minor lines, 7/28/10
by steve S on Jul 28, 2010 11:16 PM PDT
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PrintHighlight from the Giants' farm: Matt Yourkin allowed 1 ER in 7.0 IP. Also notable, Francisco Peguero had another three-hit night.
AAA: Fresno defeated Tacoma 2-1
Fresno: SS Manny Burriss: 2 for 3, 2B, HBP, SH, SB
Fresno: DH Joe Borchard: 1 for 4, HR, SO
Fresno: RF Ben Copeland: 2 for 3, BB
Fresno: SP Matt Yourkin: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Tacoma: SP Michael Pineda: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K--1 HR, 1 HB
Burriss and Copeland, two of the three Grizzlies with two hits, each reached base three times. Borchard had his 11th HR.
Tonight Yourkin, who has seemingly emerged as the ace of the Grizzlies' rotation, locked horns with the Mariners' Pineda, whom Baseball America's Jim Callis suggests is among the top five pitching prospects currently in the minors. Both pitchers allowed just 1 ER before the game was ultimately decided in extra innings.
AA: Richmond lost to Reading 15-7 (11 innings)
(allowing eight runs in the 11th inning after allowing a tying run in the 9th inning)
Richmond: LF Thomas Neal: 3 for 6, SO
Richmond: 1B Brandon Belt: 1 for 4, 3B, 2 BB, IBB, SO
Richmond: SP Craig Westcott: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Richmond: RP Michael Main: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K--1 WP
Neal and Belt both reached base three times for the Flying Squirrels.
Westcott's fifth start since his promotion to the upper minors was his least effective start, but his ERA remains below 4.00 since his promotion. Main was the seventh Squirrels' reliever to appear in the game and the second of three relievers in the disastrous 11th inning. He retired just one of six batters faced.
A+: San Jose lost to Rancho Cucamonga 6-5
San Jose: RF Francisco Peguero: 3 for 5, 2B, 2 SO
San Jose: DH Johnny Monell: 2 for 4, 3B, 2B, BB, SO
San Jose: 1B Michael Sandoval: 3 for 5, 2B, 2 SO
San Jose: SP Kyle Nicholson: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K--1 HR, 1 WP
Peguero and Sandoval each had three hits for the Giants, raising their respective AVGs to .318 and .328. Monell also reached base three times as he remains red hot with the bat. He had his 3rd triple and 17th double.
Nicholson had his fifth straight start with 4+ ER. At this point, is he in danger of losing his spot in the rotation, or perhaps even his place in organized baseball?
A-: Augusta had a scheduled off-day
(Their next scheduled off-day is August 11.)
ssA: Salem-Keizer defeated Yakima 6-4
(rallying for four runs in the 8th inning)
Salem-Keizer: 2B Adam Duvall: 2 for 4
Salem-Keizer: SP Shane Kaufman: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K--1 HR, 1 BK
Salem-Keizer: RP Matt Graham: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K
With the Volcanoes' only multi-hit line, Duvall raised his AVG to .311.
Kaufmann allowed a season-high 3 ER in his second shortest start of the season (among six starts and nine appearances in the NWL). At least statistically, Graham had perhaps the best outing of his young pro career.
R: Giants defeated Reds 6-1
Scottsdale: C Joe Staley: 3 for 4, HR
Scottsdale: CF Chuckie Jones: 0 for 4, 4 SO
Scottsdale: SP Kendry Flores: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Scottsdale: RP Richard Hembree: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K
Staley had his 3rd HR among three hits, while Jones had the sombrero. Over his last ten games, Jones has struck out in over half his at bats (21 SO in 36 AB).
Flores' sixth start was not his longest start, but it does appear to be his most dominat start of the year. The 7 K in 4.0 IP raised his K/IP above 1.00. Hembree struck out two of his four batters in his second pro appearance.
DSL: Giants defeated Nationals 4-3
Dominican: LF Leondaro Fuentes: 3 for 4, 2B, SO
Dominican: SP Joan Gregorio: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Fuentes' (17.8 y.o.) three hits, including his 12th double, raised his AVG above .250. After perhaps his second best start of the year, Gregorio (18.6 y.o) has a 2.12 ERA through his first ten pro starts.
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Peguero is really starting to look good.
I really hope he can improve enough to survive the jump to AA next year. I’m optimistic about him.
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This sounds like a job for...
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Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that it’s obvious he’s way overmatched in AA, a demotion is needed so that he can get enough innings in to correct his problems. Sitting in the pen for Richmond and pitching 1 or 2 innings a week aren’t doing him any good.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Agreed
If he’s tough enough mentally, it would be better for him to be put in as a starter in AA, and with a set number of innings to work and/or pitch counts. You just can’t make the mechanical adjustments necessary out of the bullpen, a big reason relievers and have drastic swings from year to year.
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
He is a starter. Yesterday was his first relief appearance in AA and it appears to have been a case of the team running out of relievers after 15 innings of baseball.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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Starter or not, he’s getting pounded. I think a demotion might be in order.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 29, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Definitely. Flip him and Surkamp.
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.
Hacker
I’m not optimistic about him….He is a serious hacker….If he can learn better pitch selection, watch out, but AA can chew up people who hack as much as Peguero….
I hope he can prove me wrong!
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 29, 2010 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions
:( for Main.
Is Michael Sandoval a prospect? I mean, I thought we signed him just for Pablo, but…328 ain’t bad.
Ain't no Posey like a Buster Posey cause a Buster Posey don't stop...hitting.
Giants baseball: We're stupid enough to do that (TM)
2 words
Andres Torres
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
I’ll tell you what: I’ll give you 160 years of MLB history. See if you can find 6 more words to go with those two and then we’ll talk.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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What’s 160 years of history worth when you really want a player to succeed. LOL.
Obviouslty, the Andres Torres comment was a double-edged sword. I was just saying that you can’t totally write somebody off because of their age – they’re are dozens of more examples of late-bloomers. Of course, the odds are incredibly against it, but it’s not a flat no.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
I knew you were kidding, and so was I. But I will say there aren’t “dozens of more examples of late-bloomers” in an Andres Torres kind of way. In fact, I was just writing an email to Mark Simon this morning to see if he could come up with a comp for Torres’ year. Really, outside of Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees, I don’t know that I can think of one. We may well be witnessing (and enjoying) a truly sui generis historical season.
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Too highly rated as a teenager.
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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Sandoval and Torres are not really fair comps...
Sondoval has been out of baseball for a while right?
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I suppose the flat ‘no’ was unfair.
He’s not a baseball prospect, but I see him as a legitimate coaching prospect. His upside is probably a Spanish-speaking, non-catching Steve Decker, maybe. Major-league first-base coach?
I would love a backstory on who found Torres
My assumption is that somebody in our system saw Torres play for the Iowa Cubs in the PCL, liked him and recommended that we sign him after the Cubs let him go…
I would love to know who that was, how that all happened and if that “who” hasn’t gotten a raise, he should….
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Jul 29, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
He had serious medical issues just now resolved?
That’s what happened with Torres.
Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
And Torres changed his swing
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
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What do you mean?
My Bucardo is better than yours.
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Michael Sandoval
the next Andres Torres? you never know
by 49erEmpire on Jul 29, 2010 12:06 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Haha
highly unlikely
For some reason I could see him being a September call-up either this year or next just to have him with Pablo.
Nice games from Neal and Belt of course.
That’s actually not a bad idea. If personal problems really are the reason for his struggles, having his older brother with him might help.
Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.
by rxmeister on Jul 29, 2010 3:54 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Probably not the best use of a 40 man roster spot.
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SSS
but, Chuckie Jones is sporting a 40.2% strikeout rate. Yikes! That’s Mark Reynolds territory.
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Wow, that is high
But given his age, he’s still has time to develop better plate discipline and contact rates.
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 6:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Not a good birthday
He turned 18 last night, so maybe he started celebrating too early.
Seriously though, it appears to me that he’s just gond homer-happy. At the beginnnig of the season he was hitting singles and doubles, and on striking out around 15% of the time. Then about 3 weeks ago he hit 4 HRs in about 7 games. Since then his average has dropped and his Ks have sky-rocketed. Somebody needs to sit him down and tell him to go back to his original plan of making contact, hitting singles and doubles, and letting the HRs come naturally.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Hey, that’s what I said.
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 haz meme?
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.
Yeah, you might want to cut down on that swing just a mite bit, Chuckie. The massive K spurt came almost exactly in the wake of his little HR spurt, so it’s not out the question that he’s fallen a little too much in love with swinging for the fences.
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.
Thomas is so close to a .800 OPS!
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"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare
Also nice to see him with a hugely increased walk rate this month – 15 BB in 24 games.
I’d like to see more power though.
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EL OPS Leaderboard (min. 200 at-bats)
Rk Name Age Aff OPS 1 Matthew Rizzotti* 24 PHI 1.099 2 Domonic Brown* 22 PHI 0.993 3 Hector Gimenez# 27 PIT 0.941 4 Alex Presley* 24 PIT 0.932 5 Tagg Bozied 30 PHI 0.929 6 Nick Evans 24 NYM 0.895 7 Eric Thames* 23 TOR 0.884 8 Brandon Laird 22 NYY 0.875 9 Brian Jeroloman* 25 TOR 0.869 10 Kirk Nieuwenhuis* 22 NYM 0.854 ............................ 30 Thomas Neal 22 SFG 0.792
Neal is 30th in the EL right now by OPS. The average EL hitter’s OPS this year is .726. I too would like to see more power — especially after his power output last season — but it’s a tough league and I hope he’s still adjusting.
As for the top 10 list above, I’m not sure how many of those guys are prospects. I know Dominic Brown is a top prospect, but some of the other guys look like older players (Bozied, Giminez) and Nick Evans has never really done much for me.
I wonder if the Giants will leave Neal in AA for next year? Or move him on to AAA?
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I imagine it depends on how he does down the stretch, but they’ve never been a team to repeat players at a level unless they completely fall on their face (and even then, not always… Noonan!)
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Brandon Belt
Combined between San Jose and Richmond-1.114 OPS…..bitches!
*1.130 OPS in Richmond
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Oddly, his last three hits have all been triples.
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.
He's actually pretty fast.
Saw him again over the weekend, and like him more and more every time I watch him play. The glove is better than I thought, but I was really impressed with his overall speed, he can steal a base here and there.
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Why the surprise on his D? There have been multiple reports this season that he plays plus D at 1B. Not to mention that he was one of the best-fielding 1B in college in 2009.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
Because...
Not usually a big believer in defensive 1B, so the really good ones typically surprise me. It has more to do with me than him, but he looked JT Snow good, not that he’s there yet, but made several digs look easy and and had a diving stop in the hole that off the bat I thought was a clean single.
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
he’s a bit triple-happy right now.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 29, 2010 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Lazy as usual
I haven’t checked the stats but my impression is that Neal is a lot higher on that list if you look at it from, say, June 1 on so I see no reason why the Giants wouldn’t view Neal as ready for Fresno from the start of next year. He might even merit a jump late this year if they have AAA injuries, although they would probably just move someone from San Jose if it’s temporary. I’ve only been able to see him once this year and he certainly looked comfortable in the field and at the plate. Of course, I said the same thing about Ortmeier four or five years ago and we all know he turned out to be something less than the real deal.
by NearestNorwich on Jul 29, 2010 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions
He was insanely hot in June (.929 OPS — Hello, 3 homer game.) but he’s back to earth this month (.753 OPS).
Splits, courtesy of minorleaguesplits.com
AB AVG OBP SLG OPS BABIP April 76 0.224 0.322 0.382 0.704 0.263 May 123 0.276 0.313 0.358 0.671 0.330 June 98 0.347 0.407 0.582 0.989 0.372 July 75 0.267 0.353 0.400 0.753 0.317
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I still think there’s no reason to have him repeat AA.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jul 29, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Why would you want to demote him to AAA? He’s need to be able to compete against the best pitching in the minors to improve himself.
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.
Francisco Peguero inching ever so close to a .500 SLG. Not too shabby for a speedster type.
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.
saw Peguero on TV
2 nights ago, Comcast hops all around the Cal league. Like the commenters said, he gets that loud sound on many of his swings, even the long outs. Both he and JC Perez swing at too many first pitches it seems to me, maybe guessing fastball.
Interestingly, the hi desert Mavericks were the opponent, and Perez’ junior college pal Danny Almonte (said he was 12 when he was 14, and made the little league WS, wasn’t it?) was playing center.
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more game changing bunts than Buster Posey!
by foothillsfan on Jul 29, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Brandon Allen
Brandon Allen, the 18.11 year old, 6’6", 180 lb. RHP made his pro debut for Scottsdale last night. Allen was the Giants 18th round pick in the recent draft, from a small HS in central Fla, that they signed about 4 weeks ago. He pitched 1 inning in relief and gave up 1 run. He started out shaky (nervous?), yielding back-to-back doubles followed by a walk with 1 out. He finished nicely though, by getting a K and a groundout with runners on 2nd and 3rd to close out the inning with no more damage done.
Here’s his stat page:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=592100
For those that want more info on Allen, here’s a detailed fanpost that I made about him last week:
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2010/7/20/1579632/more-draft-news-giants-sign-18th
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
With Allen’s and Burkhart’s debuts this week, that means that every signed 2010 draftee and NDA has been heard from but one.
Mark Christman (RHP, South Carolina-Sumter JC), the 13th round pick has yet to be seen in a game. He was signed about 6 weeks ago, and was reported to be in the Scottsdale camp working with the team more than a month ago. Either he has been injured, or the Giants are totally overhauling his mechanics before they want him to get in a game.
"There ain’t much to being a ballplayer, if you’re a ballplayer." - Honus Wagner
questions
1. Monell – he’s a bit old for the league, but does he have enough defense to reach the majors? comp – terry kennedy (offensively)?
2. Yourkin – if the Giants can’t make a trade for a reliever, should they call him up to work out of the pen to get lefties out until Runzler and Affeldt get back? just a thought.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 29, 2010 9:28 AM PDT reply actions
Monell’s defense is solid, not great. I’m not sure it’s enough to make the bigs from his level. If there’s anyone I’d compare him to, he might be like Steve Holm.
With Yourkin, it’s an interesting idea, but if anyone gets a call, I’d expect it to be Geno Espineli, just because Espineli has (brief) major league experience and is a lefty.
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by BruteSentiment on Jul 29, 2010 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
FREE SURKAMP!!!
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You have a blog!?!
Neat.
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
What should I ask?
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Haters gotta hate.
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.
Why do you hate the Giants so much?
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 30, 2010 5:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Surkamp injured his hip about a week or so ago – so no freeing right now. :(
by APGiantsFan on Jul 29, 2010 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Do you think they’d take someone off the 40 man to bring up Espinelli?
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Nah...
They’d trade him to Toronto for a bag of balls where he’d go on to hit 10 dingerz down the stretch.
Giants best trade option: Bowker for Rowand
by Giant Torture on Jul 29, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Not Hinshaw
You don’t walk your way off the 40 man
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Yourkin is also a lefty.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 29, 2010 9:59 AM PDT up reply actions
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