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02 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Andy Marte CLE 2-3, 2B, 13th HR, 2 R, 3 RBI,
BB, .273
rehab, Jason Michaels CLE 2-5, 1st HR, R, RBI, .400
Asdrubal Cabrera CLE 0-2, .000
Jake Dittler CLE 6
8 4 4 0 3, 4.85
Peter Moylan ATL 3 3 4 4 2 2, 6.82
John-Ford Griffin TOR 3-6, 2 R, RBI, BB, .239
John Hattig
TOR 2-6, R, RBI, BB, .271
Jason Phillips TOR 2-6, RBI, Sac, 254
Sergio Santos TOR 1-5, 2 R, 2 BB, .229
Brandon
League TOR 2 1 0 0 1 0, 2.13
Dustin McGowan TOR 7 6 3 3 4 6,
4.28
Ricky Romero TOR 2-1/3 1 0 0 0 2, 6.52
Jerry
Owens CHA 2-4, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 SB, .250
Josh Fields CHA 3-4,
2B, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 SB, .337
Chris Stewart CHA 1-5, 2B, R,
.271
Tonys Gutierrez CIN 3-4, 2 2B, R, RBI, .298
rehab,
Edwin Encarnacion CIN 1-4, 2B, .312
Philip Dumatrait
CIN 3 9 7 7 3 1, 4.54
Val Majewski BAL 2-4, RBI, BB, HBP, .212
Adam Boeve PIT 4-4, SB, .290
Craig Stansberry PIT
2-4, 1st HR, R, RBI, .429
Oliver Perez PIT 7 5 2 2 2 13, 2.57
Dustin Pedroia BOS 2-3, 2B, R, 2 RBI, BB, SF, .290
Adam
Stern BOS 2-5, 2B, R, .253
Hee-Seop Choi BOS 1-1, 2B, .207
Carlos Ruiz PHI 2-4, .300
Josh Kroeger PHI 2-4, .245
Kevin Thompson NYA 1-5, 7th HR, R, 2 RBI, .261
Christian
Garcia NYA 2-4, .239
Carlos Pena NYA 2-3, 2 R, BB, HBP,
.260
Steven White NYA 7 6 2 2 2 8, 3.26
B.J. Upton TB
1-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 0 errors, .266
Delmon Young TB 4-5, 2
2B, R, 4 RBI, .374
Brian Stokes TB 4 5 3 3 3 0, 3.61
Evan
MacLane NYN 5-1/3 8 5 5 1 3, 3.57
" ... Delmon Young got a hit for the seventh
straight at-bat on a 4-for-5 night with four RBIs ... Young, who collected
hits in his last three at-bats Friday, cranked an RBI double in the first
inning. He doubled again in the third and collected an RBI single in the fifth.
The 20-year-old Young recorded his second straight four-RBI game with a two-run
single in the sixth, but grounded out to second base in the seventh." (MLB.com)
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Dana
Eveland MIL, 7.1 1 0 0 2 12, 1.78 ... Rich Hill CHN 7.0 7 1 1
2 6, 1.85 ... Tim Stauffer SD 3.0 5 4 3 2 1, 4.83 ... Chris
Iannetta COL 2-2, walk, .333 (5th game in AAA) ... Shin-Soo Choo
SEA, one of the hottest bats in the minors, 3-4. 18th double, 10th homer, walk,
.322 ... Chris Snelling SEA 2-3, walk, .296 ... Jeff
Clement SEA 1-4, .216 ... Joe Saunders LAA 6.0 5 2 2 2 6,
10-3, 2.37 ... Howie Kendrick LAA 2-4, walk, .388 ... Micah
Owings ARZ 6.0 8 3 3 2 4, 4-0, 3.28 (and, 2-4, double, .375) ... James
Loney LAD 3-5, 2 doubles (20), .377 ... Stephen Drew ARZ
3-6, double, .283
EASTERN (AA) -- Eric Duncan 1B
NYY 2-5, HR, 2RBI, k ... Edgar Martinez BOS 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 ...
Kory Castro 3B WAS 2-4, R, 2B, k and 0-3, k ... Brian Finch
BAL 5 9 4 4 0 3 ... Beau Hale BAL 6.1 2 2 1 1 7 ... Adam
Lind DH TOR 1-4, HR, 2RBI, 2k ... Michel Abreu 1B 1-3, 2B,
2RBI, BB, k ... Mike Pelfrey NYM 7 2 1 1 3 11 ... Brad
Snyder RF CLE 1-3, R, 2BB, k ... Adam Miller CLE 7 3 0 0 1 4
... Tony Giarratano SS DET 3-5, R, 2B ... Brent Clevlen
RF DET 2-5, R, RBI, BB, k ... Gio Gonzalez PHI 4.2 8 7 7 3 7 ...
Nate Schierholtz RF SF 3-4, 2R, HR, 2RBI, k ... Denard
Span CF MIN 0-3, R, RBI, BB
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Joey Votto CIN 2-3
28th double, walk, .321 ... Lance Broadway CHA 5.0 7 6 6 0 3, 3.15
... in had been going well, Michael Ekstrom SD 5.1 8 6 6 0 5 ...
George Kottaras SD 1-4, double, .274 ... Andrew
Sonnanstine TB 8.2 10 3 3 0 2, 3.26 ... Yovani Gallardo MIL,
now up to 14 shutout innings in AA, 7.0 3 0 0 1 10 ... Chris Shaver
CHN 6.0 4 0 0 1 9, 2.17 (in 87 AA innings)
TEXAS (AA) -- Troy Tulowitzki COL
1-3, 2B, 2RBI, .275 (GM1) ... Seth Smith COL 2-4, 2B, HR(9), R,
RBI, .275 (GM1) ... Joseph Koshansky COL 2-3, 2B, R, .298 (GM2)
... Travis Buck OAK 2-5, R, SB(9), .308 ... Kurt Suzuki
OAK 1-3, 2RBI, BB, .306 ... Brant Colamarino OAK 2-3, 2 2B, R,
RBI, BB, .302 ... Kevin Melillo OAK 3-5, 2R, 2RBI, .271 ...Jake
Blalock TEX 2-4, HR(4), R, 2RBI, .254 ... Alex Gordon KC
3-4, 2 2B, 3R, RBI, BB, .304 ... Billy Butler KC 1-5, RBI, .324
... Aaron Peel LAA 1-2, HR(7), R, RBI, .280 (GM2) ... Brandon
Wood LAA 3-7, 2 2B, HR(18), 3R, 3RBI, .298 (doubleheader) ... Ben
Zobrist HOU 2-2, 3B, R, 2BB, CS, .338 ... Juan Richardson
STL 3-3, R, 2RBI, .304 ... Terry Evans STL 2-4, R, RBI, .288 ...
Yung Chi Chen SEA 2-5, HR(1), R, RBI, .400 (just called up from Inland
Empire) ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 2-4, 2R, 2RBI, BB, .290
(adjusting?) ... Travis Blackley SEA 5.0 2 2 2 1 2, 4.25
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Darren Sack SF 6.0 2
0 0 4, 3-0, 0.63 ... Carlos Gonzalez ARZ 2-4, 30th double, 11th
homer, walk, .324 ... Sean Rodriguez LAA 1-4, 16th homer,
.292 ... Reid Brignac TB 2-3, .340 ... Evan Longoria
TB 1-4, double ... Landon Powell OAK 2-4, 11th homer, .281
CAROLINA (A+) -- Mike Carlin LF PIT
3-4, double, Home Run, 2 runs, 2RBI ... Jacoby Ellsbury CF BOS
2-5, 2 triples, run, 3RBI ... Mark Jurich DH ATL 1-3, Home Run,
2RBI ... Kelvin Villa ATL 8 3 2 1 1 7 ... Matt Bruback
BAL 6.2 4 1 1 1 6 ... Rodney Choy Foo DH CLE 1-4, Home Run,
2 runs, 4RBI ... Ian Desmond SS WAS 1-4, Home Run, 2 runs, 2RBI
... Devin Ivany C WAS 2-3, Home Run, 2RBI ... Robert
Valido SS CHA 3-5, double, triple, 2RBI ... Ervin Alcantara CF
HOU 4-4, double, 2 runs, RBI ... Wes Whisler CHA 7 7 3 3 1 1 W
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Michael Devaney
NYN 6 4 2 2 2 6 W(8-3, 1.62)
Xavier Paul RF LA 1-4 HR(9) 2RBI,
.295
Brian Duensing MIN 6 8 3 0 1 7 L(1-4, 3.09)
JT
Restko LF FLO 3-5, .205
Mitchell Boggs STL 6 5 0 0 2 4 ND,
3.12
Clete Thomas CF DET 2-4 R, .260
Kevin Whelan
DET 1 0 0 0 0 2 S(18, 3.58)
MIDWEST (A) -- Justin Upton ARZ 1-4
(.278) ... Bryan Anderson STL 2-3, 18th double (.310) .. Colby
Rasmus STL 0-3, BB, K ... that smarts Cameron Maybin DET
0-2, 2 HBP (.295) ... Luis Valbuena SEA 1-4, 14th double ... maybe
a spark Yuber Rodriguez TOR (CF) 3-5, double (.235) ... Juan
Jimenez TEX 5 9 9 8 2 3 (4.56) ... Matt Bush SD 1-5, 3rd
error ... Hainley Statia ANA 4-5, 20th double ... Tommy
Mendoza ANA 8 3 1 0 0 4 (W, 5-5, 4.32) ... Jay Bruce CIN 1-4,
31st double (.310) .. if you're gonna lose, lose big Travis Wood
CIN 1 1/3 7 7 7 2 1 (L, 6-1, 3.82) ... Paul Kelly MIN 1-5 (.268)
... Kyle Waldrop MIN 6 9 6 5 0 5 (3.26) ... Mark Reed
CHN 2-4, BB, K (.316) ... Todd Blackford CHN 4 1/3 8 7 5 3 1
(3.97)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Sergio Pedroza
LAD 2-3, 3B (1), 2 RBI (66), .287 ... Travis Denker LAD 0-4, 2 BB,
.244 ... Carlos Carrasco PHI (W, 6-4) 7 8 5 4 2 4, 2.48 ...
Greg Golson PHI 2-4, 2B (14), .222 ... Justin Blaine
PHI 7 3 1 1 4 9, 2.94 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 3-5, 2B (10), HR
(8), 3 RBI (43), SB (17), .275 ... Dexter Fowler COL 3-5, HR (5),
SB (23), BB, .311 ... Eric Young, Jr COL 2-5, RBI (23), SB (57 -
leads the minors), BB, .254 ... Ole Sheldon HOU 1-4, 2B (27), .333
... Elvis Andrus ATL 2-4, .277 ... Jose Tabata NYA
1-5, 2B (18), RBI (46), .320 ... Austin Jackson NYA 1-2, SB (25),
3 BB, .261 ... Mark Wagner BOS 1-3, BB, .317 ... Lorenzo
Cain MIL 3-3, 2B (14), RBI (31), 2 BB, .302 ... Angel Salome
2-5, 3B (1), 3 RBI (60), .309 ... Aaron Thompson FLA 6 6 3 2 4 7,
3.25
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 1B Aaron
Bates BOS 2-3, 1 R ... LF Zachary Daeges BOS 2-3 1 R ...
Pena BOS 7 2 0 0 0 2 ... Dustin Richardson BOS 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Combined for SO) ... 1B Chris Vineyard BAL 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
... 2B Todd Davidson BAL 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB ... DH Elvis
Cruz NYN 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI ... 1B Eric Taylor HOU 2-4,
2 R, 1 2B ... 2B Greg Buchanan HOU 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI ... SS Tim
Torres HOU 1-2, 2 RBI, 1 BB ... Jacob Hurry HOU 4 0 0 0 2 6
... LF Steve Douglas CLE 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 CS ... Pat
Bresnehan PIT 5 0 0 0 1 4 ... 1B Mark Hamilton STL 2-5, 1 R, 1
RBI, ... CF Jim Rapoport STL 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB 2 SB ... 3B
Al Craig 3-4 , 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... SS Zach Penprase
PHI 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B 1 SB ... Rhett Parrot STL 5 2 0 0 1 3 ... 3B
James Mayer TB 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B ... Jeremy Hellickson TB
5 1 0 0 2 5
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Scott Deal
OAK (5th rounder, 2005) 6.0 5 4 3 1 0, 3-0, 2.12 ... Larry Cobb
OAK O,F, leadoff, 2-5, double, .333 ... John Odom SF 6.0 5 0
0 0 5 ... catcher Chad Tracy TEX, 2006 third rounder, 2-5, homer,
.353 ... shortstop Thomas Berkery TEX 3-4 double, .364 ... Jeff
Samardzija CHN, 3.0 1 0 0 1 5 ... pitching like his big brother,
Jeremy Papelbon CHN 4.0 0 0 0 1 5, up to 9 shutout innings, 2 hits
allowed
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Pedro Florimon Jr.
SS BAL 3-4, 2rbi, 2bb, 2runs .476
Joshua Morgan 1B CHW 2-4
Double .378
Matthew Inouye 2-4 Solo HR .458
Mike
McCormick 3B TB 0-4 2K .323
Junior Contreras 1B NYM 2-4 Solo
HR(2) .625
Ralph Henriquez C HOU 3-5 Double 2rbi .243
Allen
Langdon DH 2-4, Double, rbi, 4 runs, .476
Willie Cabrera
OF ATL 1-4 .333
Larry Williams OF ATL 4-4 Triple, 2rbi .308
Jonathan Edwards OF STL 2-4 .378
Brandon Buckman 1B
STL 0-4 .368
Jose Castillo MIN 7.0 4 0 0 2 2 ERA 2.00 (W 1-0)
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Rafael Gonzalez CIN
(W 1-0) 6.0 3 2 0 2 2 ... Drew Stubbs CF CIN 1-3, 2R, BB, SB(5)
... Michael Grace 1B CWS 1-2, HR(1), 2 RBI ... Hector
Gomez SS COL 2-5, HR(1), 2 RBI ... David Christensen RF COL
2-5 ... Josh Wall LAD 5.0 5 4 2 3 4 ... Gerardo Parra
RF ARI 3-6, 2b(3), RBI, SB(4) ... Sean Smith 2b ARI 2-2, 4 RBI, 3
BB ... Ryan Mount SS LAA 2-4, HR(1), 2b(2) ... Anthony
Barnette ARI (W 2-0) 6.0 3 1 0 0 5
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Kelvin Diaz
CLE 5.0 3 0 0 1 5, 1.93 ... 3B Adam Coe ATL 2-3, double, 4 RBI,
.395 ... Joe Benson CF MIN 2-4, 2 triples, .302
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Hank Conger LAA
4-5, .424 ... Kyler Burke SD 1-5, homer, 3 RBI, .286 ... MIL 2B
Hector Bernal 5-7, double, 3 RBI, .385 ... Joe Napoli
TEX 3-6, double, .294
Troop
Movements ... TEX - activated John Wasdin from the 15-day DL,
optioned Nick Masset to Triple-A ... SF - placed Tim Worrell
on the 15-day DL, recalled Brian Wilson from Triple-A ... FLO - placed
Brian Moehler on the 15-day DL, recalled Renyel Pinto .... SEA
- optioned Mike Morse to Triple-A ... TOR - placed Alex
Rios on the 15-day DL, purchased the contract of Chad Mottola
from Triple-A ... WAS - placed Shawn Hill on the 15-day DL,
activated Pedro Astacio from the 60-day DL, released Santiago
Ramirez ... SD - activated Woody Williams from the
15-day DL, optioned Mike Thompson to Triple-A ...
" ... the Orioles came to terms yesterday with Bill
Rowell, their first-round pick and the No. 9 selection overall in the
2006 baseball amateur draft. Rowell, a power-hitting infielder ... turned down a
scholarship offer from Alabama and agreed to a $2.1 million signing bonus with
the Orioles ... the 17-year-old ... short-season Single-A Bluefield.
Rowell, who played shortstop in high school but projects as either a third
baseman or corner outfielder." (Baltimore Sun)
" ... Pitcher Hayden Penn won't begin his
injury rehabiliation assignment at short-season Single-A Aberdeen. Manager Sam
Perlozzo told reporters today that Penn will report to Triple-A Ottawa around
July 15." (Baltimore Sun)
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall, with
another take on his pre-season ARZ prospect chart.
" ... 1) Carlos Quentin ...
.284/.413/.474 for Triple-A Tucson, underperforming compared to what he did at
the same level last year. This is not uncommon, a player not hitting as well in
his second Triple-A year as he did in the first. The theory is that this is due
to discouragement. Quentin's status has slipped but I still think he is a good
prospect."
" ... 4) Justin Upton ...
.279/.348/.405 for Class A South Bend in the Midwest League, certainly not
spectacular numbers although the hitting context is not an easy one."
" ... 14) Miguel Montero ...
,.268/.369/.443 for Tennessee, 9 homers, 36 walks, 33 strikeouts in 246 at-bats.
Not dominating but doing OK, showing good plate discipline and some pop."
01 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Jason Cooper CLE 1-3, 6th HR, 2 R, 2 RBI,
BB, .218
Brayan Pena ATL 2-4, RBI, .261
Scott Baker
MIN 8-1/3 8 4 4 1 8, 2.70
Ryan Roberts TOR 3-6, 2B, R, .259
John Hattig TOR 2-5, 2B, R, .270
Rob Cosby TOR 3-4,
7th & 8th HRs, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB, .256
Jason Phillips TOR 1-4, R,
HBP, .251
Sergio Santos TOR 1-4, R, RBI, BB, .230
Jordan
Tata DET 7 5 0 0 0 11, 3.75
Tonys Gutierrez CIN 2-4, RBI,
.290
rehab, Edwin Encarnacion CIN 1-3, .333
Eli
Whiteside BAL 2-5, R, RBI, .225
Craig Stansberry PIT 1-3,
.333
Sean Burnett PIT 5 3 1 1 4 2, 5.35
Chris
Roberson PHI 2-4, 2 R, BB, SB, .299
Matt White PHI 1 0 0 0 2
0, 3.52
Christian Garcia NYA 2-2, 2B, R, Sac, .234
B.J.
Upton TB 2-4, 2B, 3B, 3 R, RBI, HBP, 0 errors, .265
Delmon Young
TB 3-3, 1st HR, R, 4 RBI, 2 SF, .356
Chris Seddon TB 4-1/3 4 2 2
4 4, 4.91
" ... B.J. Upton had one of his
weakest hitting months as a pro in June. But on the last night of the month on
Friday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park, he proved that old adage about there being
no place like home. The leadoff man doubled and tripled in his first two
at-bats, scored three runs and knocked in another as Durham topped the Norfolk
Tides 8-4 in the opener of their two-game series and the Bulls' eight-game
homestand. Upton got plenty of help from his friends in the Bulls' 13-hit
attack. Delmon Young had his first homer of the season and two singles for four
RBIs, while Kevin Witt added his 20th homer of the season and finished with a
pair of RBIs. Upton, who has been selected to the Triple-A All-Star Game along
with teammates Witt and catcher Shawn Riggans, came into the contest hitting
just .194 for the month. But he was hitting .304 at DBAP. "B.J. was hitting the
ball hard at people the whole road trip," Bulls manager John Tamargo said. And
Upton agreed with his assessment. "That's the way it's been going," said Upton,
who is a native of Norfolk. "But once you hit the ball, there's nothing you can
do." (Durham Herald-Sun)
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Jason Hirsh
HOU 6.0 4 0 0 2 8, 9-2, 2.42 ... Jason Stokes FLO 0-4, 3 Ks, .268
... Ryan Shealy COL 1-4, 13th homer, .288 ... Ubaldo
Jimenez COL spanked in AAA debut, 5.1 9 6 6 3 4 ... Francisco
Cruceta SEA 7.0 4 3 3 2 11, 3.77 ... Shin-Soo Choo SEA
4-5, 21st SB, .316 ... Chris Snelling SEA 3-4, double, 3 RBI, SB,
.287 ... Jeff Mathis LAA 1-4, 3rd homer, .294 ... James
Loney LAD 3-4, 2 doubles (18), 5th homer, .372 ... Carlos Quentin
ARZ 2-4, 25th double, .287 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 0-4, .279
EASTERN (AA) -- Matt Garza MIN,
back on track, 8.0 2 0 0 1 7, 2.92 ... Matt Moses MIN 1-3, triple,
.245 ... Adam Lind TOR 2-5, 14th homer, .310 ... CF Carlos
Gomez NYN 2-3, triple, .221 ... Eric Duncan NYA 1-4, 4th
homer, .257 ... Chad Spann BOS 3-5, .297
" ... Matt Garza allowed two
hits over eight brilliant innings on Friday night, pitching the New Britain Rock
Cats to a 6-0 whitewash of the Connecticut Defenders ... Garza (5-2)
faced three batters over the minimum, yielding a two-out double in the second, a
one-out walk in the third and a leadoff double in the sixth. He worked out of
those innings by keeping the Defenders (34-44) off-balance with his change-up,
curve, slider and a two-seam fastball that topped out in the mid-90s ... .Garza
turned things around by pitching aggressively. "I didn't give in. I just
attacked," he said after striking out seven and lowering his ERA to 2.92."
(MLB.com)
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Steven Jackson P ARI,
9 3 0 0 0 8, 2.79 ... James D'Antona 1B ARI. 2-4, 2 2B (16,17),
RBI, .270 ... Chattanooga's 3-4-5 ... Joey Votto 1B CIN, 2-4, 16th
HR, RBI (49), 2 R, .317 ... Aaron Herr 3B CIN, 2-3, 22nd 2B, .302
... Noochie Varner LF CIN, 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, .302 ... Tyler
Pelland P CIN, 6.1 2 1 1 3 8, 3.27 ... Pedro Lopez SS CHW,
1-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R, .362, seeing the ball well ... .Brandon Jones
LF ATL, 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, .314 ... Scott Moore 3B CHC, 2-4,
13th HR, 2 RBI, .271
TEXAS (AA) -- Seth Smith COL 4-5,
2 2B, HR(8), 3R, 2RBI, .275 ... Joseph Koshansky COL 1-4, 2RBI, E
.299 ... Ian Stewart COL 1-5, RBI, .259 ... Juan Morillo
COL 2.2 6 4 4 4 2, L(6-4), 3.55 ... Travis Buck OAK 2-5, 2B, R,
2RBI, .305 ... Vasili Spanos OAK 2-5, 2B, R, 2RBI, .317 ...
Richie Robnett OAK 2-5, R, .333 ... Brad Ziegler OAK
7.0 8 2 2 2 6, 3.28 ... Adam Morrissey TEX 2-2, R, 2BB, .331 ...
Angel Sanchez KC 2-4, R, RBI, .288 ... Alex Gordon
KC 0-3, R, .297 ... Billy Butler KC 1-3, 2B, 2RBI, BB, .326 ...
Aaron Peel LAA 4-5, 2 2B, 2R, 5RBI, .277 ... Brandon Wood
LAA 2-5, 2B, 2R, RBI, 2SB(11), .295 ... Eric Rodland LAA 3-4, 2B,
3R, 2RBI, BB, .297 ... Ben Zobrist HOU 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB, .333
... Jorge Cortes HOU 1-4, R, 2RBI, .331 ... Josh
Anderson HOU 4-6, 2R, RBI, .310 ... Joshua Miller HOU 5.2 5 3
2 2 4, 3.55 ... Juan Richardson STL 0-3, BB, 2K, .294 ... Terry
Evans STL 0-4, K, .274 (finally cooling off after the call up) ...
Travis Hanson STL 1-4, RBI, .321 ... Wladimir Balentien
SEA 2-4, 2B, R, 2RBI, CS, .258 ... Marshall Hubbard SEA 1-3, R,
RBI, BB, .393 ... Robert Rohrbaugh SEA 7.0 4 0 0 2 5, W(2-0), 1.38
(AA is easy, too) ...Mark Lowe SEA 0.2 1 0 0 0 2, S(4), 1.23
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- now it's Eric Hurley's
TEX turn to take a lickin', 4.0 10 7 5 0 6, 3.30 ... Carlos Gonzalez
ARZ 4-5, 29th double, .321 ... Michael Collins LAA 2-4,
double, homer, 4 RBI. .303 ... Jose Arredondo LAA 8.0 8 4 3 1 7,
2.30 (115 Ks in 90 IP) ... Reid Brignac TB 2-4, 20th double, 15th
homer, walk, .337 ... 3B Evan Longoria TB, up a level, 2-5, double
CAROLINA (A+) -- Rodney Choy Foo 3B CLE
4-8, 3RBI ... Javi Herrera C CLE 3-4, 2 runs ... Stephen
Head 1B CLE 2-8, 2 Home Runs, 4RBI ... Ian Desmond SS WAS 4-8,
double, triple, 2RBI ... Tony Blanco DH WAS 4-8, double, run ...
Luke Montz C-1B WAS 3-6, Home Run, 3RBI ... Jacob Duncan
RF BAL 3-4 ... Sandy Madera C BAL 3-4 ... Jason Fransz
DH BAL 1-2, Home Run ... Radhames Liz BAL 5 6 0 0 2 2 W ...
Brad Correll RF PIT 1-4, Home Run ... Pedro Powell 2-5,
3 sb ... Kyle Bloom PIT 5.2 1 1 1 1 6 W ... Tommy
Hottovy 7 5 2 1 0 6 L ... Jack Egbert CHA 5 5 3 0 2 5 ...
Chad Reineke HOU 7 5 3 0 2 7 ... Michael Moat CHA 4 0 0
0 1 2 W
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Hernan Iribarren
2B MIL 2-4, .305
Josh Wahpepah MIL 5 4 0 0 4 4 ND, 3.63
Jamie Garcia STL 7 10 0 0 0 4 W(1-1, 2.92)
Jose Sanchez
NYN 9 5 0 0 0 4 W(8-4, 3.54)
Aaron Matthews LF TOR 3-4 R RBI,
.297
Robinzon Diaz C TOR 2-7 double, RBI, .285
Drew
Anderson 2B CIN 4-6 double, triple, 2R RBI, .294
Paul Janish
SS CIN 2-5 2R RBI, .255
Matt Megrew LA 2 3 0 0 1 2, 0.93
MIDWEST (A) -- stuck in a (large) rut Kyle
Blanks SD 0-6, K ... Matt Bush SD 1-4, BB, K .. Justin
Sellers OAK 2-3, 2 BB's (.257) ... Paul Kelly MIN 1-5, 7th
error ... Scott Taylor CHN 8 1/3 5 2 2 1 2 (L, 3-4, 3.41) ...
Mark Reed CHN 0-5, 2 K's .. walk like a man Hainley Statia
ANA 2-2, 3 BB's (.275) ... Jay Bruce CIN 2-4, 11th HR ... Colby
Rasmus STL 1-4 (.311) ... Pedro Ciriaco ARZ 3-4, BB, but
league-high 26th error (.285) ... Justin Upton ARZ 1-4, 5th HR, 2
K's (.279) ... Cameron Maybin DET 1-3, 13th SB
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Sergio Pedroza
LAD 0-4, .283 ... Travis Denker LAD 0-2, 2 BB, .250 ... Andrew
McCutchen PIT 2-5, HR (7), RBI (40), SB (16), .269 ... Dexter
Fowler COL 1-5, 2 SB (22), BB, .303 ... Eric Young, Jr
COL 2-4, 2B (16), RBI (22), SB (56), BB, .251 ... Chris Nelson COL
1-4, 2B (23), BB, .280 ... Tom Fairchild HOU 7 8 1 1 0 5, 1.68 ...
Ole Sheldon HOU 0-4, .335 ... JR Towles HOU 0-3, BB,
.310 ... Greg Golson PHI 2-5, RBI (24), SB (14), .219 ... Will
Inman MIL 3 1 0 0 1 5, 1.54 ... Mark Wagner BOS 1-3, 2B
(19), BB, .317 ... Elvis Andrus ATL 1-6, .274 ... Eric
Campbell ATL 2-5, RBI (52), .303 ... Jose Tabata NYA 1-4, BB,
.322 ... Austin Jackson NYA 1-3, 2B (14), 2 RBI (31), 2 BB, .260
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- DH Richard
Caputo WASH 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI ... LF Justin Maxwell
WASH 2-4 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI ... Erik Arnesen WASH 3 0 0 0 0 3 ... 2B
Scott Sizemore DET 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR ... 1B Aaron
Bates BOS 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... Jacob Ruckle NYN 8 5 0 0 1
6 ... Nathan Nery 5 2 0 0 1 6 ... Jonathan Smith BAL
2 1 0 0 1 4 ... SS Jonathan Diaz TOR 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI ... 2B
Andy Lytle CLE 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI 3 SB ... LF Steve Douglas
CLE 1-4, 2 R, 2 RBI ... Matt Meyer CLE 2 0 0 0 0 4 ... CF
Maiko Loyola TB 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 CS ... SS Jairos De
La Rosa TB 1-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 E ... DH James Cooper
NYA 2-4, .353
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Matt Antonelli
SD 1st rounder, 3-5, .324 ... Steve Uhlmansiek SEA, a splendid
season start, 7.0 8 1 1 2 5, 1.12 ... catcher Henry Gutierrez:SF
3-4, .462 ... Cubs' 1st rounder Tyler Colvin 2-4, walk ...
shortstop Sammy Baez CHN 3-4, triple, 3 runs, .310
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Pedro Florimon Jr.
SS BAL 3-4, 2 Doubles, 2 RBI .412
Kieron Pope LF BAL Double .455
Raleigh Evans CHW 6.0 4 1 0 1 6 ERA 2.45
Joshua
Morgan DH CHW 2-4 Double .364
Felipe Garcia C/1B CLE 3-5
.423
Brad Matthews 2B TB 3-3 .500
Mike McCormick
3B TB 0-5 .370 3K
Jonathan Edwards OF STL 3-4 2runs rbi .364
Steve Brown OF HOU 0-4 2K .375
Ronald Ramirez SS
HOU 2-4 Triple 2rbi .375
Willie Cabrera 0-4 .342
Great start
wasted , Polin Trinidad 6.0 2 1 0 1 5 ND 0.75
Carlos
Sencion ATL 5.0 2 1 1 3 2 ND ERA 1.12
Brandon Buckman
1B STL 3-4 HR, 2 Doubles, 2rbi, .433
Sergio Severino HOU 5.0 1 0
0 3 4 (W 1-1) ERA 0.90.
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Billy Rojo DH CIN
2-5(.419), 2 2b(7), RBI ... Drew Stubbs CF CIN 2-4(.268), SB(4)
... Vernon Carter DH CWS 2-3(.390), 3RBI, HR(4) ... John
Shelby SS CWS 1-4(.222), RBI ... Trevor Bell SP LAA 5.0 4 3 3
2 2 (2.81)... Josh Bell 3B LAD 1-6(.344), 2SO ... Finally some
life in his bat Chris Errecart RF MIL 3-4(.186), 2b(3) ...
Jordan Norberto SP ARI 5.0 1 0 0 4 5 ... David Christensen
RF COL 2-4(.310), HR(1)
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Lefty
Clayton Kershaw LAD, 7th overall pick, pro debut, 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 ... Sean
Rooney WAS 4-5, 2 triples, .571 ... OF & leadoff, Gorkys
Hernandez CF DET 2-4, homer, .382
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- OF Carlos Peguero
SEA 3-4, 2nd & 3rd homers, .355 ... Hank Conger LAA 0-2, walk,
.333 ... Jeff Bianchi KC 1-2, double, 2 walks, .478 ... MIL
catchers allowed 9 SBs ... OF Charles Caufield MIL 5-6, double,
.481 ... 1B John Alonso MIL 3-4 double, 2nd & 3rd homers, .562
Troop
Movements ... MLB - will allow Josh Hamilton to play for the rest
of the season ... BOS - sent Wily Mo Pena to Lowell, NYP on rehab ... CLE
- traded Eduardo Perez to SEA for Asdrubal Cabrera,
assigned Cabrera to AAA, recalled Ryan Garko ... LAA - designated
Jeff Weaver for assignment, recalled Jered Weaver
... MIN - activated Shannon Stewart from the DL, placed
Rondell White on the 15-day DL ... OAK - activated Frank
Thomas and Mark Ellis from the DL, optioned Mike
Rouse and Doug Clark to AAA ... ATL - activated Chris
Reitsma from the DL, optioned Kevin Barry to AAA ... CHN -
activated Angel Pagan from the DL, designated Tony
Womack for assignment ... CIN - designated Chris Hammond for
assignment, recalled Brian Shackelford ... NYN - activated
Cliff Floyd from the DL, optioned Lastings Milledge to
AAA ... PHI - optioned Chris Condrey to AAA ... SF - signed first
round pick Tim Lincecum ... KC - purchased the contract of Luke
Hudson from Triple-A, optioned Bobby Keppel to Triple-A,
designated Aaron Guiel
for assignment ... TB - Evan Longoria TB promoted to A+
(California League) ...
" ... Hamilton, who will join the
Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York-Penn League, hopes to play as early as
Tuesday. The outfielder said he was willing to go anywhere for a chance to
restart his career. "I told them I'd go back to Little League if they'd let me
play," Hamilton said. Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon believes that the second
chance is warranted, and he expects Hamilton to do everything he can to make
good on it ... Hamilton is grateful for the second chance but doesn't see
himself getting any more. "I truly believe that this is my last chance," he
said. "Not just in baseball, but when it comes down to it, maybe in life. You
never know -- when you're out there using, it could be it for you. You could get
something bad and be gone in the next second." (MLB.com)
" ... The Golden Baseball League announced
today that former American League Rookie of the Year, MVP, and Home Run Champion
Jose Canseco has agreed to contract terms with the league. He will join
the San Diego Surf Dawgs beginning Monday, July 3rd and will play in the game
that night at 7:05 PM versus the Chico Outlaws in Chico, CA." (Golden
Baseball League)
30 June, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Andy Marte CLE 0-4 & 1-3, 12th HR, R, 2 RBI,
.269
Jason Cooper CLE 1-4, 2B & 1-3, 2B, R, RBI, .217
Ben
Francisco CLE 2-5, 2B & 1-3, 10th HR, R, RBI, BB, .270
Martin
Prado ATL 2-4, 2B, RBI, .316
rehab, Shannon Stewart MIN 1-4,
SB, .278
J.D. Durbin MIN 1-2/3 0 0 0 0 3, 2.33
John-Ford Griffin
TOR 0-3, BB, HBP & 2-3, 2B, 6th HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, .232
Rob Cosby
TOR 2-3, R, RBI, .248
Josh Banks TOR 6 7 6 6 0 5, 5.48
Brandon League TOR 2-1/3 1 0 0 0 1, 2.22
Josh Fields
CHA 2-5, 2B, 2 R, .332
Ryan Raburn DET 2-3, 2B, R, BB, .291
William Bergolla CIN 3-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, .245
rehab, Edwin
Encarnacion CIN 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB, .333
Adam Loewen BAL 7 2
0 0 2 7, 0.00
Abe Alvarez BOS 7 7 1 0 1 4, 4.07
Chris
Roberson PHI 2-2, BB & 0-3, .295
Carlos Ruiz PHI 1-3, R &
1-3, 2B, .299
Eude Brito PHI 6 6 2 2 1 7, 4.08
Kevin
Thompson NYA 1-5, 2B, R, RBI, .266
Christian Garcia NYA 1-1,
3B, RBI, .227
Carlos Pena NYA 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, .258
B.J.
Upton TB 2-4, 2B, R, SB, 27th error & 1-3, 2B, 0 errors, .262
Jeff
Keppinger NYN 3-5, 2B, 2 R, .313
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Felix Pie CHN 0-3,
.247 ... John Danks TEX pretty good second start in AAA, 7.0 3 2 2
3 5 ... Brandon Bracke HOU, rehab, 3.0 5 5 5 2 2 ... Ryan
Shealy COL 2-4, double, .289 ... (yawn), Howie Kendrick
LAA 2-5, 24th double, 13th homer, walk, .388 ... Jason Windsor
OAK, 5.2 4 1 1 3 10, 7-0, 3.63 (11-1 overall) ... Greg Miller LAD,
fading fast, 1.0 3 2 2 0 1, 4.32 ... Joel Guzman LAD 1-3, double,
walk, .285 ... Jeff Clement SEA 1-4, .212 ... Chris
Young ARZ 0-2, 2 walks, .267 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 1-4, .283
... Carlos Quentin ARZ 0-4, .284 ... Chris Carter
ARZ 2-4, double, .301 ... Justin Huber KC 3-5, double, homer, 3
RBI, .259 ... last night dropped the line for Jimenez :
" ... Cesar Jimenez took a
no-hitter into the ninth inning on Wednesday night as the Tacoma Rainiers
defeated the Las Vegas 51s, 7-0 ... Jimenez (4-5) tossed a one-hitter,
striking out four, walking two and hitting a batter in his first professional
complete game. The 20-year-old left-hander threw 59 of 93 pitches for strikes
while lowering his ERA to 3.95 ... Jon Weber led off the bottom of the ninth by
slicing the first pitch for a double that landed a couple of inches inside the
left-field line ... Jimenez started the season at Double-A San Antonio but
was quickly promoted to Tacoma and made his first start for the Rainiers on
April 24. In his last five outings, he has allowed one run and 14 hits in 30
innings. " (MLB.com)
EASTERN (AA) -- Brandon Moss RF BOS 1-5,
2R, 2B ... Chad Spann 3B BOS 2-5, 2R, HR, 2RBI, k, SB ...
Denard Span CF MIN 1-5, R, 3B, RBI ... Adam Harben MIN
3 1 0 0 1 1 ... Eider Torres 2B CLE 3-3, 2R, RBI, BB ... Tony
Giarratano SS DET 3-4, 3R, 2B, BB ... Brent Clevlen RF DET
1-5, HR, 3k ... Jair Jurrjens DET 5 6 3 3 1 5 ... Matt
Padgett RF PHI 2-4, R, 2 2B, 2RBI, k ... Michel Abreu 1B NYM
2-3, 2HR, 3RBI ... Brett Gardner NYY 1-2, 2B, BB, k ... Eric
Duncan 1B NYY 1-4, k ... Tyler Clippard NYY 7 3 2 2 2 9 ...
Kyle Yates TOR 7 3 0 0 2 8
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Justin Ruggiano RF LAD, 2-3,
2B, 2 RBI, SB ... Joey Votto 1B CIN, 1-3, 2B ... TJ Nall
P LAD, looking good as a starter, 6 5 1 1 1 9, 2.50 ... Mark Alexander
P LAD, 1 0 0 0 1 2, 19th save, 0.77 ... James D'Antona 1B ARI,
3-4, 12th HR, 2B, RBI, .267 ... Garrett Mock P ARI, rebounding, 7
3 0 0 1 10, 4.55 ... Brandon Jones LF ATL, 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI, .290
w/Mississippi ... Elliot Johnson 2B TB, 2-4, 11th HR, 2B, RBI,
.291 ... Thomas Collaro RF CHW, 2-4, 2HR, 3RBI, .221 ... Bobby
Brownlie P CHC, ugly, 3.1 10 7 7 3 5, 5.83 ... Ryan Braun
1-4, 2B, 2RBI, .172 w/AA
TEXAS (AA) -- No games scheduled.
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Sean Rodriguez LAA 2-4, 15th
homer, .292 ... Michael Collins LAA 2-3 2 doubles, .300 ...
catcher Omar Falcon SEA 2-4, double, 2 walks, 2 runs, 2 RBI
CAROLINA (A+) -- Kala Kaaihue ATL 1-4,
1st homer since promotion ... Joey Devine ATL 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 ...
Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 0-4, walk, 19th SB, .307 ... Ronnie
Martinez HOU, having a nice run in A+, 7.0 8 2 2 2 3, 1.76
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Grant Psomas 3B FLO 2-4
RBI, .289
Alcides Escobar SS TOR 2-5 HR(1) 2R, .290
Mark
Rogers MIL 4 2 2 2 7 4 ND, 5.05 47 walks in 66 innings
Brett
Smith NYA 6 5 3 2 6 5 L(6-5, 3.16)
Making the most of his demotion,
Tim Moss 2B PHI 4-6 double, HR, 2R 3RBI 2SB, .325
Mike
Costanzo 3B PHI 2-4 double, R, .242
Kevin Whelan DET 1 1/3 0
0 0 0 2, 3.71
MIDWEST (A) -- Colby Rasmus STL 21st double,
11th HR, 17th SB (only MWL player top 10 in both slugging and steals) ...
Justin Upton ARZ 1-5, 2 K's ... Cameron Maybin DET 2-4,
12th double (.297) ... Lucas French DET 7 9 1 1 0 4 (3.25) ...
Luis Valbuena SEA 2-4, 13th double (.276) ... Jake Rasner
TEX 5 3 3 3 5 5 (L, 4-9, 4.04) .. Kyle Blanks SD 0-4, BB (.287)
... Matt Bush SD 1-4, K ... not himself Wade Davis
TB 4 6 4 2 4 0 (ERA was 1.00 on June 1; now 2.60) ... Paul Kelly
MIN 0-4, K (.270) ... Oswaldo Sosa MIN 8 6 1 0 0 4 (W, 6-5, 2.59)
... Mark Reed CHN 0-3, K (.320, but woeful 12/47 BB/K ratio) ...
Mitch Atkins CHN 5 9 6 2 3 1 (L, 6-2, 2.63) ... Joshua
Johnson KC 3-4, BB (.265) ... Rayner Oliveros KC 5 4 2 1 1 1
(2.39) ... Jay Bruce CIN 2-4 (.308)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Andrew McCutchen
PIT, trying to stay afloat, 1-3, walk & 0-3, .267 ... Jose Tabata
NYA 3-4, walk, 2 SBs (14), .323 ... Austin Jackson NYA 1-2, 3
walks, .259 ... Travis Denker LAD 2-4, homer, .262 ... Brandon
Erbe BAL, bright future, 5.0 1 0 0 0 7, 2.54 ... Sean West
FLO, another sub-par outing, 6.1 9 5 4 1 2, 2.01 ... Eric Campbell
ATL 2-3, triple, .301
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 1B Chris Vineyard
BAL 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB ... Jeffery Moore BAL 6 1 0 0 1 6
... RF Jonathan Sanchez NYM 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI ... LF Justin
Maxwell WASH 2-5, 2 RBI ... Rudy Garza WASH 2.2 0 0 0 0 4
... David Qualben HOU 4 0 0 0 0 1 ... 2B Brian Hall
TOR 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI ... C Matt Liuzza TOR 2-5, 2 R ... Hector
Delgadillo TOR 5 2 0 0 1 2 ... 2B Andy Lytle CLE 2-4, 1 RBI
... SS Angel Gonzalez PIT 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B ... 2B James
Negrych PIT 3-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI ... 2B Scott Sizemore DET 2-5, 1
R, ... LF Zachary Daeges BOS 3-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... 3B Tim
O'Brien NYA 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... Lewis Rollins NYA 5 0 0 0
0 8 ... 1B Mark Hamilton STL 2-5, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI ... LF Gus
Milner PHI 1-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Craig Cooper
1b SD 2-4, 3 runs, BB, .385 ... Chad Huffman OF SD 2-3, double, BB
... Michael Epping OF SD 1-3, 2 BB, double, 2 r's, .350 ...
William Thompson 1b SF 0-4, .476 ... Craig Whitaker P
SF 2-0, 6.0 4 1 1 2 8, 1.80 ... Michael Schilling P SEA 2-1, 7.0 4
3 0 0 3, 0.90 ... Chad Tracy 1b TEX 2-4, bb, .346 ... Thomas
Berkery ss TEX 3-3, 2 rbi's ... Jose Jaimes P TEX 2-1, 5.0
1 0 0 2 8, 2.08 ... Cesar Valdez P ARZ 2-1, 5.0 9 4 4 3 5, 4.00
... Boise - Tri City manage only 7 hits w/ 1 run ... William Muldowney
P CHC 4.0 2 0 0 1 4, 1.86 ... Mark Pawelek P CHC in relief 0-3,
2.2 3 1 1 2 3, 5.06 ... Shane Lindsay P COL 6.0 2 0 0 3 7, 1.12
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Alex Burnett
MIN, 13 shutout innings to kick off his season, 7.0 2 0 0 2 6 ... catcher
Jonathan Jaspe TOR 3-4, double, .429 ... CF Concepcion
Rodriguez ATL 3-5, homer, 3 RBI, .333 ... Brandon Buckman 1B
STL 3-4, 2 doubles, homer, .433
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Anthony Gressick
CIN 6.0 3 0 0 0 5 ... LAD first rounder, Bryan Morris
2.0 5 4 4 1 5 ... 3B Joshua Bell LAD 3-4, double, triple, .385 ...
Jason Neighborgall ARZ, good control (for him) for a change, but
still horrible, 0.1 3 5 5 1 0, 27.00 ... Stephen Chapman MIL,
dropped a level after a tough start, 2-5, triple, homer, 4 RBI, 3 Ks
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Preston Mattingley
LAD 1-4, double, error, .222 ... Grant Duff NYA, just one hit
allowed in 9 innings, 5.0 0 0 0 2 7 ... former first rounder Chris
Gruler CIN 3.0 4 4 3 2 4
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Jeremy Jeffress MIL 1st
rounder, 16th overall, pro debut 1.0 2 2 1 1 2 ... Julian Benavidez SF,
24 year-old 1B, 2-3, 2 doubles, 4 RBI ... Brent Fisher KC, 2005
7th rounder, 6.0 2 0 0 0 10 ... Jeff Bianchi KC 2-3, double, walk,
.476
Troop
Movements ... PIT - sent Oliver Perez to AAA, recalled Tom
Gorzelanny from AAA .... CHA - activated Cliff Politte
from the 15-day DL, optioned Agustin Mortero to AAA ... CHN
- optioned Geovany Soto to Triple-A ...
TEX - activated Josh Rupe from the 60-day DL and optioned him to
AAA, released Marshall McDougall ...
" ... Rangers have traded lefthanded pitcher Fabio Castro to
Philadelphia in exchange for lefthander Daniel Haigwood and cash considerations.
... Haigwood was 2-5 with a 3.54 ERA in 15 appearances
with Double-A Reading. He has 84 innings pitched with 85 strikeouts and 42
walks." (Dallas Morning News)
Dayn Perry, FOXSports,
makes his picks, by position, as the best of the Double-A prospects :
" ... 1B Joey Votto ...
was in the 2005 top 100, but he slumped last season. This year, he's had a
tremendous first half at AA-Chattanooga: he's got a batting line of .318
AVG/.385 OBP/.568 SLG with 42 extra-base hits in 296 at bats. A number of great
major leaguers once endured a lackluster season down on the farm (as Votto did
last year), so there's nothing to say he won't become an impact talent in
Cincinnati. Votto's very much back on track."
" ... SS Brandon Wood ...
a great prospect for the Angels ... In 2005, Wood proffered one of the
greatest minor league seasons in the annals of the game, and this year he's
managing another fine campaign. He ranks fourth in the Texas League with a .564
SLG, and he's also made good strides with his walk rate. To boot, Wood's 44
extra-base hits in 282 at-bats are a testimony to his raw-power skills. Going
forward, the defense remains a bit of a question mark, but Wood's bat will play
at any position."
" ... P Philip Hughes ...
turned 20 only this week, yet he's still faring quite well against advanced
hitters in the Eastern League. As you can see by his 2006 Top 100 ranking, he
was highly thought of coming into the year, and Hughes' numbers at Trenton (62.1
innings, 64 strikeouts, 3.18 ERA) have done nothing to alter than assessment.
He's had some injury problems in the past, but if he stays healthy, he's the
best pitching prospect in baseball."
David Regan, RotoAmerica.com,
moves on to pick the best of the outfield prospects. In a minor surprise,
Delmon Young doesn't show up until No. 3.
" ... 1. Justin Upton ... I know Im
going to catch some heat for putting a guy with a .744 OPS at the top spot, but
an 18 year-old holding his own in full-season ball is impressive. More
impressive are Uptons tools and scouting reports. He compares favorably to a
young Ken Griffey Jr."
" ... 2. Matt Kemp
... Easily
the most impressive major-league debut by a minor leaguer this year. Kemp based
seven home runs in his first 45 at-bats despite just two months above Class A
ball. He might lack the at-bats to qualify for the mid-season RotoAmerica Top
100, but if he did, hes be a top 5 guy."
" ... 6. Carlos Gonzalez
... Could easily top
this list next year based on his natural talent. Off to a slow start, Gonzalez
is tearing up the California League lately, raising his line to .309/.359/.551.
He could stand to refine his plate discipline and work on the basepaths, but
this is a special player."
Nate Stephens, RotoWorld.com, includes a lengthy note on Nick Adenhart
in his latest prospect report :
" ... Looking for the next big-name player
sure to shoot way up in mid-season and off-season prospect rankings? Then Adenhart is your guy. The right-hander was hardly a non-entity before the 2006
season, but he was seen as a long ways from the majors and still a bit of a
gamble. Those who focused on his talent and took a chance on the former high
school star are quite happy they did. ... Assigned to Low-A Cedar Rapids
to begin his 2006 campaign, Adenhart has shown better control, the same
impressive secondary pitches, and even added another couple of MPH to his
fastball. All those skills have resulted in a 2.11 ERA to go with a 93/23 K/BB
ratio in 98 innings of work, thus ranking him third in the Midwest League in ERA
and strikeouts. Adenhart more regularly hit 95 MPH with his fastball while in
high school, but he can still dial it up there now when needed. However, he
works primarily in the low-90s and complements his fastball with a fantastic
changeup, a plus curve, and a useful slider ... I like his chances of
becoming a No. 2 starter, and adding a little more heat to his fastball as he
bulks up could lead to even better production."
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
reviews his BOS pre-season picks :
" ... 5) Jacoby Ellsbury ...
Hitting .313/.395/.421 with 18 steals in 49 games for Class A Wilmington. Missed
a month with a quad injury but is healthy now."
" ... 6) Clay Buchholz ...
2.74 in 13 starts for Greenville in the Sally League, 73/18 K/BB in 62 innings.
Solid numbers, having a fine season, and will start showing up on top pitching
prospect lists if he keeps this up."
" ... 15) Yahmed Yema ... .297/.349/.483 for
Greenville, heating up after a slow start. We need to see him at higher levels
but I still think he is a major sleeper."
Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com, checks out a few of the Futures Game infielders,
including SEA's Yung Chi Chen, just promoted today to Double-A :
" ... has done nothing but hit since
signing with the Mariners in 2004. He carried a .292 average into this season,
his second full pro stint in Seattle's organization. The 22-year-old has shown
the ability to run a little and hit for some power, as well. He raised his game
a notch in the hitter-friendly California League, leading the circuit with his
.342 average through 67 games this season. He also collected 25 extra-base hits,
putting him on pace for a career-high .478 slugging percentage. His 21 steals
had him fourth in the California League in that category ... "He's swung
the bat very well in Inland this year," said a scout who knows Chen.
"Offensively, he can swing the bat, he can hit for some power. He's got kind of
alley power. He's an average runner, a solid defender. He's just a good little
baseball player."
29 June, 2006
Please extend a warm welcome to Zack Staten who joins our star-studded
cast to bring news of prospects in the Southern League. Zack loves the
game! " ... Played NAIA baseball at Cumberland College. Currently live in
Lexington, KY. Life long Cincinnati Reds fan. Played middle infield in high
school (Tates Creek) with 2006 5th rounder John Shelby (CHW). Absolute baseball
junkie (MLB, MILB, and college)."
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ryan Garko CLE 2-4, RBI, .262
Ben
Francisco CLE 1-4, R, SB, .266
Jeremy Guthrie CLE 6 2 1 1
2 5, 2.67
Ricardo Rodriguez ATL 6-2/3 8 4 4 2 2, 4.34
rehab,
Shannon Stewart MIN 2-4, 2B, R, .286
Brandon League
TOR 0-2/3 3 1 1 0 0, 2.33
Jerry Owens CHA 2-5, .251
Josh
Fields CHA 2-4, BB, .331
Ryan Raburn DET 2-5, 14th HR, 2
R, RBI, .287
Humberto Sanchez DET 5-2/3 6 2 2 3 2, 2.05
rehab,
Edwin Encarnacion CIN 1-4, .286
Justin Germano CIN
7 7 2 1 0 3, 3.86
Rajai Davis PIT 2-4, 2 SB, .264
Dustin
Pedroia BOS 2-5, 2 2B, R, RBI, .290
Adam Stern BOS 3-5,
2B, 2 R, SB, .254
David Pauley BOS 6 6 4 3 3 4, 4.96
Josh
Kroeger PHI 1-2, BB & 1-3, 2B, .240
Gavin Floyd PHI 7 5 2
2 0 6, 5.01
Sean Henn NYA 4 3 0 0 1 2, 4.10
B.J. Upton
TB 0-3, 0 errors & 0-3, BB, 0 errors, .258
Delmon Young TB 0-3 &
3-4, 2B, R, RBI, SB, .345
Shawn Riggans TB 1-3, 8th HR, R, 2 RBI
& 1-3, RBI, .305
Jason Hammel TB 6 7 2 2 1 5, 4.07
J.P.
Howell TB 6 4 2 2 1 4, 2.45
Jeff Keppinger NYN 3-5, 2B, RBI,
.308
Anderson Hernandez NYN 2-5, 2 RBI, SB, .260
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Mark Ellis
OAK, rehab, still without a hit, 3rd game, 0-3 ... Lance Niekro
SF, rehab, doing fine, 2-4, 2 homers, 3 RBI ... geesh, Jered Weaver
LAA falling apart, allowed a run, 6.0 6 1 1 0 11, 6-1, 2.10 ... Howie
Kendrick LAA 2-5, 12th homer, .388 ... Jeff Mathis LAA 2-4,
18th double, .303 ... Chris Carter 1B ARZ 2-4, 14th double, 13th
homer, walk, .299 ... Glendon Rusch CHN, rehab, 4.0 2 1 1 0 2 ...
Felix Pie CHN, another ofer, 0-4, .250 ... Juan Cruz
ARZ, rehab, 3.1 4 1 1 1 4 ... Yusmeiro Petit FLO 6.0 3 3 2 1 1,
4.03 ... Cesar Jimenez SEA begins to live up to the hype, 9.0 1 0
0 2 4.
EASTERN (AA) -- Brandon Moss RF
BOS 1-4, 2R, RBI, 2BB, k ... Denard Span CF MIN 2-5, R ... Glen
Perkins MIN 4.2 8 5 5 2 1 ... Brett Gardner CF NYY 2-4, 2R,
BB ... Eric Duncan 1B NYY 1-3, R, 2B, RBI, 2BB ... Phil
Hughes NYY 5 1 0 0 1 3 ... Brad Snyder DH CLE 2-5, k ...
Ryan Mulhern 1B CLE 2-4, 2R, HR, BB, k ... Dan Denham
CLE 6 6 3 3 2 3 ... James Johnson BAL 6 5 1 1 2 3 ... Melvin
Dorta 3B WAS 3-5, R, 2B, RB ... Pedro Astacio WAS 4 1
1 1 0 2
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Eric Patterson CHN,
another 0-3, BB, .286 ... George Kottaras SD 0-2, 2 BB, .275 ...
Tony Peguero TB, solid start, 7 1 0 0 3 7, 3.12 ... Craig
Brazell LAD, 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, .255 ... Mark Alexander LAD, 1
0 0 0 0 3, nasty 0.79 ... Pedro Lopez CHA, 3-3, 2B, R, .353 since
being sent down ... Yunel Escobar ATL, 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, .283 ...
Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL, 0-3, BB, .197 no coment needed ... Matt
Wright ATL, 6.2 7 4 4 1 8, 2.27 ... Ryan Braun MIL,
struggling 0-4, 2K, .160 ... Joey Votto CIN, 1-4, 2B, R, .314 ...
Tim Dillard MIL, 8.1 4 2 2 2 8, 3.15 ... Travis Chick
CIN, 6 6 2 1 3 6, 4.75
TEXAS (AA) -- Joseph Koshansky
COL 0-4, 3k, .299 ... Ian Stewart COL 1-4, 2B, 2K, .260 ...
Marc Kaiser COL 7.1, 8 4 4 0 3, L(7-6), 3.83 ... Travis
Buck OAK 1-5, R, RBI, BB, .302 ... Kurt Suzuki OAK 2-5, 2R,
BB, SB, .309 ... Brant Colamarino OAK 4-6, 2 2B, 2R, 2RBI, .300
... Matthew Allegra OAK 2-4, 2B, HR(7), 3RBI, BB, SB, .296 ...
Nate Gold TEX 2-5, 2B, HR(11), R, RBI, .286 ... Thomas
Diamond TEX 6.0 6 1 1 2 12, W(6-4), 4.42 (trying to rebound from a tough
stretch) ... Billy Butler KC 2-5, R, .326 ... Chris
Lubanski KC 2-4, 2RBI, .258 ... Zack Greinke KC 4.1, 6 4 4 3
7, 7.62 (still not right) ... Nathan Haynes LAA 1-3, 2B, 2R, 2BB,
3SB(6), .417 ... Brandon Wood LAA 3-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB, .293 ...
Nick Green LAA 7.0 6 3 3 3 7, 4.50 ... Josh Anderson
HOU 2-5, 2R, 2 SB(21), .303 ... Ben Zobrist HOU 1-2, R, 3BB,
2SB(6), .331 ... J.R. House HOU 1-4, R, 3RBI(54), CS, .348 ...
Jorge Cortes HOU 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, .332 ... Chance Douglass
HOU 9.0 5 0 0 0 10, W(5-2), 3.48 ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 3-3, 2B,
BB, .267 ... Marshall Hubbard SEA 2-4, 3B, R, RBI, .400 ...
Mark Lowe SEA 1.0, 3 2 2 0 1, BS, L(0-1), 1.29
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- No games scheduled
CAROLINA (A+) -- No games scheduled
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Back starting and
getting no support, Scott Elbert LA 7 2/3 1 1 1 4 13 L(5-5, 2.49)
Donald Veal CHN 6 3 0 0 4 4 ND, 0.00
Trevor Plouffe
MIN SS 2-2, .228
Anthony Swarzak MIN 6 9 5 1 1 2 L(3-5, 4.28)
Chase Wright NYA 5 5 0 0 2 8 W(4-0, 1.93)
Phil Humber
NYN 5 5 3 3 1 5 W(1-0, 5.40)
Jakob Marceaux FLO 4 1/3 4 7 2 5 4
L(1-8, 4.03)
Tyler Greene SS STL 2-3 HR(5) 2R, .226
Brad
Harman SS PHI 3-4 double, 3R, .235
" ... Scott Elbert was four outs away from a
no-hitter. He ended up four outs away from a victory. Elbert took a no-hitter
into the eighth inning ... before giving up an RBI single to Jemel Spearman as
the Vero Beach Dodgers were beaten by the Daytona Cubs, 1-0 ... After striking
out the first two batters in the eighth, Elbert (5-5) walked Joseph Simokaitis,
who stole second base. The 21-year-old left-hander then got within a strike of
fanning Spearman. Elbert had relied on his curve to register a career-high 13
strikeouts, but it failed him against Spearman, who put the Cubs (4-2) in front
with a line drive single to center field ... The former first-round draft
pick walked four and went 7 2/3 innings in the longest stint of his career. He
pitched two innings in relief in each of his previous two appearances as the
Dodgers (3-3) were giving the 6-foot-2, 190-pounder experience out of the
bullpen in between starts." (MLB.com)
MIDWEST (A) -- nothing happening Michael
Saunders SEA 0-3, BB, 2 K's (.211) ... Sean Shoffit TOR 2-4,
2nd HR, BB (.233) ... Kyle Blanks SD 2-4, 19th double .. Matt
Bush SD 1-4, double, BB ... mixed night Cameron Maybin DET
2-5, 3 K's, runner gunned from CF ... Justin Upton ARZ 1-5, K, but
threw out Maybin at 2nd base (.281) ... Joshua Johnson KC 1-3, BB,
K (.254) ... Alexander Smit MIN 4 1/3 5 2 2 0 4 (4.19) ... leather
bat, wooden glove Frank Martinez OAK 0-2, 4 errors (.256) ...
Zach Phillips TEX 4 1/3 8 5 5 2 1 (5.12) ... John Mayberry
TEX 3-4 (.239) ... Colby Rasmus STL 1-4, 7th error (.310) ...
Bryan Anderson STL 1-3, BB, K (38% gunning basethieves, with 30 of 79
CS) ... a clunker Jacob McGee TB 2 6 5 5 2 4 (2.64) ... really on
a roll Jay Bruce CIN (in CF) 3-3, 29th & 30th doubles, BB, runner
gunned
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Clay Buchholz BOS
5 2 0 0 5 5, 2.74 ... Mark Wagner BOS 1-3, 2B (17), 2 RBI (33),
.315 ... Ole Sheldon HOU 4-5, HR (4), 3 RBI (32), .345 ...
Andrew McCutchen PIT 0-5, SB (15), BB, .269 ... Brent
Lillibridge PIT 4-6, 2B (18), 3B (5), 2 RBI (43), 2 SB (29), BB, .299 ...
Sergio Pedroza LAD 1-3, 2B (21), SB (5), BB, .286 ... Travis
Denker LAD 0-2, 2 BB, .237 ... Jose Tabata NYA 2-3, SB
(12), BB, .316 ... Austin Jackson NYA, 0-4, golden sombrero, .257
... Jon Niese NYN (W, 8-4) 5 0 0 0 3 4, 3.41 ... Nick
Evans NYN 3-4, 2 HR (13), 3 RBI (47), BB, .263 ... Chaz Roe
COL 5-2/3 9 5 5 4 8, 4.22 ... Chris Nelson COL 1-4, 2B (22), RBI
(38), .283 ... Daniel Carte COL 3-4, 2B (16), 3B (1), BB, .264 ...
Kris Harvey FLA 2-5, 2 2B (13), RBI (43), .271 ... Greg
Golson PHI 0-4, SB (13), .212
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 2B Brian
Hall TOR 2-4, 1 2B ... 3B Alex Peralta PIT 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1
RBI ...Basilio Alvarez PIT 2 2 0 0 1 4 (Sv 1) ... DH Elvis
Cruz NYN 3-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS ... Jeramy Simmons
NYN 5 3 0 0 3 7 (W) ... CF Deik Scram DET 2-5, 1 R, 4 RBI, 3 K ...
2B Scott Sizemore DET 2-5, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 BB ... C Jordan
Newton DET 1-2, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 3 BB ... 2B Louis Ott DET
2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... RF Casper Wells DET 0-5, 3 K ... 2B
Castro WASH 2-3, 1 R 1 2B, 1 BB ... Jose Fragoso DET 3.2 1 0 0
1 6 (W 2-0) ... SS Jose Salazar STL 2-3, 1 R, 3 RBI ... C Steve
Gonzalez STL 1-5, 2 R, 1 2B ... LF Nate Southard STL 2-4, 2
R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, ... 1B Mark Hamilton STL 3-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2
RBI, 1 BB ... RF Yonathan Sivira STL 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B ... DH Matt
Wilkerson 0-5 , 3 K ... 2B Andy Lytle CLE 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B ...
3B Rob Goedert CLE 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... DH Dustin
Realini CLE 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... 3B Chris Johnson HOU
4-4, 2 RBI, 1 SB, 1 CS ... LF Jim Van Ostrand HOU 2-4, 1 2B ... 2B
Cesar Quintero HOU 0-6, 3 K ... RF Andy Holder HOU 0-5,
3 K ... DH Jonathan Still BOS 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI ... 1B
Aaron Bates BOS 3-5, 1 RBI ... LF Zachary Daeges BOS
2-6 1 RBI ... CF Jeff Vincent BOS 0-5, 3 K ... C Junior
Moreno BOS 0-5, 3 K ... Felix Venture BOS 3 1 0 0 1 6 (W1-0)
... Travis Beasley BOS 6 3 0 0 1 3 ... C Brandon Snyder
BAL 2-4, 1 R ...LF Corey Shafer BAL 3-4, 1 RBI ... DH Brian
Aragon NYA 0-4, 3 K ... George Kontos NYA 5 5 1 1 0 8 (L
0-1)
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Russell Canzler
1b CHC 1-4, 4th homer, 10th rbi ... Alfred Joseph OF CHC 2-4,
double, 1st homer, .378 ... William Thompson 1b SF 4-5, no runs, 1
rbi 10th of season, .526 ... Brian Bocock ss SF 3-5, 2 doubles, 3
runs ... Kevin Pucetas P SF 1-0, 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 5.14 ... Kuo-Hui
Lo OF SEA 2-3, 7th sb, 2nd caught stealing ... Shane Dove P
ARZ relief help - 5.0 4 1 1 0 5 2.00 ... Craig Gentry OF Tex 2-3,
run, 5th double ... Matt Antonelli DH SD 3-3, 4 runs, double, 2
bb's, rbi, sf ... David Freese 3b SD 3-3, 4 runs, 3rd homer, 4 rbi
- 12th of season, 4 runs good day ... Craig Cooper 1b SD 4-5, 2
runs, 4rbi, .371 ... Chad Huffman OF SD 3-4, double, 2nd homer, 3
runs, 4 rbi ... Matthew Bushmann P SD w 2-0, 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 3.48
... Pascuel Manzueta P OAK no dec, 5.0 1 1 1 2 5, 1.80 ...
Tomas Santiago P COL no dec, 7.0 2 2 0 5, 3.00 - only 4 hits given up
by both teams.
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Plenty of action,
double headers were played in rain make-ups
Willie Cabrera OF ATL 3-4
Double rbi .433
Tyler Flowers C ATL 0-3 .379
Mike
McCormick 3B TB 2-3 .444
Thomas Hanson ATL 4.0 1 0 0 1 6 ND
3.38ERA
Chad Pendarvis (67 Lefty)TB 5.0 3 0 0 1 3 0.00ERA
Kyle Cofield ATL 5.0 2 1 1 1 3 (L 0-1) 1.04ERA
Jonathan
Jaspe C TOR 1-5 Double .375 .. Paul Franko DH TOR 2-4 .421
Erik Stiller CLE 5.0 3 0 0 2 5 (W, 1-0) 0.00 ERA
Brandon
Buckman 1B STL 3-4 2 Doubles RBI .385
Thomas Pham SS STL 1-1
.400
Steve Brown OF HOU 0-4 .450 .. Orlando Rosales
OF HOU 2-3 Triple 2 runs .400
Allen Langdon OF HOU 1-2 Triple
.429
Ralph Henriquez C HOU 1-4 HR (2) 2rbi .179
Ryan
Mitchell HOU 4.2 5 2 2 1 7 ND 1.86 ERA ... Josh Land OF MIN
3-4 rbi .385
William Luque 3B MIN 2-3 .364
Sean Land
4.0 2 0 0 4 4 ND 0.00 ERA
Bobby Henson 3B BAL 0-4 2BB .250 in
double header
Franklin Gonzalez 3B BAL 2-4 .333
Jose
Maria BAL 6.0 2 1 0 0 6 (W 1-0) 0.00 ERA
Matthew Inouye C
CHW 2-4 Double .450
Joshua Morgan 1B CHW 0-4 .345
Nicholas
Carr 6.0 3 1 1 1 4 (W 1-0) 0.79 ERA
Alexander Woodson CHW
6.0 8 5 4 1 3 (L 0-1) 4.50 ERA
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Jordan Smith CIN
5.0 1 0 0 0 5 ... Drew Stubbs CIN 2-5, .265 ... 3B Fredy De La
Cruz MIL 2-3, 2nd homer, 2 walks ... shortstop Ryan Mount LAA,
at leadoff, 3-6, .278 ... Rowdy Hardy COL, up to 10 shutout
innings, 5.0 3 0 0 0 5
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Michael
Swindell NYN 4.0 4 0 0 0 6 ... 3B Adam Coe ATL
2-5, double, homer, .444 ... Jeanmar Gomez CLE 4.0 3 0 0 1 5
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- 1B Rich Janeway SF,
coming off a disappointing 2005 season in the ARZ league, 3-56, 2 doubles,
homer, 4 RBI, .524 ... catcher Gabriel Ortiz OAK 2-3, homer, 2
walks, .333 ... Hank Conger LAA, at DH, 3-5, triple, .360 ...
Jeff Bianchi KC, likely a short stay in ARZ, 2-5, 2nd homer, .444 ...
TEX shortstop Johan Yan
1-3, double, .375
Troop
Movements ... MLB - suspended Josh Bard SD for one game ... DET -
Nook Logan sent from AAA to AA Erie, Dustan Mohr
signed for AAA ... BAL - released John Stephens from AAA ... SF-
placed Moises Alou on the 15-day DL, activated Lance Niekro
from the 15-day DL ... PHI - placed Brett Myers on the
temporary inactive list and optioned him to Single-A Clearwater, purchased the
contract of Adam Bernero ...
No quibble here ... Homer Bailey gets the nod as the top dog on
Look Who's Hot at
RotoAmerica
" ... Homer Bailey
...Double-A proving to be little challenge for Reds phenom: 2 starts, 12
scoreless innings, including six hitless innings last time out. Perhaps the Reds
finally will have a top-notch home-grown starting pitcher (think the anti-Chris
Gruler)."
" ... 3. Philip Hughes
...
Last four starts: 0.96 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 28 innings. Will the Yankees
resist multiple trade overtures for their phenom?"
And in the frozen section ... topping the Look Who's Cold :
" ... 1. Jarrod Saltalamacchia
... Average down to [.197] . So much for those late-season promotion talks."
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
reviews his pre-season SF prospects :
" ... 2) Marcus Sanders
...
.213/.302/.265 in 54 games for San Jose in the Cal League. He's stolen 24 bases
in 29 attempts, and he's drawn 25 walks in 211 at-bats, but there's been no
power development and his numbers are off across the board. Very disappointing;
I thought he was a breakthrough candidate."
" ... 3) Merkin Valdez
... 6.04
ERA in 28 innings in the PCL for Fresno, with a 29/21 K/BB and 30 hits allowed.
I have a report that his mechanics are out of whack, and that certainly fits
with the control problems evident in the numbers. I have kept the faith a long
time with this one, but he appears to be stagnating and has made no progress
refining his natural talent."
28 June, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Alex Romero MIN 0-0, R, .160
rehab,
Shannon Stewart MIN 1-4, R, BB, .200
Jerry Owens CHA
1-3, R, BB, SB, .248
Ryan Sweeney CHA 2-4, 2B, .309
Josh
Fields CHA 1-3, BB, .328
Charles Haeger CHA 7 4 2 2 1 6,
1.64
Ryan Raburn DET 1-3, 2B, BB, .285
Chris
Denorfia CIN 2-4, 2B, R, .349
rehab, Edwin Encarnacion CIN
1-3, R, .333
Eli Whiteside BAL 3-4, 7th HR, R, 2 RBI, .321
Rajai Davis PIT 2-5, 2B, .261
Adam Stern BOS 4-5, 6th
& 7th HRs, 3 R, 4 RBI, .247
Carlos Pena NYA 1-3, 10th HR, R,
RBI, .259
Jeff Keppinger NYN 2-4, 2nd HR, R, RBI, .302
Chase Lambin NYN 0-3, R, BB, .225
John Maine NYN
5-2/3 5 1 1 3 4, 3.49
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Larry Broadway
WAS 1-3, 9th homer, .314 ... Dennis Tankersley STL 6.0 7 3 2 0 4,
3.78 ... Ben Hendrickson MIL 6.1 9 1 1 1 6, 6-2, 1.95 ...
Edinson Volquez TEX 5.0 1 0 0 5 6, 3.31 ... Howie Kendrick
LAA 1-4, .388 ... Jason Stokes FLO 2-3, double, .275 ... Justin
Huber KC 1-3, walk, .255 ... Shin-Soo Choo SEA, on a nice run, 2-4,
double, triple, walk, .311 ... Chris Young ARZ 1-3, 12th homer,
.276 ... Carlos Quentin ARZ 2-3, 24th double, 7th homer, .284 ...
Stephen Drew ARZ 0-4, .285 ... Paul McAnulty SD 2-4,
11th homer, .326
EASTERN (AA) -- Brandon Moss RF
BOS 2-5, R, 2B, 2RBI ... Denard Span CF MIN 2-5, RBI, k ...
Chris Smith BOS 6 5 1 1 0 2 ... Eric Duncan 1B NYY 1-3,
2B ... Michael MacDonald TOR 9 3 1 1 2 3 ... Brad Snyder
RF CLE 4-6, 2R, 2 2B, 3RBI, k ... Ryan Goleski LF CLE 2-4, 2B, BB,
k ... Sean Smith CLE 6 7 5 5 4 3
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Miguel Montero ARZ
1-2, 9th homer, .272 ... Ross Ohlendorf ARZ 7.0 4 0 0 0 4, 7-3, 2.42 ... Eric
Patterson CHN 0-3 & 0-3, .289 ... Tyler Lumsden CHA 7.0 4 1
1 1 4, 8-2, 2.83 ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL, don't ask if it
could get worse, it did, 0-2, .199 ... can it get much better? Homer
Bailey CIN, 2nd straight awesome AA start, 6.0 0 0 0 2 6 ... John
Hudgins SD 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 ... missed this one yesterday, Yovani Gallardo
MIL, AA debut, 7.0 4 0 0 1 6
TEXAS (AA) -- Joseph Koshansky
COL 1-4, 2B, .304 ... Ian Stewart COL 1-2, walk off HR(9), R, RBI,
BB, .260 ... Jordan Czarniecki COL 0-4, 2K, .283 ... Joshua
Newman COL 2.0 0 0 0 0 2, W(5-2), 1.97 ... Brian Stavisky
OAK 3-5, 2B, 2nd HR since demotion, 3R, 1 RBI, BB, .315 ... Kurt
Suzuki OAK 2-4, RBI, 2BB, .307 ... Vasili Spanos OAK 1-2, 2R,
3BB, .314 ... Kevin Richardson TEX 2-3, 2B, HR(8), R, RBI, BB,
.267 ... Ryan Jensen TEX 6.0 2 1 1 2 6, 4.93 ... Danny
Touchet TEX 2.0 1 1 1 0 1, serves up game-ending HR to Ian Stewart,
L(2-2), 4.23 ... Angel Sanchez KC 2-5, 2B, 2R, .286 ... Billy
Butler KC 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB, .324 ... Alex Gordon KC 2-4,
2RBI, BB, .301 ... Neal Musser KC 4.1 5 3 2 2 4, 1.45 ...
Brandon Wood LAA 1-4, HR(17), R, RBI(52), .287 ... Miguel
Gonzalez LAA 1.0 1 3 3 2 1, 4.57 ... Ben Zobrist HOU 1-4, 3B,
R, 2RBI, BB, .330 ... Hunter Pence HOU 3-3, HR(20), 2R, 3RBI(61),
2BB, 2SB(8), .290 ... J.R. House HOU 1-4, RBI, BB, .350 ... Jonathan
Ash HOU 1-3, 2R, BB, .329 ... Mitch Talbot HOU 6.0 3 2 1 0
5, W(5-3), 3.61 ... Travis Hanson STL 3-4, 2B, R, .400 in 5 games
since demotion ... Blake Hawksworth STL 5.0 4 1 1 4 3, 1.80 (Texas
League debut after call up from Palm Beach) ... Sebastien Boucher
SEA 3-5, 2B, R, 3RBI, SB(17), .243 ... Wladimir Balentien SEA 2-4,
R, RBI, SB(8) ... Michael Wilson SEA 3-3, 2B, HR(2), 2R, 3RBI, BB,
.381 in 6 games since call up ... Ryan Feierabend SEA 8.0, 3 1 1 0
11, W(5-5), 3.92
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- in the All-Star game (CAL vs CAR)
Reid Brignac 2-4, 2 errors ... Nolan Reimold BAL 2-3, double, walk
CAROLINA (A+) -- No games scheduled.
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Jason Jones NYA 7
6 1 1 0 4 W(7-2, 2.36)
Ramiro Pena SS NYA 2-3 double, R 2RBI,
.270
John Lieber PHI (rehab) 5 7 4 4 0 3 L
Clete
Thomas CF DET 2-5 double, 2R SB(10), .267
Matt Craig 1B CHN
2-3 double, 4RBI, .289
Mark Holliman CHN 6 3 1 1 1 7 W(6-4,
2.78)
Eric Harberer STL 6 5 5 4 1 5 L(4-6, 3.79)
MIDWEST (A) -- Matt Bush SD 3-4, 1st
double ... Kyle Blanks SD 1-4, 8th HR (.288) .. Jose
Escalona SEA 6 3 0 0 0 4 (4.22) ... Cameron Maybin DET 0-3,
BB, 12th SB in 13 attempts ... Justin Upton ARZ 0-3, BB ...
Pedro Ciriaco ARZ 1-4, 2 K's (.276) .. Jay Bruce CIN
0-3, 2 BB's, 2 K's, 9th SB ... so what else is new? Nick Adenhart
ANA 8 3 0 0 3 6 (W, 10-2, 1.95) ... Paul Kelly MIN 2-4, K ...
Jared Lansford OAK 4 8 5 5 3 3 (L, 6-5, 4.07) ... Bryan
Anderson STL 2-4, 2nd HR (.312) ... hard-luck no decision v. Adenhart
Carlos Rosa KC 7 1 0 0 2 8 (2.89) .. Mark Reed CHN
1-5 (.325) ... Omar Poveda TEX 5 2/3 9 4 4 0 3 (L, 1-9, 4.52)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Shairon Martis SF
(W, 2-4) 5 3 0 0 2 5, 4.08 ... Anthony Contreras SF 4-5, 2B (11),
2 RBI (34), BB, .332 ... Angel Salome MIL 3-7, RBI (57), .308 ...
Matt Maloney PHI (W, 8-4) 6-2/3 5 1 0 6 6, 1.44 ... Greg
Golson PHI 1-3, HR (5), 2 RBI (23), .215 ... Eric Campbell ATL
0-4, .299 ... Sergio Pedroza LAD 1-4, BB, .285 ... Travis
Denker LAD 0-2, 3 BB, .250 ... Jose Tabata NYA 0-4, .312
... Chris Volstad FLA (W, 6-7) 5 4 0 0 2 1, 3.84 ... Chris
Nelson COL 3-6, 2B (21), BB, .283 ... Jay Johnson BOS OF 5-7,
double, .280
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 2B Luis
Rivera NYN 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI ... DH Evan Longoria TB 3-4, 2 R, 2
HR, 5 RBI ... 2B Joe Callender TB 2-4, 2 R ... 1B Eric
Taylor HOU 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1SB ... 2B Cesar Quintero 2-5, 1
RBI, 1 SB ... 1B Chris Vineyard BAL 2-4, 2 2B ... 3B ... Tony
Roth NYA 3-4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... LF Brian Aragon
NYA 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB ... CF Wilkins De La Rosa NYA 1-2, 1 R, 3 BB ....Rolando
Japa NYA 6 0 1 0 2 4 (W 2-0) ... C Steve Gonzalez STL 3-4,
1 R ... LF Nate Southard STL 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS ...
1B Mark Hamilton STL 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... CF Jim
Rapoport STL 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 SB ... DH Matt McBride CLE 2-4,
1 R, 1 RBI ... 1B Cirilo Cumberbatch CLE 2-4, 1 RBI ... RF
Casper Wells DET 2-2, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 HBP ... LF Brandon
Timm DET 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB ... C Erick San Pedro
WASH 1-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... Chris Cody DET 5 2 2 0 0 5 ... 2B
Scott Sizemore DET 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI ... Matt O'Brien
DET 7 2 0 0 1 7, CG W(1-0)
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- big money 5th
rounder Jeff Samardzija CHN, not a memorable pro debut, 2.0 3 2 2 0 0 ...
Adam Cowart SF, 35th rounder, a one-hitter through five in his first
start, even better this time, 6.0 1 0 0 0 5 ... shortstop Emmanuel
Burriss SF, supp 1st rounder, 1-3, homer, walk ... Larry Cobb
OAK, leadoff, 4-6, double, .350
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Steve Brown OF
HOU 2-3 .562
Tom Vassella HOU 4.0 3 2 2 1 1 (L 0-1) 2.57 ERA
Blake King STL 5.0 3 1 1 3 3 (W 2-0) 0.90 ERA
Thomas
Pham SS STL 1-3 .375
CJ Ebarbe C TOR 0-1 3bb 2runs .250
Jonathan Jaspe C TOR 2-4 2B 2rbi 2r .421
Ivan Naccrata
2B NYM 2-4 2HR(2) 3rbi .562
Greg Mullens NYM 5.0 5 0 0 2 3 (W
2-0) 3.48
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Drew Stubbs
CIN 0-3, 2 walks, .241 ... Steven Johnson LAD, hit hard his first
start, nice turnaround, 6.0 1 0 0 0 8 ... Sean O'Sullivan LAA, 3rd
rounder up to 9 scoreless innings, 5.0 3 1 0 0 4
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Sandy Rosario
FLO 5.0 5 1 1 0 7 ... David Winfree 3B MIN, back on the field, 1-4
... Jose Capellan BOS 6.0 2 0 0 1 6 ... catcher
Roberto Sosa BOS 2-4, 2 doubles, .409 ... Gerardo Rodriguez
NYA,1-3, double, .538
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Mauro Gomez 3B TEX
3-5, 2 homers, .429 ... Jeff Bianchi shortstop KC 3-5, homer, .462 ...
Gerardo Avila 1B SEA 4-5, 2 homers, .409
Troop
Movements ... LAD - placed Brett Tomko on the 15-day DL, traded
Dioner Navarro, Jae Seo to TB for Toby Hall,
Mark Hendrickson ... PIT - recalled Jonah Bayliss
from Triple-A, designated Ryan Vogelsong for assignment ... CHN -
activated Scott Williamson from the 15-day DL, recalled Geovany
Soto, optioned Tony Womack, David Aardsma to Triple-A
... NYA
- placed Robinson Cano on the 15-day DL, purchased the contract of
Nick Green from Triple-A ... TOR - activated Pete Walker
from the 15-day DL, sent Josh Towers outright to Triple-A ... CIN
- activated Matt Belisle from the 15-day DL ... WAS -
signed first round pick 3B Chris Marrero ... BOS - released
JT Snow ...
John Franco,
SportsBlurb.com, checks out some of the guys who failed to make the roster
for the Futures Game :
" ... Im not sure what
more Matt Garza could have done to make his case ... has dominated
the competition at two levels this year, and has the pedigree as a first round
pick in 2005. Garza was 5-1 with a 1.42 ERA at High-A Fort Myers, and has a
record of 4-1, 2.63 since his promotion to Double-A New Britain. Garza has
posted a combined strikeout-to-walk ratio of 100:24 in 81.1 innings this season,
allowing a .178 average."
" ... The heir apparent to [Brandon]
Woods crown as Cal League slugger is infielder Mark Reynolds, a 22-year
old shortstop for the ... the Diamondbacks High-A affiliate. Reynolds is about
eight months older than Wood was when he tore up the league, and he leads the
league with an OPS of 1.083. Through 66 games, Reynolds has hit 20 home runs and
posted an average of .336; he has also hit 16 doubles and has an impressive .419
OPS. Reynolds is obviously benefiting from the hitter-friendly environment in
the Cal League, but as Wood has shown, a player who hits well there is fully
capable of continuing to hit at the next level."
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
checks up on his pre-season ranking of the BAL system :
" ... 2) Brandon Snyder
... Hit
just .194/.237/.340 in 38 games for Class A Delmarva. Now at short-season
Aberdeen, is 7-for-25 in six games. Sample sizes are too small to draw broad
conclusions, though I note that his strikeout rate (61 in 44 games) is
frighteningly high."
" ... 7) Garrett Olson
...
2.77 in 14 starts for Frederick, 77/19 K/BB in 81 innings. Just promoted to
Double-A, was hit hard in his first start. A fine prospect."
" ... 13) Radhames Liz
... 2.72 ERA
in 14 starts for Frederick, 89/40 K/BB in 76 innings, just 48 hits allowed.
Impressive K/IP and H/IP ratios but control is still an issue."
CORRESPONDENTS : INT - Herb Walters, PCL -
JDM, EASTERN - Harry Almquist,
SOUTHERN - JDM, TEXAS - Steve Macias, CALIFORNIA - JDM, CAROLINA - Jimmy
Salmon, FLORIDA STATE - Wayne Stevens, MIDWEST - Bob Reed, SOUTH ATLANTIC -
Martin Rose NYP - Brian Carruthers, NW - Thom Hanson, APPALACHIAN - Mike Feifel, PIONEER - Joe McAnally, GULF COAST -
Aman Reaka, ARIZONA - JDM
27 June, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ryan Garko CLE 2-4, 11th HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, HBP,
.259
Andy Marte CLE 2-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI, .273
Martin
Prado ATL 2-3, 2B, R, BB, .333
Peter Moylan ATL 1 3 2 2 3 0,
6.28
Rob Cosby TOR 1-4, 6th HR, R, 2 RBI, .245
Dustin
McGowan TOR 5-1/3 8 6 5 1 2, 4.34
Sean Tracey CHA 5-1/3 3
2 1 4 6, 2.91
Ryan Raburn DET 2-2, 2B, R, RBI, BB & 2-3, 13th
HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB, .284
Tonys Gutierrez CIN 2-3, 6th HR, R, 2
RBI, 2 BB, .288
Chris Denorfia CIN 2-4, R, 3 RBI, SF, SB, .346
Ryan Wagner CIN 1 0 0 0 0 1, 6.55
Philip Dumatrait
CIN 6 7 2 1 0 1, 2.93
Val Majewski BAL 1-4, 3B, R, 2 BB, .214
Tom Gorzelanny PIT 7 2 0 0 1 5, 2.35
Dustin Pedroia
BOS 1-4, RBI, BB, Sac, SF, .289
Adam Stern BOS 2-6, R, BB, .235
Hee-Seop Choi BOS 1-5, 2 R, BB, .214
Steven White NYA
5-1/3 6 2 2 3 5, 3.47
Jeff Keppinger NYN 1-2, BB & 1-3, .299
Yusaku Iriki NYN 2-1/3 6 4 4 3 3, 4.88
Evan MacLane
NYN 5 8 4 4 1 1, 3.16
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Rich Hill
CHN 7.0 1 0 0 2 9, 5-1, 1.91 ... Jason Stokes FLO 2-2, double, 2 walks
... Howie Kendrick LAA 3-4, 5th triple, 11th homer, .390 ...
Joe Saunders LAA 7.0 3 0 0 3 5, 9-3, 2.33 ... Joel Guzman
LAD 1-4, 8th homer, .292 ... Jeff Clement SEA 1-5 ... Shin-Soo
Choo SEA 4-5, double, .308 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 1-5, 10th
homer, .289 ... Alberto Callaspo ARZ 4-6, double, 6th SB, .337 ...
he's human after all, Micah Owings ARZ 6.0 10 5 5 0 4, 2.89
EASTERN (AA) -- Vic Buttler CF
PIT 2-5, R, 2k ... Brad Snyder RF CLE 2-4, R, RBI ... Ryan
Goleski LF CLE 3-3, HR, BB (.341) ... Adam Miller CLE 5 10
5 5 3 5 ... Shane Youman PIT 6 6 1 1 1 1 ... Kory Castro
3B WAS 0-2, R, BB and 3-3, HR, 2RBI ... Mike Pelfrey NYM 5 5 4 4 2
5 ... Eric Duncan 1B NYY 1-2, R, BB ... Jeff Karstens
NYY 8 2 0 0 0 7
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Andrew Sonnanstine TB,
in a groove, 7.0 2 0 0 1 4, 3.28 ... Michael Ekstrom SD, 6.0 5 2 2
0 1, 2.25 ... George Kottaras SD, in a slump, 0-3, .272 ...
Jose Garcia FLO phenom, 6.0 5 1 1 2 11, 1.82 ... Lance
Broadway CHA 8.0 6 1 1 1 7, 2.76 ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia
ATL (a regular on BA's Not-So-Hot list) just a tick away from dipping under
.200, 0-1, walk, .201 ... Brandon Jones ATL, handling the jump to
AA just fine, 1-3, double, .300 ... Joey Votto CIN 2-5, 15th
homer, .318 ... Ryan Braun MIL 2-4, 1st homer since promotion,
.222
TEXAS (AA) -- Joseph Koshansky
COL 0-4, 2K, .305 ... Ian Stewart COL 1-4, 2B(22), R, .258 ...
Jordan Czarniecki COL 2-3, HR(9), R, RBI, BB, .288 ... Brant
Colamarino OAK 2-5, 3B(5), R, .292 ... Kurt Suzuki OAK 1-3,
R, .304 ... Kevin Melillo OAK 2-4, 3B(1), HR(6), 2R, 3RBI, .274
... Vasili Spanos OAK 0-2, 2RBI(46), 2SF, .313 ... Kevin
Olsen (the former FLO starter trying to bounce back from a spin in Indy
Ball) OAK 6.0 5 1 1 2 3, W in debut, 1.50 ... Adam Morrissey TEX
2-5, HR(5), R 2RBI, .331 ... Alex Gordon KC 1-4, .298 ... Billy
Butler KC 1-4, .322 ... Chris Lubanski KC 1-3, BB, CS(4),
.254 ... Brandon Wood LAA 2-3, HR(16), R, 2RBI(51), BB, .287 ...
Bobby Wilson LAA 2-4, 2B(18), RBI, .309 ... J.R. House HOU
2-4, 2R, .351 ... Jorge Cortes HOU 3-4, 2B(21), 2R, 2RBI, .331 ...
Matt Albers HOU 5.0 5 2 1 3 8, W(9-2), 2.07 ... Juan
Richardson STL 0-3, BB, .302 ... Terry Evans STL 0-4, BB, 3K,
.315 ... Wladimir Balentien SEA 0-4, .254 ... Matt
Tuiasosopo SEA 0-4, 2K, .150 ... Marshall Hubbard SEA 2-4,
.438 ... Jesus Guzman SEA 2-3, 3RBI, .264 ... Mark Lowe
SEA 1.0 0 0 0 0 1, S(3), 0.00
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- No games scheduled (CAL vs
CAR All-Stars Tuesday)
CAROLINA (A+) -- No games scheduled (CAL vs
CAR All-Stars Tuesday)
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Gaby Hernandez
FLO 6 2/3 8 4 4 3 8 L(8-4, 3.94)
Xavier Paul RF LA 3-5 double,
triple, R, .307
Blake Dewitt 2B LA 2-4 HR(9) 2R, .279
Trevor Plouffe SS MIN 2-4 RBI, .223
Tim Moss 2B PHI
2-3 2R 2RBI, .308
Robinzon Diaz C TOR 2-4 R RBI, .302
MIDWEST (A) -- Cameron Maybin DET 11th
double, 11th SB, 3 K's (.294) ... Justin Upton ARZ 3-5, 2 doubles
(.287) ... that's a wow Travis Wood CIN 7 2 0 0 1 6 (W, 6-0, 3.07)
... Jay Bruce CIN 3-4, 28th double, CS (hasn't homered in 4 weeks,
BUT has 14 doubles in that stretch, with a boost in average of 38 points to
.301) ... Hainley Statia ANA 2-4 ... Tommy Mendoza
ANA 8 3 1 1 3 9 (4.66) ... Paul Kelly MIN (at DH) 0-4, K (.271)
... Kyle Waldrop MIN 6 3 2 1 0 4 (2.99) ... Mark Reed
CHN 1-4, BB, 2 K's (gunned 2 of 3 stealers, and pilfered one himself) ...
Todd Blackford CHN 7 3 0 0 2 2 (W, 7-2, 3.64) ... a pulse, sort of
John Mayberry TEX 1-4, 10th HR, 2 K's (.229) ... Juan
Jimenez TEX 7 9 3 3 2 4 (3.50) ... Colby Rasmus STL 3rd
triple, 10th HR, BB, K ... Matt Bush SD 2-4 ... Kyle
Blanks SD 1-3, K
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Sergio Pedroza
LAD 1-5, 2B (20), RBI (62), .286 ... Travis Denker LAD 2-4, BB,
.265 ... Jose Tabata NYA 1-2, BB, .317 ... Austin
Jackson NYA 1-3, 2 BB, .261 ... Tim Battle NYA 1-2, HR (1), 3
RBI (18), .257 ... Chorye Spoone BAL 6-1/3 4 1 1 3 3, 2.20 ...
Carlos Carrasco PHI (W, 5-4) 7 3 0 0 1 6, 2.26 ... Greg
Golson PHI 1-4, .213 ... Elvis Andrus ATL 1-4, RBI (34), BB,
.277 ... Eric Campbell ATL 1-4, 2B (19), BB, .303 ... Ole
Sheldon HOU 1-5, .338 ... JR Towles HOU 1-1, 2B (15), .319
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 3B Evan
Longoria TB 1-2 1 BB 1 RBI ... Jeremy Hellickson 4 2 1 1 1 3
... RF Shawn Scobee TOR 2-4 1 2B 1 RBI ... CF Adam
Calderone TOR 2-5 1 R 1 3B ... 1B Luke Hopkins TOR 2-4 1 R 1
2B ... 2B Brian Hall TOR 1-3 1 R 1 HR 1 RBI 1 BB ... Brian
Bull TOR 4.2 3 1 1 0 3 ... 3B Alex Peralta PIT 1-3 1 R 1 BB
... RF Jay Miller PHI 3-3 2 R 1 2B 1 HR 1 RBI ... Andrew Lytle
CLE, at DH, 4-4 1 RBI ... CF Evandy De Leon CLE 2-4 2 R 1
2B 1 3B 2 RBI ... 1B Josh Roberts CLE 2-4 1 R 1 RBI ... JD
Martin CLE, a step on the comeback trail, 3 1 0 0 0 3 ... 3B
Chris Johnson HOU 3-4 3 RBI 1 SB ... SS Tim Torres HOU
3-5 3R 1 2B 1 RBI ... RF John Parraz HOU 1-5 1 R 1 2B 2 RBI ... DH
Jhon Florentino HOU 2-4 2 R 2 2B 2 RBI 1 BB ... 1B Eric
Taylor HOU 2-4 2 R 1 BB 1 CS ... 2B Cesar Quintero 2-4 2 R 1
SB ... CF Paul Smyth BOS 1-3 1 R 1 HR 2 RBI 1 BB ... C Jonathan
Still BOS 1-4 2 RBI 1 BB ... 1B Chris Vineyard BAL 3-4 1 2B
2 RBI ... C Brandon Snyder BAL 2-4 1 R 1 2B ... 3B Rob
Marconi BAL 2-4 1 R 1 HR 2 RBI ... CF Dan Figueroa BAL 0-5 4 K
... SS Mitch Hilligoss NYA 2-2 1 R 1 2B 1 HR 2 BB 2 RBI ... 1B
Kevin Smith NYA 2-4 1 R 1 2B ... DH Kyle Larson NYA 0-4
3 K ... Keaton Everitt NYA 3 2 0 0 1 6
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Russell Canzler
1b CHC 1-4, 3rd homer, 4 RBI's, .308 ... Alfred Joseph OF CHC 2-3,
double, BB, .367 ... William Thompson 1B SF 2-4, .517 ... Billy
Petrick P CHC 6.0 2 0 0 0 5 0.00 ... Adam Moore DH SEA 3-5,
2 doubles, 2 runs, 2 RBI's, .500 ... Ogui Diaz ss SEA 3-4, 1 r,
.321 ... Craig Gentry DH TEX 3-5, 2runs ... Chad Tracy
C TEX 2-3, HR, BB, RBI, .389 ... Michael Epping OF SD 2-3, 2 BB,
double, 2 r's, .375 ... Scott Deal P OAK W 2-0, 6.0 4 0 0 1 4 0.82
... Joshua Sullivan P COL L 0-1, 5.0 2 2 1 2 6 0.90
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Huge day for Ramon
Alvarado OF CLE 3-4 3HR(3) 4rbi .455 ... Felipe Garcia
C-DH CLE 2-3 solo HR(2) .400 ... Boodle Clark 3B 2-3 solo HR(1)
.333 ... Justin Edwards CHW 1.2 6 7 4 2 0 21.60 (L 0-1) ...
Matthew Inouye C CHW 1-3 .583 ... Juan Moreno CHW 6.0 3
0 0 4 4 (W 2-0) 3.27... lead off hitter staying hot, Willie Cabrera
OF ATL 2-4 2B 2r .435 ... Tyler Flowers C ATL 2-5 3run HR(1) .435
... Steve Brown OF HOU 2-4 .538 ... Ivan Naccrata 2B
NYM 2-3 .583 ... Sean Henry SS NYM 2-4 2B 3B ... Tim
Stronach NYM 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 ND 0.00 ... 2005 1st round supp Tyler
Herron STL 5.0 5 1 1 0 3 ND
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Josh Wall SP LAD 6
5 0 0 1 2 ... Josh Bell DH LAD 1-4, 2b(4), 2 SO ... Juan
Rivera SS LAD 3-4, CS(1) ... Drew Stubbs CF CIN 0-4, BB, 4 SO
... Anthony Barnette SP ARI (W 1-0) 5 2 0 0 1 6 ... PJ
Phillips 3b LAA 0-4, 2 SO ... Ryan Mount LAA 1-3, RBI, BB, SO
... David Christensen RF COL 0-4, 2 SO ... Hector Gomez
3B COL 1-4, SO ... Anthony Ortega SP LAA (W 1-1) 7 4 1 0 0 7
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- No games
reporting.
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Kyler Burke OF SD
2-4, walk, .438 ... 1B Carlos Morales OAK 5-5, double, triple,
walk, 4 runs, 3 RBI, .438 ... 2B Ryne Malone CHN, pretty fair pro
debut for the 2006 59th round pick, 2-3, triple, homer, walk ... Hank
Conger LAA 0-4, 2 Ks, .294
Troop
Movements ... BOS - released Mike Holtz ... CIN - optioned Mike
Burns to Triple-A ... NYA - sent Aaron Small outright to Triple-A ...
Lots of different names on the
Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet.
" ... 1. Anibal Sanchez
... In case you weren't impressed by his complete-game shutout last Monday
against Chattanooga, how's this for an encore: Sanchez made his major league
debut last night in an emergency start in Yankee Stadium and pitched 5 2/3
scoreless innings to pick up the win. The 22-year-old ... scattered seven
hits--six of them singles--without issuing a walk while striking out two."
" ... 4. Philip Hughes
... Finally starting to dominate Double-A. In his last four starts
he is 2-1, 0.96 with 33 strikeouts in 28 innings. Yup, that will do it for you."
" ... 9. Evan Longoria
... The third overall pick has shined in his first week of pro ball and it
is unlikely he will be in the New York-Penn League for long. The Long Beach
State product has hit safely in his first five games and is 10-for-24 with two
homers, a double and a triple."
A TEX starter among those cited in the Not-So-Hot
list :
" ... Thomas Diamond
... It has been a rough ride for this RoughRider. Diamond is now 1-3, 7.71 in
June with 24 strikeouts and 18 walks in 23 June innings. 50 walks in 69 innings
have been a big part of his 4.67 ERA on the season."
Is that Baseball Analysts' Bryan Smith who
sits in with Aaron Fitt, Matt Meyers and
Chris Kline on the Hot Sheet?
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall, with
a re-look at his pre-season PIT prospects :
" ... 1) Neil Walker
... ,.273/.317/.379 in 35 games for Class A Lynchburg. Sample too small to
draw conclusions. His season started late due to a wrist injury."
" ... 2) Andrew McCutchen
...
.277/.343/.406 with 14 steals in 68 games for Class A Hickory. Numbers aren't
terrific but he is holding his own in his full-season debut."
A tip 'o the cap to some of the week's outstanding peformers :
PCL " ... Jered
Weaver is taking home his first PCL Pitcher of the Week award after tossing
a two-hit shutout and tallying 14 strikeouts against a single walk in a June
23rd contest ... The 24 year-old righthander has become the first pitcher to
collect two complete-game shutouts in the PCL this season ...holds a 5-and-1
record and remains among the League Leaders with 82 strikeouts and 2.15 ERA."
(Pacific Coast League)
PCL " ... Chris
Snelling racked up five doubles on nine hits and posted a .429 average in
five games to become the PCL Player of the Week ... Currently riding a
nine-game hitting streak, Snelling has enjoyed a recent move to the outfield
from his usual Designated Hitter position as he has been in the field in eight
games and has collected multiple hits on three occasions during the streak."
(Pacific Coast League)
SOUTHERN " ... second
baseman Eric Patterson sizzled at the plate last week, hitting .480 with
a home run, 6 RBI, 3 stolen bases, a .481 on-base percentage and a .760 slugging
percentage to earn Hitter of the Week honors. Patterson is currently enjoying a
6-game hitting streak ... tied for second in the league with 6 triples and
is tied for third with 23 stolen bases. He also ranks fourth with 81 hits and
tenth with a .296 batting average."
SOUTHERN " ...
T.J. Nall tossed 14.0 shutout innings and fanned 20 hitters to earn Pitcher
of the Week honors ... enjoying a 6-game winning streak ... As a starter,
he is 6-0 with a 1.57 ERA and has walked just nine while striking out 57. Nall
is currently fourth in the league with 82 strikeouts while ranking eighth with a
2.59 ERA. The 25-year-old ... selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the eighth
round of the 1999 draft." (Southern League)
EASTERN " ... outfielder
Brandon Moss ... had an excellent week for the Sea Dogs, hitting .478
(11-for-23) with four doubles, one triple, one home run, seven runs scored, five
RBI, three walks and a .870 slugging percentage in six games. The 6'0", 180 lb.
slugger, who is ranked second in the league in doubles (22) and fourth in RBI
(46), had at least one hit in each of the games he played in last week and
enters this week with a seven-game hitting streak ... selected by the
Boston Red Sox in the eighth round of the June 2002 draft." (Eastern
League)
NYP " ... Jairo de la Rosa [TB]
... shortstop kicked off this season with a bang and hasn't shown any
signs of slowing down in the first six games of the season. In the season
opener, de la Rosa went 3-for-6 with a home run and two RBIs in a loss to
Aberdeen. He followed that up with a perfect 4-for-4 performance in an 8-7 win
over Staten Island on Friday. The 20-year-old is batting .440 on the young
season." (MLB.com)
APPY " ... Victor Santana ... has
only played three games this season, but he's already had a multiple home run
performance and a five-RBI night. The 22-year-old outfielder slammed two home
runs and drove in five runs to lead the Blue Jays to a 14-3 win over
Elizabethton on Saturday. He also went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to open up the
season with a win over Princeton on Wednesday." (MLB.com)
California League notes from MLB.com :
" ... OF Shaun
Cumberland [TB] went into the All-Star break with 66 RBIs, tying him with
Lancaster's Carlos Gonzalez for the most in the minors, after belting a
grand slam and finishing with five RBIs in the Oaks' 9-5 victory over Stockton
on Saturday. Cumberland isn't the only Visalia player to rank among the best
statistically -- SS Reid Brignac capped the first half with 98 hits, second in
all of the minors only to Lancaster's Chris Rahl (99)."
" ... RHP Eric Hurley,
also a member of the Cal League All-Star team, was named last week to the U.S.
team that will compete in the Futures Game, to take place July 9 at Pittsburgh's
PNC Park. Hurley, one of two members of the Rangers organization to be selected,
enters the league All-Star break with a 5-3 record and 2.92 ERA in 14 starts for
the Blaze. He ranks fourth in the league in ERA and his total of 87 strikeouts
is third-best."
26 June, 2006
A tip of the cap to Steve Macias of Seattle who joins us to take care of
the Texas League. Steve is a lifelong baseball fan who, for
eight years, has been in a highly competitive AL-only fantasy league,
which includes a minor league roster. "I think Billy Beane is a genius and
think Billy Bavasi should be fired."
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- rehab, Shannon Stewart MIN 1-4, .167
Scott Baker MIN 8 8 2 2 4 1, 2.31
John-Ford Griffin TOR 2-4,
2B, 5th HR, R, 2 RBI, .226
Rob Cosby TOR 1-4, 2B, RBI, .245
Ricky Romero TOR 3-2/3 7 8 7 3 4, 8.59
Nook Logan DET
0-3, 3 R, 3 BB, .203
Ryan Raburn DET 1-4, 12th HR, 2 R, 2 RBI,
BB, .274
Donald Kelly DET 2-5, 2B, .224
Jordan Tata
DET 6 8 4 3 1 2, 4.26
Val Majewski BAL 2-3, BB, .213
Eli
Whiteside BAL 0-4, .207
B.J. Upton TB 1-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB, 0
errors, .264
Delmon Young TB 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI, SB, .340
Shawn
Riggans TB 2-4, .304
Brian Stokes TB 6-1/3 4 0 0 1 6,
3.46
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Felix Pie
CHN 2-5, double, .258 ... Jason Stokes FLO, back in the lineup, 2-4,
double, .254 ... Howie Kendrick LAA, in a little slump (for him),
1-4, .384 ...
Chris Snelling SEA, in CF again, 1-3, 2 runs, SB, .288 ... Paul
McAnulty
SD, at 3B, 3-4, 10th homer, walk, 2 errors, .319 ... Rob Johnson
SEA (one of three legit prospect catchers on the Tacoma roster, Jeff
Clement, Guillermo Quiroz the others) 2-4, double, .253 ...
Chris Young ARZ 2-5, .278 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 1-5, double,
.290 ... Carlos Quentin ARZ 0-4, .280 ... Joel Guzman LAD
2-5, double, .293
EASTERN (AA) -- Denard Span CF
MIN 1-3, BB, k ... Matt Moses 3B MIN 1-3, BB, 2k ... Matt
Padgett RF PHI 3-5, 3R, 2B, HR, k ... Matt Garza MIN 3.2 7
7 5 0 5 ... Gio Gonzalez PHI 6 4 1 1 3 7 ... Adam Lind
LF TOR 2-4, R, RBI, 2k ... Chad Spann 3B BOS 2-4, 2B, k ...
David Purcey TOR 5 4 1 1 0 4 ... Conor Brooks BOS 5 1 0
0 2 6 ... Travis Ishikawa 1B SF 1-3, HR and 2-4, HR, 4RBI ...
Brett Gardner CF NYY 2-4, R, CS and 0-4, 2k ... Eric Duncan
1B NYY 1-4, R and 1-2, 2R, BB, k ... Tyler Clippard NYY 4.1 4 0 0
0 6 ... Pat Misch SF 6 3 1 1 1 4 ... Brad Snyder RF
CLE 1-4, k ... Bear Bay CLE 6 4 3 3 1 3
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Ray Liotta CHA 6.1 7 3
3 0 4, 3-7, 4.00 ... Matt Harrison ATL, AA debut, 6.0 7 4 4 1 6
... JR
Mathes
CHN 9.0 4 0 0 0 4, 2.97 ... Eric Patterson CHN 3-5, double, .296
... Jeff Niemann
TB 4.0 3 3 3 2 5 ... Sean Thompson SD 7.0 2 0 0 1 9 (CG),
3.49 ... Steven Hammond MIL, nice debut in AA, 6.0 3 0 0 3 5
TEXAS (AA) -- Joseph Koshansky
COL 0-4, 3K, .309 ... Jordan Czarniecki COL 2-3, .283 ... Ian
Stewart COL 1-2, R, BB, .258 ... Ubaldo Jimenez COL 5.0 1 0
0 3 10, W(9-2), 2.45, (76K, 2HRA in 68.1 IP) ... Manuel Corpas COL
1 IP, 2K, S(19), 0.98 ... Kurt Suzuki OAK 1-2, 2BB, .304 ...
Adam Morrissey TEX 1-4, 2K, .329 ... Alex Gordon KC
0-0, BB, .299 ... Billy Butler KC 0-3, R, BB, .323 ... Chris
Lubanski KC 0-2, BB, SB(5), CS(3), .253 ... Junior Herndon
KC 8.0 2 1 1 1 4, 4.93 ... Aaron Peel LAA 2-4, RBI, .272 ...
Brandon Wood LAA 1-4, SB(9), .283 ... Nathan Haynes LAA
3-4, 3B(1), R, RBI, 2SB(2), .500 (3rd game of year) ... Hunter Pence
HOU 1-3, HR(19), 3R, 2RBI, BB, .286 ... Ben Zobrist HOU 1-2, R,
2BB, .332 ... J.R. House HOU 2-4, 2B(19), R, RBI, .349 ... Jorge
Cortes HOU 1-4, .324 ... Jonathan Ash HOU 1-4, .340 ...
Juan Gutierrez HOU 7.0 8 3 2 0 6, W(8-3), 3.15 ... Juan
Richardson STL 1-5, .307 ... Terry Evans STL 1-4, HR(7), RBI,
3K, .340 (22 homers overall) ... Wladimir Balentien SEA 1-3,
GS(14), 5RBI, SB(7), .258 ... Marshall Hubbard SEA 2-4, 2B(1),
.417 (just called up) ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 0-4, K, GIDP, 2E(2),
.188 ... Travis Blackley SEA 7.0 6 4 1 1 7, W(6-5), 4.15
" ... Ubaldo Jimenez allowed
just one hit and struck out 10 over five-plus innings as Tulsa blanked Midland,
3-0 ... Jimenez (9-2) took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, but lost it
when Kevin Melillo led off with a single into shallow right field. The
22-year-old was replaced after walking the first two batters in the sixth. The
right-hander, who has won his last six starts and his last seven decisions, was
dominant early, fanning seven of the first nine batters. He has yielded just
three earned runs and 17 hits over those six starts and lowered his ERA to 2.45.
It was Jimenez's fourth game with double-digit strikeouts." (MLB.com)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- No games scheduled.
CAROLINA (A+) -- Brian Barton CF CLE
2-2, double, Home Run ... Scott White DH BOS 1-3, Home Run, 2RBI
... Sean Smith CF CHA 1-5, Home Run ... Victor Mercedes
SS CHA 1-3, Home Run ... High-A debut Jo-Jo Reyes ATL 5.2 3 3 1 1 7
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Ryan Patterson CF
TOR 3-6 HR(16) double, 3R 3RBI, .299
Recently promoted and making a nice
impact, Cory Patton DH TOR 4-6 2HR(2) double, 4R 10RBI
David
Corrente C TOR 3-5 2HR(3) 3RBI, .338
Working with a 21 run lead,
Jesse Litsch TOR 6 3 0 0 1 6 W(6-6, 3.25)
Xavier Paul
RF LA 2-5 HR(8), .302
Drew Locke LF LA 2-5 double, 2R, .278
Matt Megrew LA 2 0 0 0 0 5, 1.17
Michael Devaney NYN
5 6 0 0 3 4 W(7-3, 1.52)
Ryan Harvey RF CHN 2-5 double, R RBI,
.210
Mitchell Boggs STL 6 5 2 1 1 2 W(6-3, 3.38)
MIDWEST (A) -- Vincent Mazzaro OAK 7 6
2 2 0 2 (W, 7-5, 4.44) ... Jeffrey Dominguez SEA 0-5 (.267) ...
22-year-old too good for the MWL Tony Hatch TOR 4-5, 14th double,
7th HR in just 129 AB's (.349) ... Miguel Vega KC 2-3, 8th HR
(.244) ... ack Cameron Maybin DET 0-4, 3 K's ... Scott
Taylor CHN 7 7 4 4 0 3 (3.57) ... Colby Rasmus STL 3-4, 20th
double (.313) ... blecch Kyle Blanks SD 0-6, K (.288) ...
Hainley Statia ANA 3-6, K (.269) ... Johnny Cueto CIN 6
2/3 4 1 1 1 6 (W, 8-1, 2.59) ... Jay Bruce CIN 2-4, 2 more doubles
(27!) ... Pedro Ciriaco ARZ 3-4, 3rd triple (.278) ... Justin
Upton ARZ 1-3, BB, CS
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Beau Jones ATL
(W, 4-2) 6 6 3 3 3 5, 4.28 ... Elvis Andrus ATL 0-3, SB (15), 2
BB, .278 ... Eric Campbell ATL 1-4, 2B (18), .304 ... Jose
Tabata NYA 1-2, 2 RBI (45), BB, .316 ... Austin Jackson NYA
1-2, BB, .260 ... Aaron Thompson FLA (W, 6-4) 7-1/3 6 3 3 0 4,
3.26 ... Kris Harvey FLA 2-5, 2 SB (6), .276 ... Yahmed
Yema BOS 3-5, 3B (6), HR (6), 5 RBI (44), .293 ... Andrew
McCutchen PIT, a couple o-fers in a row, 0-3, .274 ... Chris
Nelson COL 1-4, HR (5), 2 RBI (37), .278 ... Tom Fairchild
HOU, bullpen blew his shutout, (W, 9-3) 7 5 0 0 0 6, 1.71 ... Ole Sheldon
HOU 2-4, 2B (26), RBI (29), .341 ... JR Towles HOU 0-4, SB (9),
.315
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- OF Greg
Smith PIT 2-4 1 2B 1 BB 3 R ... 2B Shelby Ford PIT 2-3 2 BB
... DH Matt McBride CLE 2-4 1 r 1 HR 4 RBI ... 2B Andy
Lytle CLE 3-4 1 R 1 RBI ... 3B Bob Goedert CLE 2-4 1 2B 1 R
... CF Evandy De Leon CLE 2-3 1 R 1 2B ... C Brent
Lacy CLE 1-2 2 R 1 BB ... DH Evan Longoria TB 2-4 1R 1 HR
(2) 2 RBI .... DH Wilmer Pino NYY 2-4 1 R 1 2B 1 RBI ... RF
Seth Fortenberry NYY 2-4 1 3B 2 RBI ... Edgar Soto NYY
5 3 2 2 1 6 ... DH Max Sapp HOU 2-4 1 2B 2 RBI .... 1B Jim
Van Ostrand 3-3 1 2B 1 BB 1 SB ... SS Tim Torres HOU
2-4 2R 1 SB .... B Brandon Conway WASH 2-4 2 RBI ... Aaron
Jackson WASH 5 6 1 1 0 5 ... C Jason Jacobs NYM 1 R 2 2B ... 3B
Tim Grogan 0-4 3K ... LF Corey Shafer BALT 2-4 2 RBI ... C
Vic Castillo BALT 1-1 2 RBI ... 2B Miguel Abreu BALT
2-4 1 R 1 2B .... Henry Lozado BALT 3 1 0 0 0 4 ... 1B Nate
Messner FLA 2-3 1 RBI ... LF Adam Calderone TOR 3-3 1 R 1
2B 1 RBI ... 1B Luke Hopkins TOR 2-4 1 R 1 HR 2 RBI ... Casey
McKenzie TOR 7 5 1 1 0 4 ... DH Charlie Yarbrough PHI 3-4 1
R 1 2B ... RF Matt Wilkerson STL 2--4 1 R 1HR 2 RBI ... Brad
Furnish STL 6 3 0 0 1 4
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Adam Moore
C SEA 3-5, 2 doubles, 2 rbi's, .474 ... Brad Miller 1B ARZ 3-5,
double, 2 rbi, .385 ... Thomas Berkery ss TEX 1-2, 1st homer, 3
bb's ... Willy Crafort OD SD 2-4, double, 2nd homer, 2 k's, .300
... Michael Ballard 4.0 4 3 2 1 6 6.43 ... Emmanual
Burriss ss SF 1-4, BB, 4 runs ... Gib Hobson P SF 1-0, 5.0 2 1
0 0 1 3.38 ... Victor Ferrante OF COL 2-3, BB, 1st homer, 2 RBI,
.308 ... Ioeal Deaza P OAK 6.0 3 2 2 2 4 2.25 ... Aneury
Rodriguez P COL 6.0 4 2 0 1 4 1.64
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Rain washed out five
out of six games
Willie Cabrera OF ATL 1-4 .421
Polin
Trinidad HOU 6.0 5 1 1 0 2 (W 1-0) 1.50 ERA
Ronald (not to be
confused with Reinaldo 2B) Ramirez SS HOU 3-4 2 2B(3), 3rbi .438
Great
night for the Astros OF rookies
Orlando Rosales CF HOU 4-4 2B
rbi .389
Allen Langdon RF HOU 2-3 solo HR(1) .500
Steve
Brown LF HOU 3-4 .556
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Trevor Bell SP LAA
(W 2-0) 6 6 2 2 0 4 ... P.J. Phillips SS LAA 2-4, 3R, RBI, 2b(1), BB,
SB(1) ... Julio Perez RF LAA 3-3, 2HR(2), 5 RBI, 2 BB ... David
Christensen RF COL 3-4, 2b(1), 3b(1) ... Daniel Perales LF
ARI 2-5, 2 RBI, 2b(2), 3b(1) ... Gerardo Parra RF ARI 2-5, 2 RBI
... Huston Summers DH ARI 2-4, 2b(1), RBI ... Vernon
Carter 1b CWS 4-4, 2b(1), HR(3), 4 RBI, SB(1) ... Josh Bell 3b
LAD 2-3, 2 2b(3), RBI, BB ... Jesus Castillo SP LAD 5 2 0 0 2 4
... Joseph Dickerson CF KC 0-3, 2 BB ... Drew Stubbs
CF CIN 2-4, 3b(3), 2RBI ... Daniel Guerrero SP CIN (W 2-0) 6 4 0 0
0 2
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Adam Coe
3B ATL 2-3, double, 4 RBI, .444 ... Javier Dominguez, catcher ATL,
2-3 ... Chris Carlston 1B PHI 2-4, double, .333
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- 3B Matt Downs SF,
2006 36th rounder, 2-5, double, triple, 4 RBI, .421 ... Hank Conger
LAA 1st rounder 2006, 0-3, walk, 3 Ks, .385 ... Jeff Bianchi shortstop KC
2-3, double, walk, .375 ... SD 2006 1st rounder Kyler Burke 3-5,
triple, .417
Troop
Movements ... CHN - placed Freddie Bynum on the 15-day DL,
activated Derrek Lee from the DL ... BAL - signed Russ
Ortiz, optioned Adam Loewen to AAA ... TEX - purchased the
contract of Nick Masset from Triple-A, optioned Robinson
Tejeda to Triple-A ... FLO - recalled Anibal Sanchez from Double-A,
optioned Jeff Fulchino from Triple-A ...
Philip Hughes NYA ... a move?
" ... As an indication that the Brewers are
preparing for the possibility of trading leftfielder Carlos Lee, they sent Lee
Thomas ... watch New York Yankees prospect Philip Hughes pitch Friday night
... Thomas, a special assistant to general manager Doug Melvin, watched Hughes
pitch a spectacular game - 8 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts.
Hughes (4-3, 3.18) is considered the top pitcher in the farm system of the
Yankees, who have definite interest in Lee, with outfielders Hideki Matsui and
Gary Sheffield on the disabled list." (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Ah, that's it. Just wondering why a 2006 pick, with just a couple of pro
innings under his belt, would advance so quickly to AAA. SEA's PCL club
just a little short in the pen, so Austin Bibens-Dirkx:, a 16th round
pick this month, got the call. Seems he's a true sidearm pitcher.
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall, goes
over his pre-season Yankee prospect list and updates the reviews :
" ... 2) Jose Tabata
... .315/.376/.452 with 11 steals in 63 games for Class A Charleston in
the Sally League. Remember, he is just 17 years old and doing this in
full-season ball. An outstanding prospect."
" ... 8) Austin Jackson
... .262/.350/.358 with 24 steals in 70 games for Charleston.
Holding his own, stealing bases, drawing walks, not much power yet."
" ... 14) Brett Gardner
... .325/.430/.413 with 33 steals in 68 games combined between Tampa and
Trenton, 44 walks. Not a lot of power, but speed and patience look excellent,
giving him potential as a leadoff guy."
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