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17 July 2005
Scoresheet opening ... premier combined league in Canada ...
Mantle ... stable, 18-team loop (restricted to Canadian
residents) ...
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Edwin Encarnacion 3B CIN 3-5, 2 2B, 14th HR,
R, 2 RBI ... Austin Kearns DH CIN 1-4, 6th HR, R, RBI, BB ...
T.J. Pena SS ATL 2-4, 2B, RBI ... Carlos Ruiz C PHI 4-4, 2B,
3B, R, RBI ... John-Ford Griffin LF TOR 2-5, 2B, R, RBI ... Gabe
Gross RF TOR 3-5, 2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI ... Shawn Marcum TOR
5-2/3 8 6 6 2 5, 5.51 ... B.J. Upton SS TB 1-4, R, SB, 32nd error ...
Chris Seddon TB 6 4 1 1 0 3, 5.80 ... Kevin Youkilis 3B
BOS 3-3, 1st HR, R, RBI, BB ... Jon Papelbon BOS 3-2/3 8 6 6 1 3,
6.52 ... Angel Pagan CF NYN 3-6, 3B, 2 R ... Anderson
Hernandez 2B NYN 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB ... Victor Diaz 1B NYN
3-5, 5th & 6th HRs, 2 R, 6 RBI ... one of the worst lines of the year, Jae
Seo NYN 4-2/3 15 13 13 0 3, 4.13 ... Brian Anderson CF CHA
3-5, 13th HR, 2 R, RBI ... rehab, Ross Gload 1B CHA 4-5, 2B, 7th &
8th HRs, 2 R, 4 RBI ... Felix Diaz CHA 5 8 6 6 1 4, 5.51 ...
Sean Henn NYA 5-2/3 7 4 2 1 3, 2.97 ... Chris Heintz C
MIN 2-4, 6th HR, R, RBI ... rehab, Michael Cuddyer 1B MIN 1-4 ...
Dave Gassner MIN 6-1/3 10 7 7 2 2, 4.42 ... Walter Young
1B BAL 2-5, 2B, RBI
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Dennis
Tankersley KC 5 6 1 1 1 1 ... Bobby Brownlie CHN, working out
of the pen, 1 1 1 1 0 0 ... Matt Cain SF, struggling, 5 4 4 4 5 7
... Todd Linden SF 4-4, .338 ... Brian
Dallimore
3B SF 3-4, 3 doubles, 6 RBI, .292 ... Carlos Quentin ARZ 3-5, 17th
homer, .309 ... hmmm, Juan Cruz OAK 7 4 1 1 1 13, 1.86 (45 Ks in
29 innings)
EASTERN (AA) -- Hanley Ramirez SS
BOS 0-4, .282 AVG ... Franklin Gutierrez CLE OF 1-5, 2B
(16), .241 AVG … Brad Snyder CLE OF 1-3, .264 AVG … Mike
Jacobs 1B NYN 1-5, 2B (24), RBI (62), .307 AVG … Aaron Baldris
3B NYN 1-5, .289 AVG … Lastings Miledge OF NYN 3-4, SB (2), 2 RBI
(2), .538 AVG … Paul Bonifay 1B PIT 3-6, 2B (12), 2 RBI (50), .283
AVG … Michael Bourn OF PHI 0-3, .279 AVG … Randy
Roberson OF PHI 1-4, SB (23), .318 AVG … Randy Ruiz 1B PHI
3-4, HR (23), RBI (79), .355 AVG … Alexander Romero OF MIN 1-4 &
1-5, .289 AVG … Ryan Zimmerman 3B WAS 1-2, HR (3), RBI (11),
.242 AVG … Chip Cannon 1B TOR 0-4 & 1-5, .250 AVG … Casey
Janssen TOR 1-1/3 2 0 0 0 1, 0.00 ERA … Ismael Ramirez TOR
6 8 5 4 1 4, W (7), 4.22 ERA … Jonathan Lester BOS 4-2/3 5 4 2 2
5, 2.46 ERA … Jeremy Sowers CLE 6 4 1 0 1 3, W, 1.57 ERA …
Richard Rundles WAS 3 11 6 5 2 1, 3.67 ERA … Matt Peterson
PIT 5 6 5 4 4 1, W (8), 6.12 ERA … Yusmerio Petit NYN 7 6 2 2 2 8,
W (4), 2.93 ERA
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Luis Montanez CF CHN
2-4, 2 doubles, 2 RBI in AA debut ... Joey Devine ATL 2 1 0
0 1 2 ... Buck Coats SS CHN 4-4, 3 doubles, .312 ... Josh
Burrus
ATL 3-4, double, .348 ... Ty
Taubenheim MIL 2 6 5
5 0 0 ... Wes Bankston
1B TB 3-4, homer, .333 ... Joel Guzman LA 2-4, 24th double, .290
... Tony Pena ARZ 8-1/3 9 7 4 1 7, 4.94
TEXAS (AA) -- ooops, might be his worst
pro effort, John Danks TEX 4 10 8 8 3 0 ... Jason Hirsh HOU
6 4 1 1 0 8 ... Steven Shell ANA 9 7 0 0 1 9, 4.45 ...
Kendry
Morales ANA 4-4, .272
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Jered Weaver ANA 6 3
1 1 1 11 ... Billy Butler KC 2-5, .356 ... Chris
Lubanski KC 3-4, double, triple, .282 ... Andrew
Sonnanstine
TB 7 5 2 2 1 6, 11-4, 2.55 ... Ian Stewart COL 2-5, 10th homer,
.271 ... Seth Smith OF COL 2-5, 2 doubles (32), .301 ...
Richie
Robnett OAK
3-4, double, .256 ...
CAROLINA (A+) -- Micah Schnurstein CHA
2-4, RBI ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL 3-4, RBI ... Lance
Broadway CHA (L, 1-1, 3.16) 5 9 4 3 2 6 ... Adam Miller CLE
5-2/3 7 3 1 4 1
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Brent Clevlen DET
2-5 double, 4 RBI, .290 ... Chuck Tiffany LA 7 2 1 1 0 6, 3.36 (92
Ks in 80 1/3 innings) ... Carlos Villanueva MIL 6 1 0 0 2 10, 2.06
... Anthony Swarzak MIN 7 5 2 2 0 7, 3.94 ... Fri catchup - Gaby Hernandez NYN winning ugly in his
A+ debut, 5 6 4 4 2 2
MIDWEST (A) -- Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 2-4,
triple ... Oswaldo Navarro SEA 2-3 (.267) ... Juan
Lucena (SS) STL 2-5, 9th E ... Fernando Rodriguez ANA 5 8 3 3
5 5 (4.86) ... Eric Patterson CHN 1-2, 3 BB's, 29th SB (.336) ...
Ryan Harvey CHN 2-5, double (263) ... Ian Gac TEX
2-4, 17th double (.235) ... Brian McFall KC 2-4 (still just
.242/.329/.386) ... Kyle Waldrop MIN 3 1/3 8 6 4 1 2 (4.67) ... I
guess he prefers pitching in relief Jose Mijares MIN 3 1 0 0 0 7
.. going great, at least with the lumber Trevor Plouffe MIN 3-3,
10th double, but 2 more errors (24) ... David Winfree MIN 3-5,
double, HR (.279) ... Reid Brignac TB 10th HR ... Josh
Rainwater DET 7 8 5 5 0 3 (3.77)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Marvin Lowrance
WAS 3-4, double, 4 RBI ... Scott Elbert LA 5 6 3 1 3 6, L, 3.30
... Yovanni Gallardo MIL 6 3 0 0 1 0, (W, 4-3), 3.10 ... Marcus
Sanders SF 2-4, RBI, .300 ... Taylor Tankersley FLA 4-2/3 4
3 2 4 4, (L, 2-4), 3.76
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Blake
Hawksworth STL 3 3 1 1 1 4 ... Robert Ray TOR 6 1 0 0 1 4, 0.56
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Mike Sansoe
CF SD 4-5, 2 doubles, 4 RBI, .286 ... Kyle Wright ARZ 7 7 1 1 2 2, 0.75
(in 24 innings) ...
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Grand Canyon U’s
Ryan Bethel (2B TBY, 32nd rd.) 2-3, R, 2 2B (9), K; and 0-2, BB, .360 BA…
former SE Louisiana Lion Randy Roth (DH STL, 10th rd.) 3-4, 2 R, 2
2B (9), HR (5), 4 RBI (21), K; and 0-2, BB, K, .359 BA… Maxi Ramirez
(DH ATL) 2-4, .372 BA… taking advantage of a woeful Burlington (CLE) offense
which entered the game with a .223 team BA, Todd Blackford (SP ATL)
W (3-2), 6 2 1 0 0 3, 2.60 ERA… Appy’s top two hitters faced off in a contest
between Bluefield and Kingsport, the edge going to Rene Aqueron
(3B BAL) with a 1-3 effort, .500 BA after 21 GP and 56 AB’s… Matt
Anderson (3B NYM) entered the game in 2nd place (over 100 points behind
Aqueron), and went 0-4 with a SF and 2 K to end the day at .384… Jose
Gonzalez (SP NYM) W (2-1), 5 2 2 1 1 6, 4.01 ERA… nice outing for Yohan
Pino (SP MIN) improves to 4-0, 6 3 2 1 0 4, 4.32 ERA (seems high given
1.08 WHIP, 20/4 K/BB and 0 HR allowed)… Tim Lahey (RP MIN) closes
it out for E’town S (5), 1 0 0 0 1 1, 0.00 ERA… bullpen blows one for Sergio
Severino (SP HOU) 6 4 0 0 0 7, 2.96 ERA.
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- CF Dexter Fowler
Col 2-4, 2b ... Michael DeJesus Cin 4-5, 2R, 2RBI ... SS Adam
Rosales Cin 2-4, 2b, 2R, 3RBI ... 2b Jesus Soto LAD 1-4, R,
BB, SO ... DH David Sutherland LAD 1-4(.443), 2R, RBI, BB ... 3b
Russell Mitchell LAD 2-3, 2R, RBI, 2b, SB(1) ... SP Mario
Alvarez LAD W(2-0) 5.2 1 1 1 1 4 ... SS Hainley Statia LAA
1-4, 3b, RBI, 2SO ... 1b Mark Trumbo LAA 1-4, RBI, 2SO ... LF
Darren Ford Mil 3-4, 2R, SO, E(1) ... CF Charlie Fermaint
Mil 1-2, HR(5), 2 RBI, BB, SB(6) ... C Angel Salome Mil 3-4(.440),
HR(6), 3RBI, 35 RBI/23 games, E(8), 2 PB(9) ... SP Stephen Marek
LAA 5 7 3 3 0 2 ... DH Brandon Allen CWS 2-5, R, RBI, 2 2b ... 1b
Manuel Rodriguez CWS 3-4, 2b, 3b, HR(4), 2RBI, 2R, E(3) ... 3b
Brandon Johnson CWS 3-5, 2b, 3b, RBI, R, SB(6), E(10)
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Rhys Taylor
BOS 4 3 1 0 2 2, 0.00 (15 1/3 innings) ... SS Luis Segovia BOS 4-4,
2 doubles ... Howie Clark OF PIT 3-4, 2 doubles, triple, .458 ... SS
Elvis Andrus ATL 3-4, 2 RBI, .309 ... Greg Miller LA 3 0 0 0 0
6
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Kyle Blanks SD
(after 3 walks in 17 games) 0-0, 4 walks, .338 ...
Deryck Lewis OF CHN
5-5, 2 doubles, triple, .357 ... Nick
Adenhart ANA 2 2 4 4 3 1, 4.22 ... John
Whittleman
DH TEX 4-5, double, triple, 4 RBI, .345
Troop
Movements ... CLE - Matt Miller DL, Kazuhito Tadano ... HOU -
Raul Chavez outright to AAA, Humberto Quintero activated ... TEX -
Juan Dominguez restricted list, Laynce Nix DL, Jason Botts
up ... NYA - acquired Al Leiter from FLO, designated Tim Redding for assignment
... TB - designated Hideo Nomo for assignment, activated Alex Gonzalez from DL
... ATL - activated Tim Hudson from DL, Andy Marte to AAA
...
MIN - Luis Rivas to AAA, promoted Jay Rainville to A+ :
" ... 19-year-old right-hander, Rainville, was 8-2, 3.77 ERA in 16 games,
all starts, while with Single-A Beloit. In 88.1 innings pitched he walked 27 and
struck out 77 while opponents hit .243 against him. In his first professional
year in 2004, he was 3-2, 1.63 ERA with the GCL Twins." (Fort
Myers Miracle)
ARZ well represented in the updated BA prospect list :
" ... Finally past the midpoint of the season,
Baseball America reshuffled its top 25 prospects in minor league baseball with a
handful of current and former JetHawks included in the list. [Stephen] Drew
(.375-8-28) made his debut on the list at No. 5 behind Devil Rays outfielder
Delmon Young, Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez,
Rockies third baseman Ian Stewart and Marlins outfielder Jeremy
Hermida. Former JetHawks Carlos Quentin (.302-16-60) and
Conor Jackson (.369-7-64) are on the list at No. 19 and No. 20 and
Miguel Montero (.349-24-82) has entered the picture as a top 100
prospect." (Antelope Valley Press)
John Sickels reviews his SEA
prospect picks, including a quartet of shortstops :
" ... 4) Yuniesky Betancourt
... Hitting .293/.315/.429 since being promoted to Tacoma last month, after
.273/.301/.410 performance in Double-A. Holding his own, I expect gradual
improvement if he can increase his walk rate even a little."
" ... 6) Matt Tuiasosopo
... .287/.372/.413 for Wisconsin, earning Class A Midwest League All-Star
honors. Holding his own, making progress, no change in his status really."
" ... 12) Adam Jones
... Rapid progress. Hit .295 in 68 games for Inland Empire, earning promotion to
Double-A San Antonio, where he is at .329/.379/.481 after 22 games. With 7
steals. Blossoming in all categories, likely belongs on Top 50 list."
" ... 17) Asdrubal Cabrera
... Hit .318 at Wisconsin in 51 games, now at Inland Empire where he is at
.338/.378/.554 after 18 games. Doing just fine, reasonable plate discipline with
good pop."
And ... another one bites the dust :
" ... J.D. Martin, one of the Indians' top
minor-league pitching prospects, is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery on
Monday in Birmingham, Ala. Martin, 23, was the 35th overall pick of the 2001
draft. In 10 starts at Class AA Akron, he was 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA, 63 strikeouts
and eight walks in 56Ҡinnings. "He's been pitching in pain for a while," Shapiro
said. "Right now, we figure he will be out the standard length of time . . .
nine to 14 months." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Jake Stevens ATL with some things to learn :
" ... The 6-foot-3 left-hander is used to being a
baseball king, and thus has little concept of in-game psychological battles.
There were few problems in Rome last season when he went 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA,
striking out 140 batters in 135 innings while walking just 39 batters as a
19-year-old. But in Myrtle Beach this season, Stevens met resistance - from
himself. "You get worrying about what your stats are after you give up a hit and
that is the last thing you should be worrying about," Stevens said. "... But the
one good thing about struggling through the year is you [learn] how to handle it
mentally. [It] makes the bad outings not as bad." While he earned a no decision
Friday, his ERA (4.50) has nearly doubled since last season and his record has
slumped (5-7) as has his strikeout-to-walk (29/71) and strikeout-to-innings
pitched ratios (71/91)." (Myrtle Beach Sun
News)
16 July 2005
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- William Bergolla SS CIN 2-5, SB ... Edwin
Encarnacion 3B CIN 2-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI ... Chris Denorfia CF
CIN 1-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, SB ... Elizardo Ramirez CIN 6 9 3 3 0
4, 3.11 ... James Jurries RF ATL 2-4, RBI ... Scott
Thorman 1B, ATL 2-4, 2B, R, RBI ... Zach Minor ATL 6 7 3 3 3
4, 4.10 ... Eude Brito PHI 7 6 1 1 2 7, 4.61 ... John-Ford
Griffin DH & LF TOR 0-3 & 1-3, 18th HR, R, 3 RBI ... Francisco
Rosario TOR 4 5 2 1 0 2, 3.65 ... Jamie Vermilyea TOR 3 9 5 5
1 1, 15.00 ... B.J. Upton SS TB 1-4, R, BB, SB, 1 error ... Delmon
Young RF TB 1-4, R, RBI ... Carlos Pena 1B DET 1-3, R, BB
... Marcus Thames LF DET 2-3, 2B, R, HBP ... Chris
Narveson BOS 6 9 2 2 0 1, 4.80 ... Angel Pagan CF & LF NYN
1-3, 2B, R, BB & 2-4, RBI ... Victor Diaz 1B NYN 1-4, 2B & 2-4 ...
Brian Anderson CF CHA 3-4, 3B, 12th HR, R, 3 RBI ... rehab,
Ross Gload 1B CHA 2-5, 6th HR, 3 R, 2 RBI ... Kevin
Thompson LF NYA 1-3, BB ... Terry Tiffee 1B MIN 1-4, 10th HR,
R, 2 RBI ... rehab, Michael Cuddyer 3B MIN 0-4 ... Boof
Bonser MIN 5 9 4 4 1 5 3.62
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Anthony Reyes
STL 6 4 0 0 0 7, 3.08 ... Rich Hill CHN 7 7 2 2 1 10, 3.66 (170 Ks
in 110 2.3s) ... Jeff Mathis ANA 1-4, 13th homer, .284 ...
Prince Fielder MIL 2-3, 2 RBI, .249 ... Ben Hendrickson
MIL 6 4 2 2 1 10, 4.53 ... Casey Kotchman ANA 1-3, triple & 4-4,
homer ... Todd Linden SF 0-3 & 2-2, 2 homers (23), 5 RBI,
.328 ... Fernando Nieve HOU 5 5 3 3 5 5, 3.38 ... Sergio
Santos SS ARZ, hearing footsteps in the ARZ system, 4-4, 2 doubles, .241
... Carlos Quentin ARZ 1-2, 3 walks, .304 ... Conor
Jackson ARZ 0-4, walk, .365 (Jackson, Quentin combined - 108 walks, 64 Ks)
EASTERN (AA) -- Hanley Ramirez SS
BOS 1-3, .281 AVG ... Brandon Moss OF BOS 1-4, .265 AVG … Eric
Duncan 3B NYA 0-3, .244 AVG … Shelly Duncan 1B NYA 2-5, 2
HR (24), 2 RBI (63), .262 AVG …Fred Lewis OF SF 2-4, 2B (15), RBI
(26), .245 AVG … Daniel Ortmeier OF SF 1-4, HR (16), 2 RBI (64),
.263 AVG … Mike Jacobs 1B NYN 2-4, 2 2B (23), RBI (61), .309
AVG … Aaron Baldris 3B NYN 1-4, RBI (34), .290 AVG … Lastings
Miledge OF NYN 4-5, SB, 2 2B (2), .444 AVG … Michael
Bourn OF PHI 0-5, .281 AVG … Randy Roberson OF PHI 1-3, HR
(8), RBI (44), .319 AVG … Alexander Romero OF MIN 3-3, HR
(12), 2 RBI (47), .290 AVG … Denard Span OF MIN 2-4, 2 RBI (9),
.288 AVG … Ryan Zimmerman 3B WAS 1-4, HR (2), RBI (10), .234 AVG …
Chip Cannon 1B TOR 2-4, 2 2B (3), .333 AVG … Rafael
Perez CLE 7 4 1 1 3 4, W (2), 0.89 ERA … Hayden Penn BAL 3
5 4 3 3 2, 4.04 ERA … Jeffrey Karstens NYA 2-1/3 7 7 7 1 2, 4.18
ERA … Vince Perkins TOR 6 3 0 0 3 8, W, 3.38 ERA … Dustin
McGowan TOR 6 6 2 2 3 4, 3.80 ERA … Jeremy Johnson DET
4-1/3 6 6 6 1 6, 4.51 ERA
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Jeremy Hermida FLO
2-4, double, walk, .293 ... Chad Billingsley LA 5 7 3 3 3 4, 4.28
... Joel Guzman LA 1-4, 13th homer, 3 RBI (58), .287
TEXAS (AA) -- Rehab - Matt Holliday
COL 3-5, R, 2RBI, .500 ... Jud Thigpen TOR 2-4, SB, .343 ...
Casey Myers (C) OAK 3-4, 3R, HR(5), 3RBI(22), .330 ... Brian
Stavisky OAK 2-3, R, 2B, RBI(56), .303 ... Mike Nannini OAK
(W,1-0) 6 7 3 2 2 6 (4.58) ... Alberto Callaspo ANA 2-4, R,
HR(10), RBI(49), SB(9), .297 ... Josh Anderson HOU 2-4, R, 2B,
SB(34), .284 ... Willie Collazo ANA 6 2 1 0 2 8 3.86 ... Chris
Sampson HOU (W,4-11) 7 2 1 1 0 5 (3.14) ... Jamie Bubela
(CF) SEA 3-5, R, RBI(37), SB(25), .292 ... On fire - TJ Bohn SEA 2-4, 3R,
2HR(8), 4RBI(47), 2SB(24), .319 ... Nice night - Adam Jones SEA
4-5, 2R, 2B, HR(2), RBI(4), SB(7), .329 ... Ruddy Yan TX 3-5, 2R,
2 2B, .307 ... Drew Meyer TX 3-4, R, 3RBI(42), .323 ... Justin
Huber KC 3-4, 2R, RBI(58), .347 ... Josh Pressley KC 4-5,
2R, HR(12), 3RBI(50), .297 ... Decent - Edison Volquez TX 6 3 3 2
5 (4.06)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Asdrubal Cabrera SS
SEA 2-3, 2 doubles, walk ... Richie
Robnett OAK, on a
little roll, 3-4, walk, .249 ... Howie
Kendrick ANA 2-5, .384 ... Nate
Schierholtz
SF 2-3, triple, .317 ... Billy Butler KC 1-5, 4 Ks
CAROLINA (A+) -- Robert Valido CHA 1-5,
R, K ... Micah Schnurstein CHA 1-3, BB, SB (8) ... Thomas
Collaro CHA 1-3, BB, 2 K ... Matt Esquivel ATL 1-4 ...
Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL 1-4, R, 2 K ... Jake Stevens
ATL 6 6 2 2 2 3 ... Nate Spears BAL 2-5, R, RBI, K ... Nick
Markakis BAL 1-4, 2 K ... Jeff Fiorentino BAL 0-4, K ...
Brian Finch BAL 5-2/3 6 2 2 2 6 ... Kory Casto WAS 2-5,
R, 2 doubles (27), RBI ... Tony Sipp CLE (W, 5-2, 2.63) 5 5 1 1 1
5
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Joey Votto CIN
2-6, 10th homer, .260 ... Scott Moore 3B CHN 4-6, 17th homer, 3
RBI, .286 (35/82 BB/K) ... C-1B Cody Ehlers NYA 3-3, 2 doubles ...
Brent Clevlen
DET 3-6, double, .288
MIDWEST (A) -- Reid Brignac TB 2-4,
19th double, 22nd E (.256) ... Trevor Plouffe MIN 2-2 (5-6 in last
two games), 8th HR, 2 BB's, 23rd E ... Raul Padron (C) OAK 2-3,
triple (.283) ... a breakthrough, maybe? Eric Hurley TEX 7 6 1 1 1
10 (3.80) ... Ryan Harvey CHN 3-4, 19th double, 15th HR ...
Matt Bush SD 0-4, 3 K's ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 0-4
(.287) ... Juan Lucena STL 1-3 (.301) ... Chris Robinson
DET 3-5, double ... Jair Jurrjens DET 6 4 1 1 1 7 (3.10)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Chris Nelson COL
4-5, hit for the cycle, 3 RBI, 2 runs ... Travis Denker LA
2-3, double, homer, 2 RBI ... Marcos Vechionacci NYA 3-5 ...
Jeffrey Marquez NYA 7 5 3 2 2 4, L, 3.92 ... Matthew
Whitney CLE 3-5, run ... Hunter Pence HOU 2-5, run
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Wladimir
Sutil SS HOU 1-4, K and 0-3 ... Pete Sellers 2-3, 2R, HR,
2RBI, BB and 0-4 ... Jensen Lewis CLE 6 4 2 2 2 4 ... James
Boone DH PIT 1-5, R, 2B, 2RBI, 3K ... Luis Monoz PIT 6 2 1
1 2 2 ... Jacoby Ellsbury CF BOS 2-4, R, RBI, 2BB, K ... Jed
Lowrie 2B BOS 4-4, 2R, 2B, 2RBI, BB, SB ... Willy Mota LF
BOS 0-5, R, BB, K ... Luis Soto RF BOS 1-4, 3R, HR, 3RBI, BB ...
Jon Poterson RF NYY 0-4, K ... Nolan Reimold RF BAL
1-2, HR, 3RBI, 2BB, K ... Bob McCrory BAL 5 2 1 1 2 5 ... Ryan
Patterson CF TOR 2-4, 2B, RBI ... Josh Bell C TOR 2-4, R
... Tyler Greene SS STL 0-2, R, BB, SB ... Mark
McCormick STL 4 1 0 0 1 7 ... Matt Cobb TB 5 2 1 0 1 1
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Michael Madsen
OAK 21st rounder, 6 3 2 0 1 3, 0.39 (23 innings) ... 3B Michael Biguenet
ARZ 3-5, homer, .300 (no walks, 17 Ks) ... John Mayberry TEX 1-3, 2nd
homer, .188 .
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Jairo Quevas
(SP ATL) 4 2 1 0 3 8, 1.66 ERA… Ovandy Suero (2B ATL) 1-4, R, K,
SB (league best 17); and 0-4, .333 BA… Carlos Rivas (SP ATL) 5 1 1
0 2 4, 2.00 ERA… Jung Ji Cho (RP ATL) L (2-2), 2-2/3 2 1 1 1 7, 0.96 ERA…
Joshua Wyrick (LF NYM) 2-5, 3 R, 2B, HR (2), 4 RBI (11), .210 BA…
number one pick Brandon Snyder (DH BAL, 13th overall, Westfield
HS, Centreville, Va.) 1-4, R, HR (2), 3 RBI (8), BB, K, .333 BA… Zach
Kalter (LF TOR, 20th rd.) 2-4, R, 3B, CS (5), .323 BA… marked improvement in
start number 5 for Wilfreddy Aguirre (SP TOR) W (1-4), 5 3 2 0 1
3, 6.75 ERA.
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- 1b Mark Trumbo LAA
3-5, 2R ... SS Hainley Statia LAA 2-6, 3R, 2b ... LF Cole
Garner Col 1-4, HR(8) ... Hitting 9th CF Dexter Fowler Col
2-3, 3b, 2R, SB(4) ... P Chaz Roe Col L(0-1) 2,2 3 2 2 5 5 ... P
Rafael Gonzalez Cin SV(1) 4 1 1 1 1 7 ... LF Adam Godwin
LAD 2-6, R, CS ... 1b David Sutherland LAD 2-4, 3R, 2b ... 3b
Russell Mitchell LAD 2-5, R, 2b ... C Juan Apodaca LAD
2-5, 2HR(7), 4 RBI ... 3b Rusty Ryal ARI 2-5, 2R, 2RBI, HR(2) ...
Rough night for P Jason Neighborgall ARI 0.1 2 5 5 2 1, HB, 40.50 (in 3 seasons at Georgia Tech he had 115 Ks in 101 innings,
along with 113 walks) ... DH Angel Salome Mil 2-4, 2b, R, 2RBI, BB
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- 1B John Peabody
PIT 2-3, homer, 3 RBI, .333 ... Elvis Andrus SS ATL 1-3, walk, .281 ...
Ivan DeJesus SS LA 0-2, walk, & 4-4, 2 doubles, .310 ... Omar
Segovia CIN 3 1 0 0 0 6, 2.84 ... Curt Miaso OF PHI 2-2, 2 homers,
walk, 3 runs, 7 RBI & 0-2, walk, .286
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Jeffrey Dominguez
SS SEA 3-4, walk, .302 ... David Maroul 3B SF 2-3, double, homer ...
Jeff Bianchi SS KC 2-3, double, 2 walks, .479
Troop
Movements ... CHN - Adam Greenberg DL, recalled Ben Grieve ... CIN -
activated Kenny Kelly from DL, Ryan Wagner DL, Randy Keisler activated
from DL ... COL - recalled David Cortes ... LA - Cesar Izturis activated
from DL, Franquelis Osoria to AAA ... NYN - Doug Mientkiewicz
activated from DL, Juan Padilla up, Brian Daubach designated for assignment,
Royce Ring to AAA ... BOS - signed Gabe Kapler, placed on DL ... PHI
- Geoff Geary DL, Danny Sandoval up ...
ATL - Scott Thorman promoted to AAA, Jay Powell up, Adam Bernero to AAA ...
ANA - Orlando Cabrera activated from DL, Curtis Pride to AAA ... MIL - recalled SP Dana Eveland,
Tommy Phelps outright to AAA,
promoted Josh Habel to AA ...
" ... Eveland, a Southern League All-Star, was 10-4 with a 2.72 ERA in 18 starts
for Huntsville. The left hander got the start for the North division team in
Wednesday nights all star game, pitching a scoreless inning. Eveland, 21 years
old, was drafted by the Brewers in the 16th round of the 2002 draft and is in
his third season of professional baseball." (Huntsville
Stars)
Kevin T. Czerwinski, MLB.com, with a piece on the COL kids Ian Stewart and
Troy Tulowitzki :
" ... Tulowitzki, 20 ...
slugger potential but projects to be more of a gap hitter. Defensively, he can
probably step into a big league game right now because of his range and his arm
... has seen action in only eight games for the Nuts, pulling a quad muscle
while running the bases on July 4. His rehab is progressing nicely and he
figures to get back on the field within a week or so."
John Manuel, in the Baseball America chat room, on BA's updated prospect list
(limited to subscribers) :
Chuck James ATL " ...
it's almost like he has switched bodies with Jake Stevens, whose year has been
rough to say the least. James is 23, so that's what tempers my enthusiasm for
him a bit. Every other 23-year-old in that organization is in the big leagues
right now, it seems. Seriously, James is older than half of the Braves' rookies
this year. His success this year is undeniable, though, so he could be a Top 100
guy, unless he loses his rookie eligibility this year."
Edwin Jackson LA
" ... I've asked about Edwin to several scouts and they all say the stuff is
there, the confidence and the knowledge of how to use his stuff is not. The
savvy is not surprising in a way, considering his relative pitching
inexperience--this guy was the No. 3 starter on his high school team and was a
DH-P in the GCL. But in Double-A in 2003, Jackson showed some pitchability. He
wasn't Greg Maddux, but he wasn't just a thrower. Now, we hear that's what he
is, a thrower."
Chad Billingsley over
Matt Cain " ... I am on record as being a big Matt Cain fan but I
couldn't ignore the torrent of scouts praising Billingsley anymore. The
secondary numbers tell a different story, Cain's command has gone backward just
a tad this year (not that I'm off the bandwagon), while Billingsley has made
excellent progress, throwing quality strikes and really shoring up the biggest
weakness he had. He's got power (up to 95 consistently), two breaking balls that
at times are plus pitches (the slider's made real progress), a solid changeup
and he's learning to pitch. His upside is scary, and it's why I think he's the
best pitching prospect in the minor leagues not named Felix."
GCL notables " ... Braves shortstop Elvis
Andrus comes quickly to mind, he's 16 (17 in August) and the organization is
abuzz about his tools. They like their shortstops, but I think they like him
best among their shortstops right now. Another SS to watch is Audy Ciriaco
with the Tigers, who has some power to go with his athleticism."
Luke Hochevar, LA 1st rounder, named the best college pitcher, winner the
the Roger Clemens Award :
" ... Hochevar of the
University of Tennessee ... the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Year,
struck out a school record 154 batters while posting a 15-3 record and 2.26 ERA
for the season. He opened his season with the loss in a 10-1 defeat ... But he
rebounded to win 15 of his next 16 decisions to tie ... for the national lead in
wins... was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 40th overall pick
of the supplemental round between the first and second rounds in last month's
First-Year Player Draft. The Dodgers also drafted him out of high school."
(MLB.com)
Delmon Young getting in position for a September callup to TB "
" ... Young, 19, dominated against
older and more experienced competition, leading the Southern League with 20
homers, 71 RBIs, 111 hits (in 84 games) and a .582 slugging percentage and
ranking third with 25 steals and fourth with a .336 average. "I think everyone
in the organization has been very impressed up to this point with what he has
been able to do," Rays player development/scouting director Cam Bonifay said.
"We feel like he's ready for this challenge. He'll get close to eight weeks at
Durham for us to continue to monitor his progress." Rays manager Lou Piniella
said the promotion will be good for Young as he goes from facing hard-throwing
prospects at Double A to more experienced Triple-A pitchers who rely more on
guile and deception. "It will give him a taste of higher-classification
minor-league ball. I would assume he will do a nice job there," Piniella said.
"It's a good education, giving him both sides of it in a year."
" ... Bonifay said top draft pick
Wade Townsend is expected to return to action soon, perhaps tonight, for
Class A Hudson Valley. He had been sidelined with a stiff neck after making his
pro debut June 24. ... Jeff Niemann, the top 2004
draft pick, is expected to rejoin one of the minor-league teams within a week.
He has been working out in St. Petersburg since early May after experiencing
shoulder soreness." (St. Petersburg Times)
Mets' young gun on the shelf :
" ... Jack Lind hadn't seen Philip
Humber pitch since spring training, but judging by his velocity in his
Double-A debut Monday night, something was definitely wrong. "He was
throwing 87 to 91 (mph)," said Lind, the Binghamton Mets' manager, "so that's a
sign." Humber, the New York Mets' first-round pick and the third overall
selection in 2004, complained of right elbow soreness and was removed from the
game ... examined Wednesday by Mets physicians ... Clearly, the Mets are holding
their breath, especially after shelling out a franchise-record $3 million
signing bonus." (Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin)
Marlins' Jason Vargas now at his 4th level of the season, preparing for a
major league start on Monday :
" ..."He showed me that he's an
above-average, mature player who has the ability to control his emotions and
execute pitches," Jupiter manager Tim Cossins said. "You can't rattle him. He's
the same whether he's throwing a perfect game or getting hammered." The latter
didn't happen much during Vargas' seven-week stint in the Florida State League.
After winning four of five decisions with low-Class A Greensboro, Vargas,
drafted in the second round of last year's amateur draft, went 2-3 with a 3.42
ERA for the Hammerheads before his June 22 promotion to Carolina. In nine starts
for Jupiter, he struck out 60 batters and walked just 14 in 55 1/3 innings."
(Palm Beach Post)
He was supposed to be my fantasy All-Star shortstop a few years ago.
Better late than never, Luis Montanez finally gets out of A-Ball :
" ... Montanez, 23, was promoted to Double-A West
Tennessee. He skipped a level to go directly to the Southern League. The
right-handed cleanup batter was hitting .305 with 12 home runs, 28 doubles, 48
RBIs, 54 runs and a .521 slugging percentage in 82 games. He is in the top five
in the Midwest League in hits, slugging, extra-base hits, doubles and total
bases. ... The Cubs made Montanez the No. 3 overall draft pick in 2000 out of a
Miami high school." (Peoria Journal Star)
Tidbits from the weekly report from the International League includes some
familiar names :
" ... OF Austin Kearns is on an eight-game hitting
streak (.567, 17-30) since July 4. Since being optioned to Louisville June 13,
Kearns is batting .372 with five home runs and 18 RBI."
" ... Since his return to Toledo in mid-June after
spending over two months with the Detroit Tigers, Marcus Thames has punished
opposing pitchers. In the last 11 games before the All-Star break, Thames hit
.475 (19-40) with six HR, 16 RBI, and 15 runs. He was named IL Hitter of the
Week (July 4-10), having gone 14-26 (.539) with 4 HR and 13 RBI. His RBI total,
as well as his 12 runs scored, led the League during the week-long period. In
just 28 games at the Triple-A level this season, Marcus is hitting .402 with 12
HR and 30 RBI."
" ... Currently batting .400 (14-35) for the month
of July, Joe Borchard has raised his batting average to .255 on the season. In
the 10 games in which Borchard has appeared in July he has hit 3 long balls,
giving him 17 on the season, tops on the Knights roster. Also, with 6 RBI in the
month Borchard now has 40 RBI on the season."
" ... Indianapolis catcher Ronny
Paulino enters
Friday night's tilt with a 13-game hitting streak (.352 BA, 19-54, 9 R, 7 RBI).
The 24-year-old, who has recorded a base knock in 29 of his last 32 contests,
has been a regular contributor since making his Triple-A debut on June 6. He is
hitting .378 with 28 runs, 11 doubles, 8 HR, 26 RBI and a .689 slugging
percentage in 33 games for the Indians. Paulino went 1-4 with one run in
Thursday evening's 13-2 victory over Charlotte."
15 July 2005
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Austin Kearns RF CIN 1-4, 5th HR, R, RBI, BB
... Steve Kelly CIN 5 7 6 5 1 4, 4.32 ... James Jurries
RF ATL 2-4, RBI, BB ... Anthony Lerew ATL 6 6 3 3 2 6, 3.16 ...
Shane Victorino CF PHI 2-5, R, 2 RBI ... Gavin Floyd
PHI 7 7 5 5 4 5, 6.89 ... B.J. Upton DH TB 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI ...
Curtis Granderson CF DET 2-5, 2B, 12th HR, R, 2 RBI ... Carlos
Pena 1B DET 1-4, 2B, R ... Marcus Thames LF DET 1-4 ...
Jason Cooper LF CLE 2-5, R, 2 RBI ... Jason Davis CLE 5
9 6 6 0 4, 4.79 ... Kelly Shoppach C BOS 1-3, BB ... Kevin
Youkilis 3B BOS 3-5, 2 2B, R, RBI ... Dustin Pedroia 2B BOS
2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI ... Brad Eldred 1B PIT 2-4, 9th & 10th HRs, 3 R, 3
RBI, BB ... Bryan Bullington PIT 5 5 2 2 1 3, 4.50 ... rehab,
Ross Gload 1B CHA 1-4, RBI ... Andy Phillips 3B NYA
2-3, 16th HR, R, 3 RBI, 2 BB ... rehab, Michael Cuddyer 3B MIN
0-1, R, 3 BB, 2 SB ... Walter Young DH BAL 1-4, 11th HR, R, 2 RBI
... John Maine BAL 6 6 1 1 1 5, 4.03
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Adam
Wainwright STL 6 9 5 4 3 3, 3.71 ... Jason Dubois CHN,
beginning a bid for recall, 3-4, double & Cory Patterson 1-4,
homer, 2 Ks ... Shin-Soo Choo SEA 2-4, double, triple, .259 ...
Felix Hernandez SEA 2 0 0 0 0 4, 2.23
EASTERN (AA) -- Hanley Ramirez SS
BOS 2-4, 2B (11), HR (6), 4 RBI (35), .280 AVG ... Brandon Moss OF
BOS 0-4, .266 AVG … Christopher Durbin OF BOS 1-4, 2B (18), .292
AVG … Eric Duncan 3B NYA 0-4, .246 AVG … Shelly
Duncan 1B NYA 1-4, .262 AVG … Franklin Gutierrez CLE OF 0-4,
.241 AVG … Brad Snyder CLE OF 0-3, .262 AVG …Mike Jacobs
1B NYN 0-0, .306 AVG … Aaron Baldris 3B NYN 1-4, .291 AVG …
Lastings Miledge OF NYN 0-4, .000 AVG … Michael Bourn
OF PHI 2-4, SB (28), .285 AVG … Randy Roberson OF PHI 3-3, 2 HR
(7), 2 RBI (43), .318 AVG … Randy Ruiz 1B PHI 0-2, RBI (78), .355
AVG … Alexander Romero OF MIN 2-4, HR (11), RBI (45), .283 AVG …
Denard Span OF MIN 1-4, .275 AVG … Ryan Zimmerman 3B
WAS 2-3, 2 RBI (9), .211 AVG … Chip Cannon DH TOR 0-6, .200 AVG …
Paul Maholm PIT 4 6 2 2 1 5, 3.09 ERA … Kason Gabbard
BOS 6 1 0 0 1 7, W (7), 5.21 ERA … Cole Hamels PHI 7 3 1 1 4 8, W,
2.08 ERA … Eric DuBose BAL 6-1/3 9 2 2 2 10, 3.50 ERA … Zach
Jackson TOR 7 5 1 1 0 5 , W (3), 4.50 ERA … Vince Perkins
TOR 2 0 0 0 0 1, 4.03 ERA … Errol Simonitsch MIN 3-2/3 7 9 2 4 3,
3.05 ERA …
SOUTHERN (AA) -- No games.
TEXAS (AA) -- Drew Meyer (2B) TX
1-4, R, HR(2), 2RBI(39), .318 ... Rehab - Matt Holliday COL 2-4,
R, SB, .462 ... Back on the prospect map? - Ubaldo Jiminez COL 7 4
2 2 1 6 (4.00) ... Erick Aybar ANA 2-4, R, 3B, RBI(33), SB(26),
.282 ... Michael Napoli ANA 2-3, R, HR(17), 2RBI(65), .259 ... A
nice game - Daniel Davidson ANA (W,8-4) 5-1/3 4 1 1 1 8 (4.49) ...
Is this the OLD guy? - Pedro Borbon ANA 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 ... Daric
Barton 2-4, R, 2B, 2RBI, .414 ... Justin Huber KC 2-3,
2RBI(57), .342 ... Chris Lambert STL 6 5 2 2 2 5 (4.43)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Juan Morillo COL 7 4
2 2 5 7, 3.83 ... Richie Robnett OAK 3-5, 22nd double, 8th homer, .242
... Stephen Drew ARZ 2-4, walk, .375 ... Howie Kendrick
ANA 2-3, triple, .383 ... Brandon Wood ANA 4-4, 77th RBI, .307 ...
Nate Schierholtz OF SF 4-5, 2 doubles (26), 9th homer, .314 (but
19 BB, 89 Ks) ... Billy Butler KC 2-5, 21st double, .358
CAROLINA (A+) -- Robert Valido CHA 0-5,
R, RBI, K, SB (29) ... Micah Schnurstein CHA 0-3, 2 R, 2 BB ...
Thomas Collaro CHA 0-4, K ... Matt Esquivel ATL 3-4,
double, RBI ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL 2-4, K, 2nd SB ...
Gio Gonzalez CHA (W, 7-3, 2.48) 5 5 2 2 3 4 ... Nate Spears
BAL 0-4, R, BB ... Nick Markakis BAL 0-4, 2 K ... James
Johnson BAL (W, 8-4, 3.14) 5-1/3 4 2 2 4 5 ... Kory Casto WAS
0-2, R, 2 BB
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Dante Brinkley LF
NYN 2-4 - .359 … Shawn Bowman 3B NYN 3-5 2B R 2RBI … Brent
Clevlen RF DET 2-6 HR(11) 2RBI - .284 … Eric Rodland 2B DET
4-5 2B R - .340 … Cody Heether 3B MIL 3-5 HR(5) 4RBI - .313 …
Lou Palmisano C MIL 2-5 2B RBI … Tim Dillard MIL 7 7 3
3 0 4 W(7-7, 2.49) … Tim Moss 2B PHI 3-4 2HR(15) - .284 … Tony
Abreu SS LA 3-6 2B 3B 2R 3RBI - .324 … Matt Kemp RF LA 3-5
2B R 2RBI - .290 … Cole Bruce 3B LA 3-5 HR(8) 2R 2RBI - .297 …
Brian Pilkington 7 4 2 2 2 2 W(3-6, 3.90) … Brendan Ryan
SS STL 3-4 2R RBI SB(7) - .308 … Brian Martin DH STL 2-4 R RBI -
.426 … Eric Haberer STL 7 6 2 2 1 6 W(9-5, 2.48) … Edward
Valdez CIN 6 3 1 1 1 6 ND, 2.45 … Adam Bostic II FLA 6 8 3
3 3 8 ND, 3.48 … Yosvany Almario-Cabrera DH NYA 2-5 3B R
RBI - .330 … Brian Dopirak 1B CHN 2-4 2B R - .243
MIDWEST (A) -- Ryan Harvey CHN 14th HR
(.254) ... Matt Weber CHN 6 10 4 4 1 3 (3.53) ... Matt
Tuiasosopo SEA 1-4 ... holding his own okay Homer Bailey CIN 5
2/3 2 3 3 3 5 (4.20) ... B.J. Szymanski CIN 1-4, 2 K's ... Dallas
Trahern DET 6 4 2 1 2 2 (3.52) ... Reid Brignac TB 0-2 ...
Chi-Hung Cheng TOR 6 3 1 1 3 7 (3.01; terrific 4 of his last 5 starts)
... Cliff Pennington OAK 2-5, BB .. Michael Schlact
TEX 7 5 1 1 1 3 (4.07) ... Trevor Plouffe MIN 3-4, 2 BB's (.217)
... that'll roast your ERA Jose Mijares MIN 0 4 7 7 4 0
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Sam Deduno COL 2
3 6 6 5 3, L, 4.96 ...Chris Nelson 0-4, 2K & 2-4, run, K ...
Brad Davis FLA 2-3, double, RBI, run ... Yuniel Escobar
ATL 4-4, double, homer, 2 RBI, 2 runs ... Travis Denker LA 1-5,
homer, 3 RBI ... Jeff Corsaletti BOS 2-4, RBI ... Zachary
Hammes LA 6 6 0 0 3 4, W, 4.50 ... Greg Golson PHI 3-5
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Jacob
Marceaux FLA 5 4 2 1 2 4 ... Rad Liz BAL 5 1 0 0 1 5 ...
James Conroy NYY 5 4 1 1 1 5 ... Mitch Boggs STL 6 6 3
2 1 8 ... Brad Corley CF PIT 1-5 ... Joe Holden CF
NYM 4-4, R, 2 3B, RBI ... Jed Lowrie 2B BOS 0-4, K ... Luis
Soto RF BOS 1-4, K ... Jacoby Ellsbury CF BOS 0-2, R, 2BB
... Jeff Van Houten DH FLA 2-4, HR ... Jon
Poterson DH NYY 1-4, K ... Nolan Reimold DH BAL 0-4, K ...
Ryan Patterson RF 1-5, R, 2B ... Josh Bell C TOR 2-3,
2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI, BB ... Tyler Greene SS STL 1-4
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Chris Gaskin
1B CHN 3-4, homer ... Zachary Simons COL 6 6 3 2 1 4, 1.63 (but, 7 BB, 11
Ks in 27 2/3s) ... Drew Davidson OF SD 3-5, homer
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Nathan Warrick
(CF/PH HOU, 34th rd.) 2-2, 2 R, RBI (8), BB; and 1-1, RBI (9), .412 BA (51
AB’s)… Ryan Reed (RF HOU) 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR (7), SF, 6 RBI (23), K;
and 0-3, BB (just his 2nd BB in 78 plate appearances), K, .395 BA… number one
pick Colby Rasmus (CF STL, 28th overall) 1-3, R, BB, 2 K, SB (3);
and 0-3, 3 K (27 K’s in 82 PA’s), .297 BA… RHP Ryan Mitchell out
of Magnolia (TX) HS, (SP HOU, 20th rd.) 3 1 0 0 2 6, 1.17 ERA… former WSU
Shocker “Drew” Moffit (RF/CF BAL, 10th rd. ‘04) 3-5, 2B, 3B, HR (7), 4
RBI (17), K, SB (3), .315 BA… Holy Cow! they figured out how to get him out:
Rene Aqueron (3B/2B BAL) 0-4, R, 2 K, drops to .551 BA… still not bad
for a guy who spent ’04 playing for River City in the Frontier League…
continuing the hot hitting, Kris Welker (DH CHW, 41st rd.) 3-5, R,
.413 BA (63 AB’s)… erstwhile Boston College LHP gets another raw deal, Mike
Wlodarczyk (SP TBY, 7th rd.) L (0-2), 5 4 3 2 0 7, 2.57, nothing to show
for a 23/3 K/BB ratio over 21 IP… A 7 inning pitchers duel as Jo-Jo Reyes
(SP ATL, 2nd rd. ’03) 5 1 0 0 0 4, 0.87 ERA and a pair of relievers outduel
Jonathon Castillo (SP NYM) L (1-1), 6 2 1 0 2 4, 1.38 ERA in
Danville’s 1-0 shutout of the K-Mets… of course the outcome between the parent
clubs was the opposite last night… Malden, MA’s Juan Portes (2B
MIN, 15th rd. ‘04) 3-5, 2 R, 2B (7), HR (5), 2 RBI (15), E (4), .370 BA.
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- 3b Matt Gamel
Mil 3-5, HR(1), 2RBI ... 1b Mark Trumbo LAA 1-4, 2R, BB ... P
Robert Mosebach LAA W(2-0) 5 6 0 0 0 4 (1.50) ... DH JD
Roberts Cin 2-4, HR(3), 2b, 3RBI ... RF Manny Rodriguez CWS
3-5, 2b, 3b, 3RBI ... C Fransico Hernandez CWS 1-4, BB, R ... DH
David Sutherland LAD 3-5, R, RBI, 2b, (.449) ... 3b Russell
Mitchell LAD 1-3, 2b, 2BB, E(7)
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Richard Sojo
MIN 1-2, double, 3 walks, .413 ... pro debut for CIN 5th rounder James
Avery 2 0 0 0 0 0 ... Gerardo Cabrera OF CIN 3-3, triple, 2
walks, .480 ... Domingo Cabrera NYA 4 2 1 1 0 3, 0.69 (5 hits
allowed, 16 Ks in 13 innings)
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Mark Pawelek, Cubs
1st rounder, 5th appearance without allowing an earned run (12 innings),
3-1/3 1 0 0 1 5 (5 hits allowed, 6 walks, 19 Ks) ... Jeff Bianchi KC 1-4,
5th homer, .471
Troop
Movements ... SF - Jeremy Accardo to AAA, Adam Shabala
up ... TEX -
recalled Erasmo Ramirez ... COL - Brad Hawpe DL,
Ryan Spilborghs up, assigned J.J. Davis to AAA ... WAS -
Matt Cepicky outright to AAA ... KC - activated Ambiorix Burgos
from DL, designated Ryan Jensen for assignment, activated Kyle Snyder, optioned
to AAA ... CHA - activated Damaso Marte from DL, Kevin Walker to AAA ... FLO -
designated Al Leiter for assignment, Jason Vargas up ... DET -
Troy Percival DL, Craig Dingman up ... HOU - signed 8th round pick Koby
Clemens, Ezequiel Astacio up, Travis Driskill
to AAA ... NYA - Chien-Ming Wang DL, Tim Redding up ... OAK - Ron Flores,
Ryan Glynn to AAA ... BAL - activated Jason Grimsley from DL, Steve Reed
desinated for assignment ... TB - Delmon Young promoted to AAA ...
TOR - Chad Gaudin up, Justin Miller designated for assignment ...
LA - Steve Schmoll up, Cody Ross to AAA ... MIN - promoted
3B Matt Moses to AA ...
ANA - activated Steve Finley from DL, Jason Romano to AAA, promoted lefty Joe
Saunders to AAA ...
" ... Saunders, 24, leaves the Travs with a record of 7-4 and a
3.49 ERA. He pitched 105.2 innings and allowed 107 hits, 32 walks, 9 home runs
and struck out 80. Recently, Saunders took his game to a new level with three
outstanding starts where he picked up two wins and allowed just 9 hits and two
runs (one earned) with 6 walks against 20 strikeouts in 21 innings. One of these
starts was the best performance by a Texas League pitcher during the 2005
season, a one-hit, nine-inning, complete game shutout on July 1 at Tulsa. In his
last start Tuesday, he struck out a season-high ten batters in seven innings."
(Arkansas Travelers)
Dayn Perry, FoxSports,
is on top of the year's breakout prospects, a high-flying Jay included :
" ... Chip Cannon ...
8th round, 2004 ... Jays recently promoted Cannon to Double-A, which means he's
spent time at three different levels in 2005. At Low-A Lansing, he hit .268
AVG/.351 OBP/.542 SLG, and at High-A Dunedin, he was ridiculously good in 29
games of action: .384 AVG/.465 OBP/.830 SLG. If he keeps hitting in the Eastern
League, you'll see him on the various prospects list next year."
" ... Jason Hirsh ...
2nd round, 2003... In '05, however, he's turned the corner. In the Texas
League this season, he's worked 110.0 innings, struck out 102, walked only 28,
given up only six homers and whittled his ERA down to 3.11. Hirsh lost some
velocity in 2004, but the big-framed right-hander is throwing hard once again,
and the stats show it."
" ... Nick Markakis ...
1st round, 2003 ... offensive numbers this season don't wow you at first
blush, but considering he wasn't a full-time hitter until 2004, Markakis has a
highly impressive record of performance. This season, he's hitting .295 AVG/.375
OBP/.468 SLG in the pitcher-friendly Carolina League. Take the learning curve
into account, and it's an impressive performance by Markakis."
Not a lot to excite in the CINCY system.
John Sickels, reviews his picks,
including :
" ... 3) Joey Votto ...
.256/.342/.408 with 8 homers and 87 strikeouts in 80 games for Class A Sarasota.
Disappointing numbers, I thought he would break through but it has not
happened."
" ... 5) Homer Bailey
... 4.14 ERA, 69/37 K/BB in 59 innings for Class A Dayton. Showing good stuff,
strong K/IP ratio, needs better control."
Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com, highlights some possible 2005 prospect contributors
:
" ... Jeremy Hermida ...
the 21-year-old made the Futures Game and the Southern League All-Star Game by
hitting .290 with 14 homers, 42 RBIs and going 19-for-20 in steals. He could
join Scott Olsen in Florida as a kind of Dontrelle Willis-Miguel Cabrera tandem
redux."
" ... Brian Bannister
... flies under most prospect radars, but it's time to take notice of
Floyd's kid. The right-hander just earned a promotion to Triple-A after going
9-4 with a 2.56 ERA in 18 starts for Binghamton. Of course, there's always the
possibility that his big league debut won't happen in a Mets uniform."
" ... Curtis Granderson
... It's not 100 percent clear there's a spot for him, but if he keeps
hitting like he has (.290, 11 HR, 48 RBIs 16 SB, albeit with 104 strikeouts), he
should get another opportunity."
14 July 2005
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- All-Star game
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- PCL stars over
the INT 11-5 ... Gerald Laird TEX 2-3, grand slam ... Conor
Jackson ARZ 2-2, walk ... ooops, BJ Upton TB 0-3, 2 errors
EASTERN (AA) -- All-Star game ...
Jonathan Van Every OF CLE (.242 in regular action) 3-4, 2 homers, 3 RBI ...
Hanley Ramirez BOS 2-3, 2 SBs
SOUTHERN (AA) -- All-Star action ... Jeremy
Hermida FLO 2-4, double, 4 RBI ... Delmon Young TB 0-3, 2
Ks ... Chuck James ATL 1 4 2 2 1 1
TEXAS (AA) -- Andre Ethier OAK
2-5, 2R, 2B, .332 ... Brian Stavisky OAK 1-3, R, HR(7), 5RBI(53)
... Josh Pressley (DH) KC 3-4, R, HR(11), RBI(47), .292 ... Keeps
on rollin' - Dallas Braden (W,8-3) 5 5 0 0 0 4 (2.88) ... Alex
Santos OAK (S,13) 1-1/3 0 0 0 0 0 (2.20) ... Reggie Willits
ANA 2-4, .315 ... TJ Bohn SEA 2-3, R, 2B, HR(6), 2RBI(43), .320 ...
Adam Jones SEA 3-4, R, SB(6), .314 ... Chris Key SEA
(W,2-0) 4 3 1 1 0 1 (1.54) ... Joaquin Arias TX 4-5, R, 2 2B, .302
... Ready for a call up? Not quite - Thomas Diamond (L,1-2) 3 4 6
6 4 (6.00) ... PJ Bevis COL (S,18) 1 1 0 0 0 1 (2.91) ... Tyler
Minges STL 1-4, R, HR(15), 3RBI(52), .308 ... Randy Leek STL
(W,10-4) 7 7 1 1 2 4 (3.48)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- catcher Kurt Suzuki OAK
3-5, triple, 3 RBI, .278 ... Brad Sullivan OAK trying to bounce
back from injury 4 5 2 1 6 3 ... Howie Kendrick ANA 4-5, 23rd double,
.380 ... Brandon Wood ANA 2-3, 30th homer, 2 walks, 3 RBI (76), .299 (32
BB, 74 Ks) ... Chris Lubanski KC 2-3, 2 walks, .277 ... Aneudi
Cuevas 3B TB 1-3, 12th homer, 2 walks, 2 RBI, .302 ... Ian Stewart
COL 2-4, 9th homer, 3 RBI, .267 ... the bubble bursts, Jared Wells
SD 4.2 12 8 8 0
Minor League Home Run Leaders :
2B 3B HR
Brandon Wood ANA 28 3 30
Andy LaRoche LA 20 1 26
Chip Cannon TOR 14 4 26
Leo Daigle CHA 24 1 26
Hunter Pence HOU 12 3 24
Miguel Montero 24 1 24
CAROLINA (A+) -- Robert Valido CHA 1-4,
double, 2 K ... Micah Schnurstein CHA 1-4, K, SB (7) ... Martin
Prado ATL 1-4 ... Matt Esquivel ATL 3-4, 2 doubles, 2 RBI
... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL 0-3, BB ... Nate Spears
BAL 3-5, 2 R, 21st double, 3rd HR, RBI, .313 ... Nick Markakis BAL
2-3, R, 22nd double, 2 BB, K ... Jeff Fiorentino BAL 1-4, 2 RBI,
BB, 2 K ... Adam Loewen BAL (W, 3-6, 4.27) 7 4 0 0
2 7, Jekyll-Hyde Loewen, last nine starts :
IP H R
ER BB SO
7 3 2 2 3 8
7 6 0 0 2 10
4 4 4 3 4 6
6 6 0 0 0 8
2.2 8 10 9 4 3
5.2 8 7 7 1 7
4.1 5 8 8 4 4
6 2 1 0 4 7
7 4 0 0 2 7
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- former (2000) 1st
rounder Ben Diggins MIL on the mend, 2 5 0 0 0 2 ... Guillermo
Quiroz TOR beings the long road back, 0-2, twice HBP & 1-4 ... LA,
another slugger on the way, Matt Kemp OF, 2-3, 18th homer ...
Ismael Valdez FLO, getting close, 6 1 0 0 0 3 ... Philip
Hughes NYA 3 2 2 2 1 6, 8-1 (80 Ks in 74 1/3 innings)
MIDWEST (A) -- we're waiting Matt Bush
SD 1-4 (.229) ... Carlos Gonzalez ARZ 19th double (.322) ...
Ryan Webb OAK 6 9 6 6 3 1 (4.40) ... Javier Herrera OAK
2-4, 18th & 19th SB's (.284) ... Jay Rainville MIN 6 6 3 3 0 6 ...
Michael Collins (at 1B) ANA 1-5, 8th SB, 10th error ... Eric
Patterson CHN 6th triple, 28th SB (.341/.415/.489) ... Sean
Gallagher CHN 5 2 2 2 3 4 (W, 9-3, 1.80) ... Matt Tuiasosopo
SEA 0-2, but 2 BB's ... Phillip Andersen STL 6 4 1 1 3 4 (2.36)
...
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Hernan Iribarren
MIL 1-2, walk, CS (11) ... Greg Golson PHI 1-3, double, 2 runs ...
Chris Getz CHA 2-4, run, walk ... JC Holt ATL 2-3,
double, triple, run ... Mario Holmann NYA 4-6, double, 2 runs ...
Marcos Vechionacci NYA 2-5, RBI, run, SB ... Juan
Gutierrez HOU 6 3 0 0 3 5, (W, 6-2), 2.25 vs. Carlos Perez BAL
7 7 1 1 1 6, (L, 7-6), 3.62 ... Chipper Jones ATL 1-3, walk in 1st rehab
action
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Joe Ness
CLE 5 7 2 2 0 3 ... Brad Corley CF PIT 1-5 ... Steve
Pearce 1B PIT 0-2, 3BB ... Derek Antelo PIT 6 3 0 0 1 4 ...
Jed Lowrie 2B BOS 1-5, RBI ... Luis Soto RF BOS 1-4,
2B, BB, 2K ... Kris Harvey 3B FLA 3-4, HR, 3RBI, K ... Mario
Pena BOS 5 7 4 1 1 1 ... Jon Poterson RF NYY 3-5, RBI ...
Nolan Reimold RF BAL 2-3, 2B, BB ... John Howell RF
WAS 4-5, R, 3 2B, 4RBI ... Andrew Lane 2B WAS 4-5, 3R, 2B, 2RBI
... Ryan Patterson CF TOR 2-4, 2B, K ... Tyler Greene
SS STL 0-4, K ... Nick Webber STL 6 3 0 0 0 7 ... Mike
Costanzo 3B PHI 1-3, BB, K ... Jeremy Slayden LF PHI 1-4, 3K
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Shane Lindsay
COL 4 2 5 2 3 7, 1.33, 48 Ks in 27 innings ... Nick Pereira SF 5 1
1 0 3 2, 1.35 ... Steve Murphy DH TEX, 3-4, 5th homer, .368 ... John
Mayberry OF TEX, tough, tough pro start 0-3, .188
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Rene Aqueron 3B
BAL 3-4, double, .600 (41 ABs) ... P.J. Hiser 1B CLE 3-4, 2 doubles, 6th
homer, 6 RBI ... Eduardo Morlan MIN, 2004 3rd rounder, unreal,
seven no-hit innings in fronting an eventual one-hitter, 7 0 1 1 2 9, 0.82 (6
hits allowed, 30 Ks in 22 innings)
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- 2b Eric Young Jr
Col 3-5, 3b, 4RBI ... 3b Wes Wimberly 2-3, SB(14) (Chone Figgins
Clone) ... RF BJ Richmond LAD 2-2, HR(1), 2BB, SB(5) ... C Angel
Salome Mil 4-4 (.437), 2R, 2RBI (in 12 games as a catcher, Salome with 7
errors, 7 passed balls, 12 SBs, 4 CS) ... P Luis Bernal Mil
had the knuckler working tonight W(1-1) 2 2 0 0 1 0 ... SS Hainley
Statia LAA 3-6, 2b, RBI ... 1b Mark Trumbo LAA 2-5, BB ... SP
Andrew Hill LAA 5 3 2 2 3 8 ... SP Matthew Green ARI
L(0-2) 3.2 7 6 5 2 3 ... C Brady Everett KC 3-4, 2HR(3), 5RBI
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Beau Jones ATL,
supplementary 1st rounder, 5 2 0 0 3 5 (17 Ks, 11 IP) ... CJ Henry NYA 1-4, homer, .281 ...
Matt Ellington 1B FLO, down from the NY-P, quite a debut in the GCL, 3-4,
double, homer, walk, 4 RBI ... Doug Mientkiewicz NYN 2-3, rehab (0-1, 3
walks in his first game) ... Castro popular - Jonathan Castro WAS
2B 3-4, .370 ... Jose Castro 2B NYN 3-4, .385 ... another RedSox
SP prospect on the way, Kyle Fernandes 4 0 0 0 0 6 (1 hit allowed
in 12 2/3s, 15 Ks) :
Fernandes, a 12th round pick, is one of few major leaguers of
Portuguese heritage :
" ... I am not a power pitcher," he explains. "I throw four
pitches. I try to keep the batters off balance. I have been able to do that
since I can remember. I try to confuse the batter so he doesn't know what I am
going to throw next." Fernandes is coming off two spectacular seasons at
Massasoit Community College in Brockton. His two-year record was 17-1 ...
His ERAs at Massasoit were 1.09 as a freshman and 0.70 this season when he led
JUCO Division 3 pitchers with 115 strikeouts." (O Jornal)
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Jeff Bianchi KC 1-4, double,
.484 ... catcher Isaac Palencia MIL 3-3, .524 ... Ryan
Episcopo OF CHN 2-5, homer, .361
Troop
Movements ... CLE - promoted 1B Stephen Head to A+, Carolina League
... LA - promoted Sergio Pedroza to SAL ... TB - Joe Beimel to AAA ...
BOS - traded Jay Payton to OAK for Chad Bradford, activated Curt Schilling from
DL, Kevin Youkilis to AAA, Scott Cassidy outright to AAA ... TEX - Juan Dominguez
to AAA ... WAS - Tony Blanco, Junior Spivey DL, Ryan Church activated
from DL, signed Mike Stanton ... COL - traded Preston Wilson to WAS for Zach Day
and JJ Davis, traded Joe Kennedy, Jay Witasick to OAK for Eric Byrnes and
Omar Quintanilla ...
Chris
Kline, Baseball America, with some notes on a pair of not-so-hyped AAA
All-Stars :
" ... EDWIN ENCARNACION ...
has excellent hitting tools, including improved patience (career-high 53 walks
last year and 31 through 243 at-bats this year) and power--he was well on his
way to topping his career mark in homers this season at Louisville... has scouts
projecting him to be a .280-.300 hitter with 25-30 homers annually. But they
also continue to question his defense. While 2004 marked the first campaign in
which he recorded less than 30 errors, most of the miscues came on poor throws
related to his footwork."
" ... RYAN GARKO ... There is
little doubt that his bat will play at any level, but scouts question his
ability to be an everyday catcher in the big leagues. The Indians weren't sold
on his defense either, but have opted to get him significant playing time behind
the plate with the Bisons this season. At the right side of the plate, Garko
simply rakes, hitting to all fields and showing above-average power. He's short
to the ball with an efficient swing that allows him to adjust to any type of
pitch or location. His makeup and leadership skills are among the best in the
organization."
Jim Callis,
Baseball America, responds to "Stephen Drew or Justin Upton?"
" ... Drew has been unstoppable since
finally signing with the Diamondbacks, batting .378/.471/.865 with eight homers
and 25 RBIs in his first 19 games at high Class A Lancaster. While that earned
him the top spot on our current Prospect Hot Sheet, I'd still take Upton over
Drew. Upton has yet to sign with Arizona ... though his holdout isn't expect to
linger nearly as long as Drew's did. He might have to move off of shortstop, but
then again, scouts have said the same about Drew. Both of them are going to be
impact hitters, but I'd give Upton a slight nod in terms of power and speed."
John Sickels, over a FutureAngels,
reviews the top young guns in the ANA system, including :
" ... Erick Aybar ... Pre-Season Grade
A- ...Good points: gap power, a very low strikeout rate, good batting average.
Bad points: walk rate remains too low, hurting his OBP. He gets caught stealing
too often (15 times already) and defense remains erratic. STATUS: no change,
still only 21 and holding his own in Double-A. Remains a valuable long-term
property."
" ... Kendry Morales ... Pre-Season
Grade B+ ... has shown good power thus far, but erratic plate discipline and a
tendency towards streakiness. He was too good for A-ball, but has had his
production shackled to some extent by better pitching in the Texas League."
" ... Howie Kendrick ...Grade B+ ...
Only negative in his profile is a low walk rate, but given his overall
production that is a minor flaw. He missed a month of action with a strained
oblique muscle, the second year in a row that an injury cost him significant
playing time. STATUS: stock will rise if he finishes the year healthy.
Otherwise, no change. A very impressive offensive prospect."
Toby Harrmann, BrewerFan,
updates his MIL prospect chart, with a change atop - it's Rickie Weeks
supplanting Prince Fielder and Corey Hart at No. 3. Some interesting names
well down the list :
" ... 17 Salome, Angel ... Somehow moved past
Palmisano despite being putrid in the field early on in the Helena season, so it
isn't necessarily a tribute to Angel."
" ... 20 Taubenheim, Ty ... The
current "It" guy in the system, Ty will have a big opportunity to nail down a
starting spot in the AA rotation for the rest of the year."
" ... 31 Villanueva, Carlos ... Strict
pitch counts, an injury and home runs have hurt Carlos again this season, but it
is hard to argue with a 2.21 ERA"
Over at RaysBaseball
Dan McAvoy provides a sketch of Wes Bankston (ranked No. 2 on the site's
revised TB Top 25) as the best first base
prospect in the minors :
" ... at least in my flawed system, Bankston is
easily having the best season of any of the major 1B prospects aside from a guy
who is four years older than him and has struggled in the majors. If Bankston
can keep up what he has done this season so far, expect a lot of people to
finally notice him this offseason."
John M. Barten, 'Til You're
Blue in the Face, on Nate Schierholtz SF :
" ... Schierholtz is an interesting prospect for the
numbers he's put up and the raw hitting talent ... swing is tailored for
launching frozen ropes to both outfield gaps. He's always hit for average and
has more power than most 21 year olds... some problems though. He's awful
at drawing walks, his strikeout rate has spiked, and he's sliding down the
defensive spectrum with lightning speed. Drafted as a third baseman, he couldn't
cut it there and has moved to the outfield ... Schierholtz is another one those
lottery ticket guys. A small percentage of these guys are either talented enough
to overcome their weakness and be a star even while pitchers are exploiting
their hacktastic ways, and a different small percentage take the Sammy Sosa path
and actually learn that they can leave the bat on their shoulder when it's a
ball and swing hard when it's a strike. Those two populations are dwarfed by the
number of guys who are crippled by their flaw and end up being AAA washouts or
Mark Quinn-style flashes in the pan."
13 July 2005
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- No games (All-Star break for many leagues)
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- No games
EASTERN (AA) -- No games
SOUTHERN (AA) -- No games
TEXAS (AA) -- Andre Ethier OAK
2-3, .331 ... Mitch Maier KC 3-4, 3R, RBI(22), SB(3), .275 ...
Quietly putting up some decent numbers - Mike Aviles (SS) KC 2-4,
2R, 2B, 3B, 2RBI(56), .291 ... TJ Bohn SEA 3-4, R, 2 2B, .317 ... Nice -
Joe Saunders ANA 7 6 1 1 2 10 (3.49) ... Started the game,but
pitched only 1 inning - Rafael Soriano SEA 1 0 0 0 0 0 (0.00) ...
Joaquin Arias TX 3-5, R, 2RBI(31), SB(11), .294 ... Rehab going
well - Matt Holliday COL 2-5, R, HR, 5RBI ... Jud
Thigpen COL 2-3, R, 2B, RBI(10), .339 ... Aaron Herr STL 3-3,
2R, 3B, SB(2), .303 ... Oscar Alvarez STL (W,5-2) 5 7 0 0 0 7
(2.75)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Brandon Wood ANA
1-3, 29th homer, .296 ... Howie Kendrick ANA 2-4, 22nd double,
12th homer, .372 ... Chris Lubanski KC 1-4, 20th homer, .274 ...
SD 1st rounder Cesar Carrillo 4 2 1 1 2 6 ... Christian
Colonel OF COL 4-5, 2 doubles, homer, .337 ... Jeff Cook OF
ARZ 3-4, 2 doubles (18), 13th homer, 5 RBI, .301 ... Stephen Drew
ARZ 2-5, 2 doubles, .380
CAROLINA (A+) -- No games
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Javon Moran LF
CIN 3-5 3B R 2RBI SB(13) - .349 ... Paul Mildren FLO 6 3 2 1 2 5
ND, 2.50 ... Jake Blalock LF PHI 2-4 - .281 ... Tim Moss
DH PHI 1-4 HR(12) 4RBI - .278 ... Matt Kemp RF LA 2-4 2B HR(17)
2RBI - .279 ... Adam Harben MIN 4 3 4 1 2 7 ND, 2.60 ... Adam
Lind LF TOR 2-4 2B R 2RBI - .291 ... David Purcey TOR 5 2/3
1 2 2 4 5 ND, 3.51 ... Justin Christian 2B NYA 2-3 HR(6) 3RBI
SB(34) - .312
MIDWEST (A) -- No games
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Erik Bedard BAL 5
3 0 0 1 9, W, rehab vs. James Barthmaier HOU 6 6 3 3 1 12, lot's
of strikeouts in that one ... Hernan Iribarren MIL 2-4, .317
... Jason Jaramillo PHI 2-4 ... Mark Rogers MIL 5 4
2 2 3 6, (W, 1-6), first win now under his belt
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- No games
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- No games
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- John Matulia
(CF/DH TBY, 10th rd.) 3-5, R, RBI (13), 3 BB, CS (8) combined in Princeton’s
twinbill against Burlington, now at .402 BA for the season… Ryan
Royster (1B/LF/RF TBY) 2-6, 2 R, 2B, HR (6), 4 RBI (18), K, E (3), .276 BA…
Robert Findlay (RP TBY) closes out another one,
uncharacteristically allowing two baserunners in the same inning SV (8), 1 1 0 0
1 0, 0.82 ERA… Ryan Reed (RF HOU) 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI (17), E (4), .406
BA… Jacob Hurry (SP HOU, 25th rd.) L (0-1), 1-1/3 1 7 7 6 0, WP,
HBP, 7.80 ERA… Randy Roth (DH STL, 10th rd.) 0-3, R, RBI (17),
.343 BA… nice effort from Shaun Garceau (SP STL, 20th rd.) W
(1-2), 5 1 0 0 1 4, ERA drops to 5.40… Ovandy Suero (2B/LF ATL)
3-5, 2 R, K, 2 SB (Appy best 14), CS (2), E (1), .348 BA… Vandy LHP Ryan
Mullins (SP MIN, 5th rd.) dominant in Elizabethton’s win over Pulaski, W
(1-0), 6 1 0 0 2 10, 1.59 ERA, with just 2 of 8 balls put in play in the air,
for the season now just 9 hits allowed in 17 IP, 23/5 K/BB ratio.
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- P Clayton Richard
CWS 5.0 5 2 1 1 6 ... 1b Brandon Allen CWS 2-5, HR(5), E ... DH
Cole Garner Col 1-3, HR(7) ... SS Juan Rivera LAD 2-5
... 3b Russell Mitchell LAD 2-5, RBI ... DH Angel Salome
Mil 2-4, HR(5), 3RBI, SB(3) ... 1b Mark Trumbo LAA 2-5, 2 2b, 3
RBI
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) --
Clint Everts WAS, on the road back, 3 3 0 0 1 5 ... Jonathan
Castro SS WAS 3-5, 2 doubles, .340 ... LA 2nd rounder SS Ivan
DeJesus 3-5, double, .289 ... Flo 1st rounder Chris Volstad 4
1 1 1 1, 2.57 ... Jordan Schafer OF ATL, 4-5, 2 doubles, .310
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- SS Patrick Phillips
ANA, 2nd rounder, 2-4, double, .333 ... SS Ezekiel Parraz OAK 3-4,
homer, .333 ... Antoan Richardson CF SF 4-5, .381 ... Phillip
Davidson KC 5-2/3 3 0 0 3 6, 3-0, 1.31 ... Jeff Bianchi SS
KC 2-2, HBP, .500 ... Curtis Ledbetter DH SEA 3-7, homer, 4 RBI, .364 ...
Oswaldo Graterol OF SEA 3-5, double, .500 ... Tim Turner
CF SD 3-7, double, homer, .296 ... Luany Sanchez C-1B SD
4-6, double, triple, .326
Troop
Movements ... TOR - catcher Curtis Thigpen promoted from Midwest to
AA ...
Stephen Drew ARZ jumps to the top of the class at
Kevin
Goldstein's Prospect Hot Sheet at Baseball America.
" ... The only concern scouts had about Drew was has
ability to hit with wood bats, and that concern was based on how little they had
seen Drew hit with wood, as opposed to seeing him struggle with wood. Those
concerns have been assuaged, as Drew has needed just 19 games to establish
himself as one of the best prospects in baseball, batting .378/.471/.865 with
eight home runs, 25 RBIs and 21 runs in just 19 games."
Chuck James ATL won sell-deserved kudos by placing
2nd :
" ... In what has been one of the best seasons by
any pitcher in the minors, James delivered his best start of the season on
Sunday afternoon, firing six perfect innings, striking out 11 of the 18 batters
he faced. Ridiculous season totals update: 2.02 ERA in 102 innings, allowing
just 66 hits and 23 walks while striking out 136."
A pair from the 2005 draft class placed in the Top 20 --
KC SS Jeff Bianchi and CLE 1B Stephen Head.
John Sickels with a review of his
Philly prospect chart :
" ... 1) Gavin Floyd
... There is
something seriously wrong here, psychologically or physically ...
.3) Cole Hamels, LHP. Back in action, has a
24/10 K/BB in 22 innings between Class A Clearwater and Double-A Reading. Status
depends on health and command, should not be rushed ... 5) Greg
Golson, OF. .254/.348/.370 with 14 steals for Lakewood. Striking out more
than once a game. Great tools, power and speed potential, still learning how to
play."
Venuzuelan backstop not intimidated with Double-A :
" ... Miguel Montero
... gained national attention this season because of
his heavy hitting, made an instant splash in his Tennessee Smokies' debut.
Montero's run-scoring single in the ninth inning gave Tennessee a 5-4
come-from-behind win ... Monday night ... singled his
first Class AA at-bat and crushed a towering 400-foot home run that sent a buzz
through the 2,941 at Smokies Park. Montero also walked and was struck by a
pitch. Perezchica [manager Tony Perezchica] knew what he was getting. "I've had him before," he said.
"He's an intense kid who plays hard and comes to play every day. He's something
special." Montero generates robust bat speed for someone 5-foot-11 and 195
pounds. That torque and contact enabled the left-handed hitter to put up huge
numbers this season... .349 with 24 home runs and 82 runs batted in
85 games with the Lancaster JetHawks." (Knoxville News-Sentinel)
Guess you had to be there :
" ... Highly touted prospect Jered
Weaver was
greeted rudely upon arriving in the California League three weeks ago. But
batters beware, Weaver has found his groove ... hurled 6 2/3 innings and gave up three runs while striking out eight
... threw 86 pitches, with his fastball topping out
at 93 in his longest of the season. Weaver is pleased with his progress. "It was
tough because I wanted to start out how I finished at Long Beach State but
that's not going to happen. It's not like riding a bike," Weaver said. "I had
400 days off. This is still like my spring training." ...
three runs is more than respectable at High Desert, known as one of the most
hitter-friendly venues in all of minor league baseball ... Quakes manager Ty Boykin also sees the improvement.
"His velocity improved. His command was better and he mixed his pitches well.
His confidence is starting to grow," Boykin said. "The biggest thing now is
working on the tempo of the game because his first couple of starts he was
working slow. And he needs to continue working on controlling the running game."
(Ontario Daily Bulletin)
Zach Chalifour, RotoTimes, with notes from the Futures Game :
'' ... BJ Upton, meanwhile,
went 0-for-2 but was robbed of a hit up the middle by Mariners shortstop
prospect Yuniesky Betancourt. Upton did reflect his defensive improvement at
Triple-A Durham with a very strong day in the field in which he effortlessly
executed a number of difficult plays. With another few weeks of solid defense
for the Bulls, Upton could have a chance to return to the Devil Rays by season's
end."
" ... Cuban defector
Yuniesky Betancourt .... a spark plug at the plate for
the Mariners at Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Tacoma. The 23-year-old has
hit a combined .278 with seven home runs and 17 steals, but his defense was
exceptional at the Futures Game and could help land him a starting role given
the current state of Seattle's middle infield. If Betancourt does make it to a
full-time role, he could become a David Eckstein-type player with decent numbers
across the board at a bargain price."
12 July 2005
June picks ... assignments for those in the first three rounds now updated.
Here.
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- No games
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- No games
EASTERN (AA) -- Hanley Ramirez SS
BOS 2-7, RBI (31), .277 AVG ... Brandon Moss OF BOS 2-7, .269 AVG
… Christopher Durbin OF BOS 1-3, 2B (17), .293 AVG … Jared
Sandberg 1B BOS 3-6, 2 2B (18), 2 RBI (57), .236 AVG … Kevin
West 1B BOS 2-7, 2 2B (21), RBI (25), .279 AVG ... Eric Duncan
3B NYA 1-3, .249 AVG … Shelly Duncan 1B NYA 0-4, .262 AVG …
Franklin Gutierrez CLE OF 2-4, 2 2B (16), 2 RBI (33), .242 AVG …
Brad Snyder CLE OF 1-2, RBI (15), .270 AVG … Tony
Giarratano SS DET 0-4, .241 AVG … Fred Lewis OF SF 2-4, 3B
(5), .245 AVG … Daniel Ortmeier OF SF 0-0, .256 AVG … Carlos
Valderrama OF SF 2-3, SB (20), .318 AVG … Mike Jacobs 1B
NYN 1-3, .306 AVG … Aaron Baldris 3B NYN 0-2, RBI (9), .292 AVG …
Paul Bonifay 1B PIT 1-4, .277 AVG … Michael Bourn OF
PHI 3-5, .283 AVG … Randy Roberson OF PHI 2-4, 2B (17), HR (6), 2
RBI (41), .313 AVG … Randy Ruiz 1B PHI 1-5, HR 232), 2 RBI (77),
.357 AVG … Alexander Romero OF MIN 2-4, .280 AVG … Denard
Span OF MIN 2-4, SB (2), .277 AVG … Ryan Church OF WAS 2-5,
2B, .278 AVG … Ryan Zimmerman 3B WAS 0-3, .211 AVG … Chip
Cannon DH TOR 0-6, .200 AVG … Zach Day WAS 5 6 2 2 0 3,
2.77 ERA … Paul Stewart PIT 7 4 2 0 0 3, 4.52 ERA … Josh
Banks TOR 6 5 3 3 0 2, 4.44 ERA … Ismael Ramirez TOR 5 10 3 3
1 3, 4.11 ERA … Brian Burres SF 6 4 2 2 2 7, W (7), 2.85 ERA …
Jake Dittler CLE 6-2/3 5 4 4 4 3, W (5), 3.30 ERA … Phil
Humber NYN, forgettable AA debut, 4 4 3 3 2 2, 6.75 ERA … Jonathan
Lester BOS 7 1 0 0 1 13, W (7), 2.38 ERA :
" ... Lester ...
tied a team record with 13 strikeouts ... struck out the side in the first,
second and fourth innings en route to tying A.J. Burnett's club strikeout mark.
Burnett set the record in a nine-inning game ... "I was throwing everything,"
said Lester, whose four-pitch arsenal includes a mid-90s fastball, cutter,
curveball and changeup. The 21-year-old left-hander faced just two batters over
the minimum, retiring the final 17 after yielding an infield hit and a walk with
one out in the bottom of the second ... has 25 strikeouts in his last two
starts, lowered his ERA to a league-best 2.38." (MLB.com)
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Joel Guzman LA 2-3, .288 ...
oh what a AA beginning, ARZ catcher Miguel Montero 3-3, homer, walk
...
Ty Taubenheim MIL, strong AA debut, 6 6 1 1 1 4
TEXAS (AA) -- Andre Ethier OAK 2-4,
R, HR(13), RBI(55), .328 ... Alberto Callaspo ANA 2-4, 303 ...
Adam Jones SEA 3-4, RBI, SB(5), .306 ... Another decent outing -
Steven Shell ANA (L,5-7) 6-2/3, 8 3 2 0 6 (4.84) ... Juan
Sandoval SEA (W 6-5) 7 3 0 0 2 5 (3.40) ... Joaquin Arias TX
2-4, 2R, 2B, .289 ... Rehab - Matt Holliday COL 2-3, R, .667 ...
Sean Barker (RF) COL 4-4, 2R, 3B, 2RBI(51), SB(10), .280 ...
Jud Thigpen (DH) COL 3-4, R, 2B, HR(3), 2RBI(9), 321 ... Jordan Pals
STL (L,5-6) 7 5 1 1 1 6 (3.45) ... WOW -
Jason Hirsh HOU (W,8-6) 9 3 0 0 0 11 (3.11)
" ... Chris Sampson tossed a gem for the
Hooks on Sunday - a complete-game three-hit shutout ... How do you follow
that? Jason Hirsh had the answer on Monday. He, too, twirled a
complete-game, three-hit whitewash ... Hirsh (8-6) limited the Cardinals
to just three singles and allowed runners to advance past first just twice all
evening. The 6'8" right-hander also established a new season high for strikeouts
in a game by a Hooks' pitcher with 11 ... did not walk a batter." (Corpus
Christi Hooks)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Seth Smith COL 2-4,
homer, .305 ... Jered Weaver ANA, still not major league ready,
5-2/3 3 3 3 1 8 ... Chris Lubanski KC 2-4, 22nd double, 19th
homer, .274 ... Howie Kendrick ANA 2-5, .370
CAROLINA (A+) -- Robert Valido CHA 2-5, 2 R,
double, K ... Micah Schnurstein CHA 1-3, double, 2 RBI, BB, K ...
Thomas Collaro CHA 1-4, double, RBI, 2 K ... Adam Miller
CLE (L, 1-1, 2.45) 5 9 5 3 1 5 ... Chad Spann BOS 1-5, R, 8th
homer, RBI ... Martin Prado ATL 1-3, R, 4th homer, 2 RBI ...
Matt Esquivel ATL 0-3, K ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL
0-4, 2 K ... Brady Endl ATL (L, 5-6, 3.59) 5 5 7 5 5 3 ... Nick
Markakis BAL 2-3, R, BB, K ... Jeff Fiorentino BAL 1-4, 2
RBI ... Kory Casto WAS 0-2, BB, K
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Chuck Tiffany LA
6 2 2 2 3 4, 3.58 ... Jose Garcia STL 8 3 0 0 1 9, 3.45 ...just
can't get untracked, Brian Dopirak CHN 1-4, .246 ... Vito
Chiaravalloti 1B TOR, trying to regain his stroke in demotion from AA,
3-4, homer
MIDWEST (A) -- 3rd-round draftee Chris
Robinson (C) DET 4-8, double, HR (but off to a dismal .138 start) ... ouch
Ian Gac TEX 0-8 ... Reid Brignac TB 18th double ...
Cliff Pennington OAK 0-5, 2 K's ... pretty blah Anthony
Swarzak MIN 5 5 4 4 3 3 (4.04) .. Trevor Plouffe MIN 1-4
(.209) ... Matt Shepherd (SS) STL 19th double, 2nd triple (.299)
... Carlos Gonzalez ARZ 1-4 ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA
3-5, BB ... Ryan Harvey CHN 2-6, 13th HR (.254)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Tim Battle NYA
2-5, double, triple, but 3 Ks ... Taylor Tankersley FLO 6 11 5 5 1
5, 3.74 ... Neil Walker PIT 3-4, 8th homer, .276 ... catcher
John Otness BOS 3-5, 3 RBI, .349
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Ryan
Patterson CF TOR 0-4 ... Brian Pettway LF TOR 0-3, 2K ...
Luis Soto RF BOS 2-4, RBI, K ... Willy Mota CF BOS 2-4,
2R, 2K ... Jed Lowrie 2B BOS (in his debut) 1-4, RBI, K ...
Eric Fowler TOR 3.1 3 2 2 2 3 ... Ryan Phillips BOS 5 2
0 0 0 4 ... Brian Marshall BOS 1 0 0 0 0 2 ... Ivan
Naccarata DH NYM 3-4, 2R, HR, 2RBI, BB ... Caleb Stewart LF
NYM 2-4, HR, 2RBI, BB ... Ed Groce RF TB 2-3, 2HR, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB
... Alex Jamieson C TB 3-5, 2R, 2B, 3B (HR short of the cycle),
2RBI ... Matt Ellington 1B FLA 3-5, 2R, 3B ... Aaron
Jackson WAS 5 5 2 2 1 8 ... Tyler Greene SS STL 2-3, R, 2B,
2RBI, BB, SB ... Nolan Reimold RF BAL 0-4, 3K ... Blake
Hawksworth STL 2 1 0 0 1 1 ... Zach Zuercher STL 4 3 0 0 1 4
... Clete Thomas CF DET 2-4, R, 2RBI, BB ... Stephen
Head DH CLE 1-3, HR, BB (.432) ... Wladimir Sutil SS HOU 2-5,
R ... Mike Costanzo 3B PHI 0-4, R, K ... Jeremy Slayden
LF PHI 2-5, HR, 2RBI ... Kyle Kendrick PHI 6.2 8 4 4 1 2 ...
James Boone DH PIT 2-5, K ... Brady Corley RF PIT 1-5,
R, 2B, 3K ... Jon Poterson RF NYY 1-3, R, 2B, 2RBI ... Lance
Pendleton NYY 2 2 0 0 0 3
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- SS Jason Van
Kooten COL 5-6, 2 homers, 4 runs, 4 RBI ... Freddie Thon 1B
TEX 3-4, double, 2 homers ... Jeffrey Baisley 3B OAK, needed this,
3-5, homer, 5 RBI, .243
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- No games scheduled. Scott
has his picks as the best starter and reliever per team.
Name Team W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP K/9
Jung Ji Cho ATL 2 1 0.56 4 2 0 16.0 13 2 1 0 4 18 1.06 1.13
Rudolph Quinonez ATL 1 0 0.00 7 0 2 8.0 3 0 0 0 1 8 0.50 1.00
Wilfrido Perez BAL 1 1 3.38 4 4 0 18.2 17 7 7 0 6 24 1.26 1.32
Jeffrey Moore BAL 0 1 2.08 6 0 0 13.0 12 5 3 0 1 13 1.00 1.00
Luis Valdez CLE 0 3 3.71 4 4 0 17.0 18 9 7 1 3 15 1.24 0.88
Gerson Mercedes CLE 0 1 4.09 5 0 2 11.0 8 5 5 1 1 11 0.82 1.00
Frank Viola CWS 1 0 3.43 4 4 0 21.0 22 9 8 1 2 18 1.14 0.86
Tim Sabo CWS 2 0 1.35 7 0 2 13.1 10 4 2 0 5 17 1.15 1.30
Polin Trinidad HOU 0 1 4.41 4 4 0 16.1 20 12 8 2 4 16 1.49 0.99
Samuel Gervacio HOU 0 1 3.86 7 0 2 14.0 13 6 6 1 1 21 1.00 1.50
Matt Garza MIN 1 1 3.66 4 4 0 19.2 14 10 8 3 6 25 1.04 1.30
Alexander Smit MIN 1 1 2.81 6 0 0 16.0 10 7 5 2 1 33 0.69 2.06
Jonathan Castillo NYM 1 0 1.80 4 4 0 20.0 13 4 4 1 7 16 1.00 0.80
Joseph Serfass NYM 1 0 0.00 7 0 3 12.2 6 2 0 0 1 10 0.57 0.82
Matthew Lane STL 0 2 4.11 4 4 0 15.1 18 10 7 3 4 11 1.46 0.73
Kevin Fitzgerald STL 1 0 1.13 7 0 3 8.0 5 1 1 0 2 2 0.88 0.25
Matthew Walker TBY 1 0 0.43 4 3 1 21.0 16 3 1 1 5 21 1.00 1.00
Robert Findlay TBY 1 1 0.90 9 0 7 10.0 5 1 1 0 2 16 0.70 1.60
Jesse Litsch TOR 2 0 3.38 4 4 0 24.0 18 9 9 4 3 26 0.88 1.08
Dennis Bigley TOR 1 0 2.84 5 0 0 12.2 13 6 4 1 0 15 1.07 1.23
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- C Francisco Hernandez
CWS 1-4, RBI ... SS Juan Rivera LAD 3-5, HR(1), BB, SB(7) ... 2b
Jesus Soto LAD 0-5, BB, 4SO ... C Juan Apodaca LAD
2-5, HR(5), 3RBI ... SS Adam
Rosales Cin 2-4, 2 2b, SO ... 3b Shawn Hayes KC, 1-2, 2b,
RBI, BB ... C Angel Salome (5-7, 190) Mil, 5th rounder in 2004,
3-5, R (.392, .458, .649 going into Mon's action).
" ... Short yet extremely strongly built catcher.
His arm alone has drawn attention, as it might be one of the best pure tools
available of all draft eligible prospects. Shuts down the opposing team's
running game. On top of his strong arm he has a very quick release. He has very
good overall athleticism for a catcher, is quick behind the plate and has good
speed. Playing 3B or even 2B isn't out of the range of possibilities if he can't
cut it behind the plate. He does need to work on his overall catch & throw
skills, and despite putting up a monster year at the plate, there are some
concerns about his offensive abilities. His swing can get long at times, and he
can get fooled by breaking pitches. Has a similar build & overall profile to
Ivan Rodriguez, whom he models his game after." (Brewerfan.com)
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- SS Audy Ciriaco DET
2-5, triple, 3 RBI, .347 (but, zero walks, 16 Ks) ... another encouraging outing
by Greg Miller LA 4 4 2 0 1 1 ... Jonathan Castro 2B
WAS 3-5, double, .311
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- catcher Isaac Palencia
MIL 3-4, .444 ... Cesar Rojas SD 5 3 1 1 1 1, 1.29 ... Nick
Adenhart ANA 2-2/3 3 1 1 1 5, 1.04 ... Casey Smith
OF SD 3-4, double, .457 ... Phillip Hawke 1B TEX 3-5, 2 doubles, .400
Troop
Movements ... SEA - trade Brett Boone to MIN ... TB - signed reliever Joe
Borowski ...
Remember when the BOS system was among the worst in baseball? Last week,
Jon Papelbon was named Pitcher of the Week in the Eastern League. This
week another Red Sox moundsman (announced before his one-hitter Monday) :
" ... left-handed pitcher Jon
Lester ... made one start during the week, tossing seven shutout innings
in a 5-0 Portland victory over the Trenton Thunder (Yankees). The 21 year-old
struck out 12 batters, did not allow a walk and gave up only five hits improving
his record to 6-2 on the season. Lester is currently second in the league in
strikeouts with 101 and is tied for third in the league with a 2.56 ERA. Lester
will represent the Sea Dogs in the 2005 Hannaford Eastern League All-Star Game
on Wednesday ... selected by the Boston Red Sox in the second round of the June
2002 draft."
(Portland Sea Dogs)
" ... Lester brings power. His fastball sits in the
low- to mid-90s. This year, he has been able to set up the fastball with a cut
fastball and improved curve and change-up. "His command is better. His pitches
are crisper," said Sea Dogs hitting coach Russ Morman, who was Lester's manager
in Augusta. When Lester is on, he is actually tougher on right-handed batters,
running his fastball in and breaking a lot of bats. Left-handed batters are
hitting .262 against Lester. Right-handers are hitting .210. Because he is
young, Lester may not follow Papelbon and company to Pawtucket quickly. This is
only his third year out of high school ... continues to improve his
strikeout/walk ratio, which is 101/33 this season. "I've always had command of
my fastball," Lester said. "This year, I'm commanding everything else, using the
other pitches when I'm behind in the count." (Portland Press Herald)
Some top talent saluted with Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards :
" ... right-hander Ricky Nolasco was dominant
in two starts this past week ... became the first West Tenn pitcher to
toss a complete game this season when he held the Smokies' offense to four hits
and one earned run in nine innings ... Nolasco received a no decision in his
next start ... pitching six innings and allowing one earned run to go along with
six strikeouts ... has a perfect 8- 0 record this season and leads the Southern
League with a 2.64 ERA and 109 strikeouts." (Southern League)
" ... California League Stephen Drew ...
certainly living up to the hype ... Through Sunday, Drew had hit in 11
straight games and 16 out of 18 since joining the JetHawks, raking at a .380
clip in that time. The 6-foot, 185-pound shortstop also showed off his power
stroke last week, going on a home run hitting spree. He hit a pair of homers on
July 5, then added another in each of his next three games to give him eight in
just 18 games. He also added four doubles and 13 RBIs, driving home runs in six
straight games." (MLB.com)
" ... first baseman Stephen
Head has been named the New York-Penn League Player of the Week,....
collected 10 hits and three home runs, while batting .417 in 24 at bats. He had
an on-base percentage of .548, while slugging .917. Since joining the Scrappers,
Head (second round selection of the Cleveland Indians) has appeared in nine
games, batting .441. He has 15 hits, five home runs, and 13 RBI."
(Mahoning Valley Scrappers)
" ... Pioneer League Sergio Pedroza ...
reached base in his first 11 professional at-bats and aside from an 0-for-5 game
back on July 2, he hasn't slowed down much since then, winning his second
consecutive Pioneer League Offensive Player of the Year award ...
third-round pick ... hitting .524 for the season." (MLB.com)
11 July 2005
Justin Huber KC named the MVP of the Futures Games leading the World to a
4-0 win over the USA with a two-run double ... nine World pitchers combined on a
four-hitter ... see the full story and box over at
Baseball
America.
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Austin Kearns RF CIN 3-3, 2 2B, 3 R, BB ...
James Jurries 1B-RF ATL 2-5, 2 2B, 2 R ... T.J. Pena SS ATL
2-5, R ... Carlos Ruiz DH PHI 3-4, 3B, R, SB ... Pedro
Liriano PHI 4-1/3 10 3 3 3 2,4.04 ... Chris Seddon TB 5 6 5 0
3 3, 6.39 ... Carlos Pena 1B DET 1-3, 2B, R, BB ... Marcus
Thames RF DET 1-4, 12th HR, R, 3 RBI, SF ... Brian Tallet
CLE 5 6 4 2 2 1,3.65 ... Dustin Pedroia 2B BOS 2-5, 2B, RBI ...
Lenny DiNardo BOS 5 2 0 0 2 6, 3.45 ... rehab, Curt
Schilling 1 1 0 0 0 1, 6.63 ... Brad Eldred 1B PIT 1-4, 8th
HR, R, 3 RBI ... Angel Pagan CF NYN 3-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI, BB, 3 SB
... Victor Diaz 1B NYN 2-5, RBI ... Andy Phillips 1B
NYA 2-4, 15th HR, R, 2 RBI ... Sean Henn NYA 6 3 3 3 4 6, 2.96 ...
Jason Bartlett DH MIN 2-4, 3B, 2 R, BB ... Chris Heintz
3B MIN 2-4, 4 RBI, SF ... Walter Young DH BAL 3-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Ryan Shealy COL
1-3, 15th homer, .332 ... Ezequiel Astacio HOU 3.0 1 0 0 0 3, 3.11 ...
Matt Cain SF, another rough one, 5 7 6 6 3 10 .... Felix Hernandez
SEA, an inning of relief in return from DL, 1 1 0 0 0 1, seems the pen might be
his home for awhile to limit his innings ... Carlos
Quentin ARZ 1-3, 16th homer, .304
EASTERN (AA) -- Brandon Moss OF BOS 0-4, .269 AVG …
Kevin West 1B BOS 0-2, .279 AVG ... Eric
Duncan 3B NYA 1-3, .249 AVG … Shelly Duncan 1B NYA 0-4, .262
AVG … Franklin Gutierrez CLE OF 0-0, .242 AVG … Brad Snyder
CLE OF 1-3, 2B (9), 2 RBI (14), .265 AVG … Tony Giarratano SS DET
0-4, .245 AVG … Fred Lewis OF SF 1-2, SB (19), .237 AVG … Daniel
Ortmeier OF SF 0-1, 2 SB (24), .256 AVG … Carlos Valderrama OF SF
0-0, .315 AVG … Mike Jacobs
1B NYN 0-3, .307 AVG … Aaron Baldris 3B NYN 0-3, .293 AVG …
Paul Bonifay
1B PIT 1-4, 2B (11), .276 AVG … Michael Bourn OF PHI 3-5, .283 AVG …
Randy Roberson OF PHI 2-4, 2B (17), HR (6), 2 RBI (41), .313 AVG … Randy
Ruiz 1B PHI 1-5, HR 232), 2 RBI (77), .357 AVG … Alexander Romero OF
MIN 2-4, 2B (18), RBI (44), .277 AVG … Denard Span OF MIN 2-5, .262 AVG …
Ryan Church OF WAS 1-2, 2B (4), 2 FBI (7), .222 AVG … Ryan Zimmerman
3B WAS 1-4, .212 AVG …
Casey Janssen TOR, at his third level this season, an impressive debut in
AA, 7 2 0 0 0 8 ... Chris Rojas PHI 7 4 0
0 0 7, W (10), 3.92 ERA … Dan Denham CLE 7 6 2 2 0 6, W (7), 3.57 ERA …
Hayden Penn BAL 4-1/3 6 5 5 3 2, 3.79 ERA … Vance Perkins TOR
4-1/3 4 3 3 5 1, 4.35 ERA ... Chip Cannon, the surprise of the TOR
system, 2-4, double, homer (26th overall) in his first AA action
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Justin Orenduff LA 7 4 0 0 2 6
... Ricky Nolasco CHN 6 6 2 1 2 6, 2.64 ... Ray Aguilar
FLO 7 5 2 2 1 5, 1.67 (27 innings) ... Chuck James ATL six perfect
frames to front an eventual one-hitter, 6.0 0 0 0 0 11, 6-1, 2.67
TEXAS (AA) -- Travis Hanson STL 2-5, R,
HR(12), 5RBI(57), .290 ... Only his 3rd win? - Chris Sampson HOU
(W,3-11) 9 3 0 0 0 3 (3.25) ... Hmm - John Danks TX (L,2-4) 7 9 4
4 0 7 (3.88) ... Stat line of the night? - TJ Bohn SEA 5-5, R, 2B, 3B,
2RBI(41), 3SB(22), .315 ... Steve Stanley OAK 2-4, R, RBI(31),
.322 ... Brian Stavisky OAK 3-4, R, 2B, HR(6), RBI(47), .302
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Ian Stewart COL 3-3, triple,
homer, 3 RBI, walk, 4 runs, .264 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 1-4, double, .380 ... Billy
Butler KC 2-5, 22nd homer, .361 ... Juan Ciriaco SS SD 2-4,
double, triple, .283 but in BJ Upton's defensive class, 30th error
CAROLINA (A+) -- Robert Valido CHA 2-6, R, 5th
homer, 2 RBI ... Micah Schnurstein CHA 1-5, R, 11th homer, 2 RBI,
2 K ... Thomas Collaro CHA 2-5, R, 20th homer, RBI, 2 K ... Wes
Whisler CHA 6 6 0 0 2 4, 6.40 ... Tony Sipp CLE 3-2/3 4 2 0
2 5, 2.68 ... Kory Casto WAS 2-4, R, BB, K ... Martin
Prado ATL 1-4, RBI ... Matt Esquivel ATL 2-4, 2 R, 15th homer,
RBI, K ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL 0-3, R, BB, K ... Nick
Markakis BAL 1-3 & 1-2, R, 10th homer, 3 RBI (53) ... Brian
Finch BAL (W, 6-6, 3.60) 6 3 0 0 0 10
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- No games
MIDWEST (A) -- can't get started Matt Bush
SD 0-4 (.231) ... Carlos Gonzalez ARZ 0-3, 6th SB (.320) ..
Luis Cota KC 7 3 0 0 1 6 (3.65) ... remember this name Michael
Collins ANA 2-4, double (up to .355) ... Matt Tuiasosopo
SEA 3-5, 2 doubles (.288) ... Kyle Waldrop MIN 7 2/3 5 1 1 1 4
(4.47) ... Eric Patterson CHN 3-5, BB (.241) ... now THAT'S a
tough-luck loser Josh Rainwater DET 6 5 1 1 0 11 (L, 2-4, 3.44)
...Reid Brignac TB 1-5 ... Andrew Sonnanstine TB 8 5
0 0 0 9 (W, 10-4, 2.55) ... Cliff Pennington OAK 4th double, 1st
professional homer (.319)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Tim Battle NYA 2-3 ...
Jeff Marquez NYA 7 7 1 1 2 4, W ... Scott Elbert LA 5 5
2 2 4 6, W, 3.41 ... Travis Denker LA 3-5, 3 homers, 7 RBI, .295
(2nd time this season Denker has had a 3-homer game) ... Yovanni
Gallardo MIL 8 2 1 1 2 5, (W, 3-3), 3.35 ... Mike Rozier BOS 5
5 2 2 4 0, (W, 5-4), 3.75 ... Neil Walker PIT 1-3, 2 RBI ...
Greg Golson PHI 2-4, triple, RBI, run
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Wendell
Yost: WAS 7 3 0 0 2 9, CG, 3-0, 1.08 ... nice game for the Yankee SS
Eduardo Nunez 2-4, double, homer, 7 RBI, .339
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Sergio Romo SF 4 4 0
0 2 3, 0.57 (18 innings) ... James Shull OAK 4 4 0 0 0 8, 1.86 ... Wes
Long 3B OAK, responding with the bat after demotion, 3-3, 3 doubles, .346
... Michael Madsen OAK 4.0 2 1 1 0 2, 0.53 (just 7 hits allowed, 15 Ks in
17 innings)
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) --
Number One pick Matt Garza
(SP MIN, 25th overall) finally gets in the “W” column, W(1-1), 6 2 0
0 1 9, 3.66 ERA… Edward Ovalle (CF MIN) 3-5, R, 2B, HR (3), 4 RBI (13),
.352 BA… Rene Aqueron (DH BAL) 2-4, R, 2B, RBI (7), .568 BA… Ovandy
Suero (2B ATL) 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR (1), RBI (5), 2 K, SB (12), .328 BA…
Randy Roth (3B STL, 10th rd.) 3-5, 2 R, 2 2B (7), SB (1), .359
BA… Matthew Walker (SP TBY) W (1-0), 7 6 0 0 1 4, 0.46 ERA through 4
appearances.
Saturday’s Games:
Rene Aqueron (2B BAL) 2-5, K, .576 BA… Leonardo Huches (C
BAL) 3-4, R, 2B, .227 BA, but yielded an embarrassing 8 SB’s against
Danville (he did manage to throw out 2 would be base stealers)… Eric
Campbell (3B ATL) 1-3, 2 R, RBI (13), 3 BB, K, 3 SB (4), .269 BA…
Maximiliano Ramirez (C ATL) 2-3, R, RBI (12), K, .354 BA… masterful
performance in his second start of the season, Jung Ji Cho (SP ATL) W
(2-1), 5 4 1 0 0 7, 0.56 ERA, 18/4 K/BB ratio in 16 innings… P.J. Hiser
(1B CLE) 2-3, 2 R, HR (5), 3 RBI (14), BB, K, .278 BA… Ryan Reed (DH
HOU) 4-6, R, HR (5), RBI (15), K, .417 BA, but also CS (2) and PO… Juan
Portes (LF MIN) 4-6, 2 R, 2B, HR (3), 2 RBI (11), .323 BA… Randy
Roth (RF/LF STL, 10th rd.) 2-4, R, 2B, HR (4), 4 RBI (15),
SF, K, .339 BA… Ryan Bethel (SS TBY, 32nd rd.) 3-5, R,
2B, 3 RBI (8), BB, .382 BA.
Friday’s Games: Andrew Moffit (RF BAL) 1-4, 2B, RBI (14),
2 K, .316 BA… Kris Welker (C CHW, 41st rd.) 1-4, 2 K,
.409 BA… Frank Viola, Jr. (SP CHW) W (1-0), 5-2/3 3 0 0 1 4, 3.43
ERA, nifty 18/2 K/BB ratio through 4 starts and 21 IP… Ryan Reed (RF
HOU) 2-4, R, HR (4), RBI (14), 2 K, .389 BA… pro debut for U. of South
Carolina’s Steven Tolleson (SS MIN, 5th rd.) 1-3, 3 R, 2B,
BB, HBP, .333 BA, error (1)… not a fun outing for Wilton Noel (SP
HOU) L(0-2), 0 4 6 6 1 0, HBP, 10.38 ERA… big night for Johnson City’s
Cody Palmer (DH STL) 4-4, 2 R, HR (2), 3 RBI (8), 2 SB (2), CS (1), .368
BA… John Matulia (CF TBY, 10th rd.) 2-5, R, K, .378 BA…
another tough ND for BC’s Mike Wlodarczyk (SP TBY, 7th
rd.) 5 5 1 1 1 5, 2.25 ERA but just 0-1 on the season in 4 outings… yet
another save for Robert Findlay (RP TBY) SV (6), 1 1 0 0 0 1, 1.00
ERA, 15/2 K/BB in 9 IP… solid start from Jonathon Castillo (SP NYM)
5 2 0 0 3 8, 1.80 ERA.
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- No games
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- No games
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- 3B Leury Bonilla SEA 3-5
homer, 2 RBI (3.00 ERA as a pitcher, 3 innings) ... Chris Stanton
1B/OF 2-5, homer, 2 RBI ... Patrick Phillips ANA, at 2B, 2-3, .367 ...
Jeff Bianchi SS KC, no stopping him, 2-4, triple, .483
Troop
Movements ... NYN - Brian Bannister promoted to AAA, Lastings
Milledge & Phil Humber to AA ... SD - Pedro Astacio up, Brian
Falkenborg to AAA ... ANA - Jake Woods to AAA ... CHA - Kevin Walker to AAA ...
TOR - Casey Janssen, Chip Cannon promoted to AA ...
The numbers are far from eye-popping, but Ms pleased with Shin-Soo Choo's
(1-2, homer in the Futures Game) progress :
" ... the Mariners see Choo as a
perfect fit for the outfield of the future, Looper [vice president of player
development and scouting Benny Looper] said ... Last year he finished
second in the Texas League in hits (163) and runs (89), was tied for second in
triples (seven), and was third in RBI (84) and stolen bases (39). He batted .315
for the Class AA San Antonio Missions and was named the Mariners’ minor league
player of the year. Choo has continued his progression in Class AAA. While his
numbers are down a bit from last year – he’s batting .255 – his speed and power
are still evident. He has 15 stolen bases and seven home runs ... Hitting
coach Terry Pollreisz said Choo’s batting average will catch up with the rest of
his skills. “Moving from Double-A to Triple-A is a very tough transition,”
Pollreisz said. “Pitchers can locate better, and generally the stuff’s a little
crisper. “With (Choo’s) athleticism, he can hit anywhere from .265 or .270 to
.290 or .300. And he’s struggled at times, but his athleticism allows him to be
there. And I think he’s getting better and better, and I think he’s going to
have a great second half.” ... Choo, who has drawn comparisons to Ichiro
for his strong arm and athleticism in the outfield, doesn’t see the similarity,
however. “Ichiro’s way better,” he said. “ (Tacoma News Tribune)
SEA shortstop with the defensive play of the Futures Game :
" ... Yuniesky Betancourt
described his dazzling play in the fourth inning as "not routine, but not
extraordinary." He thought it was nothing special, no cause for hubbub. Funny
thing was, it made his manager think of Ozzie Smith ... "He's a big
leaguer, all the way," said Guillermo Hernandez, the World Team manager who won
the 1984 Cy Young and MVP awards. "He is aggressive. He took a big jump on that
ball. It was unbelievable. "I can see Ozzie Smith playing shortstop." Betancourt
went 0-for-2 with two groundouts, but offense has never been his calling card.
Still, he is batting .284 with two home runs and 17 RBIs at Tacoma, in his first
season after signing a four-year, $3.65 million contract. (Seattle
Post Intelligencer)
" ... He's special," said Roger
Jongewaard, the former Seattle personnel director who now scouts for Tampa Bay.
"He's a real magician in the field." One National League scout has compared
Betancourt, 23 and a veteran of three years with Villa Clara of the Cuban
National League, to Omar Vizquel and Cesar Izturis, two of the major leagues'
slickest shortstops. Greg Hunter, Seattle farm director, had an interesting take
on that. "I wouldn't compare him to anyone, I think he'll be his own guy,"
Hunter said. "Some day people are going to compare others to him." Betancourt's
hands are said to be exceedingly fast, like Vizquel, so that he never seems to
get a bad hop. "He's a gifted defender," Hunter said. "When he's going for a
ball he seems to have an extra gear. He's just fun to watch." (Seattle
Times)
Rockies' system notes from
Jack Etkin, Rocky Mountain News :
" ... Outfielder Matt Miller ... who has not
gone hitless in consecutive games all season, took over the RBI lead Saturday in
the South Atlantic League when he hit two homers and drove in four runs. He has
five homers in his past six games and 12 RBI in his past four games. He leads
the league in hits (118) and is third in batting. He has a .374 on-base
percentage despite only nine walks in 340 at-bats."
" ... Shane Lindsay ... This season, at
short-season Class A Tri-City, his back is fine, his mechanics are improved and
his results have defied belief. In four starts, he has gone 2-0 with a 0.78
earned-run average that leads the Northwest League. He has allowed 11 hits in 23
innings with nine walks and a league-leading 41 strikeouts. Lindsay touches 96
mph with his fastball and pitches at 92 to 93 mph. He also throws a
knuckle-curve and a changeup. "He's come a long way from last year, mainly (as
far as) controlling adrenaline," said Jim Wright, the Rockies roving pitching
coordinator. "What he's doing now is he's throwing strikes with his fastball,
not always down. He's up and down but he's got enough fastball to get away with
it. He's got a great spin on his curveball. It's just a matter of learning to
throw that for strikes next."
Padres' top pick making an early impression :
" ... Cesar Carrillo, wowed onlookers
Thursday when he pitched for the first time as a pro. Carrillo threw three
innings for Lake Elsinore and held Lancaster to a pair of hits, didn't walk
anyone and struck out three. "I thought it was outstanding," Storm pitching
coach Dave Rajsich said. "The poise that he showed and the command were fabulous
for his first professional appearance. He was very impressive. He came out
throwing strikes and had total command of three pitches." ... The 18th
overall pick who pitched at the University of Miami hadn't pitched in a month
before facing the JetHawks, but he hit the strike zone with 28 of his 40 pitches
and topped out at 96 mph with his fastball. "I didn't think I was going to be as
consistent as I was," Carrillo said. ... "Though Carrillo threw 125 2/3 innings
for the Hurricanes this season, he won't be babied by the Padres organization
... the Storm will limit Carrillo's innings by limiting his pitch counts.
He was on a 50-pitch limit against Lancaster and threw 40 in the game and 16
more in the bullpen afterward. In his next outing, he'll throw as many as 65."
(North County Times)
Our league correspondents : INTERNATIONAL
Herb Walters
/ PACIFIC COAST JDM / EASTERN Ralph Marston /
SOUTHERN JDM / TEXAS Aman Reaka / FLORIDA STATE
Wayne Stevens / CAROLINA Troy Salvior /
CALIFORNIA JDM / MIDWEST
Bob Reed / SOUTH ATLANTIC
Dave Scott
/ NEW YORK-PENN
Harry Almquist / NORTHWEST
JDM
/ APPALACHIAN Scott
Howes
/ PIONEER
Joe
McAnally
/ GULF COAST JDM
/ ARIZONA JDM
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