minor lines, 7/27/10
by steve S on Jul 28, 2010 8:47 AM PDT
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PrintTuesday highlights from the Giants' farm: catchers Johnny Monell and Jackson Williams combined for 3 HRs and five hits. Also notable, Clayton Tanner allowed 2 ER in 6.2 IP.
AAA: Fresno lost to Tacoma 9-3
(after trailing 8-1 through four innings)
Fresno: C Jackson Williams: 2 for 4, HR
Tacoma: 2B Dustin Ackley: 2 for 4, HBP, SO
Tacoma: CF Greg Halman: 2 for 5, HR, 3B, 2 SO
Fresno: SP Henry Sosa: 4.0 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 1 BB, 3 K--2 HR
Fresno: RP Alex Hinshaw: 1.1 IP, 3 K
Williams, one of just two Grizzlies to reach base twice, had his 2nd HR. Ackley, whom the Mariners drafted second overall last year and has already been promoted to the PCL, reached base three times. Halman, who is not exactly noted as a singles hitter, had his 23rd HR, plus his 3rd triple. Despite a SO/AB ratio barely below 40%, the 22-year-old's SLG is nearly .600.
Returning to the rotation after five relief appearances, Sosa was bombed with season-highs 8 ER and 9 H. After 2 HRs in each of his last two appearances, he has yielded 9 HR in 70.2 IP this year. Hinshaw struck out two of his five batters.
AA: Richmond lost to Reading 9-4
(completing the previous day's suspended game)
Richmond: 3B Conor Gillaspie: 3 for 4, 2B
Richmond: C Aaron Lowenstein: 2 for 4, 2B, SO
Reading: 1B Matthew Rizzotti: 5 for 5, 2 2B
Richmond: SP David Mixon: 4.2 IP, 12 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 1 BB, 3 K--1 HR, 1 WP
Richmond: RP Skyler Stromsmoe: 1.0 IP
Gillaspie's three hits raised his AVG above .280. Lowenstein had his first two hits in his fourth game in the upper minors. Rizzotti, the Phillies' sixth rounder three years ago, had five hits to raise his AVG to .363. The 24-year-old continues to have a break-out season with an OPS over 1.000.
Mixon's perhaps poorest start of the season led to Stromsmoe making his pro pitching debut. He pitched a perfect top of the 9th inning.
AA: Richmond defeated Reading 6-2
Richmond: 2B Nick Noonan: 3 for 5
Richmond: SS Ryan Lormand: 3 for 5
Richmond: RF Thomas Neal: 3 for 4, BB, 2 SB
Richmond: SP Clayton Tanner: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K--1 WP, 1 BK
Richmond: RP Mitch Lively: 2.1 IP, 1 BB, 4 K
The first three hitters in the Flying Squirrels' lineup--Noonan, Lormand, and Neal--each had three hits. Neal, who also walked and had his 9th and 10th SBs, raised his AVG to .285, while Noonan and Lormand still have AVGs below .250.
Tanner made his ninth straight start with 3 ER or less. Plus in his last eight starts he has pitched into the 7th inning all but once, and in only one start has he allowed an unearned run. His ERA is now 3.14 through twenty starts. Lively struck out four of eight batters for his 2nd save.
A+: San Jose lost to Rancho Cucamonga: 4-3
(after leading 2-1 through five innings)
San Jose: C Johnny Monell: 3 for 4, 2 HR
Rancho Cucamonga: CF Mike Trout: 0 for 2, 2 BB, SB
San Jose: SP Kyle Woodruff: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Monell had the Giants' only multi-hit line as his 7th and 8th HRs this month drove in all three of the Giants' runs. Trout, the Angels' first round pick last year who has emerged as one of the very top prospects in the minors this year, had his 1st SB in the Cal League in his thirteenth game since his promotion. He had 45 SB in the Midwest League and at least at one point ranked second in all the minors in that category.
The 24-year-old Woodruff made his second start, this time a quality start.
A-: Augusta hosting Hickory cancelled due to rain
ssA: Salem-Keizer had a scheduled off-day
(Their next scheduled off-day is August 10.)
Volcanoes on NWL leaderboards:
--Hitters:
AVG: Scoma 9th
OBP: Quintana 8th
SLG: (none--Scoma leads team at .452)
HR: (none--Burg, Shriner, and Medina lead team with 3)
RBI: Scoma 7th
SB: (none--Lofton leads team with 8)
--Pitchers:
ERA: Kaufman 9th
WHIP: (none--Rogers leads team at 1.39)
K: Escobar 6th
IP: Rogers 4th
R: Giants defeated Angels 8-1
Scottsdale: C Daniel Burkhart: 2 for 4, 3B, 2B, BB, SO
Scottsdale: RF Sundrendy Windster: 3 for 4, HR, 2B, BB
Scottsdale: SP Waldis Joaquin: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K--1 HB
Scottsdale: RP Reese Mcculley: 1.0 IP, 3 K
Burkhart tripled, doubled, and walked in his pro debut. Windster also had two XBH, including his 4th HR, and a walk.
Pitching on two days rest, Joaquin made his second rehab appearance. Mcculley struck out all three batters in his pro debut.
DSL: No results reported for Giants at Cubs2
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Good candybar
Not so good pitcher.
"Row(and) will come out of this. You stay with your guys and he is one of our guys." - Bruce Bochy 05-31-10
"...and with Titanic's transverse bulkheads and watertight doors, it renders this vessel practically unsinkable." - "Shipbuilder" magazine, 1912
just in time to be traded for pods mirite
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 28, 2010 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
realer and realer
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Mixon
I hate it when players I’ve been seduced into following begin their slide from “pleasant surprise” back into non-prospect status. As for Sosa, I’d started the year regarding him as the kind of player who ought to be a bargaining chip in trade talks but he’s done a great job of mucking that possibility up. Go Sundrendy…
Don’t let it get you down. You can learn to love again.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on Jul 28, 2010 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Should I stay or go?
I really want to know
Would I lose or win
If I try and love again?
"Row(and) will come out of this. You stay with your guys and he is one of our guys." - Bruce Bochy 05-31-10
"...and with Titanic's transverse bulkheads and watertight doors, it renders this vessel practically unsinkable." - "Shipbuilder" magazine, 1912
LOL JAX
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 28, 2010 9:11 AM PDT reply actions
Did Belt have an 0-fer?
or were his stats from yesterday too ordinary? i.e. 1 for 5 with a single.
1-4 (triple)
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on Jul 28, 2010 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions
1-4 with a triple... twice!
Through up some RBIs as well.
Your Bias Against The Peopel Who Are Going TO Have the Biggest Impact With The Parent Club is Show Agian.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
Grizzlies have fallen off a cliff
They can’t pitch a tent right now.
"Buster Posey" anagram = OYSTER PUBES
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 28, 2010 10:08 AM PDT reply actions
What is Joaquin rehabbing from? Anybody know?
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"d like to apply for the job of driver on the Daniel Burkhart Bandwagon™. My qualifications include being in early on Sergio Romo. Also, Steve Hosey and Matt Downs.
"Row(and) will come out of this. You stay with your guys and he is one of our guys." - Bruce Bochy 05-31-10
"...and with Titanic's transverse bulkheads and watertight doors, it renders this vessel practically unsinkable." - "Shipbuilder" magazine, 1912
Depends on how you define “believe”. Based on scouting reports from college, he seems to be at least an above-average defensive catcher (and at least as good as Jackson Williams). Based on his college stats (and not what the scouting reports say) he seems to have at least an average offensive potential for a C (which would place him well above Jax). Between Burkhart, Jeff Arnold in S-K, and Hector Sanchez in Augusta (I don’t hold out much hope for Joseph as a C), we do seem to have legit prospects in the low minors – looks like Whiteside has some pretty nice job security for another few years.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Get in line
I’m going to have to claim precedence on you, based on my following post from the “minor lines” thread of 2 days ago (7/25):
Dan Burkhart.
Can’t wait to see him in Scottsdale or S-K soon. He signed a few weeks back, and he’s not a pitcher, so I don’t see why he needs extensive work on the sidelines before he gets activated. For those that don’t remember him, he was the Giants 10th round pick this year. He was Alex Wimmers’s catcher at Ohio State. He is reported to a very good defensive C, but his offense this season was quite good for a college C:
in 230 ABs >> 354/.464/.481/.945 with a wOBA of .426 and a BB-rate=17.4%, K-rate=10.4%
Clearly he’ll have to cut down on his BBs and increase his Ks if he wants to rise quickly through the Giants farm system. Maybe the Giants will assign Dunston to him as a special tutor.
And for all the posters that jumped on me for being too optimistic about Burkhart’s bat, I’ll I can say is, “Suck it!” LOL. Now if I can just ensure that he never has another at bat this season then I"m home-free. LOL
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Hey Fla,
A little off-topic, but I’m curious considering the series the big league team is in-Why the FLA in your name? Are you from Florida?
Not trying to start anything, just curious…and obviously, if you don’t want to say, you don’t have to.
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by BruteSentiment on Jul 28, 2010 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I’m from all over, but I’ve lived in Tallahassee, FL for the past 3 years, and in the state of Florida for the past 9 years. I spent my grade school years growing up in Northern Cal., in the ’60s and ’70s, when gods like Mays, McCovey and Marichal were still starring in SF, so I naturally had to become a Giants fan for life.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
No fair
You get to drive all the cool bandwagons. :)
"Row(and) will come out of this. You stay with your guys and he is one of our guys." - Bruce Bochy 05-31-10
"...and with Titanic's transverse bulkheads and watertight doors, it renders this vessel practically unsinkable." - "Shipbuilder" magazine, 1912
Fair enough
I officially hand over the reins to Burkhart’s wagon to you now. It’s getting to be too much work to keep track of all of these guys anyways.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
How is Dustin Ackley still in baseball?
I thought coke was banned in the Minors
Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard
by SoFa King Mike on Jul 28, 2010 10:53 AM PDT reply actions
Lance Niekro
Just for fun, I wanted to see if he was still in the Braves organization reinventing himself as a knuckleballer. Apparently not, as this article says he’s now coaching college baseball.
July 15th, 2010 01:51pm
Lance Niekro Joins FSC Baseball Staff as Assistant Coach
by Tom Zebold
Former major leaguer Lance Niekro, son of Joe Niekro, is returning to Florida Southern College as an assistant baseball coach.
Niekro, who played for FSC before spending four seasons with the San Francisco Giants, is replacing Al Corbeil on Jim Tyrrell’s staff. Corbeil became Polk State College’s new head coach in June.
"When I found out the job was open, it seemed like a natural fit for me, being from Lakeland and having played at Florida Southern," Niekro said in a statement.
Niekro, a George Jenkins High School graduate, played for the Mocs from 1999-2000. He hit 15 home runs in two seasons with 107 RBIs and 45 stolen bases. In the big leagues, he was a career .246 hitter with 17 home runs and 79 RBIs.
I guess good for him, but it’s too bad that he couldn’t harness the family knuckler. That would have been a fun story.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 28, 2010 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw him on that E:60 show.
His dad coached a little league team with a 13 yr old girl who throws a knuckleball.
Wilber Bucardo: Missing?
Reese McCulley - perserverance pays off
McCulley is a 22 year old, 6’3" RHP from Salem, Oregon that the Giants signed as a non-drafted FA about 3 weeks ago. He has a cool story to tell. When he wasn’t drafted after his 4 year college career ended this past May, McCulley was able to snag a job as an intern for the Volcanoes. He worked hard enough to impress the pitching coach, and get the Giants to sign him for $1K (just enough to pay for his gas on the drive down to Scottsdale). Here’s the link to the story along with excerpts:
http://m.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100706/SPORTS/7060337/1018/UPDATE
Reese McCulley accepted a job as a summer intern for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes to get his foot in the door of professional baseball. But the former Sprague High School and Linfield College graduate never lost his dream of playing pro ball. He’s about to get his chance. A 22-year old right-handed pitcher, McCulley was signed Sunday by the San Francisco Giants — he received a $1,000 bonus — and is headed to Scottsdale, Ariz., this week for a physical.
“It’s a dream come true, it really is,” McCulley said Monday after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Volcanoes Stadium. “It’s awesome to just have the opportunity.” He impressed the Volcanoes’ coaching staff and had a few bullpen sessions during practice once the season began. “He threw strikes, nice pace to his game,” manager Tom Trebelhorn said. “You never know, this is a great story.” Volcanoes pitching coach Brian Cooper was McCulley’s biggest advocate and encouraged the Giants to sign him.
McCulley was a member of two Linfield teams that advanced to the NCAA Division III finals. He was 4-3 with a 3.15 earned run average in 2010, with 46 strikeouts in 65 2/3 innings. The Wildcats finished third in the nation. “Reese has worked extremely hard to get to this point,” said Linfield coach Scott Brosius (former star 3B for the Yankees and the A’s). “He has the arm strength to pitch at the professional level. The keys for him will be to continue to develop movement on his pitches and get command of his off-speed pitches. Those two things will likely determine whether he has success as a pro baseball player.” In addition to his physical tools, Brosius believes in McCulley’s mental approach to the game. “He’s a fierce competitor. Nobody wants to perform as well as Reese does. He’s confident in his ability. Like most guys, he’ll need to learn to control his emotions and be able to deal with the bad things that inevitably come along.”
In a Linfield career that spanned four seasons, McCulley pitched 21 victories in 46 career appearances, including 31 starts. He ranks 11th on Linfield career wins list and 20th on the Wildcats’ all-time strikeouts ladder with 143.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
He pitched for the Volcanoes in their start of the season exhibition game which put him on the radar. Very cool.
Adopted father of Brian Bocock, Brad Boyer, Sharlon Schoop, Shane Jordan, Jeremiah Luster,Trey Webb,David Quinowski, and Jeff Arnold.
"GM Jack Zduriencik is one of the sharper tools in the shed. Elsewhere in that shed, Brian Sabean continues to pound screws into bricks with a garden rake."
That’s a pretty cool opportunity for a “summer intern”!
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Just shows that it pays to know people. Unfortunately “fat guy eating stadium food that hosts ballplayers” doesn’’t get much play with the team.
Adopted father of Brian Bocock, Brad Boyer, Sharlon Schoop, Shane Jordan, Jeremiah Luster,Trey Webb,David Quinowski, and Jeff Arnold.
"GM Jack Zduriencik is one of the sharper tools in the shed. Elsewhere in that shed, Brian Sabean continues to pound screws into bricks with a garden rake."
LOL
Yeah, it probably didn’t hurt that his college coach was Scott Brosius. I’m sure that he can pick up the phone and get tons of baseball coaches, scouts, and execs to take his call for a recommendation.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Damn
The Rangers have reportedly signed their 2nd round pick, Cody Buckel, the HS pitcher from SoCal for $590K.
http://twitter.com/Evan_P_Grant/status/19691027867
He’s the Tim Lincecum clone that I wanted the Giants to draft. I was hoping the Rangers money problems would keep them from signing Buckel and he’s head off to Pepperdine for the next 3 years before the Giants pick him in the 2013 draft.
This is good news for Giants fans in general, since Buckel went 1 pick before Jarrett Parker. Buckel had more leverage than Parker, so this seems to me to really limit Parker in his bonus demands. It looks to me like he should get no more than $600K. In which case, he should be signing any day now.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Happy 18th Birthday Chuckie!!!
Finally legal, Mr. Jones.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
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