about the bullpen clog up. I’m personally flabbergasted that Bautista’s still on the roster — are they trying to showcase him for a trade? If so, he’s not showcasing too well. With Wellemeyer coming back soon AND the need for a LHP in the bullpen they’re starting to get to the point where they’ll have to have a relief pitcher in the starting lineup the next time somebody shows up with the flu or tweaks a hammy.
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Dontrelle Willis
and I guess they DFA Danny Bautista
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by foothillsfan on Jul 19, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Willis isn’t close to major league ready at this point. They signed him on as a long-term reclamation project and if they can get him to the majors at some point next year I think they’d consider it an amazing success.
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I think that was a joke. Like they would make the right move by cutting Bautista but then call up Willis. Kind of like “HEY THEY CALLED UP POSEY, BUT HE PLAYING 1B!!!”
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by say hey nation on Jul 19, 2010 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Or...
Hey the called up Posey, but he’s sitting on the bench because Bork is waiting for the right opportunity to get him in there. On second thought, I could totally see this happening.
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by Giant Torture on Jul 19, 2010 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Ah, of course. Where is that chasm gif when you need it?
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IIRC Quirarte is a RHP
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My bad.
I meant Quinowski.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 19, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Following up on a discussion that we had the other day on Brock Bond, I promised I’d send Andy Baggarly an email asking for clarification or amplification of an organizational report he wrote last year that had pretty lackluster comment on Bond’s defense. I didn’t exactly get that from Baggarly, but here’s my email followed by his reply:
There’s been a lot of talk around McCovey Chonicles about Brock Bond’s overall game. There’s a general feeling that his defense and his athleticism are a bit wanting, but nobody can ever come up with any genuine scouting reports on him. It’s my recollection that in an organization report you wrote for BA last year you had a quote from Jack Hiatt that reflected pretty poorly on his glovework.
I was wondering if you could flesh out Bond’s profile for us a little bit. What’s the picture you’ve gotten from scouts and Giants orgizational folks on Bond’s overall game?
Should we take his recent apparent demotion to a bench role in Fresno (in favor of Burriss and Rohinger’s playing time) as an indication that the Giants don’t see Bond as having much of a major league future?
and Andy sent the following reply:
Since he’s not an candidate to be promoted this year (to my knowledge), I’ll probably get around to asking about Bond this winter while compiling the BA Top 30. I know he doesn’t have a lot of physical tools.
Not an exact answer, but I believe we can infer (from this, and from Bond’s recent demotion out of the starting lineup in favor of getting regular PT for Burriss, Rohlinger, and Downs) that the Giants aren’t high on him or his skill set, and that if there is a sleeper prospect there, it would take some pretty unusual circumstances (accident involving the team bus?) for the organization to give Bond a real shot. I wouldn’t be shocked to see him wash ashore somewhere else in a few years, as a Rule 5 or a minor league FA or something. Of course, if speed and athleticism are weaknesses in his game, then he’s also fighting a losing battle against time, because he’s not going to get faster or more athletic as he gets older. And he turns 25 this fall.
I wish him well though.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
guys with high obp need not apply
in fairness, while I like his obp his other stats tend to be not good. I cannot imagine that his ceiling is very high and he is likely to get bumped by Culberson, Noonan, and perhaps even Burriss.
Yeah, his complete lack of slugging probably wouldn’t translate well.
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 19, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
but it would be awesome if some of his OBP magic could find it's way to Burriss
and if Burriss could then return to shortstop.
Imagine, a decent defensive ss with speed and a high obp.
Hah. You dreamer, you.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 19, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Belt
1 for 4, 2B, R, SO now hitting .404
"Triple A baseball isn’t very good. I’m going to tell you that right now. Especially from a pitching standpoint. Anybody who can pitch is in the big league." -BS
"YOU'RE A PAIN IN MY ASS! STOP BEING THAT" - Mel Gibson
Keep it above .400, Belt!
I feel prickishly demanding!
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by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 19, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
.400
The Belt Line.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Bowker
Wow he hit a homerun yesterday, wouldn’t it have been great if he was available to face Rodriguez in the 10th? But he never would have gone yard against him…wait, you mean he’s done that before….BORK!
"Triple A baseball isn’t very good. I’m going to tell you that right now. Especially from a pitching standpoint. Anybody who can pitch is in the big league." -BS
"YOU'RE A PAIN IN MY ASS! STOP BEING THAT" - Mel Gibson
Ford had three of the Flying Squirrels’ ten hits, but he was also caught stealing twice
Uh-oh, don’t tell his probation officer
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There really isn't any excuse any longer
For not DFA’ing a pitcher and bringing up Rohlinger or Bowker.
My Son. Dude hits inside the parkers and takes walks.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
No DFA required!
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by say hey nation on Jul 19, 2010 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions
For good measure.
My Son. Dude hits inside the parkers and takes walks.
My rule for the 2010 Giants: Everyone with an OPS over .800 gets a pass.
I am a Bochy hater and a Sabean apologist.
though in Bautista’s case it might be welcome.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.
I’m in this line.
"Triple A baseball isn’t very good. I’m going to tell you that right now. Especially from a pitching standpoint. Anybody who can pitch is in the big league." -BS
"YOU'RE A PAIN IN MY ASS! STOP BEING THAT" - Mel Gibson
by Giant Torture on Jul 19, 2010 8:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Surkamp
Eric Surkamp started for the Giants but left the game with one out in the third inning when he injured his hip trying to field an infield single by Brandon Wikoff. The extent of Surkamp’s injury is not known.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 19, 2010 7:43 AM PDT reply actions
Joseph too?
I think that Tommy Joseph might have been hurt yesterday too. He was inexplicably pulled from the game in the bottom of the 4th inning (in favor of Zambrano) last night. In the top of the 4th he had made the final out on a groundball to 2B. I’m thinking that he must have tweaked something in his leg while trying to beat out the grounder to have been replaced so suddenly in the middle of the game.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Westcott
productive at every level and doing well since being moved up to AA. I’ve been worried about the Giants pitching depth in the upper levels with Pucetas and Maday struggling in AAA, so should we start thinking of Westcott as a prospect, or is he just a a late round roster filler who’s been lucky so far in his career.
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by crazedcrustacean on Jul 19, 2010 8:54 AM PDT reply actions
Definitley a top prospect in the Giants' system
I seem to be higher on hin than most, but I’d put him somewhere in the top 10 now. His performance in AA, so far, is very encouraging when you realize that he has only a little more than 1 year of pro experience – and he was pitching out of the pen for much of the first part of his first season in short-season ball last year. Then, you add that to the fact that he only started concentrating on pitching full-time at the beginning of the 2009 college season (he only pitched 4 innings in 2008 and about 20 innnigs in 2007).
He’s doing all of this with only one consistently good pitch right now – an above average FB. He’s basically in the same boat as MadBum was in AA last year. He needs to develop a consistent secondary pitch or 2 to become a successful SP at the major league level. If he can do that, I put his ceiling as a #4/#5 starter, if he can’t I’d put his floor as a very good set-up man out of the pen.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Westcott also won the award for Mississippi college player of the year in that one year of pitching experience. That’s pretty impressive considering he was at Belhaven College and all the past winners were either MSU or Ole Miss players.
I’m not sure that he really only has one good pitch though. When I saw him in Eugene last year his breaking stuff was nasty. Perhaps he had a unique feel for it that day, but in that performance he was making hitters looks silly with his slurve.
by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Jul 19, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, from what I read about him in SJ this year, everything works off his FB, and his secondary pitches are average at best, but progressing. I believe that his slurve played so well in the NWL because his FB was so strong, and most of the hitters in the league are pretty raw.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
DSL: some Gigantes didn’t have the regular Sunday off, as yesterday was the DSL All Star Game. A few young Giants took part, including Leonardo Fuentes who had really been struggling lately but represented well with a double and walk in two PA.
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If I ever drag myself out into this 120 degree weather here in Phoenix to go to one of the Arizona Winter Rookie League games, which player should I be paying the most attention to?
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by say hey nation on Jul 19, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
We won’t know the rosters until some time near the beginning of Oct., so there’s no way to say now.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Sorry. I don’t know why I thought it was winter right now (especially considering how hot it is). I am talking about the Arizona Rookie league that’s going right now until the end of August..
Here’s the roster on MiLB (Wellemeyer is on the team):
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=408
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by cybermaldonado on Jul 19, 2010 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I see now
If you want to see Wellemeyer pitch you better hurry out, because he’s only down there for a short rehab assignment (he might actually already be gone).
If you want some info on some guys on the regular roster to follow, you might find one of my old fanposts helpful (then again you might not). This one highlighted the AZL Giants who came up from the Caribbean this year:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/6/23/1531764/dominican-wave-hits-the-azl-giants
I’d add 3 postion players and 3 pitchers to that watch list:
Chuckie Jones (CF), 17 year old signed as a 7th rd. draftee out of a Missouri high school – he’s having a great 1st month as a pro:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=OF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=592442
Jose De La Cruz (LF), 19 year old from the Dominican Republic in his 2nd pro season – he’s also been hot lately:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=OF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=542273
Sundrendy Windster (OF/1B), 21 year old from Curacao who’s in his 4th pro season and repeating in the AZL this year:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=OF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=516951
Austin Fleet (RHP), 23 year old 16th round pick out of Coastal Carolina Un.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=488878
Reiner Roibal (RHP), 21 year old Cuban defector signed as a FA this past April
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=547977
Jacob Dunnington (RHP), 19 year old undrafted FA signed out of a Washington high school last Sept.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=596872
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Wow Thanks. All that info should make the games more fun when I go.
Honestly, I don’t really care to see Wellemeyer(and I’m not ashamed to admit it), I’d rather see the kids play.
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by cybermaldonado on Jul 19, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Wellemeyer’s next appearance is going to be in Fresno, so you’re in luck. Tell Chuckie to stop King and go back to hitting dingerz!
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by theghostofjasonellison on Jul 19, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Update on Rosin at S-K?
Does anyone have an update on Seth Rosin at Salem? Finding any good information about a short-season A ball team on the West Coast is difficult here in Minnesota since none of our minor league affiliates are that direction. You guys got a great kid. Looks like he got shut down for a couple weeks but I’m just guessing here. Are they watching the amount of innings he throws?
Appreciate the help.
I believe there was an injury. I’ll find out for sure when they return from Vancouver.
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