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08 July, 2006
Taking a break for a couple of days ... back Tuesday morning.
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ryan Garko CLE 3-4, 12th & 13th HRs, 2 R, 3
RBI, .258
Jason Cooper CLE 1-3, RBI, .213
Brayan
Pena ATL 4-5, 2 R, RBI, .272
Brandon League TOR 2 1 0 0 0 5,
2.32
Ryan Sweeney CHA 1-4, 2B, .288
Tonys Gutierrez
CIN 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, .298
Craig Stansberry PIT 0-3, HBP, .227
Oliver Perez PIT 7 5 5 5 0 6, 4.50
Dustin Pedroia
BOS 2-4, 2B, R, BB, .293
Adam Stern BOS 1-5, 2B, R, SB, .250
rehab, Wily Mo Pena BOS 0-4, RBI, HBP, .250
Michael Bourn
PHI 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI, HBP, .385
Matt White PHI 0-2/3 1 0 0 0 1,
3.34
Kevin Reese NYA 1-4, .286
Christian Garcia
NYA 2-4, 2B, .245
B.J. Upton TB 0-3, BB, 0 errors, .271
Delmon
Young TB 3-5, .368
Lastings Milledge NYN 1-3, BB, HBP,
.292
Anderson Hernandez NYN 2-5, RBI, .256
Yusaku
Iriki NYN 5 12 6 6 3 3, 5.66
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Ben
Hendrickson MIL 7.0 3 2 2 2 3, 1.84 ... Dennis Tankersley KC 7.0 3 0
0 3 4, 3.61 ... Edinson Volquez TEX 6.0 2 0 0 5 2, 3.32 ... Howie
Kendrick LAA 1-3, .369 ... Micah Owings ARZ, first hint of
trouble during his AAA time, 4.1 8 3 3 4 2, 3.72 ... James Loney
LAD 2-5, .383 ... Andy LaRoche LAd 2-5, double, .343 ... Chris Young
ARZ 2-4, 13th homer, .272 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 1-4, triple, .285
... Carlos Quentin ARZ 2-4, 2 doubles (27), .294 ... Ryan
Shealy COL 3-4, .296 ... Chris Iannetta COL 1-3, double, .406 ...
Tim Stauffer SD 7.0 6 1 1 3 4, 4.59 ... Jeff Clement
SEA 1-4, .208
EASTERN (AA) -- Jesse Litsch TOR
6.0 8 4 4 1 4 ... 1B Michel Abreu NYN 2-4, 10th homer, .342
... Kevin Slowey MIN, continues an outstanding run, 7.2 9 2 2 0 7
... CF Trevor Crowe CLE AA debut 1-3 ... very unusual, Kevin
Kouzmanoff CLE 0-4, 3 Ks, .422
" ... Kory Casto has been selected as the
Eastern League Player of the Month for the month of June. The 24-year old was
outstanding ... hitting .344 (32-for-93) with seven doubles, one triple,
seven home runs, 29 RBI, 21 runs scored, 19 walks, two stolen bases, a .461
on-base percentage and a .667 slugging percentage in 25 games. Casto, who was
ranked by Baseball America as the fifth best prospect in the Nationals
organization entering this season, reached base in all but four of the games he
played in for the Senators last month and had eight multiple hit games during
the month, including five three-hit performances. The 6'1", 190 lb. slugger
currently leads the league in on-base percentage (.411), walks (59) and OPS
(.923) and is also ranked among the league leaders in RBI (57-2nd), runs scored
(52-2nd), total bases (149-2nd) and home runs (13-tied 4th)." (Eastern
League)
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Elliot Johnson 2B TB,
2-4, 13th HR, 2 R, .297 ... Joey Votto 1B CIN, 2-4, 29th 2B, 2 K,
.327 ... from the three hole--Ryan Braun 3B MIL, 2-3, HR, RBI, 3
R, .271 ... Pedro Lopez SS CHW, 2-5, 2 R, .310 ... Corey
Thurman MIL, 5 3 0 0 0 4, 2.62 ... Anthony Lerew ATL, 6 4 0 0
1 5, 2.70 ... Brandon Jones LF ATL, 2-3, HR, 2 R, .281 ... Eric
Patterson 2B CHC, 1-4, R, K, 28th SB, .279
TEXAS (AA) -- Aaron Peel OF LAA
1-6, HR(8), R, 2RBI, .286 ... Brandon Wood SS LAA 1-5, HR(19), R,
RBI, .294 ... Terry Evans OF LAA 2-5, 2B, HR(8) (23rd overall),
2R, 2RBI, .312 (debut with Arkansas after being traded for Jeff Weaver) ...
Bobby Wilson C LAA 3-5, 2B, R, .309 ... Josh Anderson
OF HOU 1-4, HR(3), R, RBI, BB, .311 ... Josh Bonifay DH HOU 2-4,
2R, BB, .275 ... Jonathan Ash HOU 3-5, RBI, .327 ... Matt
Albers HOU 6.0 5 3 2 3 5, 1.98 ... Adam Morrissey 2B TEX
2-4, RBI, 2BB, .317 ... Danny Touchet TEX 0.1 3 1 1 0 0, L(2-3),
3.94 ... Ryan Jensen TEX 4.1 7 6 5 3 5, 5.60 ... Travis
Buck OF OAK 1-4, .297 ... Brian Stavisky OF OAK 1-3, 2B, R,
BB, .333 ... Kurt Suzuki C OAK 1-4, R, .304 ... Vasili
Spanos DH OAK 2-4, 2B, RBI, .312 ... Kevin Olsen OAK 6.5 5 2 1
3 5, 3.50 ... Sebastien Boucher OF SEA 3-5, 2R, SB(20), .246 ...
Matt Tuiasosopo 3B SEA 2-4, RBI, .280 ... Marshall
Hubbard 1B SEA 1-4, BB, .327 ... Michael Wilson OF SEA 2-5, R,
.308 ... Chad Fillinger SEA 2.0 0 0 0 0 1, W in AA debut, 0.00 ...
Yorman Bazardo SEA 7.0 10 3 3 1 2, 3.02 ... Juan
Richardson 1B STL 0-4, 3K, .295 ... Nick Stavinoha OF STL 3-5,
2B, 4RBI, .274 ... Troy Tulowitzki SS COL 3-4, 2B, 2R, BB, .282
... Joseph Koshansky 1B COL 2-5, 2B, R, .293 ... Ian
Stewart 3B COL, mediocre season with no sign of a breakout, 0-4, 2K, E(13),
.257 ... Jordan Czarniecki OF COL 0-3, 3K, .281 ... Angel
Sanchez SS KC 4-5, 2B, 2R, RBI, CS, .284 ... Alex Gordon 3B
KC 1-4, R, 2BB, CS, .301 ... Billy Butler OF KC 2-5, R, RBI, BB,
.318 ... Gabe DeHoyos KC 3.0 1 0 0 2 1, W(1-0), 0.00
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- catcher-1B Michael
Collins LAA 1-3, homer, .300 ... Evan Longoria TB 2-3. 3rd
homer, walk, .333 ... Nick Adenhart LAA 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 (guessing
that he was pulled because of a proable appearance in Sunday's Futures Game) ...
Mark Reynolds ARZ 3-3, 2 doubles (18), .337 ... Carlos Gonzalez
ARZ 1-6, .314 ... Cesar Nicolas 1B ARZ 3-4, 19th double, .292
CAROLINA (A+) -- Chuck Lofgren CLE 5.2
1 0 0 4 4 W(11) ... Brian Barton CF CLE 4-5, Home Run, 3 runs,
2RBI, 4 sb(24) ... Reid Santos CLE 4.0 1 0 0 3 5 W ... Kevin
Hart BAL 6.0 5 0 0 1 7 W ... Chris Kelly 1B CHA 3-4, Home
Run, 2RBI ... Adam Russell CHA 7.0 3 1 1 2 6 W ... Troy
Patton HOU 7.0 8 2 0 1 7 W
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Jason Jones NYA 5
11 5 5 0 2 W(9-2, 2.55)
Victor Hall CF NYA 3-5 double, 2R 2RBI,
.291
Gaby Hernandez FLO 6 2/3 8 3 0 1 3 L(9-5, 3.40)
Ryan
Patterson 2-4 double, R RBI, .285
MIDWEST (A) -- average up an incredible 36
points in one week on 18 for 27 Hainley Statia ANA (SS) 4-5, 23rd double,
13th SB, but 12th CS (.304) ... Cameron Maybin DET 1-3, 2 K's
(.314) ... Jared Lansford OAK 7 8 3 3 1 5 (3.77) ... mixed bag
Matt Bush SD 2-5, 3rd double, 7th error (.278) ... ack Kyle
Blanks SD 0-5, golden sombrero ... Bryan Anderson STL 2-3,
21st double (.316) ... Jay Bruce CIN 2-4, 12th SB (.317) ...
slipping some Mark Reed CHN 0-5 ... Omar Poveda TEX
7 4 1 1 4 6 (4.65) ... stuck in neutral Justin Upton ARZ 1-4, BB,
K (.270) .. Chi-Hung Cheng TOR 7 2 0 0 3 10 (W, 7-4, 3.28)
... Sean Shoffit TOR 1-6, (another) golden chapeau ... Mario
Santiago KC 7 2 0 0 3 4 (W, 1-1, 3.75)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Brad James
HOU, 9th inning solo HR breaks up no-hitter, (W, 2-1) 8-1/3 1 1 1 2 8, 2.20 ...
JR Towles HOU 1-2, RBI (37), BB, .314 ... Chorye Spoone BAL
(L, 5-5) 6 3 3 3 5 5, 2.95 ... Aaron Thompson FLA 6 7 1 1 2 6,
3.15 ... Mark Wagner BOS 2-4, 2B (20), RBI (34), .304 ...
Sergio Pedroza LAD 2-4, .291 ... Ben Jones NYA 2-3, 2
HR (13), 3 RBI (54), 2 BB, .304 ... Jose Tabata NYA 1-5, RBI (49),
.321 ... Eric Campbell ATL 0-4, .293 ... Elvis Andrus
ATL 0-4, RBI (40), .269 ... Matt Maloney PHI (W, 9-5) 8 3 0 0 4 6,
1.61 ... Greg Golson PHI 1-3, 2B (15), SB (17), 2 BB, .221 ...
Jeremy Slayden PHI 2-5, 4 RBI (41), .289 ... Shairon Martis
SF (W, 4-4) 5-2/3 5 4 4 2 5, 3.75 ... Ben Copeland SF 3-5, 2B
(21), HR (3), 5 RBI (44), BB, .308 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 1-4,
BB, .271 ... Angel Salome MIL 1-4, .304 ... Dexter
Fowler COL 2-4, 2B (15), BB, .312
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Matt
OBrien DET 8 6 1 1 2 4 ... CF Brennan Boesch DET 2-4, 1 2B, 1
RBI ... Chris Salamida HOU 6 4 1 1 2 4 ... CF Nick
Moresi HOU 2-3, 1 RBI ... 2B Andy Saylor PIT 1-3, 1R, 1 HR, 3
RBI, 1 BB ... DH Rigoberto Silverio PIT 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI ... SS
Jonathan Diaz TOR 2-3, 1 R ... 3B Rob Goedert CLE 2-4,
1 RBI
C Jason Jacobs NYM 2-3 ... RF Seth Fortenberry
NYY 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI ... DH Jake Dempsey PHI 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR,
2 RBI ... SS Jason Donald PHI 1-2, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB
2B Joe
Callender TB 2-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI
RF Miguel Abreu BALT
2-5 1 R ... 1B Chris Vineyard BAL 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI
DH
Joel Pacheco BAL 2-4, 1 3B, 1 RBI ... LF Paul Winterling BAL
1-3, 1 R, 1 2b, 1 RBI, 2 BB
CF Rob Andrews BAL 2-4, 1 RBI ...
Wilfredo Perez BAL 6 2 1 1 2 10 ... C Jonathan Still
BOS 3-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
CF Mike Daniel WASH 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
RF Francisco Guzman WASH 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... Josh Hamilton
TB 0-3, 2 Ks
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Adam Moore
C SEA 3-4, 9th double, .317 ... Douglas Fister P SEA L 1-2, 5.0 3
2 0 1 1 0.95 ... TJ Franco Jr. P OAK w, 6.0 5 0 0 1 0 1.17 ... Matt
Camp 3-5, .288 ... Billy Petrick P CHC w 3-0, 6.0 5 1 1 2 1
2.18 ... Joey Side OF ARZ 3-4, .277, hr short of the cycle ...
Cyle Hankerd OF ARZ 1-4, .377, 13 game hitting streak ... Chad
Tracy DH TEX 2-3, bb, double & rbi got team rolling early ... Michael
Wagner P TEX w 1-1, 5.2 4 1 1 1 7, lowers era to 5.09 ... Scott
Souther P ARZ L 0-3, torched for 4r & 8 h in 6 ip, wp ... William
Thompson DH SF 1-2, 3 bb, .386, 17th rbi, just keeps clearing the bases ...
Emmanuel Burriss ss SF sb #8, 2 dp's on D
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- top Jays' pick having
a tough time getting adjusted to pro ball, Travis Snider 0-4, .238 ...
Juan Moreno CHA 6.1 4 1 0 0 12, 3-1, .282 ... Jamie
Richmond ATL, 2004 31st rounder, looking very impressive, 6.0 1 0 0 0 7,
3-0, 1.27 ... catcher Aregenis Tavarez CLE 3-4, double, .356 ...
Kieron Pope OF BAL 3-3, 2 doubles, .442
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Jason Neighborgall
ARZ, just one walk, 1.0 0 0 0 1 0, 11.81 ... CF Stephen Chapman
MIL 3-5, homer, .377 ... CF Jay Cox COL 3-4, double, walk, 4 RBI
... he needed that, Ryan Mount SS LAA 2-5, 2 homers, .219 ...
Steven Johnson LAD 6.2 7 3 3 1 6, 2.62 (3 walks, 33 Ks in 24 innings)
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- OF Roman Pena
CLE 5-6, double, triple, .474 ... shortstop Carlos Rivero 3-5,
homer, .308 ... Adrian Cardenas shortstop PHI, 2006 1st round
supp., 3-4, .245
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Felix Carrasco 3B SD
3-5, double, .386 ... Hank Conger LAA 2-4, triple, .358 ...
Jeff Bianchi KC 2-5, double, .429
Troop
Movements ... SEA - purchased the contract of Mark Lowe from
Double-A, transferred Jeremy Reed from the 15-day to the 60-day DL
... CIN - optioned Michael Gosling to Triple-A ... STL -
designated Sidney Ponson for assignment ... NYN - purchased
the contract of Mike Pelfrey from Double-A, designated Jose Lima
for assignment ...
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
reviews his pre-season SD and OAK Top 20s.
SD " ... 2) George
Kottaras ... .275/.393/.454 for Mobile, showing good plate discipline
and moderate power. I still like him a lot."
SD " ... 4) Chase Headley
....279/.369/.443 for Class A Lake Elsinore, with 43 walks. Good plate
discipline, moderate power. Will be interesting to see how he does next year in
Double-A."
OAK " ... 4) Cliff Pennington
... .203/.302/.277 in 46 games for Class A Stockton, one of the biggest
disappointments in the minors this year."
OAK " ... 5) Travis Buck
... .316/.383/.518 combined between Stockton and Midland, with 11 steals in 13
attempts. Not a ton of home run power, but 34 doubles already. Similar to Andre
Ethier?."
Bryan Smith, TheBaseballAnalysts,
with a look at revisions on the WSox, especially what to do with breakout
prospect Josh Fields.
" ... Fields. As a pro ...
has yet to play a single position besides third base. The Sox have let this ride
up to Triple-A, up to Fields' breakout as a prospect. Third base is already
manned by someone sub-30, and will continue to be as Joe Crede just entered
arbitration in 2006. One option is to trade Fields while his value is high ...
My belief is that Fields should begin playing left field now, for the rest of
the season, and continue to do so in the Arizona Fall League. Next season,
Fields should compete with the other current members of the Knights outfield for
the left field spot ... with a half-season, the AFL, and Spring Training,
I think he would be ready. Some would argue his bat already is. Fields has both
33 extra-base hits and walks in Triple-A, both in just 243 at-bats. He has
stolen 13 bags in 17 attempts (there's that athleticism, again), and is sporting
a .957 OPS. The power and patience are there, and he would add another home run
threat to a lineup in Chicago chock-full of them. The question mark is his
contact ability. With 78 strikeouts so far, Fields is whiffing in an atrocious
30+ percent of his at-bats ... my concern about Josh Fields would be that
in the Major Leagues, there's a good chance his batting average will look like
Crede's did, in 2004."
Zach Chalifour, TheRotoTimes, on Yovani Gallardo MIL
" ... Another pitcher with
ace potential, Gallardo has been one of the most consistent pitchers this year
in the minors and should make a strong case for a number of minor league player
of the year awards if he can have a second half anything like his first three
months this season. A second-round pick out of a Texas high school in the 2004
draft ... 2006 campaign started at High-A Brevard County where he flat-out
dominated the Florida State League hitting. Highlighted by a start in which he
took a no-hitter into the ninth inning last month, Gallardo made 13 starts for
the Manatees and went 6-3 with a 2.09 ERA. Most impressive is the fact that in
77.2 innings he allowed just 54 base hits and struck out 103 batters. His
first-half performance warranted a quick promotion to Double-A Huntsville after
the FSL All-Star break. The story has been identical at Huntsville, as Southern
League hitters has done even worse against Gallardo ...has yet to give up a run
through 14 innings and has allowed just seven hits and issued only two walks
while striking out 16."
Will Lingo, Baseball America, with some notes on the Futures Game,
particularly a pair of missing stars.
Justin Upton? " ... that was
one of the toughest calls we had to make when assembling the roster. More
advanced players have a little bit of an advantage over prospects at lower
levels, but you always have to consider the absolute cream of the crop no matter
where they're playing. With Justin, it came down to two factors: there were
plenty of other good candidates for the U.S. outfield, and there were plenty of
other good Diamondbacks candidates. With a limit of two players per
organization, we went with Carlos Gonzalez and Stephen Drew this year, figuring
we'll get another shot at Justin next year."
Jay Bruce? " ... a good example of how
the Futures Game puzzle works. With the Reds, Homer Bailey is a given. When you
look at the rest of their candidates, Votto makes perfect sense because he's a
World first baseman who's having a strong year, and that position is
traditionally hard to fill on the World team. So right there you've filled your
Reds quota before you even really get to discuss Jay Bruce. He was on the list
of candidates, to be sure."
07 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ryan Garko CLE 0-4, .251
Jake
Dittler CLE 6 4 0 0 3 2, 4.52
Peter Moylan ATL 3-1/3 1 0 0 1
4, 6.17
John-Ford Griffin TOR 2-5, .239
John Hattig TOR
2-5, R, .277
Dustin McGowan TOR 5 6 5 5 5 7, 4.68
Chris
Denorfia CIN 1-2, RBI, BB, HBP, SF, .349
Philip Dumatrait
CIN 7 4 3 3 4 5, 4.43
Mike Burns CIN 1 0 0 0 0 1, 1.32
Dustin Pedroia BOS 1-3, HBP, .290
rehab, Wily Mo
Pena BOS 0-4, .300
David Murphy BOS 2-3, BB, .308
Michael Bourn PHI 0-2, R, 2 BB, SB, .333
Steven White
NYA 7 8 4 4 1 6, 3.62
B.J. Upton TB 1-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB, 0 errors,
.274
Elijah Dukes TB 2-4, 2 RBI, BB, SB, .290
Brian
Stokes TB 7 3 2 0 1 8, 3.34
Evan MacLane NYN 7 2 0 0 5 2,
3.24
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Rich Hill CHN 7.0 2
1 1 3 6, 6-1, 1.81 ... Adam Eaton TEX, a small step forward, 2.0 0 0 0 0
2 ... Howie Kendrick LAA, in a little slump, 1-5, .370 (3 for his last
21) ... Jeff Mathis LAA, likely playing for a trade, 2-4, double,
.293 ... Joe Saunders LAA, uncharacteristically wild, 6.0 7 2 2 6
2, 2.40 ... James Loney LAD 3-6, walk, .383 ... Andy LaRoche LAD
2-5, homer, walk, .333
EASTERN (AA) -- Brian Finch BAL 6 7 3 2 2
5 ... Michel Abreu 1B NYM 2-3, 2R, HR and 1-3, R, 2B ... Adam
Lind LF TOR 2-4, 2B, RBI ... Adam Harben MIN 2 1 0 0 1 3
... Brad Snyder RF CLE 0-4 ... Simon Pond 1B PIT
2-3, 3R, HR, BB, k ... Gio Gonzalez PHI 5 6 3 3 2 3 ... Wardell
Starling PIT 6 2 1 1 1 1 ... Brett Gardner CF NYY 2-5, R,
3B, RBI, SB ... Eric Duncan 1B NYY 0-1, 4BB ... Brent
Cox NYY 2 0 0 0 1 4 ... Brandon Moss BOS 1-4, BB, k ... Pat
Misch SF 7 6 0 0 2 5
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Matt Harrison ATL, 7 7
2 2 0 5, 5.40 ... Michael Ekstrom SD, 6 3 1 1 1 2, 3.86 ... great
pitchers duel, in a tidy 1 hour and 48 minutes -- Andrew Sonnanstine
TB, W (8-6), 9 3 0 0 1 9, 3.02, 97 pitches, Stephen Jackson ARI, L
(4-7), took perfect game into 8th, 8 2 1 1 0 8, 2.64 ... Joey Votto
1B/PH CIN, does it off the bench, 1-1, solo HR (19), .325 ... Chris
Shaver CHC 7 7 2 2 1 8, 2.20 ... Yovani Gallardo MIL, 4.2 4 1
0 5 5, 0.00, still no ER allowed ... Lance Broadway CHW, 8 6 0 0 0
7, 2.92
TEXAS (AA) -- Travis Buck OF OAK 2-4, 2B,
R, .298 ... Brian Stavisky OF OAK 2-3, BB, CS, .333 ... Kurt
Suzuki C OAK 1-3, BB, .305 ... Kevin Melillo 2B OAK 2-3,
2B, .268 ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 1-3, BB, E(5th error in 12 games
since call-up), .261 ... Michael Wilson OF SEA 2-4, .298 ...
Travis Blackley SEA 8.0 7 1 1 3 7, L(6-6), 4.00 ... Juan
Richardson 1B STL 1-4, 2B, .300 ... Cory Doyne STL 1.0 0 0 0 0
0, S(4), 2.65 ... Troy Tulowitzki SS COL 0-4, .275 ... Joseph
Koshansky 1B COL 1-4, .291 ... Ian Stewart OF COL 1-3, R,
BB, .261 ... Jordan Czarniecki OF COL 2-4, 2B, RBI, .284 ...
Joshua Newman COL 1.0 0 0 0 1 2, 2.37 ... Enmanuel Ulloa
COL 7.0 4 2 1 0 6, W(4-3), 3.20 ... Adam Morrissey 2B TEX 1-3, R,
RBI, 2BB, .314 ... Kevin Richardson C TEX 2-4, 2B, HR(12), 3R,
2RBI, BB, .278 ... Josh Anderson OF HOU 3-5 2B, 2R, 2RBI, 4SB(26),
.312 ... Ben Zobrist SS HOU 1-3, 2BB, SB(9), .336 ... Hunter
Pence OF HOU 1-5, RBI, 3K, .288 ... J.R. House C HOU 1-5, RBI,
.344 ... Aaron Peel OF LAA 4-5, R, 2RBI, .289 ... Brandon
Wood SS LAA 1-4, R, BB, SB(12), .295 ... Alex Gordon 3B KC
1-5, 2B, 2RBI, 3K, .301 ... Billy Butler OF KC 0-5, 4K, .317 ...
Chris Lubanski OF KC 3-5, 2 2B, R, 2RBI, .265
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Mike Stodolka 1B KC
2-4, 10th homer, .296 ... Mark
Reynolds ARZ 1-3, triple, .330 ... Michael Collins LAA,
as if the Angels didn't have enough catchers - Napoli, Mathis, Collins, Conger -
2-4, 19th double, .300 ... Chase Headley SD 2-4, 20th double, .281
... Evan Longoria TB 2-4, 2 homers, .292
CAROLINA (A+) -- Carl Loadenthal OF ATL
3-7, Home Run, 2RBI, sb ... Mark Jurich DH ATL 3-6,double, Home
Run, 2RBI ... Luis Atilano ATL 7.0 4 2 2 1 2 W ... Radhames
Liz BAL 2.0 3 3 3 2 4 L ... Matt Bruback BAL 6.0 6 2 2 2 2
W ... Joey Devine ATL 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 ... Edwin Maysonet
SS HOU 4-7, 2 doubles, run, 2RBI, sb ... Neil Sellers IF HOU 4-7,
double, run, 2RBI ... Lou Santangelo C HOU 3-7, double, 2 Home
Runs, 2 runs, 3RBI ... Juan Tejeda DH PIT 2-3, Home Run, 2 runs,
2RBI ... Paulino Del Guidice HOU 5.0 1 0 0 2 4 W ...
Collin Balester WAS 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 W ... Wes Whisler CHA
7.0 8 2 2 3 4 L
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Grant Psomas 3B FLO 2-4
double, R, .295
Brock Peterson 1B MIN 3-5 HR(9) 2R, .294
Ramiro Pena SS NYA 2-4, .280
Brian Duensing MIN 7 7 1
1 1 5 W(2-4, 2.77)
Drew Locke LF LA 2-4 SB(1), .241
Cory
Dunlap DH LA 1-3 HR(8), .226 - .395 OBP
Mitchell Boggs
STL 6 1 1 1 2 8 W(7-3, 3.01) - HR in 1st inning the only blemish
Dmitri
Young DH DET (rehab) 0-2 - removed from game before hitting in the 5th
inning
Ramon Ramirez CIN 5 2/3 6 0 0 0 5 W(1-3, 2.93)
Mike
Carp 1B NYN 3-4 double, RBI, .264
Ryan Harvey RF CHN 1-4
HR(8), .204
Jeff Larish 1B DET 1-3 HR(15) 2R 2RBI, .251
MIDWEST (A) -- Cameron Maybin DET 1-3, 16th SB,
2 BB's, K ... Josh Rainwater DET 6 1/3 2 0 0 1 7 (W, 4-2, 2.48)
... ugh John Mayberry TEX 0-3, all K's (.235) .. Paul
Kelly MIN 1-5, K (.267) ... nice effort from the 18-year-old Tommy
Mendoza ANA 8 5 2 1 1 5 (4.11) ... Mark Reed CHN 0-2 (.309)
... Todd Blackford CHN 7 3 1 0 0 5 (W, 8-2, 3.68) ... patience is
a virtue Jay Bruce CIN 0-2, 3 BB's ... Travis Wood
CIN 7 7 3 2 0 8 (3.72) ... Kyle Blanks SD 1-4, K (.280) ...
Matt Bush SD 0-4, K ... Luis Valbuena SEA 0-2, 18th SB,
2 BB's, K (.277)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Will Inman MIL (W, 4-1) 5
3 0 0 1 10, 1.37 ... Chris
Nelson COL 1-3, 2B (27), .278 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 1-4,
.271 ... Brad Corley PIT 2-4, HR (10), 3 RBI (57), .297 ...
Ryan Tucker FLA (W, 3-8) 5 4 1 1 1 7, 6.27 ... Sergio
Pedroza LAD 1-3, HR (19), RBI (70), BB, .288 ... Jose Tabata
NYA 0-4, 2 BB, .323 ... Austin Jackson NYA, yuck, 0-6, 5 K's, .258
... Eric Campbell ATL 0-5, .296 ... Elvis Andrus ATL
1-5, 3 RBI (39), .273 ... Greg Golson PHI 1-4, .220 ... Jeremy
Slayden PHI 1-3, HR (4), 2 RBI (37), .286 ... Dexter Fowler COL
2-4, 24th SB, .308 ... Eric Young Jr.1-3, 20th CS & 1-5, 58th SB, .259
... Angel Salome MIL1-3, double, walk & 1-4, 2 walks, .305
(allowed 2 SBs, but threw out 3) ... Lorenzo Cain MIL 2-4, double,
19th SB, .305
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 2B Jon Schemmel
NYM 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... Jake Ruckle NYN (8 shutout innings last
time out) 8.2 1 0 0 0 5 (W1-1) ...
Joe Smith NYM ... 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 (S, 2) -- Combine for 1 hitter.
CFer drops the ball with 2 out in the 9th. So with runner on second manager
decides to go to the closer instead of the 9 inning complete game ... C Max
Sapp HOU 1st rounder, 2-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E ... SS Tim Torres
HOU 1-3, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2BB, 1 E ... CF John Parraz HOU 2-5, 2 R, 1
2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 SB ... 2B Cesar Quintero HOU 2-5, 2 R, 1RBI, 1
SB, 1 E ... 1B Eric Taylor HOU 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB ... CF Deik
Scram DET 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB ... DH Jim Skelton DET 1-3, 2 R, 1 2B,
1 RBI, 2BB, 1 CS
SS Jonathan Diaz TOR 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI ... SS
Adam Davis CLE 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... 1B Dustin Realini
CLE 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB ...SS Jason Donald PHI 1-4, 1 R, 1
2B, 3 RBI
1B Charlie Yarbrough PHI 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI ...
C-1B Tim Kennelly PHI 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI
DH Brian Capps
PHI 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 CS
CF Alex Presley PIT 3-4 ... Garet
Hill PHI 5 4 0 0 1 2 ... 2B Miguel Abreu BAL 2-4, 2 R, 1
2B, 1 SB ... 1B Chris Vineyard BAL 2-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB ... Kyle
Schmidt BAL 7 4 1 1 1 12 (Most Ks in a game in NY-P this year) ...
Jeremy Hellickson TB 5 3 1 1 2 7 ... SS-3B Ryan Khoury
BOS 2-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E ... RF Bubba Bell BOS 2-4, 2 R, 1
2B, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 CS ... CF Mike Daniel WASH 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
... Mario Pena BOS 5 5 1 1 0 2 1.64 (W3-0) ... 3B Tanner
Rogers FLO 2-3, 1 R, 1 CS ... Brett Sinkbeil FLO 5 3 1 0 3 6
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Jeff Samardzija
CHN, 4.0 5 1 1 1 1, 3.00 ... Jeremy Papelbon CHN 2, 2.1 1 0 0 0 4,
0.00 ... Joshua Sullivan P COL L 0-3, 6.0 5 4 3 1 3, 1.64 ...
Lester Contreras 1B ARZ , 3-5, 2 doubles, 3 rbi's ... Chad
Tracy C TEX 3-5, 2 r, 3 rbi 7,8 & 9, 3rd hr, .314 ... Grant
Gerrard CF TEX 3-4, 2 r, 2rbi, 1bb, .349, .445 obp ... Robert
Felmy LF 1-4, 3rd hr, 4th sb, .341 ... Henry Gutierrez-Portalatin
C SF 3-4, double, 3rd sb, .405 ... John Odom P SF w 3-1, 5.0 4 2 1
2 4 2.79 ... Scott Deal P OAK w 4-0, 5.0 6 0 0 1 3 1.64 ...
Scott Moore P OAK s #2, 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0.00 ... Jermain
Mitchell OF OAK sb #8 ... Michael Affronti ss OAK e #6
fielding ... Greg Dowling 1B OAK e #5, .170 ba
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Junior Contreras DH NYM
2-3, 2 doubles, rbi, .571
Matthew Inouye C CHW 1-2, 2bb, .368
Travis Snider 3B TOR 2-4, 3rbi .263
Daryl Jones OF
STL 2-4 Grand Slam HR. 5 rbi
Concepcion Rodriguez OF NYM 1-5
double .367
Desmond Jennings 2-4, double .343
Ronald
Ramirez SS HOU 2-3, 2 doubles(5), .366
Corey Bass (W 2-1)
6.0 4 0 0 2 2 ERA 3.60
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Chris Valaika SS
CIN 2-5, 3R, 2b(5), RBI ... Drew Stubbs CF CIN 1-4, 2b(1), RBI, R,
SB(7) ... Perfecto for 5 Dane Mason CIN (W 1-0) 5.0 0 0 0 0 6 ...
rough night for Josh Bell 3b LAD 1-4, 3SO, 2E(9) ... Hector
Gomez SS COL 1-3, 2R, BB ... David Christensen RF COL 1-4,
2RBI, 2SO ... Josh Wall LAD L(1-1) 6.0 11 6 4 2 2
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Kyle Sleeth DET, on the
comeback trail, 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 ... CF Gorkys Hernandez DET 3-5, .429 ... so far
living up to his billing as a 1st rounder, Clayton Kershaw LAD 3.0 2 0 0 0 5 ...
catcher Gerardo Rodriguez NYA 4-4, 2 doubles (7), .368
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Carlos Lee MIL, this one a
catcher, 3-5,
double, walk, .545 ... Vladimir Veras LAA 6.0 5 0 0 1 2, 2-0, 1.20
... 3B Zach McAngus MIL 3-5, 2 doubles, walk, .444 ... 2B Jodam
Rivera SD 4-6, .409
Troop
Movements ... MIL - designated Chad Moeller for assignment,
optioned Carlos Villanueva to Triple-A, purchased the contract of
Mike Rivera from Triple-A, recalled Dana Eveland
from Triple-A ... WAS - optioned Jason
Bergmann to Triple-A, activated Alex Escobar from the
15-day DL, optioned Mike O'Connor to Triple-A, purchased the
contract of Micah Bowie from Triple-A ... NYN -
recalled Henry Owens from Double-A, placed Pedro
Martinez on the 15-day DL, Mike Pelfrey on the way ... NYA -
optioned Matt Smith to Triple-A ... BAL - purchased the contract
of Luis Terrero from Triple-A, designated Luis Matos
for assignment ... PHI - activated Jon Lieber from the 15-day DL,
optioned Scott Mathieson to Double-A ... CIN - recalled Michael
Gosling from Triple-A, optioned Brian Shackelford to
Triple-A, acquired Eddie Guardado and cash from SEA for Travis
Chick, activated Edwin Encarnacion from the 15-day DL,
purchased the contract of DeWayne Wise from Triple-A, optioned
Elizardo Ramirez to Single-A, designated Quinton McCracken
for assignment ... FLO - recalled Jason Vargas from
Triple-A, optioned Renyel Pinto to Triple-A ... MIN - recalled
Pat Neshek from Triple-A ... SF - activated Moises Alou from
the 15-day DL, optioned Jack Taschner to Triple-A ...
" ... Only a game into his comeback, Jose Canseco was
traded Wednesday after seeking the move because of family obligations. Golden
Baseball League approved the trade, sending Canseco, 42, to the Long Beach
Armada as a designated hitter/pitcher. Canseco leaves the San Diego Surf Dawgs
after a dismal first outing Monday ... went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts
and he was hit by a pitch." (AP)
Dayn Perry, FOXSports,
selects the top Triple-A prospects :
" ... 1B James Loney ... healthy
again and having a big impact for the Dodgers in Las Vegas ... has always
had the scouting reports in his favor, but a long string of injuries has
dampened his production as a pro. Well, his long-anticipated breakout season is
ongoing. This year, Loney ranks eighth in the PCL with a .415 OBP, and he ranks
fifth with an SLG of .549. Las Vegas is a hitter's haven, and much of value this
season is tied up in his .374 batting average. Still, it's good to see Loney
healthy and hitting once again."
" ... SS Stephen Drew ... hitting .285
AVG/.342 OBP/.459 SLG which is respectable but not outstanding for someone
playing half his games in run-inducing Tucson. Drew may be suffering a bit from
a rapid promotion schedule (he opened the year in the PCL despite never proving
himself in Double-A), but long term he remains a strong prospect."
" ... OF Chris Young ... has
exceptional secondary hitting skills, speed on the bases and a tremendous glove
in center. He got off to a slow start this season as he recovered from a broken
hand, but he's been hitting since then. With Justin Upton in the fold and
playing center, it's not certain what Young's long-term future will be, but
he'll hit at any position and with any organization."
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
reviews his pre-season WAS prospect chart :
" ... 2) Kory Casto ...
.295/.414/.520 with 13 homers, 56 walks, 60 strikeouts in 281 at-bats for
Double-A Harrisburg. Adjusting very well to Double-A. It will be interesting to
see how the Nats work him and Zimmerman into the same lineup eventually."
" ... 3) Bill Bray ... 3.98 ERA with 45/9
K/BB in 32 innings for Triple-A New Orleans. Best attribute is strong strikeout
rate. Should be ready to help in the pen next year."
" ... 4) Larry Broadway ...
.311/.368/.471 in 92 games for New Orleans. Solid performance, should be ready
next year if they find a slot for him."
06 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ben Francisco CLE 3-4, 2B, SB, .282
Martin Prado ATL 3-6, 3 R, .301
Scott Baker MIN 6 8 3
3 2 4, 2.92
Ryan Roberts TOR 2-3, R, RBI, SF, SB, .273
Rob
Cosby TOR 2-4, R, .258
Brandon League TOR 1 3 1 1 0 0,
2.18
Ryan Raburn DET 2-2, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, SB & 1-3, 17th HR, R,
RBI, .294
Jordan Tata DET 7 3 0 0 2 3, 3.34
Tonys
Gutierrez CIN 2-3, R, .300
rehab, Edwin Encarnacion CIN 1-3,
2B & 1-3, 1st HR, R, RBI, .306
Ryan Wagner CIN 1-2/3 0 0 0 0 2,
6.27
Val Majewski BAL 2-4, R, RBI, BB, SB, .209
Rajai
Davis PIT 2-5, R, 2 RBI, SB, .266
Sean Burnett PIT 4 4 2
2 2 3, 5.30
rehab, Wily Mo Pena BOS 2-4, 1st HR, R, 2 RBI, .375
David Murphy BOS 2-4, 2B, R, .301
Michael Bourn PHI
3-3, 3B, 2 RBI, SB, .429
Matt White PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0, 3.36
Kevin Thompson NYA 2-3, 2B, R, 2 BB, SB, .278
Christian
Garcia NYA 2-4, .240
Sean Henn NYA 1-2/3 5 2 2 1 0, 4.20
B.J. Upton TB 1-4, R, BB, 0 errors, .274
Shawn Riggans TB
1-4, .291
Chris Seddon TB 5 3 2 1 2 4, 4.74
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- ready for a big league
trial, Jason Hirsh HOU, fronting a one-hitter, 6.0 1 0 0 1 7, 10-2, 2.28
... Ubaldo Jimenez COL, better than his AAA debut, 6.2 7 2 2 1 1 ...
Howie Kendrick LAA 0-4, .373 ... Ryan Shealy COL 2-4,
14th homer, .288 ... Andy LaRoche LAD 2-5, .320 ... winning ugly,
Jason Windsor OAK 6.1 11 5 5 1 6, 8-0 in AAA
EASTERN (AA) -- Matt Garza MIN
8.0 5 0 0 0 9, 2.51 ... Jair Jurrjens DET, taking nicely to AA,
5.0 8 2 1 2 3, 3-0, 2.45 ... Kouz is back, Kevin Kouzmanoff
CLE 2-3, .432 ... Tony Armas WAS, rehab, 2.1 3 2 2 1 4
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Paul Mildren CHW, 7 6 2 2 3 7,
3.60 ... Miguel Montero C ARI, 1-4, 10th HR, RBI, .268 ... Jeff
Niemann TB, 7 6 2 2 0 8, 3.86 ... Garrett Mock ARI, 7.2 4 0
0 3 7, 4.22 ... Steven Hammond MIL, 6 4 0 0 3 4, 1.06 ... enfuego,
Joey Votto 1B CIN, 2-3, 18th HR, 2 RBI, .325 ... Eric
Patterson 2B CHC, 2-4, RBI, R, .279 ... Chris Walker CF CHC,
1-1, 2B, 3 BB, 33rd SB, .303
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood SS LAA 0-4, 2K,
.298 ... Nathan Haynes OF LAA 1-4, 2B, .267 ... Jose
Arredondo LAA 9.0 5 0 0 2 8, W(1-0), 0.00 (not too bad for a AA debut) ...
Josh Anderson OF HOU 2-4, CS(12), .308 ... Ben Zobrist
SS HOU 1-3, RBI, BB, SB, .336 ... Josh Bonifay DH HOU 2-4, HR(13),
2R, RBI, .274 ... Adam Morrissey 2B TEX 1-3, BB, .313 ... Nate
Gold TEX 1B 1-4, 2B, R, .284 ... Brian Stavisky OF OAK 2-5,
2B, .325 ... Vasili Spanos DH OAK 2-4, R, .314 ... Kevin
Melillo 2B OAK 1-1, HR(8), R, 2RBI, .264 ... Wladimir Balentien
OF SEA 2-3, 2 2B, 2R, BB, .254 ... Marshall Hubbard DH SEA 2-3,
2B, RBI, BB, .348 ... Michael Wilson OF SEA 0-3, .279 ...
Robert Rohrbaugh SEA 6.2 7 0 0 0 6, 0.92 ... Juan
Richardson 1B STL 1-3, R, 2RBI, BB, .301 ... Travis Hanson 3B
STL 2-5, 2B, 2RBI, .292 ... Troy Tulowitzki SS COL 0-4, R, BB,
.279 ... Joseph Koshansky 1B COL 1-5, 2B, RBI,.292 ... Jordan
Czarniecki OF COL 1-2, 2R, 3BB, .281 ... Alex Gordon 3B KC
0-4, 3K, .303 ... Billy Butler OF KC 0-4, .322
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- 3B Brandon Burgess ARZ
3-4, double, 15th homer, .268 ... he's human after all, Carlos Gonzalez
ARZ 0-5, 4 Ks, .319 ... Eric Hurley TEX 4.0 5 3 3 1 2, 3.45 ... Reid Brignac TB
1-4, 21st double, .333 ... Evan Lognoria TB 1-3, .250 ... such a tease,
Luis Cota KC 5.0 6 2 2 1 10, 4-7, 6.94 ... Mike Stodolka
KC 3-5, 9th homer, 5 RBI, .292
CAROLINA (A+) -- Victor Mercedes 2B CHA
2-5, Home Run, 2 runs, 2RBI ... David Cook LF CHA 2-4, double,
Home Run, 3 runs, 3RBI ... Daron Roberts RF CHA 4-5, 3 runs, 2RBI
... Jack Egbert CHA 6.0 5 1 0 2 7 W ... Jeff Corsaletti
LF BOS 2-4, Home Run, 2 runs ... Jed Lowrie 2-5, double, 2 runs,
3RBI ... Andrew Pinckney 3B BOS 1-3, Home Run, 4RBI ... Tommy
Hottovy BOS 6.0 5 1 1 3 2 W
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Control still eluding
him, Mark Rogers MIL 5 5 3 3 6 3 ND, 5.07
Hernan Iribarren
2B MIL 2-3 R 2SB(11), .315
Grant Psomas 3B FLO 2-5 double, R
2RBI SB(6), .292
Ryan Patterson LF TOR 2-5 double, R, .286
Aaron Mathews RF TOR 2-5, .298
Dmitri Young DH DET
(rehab) 2-3 double, R
Mike Costanzo 3B PHI 3-4 RBI, .242
MIDWEST (A) -- Jay Bruce CIN 1-3, 11th
SB, BB, K (.317) ... Vincent Mazzaro OAK 6 7 3 3 1 8 (4.96) ...
Pedro Ciriaco ARZ 0-4, 2 K's, 28th error (.280) ... Justin
Upton ARZ 0-4 ... Paul Kelly MIN 1-3 ... Cameron
Maybin DET 2-4, BB, 14th & 15 SB (.314) ... Hainley Statia ANA
2-4, 12th SB ... overlooked teenager Scott Taylor CHN 6 6 1 1 3 1
(3.26) ... Mark Reed CHN 0-3, 14th SB, BB, 2 K's ... Matt
Bush SD 1-4, K, 6th error already (.289) .. Kyle Blanks SD
9th HR, 5th error .. Bryan Anderson STL 2-5, 20th double, K
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Dave McKae SF (W, 3-1) 8 4
2 2 1 7, 1.50 ... Anthony Contreras SF 2-6, 3 RBI (41), .326 ...
Andrew McCutchen PIT 0-1, .271 ... Jay Johnson BOS
3-5, 2 HR (10), 3 RBI (38), .285 ... Sergio Pedroza LAD 1-5, HR
(18), 2 RBI (69), .288 ... Travis Denker LAD 1-3, HR (3), RBI
(10), BB, .241 ... Jose Tabata NYA 1-3, 2B (22), RBI (48), 3 BB,
.327 ... Austin Jackson NYA 2-5, 2B (16), RBI (33), SB (26), BB,
.263 ... Dee Brown WAS 3-4, 2B (14), HR (5), 5 RBI (38), BB, .253
... Eric Campbell ATL 1-4, SB (10), .299 ... Greg Golson
PHI 1-5, HR (6), RBI (25), .220 ... Tom Fairchild HOU, smokin',
(W, 10-3), 7 5 1 1 1 8, 1.66
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- DH Matt McBride
CLE 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI ... 3B Rob Goedert CLE 3-4, 1 R ....
Nick Pesco CLE 7 4 0 0 0 7 ... SS Angel Gonzalez PIT
1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... Jared Hughes PIT 6 1 0 0 1 3 ... SS
Joe Tucker DET 2-4, 3 R, 2 RBI .... 3B Santo De
Leone DET 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI ... CF Brennan Boesch
DET 2-5, 3 RBI ... LF Brandon Timm DET 2-4, 1 R 1 BB ... 2B Max
Leon DET 3-5, 1 R ... 1B Eric Taylor HOU 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1
3B ... DH Jhon Florentino HOU 3-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... LF Nate
Southard STL 3-5, 2 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI 1 SB ... SS Jose Salazar
STL 3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... 2B Jared Schweitzer STL 3-5, 2 R, 1
2B 1 E ...DH Matt Wilkerson 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB ...CF
Jim Rapaport STL 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI ... 1B Nate Fields TB
2-4, 1 RBI ... RF Paul Winterling BAL 3-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI ... 1B
Chris Vineyard BAL 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI ... 2B Miguel Abreu
BAL 2-5, 2 R, 2 SB ... 1B Aaron Bates BOS 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB ...
RF Bubba Bell BOS 2-4, 1 RBI ... CF Mike Daniel WASH
2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Cubs' 1st rounder
Tyler Colvin 1-3, .207 ... TEX CF Grant Gerrard 3-4, .333
... David Freese SD, not bad for a 9th rounder, 2-4, 5th homer,
.379 ... Steven Uhlmansiek SEA 5.0 2 0 0 2 3, 0.47
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Rain dampened July 5th results
Jonathan Jaspe C TOR 1-5 .347
Scott Madsen SS
CHW 2-4, 2 doubles, rbi .368
Felipe Garcia 1B/C CLE 2-5, Triple,
3rbi, .391 ... late box from Tuesday 7/4, Sergio Severino HOU (W
2-1) 5.0 2 0 0 2 3 ERA 0.60
Allen Langdon OF HOU 2-5 double 2rbi
Ralph Henriquez C HOU 4-5 .275
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Justin Fuller SS
LAD 2-6, 3R, 2b(3), 4RBI ... Jesus Soto 3b LAD 3-5, 2b(4), 3RBI,
BB ... Josh Bell DH LAD 3-5, 4R, 2RBI, HR(1) ... Hector
Gomez 3b COL 1-5, R, 2SO ... David Christensen RF COL 1-4, BB,
2SO ... Trevor Bell LAA 5.0 4 1 1 2 2 ... Felipe
Arredondo (BS-1, W 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 5
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Mets' 4th rounder
having an awful start to his pro career, John Holdzkom 0.2 5 6 6 3 1, an
18.00 ERA in 6 innings ... 2B Yosanddy Garcia LAD 2-4, triple,
.432 ... Preston Mattingly LAD 2-5, .341 ... 3B Adam Coe
ATL 1-4, 4th homer, .347
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- catcher Hank Conger LAA
first rounder, 2-4, homer, walk, 3 runs, 3 RBI, .356 ... Brandon Morrow
SEA first rounder (5th overall), pro debut, 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 ... Jeff
Bianchi KC 3-5, 3 runs, .432 ... 3B Jason Taylor KC 4-6, 2
doubles, .481
Troop
Movements ... MIN - optioned Boof Bonser to Triple-A ... STL -
acquired Jeff Weaver from LAA for OF Terry Evans ... NYA -
claimed Aaron Guiel off waivers
from KC, purchased the contract of Kris Wilson from Triple-A, optioned
Kevin Reese to
Triple-A ... SD - activated Dave Roberts from the 15-day DL, placed
Ben Johnson on
the 15-day DL ...
Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com, looks in on a few other prospects who, while
failing to make the Futures Game roster, offered plenty in the first half of the
season :
" ... SS Reid Brignac ...
Yes, I know it's in the California League, a hitting haven, but Brignac is just
20 and is in the top seven in the Triple Crown categories after hitting .398 in
June. Anytime you have a shortstop with a .564 SLG, I don't care what the league
is, you want to see what he can do on a larger stage."
" ... C Angel Salome
... an exciting young player I couldn't pass up.
Salome, just turned 20, got some ink by hitting .415 in Helena last year. He's
hitting over .300 for West Virginia in the South Atlantic League now and showing
a little pop and a little speed from behind the plate."
" ... OF Jay Bruce ... I wasn't sure
about this pick until I saw that the teenager who was the Reds' first-round pick
in 2005 is tied for the Minor League lead in extra-base hits with 50 in his
first full season. Overall, he's hit .317 with 12 homers, 33 doubles and 57 RBIs
(.404 in June) with Dayton in the Midwest League."
" ... SP Jose Arredondo ... I keep
talking about how hitting-friendly the California League is, and here we have a
22-year-old who had a 2.30 ERA over 15 starts there. In his 90 innings,
Arredondo gave up just 62 hits and struck out 115 while yielding 35 walks. It's
hard to ignore the .198 batting average against in that circuit and the fact
that he's fourth on the overall Minors strikeout leader board."
Homer Bailey tops the
Prospect Hot Sheet at Baseball America.
" ... The reports
on Bailey over his first three starts--all wins--in the Southern League have
been as impressive as his numbers there. In 17 innings, the 20-year-old
righthander has yet to allow an earned run, given up seven hits, struck out 22
and walked just four. His fastball has been in the 96-97 mph range, topping out
at 98, and his 12-to-6 curveball has been a major asset. The big news concerns
his changeup, which has developed into an average to above-average offering this
season."
" ... 9. Donald Veal ...
pitched his way out of the Midwest League with a 5-3, 2.69 first half at
Lansing, and he's been even better in three starts since a promotion to Daytona.
Veal has yet to allow an earned run in his first 18 2/3 Florida State League
innings, and he picked up his first high Class A win with seven innings of
three-hit ball Tuesday against Brevard County."
And, on the Not So Hot Sheet, Gio Gonzalez
tops the chart :
" ... If you can say anything
good about Gio's recent string of starts, it's that he hasn't lost the ability
to strike batters out. Since June 1, Gonzalez has labored mightily, posting a
6.49 ERA with 18 walks in 34 and 2/3 innings. However, the stuff is there, as
Gonzalez has struck out 40 batters. The main problem has been the longball, as
Gonzalez has allowed 10 home runs during that streak, including at least one in
his last eight starts."
A little catchup ... David
Regan, RotoAmerica, checks in with his picks as the best of the prospects
among starting pitchers. Jered Weaver LAA ranks No. 1 just ahead of
the Yankee phenom :
" ... Philip
Hughes ... May have the most upside of anyone on his list despite
having just turned 20 a few days ago. 97 Ks in 97.1 IP between High-A and
Double-A, including just two hits allowed over 13 innings in his last start.
Hopefully hes not being over-worked."
" ... 4. Mike Pelfrey
... Likely to be untouchable in Omar Minayas July trade talks, Pelfrey
could have a John Lackey-like playoff impact as a rookie for the Mets. Hes got
all stuff necessary to be a #2 starter. 2.55 ERA and 92 K in 81.1 IP between
High-A and Double-A."
" ... 10. Anibal Sanchez
... Nice first big league start. Sanchez came over from Boston in the
Lowell/Beckett deal and should be a solid #3 starter in time."
05 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Andy Marte CLE 2-3, .273
Ben
Francisco CLE 2-4, RBI, .276
John Hattig TOR 2-4, 2B, R,
.276
Jason Phillips TOR 3-3, 5th HR, R, 2 RBI, BB, SB, .264
Josh Banks TOR 6-2/3 4 1 1 2 7, 5.21
Ricky Romero TOR
2 1 0 0 1 1, 5.91
Josh Fields CHA 2-3, 3B, R, .334
Casey
Rogowski CHA 1-2, BB, .278
Ryan Raburn DET 2-3, 2B, 16th
HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, .289
Chris Denorfia CIN 4-5, 2 2B, 3B,
2 R, 3 RBI, .351
rehab, Edwin Encarnacion CIN 0-4, .300
Mike Burns CIN 1-1/3 2 1 1 0 3, 1.36
Adam Loewen BAL
7 3 0 0 0 10, 0.00
Rajai Davis PIT 2-4, 2B, R, .263
Abe
Alvarez BOS 3 8 7 7 1 1, 4.68
Josh Kroeger PHI 2-4, 2 2B,
RBI, .252
Michael Bourn PHI 0-4, .000
Eude Brito
PHI 7 3 1 1 0 5, 3.86
B.J. Upton TB 3-4, 2B, RBI, BB, 2 SB, 0 errors,
.274
J.P. Howell TB 5 5 1 1 1 3, 2.25
Jeff Keppinger
NYN 3-3, 2B, RBI, .312
Yusaku Iriki NYN 1 1 1 1 1 0, 4.80
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Brandon Backe
HOU, rehab, 4.2 4 1 1 2 3 ... Angel Guzman CHN 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 ...
Felix Pie CHN, a pulse, 2-4, double, .248 ... John Danks
TEX, now he's on, 6.0 4 0 0 0 8, 2.00 ... Howie Kendrick LAA 0-4,
.378 ... catcher Chris Iannetta COL 3-3, 2 doubles, homer, walk, 3
RBI, .407 ... CF Jeff Salazar COL 3-5, double, triple, .301 ...
Adam Jones SEA 1-4, 13th homer, .278 ... Chris Snelling
SEA 1-2, homer, walk, .298 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 1-4, 13th homer,
.285 ... Chris Young ARZ 1-2, 2 walks, .268 ... Nick
Pereira, looks like SF moved him up too far, too soon, 4.2 6 5 5 6 3, 6.65
... Joel Guzman LAD 3-4, 13th double, 9th homer, .288 ... James
Loney LAD 2-3, 7th homer, walk, .378 ... Andy Laroche LAD
1-4
EASTERN (AA) -- Aaron Laffey CLE
7.0 4 1 1 2 4, 3.22 ... Zack Segovia PHI 9.0 7 0 0 3 5, 3.56 ...
Ty Clippard NYA 8.0 1 0 0 2 11, 4-10, 4.29
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Soon, somebody else will
begin to take note of TJ Nall LAD, a perfect game into the 6th inning,
9.0 2 0 0 0 12, 8-2, 2.22 ... Ryan Braun MIL 4-5, double, .245 ...
Wes Bankston TB, still at 3B, 2-4, homer, .277
TEXAS (AA) -- Aaron Peel OF LAA
2-5, R, .283 ... Brandon Wood SS LAA 2-3, 2R, RBI, BB, .300 ...
Bobby Wilson C LAA 2-4, RBI, .302 ... Nick Green LAA
6.2 6 2 2 2 3, W(3-1), 4.19 ... Troy Tulowitzki SS COL 3-3, RBI,
2BB, .284 ... Tino Sanchez C COL 2-4, 2B, HR(1), 2R, 2RBI, .429
(2nd game with Tulsa) ... Travis Buck OF OAK 1-4, 2K, .295 ...
Josh Anderson OF HOU 1-4, 2RBI, CS(11), .305 ... Ben
Zobrist SS HOU 1-4, 3B, E(16), .336 ... Hunter Pence OF HOU
2-4, .290 SB(10) ... Paul Estrada HOU 1.0 0 0 0 0 2, S(5), 3.55
... Chance Douglass HOU 7.0 5 0 0 3 8, W(6-2), 3.22 ... Kevin
Richardson C TEX 2-2, HR(11), R, RBI, 2BB, .273 ... Danny
Touchet TEX 2.0 0 0 0 0 2, S(1), 3.69 ... Nate Gold 1B TEX
2-3, HR(12), R, 3RBI, BB, .285 ... Michael Wilson OF SEA 2-4, 2B,
2RBI, SB, .300 ... Mark Lowe SEA 2.0 1 2 2 2 3, L(0-2), 2.16 ...
Juan Richardson 1B STL 2-4, .300 ... Terry Evans OF
STL 1-4, R, .307 ... Alex Gordon 3B KC 2-5, HR(11), R, 3RBI, .308
... Billy Butler OF KC 1-4, 2K, .326 ... Neal Musser
KC 6.0 5 3 3 3 4, W(4-0), 1.95 ... Gabe DeHoyos KC 1.2 0 0 0 0 1,
S(1), 0.00 (just called up from High Desert)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- 3B Chase Headley SD
3-5, 19th double, 10th homer, walk, .279 ... Matt Miller OF COL
2-5, 11th homer, 3 RBI, .311 ... Mark Reynolds ARZ, due for a
crack at AA, 2-4, 22nd homer, .335 ... Reid Brignac TB, also
overdue for a AA trial, 1-5, 16th homer, .334 ... Ben Harrison OF
TEX 3-4, double, .302
CAROLINA (A+) -- Matt Young CF ATL 2-5,
double, 2 runs, 3RBI ... Carl Loadenthal LF ATL 4-6, 2 runs, 2RBI
... Mark Jurich DH ATL 1-4, Home Run, 2 runs, 4RBI ... Steve
Doetsch RF ATL 3-5, run, 3RBI ... James Parr ATL 7.1 4 11 6
7 W ... David Cook LF CHA 2-3, Home Run ... Scott Lewis
CLE 4.1 4 0 0 2 2 ... Brad Correll RF PIT 2-4, Home Run ...
Luis Ramirez BAL 8 1 1 1 1 4 W
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Don Veal CHN 7 3
0 0 1 6 W(1-0, 0.00)
Blake Dewitt 2B LA 2-3 HR(11), .275
Drew Locke LF LA 3-4 HR(1) double, 4RBI, .213
Ryan
Patterson CF TOR 1-3 HR(17) 4RBI, .284
Mike Costanzo 3B PHI
1-2 HR(6) 2R, .235
Brad Harman SS PHI 3-5 R RBI, .240
Clete
Thomas CF DET 2-4 R, .258
Corey Coles LF NYN 3-6 2R, .332
Grant Psomas 3B FLO 2-5 double, 2RBI, .290
Alexi
Casilla 2B MIN 3-4 triple, 2R, .320
MIDWEST (A) -- Joshua Johnson KC 3-5, K
... Hainley Statia ANA 2-4, BB (293) .. Mitch Atkins
CHN 6 5 0 0 3 2 (W, 7-2, 2.45) ... Mark Reed CHN 1-4 (.317) ..
Jake Rasner TEX 6 6 6 4 1 5 (4.15) ... still a work in progress
Justin Upton ARZ 0-3, 9th SB, BB, K (.275) ... Oswaldo Sosa
MIN 6 4 2 2 3 6 (2.61) ... Jay Bruce CIN (in CF) 1-5, 2 K's, 10th
SB, 8th CS ... Matt Bush SD 3-4, 1st SB, but 5th error ... Kyle
Blanks SD 1-4, 2 K's (.281) ... a bit of pop Bryan Anderson
STL 3-5, 19th double, 2nd triple (.309) ... Lucas French DET 6 9 3
3 0 4 (3.32) ... Cameron Maybin DET 3-4, 3rd HR, 2nd CS in 15
attempts ... Wade Davis TB 6 2/3 8 4 4 1 9 (W, 5-6, 2.81) ...
Luis Valbuena SEA 2-4, 15th double (.283)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Chris Nelson COL
1-5, double, 24th error, .278 ... OF Lorenzo Cain MIL 3-4, double,
.304 ... Sean West FLO, star has faded, 6.0 7 5 5 1 6, 2.49 ...
Sergio Pedroza LAD 2-3, 2 doubles (24), walk, .289 ... Jose
Tabata NYA 2-4, .327 ... Brandon Erbe BAL 4.0 4 4 3 4 6, 2.76
... 1B John Urick PHI 3-4, double, triple, 3 RBI, .284
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 1B Nate
Messner FLA 2-3, 1 RBI ... DH Matt Wilkerson STL 2-4, 1 2B ...
Adam Ottavino STL 6.1 2 1 0 1 4 ... C Erick San
Pedro WASH 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... RF Brandon Timm DET 2-5, 1 RBI
1 SB ... LF Paul Smyth BOS 1-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... LF Cesar
Quintero HOU 3-5, 1 3B, 3 RBI ... 3B Chris Johnson HOU 3-4, 1
R, 2 2B, 3 RBI ... 1B Eric Taylor HOU 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB ... 3B Tim
Grogan 3-4, 1 R, 2 RBI ... RF Jonathan Sanchez 3-4, 3 R, 2
3B, 1 RBI ...1B Matt Fields TB 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI ... SS Adam
Davis CLE 1-4, 2 R, 1 3B ... 1B Luke Hopkins TOR 2-2, 1 R,
2 2B, 2 RBI 2 BB 1 E ... Hector Delgadillo TOR 6 3 1 1 1 6 (W 2-0)
... Jeff Moore BAL 6 3 1 1 0 3 (W 2-0)
" ... Former No. 1 overall pick
Josh Hamilton went 1-for-3 on Tuesday in his first game in almost four years
following a suspension for violating Major League Baseball's substance abuse
policy ... After allowing the 25-year-old outfielder to take Extended
Spring Training at the beginning of June, Major League Baseball permitted
Hamilton to play in the Minors for the rest of the season. Hamilton cried during
the national anthem, then received a standing ovation from the fans during his
first at-bat before his Hudson Valley Renegades fell to the Brooklyn Cyclones,
7-2. "It was joy," he said of stepping into the batter's box. "I couldn't really
put into words how I felt at the moment. I just never thought I could get back
here." The designated hitter flew out to left field in the first inning, but hit
a leadoff double -- one of Hudson Valley's three hits -- in the fourth and
scored on Matthew Fields' single. He grounded out in the sixth and was replaced
by pinch hitter David Kennedy in the ninth." (MLB.com)
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- OF Grant
Gerrard TEX 4-5, 2 doubles, 6th SB, .304 ... Shane Lindsay
COL, a rare off-night, 3.2 6 4 4 2 2 ... 1B William Thompson SF
1-4, 3rd homer, .397 ... David Freese SD 1-3, double, 2 walks,
.370 ... in a relief role again, Mark Pawelek CHN, 2.0 3 3 0 1 2,
4.26 ... Larry Cobb OF, leadoff, OAK 2-3, double, 2 walks, .340 &
gunned out a runner at 3B
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Jonathan Jaspe
C TOR 1-4 .364
Matthew Inouye C CHW 0-5 .361
Francisco
Mateo TOR (W 3-0) 5.0 2 2 1 4 4 ERA 1.80
Junior Contreras
DH NYM, double, 3rbi, .556
Brandon Buckman 1B STL 1-3 .347
Desmond Jennings OF TB 1-2 .370
Zachary Clark BAL (W
2-1) 5.0 3 0 0 0 9 ERA 0.64 (1 earned run allowed in 14 innings pitched)
Concepcion Rodriguez OF ATL 3-5 .373
Larry Williams
OF ATL 0-3 .327
Jared Head 3B CLE 2-4, double, 2rbi .314
Michael Broadway ATL 6.0 1 0 0 1 2 ND 1.98 ERA
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Gerardo Parra RF
ARI 1-4(.316), RBI, SO ... 3rd rounder Chris Valaika SS CIN
2-5(.278), 2b(4), R ... Logan Parker 1b CIN 3-4(.432), 2b(3),
2RBI, SB(1) ... P.J. Phillips 3b LAA 1-4(.250), 2b(5), RBI, E(7) ...
Brenan Herrera DH KC 4-4(.340), HR(2), 4RBI ... Luis
Castillo 3b KC 2-4(.400), HR(1), 2RBI ... Chris Errecart LF
MIL 2-4(.196), 2b(4), 2RBI ... Veron Carter DH CWS 2-4(.373),
2b(7), 2RBI ... Josh Bell 3b LAD 3-4(.340), 2b(7), 2RBI ...
Hector Gomez 3b COL 2-3(.423), HR(2), BB, E(9)
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Preston
Mattingly LAD 3-4, walk, 3 RBI, .333 ... Matt Clement BOS,
rehab, 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 ... Angel Fermin 1B NYA 3-3, double, walk,
.357
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- 1B Alex Liddi SEA
3-3, 2 walks, .325 ... Johan Yan SS-2B TEX 2-4, triple, homer,
.375 ... 2B Ryan Lilly CHN 3-5, double, .324 ... Jeremy
Jeffress MIL 1st rounder, 2.0 1 0 0 0 2, 1st pro win ... Jeff
Bianchi KC 1-3, 2 walks, .406 ... 3B Jason Taylor KC 4-5, .429
Troop
Movements ... ATL - activated John Thomson from the 15-day
DL, optioned Lance Cormier to Triple-A ... CLE - activated
Jason Michaels from the 15-day DL, optioned Ryan Garko
to Triple-A ... PHI - placed Sal Fasano on the 15-day DL, recalled
Carlos Ruiz from Triple-A, recalled Chris Roberson
from Triple-A, designated Adam Bernero for assignment ... NYN -
purchased the contract of Jose Lima from Triple-A, optioned
Heath Bell to Triple-A, designated Mike Adams for
assignment ... FLO - recalled Yusmeiro Petit from Triple-A,
optioned Chris Resop to Triple-A ... LAD - purchased the contract
of Giovanni Carrara from Triple-A, optioned LHP Hong-Chih
Kuo to Triple-A, transferred Ricky Ledee from the 15-day to
the 60-day DL ... SF - recalled Jack Taschner from Triple-A, optioned
Kevin Frandsen to Triple-A ...
Nate Stephens, RotoWorld.com, checks out a COL catching prospect and recent
addition to the SEA outfield :
" ... Chris Iannetta ... Back at
Tulsa to start the 2006 campaign, Iannetta was showing his best production to
date. In 156 at-bats over 44 games the catcher hit .321 with a 26/24 K/BB ratio
and 23 extra-base hits, thus resulting in an impressive .622 slugging
percentage. The Rockies decided to be aggressive with the 23 year-old and
quickly promoted him to Triple-A Colorado Springs, where hes shown very similar
production over a seven-game stretch ... He wouldnt be a Top-100 prospect
if not for his favorable home ballpark, but Iannettas decent power and batting
average potential make him worth the flier. That hes shown such impressive
plate discipline throughout the minors and in college leads me to believe hell
be at least a solid regular, even if he doesnt end up hitting .300 with 15-20
homers."
" ... Shin-Soo Choo ... speed and ability to
score once on base mean hes a fine fantasy prospect. He was hitting .305 with
19 steals in 23 tries to go with a 59/38 K/BB ratio in 305 Triple-A at-bats
before being promoted to the majors this week. Jeremy Reed could miss the rest
of the season with a broken thumb, thus giving Choo the potential to earn four
or five starts a week."
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
reviews and updates his STL pre-season prospect list :
" ... 2) Colby Rasmus, OF ...
.310/.373/.512 with 22 doubles and 11 homers for Class A Quad Cities. Also has
17 steals. . .power, speed, it's all here."
" ... 8) Bryan Anderson, C ... .307/.394/.428
for Quad Cities. Solid batting average and OBP, just 2 homers but he has a lot
of potential."
Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com, checks out some of the outfielders in the Futures
Game :
" ... Cameron Maybin
... Of the three 2005 draft picks in this outfield, Maybin has the most
upside. The No. 10 overall pick has the complete package of all five tools. And
he's also the one with the least amount of experience ... He's got an advanced
knowledge of the game for a teenager, as evidenced by his stolen base rate
(13-for-14) and his on-base skills (.388) through his first 47 games as a pro."
" ... Travis Buck ...
Taken in the supplemental first round (36th overall) by the A's in the 2005
draft, Buck has quickly jumped onto the fast track. That shouldn't surprise
anyone after the Arizona State product hit .346 in his pro debut for
short-season Vancouver and Class A Kane County. Buck can do a little bit of
everything as he's shown across two levels so far this year ... hasn't
stopped since the promotion up to Double-A. With Midland, Buck has hit .303 over
41 games, with a .384 OBP and .480 SLG. For the season, he's hit .322 with a
.922 OPS and gone 11-for-13 in stolen-base attempts."
04 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ben Francisco CLE 3-5, R, .273
Jeremy
Guthrie CLE 6-2/3 4 1 1 3 4, 2.52
Brayan Pena ATL 2-5, R,
2 RBI, .265
James Jurries ATL 1-3, R, 2 BB, .213
Ricardo
Rodriguez ATL 6 9 4 4 0 4, 4.45
Ryan Roberts TOR 3-5, 4th
HR, R, 3 RBI, .268
John Hattig TOR 2-5, 4th HR, 2 R, 4 RBI, .272
Brandon League TOR 2 1 0 0 0 2, 2.05
Charles Haeger
CHA 7 8 6 6 1 6, 2.04
Donald Kelly DET 2-4, 2B, R, .228
Humberto Sanchez DET 7 6 2 2 1 4, 2.15
Chris Denorfia
CIN 1-4, R, BB, .342
William Bergolla CIN 2-4, 2B, R, .257
rehab, Edwin Encarnacion CIN 1-5, R, .346
Justin
Germano CIN 5-1/3 13 6 6 2 4, 4.20
Ryan Wagner CIN 1 4 2 2 0
1, 6.56
Dustin Pedroia BOS 3-5, 2 R, BB, .294
rehab, Wily
Mo Pena BOS 1-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, .286
David Pauley BOS 5 12
7 5 0 2, 5.91
Chris Roberson PHI 3-6, 2 R, SB, .313
Josh
Kroeger PHI 3-4, 4th HR, R, RBI, BB, .248
Matt White PHI
1 2 0 0 1 1, 3.40
Gavin Floyd PHI 6 10 7 7 5 1, 5.87
Kevin
Thompson NYA 3-5, R, 2 RBI, .277
Christian Garcia NYA
2-4, 2B, 2 R, .240
Carlos Pena NYA 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, .267
rehab,
Aaron Small NYA 3-1/3 7 5 5 2 0, 6.10
B.J. Upton TB 1-4,
R, SB, 28th error, .268
Delmon Young TB 1-4, 2nd HR, R, 2 RBI,
.374
Elijah Dukes TB 0-3, BB, .291
Jason Hammel
TB 2-1/3 9 9 9 1 3, 4.97
Chase Lambin NYN 2-4, 3B, R, 2 RBI,
.222
Anderson Hernandez NYN 1-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, .246
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Felix Pie CHN 0-4,
.244 ... Chris Sampson HOU 6.0 4 2 2 2 4, 10-1, 2.64 (7 walks, 44 Ks in
78 innings) ... Howie Kendrick LAA 1-4, 25th double, .384 ...
Cesar Jimenez SEA 8.0 5 0 0 2 1, 3.55 ... Adam Jones
SEA 2-4, 12th homer, .278 ... Andy LaRoche LAD back in the lineup,
1-4, .312 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 2-4, 12th homer, 4 RBI, .286 ...
Carlos Quentin ARZ 3-4, walk, .291 ... Chris Carter ARZ
1-3, 14th homer, 2 walks, .301 ... Chris Young ARZ 2-4, .266
EASTERN (AA) -- Eric Duncan 1B NYY 3-5,
2R, 2B, 2RBI, BB, k ... Kevin Howard 3B NYY 4-5, 2R, 2B, 3RBI ...
Chad Spann 3B BOS 1-4, 2B, 2RBI, k ... Phil Hughes
NYY 4.2 2 0 0 2 9 ... Kory Casto LF WAS 3-4, R, 2RBI ... Alex
Escobar CF WAS 2-3, HR, 3RBI, BB ... Brad Snyder RF CLE
1-4, k ... Bret Roneberg DH PIT 2-4, R, 2B, 3RBI, k ... Simon
Pond 1B PIT 2-4, R, 2B, 3RBI, k ... Landon Jacobsen PIT 7 2
0 0 1 3 ... Tony Giarratano SS DET 2-4, R ... Michael
MacDonald 8 2 1 1 2 3
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Chin-lung Hu SS LAD, leading
off tonight, 2-5, RBI, R, .263 ... Tony Abreu 2B LAD, 2-5, 2B, 2
RBI, .283 ... Joey Votto, on a roll now, 2-4, 17th HR, 53rd RBI,
.326 ... Mark Alexander P LAD, 1 0 0 0 1 2, 20th save, 0.75 ...
Miguel Montero C ARI, 2-5, 2 RBI, .267 ... Edgar V.
Gonzalez SS FLA, 3-5, 2 R, SB, .318 ... Pedro Lopez SS CHW,
1-5, HR, 3 RBI, .324 ... George Kottaras C SD, 0-4, BB, 2 K, .273
... Yunel Escobar 3B ATL, 1-4, 3B, RBI, .279 ... Matt
Wright P ATL, 7 5 2 1 0 4, 2.19 ... Chris Walker CF CHC,
3-5, R, 2 RBI, 3 SBs (32), .302 ... Scott Moore 3B CHC, putting
together a nice season, 2-4, 14th HR, 21st 2B, 2 RBI, .274 ... Sean
Gallagher P CHC, 6 4 2 2 2 4, 3.18
TEXAS (AA) -- Troy Tulowitzki COL 1-3, 2R,
RBI, 2BB, .275 ... Seth Smith COL 4-5, 2B, R, .283 ... Joseph
Koshansky COL 1-4, HR(20), R, 4RBI, .298 ... Joshua Newman
COL 1.0 1 0 0 1 0, 2.42 ... Joe Gaetti COL 2-3, R, 2BB, .303 ...
Brian Stavisky OAK 2-4, 2RBI, .321 ... Kurt Suzuki
OAK 1-4, 2B, R, .308 ... Vasili Spanos OAK 1-2, 2R, 2BB, .314 ...
Adam Morrissey TEX 0-3, BB, .320 ... Kevin Richardson
TEX 2-3, 2HR(10), 2R, 2RBI, .265 ... Thomas Diamond TEX 5.0 4 4 2
1 9, W(7-4), 4.37 ... Alex Gordon KC 2-4, R, BB, .306 ... Billy
Butler KC 2-5, R, .327 ... Chris Lubanski KC 3-5, HR(6), R,
2RBI, CS(5), .259 ... Zack Greinke KC 9.0 2 1 1 1 12, W(3-1), 5.91
(one word: unpredictable) ... Brandon Wood LAA 0-2, R, RBI, BB,
.296 (7 walks, 6 Ks in last 9 games) ... Eric Rodland LAA 2-3, R,
BB, CS(4), .294 ... Ben Zobrist HOU 1-5, .337 ... Hunter
Pence HOU 2-4, R, .288 ... J.R. House HOU 2-4, R, .350 ... Josh
Bonifay HOU 4-4, 2B, 2R, 3RBI, .273 ... Mitch Talbot HOU
7.0 5 2 2 2 8, W(6-3), 3.52 ... Paul Estrada HOU 1.0 0 0 0 0 0,
S(4), 3.61 (97Ks IN 57.1 IP) ... Blake Hawksworth STL 5.0 10 6 6 2
5, L(0-1), 6.30 ... Yung Chi Chen SEA 1-4, 3B, 2R, .429 (no problems in
AA so far)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Chris Nowak 1B TB (19th
rounder, 2004) 5-6, 28th double, triple, 5 RBI, .330 ... Reid Brignac
TB 2-5, .337 ... Evan Longoria TB 1-4, 2 walks, .235 ... Sean
Rodriguez LAA 3-5, .302 ... Carlos Gonzalez ARZ 2-3, triple, 13th
homer, 4 RBI, .328 ... Ben Harrison OF TEX 3-4, 2 homers (including a
grand slam) 2 walks, 7 RBI, .296
CAROLINA (A+) -- Joe Ness CLE 6 8 4 4 2
5 W ... Lucas Harrell CHA 3 4 5 5 4 1 L ... Dave Haehnel
BAL 5 3 3 3 1 3 W ... Kala Kaaihue 1B ATL 1-3, Home Run(2), 2
runs, 3RBI ... Jo-Jo Reyes ATL 7 7 0 0 1 6 W, second good start at
High-A after great start to season at Rome ... Clint Everts WAS 6
7 4 4 3 7 ... Jacoby Ellsbury CF BOS 2-3, 2 runs, 4 sb(23) ...
Jimmy Barthmaier HOU 5 7 1 1 1 7 W ... Kevin Guyette
BOS 4 5 6 5 3 3 L
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Grant Psomas 3B
FLO 2-5, 6th homer, .289 ... Blake Dewitt LAD 3-5, 10th
homer, .271 .... Cory Dunlap LAD, average in the .200s, OBA in the
.400s, 1-5, .222 ... Philip Humber NYN 4.0 4 2 2 0 2 ...
Scott Elbert LAD 4.0 2 0 0 3 4, .237 (97 Ks in 84 IP) ...
Tomo
Ohka MIL, rehab, 4.2 6 1 0 0 5
MIDWEST (A) -- Justin Upton ARZ 1-3, BB
... Paul Kelly MIN 3-5 (.270) ... just gets hotter Jay
Bruce CIN 3-4, 32nd & 33rd doubles, 12th HR (.319) ... Kyle Blanks
SD 0-3, K ... Matt Bush SD 0-4, K (.243) ... Jacob McGee
TB 5 5 2 2 2 5 (2.69) ... nice to see the patience Cameron Maybin
DET 2-3, 2 BB's (.299) ... big ouch Zach Phillips TEX 5 11 10 7 2
0 (5.54) ... Josh Whittleman TEX 2-4, 4th HR (but all HR's since
June 23rd) ... Mark Reed CHN 2-5 (.318) ... Hainley
Statia ANA 22nd double ... Joshua Johnson KC (2B) 0-3, BB
(256, but .400+ OBP with 55 walks in just 195 AB)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Elvis Andrus ATL 0-3, BB,
.274 ... Max Ramirez ATL 2-4, HR (8), RBI (31), .286 ... Jose
Tabata NYA 3-5, 2 2B (21), RBI (47), .325 ... Austin Jackson
NYA 0-3, 2 BB, .258 ... Greg Golson PHI 2-4, .223 ... Jeremy
Slayden PHI 3-5, 3 2B (22), 5 RBI (31), .289 ... Jon Niese
NYN 6-1/3 5 1 1 3 6, 3.24 ... Chaz Roe COL (W, 3-3) 6 8 2 2 1 2,
4.07 ... Dexter Fowler COL 1-5, .307 ... Chris Nelson
COL 1-4, 2B (25), 3 RBI (42), BB, .279 ... Clay Buchholz BOS (L,
4-3) 5 5 2 2 2 5, 2.81 ... Angel Salome 1-5, 2B (25), 2 RBI (63),
.305 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 1-4, .272
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- C Kelly
Edmundson CLE 2-4, 1 R 3 RBI ... 3B Rob Goedert CLE 2-5, 2 R,
1 RBI .... RF Zach Kalter TOR 2-3, 1 BB ... CF John
Matulia TB 2-4, 2 RBI
DH Dustin Martin NYN 1-2, 1 2B, 2 RBI,
1 BB
CF Reid Engel BOS 4-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB
1B Aaron
Bates BOS 3-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
SS Jhon Florentino HOU
3-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI
CF Cesar Quintero HOU 2-4, 1 R, 1
HR, 1 RBI
CF Mike Daniel WASH 5-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 CS
LF
Justin Maxwell WASH 2-5 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... C Jeff Kunkel
DET
3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI
DH Jim Skelton DET 2-3, 2 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI
SS Scott Sizemore DET 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
DH Jake
Blackwood FLA 4-5, 3 R, 2 RBI
3B Justin Webb FLA 2-4, 2 R, 1
2B, 3 RBI
CF John Raynor FLA 3-6, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB
1B
Nate Messner FLA 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... DH Allen Craig
STL 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI
2B Jared Schweitzer STL 2-4, 1 RBI
1B
Kyle Larsen NYA 2-3, 3 RBI
RF Seth Fortenberry NYA
2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB
CF Rob Andrews BAL 1-4, 1 R, 1 2b, 2 RBI
LF Corey Shafer BAL 2-4, 1 R ... 1B Chris Vineyard
BAL 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B
SS Jason Donald PHI 2-4, 1 R
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Lefty Kasey
Kiker, the Rangers' top pick (12 overall) 3.0 3 1 1 3 3 ... Nickolas
Cadena 2B TEX 3-5, 2 doubles, .296 .... 3B David Freese SD,
2006 9th rounder, 4-4, 2 doubles, 4th omer, walk, 7 RBI, .373 ... TJ Franco
Jr OAK 4.2 0 0 0 0 4 ... Larry Cobb OF OAK, leadoff, 2-5, 2
doubles, .319
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- debut as leadoff hitter, 2005
3rd rounder Daryl Jones OF STL 1-3 .333
Mike Butia OF CLE
2-3 2rbi .341
Junior Contreras DH NYM 1-3 .500
Greg Mullens
NYM 7.0 3 0 0 2 2 (W 3-0) 2.08
Brandon Caipen 3B HOU 2-4 .315
Os SS Bobby Henson struggling 0-4 .208
Mike McCormick
3B TB 0-1 2w .326
Andrew Lopez OF TB 3-3 Triple, Double .308
Chad Pendarvis TB 5.0 5 0 0 1 3 (W 2-0) 0.00 ERA (now has 11
straight shutout innings to start his career.)
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Hector Gomez SS COL 3-5,
2b(3), E(8) ... David Christensen RF COL 1-5, HR(2), 2 RBI ... 1st
rounder Kyle McCulloch CWS 4.0 2 1 1 1 5 ... Joseph
Dickerson CF KC 2-4, 3 RBI ... PJ Phillips 3b LAA 2-5, 2 2b(4) ...
Gerardo Parra RF ARI 2-4, 2R, BB, 2 SB(6) ... Drew Stubbs
CF CIN 1-4, R, SB(6), SO
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Preston
Mattingly shortstop LAD 2-4, 4th SB, .281 ... Matthew Van
Der Bosch BOS (down from AA) 2-3, 2 homers, 2 walks, 5 RBI ...
Jeanmar Gomez CLE 6.0 4 0 0 1 2, 0.64 ... Gorkys Hernandez
CLE 2-4, double, .417
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- OF Anthony Wycklendt
MIL 3-5, double, .314 ... Jeff Bianchi KC 1-4, error, .414 ...
Aric Van Gaalen SEA 5.0 8 1 1 0 2, 1.72 ...
Brent Brewer MIL 3-5, double, triple
Troop
Movements ... PIT - activated Joe Randa from the bereavement list,
optioned Mike Edwards to Triple-A ... PHI - signed
top pick Kyle Drabek ... CHN - activated Glendon Rusch from
the 15-day DL, optioned Angel Guzman to Triple-A ... SEA -
placed Jeremy Reed on the 15-day DL, recalled Shin-Soo Choo,
placed Sean Green on the 15-day DL, recalled Emiliano
Fruto from Triple-A ... NYN - optioned Alay Soler to Triple-A,
recalled John Maine from Triple-A ... ATL - Jarrod
Saltalamacchia ATL AA on the DL (hand) ...TEX - recalled Wes Littleton
from Triple-A, optioned Freddy Guzman to Triple-A ... STL -
recalled Chris Duncan from Triple-A, optioned Brad
Thompson to Triple-A ... KC - placed Mike Wood on the 15-day
DL, recalled Joe Nelson from Triple-A ... ARZ - activated Juan
Cruz from the 15-day DL, optioned Jose Valverde to Triple-A ...
Hats off to the Players / Pitchers of the Week :
" ... right-hander Homer Bailey went
2-0 in 11.0 shutout innings last week to earn Pitcher of the Week honors. Bailey
struck out 15 hitters over his two starts ... On June 27 at Huntsville, he
tossed six scoreless innings, walking two and striking out six to earn the win.
Bailey continued his dominance on July 2 against Jacksonville, striking out nine
and allowing two hits and two walks in five innings to improve his record to
3-0. Since his promotion to Chattanooga, the Cincinnati Reds' top prospect has
won each of his three starts, hurling 17.0 shutout innings and fanning 22
hitters while allowing just 7 hits and 4 walks in the process." (Southern
League)
" ... Jordan Tata ... After not having pitched
higher than the Class-A level before 2006, Tata found himself in the Detroit
bullpen for the first month of the 2006 season (going 0-0 with a 3.86 ERA in
14.0 IP). After being optioned to Toledo, Tata joined the Mud Hens starting
rotation and won four of his first seven decisions heading into a key start June
30 ... turned in his best performance of the year, keeping the Indians off
the scoreboard for all 7.0 innings he faced them. Tata scattered five hits and
struck out a season-high 11 batters, while not walking anyone ... a 16th
round draft selection of Detroit in 2003 out of Sam Houston State."
(International League)
" ... Brandon Wood ... had a
hit, a run and an RBI in all six games this week. He also only struck out just
three times ... Last year's home run champion already has 18
longballs this season, and is again challenging for the Minor League home run
title again this season. Wood has two multi-home run games this season, and has
cracked 30 doubles. Wood, who also led the Minor Leagues in extra-base hits last
season, leads that category again this year, with 50." (Texas League)
" ... Shin-Soo Choo ... collected 18
hits in 31 at-bats for a .581 batting average on the week while posting a 1.032
slugging percentage ... put together two four-for-five and two
three-for-four appearances that headlined his stellar week that included three
home runs, three doubles, and a triple with 11 RBI and ten runs scored ... has
hit safely in 22 of his last 25 games, including 15 multiple-hit performances.
The twenty three year-old is now hitting .327 on the season with 11 homers and
39 RBI." (Pacific Coast League)
" ... New York-Penn League ... Jay Miller [PHI] ...
entered the week having collected four hits over his first 16 at-bats on the
season. He then accumulated 11 hits over his next 18 at-bats and is now hitting
a league-leading .441. The 22-year-old collected three hits on Monday, Friday
and Sunday and is in the midst of a seven-game hitting streak." (MLB.com)
" ... Appalachian League ... Larry Williams [ATL] ...
went 3-for-16 over his first five games this week -- certainly nothing to write
home about. The 21-year-old must have been itching to send a letter, however,
because he collected seven hits over his next 12 at-bats, one of which was his
first professional home run." (MLB.com)
" ... Midwest League ... Thomas Mendoza
[LAA] ... On Monday ... the 18-year-old allowed one run on three hits over
eight innings while striking out nine ... On Saturday, the right-hander allowed
an unearned run on three hits and picked up the win." (MLB.com)
" ... Pioneer League ... Steven Johnson [LAD] ... 27
strikeouts lead the Pioneer League, and he accumulated 18 of them over 13
shutout innings this week. On Tuesday against Orem, the 18-year-old allowed just
one hit over six innings while striking out 10. On Sunday against Casper, he
yielded four hits over seven innings while striking out 10. Opponents are
hitting .186 against Johnson, and he has walked just two batters on the season."
(MLB.com)
Yanks get their man, 16-year-old catcher, Jesus Montero. John
Manuel, Baseball America, has some details :
" ... While his bat and power potential made
Montero a hot commodity, his future behind the plate may be in doubt, according
to scouts with other clubs. One scout said Montero was already 6-foot-3 and 230
pounds and disparagingly compared his body to that of Henry Blanco; another said
he was too stiff and lacked the athleticism to catch at the big league level.
"He has above-average raw power, a lot of power, but where do you put him?" the
scout said. "I don't think he'll catch. He's a big-hipped kid and he's going to
get bigger; he may have to end up at first base."
03 July, 2006
One more addition ... please offer a hand to Matt Nemeth who provides a
weekly look at the Alaska Baseball League. (We've just missed the 100th
Anniversary of the Midnight Sun Game "played in Fairbanks on the summer solstice
every year since 1906, is played in the middle of the night with only natural
light." (ABL)
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- rehab, Jason Michaels CLE 1-2, .429
James Jurries ATL 1-3, 2B, .211
Alex Romero MIN 1-4,
.175
Ryan Sweeney CHA 1-5, R, RBI, .290
Chris
Stewart CHA 3-4, R, SB, .282
Sean Tracey CHA 5-2/3 3 4 4 6
1, 3.14
Ryan Raburn DET 2-5, 15th HR, R, RBI, .289
Donald
Kelly DET 1-4, 2B, 2 R, .223
Tonys Gutierrez CIN 1-5, 7th
HR, R, 3 RBI, .296
William Bergolla CIN 2-4, .253
rehab,
Edwin Encarnacion CIN 3-5, 2B, R, .381
Mike Burns CIN
1 1 0 0 0 1, 1.14
Eli Whiteside BAL 2-3, R, .232
Rajai
Davis PIT 2-5, 2 R, RBI, SB, .260
Adam Stern BOS 1-4 &
1-4, R, SB, .253
Chris Roberson PHI 2-4 & 2-3, 2B, R, .307
Carlos Ruiz PHI 3-3, R & 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI, .311
Matt White
PHI 2 0 0 0 0 2, 3.44
Kevin Thompson NYA 3-6, 2B, R, RBI, .269
Sean Henn NYA 2 2 0 0 1 2, 3.81
Lastings Milledge
NYN 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI, SB, .296
Yusaku Iriki NYN 5 6 3 2 1 2, 4.66
... Delmon Young TB 2-4, double, .378 ... BJ Upton TB 2-5, 6th
homer, .268
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- James Loney LAD
2-3, 21st double, 6th homer, .380 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 1-4, 11th
homer, .283 ... Shin-Soo Choo SEA, white hot, 3-4 (again), 11th homer,
.327 ... Jeff Clement SEA 1-3, walk, .225 ... Edinson
Volquez TEX, a little step back, 4.2 6 4 4 4 6, 3.53 ... Ben
Hendrickson MIL, if only he could duplicate this at the MLB level, 7.0 2 0 0
3 5, 7-2, 1.77 ... Felix Pie CHN 0-3, .248 ... Howie Kendrick
LAA 1-4, .386
EASTERN (AA) -- Bronson Sardinha
RF NYY 5-7, 2R, 2B, 2RBI, BB, 2k ... Eric Duncan DH-3B NYY 1-7,
RBI, BB, 2k ... Chad Spann 3B BOS 4-7, 3R, 2B ... Brandon
Moss DH BOS 2-6, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 3k ... Ambiorix Concepcion
RF NYM 2-4, 2B, 3RBI ... Jesse Litsch TOR 6 3 1 1 0 5 ... Nate
Schierholtz RF SF 2-4, R ... Denard Span CF MIN 1-3, k ...
Kevin Slowey MIN 7 5 1 1 1 6 ... Sean Smith CLE 7 5
0 0 0 6 ... Shane Youman PIT 7 3 0 0 1 4 ... Tony
Giarratano SS DET 2-4, R, 2B ... Brent Clevlen RF DET 2-3, 2B,
2RBI, BB
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Edgar V. Gonzalez SS ARI, 3-3,
2B, 3RBI, .310 ... Homer Bailey P CIN, stud, 5 2 0 0 2 9, 17
scoreless innings & 22 Ks @ AA ... Joey Votto 1B CIN, 2-3, 2 RBI,
.324 ... Elliot Johnson 2B TB, 3-4, 8th 3B, .302 ... Jim
Magrane P TB, impressive, 8.1 5 1 1 0 7, 3.09 ... Anthony Lerew
P ATL, 6 6 2 2 1 3, 3.86 ... Ricardo Nanita LF CHW, 2-4, R, SB,
.289 ... Tyler Lumsden P CHW, 7 5 0 0 1 3, 2.64, 10 straight
scoreless innings ... Eric Patterson 2B CHC, 1-3, 2 BB, 2 R, 3 SB
(27), .282 ... Luis Cruz 2B SD, 3-4, 8th HR, 2B, 4 RBI, .290 ...
Jarrod Saltalamachia ATL DNP for the 4th straight game, injury?, trying
to preserve his .197 average?
TEXAS (AA) -- Travis Buck OAK
0-3, BB, .303 ... Kurt Suzuki OAK 2-4, .309 ... Kevin
Olsen OAK 5.1 10 5 5 2 4, L(1-1), 4.76 ... Josh Anderson HOU
2-5, 2B, R, CS(9), .308 ... Ben Zobrist HOU 2-5, 3B, R, .339 ...
Hunter Pence HOU 2-5, R, RBI, .285 ... J.R. House HOU 2-3,
HR(9), R, 3RBI, 2BB, .348 ... Matt Albers HOU 7.0 5 0 0 3 6 ,
W(10-2), 1.92 ... Alex Gordon KC 1-4, 2B(23), R, .303 ... Billy
Butler KC 2-4, R, 2RBI, .326 ... Terry Evans STL 3-3, 2B,
2R, RBI, BB, .319 ... Yung Chi Chen 2B SEA 3-5, 2 doubles
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Nick Adenhart LAA moves up a
level, 6.0 8 4 4 3 4 ... Sean Rodriguez LAA 3-5, double, .297 ...Reid
Brignac TB 0-4, .336 ... Evan Longoria TB 0-4 ... Carlos Gonzalez
ARZ 1-3, 12th homer, .324 ... Mark Reynolds ARZ 2-4, 21st homer, .5 RBI,
.336
CAROLINA (A+) -- Troy Patton HOU 6.0 3
0 0 0 1, 3.39 ... Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 0-3, CS (8), .299 ...
Chuck Lofgren CLE, not up to his usual standard, 6.0 5 5 4 1 7, 10-3,
2.09 ... Neil Walker PIT 0-3, .248 ... Kala Kaaihue
ATL, a tough time up a level, 1-3, .172
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Steven Tolleson
2B MIN 2-3 HR(1) 2R 2RBI, .286
Down from AA and starting, Jay
Sawatski MIN 5 7 2 2 1 3 W(1-0, 2.25)
Ryan Patterson LF TOR
2-4, .288
Jon Lieber PHI (rehab) 6 1/3 12 6 5 0 3 L
Jason
Jones NYA 7 9 2 0 0 5 W(8-2, 2.16)
Cody Ehlers 1B NYA 4-5
2HR(12) 4R 4RBI, .290
Eric Harberer STL 6 5 3 3 1 3 L(4-7, 3.83)
Gaby Hernandez FLO 8 6 0 0 1 9 W(9-4, 3.62)
Jose
Coronado SS NYM 3-5 R 2RBI, .235
MIDWEST (A) -- Jay Bruce CIN 2-3, BB
(has raised his average from .263 to .313 over the last 5 weeks) ... Hainley
Statia ANA 3-4, 21st double (.291) .. Jared Lansford OAK 5
4 0 0 1 2 (W, 7-5, 3.76) ... Joshua Johnson KC 1-5, K, CS (.260)
.. Kyle Blanks SD 2-3, K (.285) ... Justin Upton ARZ
1-4, 8th SB, BB, K (.278) .. Jose Escalona SEA 5 6 2 1 1 4 (4.07)
... a full day Luis Valbuena SEA (2B) 3-5, 17th SB, 6th CS, 7th
error (.281) ... Colby Rasmus STL 2-4, 22nd double (.310) ...
Cameron Maybin DET 1-4, BB, 3 K's (60 K's in 174 AB) ... oops Omar
Poveda TEX 4 6 6 6 4 4 (4.92) ... Jose Vallejo TEX 1-5, 2
K's (.247) ... Chi-Hung Cheng TOR 6 5 4 0 0 11 (3.55)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Chorye Spoone BAL
(L, 5-4) 5 6 6 6 7 0, 2.82 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 0-2, 3 BB,
.273 ... Dexter Fowler COL 1-4, .310 ... Chris Nelson
COL 1-4, 2B (24), RBI (39), .280 ... Elvis Andrus ATL 1-4, RBI
(36), .277 ... Jose Tabata NYA 1-3, 2B (19), BB, .320 ...
Austin Jackson NYA 1-4, .261 ... Chris Volstad FLA (W,
7-7) 5 6 2 2 3 3, 3.83 ... Kris Harvey FLA 3-5, HR (14), 3 RBI
(47), BB, .278 ... Andy Jenkins FLA 4-5, 3 RBI (44), .291 ...
Angel Salome 0-2, RBI (61), .307 ... Shairon Martis SF
(W, 3-4) 8 2 0 0 1 5, 3.48 ... Ole Sheldon HOU 0-4, .328 ... JR
Towles HOU 0-3, .305 ... Greg Golson PHI 0-4, golden
sombrero, .219
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- C Brian
Baisley NYA 3-4, 1 RBI ... SS Russ Raley NYA 3-4, 1 RBI ... 1B
Chris Vineyard BAL 2-2, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... CF Bob
Andrews BAL 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 SB ... RF Zach Davis BAL 2-4, 1
R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... CF John Matulia TB 3-4, 1 CS ... Ryan
Owen TB 4 3 0 0 1 6 ... Nelson Portillo NYN 6 6 0 0 1 4 (W
1-0) .... LF Andy Holder HOU 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB ...
Chris Salamida HOU 5 2 0 0 0 5 (W 1-1) ... SS Mike Martinez
WASH 2-4, 1 RBI 1 E ... 2B Scott Sizemore DET 3-4, 1 R, 2 2B ... 1
B Ryan Strieby DET 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1BB ... 3B Ron
Bourquin DET 1-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB ... LF Dave Mense FLO 2-4
.... SS William Sandoval STL 2-2, 1 BB ... Kyle Winters
FLO ... 6 3 0 0 1 3 (W 1-1) ... Donnie Smith STL 6 4 0 0 1 2 ...
3B Rob Goedert CLE 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI ... LF Ben
Zeskind TOR 1-2, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 BB ... DH Jon Baksh TOR 2-4,
2 R .. SS Jon Diaz TOR1-1, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... 2B James
Negrych 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... RF Jay Miller PHI 3-4, 1
R, 2 2B, 1 RBI ... CF Quintin Berry PHI 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Douglas Fister
SEA 4.0 6 4 1 1 5, 1.29 ... Adam Cowart SF 5.0 2 0 0 1 0 (16
innings, 4 hits allowed, no runs) ... Padres' 1st rounder Matt
Antonelli 2-4, .326 ... Russell Canzler 1B CHN (30th rounder,
2004) 3-4, triple, 2 homers, 5 RBI, .306 ... Cubs' 2006 1st rounder Tyler
Colvin 2-5, .278 ... 3B Jose Dilone ARZ 4-4, 4th error,
.255
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Jamie Richmond
ATL 6.0 5 1 0 1 7, 2-0, 1.76 (18 Ks in 15 IP) ... OF Larry Williams
ATL 3-5, homer, .341 ... catcher Matthew Inouye CHA 1-3, 2 runs,
.444 ... Matthew Fox MIN 4.0 0 0 0 1 3 ... Blake King
STL 5.0 5 1 1 1 10 ... 1B Junior Contreras NYN 2-5, 3rd homer,
.538 ... Travis Snider TOR, big night for Jays' 1st rounder, 3-6,
homer, walk, 4 RBI ... catcher Jonathan Jaspe TOR 3-4, 4th & 5th
doubles, .375
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Drew Stubbs CF CIN
0-4, 2 SO ... 12th rounder Logan Parker 1b CIN 2-6, 2b(2) 2RBI ...
14th rounder Michael Grace 3B CWS 2-5, 2 RBI, 2b(2) ... Hector
Gomez DH COL 2-4, 2b(2), SB(1) ... Josh Bell 3B LAD 2-4, 2
RBI ... Steven Johnson LAD 7.0 4 0 0 1 10 ... Kurt
Mertins 2b KC 2-4, 2b(1) ... Sean O'Sullivan LAA 3.0 4 1 1 1 3
... Luis Caro ARI 6.0 5 1 1 1 7 ... Jason Neighborgall
ARI 2.0 0 0 0 3 3
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Roman Pena
RF CLE 1-3, R, 2B, .333
Jay Nilsson 2B CLE 1-2, R, E(3) .300
Charles Hargis 2B CLE (22nd rounder) 0-1, .278
Alex
Castillo DH CLE 0-2, .318
Hector Rondon CLE 4.2 4 0 0 4
(2.45)
No sign of CLE Nick Weglarz, 2AB, Injured?
Adrian Cardenas SS PHI (1st rounder) 2-4 2R, 2B 3B, .242
TJ
Warren RF PHI (8th rounder) 2-3, 2RBI, SB(2) .200
Herman Demmink
3B (38th rounder) 1-3, R, .500
Antonio Bastardo PHI (W,1-1) 2 0
0 0 0 2 (3.60)
Jarrod Freeman PHI (11th rounder) 4 7 2 2 0 2
(3.00)
Gorkys Hernandez LF DET 3-5, 2R, 2RBI(7), 3SB(11), .409
Luis Arlet RF DET 2-5, R, SB(4), .417
Chris Carlson
1B DET (29th rounder) 1-4, R HR(2), 2RBI(7), .293
Kevin Russo 3B
NYY (20th rounder out of Baylor) 2-4, R E(3), .342
Nick Diyorio
LF NYY 2-4, 2RBI(3), SB(1), .348
Gerardo Rodriguez 1B NYY 0-3,
.308
Angel Reyes NYY 4 3 0 0 3 (1.64)
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- baseball announcers will love
the name, Sharlon Schoop 2B-SS SF (leadoff), the cycle, 4-5, 4th double,
1st triple, 1st homer, walk, 4 RBI, .531 (was rated the 11th best prospect in
the Arizona League last season) ... Rich Janeway 1B SF 2-4, double, .452
... Jeff Bianchi KC 0-2, walk, .440 ... 1B Gerardo Avila
SEA 3-4, triple, walk, .436
ALASKA LEAGUE -- first the pitchers ... Javier Martinez (WA 42nd rounder) 9k/11bb in 18IP, but only .173
against and 0.00 ERA ...
Casey Weathers (DET 25th rounder) 14k/4bb in 10.67 IP, .105
against, 0.73 ERA ...
Chris Kissock (Lewis-Clark College) 17/4 in 23IP, 0.78 ERA ...
Jesse Jordan (Lenior-Rhyne College) 18/9 in 24 IP, 1.85 ERA ...
Matt Gorgen (Cal) 22/6 in 13.33 IP, 1.46 ERA, 4 SV ...
Lin-Po You (Taipei Phy Ed Coll) 20/8 in 16 IP, 1.69 ERA ...
David Gruener (Notre Dame) 17/4 in 15.33 IP, 1.33 ERA ...
Hitters
Wilberto Ortiz (LAA 33rd rounder) .365 OBP/.363 SLG in 61 PA ...
Chris Musolf (Marist) - .533/.545 in 30 PA ...
Lucas Waters (E. Kentucky E) - .369/.364 in 64 PA, 12 SB ...
Dan Magness (U San Diego) - .522 OBP/.404 SLG in 67 PA, (15BB and
0K!) ...
Joe Ercolano (Lehigh) - .559/.527 in 60 PA ...
Rick Simpson (Missouri Baptist) - .449/.556 in 48 PA ...
Blake Stouffer (Texas A&M) - .492/.520 in 58 PA ...
Xavier Scruggs (UNLV) - .443/.468 in 54 PA ...
Jake Kahaulelio (Oral Roberts) - .462/.667 in 39 PA ...
Chu-Yuan Chin (NCOPES) - .482/.547 in 58 PA
Troop
Movements ... ATL - placed Chris Reitsma on the 15-day DL, recalled
Kevin Barry from Triple-A ... TOR - recalled Shaun Marcum from
Triple-A, optioned Jason Frasor to Triple-A ... STL - purchased the contract of
Josh Kinney from Triple-A, optioned Timo Perez to Triple-A ... SD
- placed Alan Embree on the 15-day DL, recalled Cla Meredith from Triple-A ... NYA
- released Erubiel Durazo from Triple-A
...
WAS gets Ozzie defense, Miguel offense at shortstop (as the Mets' hype machine
begins early) :
" ... The Nationals agreed to terms with shortstop
Esmailyn Gonzalez of the Dominican Republic on Sunday. The switch-hitting
Gonzalez, 16, will earn a $1.4 million signing bonus and report to the Dominican
Summer League Nationals this week. Gonzalez cannot start playing professional
baseball in the United States until next year, and general manager Jim Bowden
didn't rule out Gonzalez playing above the rookie-level Gulf Coast Nationals in
2007. The Nationals compared his glove to Ozzie Smith and say he could
potentially have the bat of a Miguel Tejada. Gonzalez, whose nickname is
"Smiley," was discovered two years ago by Jose Rijo, the team's
special assistant to the general manager." (MLB.com)
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
" ... 1) Alex Gordon ...
.300/.403/.506 for Double-A Wichita, 20 doubles, 10 homers, 38 walks, 16 steals
in 17 attempts. Basically everything expected, hitting for average and power,
getting on base, playing good defense, even good speed contributions."
" ... 2) Billy Butler ... .326/.389/.500 with
22 doubles, 10 homers for Wichita, strong numbers especially given his age at
20. I think he's going to be a fine hitter."
" ... 6) Chris Lubanski ... .258/.336/.416 with
21 doubles for Wichita. Cold start, got hot in May, then went cold again. This
fits his usual pattern. I expect he will go on a hot streak in July and August
and finish with good numbers."
Jim Callis,
Baseball America, on Scott Elbert or Clayton Kershaw ?
" ... Kershaw rated as a
better prospect than Elbert did at the time of their drafts. At the same stage
of their careers, we tabbed Kershaw as the best high school prospect in the
nation and No. 6 overall, while Elbert was the fourth-best prep prospect and No.
12 overall ... Kershaw had a little more size and a little more stuff,
while Elbert was slightly more polished and slightly more athletic. Based on our
reports, Kershaw would have rated an edge over Elbert in their draft years.
Their ceilings are comparable. If could pick just one right now, I'd take Elbert
because he's proven himself at a higher level. His stuff and health have held up
in two-plus years in pro ball, and he's currently dominating in high Class A. He
has a 5-5, 2.49 record in 16 games (14 starts) at Vero Beach, with a 93-38 K-BB
ratio in 80 innings. Florida State League hitters are batting just .194 with
four homers against him."
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, ALASKA - Matt Nemeth
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