minor lines, 8/26/11
by BruteSentiment on Aug 26, 2011 11:23 PM PDT
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Highlights from the farm tonight: Jarrett Parker, Gus Benusa and Leonardo Ochoa all homered as part of multi-hit performances, and Gary Brown had three hits. Also, Andres Torres and Sergio Romo had successful rehab outings.
AAA: Sacramento beat Fresno 6-2
Fresno: CF Andres Torres: 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Fresno: 1B-3B Conor Gillaspie: 1-3
Fresno: SP: Matt Yourkin: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 2 HR, L (9-7)
Andres Torres continues his rehab with his ninth game in Fresno, and his third home run of the run. He also has two doubles and two triples. Gillaspie has cooled off a little, but is still batting .354 in August. Matt Yourkin was certainly not called up for Saturday's start, and had a tough game. He has 132 strikeouts and 48 walks in 149 innings pitched.
AA: Akron beat Richmond 7-5
Richmond: 1B Wes Hodges: 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SO
Richmond: SS Skyler Stromsmoe: 1-1, 1 R, 3 BB
Richmond: SP David Quinowski: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, L (4-3)
Richmond: RP Drew Bowlin: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO
Guess who was supposed to start this game? (Hint: Not David Quinowski). Quinowski made the first start of his six-year career, and it was shorter than his average relief outing. His ERA went from 2.63 to 3.46. Also in a first, 24-year old Drew Bowlin made his first start above Low-A. Bowlin had a 3.66 ERA with 33 strikeouts and 26 walks in 51 2/3 innings with Augusta this season. (Bowlin missed 2010 with injury)
Hodges had been 2-for-25 in his previous nine games before this game. Skyler Stromsmoe has been coming on. He's batting .452 in his last ten games, and has five walks alone in his last two games (giving him 23 in 73 games). Of note, when I was in Richmond in April, he was acting as a coach for the team, not a player.
A+: San Jose beat Rancho Cucamonga 8-7 (the winning fun in the 9th inning scored on an error)
San Jose: CF Gary Brown: 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
San Jose: RF Jarrett Parker: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO
San Jose: C Hector Sanchez: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SO
San Jose: SP Michael Main: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO
Gary Brown's not going to end any talk about bringing him up to the majors like this. He's had at least three hits in four of his last five games, with four doubles, two triples, and two home runs. He also picked up his 48th stolen base in his 65th attempt. Parker picked up his 11th home run, braking an 0-for-12 slump. Hector Sanchez got his first start since returning to San Jose, his first start since June 6th in High-A.
Michael Main got his first start since July 29th, when he only got one out, while giving up six runs. He had a 5.29 ERA as a reliever.
A-: Greenville beat Augusta 3-0
Augusta: C Joel Weeks: 1-3, 1 3B
Augusta: SP Mike Kickham: 6.2 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, L (5-9)
Augusta's offense had a Giant-like night, mustering just three hits. Week's triple, his first of the year, was the only extra-base hit. Kickham gave up his highest hit total since giving up ten in four innings on July 31st. The two walks were also his highest total since that game.
Sh-A: Salem-Keizer defeated Boise 7-3
S-K: 2B Kaohi Downing: 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO
S-K: LF Leonardo Ochoa: 3-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
S-K: SS Joe Panik: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B
S-K: SP Paul Davis: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO
Kaohi Downing got back to .300 with his third two-hit game in the last five games, with his tenth double and second triple of the season. Ochoa's home run is his second in three games and third in the last nine. Panik broke an 0-for-10 streak with his two-hit game, and added his eighth double. He's slugging .464 on the season.
Paul Davis made his first start in Salem-Keizer after posting a 3.44 ERA in 12 games, nine starts, with the AZL Giants.
R: The Giants beat the Diamondbacks 13-2
Giants: LF Michael Mergenthaler: 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 SB (2), 1 SF
Giants: 3B Stephen Yarrow: 2-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB
Giants: CF Kentrell Hill: 2-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SO
Giants: RF Gus Benusa: 2-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Giants: SP Sergio Romo: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO
Giants: RP Demondre Arnold: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO
Megenthaler had his second straight three-hit game, and four three-hit games in his last seven games. He's batting .514 in the last nine games. Stephen Yarrow has 12 walks against nine strikeouts in 16 games. Kentrell Hill has a little mini-five-game hitting streak going. Gus Benusa had his third multi-hit game in the last four, and picked up his first home run of the season (in his 23rd game).
That was Sergio, not Andrew, in the lineup. His rehab start saw him strike out three of the four batters he faced. Demondre Arnold got the non-start start, and struck out six of the 12 batters he faced, giving him a season-high. He has 32 strikeouts against eight strikeouts in 26 2/3 innings.
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also, wouldn't Quinowski be able to declare 6-yr minor league FA at the end of this season?
by repeat_in_2011 on Aug 26, 2011 11:48 PM PDT reply actions
Yes.
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by BruteSentiment on Aug 27, 2011 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Arnold?
Or am I missing a wordplay?
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AZL Giants clinch best record
With yesterday’s win, the AZL Giants clinched the best record in the league (3.5 game lead with 2 games to play). They’ll be hosting the AZL Reds in round 1 off the playoffs, although the Indians have an outside chance of catching the Reds for the wildcard spot. The Rangers will be hosting the Dodgers in the other game. Hosting games acturally works slightly against the Giants. Yes they had a very good home record this season (16-10 – 2nd best i the league), but their road record was off the charts great (23-5).
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The AZL Giants have scored 30 runs in their last 2 games! Anyway we can get some of that mojo imported to SF?
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They’ve played in the AZL championship game several times in the last decade, but it seems to me they’ve never won it, have they? Maybe once. It’s hard to find records on minor league post-season play.
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I think that they won it once, but they’ve often been bridesmaids. I believe that their very good W-L percentage in the AZL the last 4-6 years can mostly be seen as a product of them drafting and signing more college players and more pitchers than most other AZL team owners. Their blueprint for success has generally been good college starting pitchiing and very good and deep bullpens. This year’s team seems to be much better offensively than past teams.
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I will be curious to see if any of these college bats that are carrying their offense are for real next year in a full season environment. Mergenthaler, Tomlinson and Blair have had outstanding debuts, Sim has performed well given his first extended amount of playing time as a pro, but I don’t think any of them were highly regarded outside of Tomlinson.
And congratulations to Gus Benusa on his first professional HR. I’m glad he’s starting to get some plating time as well.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Aug 27, 2011 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
yeah i just generally ignore anybody over 20 playing in the AZL.
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Even age is a tricky gauge at such a low level.
Not sure if the pitching talent is thinner this year or perhaps there are more developed bats, but the BA/OBP/SLG is .275/.352/.408 league wide this year. Compare that to last years .257/.326/.365 and it would seem that hitting numbers should be taken with a significant shot of perspective.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Aug 27, 2011 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Tomlinson’s potential at the plate (could be above-average offensively for a SS). I don’t expect Mergenthaler or Blair to amount to much once they hit full-season ball. Sim is interesting to me, because of his newfound power – to go along with his plus D.
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Chris Marlowe
He struckout the side in the 9th inning and had a chance for 4 Ks, because one of the batters reached base on a wild pitch that went for strike 3. He’s been pretty much as advertised so far: 3 games, 3 innings, 5 Ks, 1 BB
The start of his pro career has been similar to Heath Hembree’s last year. Hembree came into the pros with a reputation for being wild, but has put that to rest with his performance in 2010 and 2011. Let’s hope that Marlowe follows the same path as Hembree and he ends up taming the extreme wildness that he exhibited in college.
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Did you see Demondre’s 3 inning appearance yesterday. Coming as it did following a Sergio Romo 1 inning rehab appearance, that’s nearly a start! Perhaps they’re grooming him along the Clayburn path. Which is good, because Crick doesn’t quite seem like he’s there yet.
/Crick walks three batters as I type this sentence.
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It’s only an informed guess, but I think it’s a good bet that the Giants started tweaking with Crick’s mechanics at the end of July, after they had seen him in a few games. He could have had a blister or minor injury, but I believe that he was held out for those 17 staright days this month to intensify the tweaking. If so, then it’s pretty normal for a young pitcher to struggle with his command, control and velocity once he starts messing with his delivery. I have little doubt that the Giants will have Crick starting for Augusta next year, unless the tweaking totally unhinges him (a la Matzek).
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See Matzek’s performance yesterday? His last couple outings have to give the Rockies a little encouragement to hope that he’s turned a corner.
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That would be incredible
I was listening to the BP podcast and Goldstein and Parks made a good point to give the Rockies credit for letting him leave the team and work with his HS pitching coach in California
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by Gobroks on Aug 27, 2011 5:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah, it was Marshall
Here’s a BA article on it
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-bulletin/2011/2612026.html
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by Gobroks on Aug 27, 2011 6:03 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
No it wasn't
His pitching coach isn’t/wasn’t Marshall. He’s a guru that uses a lot of Marshall’s teachings (especially in terms of training) mixed in with stuff that he developed himself.
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Gary Brown scorching hot!
If you dig down into the game recaps you’ll find that Brown actually had 8 straight hits in 8 consecutive PAs over his last 3 games.
He singled in his final PA on Wednesday, went 5 for 5 in Thursday’s game, then got a hit in his frst 2 PAs yesterday.
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Last night, he already had a hit, a SB, a run, a 2B and an RBI by top of the 2nd.
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Even managed to mix in a walk. That’s good, the walk rate has been on a slow, steady decline much of the second half.
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What to think of Leo Ochoa?
He’s had a very good season stats-wise playing part time in the OF for the Volcanoes, after missing all of 2010 with an injury. Gotta love his newfound power stroke (5 HRs in only 85 ABs, ISOp=.212) and his great BB-rate (10.2%). On the negative side, he turns 22 in October. Too bad he washed out as a 3B, maybe a move to 1B would get him a more steady gig?
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Isn't he still playing the OF?
I’ve been intrigued by his power as well.
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by Smotheredinhugs on Aug 27, 2011 8:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Yep
He’s played strictly OF in the AZL and the NWL this season – almost exclusively LF. I liked his future better when it looked like they were grooming him at 3B. This year pretty much shows that they’ve given up on that option. I suggested 1B, because it appears that he’d have more of a chance to get consistent starts there in the future. We have a very crowded OF scene below AA.
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Fleet, Bowlin, Schumer...
Did the Giants just ship the entire Augusta bullpen up to Richmond? I guess that Surkamp was the only thing holding that pitching staff together, LOL.
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Aaron King tweeted that he’s on his way to California. I assume he’s joining San Jose, but I don’t know where they’re going to put him on the roster. Also, re the roster, Heston is supposed to be activated from the DL for his scheduled start on Wednesday, which is one day before the Giants can add H. Sanchez to the expanded roster. It will be interesting to see what ends up happening.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
Are they at full capacity now? Seems like they’ve been operating a man or two short (particularly on the pitching staff) for much of the last week or so.
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They’re carrying only 10 pitchers right now, but they’ve got 25 active players. Part of the roster weirdness is that they have 4 catchers: Sanchez, Joseph, Burg and Navarro.
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Plus 2 starting SS, one of whom gets to be DH every day!
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Carter Jurica as DH cracks me up.
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The funniest thing was that I went to a couple of SJ games in Stockton right before his injury, and he had two of his best offensive games — hit a game winning home run, was the post-game interview on Comcast Hometown Network, etc. Then, I was at the game in Modesto a couple days later where he broke his wrist. I did a literal face palm.
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So is Gary Brown going to start out next year in AA with management promoting him to AAA as soon as he earns it? Or do you think they’ll start him in AAA?
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I think they’ll start him in Richmond. What happens after that depends on lots of factors, but I don’t think they’d hesitate to promote him straight to the majors from there if it came to it.
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Gut Feeling
I have this weird fizzing sensation that’s telling me he’s going to tear it up in Spring Training and start the year in AAA…which would be neat.
Mr. Flibble is very cross.
+1
I think that he’ll get at least 2 months in AA.
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got to challenge folks with that Eastern League pitching. Did Posey skip it all together and still turn out OK?
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by foothillsfan on Aug 27, 2011 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but that was sone for the understandable reasoning that they wanted Posey to be under the watchful eye and expert tutelage of Decker in Fresno. The same can be said for having Hector skip Richmond this year.
On the other hand, the Giants seem to like to get their position players some time in the difficult hitter’s environment that is the Eastern League. Jumping straight from the CAL to the PCL is like going from the candy store to the ice cream store for a hitter. I think that they’re going to want Brown to face some real adversity in the minors next year, because it seems likely that he’ll be in SF sometime during the 2013 season.
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That’s not correct, Fla. Decker was still managing in the EL in 2009 when Posey was promoted from SJ to the PCL. He didn’t come to Fresno until last year (when Posey did play for him for the first couple months of the season).
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by Roger on Aug 27, 2011 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I forgot about that. Although, I think my point still has some relevance in that the field and facilities in Connecticut were so bad that the Giants did not want to risk the jewel in their crown by sending him there for only 2 months. Posey’s bat straight out of college was so advanced that I don’t think that the Giants ever worried about sending him to some league where he wouldn’t be one of the best hitters. Still, I was surprised that they didn’t send Posey to Conn. in 2009 if only for the chance for him to get in more work with MadBum.
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Obviously a minority opinion...
…but I think he’ll be in Fresno for a few reasons; mostly to keep him close to the team’s roving coaches, keeping him close in case the Giants want him with an uncertain 2012 situation in center field, and a favor to Fresno ownership.
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by BruteSentiment on Aug 27, 2011 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
they haven’t done too many favors for Fresno in the last 10 years so this would be a good start…
by repeat_in_2011 on Aug 28, 2011 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Gardner strikes out a fair amount
But decent point. I mean, Parker’s going to have to cut down his Ks to reach his ceiling
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Not the perfect example, but how about Ben Grieve?
Career minor league numbers:
Player BB% K% ISO AB
Grieve 14.0 19.8 .182 2,016
Parker 13.0 28.6 .149 451
Hmm, not as close as I thought. Parker is the better defender and baserunner, but so far, he’s missing the ball a lot more than Grieve ever did. They have similar walk-rates. Grieve hit for more power. However, I’m not sure how much the parks Grieve played in helped (or hurt) his power numbers.
Though, if you compare Grieves numbers while in A+ ball (2 seasons), Parker looks like a slightly closer match.
Career A+ ball minor league numbers
Player BB% K% ISO AB
Grieve 11.8 18.4 .170 448
Parker 13.0 28.6 .149 451
Those K numbers are worrisome for Parker. I like the rest of his package, though.
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They are mostly swinging aren't they?
I am not sure if this info is recorded anywhere but any guess if they are swinging or looking? I recall (and likely incorrectly) that at the time of the draft that he apparently had a hole on the inside corner because of a loop in his swing. Anyone else recall this?
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There was someone around here who liked him better than Brown right after the draft, but I can’t remember who.
Quite a few did, IIRC
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I did
I’ve been a bit disappointed. I love the patience but the K rate with his (lack of) power is a tough package to sell
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by Gobroks on Aug 27, 2011 5:31 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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But he was really fun to watch at UVA.
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by professoratplay on Aug 28, 2011 6:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I ask this periodically, but I’ll try again: Has anybody heard any updates on Kickham’s stuff?
He’s been pitching well (but not too well) and seems to have escaped notice for most of the year. I’ve read all the reports on him from around draft time last year, but I wonder whether his velocity, breaking pitches or other stuff have changed at all since then.
I watched a game of his on MiLB.tv not long ago and, although neither the broadcast nor the announcers ever gave velocity readings, I’d say just by looking at the batters reactions that it was good, but not really extraordinary. His breaking stuff seemed to give hitters the biggest troubles but it was more roundhouse slurry than sharp. Given that he was originally ticketed to SJ, it would be nice to see a little more dominance.
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So Sanchez was sent back to SJ?
That’s good, but nice developmental job Giants…
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I remember Baggs speculating
that the move was more to have him close in case Whiteside had any lingering concussion symptoms, and because he’s likely coming back up on september 1st anyway.
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i think it's just because SJ is closer
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I haven't seen this posted anywhere else
GaBro was #1 on BA’s Hot List.
No. 1 GARY BROWN, CF
GIANTS
Gary Brown Team: high Class A San Jose (California)
Age: 22
Why He’s Here: .556/.571/1.037 (15-for-27), 2 HR, 3 2B, 2 3B, 9 R, 8 RBIs, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1-for-3 SB
The Scoop: “Some have labeled me as a singles hitter. I don’t know where they get that from,” Brown told a media outlet from his hometown of Diamond Barr, Calif. “I’ve always felt I’ve driven the ball gap to gap.”
The Giants 2010 first-rounder made good on his personal assessment yesterday, going 5-for-5 with a pair of homers (12), a pair of doubles (30), five runs scored and four RBIs. On the year, Brown has collected a similarly-wide array of extra-base hits. He leads the Cal League with 12 triples and 170 hits, and he ranks second with 102 runs and 260 total bases. He has fallen off the pace in the stolen base department, and High Desert’s Dan Carroll now holds a 55-47 advantage on Brown heading into the final week-plus of play.
Brown’s successful full-season debut includes a .331/.400/.507 batting line through 513 at-bats. He’ll play in the Cal League playoffs, where San Jose qualifies yet again with 13 wins more than No. 2 Rancho Cucamonga.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 3:52 PM PDT reply actions
Well, the point of the post was that Brown made #1 on the hot list. If you want to get hung up on the fact that I like to poke fun at the Tulo/Cargo style of nickname, well, then more power to you.
by Sgt. Dingleberry on Aug 27, 2011 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
How does Tulo fit?
That’s just a contraction of his last name. Now if he was called TroTu then you might include him. If you were following the Tulo rules then you would have to nickname Brown “Bro”.
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At the rate he's going over the last few games, no problem...
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