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30 July, 2006
I guess I fibbed (back earlier than expected). But, just this short report for Sunday - more coming
tomorrow.
Just a couple of highlights ... Kevin Kouzmanoff
CLE, a homer in his AAA debut, 1-4 ... Dan Johnson OAK, 3-5,
homer, 5 RBI, .450 ... Joel Guzman LAD 3-3, double, homer, walk,
.297 ... JA Happ PHI 7.0 2 1 1 3 5, 5-1, 2.17 ... Jarrod
Saltalamacchia
ATL, 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, .217 ... Ryan Braun 3B MIL, 3-3, HR, 2 RBI,
.304 ... Jeff Niemann
TB, 5 4 0 0 4 6, 2.93 ... Troy
Tulowitzki COL hit by pitch, removed from
game ... Alex Gordon KC 2-4, 29th double & 2-3, 19th homer, .315
... Zack Greinke
KC 6.0 3 0 0 0 5 ... Brandon Wood LAA 0-3 & 0-3, .273 ...
Eric Hurley TEX, 7.0 3 0 0 0 3 ... Evan Longoria TB
2-5, double, .361 ... Phil Humber NYN 5 2 0 0 2 7 ND, 2.37
Justin Upton ARZ 1-4, 8th homer, .259 ... Cameron
Maybin DET
2-5, .333
Troop
Movements ... TOR - recalled Dustin McGowan from Triple-A, optioned
Russ Adams to Triple-A ... MIL - placed Rickie Weeks
on the 15-day DL ... SEA - placed Rafael Soriano on the
15-day DL, activated Sean Green from the 15-day disabled list ...
DET - optioned Colby Lewis to Triple-A, recalled Brent
Clevlen from Double-A ... BAL - activated Jay Gibbons from the
15-day DL, recalled Jim Johnson from Double-A, optioned
Eddy Rodriguez to Triple-A, designated Luis Terrero for
assignment ... CIN - recalled Justin Germano from Triple-A,
designated Dewayne Wise for assignment ... ATL - recalled Tony
Pena Jr. from Triple-A ... SF - optioned Jonathan Sanchez to Triple-A,
designated Alfredo Simon for assignment ... PHI - purchased the contract of
Danny Sandoval from Triple-A ... LAD - recalled James Loney from Triple-A ...
HOU - optioned Taylor Buchholz to Triple-A, recalled Chris
Sampson from Triple A
...
More reasons to think twice about the TB kids - Delmon Young, BJ
Upton, Elijah Dukes. Check out the story in the
Tampa Tribune :
" ... Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon was
"appalled." Executive vice president Andrew Friedman was perturbed. And most
Rays players either didn't want to talk about or were dumbfounded by a story in
Friday's USA Today that portrayed Triple-A Durham players B.J. Upton, Elijah
Dukes and Delmon Young as impatient to make it to the majors, derisive toward
the minor leagues and antagonistic toward the organization that cuts their
paychecks. Said Upton to USA Today: "I can't believe I'm still here." ...
Said Young, who frequently has been outspoken in his criticism of the
organization that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2003: "I don't know what they're
waiting for. They're what, 30 games out of first place? They think we're going
to mess up their clubhouse chemistry. B.J. should be up there. What are they
waiting for? They always have excuses."
The transition begins.
" ... Triple-A Charlotte third baseman
Josh Fields, the Sox's top hitting prospect, has been working in the
outfield, but there are no plans to play him there until after this season,
Williams said. " (Chicago Tribune)
29 July, 2006
No report on Sunday ... but back on Monday.
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Daniel Cabrera BAL 5.1 5 6 5 2 9, 5.40 ...
Adam Lind TOR, 3rd game up in AAA, 2-4, double ... Jordan
Tata DET 6.0 4 4 4 5 4, 4.05 ... Dustin Pedroia BOS 2-3,
2-3, 26th double, .308 ... Sean Burnett PIT 7.0 4 1 1 1 1, 4.87
... Delmon Young TB, turning on the power, 2-4, double, 6th homer,
.walk, 3 RBI, .348 ... BJ Upton TB 1-3, 2 walks, 2 SBs (44), CS
(17th), .270 .... Anderson Hernandez NYN 4-4, .246
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Ben
Hendrickson MIL 6.0 8 6 3 1 4, 2.26 ... Ubaldo Jimenez COL 7.0
2 0 0 3 7, 4.84 ... Chris Iannetta COL 2-4, double, .358 ...
Joe Saunders LAA, out of the pen, 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 ... geesh, recall him
already, Dan Johnson OAK 3-4, homer, walk, 5 RBI, .436 ...
Miguel Montero ARZ, lovin' AAA, 3-5, homer, .485 ... Micah
Owings ARZ 6.1 6 6 6 3 3, 4.80 ... Angel Guzman CHN 5.0 7 4
4 2 2, 4.52 ... Chris Young ARZ 3-5, 2 doubles (25), 4 RBI, 11th
SB, .275 ... Larry Broadway WAS 2-5, 13th homer, .304 ... Andy
LaRoche LAD 3-4, .337 ... James Loney LAD 1-4, 26th double,
.372 ... Jeff Keppinger KC 4-4, 2 doubles, walk, .438 ...
Edinson Volquez TEX 6.0 4 1 0 3 11, 3.21
EASTERN (AA) -- Garrett Olson BAL
5.0 5 0 0 3 7, 3.14 ... Kory Casto WAS 2-4, .292 ... Adam
Miller CLE, really in a groove now, 6.2 5 1 0 1 11, 11-5, 3.08 ... CF
Brian Barton CLE, ten games now, 2-3, walk, .515 ... one more dud for
Gio Gonzalez PHI 5.1 9 6 6 2 5, 4.66
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Mark Reynolds 2B ARI,
0-4, K, .196 @ AA ... Steven Jackson ARI, 7 4 1 1 2 6, 2.70 ...
Eric Patterson 2B CHC, 1-3, BB, .272 ... Joey Votto 1B
CIN, 2-4, 35th 2B, R, .321 ... Camilo Vazquez CIN, 7 4 1 1 1 10,
2.55 ... Craig Brazell 1B LAD, 2-3, 15th HR, 2 RBI, .244 ...
Elliot Johnson 2B TB, 14th HR, .301 ... Mitch Talbot
TB, 6 7 3 2 1 4, 1.89 in three starts with Montgomery ... Yunel
Escobar 3B ATL, 1-3, 2B, RBI, .286 ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
ATL, 1-3, 3B, BB, K, .212 (and correction on his HR total - up to 9, thanks
Barb!)... Stephen Smitherman, 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, .253 ... Dirk
Hayhurst SD, 6 3 1 1 4 8, 3.58
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood SS LAA
0-5, 2K, .277 ... Bobby Wilson C LAA 1-4, HR(9), 2R, 3RBI, .304
... Josh Anderson OF HOU 2-5, R, .309 ... Hunter Pence
OF HOU 1-4, SB(14), .299 ... Nate Gold 1B TEX 2-4, 2B, RBI, .296
... Kurt Suzuki C OAK 1-3, 2B, BB, .289 ... Matthew
Allegra OAK 1-3, HR(14), R, 2RBI, .280 ... Juan Richardson 1B
STL 2-5, 2B, 2R, RBI, .320 ... Troy Tulowitzki SS COL 3-5, 2B, 2R,
.297 ... Alex Gordon 3B KC 4-5, 2 2B, HR(18), 4R, 5RBI, .310 ...
Billy Butler OF KC 1-3, 2RBI, 2BB, .322 ... Chris
Lubanski OF KC 2-5, HR(10), 2R, 3RBI, .274
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Nick Adenhart LAA
7.0 5 2 2 2 6, 4.15 ... CF Chris Rahl ARZ 3-4, 6th triple, .345 ...
Sean Rodriguez LAA 1-4, 25th double, .310 ... rare off-night for the
TB phenoms - Evan Longoria 0-3, Reid Brignac 1-4, 3
Ks ... OF Casey Craig SEA 2-4, 2 homers, .369 ... Douglas
Mathis 6.1 7 2 2 1 7, 4.17
CAROLINA (A+) -- Neil Walker C PIT 4-5,
2 2B, 3RBI, .268 ... Van Pope 3B ATL 3-5, HR(8), 2R, 2RBI, .261
... Kala Kaaihue 1B ATL 1-3, HR(7), .220 ... James Parr
ATL 7.0 5 3 3 1 5, 4.75 ... Drew Sutton 2B HOU 3-5, 2B, 3B, 2R,
.264 ... Neil Sellers DH HOU 2-4, 2B, 2R, RBI, .265 ...
Francisco Caraballo RF HOU 2-4, 2B, 3RBI, .229 ... Matt
Bruback BAL 6.0 8 5 3 0 2, 3.92 ... Jensen Lewis CLE 5.2 6 2 2
1 6, 4.02 ... Tommy Hottovy BOS 6.0 8 4 2 1 9, 2.80 ...
Rogearvin Bernadina CF WAS 2-4, 2R, RBI, SB, .281 ... Steve
Mortimer 1B WAS 3-4, 2B, R, 2RBI, .242 ... Mike Hinckley WAS
6.1 11 3 3 3 3, 5.35
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Starting to turn around
his season, Ryan Harvey RF CHN 4-5 4HR(16) 5RBI, .234
Greg
Golson CF PHI 3-5 HR(2) 2R 2RBI, .318
On fire, Mike Carp
5-5, HR(10) 4RBI, .293
Randy Roth 1B STL 2-3 R 2RBI, .333
Sergio Pedroza LF LA 2-3 2 HR(3), .167
Clete Thomas
CF DET 2-3 RBI, .263
Jeff Frazier 2-2 HR(9) 2RBI, .235
Andrew Kown DET 7 5 1 1 2 3 W(5-4, 3.35)
MIDWEST (A) -- yikes, what's up with Justin
Upton ARZ 0-4, .259 ... Hainley Statia LAA 2-3, 28th double, .305 ...
David Freese SD 1-4, 4th homer, .338 ... CF & leadoff Jose
Duarte KC 4-5, 2 doubles (16), 2 SBs (24), .282 ... Mark
Hamilton STL, continuing the success from short-season ball, 3-5, .455 ...
Jeff Samardzija
CHN 6.0 4 2 1 3 3, 3.27 ... 22-year-old righthander
Yohan
Pino MIN, superb numbers,
6.0 1 0 0 0 4, 10-2, 1.55 ... John Mayberry TEX 2-4, 14th homer,
.259 ... Cameron Maybin
DET 2-5, walk, 3 RBI, .332
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Chris Volstad FLA
4 7 6 1 4 3, 3.44 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 1-4, .282 ... Dexter
Fowler COL 1-3, 2 RBI (28), BB, .283 ... Chris Nelson COL
2-4, .265 .... Fernando Martinez NYN 0-3, 2 BB, .324 ...
Eugenio Velez SF 2-5, 2 HR (11), 3 RBI (70), .307 ... Matt
Maloney PHI (W, 13-5) 6 5 1 1 2 8, 1.55 ... Mark Wagner BOS
1-3, 2B (29), BB, .307 ... Brad James HOU 5-2/3 6 1 0 3 3, 1.26
... Josh Flores HOU 2-4 SB (22), .267 ... JR Towles
HOU 2-4, .329 ... Austin Jackson NYA 2-4, 2B (20), .265 ...
Lorenzo Cain MIL 1-5, 2B (24), .302 ... Max Ramirez CLE
0-3, BB, .296
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- shortstop
Scott Sizemore DET 2-4, .342 ... Maxwell Sapp HOU, 1st
rounder, 2006 (first catcher taken), 3-5, double, 3 RBI, .261 ... Pedro
Beato BAL 6.2 6 1 1 1 4, 3.91 ... Jeremy Hellickson TB 7.0
3 2 2 0 8, 2.20 ... Keith Foulke BOS, rehab, 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 ... OF
Zachary Daeges BOS 2-4, double, homer, .352
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Adam Cowart
SF, amazing run continues, 5.0 4 0 0 0 2, 0.41 (in 44 innings, just 4 walks,
only 22 Ks though) ... Tyler Colvin CHN 3-4, .331
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Matthew
Inouye C CHW 3-5, double(7), SB(2), .337
solid in relief all year,
Kanekoa Texiera RP CHW 15.1 IP 18SO, 3BB, 0.59 ERA
Travis
Snider OF TOR 1-1 as pinch hitter, .308
Mike Storey CLE (W
2-3) 5.0 0 0 0 2 5 ERA 3.44
Robert Ramirez SS HOU 1-3,
Double(14), .350
Daniel Valencia MIN 2-3, Double(5), .311
Jose Castillo (W 2-1) 7.0 1 0 0 0 8 ERA 2.84
Paul Bennett
3B ATL 1-2, 2walks, 2runs, rbi, .350
Larry Williams OF ATL 2-6,
rbi, .344
Kieron Pope OF BAL 1-4, HR(5) 2rbi, .355
Anthony
Martinez 1B BAL 3-5, .312
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- shortstop Hector Gomez
COL 3-4, double, .344 ... Steven Johnson LAD 6.0 3 1 0 2 6, 3.07
... Drew Stubbs CIN 3-4, double, homer, walk, .264 ... Cole
Gillespie MIL, deuces wild, 2-2, 2 runs, 2 doubles, 2 walks, 2 SBs, .391
... Chris Errecart MIL 2-4, 6th homer, .288 ... Sean
O'Sullivan LAA 7.0 4 2 2 0 3, 1.85
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- 3B Adam Coe
ATL 1-4, 6th homer, .273 ... Cristhian Martinez DET 6.0 5 0 0 0 7,
1.54 ... 1B Christopher Carlson 3-5, 10th double, 8th homer,
.297 ... Jonathan Albaladejo PIT 5.0 4 1 1 0 8, 3.68
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Matt Sweeney LAA
1-4, 5th homer, .338 ... Andrew Lefave MIL 3-3, triple, 2 walks,
.488 ... Sharlon Schoop SF 3-5, .424
Troop
Movements ... CLE - recalled Andy Marte, optioned Ramon
Vazquez to Triple-A ... TEX - acquired Carlos Lee and
Nelson Cruz from MIL for Francisco Cordero, Kevin
Mench and Laynce Nix and Julian Cordero,
recalled Josh Rupe from Triple-A, optioned Freddy Guzman to
Triple-A ...
TOR - sent Chad Mottola outright to Triple-A ... MIL - acquired
David Bell from PHI for Wilfrido Laureano, placed
Jose Capellan on the 15-day DL ... WAS - purchased the contract of
Travis Hughes from Triple-A, acquired Shairon Martis
from SF for Mike Stanton ... OAK - recalled Shane Komine
from Triple-A, optioned Randy Keisler to Triple-A ... BOS -
recalled Javier Lopez from Triple-A ... TOR - activated Alex
Rios from the 15-day DL ... DET - sent Alexis Gomez
outright to Triple-A ... NYN - activated Pedro Martinez from the
15-day DL, optioned Heath Bell to Triple-A ... LAD - acquired
Wilson Betemit from ATL for Danys Baez and Willy
Aybar, activated Brett Tomko from the 15-day DL ... HOU - promoted
JR House to AAA ... CLE - promoted Kevin Kouzmanoff to AAA ...
A scary night for one of baseball's top prospects.
" ... Carlos Gonzalez
... escaped serious injury Thursday night after getting hit in the back of his
head by a pitch from Inland Empire's Jose De La Cruz. Gonzalez, playing for
Lancaster in the Class A Advanced California League, was 3-for-4 with a homer
and two RBIs when De La Cruz plunked him in the ninth inning ... The ball struck
Gonzalez on the lower part of his helmet, also getting part of his neck. The
slugging outfielder was down on the ground for some four minutes but suffered no
injury other than some soreness and getting a good scare. There was some thought
he had suffered a concussion, but that was not the case, despite the fact he was
not in the starting lineup Friday against Rancho Cucamonga. "I'm a little sore
on my neck but I'm glad everything is OK," said Gonzalez, who leads the Cal
League with 86 RBIs and is seventh in hitting at .316. "I was scared right after
I got hit. My whole body stopped for five seconds. I was scared. I'm just glad
to be OK and be here." (MiLB.com)
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall,
reviews his pre-season Jays' picks :
" ... 1) Ricky Romero
... Had a nice 2.47 ERA in 10 starts for Class A Dunedin, but has been
hammered in Double-A (8.00 in 5 starts, 13/13 K/BB in 27 innings). Collapse in
all ratios since his promotion seems rather odd."
" ... 7) Adam Lind ...
.310/.357/.543 in 91 games for New Hampshire with 19 homers. Just promoted to
Triple-A this week, is 0-for-5 so far. Definite breakthrough season."
" ... 8) Ryan Patterson
... .288/.327/.520 with 19 homers for Dunedin. Promoted to Double-A two weeks
ago, is 15-for-63 (.238) so far with five doubles. A very intriguing bat."
28 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Charlie Haeger CHA, seems to be one of those
guys (Rich Hill, Ben Hendrickson, et al) who might be destined to be AAA stars
while continuing to fail at the MLB level, 6.0 6 2 2 0 6, 11-3, 2.57 ... Josh
Fields CHA, no slowing down, 2-4, walk, .324 ... Lastings
Milledge NYN CF & leadoff, 2-4, .278 ... J.P. Howell TB 6.0 6 1 1 3
4, 2.11 ... BJ Upton TB 2-4, walk, .270 ... Delmon Young
TB 0-5, .346
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Nelson Cruz
MIL 1-4, 20th homer, .302 ... Jason Hirsh HOU 7.0 5 1 1 0 5, 12-2,
2.03 ... Steven Shell LAA, falling apart lately, 1.1 6 6 6 2 0, 6.20 ...
Miguel Montero ARZ 3-4, .464 ... Chris Young ARZ 2-4, 2 doubles
(23), .271 ... Larry Broadway WAS 2-6, 2 homers (12), .302 ... Matt
Kemp LAD 2-5, triple, .354
EASTERN (AA) -- David Purcey TOR,
demoted a level, similar results, 4.1 3 3 3 5 8, 5.88 ... Alexi
Casilla MIN 1-2, double, 3 walks, 3 SBs (9), .259 ... Carlos Gomez
NYN 3-4, triple, .278 ... Jay Gibbons BAL, rehab, 3-4, double ...
Phil Hughes NYA 4.0 2 1 1 1 8, 2.83 (63 hits allowed, 26 walks, 98
Ks in 86 innings) ... Brian Barton CLE 2-4, .500
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Homer Bailey CIN, ND,
6 5 0 0 3 8, 0.74 ... Danny Richar 2B ARI, 1-4, HR, K, .312 ...
Mark Reynolds, 1-4, 27th HR on the season, 3 RBI ... Jose
Garcia FLA, 5 9 6 6 1 5, all of a sudden 3.10 ... Greg Smith
ARI, 6 7 3 3 2 3, 4.60 ... Eric Patterson 2B CHC, 2-5, 3B, 2 RBI,
.272 ... Scott Moore 3B CHC, 0-5, 3 K, .260 ... ... Joey
Votto 1B CIN, 0-4, K, .319 ... Ricardo Nanita LF CHW, 1-3,
HR, 2 BB, .287 ... Tim Dillard MIL, 7.2 8 2 2 2 3, 3.27 ...
Tony Abreu 2B LAD, 2-4, .291 ... Elliot Johnson 2B TB,
0-3, BB, 3 K, .299 ... Scott Elbert LAD, no problems here, 7 2 0 0
3 13, 2.35 ... Jim Magrane TB, 7 6 2 1 4 3, 2.98 ... Jarrod
Saltalamacchia C ATL, finally, 2-4, 2 HR (8), 6 RBI, .211 ... Brandon
Jones RF ATL, 2-5, HR, 3 RBI, .276 ... Vince Sinsi 1B SD,
3-5, HR, 2B, RBI, 3 R, .263 ... Matt Harrison ATL, 5 7 4 4 1 5,
4.46
TEXAS (AA) -- Hunter Pence HOU
3-4, 2 doubles (24), 24th homer, .299 ... Michael Wilson SEA 2-4,
double, .342 ... Blake Hawksworth STL 7.0 6 1 1 0 8, 4.04 ...
Brandon Wood LAA 0-4, 2 Ks, .281 (50 walks, 130 Ks)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Carlos Gonzalez ARZ,
moving over to RF, 3-4, 33rd double, 18th homer, .316 ... Chris Rahl CF
ARZ, 5th rounder, 2005, 3-5, 36th double (to go along with 5 triples and 10
homers), .341 ... Corey Wimberly COL 3-4, 35th SB, .332 ...
Chase Headley SD 2-3, 11th homer, .299
CAROLINA (A+) -- Brent Lillibridge SS
PIT 2-4, 2B, 3B, R, 3RBI, SB, .290 ... Dan Schwartzbauer 2B PIT
2-5, 2 2B, R, 3RBI, .241 ... Neil Walker C PIT 2-5, 2R, RBI, .255
... Steve Pearce 1B PIT 2-4, 2B, 3R, RBI, .248 ... Kala
Kaaihue 1B ATL 1-4, HR(6), .217 ... Nerio Rodriguez PIT 5.0 5
2 2 2 4 W, 5.29 ... Jo Jo Reyes ATL 4.0 5 5 4 3 3 L, 2.61 ... Carl
Loadenthal position player pitching ATL 1.1 2 0 0 2 0 ... Carlos
Duran DH BAL 2-4, 2B, 3RBI, .271 ... Sandy Madera C BAL
1-4, HR(3), .324 ... Lou Santangelo C HOU 2-4, HR(16)CL leader,
.250 ... Craig Anderson BAL 6.0 5 2 0 2 1 W, 3.86 ... Jose
Constanza RF CLE 4-4, 2B, 3B, R, SB, .316 ... Andrew Pinckney
3B 3-3, 2B, 3B, R, RBI, .265 ... Kevin Dixon CLE 6.0 2 1 1 2 4 W,
4.66 ... Gary Galvez BOS 7.0 7 3 3 3 3, 5.14 ... Donny
Lucy C CHA 2-3, HR(5), SB, .257 ... Mike Moat CHA 5.0 6 2 2 0
2 W, 2.91 ... Clint Everts WAS 5.1 6 4 3 2 9 L, 5.12
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Cory Dunlap 1B LA
2-4 HR(13) 2R 2RBI, .242 - .402 OBP
Mike Costanzo 3B PHI 1-3
HR(10) 2RBI, .237
Greg Golson CF PHI 1-3 HR(1) 2R 2RBI, .214
Coming over from the Yankees system, Hector Made PH-SS PHI 2-3,
double, HR(4), 2RBI, .289
Paul Janish SS CIN 3-5 HR(6), 2R 2RBI,
.268
MIDWEST (A) -- 3B David Freese SD, more
success up a level, 2-4, double, .342 ... Jay Bruce CIN 0-1 as a
PH, .317 ... Cameron Maybin DET 2-4, double, .331 ... Jeff
Baisley OAK 1-4, 18th homer, .313 ... shortstop Hainley Statia
LAA 3-4, 27th double, 18th SB, .302 ... Justin Upton ARZ 0-4, .262
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Todd Redmond PIT
(W, 8-5) 7 4 2 2 4 3, 2.86 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 3-5, 2B (17),
2 HR (13), 5 RBI (59), .282 ... Eugenio Velez SF 0-3, SB (40), BB,
.306 ... Jeremy Slayden PHI 1-4, .299 ... Mark Wagner
BOS 1-3, 2B (28), .307 ... Fernando Martinez NYN 1-4, .329 ...
Josh Flores HOU 4-6, HR (6), 2 RBI (24), .264 ... JR Towles
HOU 4-5, 3B (2), HR (9), 3 RBI (40), SB (11), .326 ... Eli Iorg
HOU 3-5, 2B (21), 3B (2), RBI (64), SB (26), .245 ... Will Inman
MIL, dominating again, (W, 7-1) 5 2 0 0 2 5, 1.23 ... Lorenzo Cain
MIL 3-4, 2 2B (23), RBI (43), BB, .303 ... Mat Gamel MIL 3-5, 2
RBI (59), .281
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- LF Ben
Zeskind TOR 3-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 E ... CF Adam Calderone
TOR 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... C Brian Jerolman TOR 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B,
1 3B, 2 RBI ... DH Matt Liuzza TOR 2-5, 1 RBI ... SS Jeremy
Goldschmeding WAS 2-5, 1 RBI ... CF Albert Laboy PIT 3-4, 2
R, 1 RBI ... C Kris Watts PIT 3-5, 1 RBI ... LF Alex
Presley PIT 2-5, 1 R, 2 RBI ... 2B Jim Negrych PIT 2-5, 1 3B,
1 RBI ... CF Jim Barksdale PIT 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 SB ... 2B
Henry Cabrera PIT 5 4 0 0 0 6 (W 4-0) ... RF Jonathan
Sanchez NYN 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... Tobi Stoner NYN 6.1 3 0
0 1 7 (W3-1) ... DH Kyle Larsen NYA 3-3, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI ... CF
Colin Curtis NYA 3-3, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI ... 3B Miguel
Abreu BAL 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... RF Jed Stephens BAL 3-4, 1
R ... 1B Manny Arambarris BOS 2-4, 2 RBI .391 ... LF Zach
Daeges BOS 1-2, 2 R 1 BB, .346
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Scott Deal
OAK, 1st night off after six straight wins, 6.1 4 3 3 1 1, 6-1, 1.79 ... now we
begin to see why he was a 1st rounder, Tyler Colvin CHN 5-5,
double, triple, walk, .316 ... Matt Antonelli SD 0-2, 3 walks, 4
runs, RBI, .303 ... 1B Craig Cooper SD 3-5, 4th homer, 5 RBI, .318
... Joshua Sullivan COL 3.1 3 1 1 1 8, 2.08
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Brandon Buckman
1B STL 2-4, .331
Ronald Ramirez SS HOU 0-4, .350
Andrew
Darnell OF HOU 3-4, 2HR, 3rbi
David Valencia 3B MIN 3-4,
HR(3), .293
Larry Williams OF ATL 3-4, .345
Willie
Cabrera 2-4, Double, Triple, .317
Always consistent hitting, Oriole
Shortstop Pedro Florimon Jr. 2-4, Solo HR(1) .344 ...
Billy Rowell 3-5, double, .255 ... Kieron Pope OF BAL
3-4, 2 doubles, .361
Mike McCormick 3B TB 2-4, double, .275
Junior Contreras 1-3, .345
Chad Pendarvis (L 3-2) 4.2
8 5 4 2 1 ERA 1.82
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Josh Wall LAD 5.0 4
3 3 2 4, 4.29 ... 1B Rick Taloa LAD 4-5, 2 doubles, .297 ...
Matt Berezay LAD 2-2, 5th homer, 3 walks, .303 ... 1B Steven
Suarez COL 3-4, 2 homers, 5 RBI, .290 ... Ryan Mount SS LAA
3-4, 2 walks, .384 ... 2B Tadd Brewer LAA, 17th rounder, 2006,
4-5, triple, homer, 7 RBI, .301 ... OF Chris Heisey CIN 3-4, 6th homer,
.368
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Rick Vanden
Hurk FLO, on the comeback trail, 3.0 0 0 0 0 5, 1.12 (1 hit, 3 walks, 15 Ks
in 8 innings) ... Omar Alcala MIN 7.2 2 1 1 3 1, 2.09 ... OF
Christopher Parmelee MIN 2-4, double, .296 ... Mauricio
Mendez BOS 4.0 2 0 0 1 6, 1.31 ... Grant Duff NYA 4.0 3 3 3 4
3, 1.61 ... CF Gorkys Hernandez DET 2-5, 16th SB, .361..
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Clint Nageotte SEA,
rehab, 3.0 3 0 0 1 0 ... OF Carlos Peguero SEA 3-5, triple, .300
... 3B Alex Liddi SEA 3-4, double, triple, 6th SB, .336 ...
shortstop Johan Yan TEX 2-3, walk, 13th error, .290
Troop
Movements ... HOU - catchup, Troy Patton promoted to AA (5.2 4 2 1
3 6, in debut) ... COL - catchup, Shane Lindsay promoted to SAL (4.2 5 3
3 6 5, in first start) ... SEA - optioned Chris Snelling to Triple-A ...
OAK - placed Scott Sauerbeck
on the 15-day DL, recalled Ron Flores from Triple-A ... CHN -
recalled Rich Hill from Triple-A, optioned David
Aardsma to
Triple-A ... KC - optioned Andrew Sisco to Triple-A ...
Royals' updates from the Kansas City Star :
" ... Shortstop Jeff Bianchi, who was
playing in the Arizona rookie league, underwent shoulder surgery Tuesday."
" ... Mike Sweeney crushed a solo home run over the
left-field wall in his second rehab game with Class A Burlington. Sweeney
grounded into a fielders choice and flew out to right twice in his other three
at-bats. He concluded his time in Burlington one for seven with two strikeouts
and a walk. Sweeney drove back home after the game and will join Class AA
Wichita for its game Friday."
Andy Marte CLE, on the verge of MLB time :
" ... General Manager Mark Shapiro says Andy Marte
could be promoted to Cleveland "relatively soon." ... Shapiro said: "Andy
is still a work in progress with a lot of ability and great power. . . . It will
be important to remember when he arrives that there is still development to be
done with Andy, and it will have to get completed at the major-league level."
... Marte ... hitting .263 (93-for-354) with 23 doubles, 15 homers and 46 RBI.
He's struck out 81 times and drawn 34 walks." (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Zach Chalifour,
RotoTimes.com, on Jeff Niemann TB and Max Ramirez CLE :
" ... for the first time since being drafted two
years ago, Niemann is pitching and pitching well. The 23-year-old picked up his
first professional win last week, and is now 1-4 with a solid 3.32 ERA and 39
strikeouts in 38 innings at Double-A Montgomery ... It is no secret that the
Devil Rays have recently been reluctant to rush prospects, but Niemann has a
legitimate shot to join the rotation by mid-season next year, and he can be
penciled in for the 2008 rotation."
" ... Ramirez, 21, is an average prospect with solid 15-20
home run potential who was having a strong season at Low-A Rome where he was
batting .285 with nine home runs. Hes impressed the Indians thus far since
joining their Low-A affiliate in Lake County, as he is hitting .545 with a home
run, three RBI. Hes also showing great plate discipline with just two
strikeouts in comparison to eight walks. Hes at least a few years away, and the
Indians will likely look for either Ramirez or current backup catcher Kelly
Shoppach to take the long-term job so that Victor Martinez can permanently move
to first base."
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall, with
a review of his pre-season COL picks and a positive attitude about Ian
Stewart :
" ... I'm a bit worried about
Stewart, although he is still very young and has plenty of time to get things
going well again ... Hitting .287/.347/.460 in 87 games for Double-A Tulsa. Not
doing as well as expected, although 31 doubles is a positive marker."
" ... 7) Chris Iannetta ...
.355/.473/.526 in 24 games since being promoted to Colorado Springs. Having an
excellent season and looks like a major breakthrough prospect. Raise his grade
to B+ and stick him on your top prospect lists."
" ... 8) Chris Nelson
... .263/.324/.431 with 10 steals for Asheville, also has 31 doubles. Not
awesome but is rebounding somewhat after a poor '05 season. Still not quite
living up to the potential he showed in high school and rookie ball."
" ... 15) Corey Wimberly
... .314/.388/.362 with 33 steals in just 49 games for Modesto. Speed with
decent on-base skills but lacks power."
CORRESPONDENTS
: INT - Herb Walters, PCL - JDM, EASTERN - Harry Almquist, SOUTHERN - Zack
Staten, 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
& JDM,
GULF COAST - JDM, ARIZONA - JDM, ALASKA - Matt Nemeth
27 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Matt Wright ATL, having his troubles in AAA,
6.0 8 4 4 1 4, 9.20 ... Josh Fields CHA 1-3, 19th SB, .322 ...
BJ Upton TB 3B & leadoff 1-4, 2 walks, 33rd error, 42nd SB, .268 ...
Delmon Young TB, beginning to hit his stride, 4-5, triple, 2 homers,
4 RBI, .354 ... Elijah Dukes TB 2-3, 3 walks, 8th error, .293 ...
Jeremy Guthrie CLE CG one-hitter, 9.0 1 1 1 2 7, 3.07 ... Josh
Banks TOR, just isn't happening, 6.2 9 7 5 4 3, 5.49
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Carlos
Villanueva MIL 7.0 4 0 0 1 8, 3-0, 0.43 ... Jeff Mathis LAA
1-3, homer (just his 4th), walk, .306 ... Hong-Chih Kuo LAD, 3rd start,
4.0 6 2 2 2 4 ... Jeff Keppinger, now in the KC system, 3-4,
2 homers, walk, 4 runs, .391 ... John Danks TEX 4.2 6 6 5 2 5,
5.97 ... Tim Stauffer SD 5.2 9 5 3 3 5, 4.79 ... Paul
McAnulty SD, back at 1B, 2-4, 14th homer, .326 ... George Kottaras
SD 0-3, 3 Ks, .241
EASTERN (AA) -- Radhames Liz BAL
7.0 4 0 0 2 8, 2.00 ... Jacoby Ellsbury CF & leadoff BOS 2-3, 2
walks, .367 ... Ryan Drese WAS 3.2 4 3 3 4 1 ... Ismael Ramirez
TOR 6.0 7 1 1 0 6, 1.60 ... Brian Barton CLE 2-3, homer, .500 (8
games now in AA) ... Kevin Kouzmanoff CLE 2-3, double, walk, .389
... Matt Guerrier MIN, looks ready to resume action with the
Twins, 3.0 0 0 0 0 4
" ... Radhames Liz turned in
the best start of his young Double-A career ... as Bowie edged Connecticut, 1-0
... In just his third start for the Baysox, Liz (2-1) scattered four hits
and two walks over seven shutout innings while striking out eight. The
23-year-old made his Double-A debut on July 16, after going 6-5 with a 2.82 ERA
over 83 innings pitched with the Carolina League's Frederick Keys. Liz's eight
strikeouts were the most he recorded in a game since April 23. The right-hander
struck out 33 batters over his first 15 innings pitched this season but has
since averaged just five whiffs per start." (MiLB.com)
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Scott Moore 3B
CHC, 2-4, HR, 2 K, .264 ... Brian Dopirak 1B CHC, 2-3, 2B, RBI,
BB, K, .264 ... Eric Patterson 2B CHC, 1-5, 2B, K, .270 ...
Joey Votto 1B CIN, 0-3, BB, .323 ... Juan Mateo CHC, 6
4 3 3 2 5, 2.82 ... Tyler Pelland CIN, 5 2 1 1 4 7, 3.28 ...
Kevin Randel 3B FLA, 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, .274 ... Jerry Gil
CF ARI, 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, .255 ... Ross Olendorf ARI, 7 7 4 4 0
6, 3.15 ... Ricardo Nanita CF CHW, 3-4, RBI, .287 ... Yovani
Gallardo MIL, 6.2 5 1 1 3 8, 0.72 (lower and lower) ... Jeffrey
Eure 3B MIL, 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, .264 ... Spike Lundberg LAD, 7 4
0 0 1 6, 2.04 ... Dan Miceli TB, 1 0 0 0 1 0 ... Anthony
Raglani RF LAD, 3-5, 2 2B, 2 R, .237 ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia
C ATL, 1-4, .207 ... Yunel Escobar 3B ATL, 1-3, RBI, BB, .284 ...
Stephen Smitherman RF SD, 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, .241 ... Anthony
Lerew ATL, 5 5 1 1 3 5, 1.63
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood SS LAA
1-4, 2K, .284 ... Terry Evans OF LAA 1-4, 2R, 2SB(11), .286 ...
Jose Arredondo LAA 4.0 10 9 7 1 7, L(2-1), 6.67 ... Hunter
Pence OF HOU 0-3, R, BB, .295 ... J.R. House C HOU 1-3, RBI, .325 ...
Chad Reineke HOU 6.2 3 2 2 5 4, L(0-1), .338 ... Tim
Hulett 2B TEX 1-3, 2R, 3BB, .415 ... Brant Colamarino 1B OAK
1-4, solo HR(11), .297 ... Michael Wilson OF SEA 1-2, 2B, 2R, RBI,
2BB, .336 ... Robert Rohrbaugh SEA 6.0 5 1 1 3 3, 2.86 ... Juan
Richardson 1B STL 2-4, 2 2B, 2R, .313 ... Amaury Marti OF
STL 3-4, HR(3), 2R, 3RBI, .364 ... Troy Tulowitzki SS COL 0-4,
RBI, BB, .292 ... Joseph Koshansky 1B COL 1-4, 2B, .302 ...
Alex Gordon 3B KC 3-4, HR(17), R, RBI, .303... Billy Butler
OF KC 1-3, RBI, .322 ... Chris Lubanski OF KC 2-4, 2B, 2R, .273
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Corey Wimberly COL
2-5, double, .314 ... 3B Chase Headley SD 2-3, walk, .296 ... Evan
Longoria TB 2-4, double, .371 ... 2B Emilio Bonifacio ARZ 2-4,
2 doubles (27), 16th error,.330 ... Carlos Gonzalez ARZ 1-3, 32nd
double, walk, 15th SB, .311
CAROLINA (A+) -- Mike Carlin LF PIT
1-3, HR(10), 3RBI, .280 ... Brent Lillibridge SS PIT 1-3, 2R, 3SB,
.277 ... Luis Munoz PIT 6.2 6 2 2 3 2 W, 4.03 ... John
Drennen CF CLE 3-4, 2B, 3R, .333 ... Argenis Reyes 3B CLE 3-4,
3B, R, 3RBI, .247 ... Nolan Reimold RF BAL 2-3, HR(13), .263 ...
Scott Lewis CLE 5.2 3 0 0 2 6 W, 1.48 ... JC Holt 2B
ATL 4-5, RBI, SB, .235 ... Diory Hernandez SS ATL 2-4, HR(4), 2R,
SB, .257 ... Kelvin Villa ATL 6.0 3 2 2 1 5, 3.18 ... Joey
Devine ATL 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 L, 7.71 ... Trey Webb 2B WAS 1-4,
HR(5), 2RBI, .257 ... Kevin Guyette BOS 6.0 5 0 0 1 4, 6.14 ...
Rory Shortell HOU 7.0 3 0 0 2 5, 3.38
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Blake Dewitt 2B
LA 1-4 HR(17) 2RBI, .269
Xavier Paul RF LA 2-5 HR(12) 2R 2RBI,
.295
Ryan Crew LF MIL 3-5 double, 2R RBI, .320
Mike
Carp 1B NYN 2-5 double, 2R RBI, .285
Clete Thomas CF DET 2-4
2R RBI SB(22), .258
Jeff Larish 1B DET 3-4 double, R RBI, .248
Colby Rasmus CF STL 2-3 triple, HR(3) 2R 2RBI SB(6), .216
MIDWEST (A) -- Pedro Ciriaco ARZ 3-5
(.268) ... Nate Culp SD 6 5 1 0 0 2 (debut) .. Daryl
Jones SD 17th double, BB (.246) ... scary bad Tommy Mendoza
ANA 4 2/3 11 8 8 4 2 (4.21) ... Hainley Statia ANA 2-7, 14th CS
... quel dommage Lucas French DET 7 9 6 6 2 4 (3.37) ...
Cameron Maybin DET 4-4 (vaults to league-leading .328) ... Mark
Reed CHN 0-4 (.274) ... Joshua Johnson KC 0-1, 2 more walks
... Wade Davis TB 6 6 2 2 1 2 (3.19) ... MWL no challenge so far
for '06 2nd-rounder John Jay STL (LF) 3-4, double (.365/.437/.500
in 96 AB's) ... Bryan Anderson STL 2-5, K (.312)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Jeremy Slayden
PHI 2-4, SB (2), .299 ... Eugenio Velez SF 2-4, RBI (67), 2 SB
(39), .309 ... Ryan Tucker FLA 7 4 2 1 1 6, 5.15 ... Travis
Denker LAD 1-4, BB, .256 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 0-4, .278
... Brad Corley PIT 3-4, 2B (20), HR (12), 4 RBI (67), BB, .283
... Chaz Roe COL (L, 3-4) 6 7 4 4 1 4, 3.99 ... Dexter
Fowler COL 0-4, .283 ... Eric Young Jr COL 2-3, 2B (20), HR (4), RBI
(35), BB, .270 ... Chris Nelson COL 1-4, RBI (55), SB (10), .263
... Max Ramirez CLE 2-3, RBI (41), BB, .299 ... Brandon
Erbe BAL 5 2 0 0 0 5, 2.85 ... Mark Wagner BOS 1-4, 2B (27),
.307 ... Tony Granadillo BOS 2-4, 2 HR (11), 2 RBI (49), .274 ...
Fernando Martinez NYN 1-5, .331 ... Austin Jackson
NYA 2-3, 2BB, .263
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- 3B Manny
Arambarris BOS 5-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 E ... 1B Jorge Jimenez
BOS 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 E ...RF Bubba Bell BOS 2-5, 2
R, 1 RBI ... C Luis Exposito BOS 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 E ... LF
Zach Daeges BOS 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... 3B Miguel Abreu
BAL 3-5, 1 R, 1 3B, 3 RBI ... RF Zack Davis BAL 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2
RBI, 1 E ... LF Corey Shafer BAL 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB ...
Graham Taylor FLA 7 6 1 1 0 3, 2.02 (W 2-2) ... 3B Jake
Blackwood FLA 2-4, 1 RBI ... Eric Brown NYN 6 3 0 0 0 1, 1.93
(W 2-0) ... LF Dustin Martin NYN 3-4, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB...George
Kontos NYA 7 4 1 1 0 8 (W 4-2) ... LF Seth Fortenberry NYA
3-5, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI ... 2B Wilmer Pino NYA 3-4, 1 R, 1
RBI, 1 SB, 1 CS ... 3B Jonathan Castro WASH 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
... RF Francisco Nichols WASH 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI ... RF Matt
Wilkerson STL 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI ... 1B Ryan Strieby DET 3-4,
2 R, 1 2B 1 E ... 3B Ron Bourquin DET 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI ... CF
Albert Laboy PIT 3-4, 1 CS ...1B Kent Sakamoto PIT
2-4, 2 RBI
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Tyler Colvin
OF CHC 2-5, r, double, rbi #23, .284 ... Matt Camp OF CHC 3-4, rbi
#21 , bb, .304 ... Steven Clevenger 2b CHC 3-4, r, 2 rbi, .287 ...
Alfred Joseph OF CHC 3-4, 2 doubles, rbi #19, .364 ... Chris
Davis OF TEX 3-4, r, 2 doubles, 2 rbi's, .261 ... Mark Pawelek
P CHC w 1-3, 5.0 5 1 1 1 6 3.00 ... Inoel Deaza P OAK w 3-2, 6.0 4
1 1 1 4 3.38 ... Tim Lincecum P SF strikes out the side in only
inning pitched 1.0 0 0 0 3 0.00 ... Leury Bonilla 3b SEA 3-4, 2r,
hr, rbi, .207 ... Brad Miller 1b ARZ 2-4, r, .288 ... Daniel
Mayora ss COL 2-5, r, 2 doubles, .331 ... Bret Berglund OF
COL 2-3, r, 2 doubles, 2 rbi, bb, .200 ... Victor Ferrante OF COL
2-5, rbi, .255 ... Aneury Rodriguez P w 2-1, 6.0 6 1 1 2 7 2.40
... William Harris P COL s #2, 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 1.35
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- 2B Ronald Ramirez
HOU 2-5, double, triple, .363 ... 3B Billy Rowell BAL 1-4, walk,
.214 ... OF Kieron Pope BAL 2-2, 14th double, 4th homer, 2 walks,
.348 ... OF Joey Howell BAL 3-4, triple, 2nd homer, .270 ...
Jamie Richmond ATL, quite a season, 6.0 3 0 0 0 1, 6-0, 0.92 ... OF
Travis Snider TOR 1-4, 5th homer, .308
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- CF Joseph Dickerson
KC 4-5, double, .340 ... 2B Kurt Mertins KC 3-5, .425 ...
Trevor Bell LAA 6.0 6 6 6 3 3, 3.07 ... Drew Stubbs CIN
1-3, 2 walks, picked off third, .258
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Ryan Ketchner
LAD, so far so good in injury rehab, 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 ... Preston Mattingly
LAD 2-5, triple, walk, 7th error, .350 ... Milton Loo CIN 3-5, 2
doubles, homer, .382 ... Kyle Sleeth DET, 6.1 9 3 3 0 5, 3.63 ...
CF & leadoff Gorkys Hernandez DET 3-4, walk, .359
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Armando Galarraga
TEX 3.0 3 1 0 0 3 ... CF & leadoff Cody Podraza TEX 2-3, triple, 12th SB,
.319 ... Matt Sweeney 3B LAA 1-5, 4th homer, .348 ... CF & leadoff
Luis Durango SD 3-5, walk, 11th SB, .375 ... 1B Jeremy
Hunt SD 3-3, double, walk, .380
Troop
Movements ... OAK - optioned Jason Windsor to Triple-A, recalled
Randy Keisler from Triple-A ... DET - purchased the contract of
Colby Lewis from Triple-A, designated Alexis Gomez for
assignment ... NYA - acquired Sal Fasano from PHI for
Hector Made, designated Kelly Stinnett for assignment
... SEA - acquired Ben Broussard and cash from CLE for
Shin-Soo Choo and PTBNL, recalled Chris Snelling from Triple-A,
designated Carl Everett for assignment ... KC - recalled
Andres Blanco from Triple-A ... BOS - optioned Kason Gabbard to
Triple-A ... HOU - placed Orlando Palmeiro on the bereavement list,
recalled Jason Lane from Triple-A ... CIN - activated David
Ross from the 15-day DL, designated Joe Mays for assignment ...
Jason Hirsh HOU claims the top slot in the Look Who's Hot chart at
RotoAmerica.
" ... numbers are incredible: 11-2, 2.08, 41
consecutive scoreless innings, 0.92 ERA since May, etc. Oh, and hes tall."
" ... 2. James Loney ... The .380-hitting Loney will give the team
an interesting decision this off-season as they ponder what sort of contract, if
any, to offer All-Star 1B Nomar Garciaparra. Loney, hitting for power now as
well, is ready."
" ... 9. Jacob McGee ... You have to pay attention to a lefty with
140 Ks in 113 innings no matter the level hes at."
" ... 10. Evan Longoria ...Outperforming his scouting reports. Longoria
stands at .381/.461/.754 between two levels. Already 12 homers in 30 games
thanks in part to the thin desert air of the CAL league."
An eye-opener over at
Scout.com. It's their Top 100 (actually it goes on through # 300).
Delmon Young, Alex Gordon, Phil Hughes 1-2-3.
More than a few of the picks (and some omissions) are sure to spark some
debates. Ian Stewart, once a Top 10 guy, doesn't rate among
the Top 300. Andy Marte ranks as only the 5th best at third
- behind Gordon, Andy LaRoche, Josh Fields
and Ryan Braun.
In spite of a 2006 horror show at the plate, Jarrod Saltalamacchia
hangs on to the No. 5 slot among catchers. Jeff Clement is
No. 1, followed by Chris Iannetta and Miguel Montero.
2006 phenom Yovani Gallardo shows up at No. 258, well behind
moundsmen such as Mark Rogers (40), Angel Guzman
(56), Dana Eveland (73), Merkin Valdez (84), Sean
Burnett (153), Josh Banks (229), Kyle Sleeth
(256).
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall, does
another take on his pre-season Top 20 for the Brewers :
" ... 2) Ryan Braun ... Hot lately,
up to .283/.330/.505 in 26 games for Double-A Huntsville. A decent full-season
debut although perhaps not quite as good as people expected."
" ... 6) Yovani Gallardo ... 1.66 in 18 starts
between Class A Brevard County and Double-A Huntsville. Emerging as one of the
top RHP prospects in the game."
" ... 10) Will Inman ... 1.33 ERA in 61 innings
for Class A West Virginia, 74/13 K/BB with zero homers allowed. Big-time sleeper
that you should watch closely."
Just another KC mis-adventure :
" ... Another No. 1 pick has come and gone for the
Royals ... Right-hander Colt Griffin, the teams top pick in 2001,
has told the Royals he will retire rather than continue his comeback from major
shoulder surgery. Colt tried everything he could this spring to bounce back,
said Royals senior director of minor-league operations Shaun McGinn. But his
fastball and his velocity just werent coming back. He started making hints that
he was leaning toward retiring during the spring, and then he just said he
wanted to try going another direction with his life other than baseball. ...
Griffins brief baseball career was plagued by control issues. In 373
minor-league innings, Griffin walked 278 hitters, hit 44 batters and threw 82
wild pitches ... The Royals tried the last two years to convert Griffin to the
bullpen with mixed results. (Kansas City Star)
Carlos Gonzalez ARZ a shining star :
" ... he has impressed Cal League managers, even drawing
comparisons to another Venezuelan outfielder: Bob Abreu. His confident approach
also evokes a couple of other big leaguers. "Gonzalez reminds me of Hank Blalock
and Ian Kinsler. The thing that stands out to me about all three is they think
they can hit anybody," said Bakersfield manager Carlos Subero, who coached
Blalock and Kinsler as they came up through the Rangers system. "Gonzalez, he
has better tools than those two. He loves fielding, loves throwing the ball,
likes runners trying to take the extra base so he can show off his arm. "I think
Carlos Gonzalez might be one of the best outfielders coming out of Venezuela. He
can have a long career if he stays healthy." (Baseball America)
Over at Baseball Analysts, Bryan Smith
has a nice piece on short-season ball including a note on 2006 first rounder
Jeremy Jeffress MIL :
" ... Jeffress ... has proven that not every high school
flame-thrower is raw. The Virginia right-hander touched the high 90s during the
showcase circuit, making teams forget about his small 6-0 frame. Now, his
performance on the mound is living up to those velocity readings. Jeffress
hasn't allowed a run in his last three outings, and in those 11.2 innings, he's
allowed 3 hits, 4 walks and struck out 12 batters. Suddenly, the Brewers
pitching crop (Yovani Gallardo, Mark Rogers, Will Inman, Jeffress) is starting
to look pretty impressive."
26 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Franklin Gutierrez CLE 1-2, 2 BB, SB, .281
Ben Francisco CLE 1-4, 13th HR, 2 R, RBI, .275
Brayan
Pena ATL 2-3, 2 2B, RBI, BB, .280
Matt Garza MIN 9 3 0 0 2
8, 2.05
John Hattig TOR 1-2, 2B, 2 R, 2 BB, .280
rehab,
Alex Rios TOR 1-4, BB, .286
Ryan Sweeney CHA 0-2, BB,
.291
Sean Tracey CHA 7 7 1 1 2 4, 3.41
Tonys
Gutierrez CIN 2-3, 9th HR, R, RBI, BB, .307
Val Majewski BAL
2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, .254
David Pauley BOS 7 3 1 1 1 4, 5.44
Josh Kroeger PHI 1-4, 2B, R, RBI, .231
Michael Bourn
PHI 2-3, R, RBI, BB, SF, SB, .333
Scott Mathieson PHI 8 3 1 1 2
7, 3.32
Christian Garcia NYA 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB, .245
Jeff
Karstens NYA 7 6 1 1 0 5, 5.64
B.J. Upton TB 1-4, 8th HR, R,
RBI, .268
Delmon Young TB 2-3, 2B, BB, .343
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- OF Matt Miller,
up all the way from A-Ball, 3-5, .421 ... Dan Johnson OAK 2-5, double,
.465 ... Jeff Clement SEA 1-3, walk, .241 ... Denny
Bautista KC 3.0 11 11 11 3 1, 7.42 ... Matt Kemp LAD 4-5, 3
doubles, .385 ... Joel Guzman LAD 3-5, triple, 3 RBI, .294 ...
James Loney LAD 3-5, .380 ... Delwyn Young LAD 4-6,
double, 14th homer, .282 ... Scott Hairston ARZ 2-5, double, 20th
homer, .330 ... Chris Young ARZ 3-5, 17th homer, 2 SBs (10), .272
... Miguel Montero ARZ 3-4, homer, walk, .417 ... Brian
Barden ARZ 2-4, 15th homer, .311 ... Felix Pie CHN 3-5, .272
EASTERN (AA) -- oops, a little setback,
Kevin Slowey MIN 5.1 9 4 4 1 7, 3.16 ... Ty Clippard NYA 8.0 5 1 1
2 2, 3.86 ... Eric Duncan NYA, on a nice roll, 1-3, 10th homer,
.286 ... Kevin Kouzmanoff CLE 0-6 in a twin-bill, .386 (in danger
of losing his batting lead to James Loney of the Dodgers in AAA) ... CF Brian
Barton CLE 2-3 & 1-3, .478 ... CF Carlos Gomez NYN
1-3, 22nd SB, .275 ... CF Jacoby Ellsbury BOS 2-5, 7th SB, .351
... Shane Youman PIT 7.0 5 2 2 0 5, 1.51
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Garrett Mock ARI, 3.1
9 6 6 0 2, 4.72 ... Danny Richar 2B ARI, 3-6, HR, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R,
.314 ... Jesus Cota RF ARI, 3-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, .227 ...
Chris Walker CF CHC, 2-4, K, .306 ... Eric Patterson 2B
CHC, 0-3, BB, K, .271 ... Joey Votto 1B CIN, 2-3, 2B, R, .325 ...
Chris Shaver CHC, 5 7 3 3 6 3, 2.64 ... Edward Valdez
CIN, 7.1 3 0 0 2 6, 3.64 ... Ryan Braun 3B, 0-3, BB, K, .283 ...
Steven Hammond MIL, 7 3 1 1 1 9, 1.42 ... Lance Broadway
CHW, 6 8 3 3 1 6, 2.85 ... Tydus Meadows LF LAD, 1-4, HR, .284 ...
Gabriel Martinez 3B/1B TB, 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, 2 K, .272 ... Andrew
Sonnanstine TB, 6 6 2 2 1 5, 2.80 ... Colt Morton C SD,
2-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI ... Jack Cassel SD, 7 3 1 1 4 6, 2.01
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood SS LAA
1-4, solo HR(22), 3K, .284 ... Hunter Pence OF HOU 1-4, solo
HR(23), .297 ... Nate Gold 1B TEX 3-4, solo HR(20), 2R, BB, .290
... Wladimir Balentien OF SEA 0-4, 4K, .260 ... Juan
Richardson 1B STL 2-3, 2B, RBI, .311 ... Nick Stavinoha OF STL
3-4, 2 2B, 2RBI, .271 ... Troy Tulowitzki SS COL 2-5, 2 2B, 2R,
BB, .296 ... Seth Smith OF COL 3-5, HR(10), 2R, 4RBI, BB, .292 ...
Jordan Czarniecki OF COL 4-5, 2B, 2HR(11), 3R, 5RBI, .282 ...
Alex Gordon 3B KC 1-5 solo HR(16), .298 ... Billy Butler
OF KC 2-5, 2R, .322 ... Neal Musser KC 2.2, 9 11 5 4 3, L(4-2),
4.81
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Carlos Gonzalez ARZ
2-4, 2 homers (17), .311 ... Emilio Bonifacio 2-5, 42nd SB, .328 ... 3B
Rusty Ryal ARZ 4-4, 16th double, 11th homer, .277 ... Reid
Brignac TB 3-5, .315 ... catcher Emerson Frostad TEX 3-5,
9th homer, .297 ... 1st rounder (2nd overall) Gregory Reynolds COL
5.0 2 0 0 1 0, 2.65 ... Stephen Marek LAA 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 (ankle injury)
CAROLINA (A+) -- Andrew Pinckney SS CLE
2-4, 2B, 2 R, 2RBI, .267 ... Jordan Brown LF CLE 2-5, 3B, 3 R, RBI,
.279 ... Rodney Choy Foo DH CLE 3-5, 2B, HR(6), 3 R, 3RBI,
SB, .315 ... Stephen Head 1B CLE 1-5, 2B, R, 3RBI, .219 ...
Javi Herrera C CLE 2-6, 2B, R, 3RBI, .375 ... Jose
Constanza RF CLE 3-4, 2 R, 2 SB, .307 ... Pete Maestrales 3B
BAL 2-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI, .289 ... Mario Delgado 1B BAL 3-5, HR(5), 2
R, 3RBI, .257 ... Carlos Duran LF BAL 3-4, 2B, 3B, R, 3RBI, SB,
.261 ... Arturo Rivas CF BAL 2-3, HR(1), 2 R, SB, .400 ... Joe
Ness CLE a bad night 3.2 7 6 6 3 4, 3.42 ... Josh Hansen 1B
CHA 1-4, HR(9), .251 ... Chris Kelly IF CHA 2-4, HR(16), .269 ...
Kyle Bloom PIT 6.0 4 1 1 2 2 L, 3.95 ... Carlos Torres
CHA 6.1 3 0 0 0 7 W, 4.24 ... Devin Ivany C WAS 1-3, HR(5), 2RBI,
.270 ... JC Holt 2B ATL 2-4, 2B, 2 R, 2RBI, SB, .226 ... Rogearvin
Bernadina CF WAS 3-4, 2B, R, 2 SB, .279
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Donald Veal CHN 5
4 1 1 3 9 ND, 1.12
Hernan Iribarren 2B MIL 2-5 HR(2) 2R 3RBI
SB(17), .329
Drew Locke DH LA 2-3 HR(5) 2RBI, .295
Matt
Megrew LA 4 2 0 0 5 5 ND, 2.73
Mike Costnazo 3B PHI 1-3
HR(9), .233
Trevor Plouffe SS MIN 2-4 double, RBI, .233
MIDWEST (A) -- the usual excellence Jacob
McGee TB 6 2 1 1 2 11 (2.71) ... fine MWL debut for last month's 1st rounder
Adam Ottavino STL 5 3 2 1 1 7 ... Cameron Maybin DET
2-4, K ... John Mayberry TEX 2-3 (.262) ... a pulse? B.J.
Szymanski CIN 2-6, 21st double (.237) ... Alex Smit MIN 5 4 2
2 3 8 (3.56) ... Paul Kelly MIN 1-3, K, 5th CS ... Carlos
Rosa KC 7 6 1 1 1 4 (2.63) ... it's what he does best Joshua
Johnson KC 1-2, 3 BB's (.252 avg., but a .399 OBP) ... Justin
Upton ARZ 1-4, 2 K's (.266)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Jon Niese NYN (W,
10-6) 5-1/3 3 1 1 1 6, 3.42 ... Fernando Martinez NYN 1-5, .335
... Jesus Gamero NYN, 9 RBI in last 2 games, 2-3, 5 RBI (11), .310
... John Thomson ATL, rehab, (L, 0-1) 1-2/3 3 2 2 0 0, 10.80 ...
Sean West FLA (W, 4-4) 6 7 4 3 3 4, 3.18 ... Andrew
McCutchen PIT 1-4, 2B (16), RBI (54), .281 ... Travis Denker
LAD 1-5, HR (4), RBI (22), .256 ... Dexter Fowler COL 2-5, 2 2B
(21), .287 ... Eric Young Jr COL 2-4, 2 SB (69), .267 ... Chris
Nelson COL 1-5, RBI (54), .263 ... Max Ramirez CLE 1-1, 2B
(19), 4 BB, .295 ... Jeremy Slayden PHI 2-5, 2B (28), .296 ...
Chorye Spoone BAL 6 6 0 0 2 6, 2.93 ... Michael Bowden
BOS 4 3 3 3 6 4, 3.23 ... Mark Wagner BOS 2-4, 2B (26), .308 ...
Austin Jackson NYA 1-4, RBI (40), BB, .260 ... Angel
Salome MIL 0-4, .300 ... Lorenzo Cain MIL 1-3, BB, .299 ...
Brian Bogusevic HOU 4 3 5 3 5 1, 7.39
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- LF Dave
Mense FLA 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 SB ... SS Tim Torres
HOU 2-2, 3 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB ... C Max Sapp HOU 1-2, 1 R,
1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB ... 2B Greg Buchanan HOU 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB
... 1B Andy Lytle CLE 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB (.360) ... 3B Ivan
Naccarata 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI ... LF Corey Shafer BAL
2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI ... 3B Miguel Abreu BAL 2-6, 1 R, 1
HR, 3 RBI ... Josh Tamba BAL 5.1 6 1 1 1 6 2.02 (W 5-0) ... LF
Zach Daeges BOS 4-4, (.337) ... 2B Scott Campbell TOR
4-5, 4 R, 3 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... LF Ben Zeskind TOR 3-6, 1 R, 1 2B,
3 RBI ... CF Adam Calderone TOR 3-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 CS
... 3B Matt Lane TOR 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI ... C Brian
Jerolman TOR 3-6, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI ... RF Jonathan Baksh
TOR 3-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 RBI ... Wilfreddy Aguirre TOR 5 3 0 0
1 3 1.40 (W 1-1) ... 1B Matt Fields TB 4-7, 1 R, 2 2B ... CF
Jim Rapoport STL 3-6, 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 1 SB ... DH Ryan
Strieby DET 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... Matt O'Brien DET 6 7 1 1 1 4
(W 4-1) ...2B Jim Negrych PIT 3-4, 1 R ... CF Colin
Curtis NYA 4-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 CS ... Edgar Soto NYY 7 1
1 0 0 5 (W 1-2)
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Matt Matulia
ss CHC 1-3, 2 r, 1st hr, bb, 4 rbi, .198 ... Nickolas Cadena 2b
TEX 2-4, 2 r, 2 doubles, rbi, so, .301 ... Chris Davis of TEX 3-4,
3 doubles, r, rbi, .245 ... Akfredi Francisco P CHC relief w 4-0,
4.0 3 0 0 0 5 4.44 ... Michael Ballard P TEX 6.0 4 3 1 0 7 4.54
... Andrew Bailey P OAK 6.0 1 0 0 0 8 1.50 ... Ben
Snyder P SF 5.0 6 1 0 0 7 3.20 ... Brian Lauderdale 2b/3b SD
3-5, r, .300 ... Craig Cooper 1b SD 2-5, 2r, hr, .306 ...
Victor Ferrante OF COL 3-4, double, rbi, bb, .250 ... Cesar
Valdez P ARZ 5.0 8 1 1 3 5 2.16
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Ronald Ramirez
SS HOU 2-5, .361
Mike McCormick 3B TB 2-3, HR(4), 4 rbi
Scott Madsen SS CHW 1-4, double(8), .311
Matthew Inouye
C CHW 1-3, HR(2), .330
Pedro Florimon Jr. SS BAL 0-3, .341 ...
Kieron Pope OF BAL 3-5, 2 Doubles, 2rbi, .336
Ryan
Adams 2B BAL 5-5, .364
Anthony Martinez 1B BAL 4-5, 2
doubles, 3rbi, .296
Daryl Jones OF STL 2-4, triple, .254 ..
Travis Snider OF TOR 2-3, .311
Jonathan Jaspe C TOR
1-4, .300
Larry Williams OF ATL 2-5, .341
Robert
Fontaine SS ATL 3-4, double, 4 runs, .325
Jerry Verastequi C
ATL 4-4, double, .441
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Jason Neighborgall,
wonder if he threw any strikes, 0.0 0 0 0 3 0, WP, 12.38 (18 walks in 8 innings)
... 2006 first rounder, Kyle McCulloch CHA 5.0 4 0 0 0 10,
1.61 ... Chris Carter CHA 2-3, walk, .346 ... first
rounder Bryan Morris LAD 3.2 4 5 2 2 6, 3.71 ... Rowdy
Hardy KC 6.0 2 1 1 0 5, 3-0, 2.92 ... shortstop Chris McConnell
KC 2-5, double, error, .415
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Eleazar Aponte
DET 7.0 5 0 0 0 1, 1.91 (in 33 IP) ... shortstop Adrian Cardenas
3-4, .316 ... Dave Williams NYN, rehab, 5.0 1 0 0 0 7 ...
Milton Loo CIN 3-4, double, .345 ... Felix Doubront BOS
6.0 3 1 1 2 2, 1.70 (in 37 innings)
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- SS Sharlon Schoop
SF 3-4, .421... Matthew Sweeney 3B LAA 2-4, double, .359 ... 2B
Rayner Contreras SD 3-4, double, walk, .358 ... CF Cedric
Hunter SD 3-5, 2 doubles, .336
Troop
Movements ... MIL - activated Ben Sheets from the DL, optioned
Dana Eveland to AAA, acquired Tony Graffanino from KC for Jorge De
La Rosa, optioned Chris Barnwell to Triple-A ... TEX - activated
Adam Eaton from the 60-day DL, designated Bryan Corey
for assignment ... KC - recalled Leo Nunez from
Triple-A ... WAS - placed Jose Vidro on the 15-day DL, activated
Damian Jackson from the 15-day DL, recalled Bernie
Castro from Triple-A, acquired Odalis Perez, Blake
Johnson, Julio Pimentel and cash from LAD for Elmer
Dessens ...
Nate Stephens, RotoWorld.com, offers some in-depth prospect reviews in his
weekly column. Some excerpts from a couple of those featured this week :
" ... Jay Bruce ...
the Reds snagged him with the 12th overall pick in the 2005 draft ... A
big, left-hander at 63 and 190-pounds, Bruce had shown enough speed and
defensive ability to warrant a look in center field once breaking into
professional baseball. However, his bat was certainly strong enough to carry him
in a corner outfield spot should he end up better suited there ...
assigned Bruce to Low-A Dayton to start the 2006 campaign ... has hit an
incredible .308/.388/.544 with 17 steals in 25 attempts over 96 games ...
will need to continue working on his control of the plate and his ability to
read pitchers while on the bases, but his potential is clearly quite enormous
... capable of belting 30+ homers to go with 15+ steals in his prime, so
hes worth an investment and patience while he develops."
" ... Matt Albers ... 23rd
round selection in 2001 ... Problems with command have always held him back, but
any pitcher that has recorded 547 strikeouts in 522 minor league innings is
worth watching ... Albers 2.17 ERA in 19 starts for Double-A Corpus
Christi is impressive, but our expectations should be tempered by his mediocre
95/47 K/BB ratio in 119 innings of work. The real reason hes improved this
season is that hes given up just four homers after yielding 15 in 148 2/3
innings last year. That hes pitching in a pitcher-friendly environment also
helps ... Hes got the stuff to develop into a useful fantasy starter,
even if he does have a ways to go until he gets there. A permanent move to the
bullpen also cant be ruled out, but theres intriguing potential here."
John Franco,
SportsBlurb (subscription), checks out a few of the "Whatever happened to
.." guys.
" ... Felix Pie ...
has tools that are matched by few players in the minor leagues, but the Cubs
habit of promoting him aggressively might have finally overmatched him as a
21-year old at Triple-A. For the Iowa Cubs, Pie has hit .262/.323/.392 with
eight home runs and 11 stolen bases in 385 at-bats. He has also struck out a
staggering 91 times in 98 games ... With a player this young, who is obviously
struggling to adjust to Triple-A, youd like to see the Cubs exercise patience,
but trade rumors are swirling around Jacque Jones, and Pie could be tabbed as
his replacement."
" ... Eric Duncan ... Last year, the
Yankees opted to hang onto Duncan instead of trading him at the time when he was
considered their most valuable prospect ... This year, he got off to a slow
start at Triple-A ... After a demotion to Double-A, however, Duncan has
started to hit again. Through 144 at-bats for Trenton, Duncan has hit
.278/.367/.514 with 6 home runs, and he has struck out just 18 times while
drawing 19 walks. The Yankees have always pushed Duncan hard, and his success
this year has been his first sustained success since hitting .373 for Staten
Island in 2003. Now that the 21-year old is playing at the right level, he
should continue to take advantage of the opportunity to develop into a bona fide
major leaguer."
25 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ryan Garko CLE 1-2, BB, HBP, SB, .251
Ben Francisco CLE 2-4, 2B, 12th HR, R, 3 RBI, .275
Brayan
Pena ATL 2-5, .275
Peter Moylan ATL 2 2 1 1 0 0, 5.67
Boof Bonser MIN 6 7 3 2 2 8, 2.86
Rob Cosby TOR 2-4,
12th HR, R, RBI, .265
Sergio Santos TOR 2-3, BB, .223
rehab,
Alex Rios TOR 1-3, .333
Francisco Rosario TOR 3 2
0 0 2 3, 3.99
Casey Rogowski CHA 3-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI, SB, .293
Chris Stewart CHA 1-4, .261
Brandon Watson CIN
2-5, .222
Val Majewski BAL 2-5, R, RBI, .250
Eli
Whiteside BAL 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, .248
Hayden Penn BAL 5 6
2 2 2 3, 1.99
Oliver Perez PIT 6 7 1 1 4 5, 3.41
Dustin
Pedroia BOS 2-4, R, 2 BB, .309
Adam Stern BOS 2-5, R,
RBI, BB, .258
Carlos Ruiz PHI 2-3, BB, .322
Michael
Bourn PHI 1-4, 3B, R, 2 RBI, BB, .319
Gavin Floyd PHI 6 7 5
5 2 5, 4.90
rehab, Aaron Small NYA 2 4 1 0 1 0, 4.97
B.J.
Upton TB 3-6, 2 R, SB, .268
Delmon Young TB 3-5, 3rd HR, 3
R, 3 RBI, BB, SB, .338
Elijah Dukes TB 2-4, 10th HR, 3 R, RBI,
BB, .290
Shawn Riggans TB 3-5, 2 2B, R, RBI, .293
Ben
Zobrist TB 2-5, 2B, 3B, 3 R, 2 RBI, HBP, .264
Brian Stokes
TB 3 8 7 6 1 2, 4.06
Lastings Milledge NYN 2-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI,
.278
Anderson Hernandez NYN 1-3, R, BB, Sac, .240
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Joe Saunders
LAA 8.0 8 3 3 0 4, 2.55 ... Dustin Nippert ARZ 7.0 7 1 1 1 11,
11-5, 5.13 ... 3B Brian Barden ARZ 1-4, double, .309 ...
Shane Komine OAK 8.0 4 0 0 0 9, .389 ... Dan Johnson OAK 2-5, double,
homer, 3 RBI. .474 ... Jeff Clement SEA 2-4, .238 ... Michael
Garciaparra SEA 3-4, .337 ... Paul McAnulty SD 3-5, double,
walk, .326 ... Matt Kemp LAD 2-4, walk, .324
EASTERN (AA) -- Adam Lind TOR
2-5, 19th homer, .310 ... Carlos Gomez NYN, heating up, 3-5,
double, triple, 3 RBI, .274 ... Jacoby
Ellsbury BOS 2-4, double,
.346 ... CF Brian Barton CLE 2-3, walk, homer, 3 RBI, SB,
.471 ... Kevin Kouzmanoff
CLE 1-4, .396 ... Matt Moses MIN 3-4, .256 ... Eric
Duncan NYA 1-4, homer, .285
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Mark Reynolds
LF ARI, 1-4, HR, 3 RBI ... Matt Chico ARI, 7 4 0 0 1 4, 2.02 ...
Eric Patterson 2B CHC, 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, .273 ... Joey
Votto 1B CIN, 0-3, 2 BB, .323 ... Sean Gallagher CHC, 5.2 7 4
4 7 3, 2.93 ... Josh Hall CIN, 6 3 1 1 3 6, 3.47 ... Jorge De
La Rosa MIL, 5 6 2 2 0 9, 2.40 ... Elliot Johnson 2B TB, 2-4,
3B, SB (17), .305 ... Jeff Niemann TB, 7 1 0 0 2 3, 3.32 ... TJ
Nall LAD, 6 6 3 3 2 5, 2.75 ... Michael Ekstrom SD, 7 6 2 2 1
5, 3.50
TEXAS (AA) -- Jonathan Ash 2B HOU
3-4, RBI, CS, .328 ... Tim Hulett 2B TEX 5-6, 2 3B, 3R, 2RBI, .444
... Brian Stavisky OF OAK 2-7, R, 3RBI, .292 ... Wladimir
Balentien OF SEA 1-3, solo HR(18), BB, .263 ... Ryan Feierabend
SEA 7.0 7 4 2 2 2, W(8-7), 3.87 ... Amaury Marti OF STL 3-5,
HR(2), 2R, RBI, .361 ... Joseph Koshansky 1B COL 2-4, HR(25), 3R,
2RBI .304 ... Ian Stewart OF COL 2-5, 2B, 2R, 3RBI, .274 ...
Alex Gordon 3B KC 1-5, solo HR(15), 2E(9), .299 ... Zack
Greinke KC 4.2 8 9 8 1 5, 5.93
" ... catcher Guillermo
Quiroz was hitting a little over .300 this season at Triple-A Tacoma, but
wasn't getting a chance to play every day. His recent move to Double-A San
Antonio has given him that chance ... With two on and two out in the
bottom of the seventh Monday night and the Hooks leading San Antonio 4-2, Quiroz
drilled a 2-2 pitch onto the berm in left for a three-run dinger that sent the
Missions on to a 6-4 win ... The three-run blast by Quiroz was his second
home run of the series and his third homer in five games with San Antonio since
being reassigned by the Mariners last week." (Corpus Christi Hooks)
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Reid Brignac TB 2-5,
19th homer, .312 ... Evan Longoria TB 2-5, 8th homer, .265 ... Chris
Nowak TB 4-5, .317 ... Emilio Bonifacio ARZ, 2B & leadoff, 3-4, 25th
double, 6th triple, .327 ... Sean Rogriguez LAA 2-4, walk, .312
CAROLINA (A+) -- Chuck Lofgren
CLE 5.0 2 5 1 2 6 L, 1.98 ... Kevin Hart BAL 7.0 5 2 1 1 6 W, 4.42
... Brent Lillibridge SS PIT 1-3, HR(1) first High-A homer after
11 at Low-A, .293 ... Chris Kelly 1B CHA 2-5, 2B, 2RBI, .266 ...
Derek Hankins PIT 6.0 9 3 3 1 3, 4.25 ... Andrew
Pinckney 3B BOS 3-4, R, RBI, .256 ... Matthew Goodson BOS 7.0
4 1 1 1 3 W, 3.89
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Anthony Swarzak
MIN 9 1 0 0 2 4 W(6-6, 3.50) - Gives up a double in the 5th inning for his only
hit allowed
Phil Humber NYN 7 2 1 1 2 4 W(3-1, 2.73)
Mike
Carp 1B NYN 1-3 HR(9), .283
Paul Janish SS CIN 2-4 HR(5),
.256
Chase Wright NYA 7 5 1 0 1 8 W(7-2, 2.33)
Alcides
Escobar SS MIL 2-5, .254
Brendan Katin RF MIL 3-4 2
doubles, 2R RBI, .287
Tim Moss 2B PHI 3-4 HR(3) 4RBI, .300
FSL
Debut, Greg Golson CF PHI 2-4 R CS
Ryan Harvey RF
CHN 2-5 double, R 3RBI, .226
JT Restko LF FLO 2-4 HR(4) 2RBI, .230
Jakob Marceaux FLO 5 3 1 1 4 1 W(2-9, 4.15)
Trevor
Plouffe SS MIN 2-3 double, R RBI
MIDWEST (A) -- teenager scuffling Zach
Phillips TEX 4 1/3 10 6 6 3 2 (5.38) .. Daryl Jones SD 0-5 ...
love those K's Travis Wood CIN 6 3 2 2 2 11 (4.05) ... Jay
Bruce CIN 37th double in his only AB (.311) ... Todd Blackford
CHN 6 5 4 2 4 8 (4.50) ... just about ready for a promotion? Cameron
Maybin DET 2-4, 5th HR (.314) ... Oswaldo Sosa MIN 6 2 0 0 1 8
(2.74) ... 19-year-old shortstop a little better all the time Paul
Kelly MIN 3-4, BB (.280) ... Jared Lansford OAK 7 11 3 3 2 5
(W, 10-5, 3.23) ... Hainley Statia ANA 1-5 ... Bryan
Anderson STL 25th double, stealer gunned (37 for 100 overall vs. base
thieves) ... Justin Upton ARZ 0-4
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Aaron Thompson
FLA (L, 6-6) 5 7 5 5 2 5, 3.66 ... Beau Jones ATL (S, 1) 3 2 1 1 2
4, 4.25 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 1-5, RBI (54), .281 ... Travis
Denker LAD 2-4, BB, .258 ... Brandon Durden COL (W, 8-2) 7
7 2 2 2 5, 3.17 ... Dexter Fowler COL 0-5, .285 ... Eric Young
Jr COL 2-3, 2B (19), RBI (34), SB (67), BB, .264 ... Chris Nelson
COL 1-3, RBI (54), .264 ... Max Ramirez CLE 1-4, 3B (1), .292 ...
Shairon Martis SF 5-2/3 8 0 0 2 5, 3.64 ... Carlos
Carrasco PHI 6 2 0 0 5 7, 2.48 ... Jeremy Slayden PHI 1-3, BB,
.294 ... Mark Wagner BOS 1-4, .305 ... Fernando Martinez
NYN 1-5, RBI (20), .340 ... Jesus Gamero NYN 4-4, 2B (3), HR (3),
4 RBI (6), .294 ... Austin Jackson NYA 0-3, .260 ... Angel
Salome MIL 0-1, RBI (73), .303 ... Lorenzo Cain MIL 1-2,
.296
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- No games
scheduled.
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Brad Miller
1b ARZ hr, 3rbi .275 ... Shane Dove P ARZ w 2-3, 9.0 4 1 1 0 5
1.12 ... Cyle Hankerd OD ARZ 2-4 double, 2rbi, .341 ... Victor
Ferrante pair of COL 2-4, 2 3r hr's, 6 rbi's, .235 , 9-22 over last 4
games ... Daniel Mayora ss COL 3-6, .341 ... Jeff Kindel
1b COL 3-5, 3r, 2 rbi, triple, bb, .387 ... Brian Aguailar C COL
3-6, r, .333 ... Luke Cannon OF SD 3-4, 3r, 3 rbi, bb, hr#2, .268
... Willy Crafort OF SD 3-5, 2 rbi, .202 ... Andre Piper-Jordan
OF OAK 3-4, 2r, triple, hr #1, 3 rbi, .300 ... Alex Vladez 3b oAK
2-4, .252 ... Manelik Pimental 1b SEA 1-5, hr & 4 rbi, .284
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Matthew
Inouye C CHW 0-2, .330
Junior Contreras 1B NYM 1-3, .343
Justin Edwards CHW 5.0 5 0 0 0 3
Ronald Ramirez
HOU 1-5, .359
Ralph Henriquez HOU 2-3, double 2rbi, .252
Brandon Buckman 1B STL 0-4, .342
Daryl Jones OF STL
1-3, .238
Kieron Pope OF BAL 2-4, double(11), HR(3), .324
Jonathon Jaspe C TOR 2-5, double(9), .302
Travis Snider
OF TOR 1-3, .300 ... Zach Clark BAL (W 3-2) 5.0 4 1 1 1 4
ERA 1.78
Elvis Hernandez STL pitched seven no-hit innings with
10 strike outs.
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- SS Chris McConnell
KC, back on track after struggles in the Midwest League, 2-5, .417 ... Chris
Carter CHA 1-4, 13th double, 2 errors (11), .339 ... SS Chris
Valaika CIN 3-4, walk, 7th error, .315 ... Drew Stubbs CIN
0-5, .256 ... CF Cole Gillespie MIL 2-5, double, walk, .397
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- CF Joe Benson
MIN 2-4, triple & 0-3, .288 ... Chris Parmelee MIN, 2006 first
rounder, 1-3, 5th homer & 2-3, double, .296 ... Juan Francisco CIN
5-6, 3 doubles, .287 ... Adrian Cardenas PHI, 2006 1st rounder,
5-6, 7th SB, .298
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Robert Hernandez
CHN, lead man on a one-hitter, 5.0 1 3 0 3 2, 3-0, 1.71 ... Jeremy
Jeffress MIL, 2006, 1st rounder, 6.0 3 0 0 2 4, 1.65 ... OF Carlos
Peguero SEA 2-4, double, triple, .297 ... Brent Fisher KC, 7th
round pick, 2005, 4.1 2 0 0 3 6, 1.78 (16 hits allowed, 44 Ks in 35 innings)
Troop
Movements ... CLE - purchased the contract of Tom Mastny from
Triple-A, optioned Edward Mujica to Triple-A ... SD - optioned Justin
Leone to Triple-A ... LAD - activated Jason Repko from the 60-day DL
... CIN - released Esteban Yan ... NYA - designated Kris
Wilson for assignment, recalled T.J. Beam from Triple-A ... CHA -
optioned Sean Tracey to Triple-A, acquired Mike
MacDougal from KC for Tyler Lumsden and Daniel
Cortes. ... WAS - Jose Guillen out for the season ...
CHN - placed Derrek Lee on the 15-day DL, recalled Ryan
Theriot from Triple-A ... LAA - optioned Kendry Morales to
Triple-A, purchased the contract of Curtis Pride ... MIL - optioned
Dana Eveland to Triple-A ...
Another new face atop the
Prospect Hot Sheet at Baseball America. Astros well represented.
" ... 1. Jason Hirsh
... [HOU] The minors' hottest pitcher has not allowed an earned run in his
last six starts, spanning 41 innings. During his last six starts, the
righthander has allowed 17 hits and 12 walks while striking out 41. To keep the
count running, Hirsh has now won his last 10 decisions, and has a 0.92 ERA since
May, spanning 108 innings."
" ... 2. Troy Patton
... [HOU] 20-year-old has not allowed more than two runs in any of his
last 10 starts and in is last four starts, he has been even more vicious. In
that span, Patton is 4-0, 0.72 with a 22-4 strikeout-walk ration in 25 innings."
" ... 10. Clayton Kershaw
... [LAD] The first high school hurler taken in this June's draft, Kershaw
is having his way with the GCL. In five appearances the Texan is 1-0, 1.13 with
a 21-1 strikeouts-walk ratio in 16 innings."
" ... Tip Fairchild ...
[HOU] continued success even after a promotion to high Class A. From May 1
through his promotion, Fairchild was 9-0, 1.2. Now in the Carolina League,
Fairchild lost his first start, but has bounced back in his last two. In those
two wins, Fairchild allowed just two earned runs in 13 innings."
A salute to these selected Players / Pitchers of the Week :
International " ... Jason Dubois
... hit .417 (10-24)
during the week with three doubles, a triple, four home runs, 10 RBI and a 1.125
slugging percentage. He also drew two walks and scored seven runs in six games
... An International League All-Star, Dubois is hitting.264 and leads the Bisons
with 24 doubles, and 61 RBI (4th in IL) in 84 games this season. His 14 home
runs are tied for second on the Buffalo roster behind only Andy Marte (15)."
(Buffalo Bisons)
" ... Carolina League Lou
Santangelo ... [HOU] homered on Tuesday and Thursday, but that was a
mere prelude to what happened two days later. On Saturday against Frederick,
Santangelo went yard three times and drove in four runs to lead the Avalanche to
a 10-7 victory. The 23-year-old's recent power surge has catapulted him into a
first place tie in the Carolina League's home run race, as he and
Winston-Salem's Christopher Kelly have each hit 15." (MiBL.com)
" ... South Atlantic League
Max Ramirez ... [CLE] had a strange week, to say the least. The
21-year-old had a great game for the Rome Braves on Tuesday, going 3-for-3 with
an RBI double. He was then traded to the Indians organization ... and
assigned to the Lake County Captains. Over his first three games with his new
team, Ramirez went 4-for-6 with a homer, double, three RBIs and four walks. All
told, he reached base in 16 of 19 plate appearances, good for an otherworldly
.842 on-base percentage." (MiBL.com)
" ... Northwest League Tyler
Colvin ... [CHN] started the week by going 0-for-4 against
Everett. Since then, however, he has been an exceedingly tough out. The
20-year-old outfielder has hit safely and driven in at least one run in each of
his last six games, and homered on both Thursday and Friday." (MiBL.com)
" ... California League Douglas
Mathis ... [TEX] pitched a seven-inning complete-game shutout
against Modesto on Saturday, allowing four hits while striking out a season-high
10 batters. The 23-year-old right-hander has tossed 19 consecutive scoreless
innings and has lost just once in his last 10 starts." (MiBL.com)
" ... Northwest League Scott
Deal ... [OAK] earned a pair of victories this week and is
now 6-0 with a 1.38 ERA over 39 innings pitched this season. The 19-year-old
prodigy fired six shutout innings against Spokane on Monday and six more against
Eugene on Saturday, and opponents are now batting just .199 against him on the
season." (MiBL.com)
Texas League " ... Travis
Blackley ... [SEA] After flirting with a no-hitter on July 22 and
narrowly missing a complete game shutout, Travis Blackley is a worthy recipient
of this week's award ... In 2003, Blackley won the Texas League Pitcher of
the Year award after going 17-3 with a 2.61 ERA. He followed that up with a fine
Triple-A campaign with Tacoma in 2004, compiling a 3.83 ERA with an 8-6 record.
His success at Triple-A was rewarded with a Major League call-up, where he went
1-3 in six games with Seattle. The left-hander missed all of last season with a
torn labrum." (Texas League)
" ... Donnie Veal ... [CHN]
dominated Clearwater on Thursday, as the 21-year-old Mississippian struck out
nine over five innings of no-hit ball. Daytona won the game by a score of 3-1,
which is also Veal's win-loss record. The 6-foot-4 righty was removed after five
innings because his pitch count exceeded 90. Blame it on all those strikeouts."
(MiBL.com)
Jim Callis,
Baseball America, on Chris Carter CHA :
" ... The White Sox knew Carter was raw when they
made him a 15th-round pick out of a Las Vegas high school in 2005, but they
couldnt resist his size (6-foot-4, 210 pounds) or power potential. He has lived
up to that assessment thus far in pro ball, debuting by hitting .283 with 10
homers and 64 strikeouts in 65 games at Rookie-level Bristol last year. He
batted just .130 with one homer and 17 whiffs in 13 games in the SAL earlier
this year, but has gotten back on track at Great Falls, though he does have 27
strikeouts in 29 contests. Carter is just 19, so it's not surprising he
struggled in low Class A and it's not a kiss of death that he has to repeat
Rookie ball. He does have some arm strength but probably will be limited to
playing first base, meaning his bat will have to carry him. He has one of the
higher ceilings in the White Sox system, but until he accomplishes anything in
full-season ball, it will too early to label Carter as one of Chicago's Top 10
Prospects."
24 July, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ben Francisco CLE 2-4, 3B, 2 R, RBI, BB, SB,
.273
Asdrubal Cabrera CLE 1-3, R, Sac, SB, .226
Martin
Prado ATL 2-5, RBI, .308
Alex Romero MIN 2-3, HBP, .211
Ryan Roberts TOR 3-4, 2B, 8th HR, 2 R, RBI, .280
John
Hattig TOR 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, .280
Dustin McGowan TOR 4-2/3 6 4
4 3 5, 4.73
Davis Romero TOR 3-1/3 1 0 0 0 3, 4.15
Josh
Fields CHA 1-4, R, .322
Casey Rogowski CHA 2-4, 8th HR,
R, 4 RBI, .287
Jordan Tata DET 6 7 4 4 4 3, 3.90
Brandon
Watson CIN 1-3, 2 BB, SB, .194
Philip Dumatrait CIN 5-1/3
8 2 2 2 4, 3.98
Mike Burns CIN 2-2/3 0 0 0 1 1, 1.03
Val
Majewski BAL 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB, .246
Eli Whiteside BAL
3-4, R, .240
Daniel Cabrera BAL 6-1/3 3 3 3 3 6, 4.15
Dustin Pedroia BOS 1-2, 4th HR, R, 3 RBI, HBP, 2 Sac, .307
Adam
Stern BOS 3-4, R, BB, SB, .256
Chris Roberson PHI 2-5,
2B, 2 R, RBI, SB, .303
Carlos Ruiz PHI 1-3, 9th HR, 2 R, 2 RBI,
2 BB, .318
Christian Garcia NYA 2-4, .243
Carlos
Pena NYA 2-5, .257
Steven White NYA 4-2/3 8 6 6 3 3, 4.86
Wes Bankston TB 2-3, RBI, BB, .375
Ben Zobrist TB
2-4, 2B, BB, .359
Chris Seddon TB 7 5 3 3 0 7, 4.95
Evan
MacLane NYN 5 13 7 3 0 1, 3.52
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Matt Kemp LAD 1-5,
double ... Joel Guzman LAD 2-4, 6th SB, .287 ... Felix
Pie CHN, a sign of life, 3-4, double, homer & 1-3, double, .268 ... Angel
Guzman CHN 4.1 6 4 4 5 2, 4.31 ... big day for the D'Backs' kids as
Tucson scored 28 runs ... Miguel Montero ARZ 2-5, double, homer,
walk, 4 RBI, .350 ... Chris Young ARZ 3-6, 16th homer (grand slam), walk, 5 RBI, .266 ... Alberto Callaspo ARZ 5-8, .338 ... Robby Hammock
ARZ 5-6, 2 doubles, homer, walk, 5 RBI, .299 ... Scott Hairston
ARZ, back in the lineup, 2-6, 19th homer, 2 walks, .330 ... at SS Brian
Barden ARZ 3-8, triple, grand slam (2nd in two days), 6 RBI, .310 ... winning ugly, Micah
Owings ARZ 5.1 9 4 4 1 5, 7-0, 4.26 ... Dustin Moseley LAA
3.1 9 10 7 5 2, 4.50 ... Edinson Volquez TEX 6.2 3 2 2 4 8, 3.38 ...
Yusmeiro Petit FLO 5.2 6 2 2 1 6, 4.57 ... Matt Palmer SF 7.0
2 0 0 1 6, 2.88 ... Ubaldo Jimenez COL 4.2 5 3 3 5 7, 6.04
EASTERN (AA) -- Adam Miller CLE, in a
groove, 5.0 5 1 1 3 7, 10-5, 3.27 ... Kory Casto WAS 1-3, 20th
double, walk, .291 ... Kevin Kouzmanoff CLE 1-4, walk, .398 ...
J.A. Happ PHI 7.0 3 0 0 2 9, 4-1, 2.37 ... Eric Duncan NYA
2-3, 2 walks, 2 homers, .286 ... Ricky
Romero TOR, a hint of talent, 6.0 7 3 3 2 2, ERA down to 8.00 ...
into the game with some mediocre numbers, Miguel Pinango NYN tosses a seven-inning, CG,
no-hitter, 7.0 0 0 0 0 7 ... Garrett Olson BAL 7.0 4 0 0 1 6, 3.55 ...
Wardell Starling PIT 6.1 4 3 3 4 4, 3.28
" ... right-hander Miguel Pinango fired a no-hitter against the
Portland ... in a 7-0 victory in game two of a twin bill ... Pinango
took a perfect game into the final frame, after retiring Jacoby Ellsbury to
start the inning, Matt Van Der Bosch reached on a throwing error by shortstop
Corey Ragsdale. Pinango then retired the next two batters for the no-hitter.
Pinango improves to 5-6 on the season and lowered his ERA to 3.83 ... Jacoby
Ellsbury's ten game hitting streak came to an end in game two. Ellsbury had
collected a hit in every game at the Double-A level since being called-up."
(Portland Sea Dogs)
SOUTHERN (AA) -- No games scheduled.
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood LAA 1-3, 36th
double, .286 ... Michael Wilson SEA 3-3, walk, .356 ... JR
House HOU 1-4, 10th homer, .329 ... a forgotten man in the KC system,
Mitch Maier, in CF, 4-5, 21st double, 11th homer, .285 ... Ian
Stewart COL 2-4, 30th double, 6th triple, .272 ... Troy
Tulowitzki 1-5, 23rd error, .294
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Mike Stodolka KC 3-5, 22nd
double, .306 ... ofers for the TB shining lights, Evan Longoria 0-3,
Reid Brignac 0-4 ... Nick Adenhart LAA 7.0 7 2 2 2 3
... 2B Corey Wimberly COL 3-3, 2 walks, 5 SBs (33), .315 ... Emilio
Bonifacio ARZ 3-5, .323 ... Cesar Nicolas ARZ 3-4, 22nd double, .298
CAROLINA (A+) -- Kala Kaaihue 1B ATL
3-6, 2B, HR(5), 2R, 3RBI, .230 ... Wes Whisler CHA 6.0 6 1 0 1 3
W(10), 2.97 ... Ralph Roberts ATL 5.0 2 0 0 2 3 W, 3.47 ...
Jack Egbert CHA 4.0 5 4 1 2 1 L, 2.91 ... Christian
Guerrero RF WAS 1-2, HR(3), .233 ... Jordan Brown LF CLE 2-4,
2B, HR(10), 2RBI, .281 ... Jensen Lewis CLE 5.0 5 1 1 0 7 W, 4.07
... Tommy Hottovy BOS 5.1 3 1 1 2 5, 2.79 ... Matt
Lorenzo PIT 6.0 6 2 0 1 4, 2.70 ... Mario Garza DH HOU 2-4,
HR(5), 2RBI, .231 ... Thomas "Tip" Fairchild HOU 7.0 5 2 1 3 5 W,
3.32
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Hernan Iribarren
2B MIL 2-4 triple, R, .327
Brendan Katin RF MIL 3-4 R 2RBI, .282
Jeff Larish 1B DET 2-4 double, R 2RBI, .248
Jeff
Frazier LF DET 2-3 R 2RBI, .234
JT Restko LF FLO 2-4 double, .224
Gaby Hernandez FLO 4 7 6 6 4 3 L(9-7, 3.68)
Paul
Janish SS CIN 2-4 RBI, .256
Johnny Cueto CIN 5 1/3 6 5 5 1 4
W2-0, 5.25)
Mike Carp 1B NYN 2-3 HR(8), .283
Victor
Hall CF NYA 4-5 triple, R RBI SB(14), .327
Blake Dewitt 2B
LA 2-3, .272
Drew Locke CF LA 2-4 2 doubles, R, .286
MIDWEST (A) -- Bryan Anderson STL 3-6 (.316) ...
Hainley Statia ANA 2-6, 26th double (.299) ... Justin
Upton ARZ 2-4, 11th SB (.270) ... Josh Rainwater DET 6 6 4 1 0
7 (W, 5-3, 3.64) ... Cameron Maybin DET 1-5, 22nd SB, 3rd CS ...
dimming a bit Mark Reed CHN 0-3 (.279) ... Jay Bruce
CIN (PH) 1-1 ... Chi-Hung Cheng TOR 6 3 0 0 1 8 (3.09) ... Paul
Kelly MIN 1-4 ... 1st start for the 22-year-old after 34 relief outings
Yohan Pino MIN 5 4 2 2 0 5 (W, 9-2, 1.71) ... Daryl Jones
SD 0-4, 2 K's (.246)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Angel Salome MIL 1-3, BB,
.304 ... Lorenzo Cain MIL 1-4, 2B (21), BB, .295 ... Max
Ramirez CLE 2-2, 2B (18), RBI (40), BB, .293
NEW YORK-PENN (SHORT-SEASON) -- Jack Spradlin
WASH 6 1 1 0 1 2 1.97 ... DH Dustin Martin NYN 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 3
RBI ... Jacob Ruckle NYN 6.1 5 2 2 1 4 (W 3-1) ... DH Scott
Cousins FLA 1-4, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB ... 1B Nate Messner
FLA 2-3, 3 RBI, 1 BB ... C Francis Poni PIT 3-4, 1 R, ... LF
David Kennedy TB 3-4, 1 R ... 2B Greg Buchanan HOU 3-5,
2 R, 1 2B ... C Brandon Snyder BAL 2-3, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI ...Chris
Salamida HOU 5 2 0 0 1 5 (W 3-1) 0.66 ... LF Nate Southard
STL 2-3, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB (GM1) & 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI (GM2)
... C Jim Skelton DET 3-4, 1 R, 3 RBI ... RF Brennan
Boesch DET 3-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB ... 1B Charlie Yarborough PHI 2-4,
2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI ... Andy Cruse PHI 6 2 0 0 3 3 (W 2-2) ...
SS Jonathan Diaz TOR 1-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB ... Brian Magee
TOR 4.2 5 1 0 1 7
NORTHWEST (SHORT-SEASON) -- Alexander
Valdez 3b OAK 2-4, 2 r, 2 doubles, bb, .243 .... Matthew Sulentic
OF OAK 4-5, r, double, .366 ... Jacob Smith C OAK 2-5, rbi, .214
... Chad Huffman DH SD 2-5, r, .268 ... Luke Cannon
OF SD 2-4, r, bb, double, .231 ... Matt Camp OF CHC 2-4, double,
rbi, .294 ... Billy Petrick P w 5-0, 5.2 6 1 1 0 5, 2.33 ...
Cyle Hankderd OF ARZ 2-4, .336 ... Brad Miller 1b ARZ
1-2, 2 rbi, .276 ... Chris Kemp 1b, TEX 2-4, 2r, double, hr, 2 rbi,
.257 ... Chad Tracy DH TEX 7th hr, .306 ... Adam Cowart
SF w 6-0, 5.0 3 1 0 1 3, 0.45 ... Ricky Orta P SEA l 2-2, 5.0 3 2
1 2 2 4.96
APPALACHIAN (ROOKIE) -- Tyree Hayes TB
4.0 2 0 0 1 6 ... Adolfito Garcia BAL 5.0 1 0 0 2 2, 2.19 ...
3B Billy Rowell BAL 1-5, .219 ... CF Sean Henry NYN
3-5, 9th double, 4th homer, .255 ... catcher Gregory Yersich MIN
2-4, 2 homers (4), .276 ... OF Travis Snider TOR 3-4, 5th double,
.299 ... catcher Jonathan Jaspe TOR 1-4, 4th homer, .297 ...
PIONEER (ROOKIE) -- Sean O'Sullivan
LAA (W,1-0) 6.0 2 0 0 0 3 ... Ryan Mount SS LAA 3-5, 2-2b(7), RBI
... Chris Carter 1b CWS 0-3, BB, 3SO ... Aaron Hartsock
KC (W,3-0) 5.0 1 1 1 1 5 ... Jay Cox LF COL 0-2, R, 2BB, SO ...
Gerardo Parra RF ARI 3-4, 2b(7), 2R, SB(12), CS(1) ... Steven
Johnson LAD (L,1-3) 5.0 4 2 2 1 4
GULF COAST (ROOKIE) -- Steven Evarts ATL,
2006 1st round supp., 3.0 3 1 1 1 2, 1.64 ... 3B Adam Coe
ATL 3-5, 5th homer, 4 RBI, .293 ... shortstop Adrian Cardenas PHI,
another supp. 1st rounder, 2006, 2-4, walk, .261 ... OF Lucas Montero CLE
3-3, 4th double, 3rd homer, 4th SB, .264 (and lifted for a PH in the 8th)
ARIZONA (ROOKIE) -- Paul Raglione KC 6.1 7 0 0 0
5, 3.57 ... 1B Scott Lucas KC 1-3, triple, .337 ... OF Andrew
Lefave MIL 2-4, homer, .485 (undrafted FA, no mention in the BrewerFan
Top 50) ... Clint Nageotte SEA, a first step on the road back from
injury, 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 ... OF Carlos Peguero SEA 3-4, 2 triples,
.287
Troop
Movements ... CHN - placed Sean Marshall on the 15-day DL, recalled
David Aardsma, Michael Wuertz from AAA ... CIN -
recalled Brian Shackelford from Triple-A ... CHA - acquired
Sandy Alomar Jr. from LAD for RHP B.J. LaMura ... WAS - optioned
Melvin Dorta to Double-A ... TB - Matt White, 1996 1st rounder,
announced his retirement ...
Over at OnDeck.com, Scott Rex has
been updating his league-by-league prospect ratings. Lots of these guys
currently in the majors.
The top dozen listed here.
INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC COAST
1 Delmon Young OF TB Chad Billingsley RHP LAD
2 Jon Lester LHP BOS Stephen Drew SS ARZ
3 Lastings Milledge OF NYN Jered Weaver RHP LAA
4 Andy Marte 3B CLE Howie Kendrick 2B LAA
5 Adam Loewen LHP BAL Matt Kemp OF LAD
6 Matt Garza RHP MIN Joel Guzman OF LAD
7 Jeremy Sowers LHP CLE Chris Young OF ARZ
8 Josh Fields 3B CHA Carlos Quentin OF ARZ
9 Hayden Penn RHP BAL Andy LaRoche 3B LAD
10 Tom Gorzelanny LHP PIT Edinson Volquez RHP TEX
11 Humberto Sanchez RHP DET Jason Hirsh RHP HOU
12 Elijah Dukes OF TB John Danks LHP TEX
EASTERN SOUTHERN TEXAS
1 Phil Hughes RHP NYA Homer Bailey RHP CIN Brandon Wood SS LAA
2 Mike Pelfrey RHP NYN Anibal Sanchez RHP FLO Alex Gordon 3B KC
3 Adam Miller RHP CLE Yovani Gallardo RHP MIL Ian Stewart 3B COL
4 Radhames Liz RHP BAL Scott Elbert LHP LAD Billy Butler OF KC
5 Gio Gonzalez LHP PHI Jeff Niemann RHP TB Troy Tulowitzki SS COL
6 Ricky Romero LHP TOR Jarrod Saltalamacchia C ATL Thomas Diamond RHP TEX
7 Jonathan Sanchez LHP SF Ryan Braun 3B MIL Hunter Pence OF HOU
8 Kevin Slowey RHP MIN Carlos Marmol RHP CHN Travis Buck OF OAK
9 Eric Duncan 1B NYA Joey Votto 1B CIN Jose Arredondo RHP LAA
10 Jacoby Ellsbury OF BOS Matt Harrison LHP ATL Ryan Feierabend LHP SEA
11 Jair Jurrjens RHP DET Taylor Tankersley LHP FLO Troy Patton LHP HOU
12 Adam Lind OF TOR Lance Broadway RHP CHA Matt Tuiasosopo 3B SEA
Nice little feature on the
Alaska Baseball
League in many Saturday papers. This one carried in the Denver
Post.
Matt Garza in MIN? Maybe.
" ... Gardenhire planned to speak
with General Manager Terry Ryan on Sunday, and two topics figured to emerge:
Matt Garza and adding a third catcher. Gardenhire said he and Ryan had yet
to discuss the possibility of promoting Garza from Class AAA Rochester to
help bolster the starting rotation. But with Carlos Silva and Scott Baker
remaining inconsistent, speculation mounts. "I'll probably call [Ryan], and
talk to him about a few things," Gardenhire said, "and just happen to
mention, 'How's Garza doing?' If he says, 'Oh, he's fine,' then it probably
means he's not willing to talk about him yet." The Twins are still carrying
12 pitchers, but Gardenhire said he'd like to trim to 11 and add another
catcher. The team could promote Chris Heintz, who entered Sunday batting
.287 for Rochester. The pitcher most likely to get sent down is Willie Eyre,
who has a 7.84 ERA." (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
CORRESPONDENTS
: INT - Herb Walters, PCL - JDM, EASTERN - Harry Almquist, SOUTHERN - Zack
Staten, 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
& JDM,
GULF COAST - JDM, ARIZONA - JDM, ALASKA - Matt Nemeth
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