Sunday, April 25, 2010

Down on the Farm: 04-25-2010

Lots of good stuff down on the farm today!

AAA Fresno Grizzlies defeated the Portland Beavers 4-2:

Ryan Rohlinger- 2 for 4, 2 2B. BA= .327.
Brett Pill- 2 for 4, HR(2). BA= .254.
Mike McBryde- 1 for 4, HR(2). BA= .239.
Madison Bumgarner- 1 for 2, HR(1)! BA= .200
Madison Bumgarner- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 3 K's, 2 PO.
Henry Sosa- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 1.59.
Denny Bautista- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 1.93.

Nice day for Bum, both on the mound and at the plate. McBryde has been swinging the bat well of late.

AA Reading Phils blanked the Richmond Flying Squirrels 2-0:

Conor Gillaspie- 1 for 3, BB. BA= .233.
Clayton Tanner- 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 2.25.

Gillaspie had the only hit for the Squirrels as Phillipe Aumont, a pitching prospect the Phils acquired for Cliff Lee, pitched 6 no-hit innings. Tanner had a rather ragged line despite no allowing an ER. This was the only loss for the Giants minor league teams on the day.

High A San Jose Giants beat back the Bakersfield Blaze 4-2:

Juan Perez- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(2). BA= .341.
Johnny Monell- 1 for 4, HR(1). BA= .200.
Kyle Nicholson- 6.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 9/4. ERA= 7.42.

Perez put up astonishing numbers at a small college. Is this his breakout year in the pros? A quality start for Nicholson.

Low A Game 1 DH Augusta Greenjackets defeated the Asheville Tourists 7-5:

Ryan Cavan- 2 for 4. BA= .269.
Nick Liles- 2 for 3, SF, SB(3). BA= .286.
Tommy Joseph- 2 for 4, 2 2B. BA= .230.
Chris Dominguez- 1 for 3, HR(3). BA= .269.
Juan Martinez- 2 for 3, 2B. BA= .286.
Kyle Vazquez- 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 1.50.
Jason Jarvis- 1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 0 K's, Save(4). ERA= 4.82.

Very nice game for Tommy Joseph! Jarvis' ERA is still recovering from one bad outing.

Low A Game 2 DH Augusta Greenjackets defeated the Asheville Tourists by the same score as game 1, 7-5:

Nick Liles- 3 for 4. BA= .333.
Dan Cook- 2 for 4, 2 2B. BA= .309.
Tommy Joseph- 2 for 4, HR(3). BA= .246.
Luke Anders- 2 for 4, 2 HR(3). BA= .317.
Chris Heston- 4 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 4.74.
Jason Jarvis- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K's, Save(5). ERA= 4.35.

Tommy Joseph backed up his two doubles in game 1 with another two hit game with a dinger in game two. A very good day for Tommy and for Giants prospect watchers! Luke Anders has been a consistent hitter so far. Heston gave up 4 of the 5 runs in the 5'th inning without recording an out.


In case you are wondering, the Tourists are the low A affiliate of the Colorodo Rockies.

6 comments:

  1. Hey Dr. B!

    Love the amazing, consistent wrap-ups that you give on both the Giants and the farm system. Thanks for all the amazing work!

    Also, is it possible to include the triple slash for the stats that you provide?

    Thanks!

    Med Student A

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  2. Any word on velocity for MadBum?

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  3. Thanks. I try to include triple slashes when it makes a significant difference in prospect evaluation. I'll try to do more. I think I mentioned that Wendell Fairley is an on-base machine. Obviously, his triple slash is going to tell you more than just a BA. On the other hand, Fairley has produced essentially no power, so his SLG% be rather pathetic. So, yeah, I'll try to put a few more in.

    The practical problem with that is milb.com lists the updated BA in the box scores while I have to open the player's individual stat page to get the triple slash. I just have to click the player's name, but it's an extra move.

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  4. According to a Fangraph author, his Jugs radar had Bumgarner between 89-92 MPH.

    While it would be nice if DrB could provide triple slash stats, as someone who had to post numbers like that before, and multiplying by the number of hitters who are typically highlighted, it is a pain pulling up all those stats and inputing each.

    One way to improve the speed, however, is to set up a browser that allows you to re-open to the tabs last opened to always open to the stats page for each of the Giants farm team. Thus when you need stats, you open that browser and pull from each hitter as needed. Still a pain, but just not as much of a pain, as one who had posted such data before.

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  5. OGC,

    That fangraph author had some other things to say about Bumgarner that left me kind of scratching my head about what he was trying to say, which to me, undermined the credibility of his whole writeup. Someone else who claimed to be a the game and who saw the radar readings had him sitting at 90-92 so I'd say at least that much is credible. Ideally you'd like to see a bit more velocity out of a former first round draft pick but it's progress.

    Bumgarner is only 20 years old pitching against much older, more experienced competition. In addition, the PCL is an pretty extreme hitters' league. I know everybody is anxious for the Giants to graduate their next Cy Young candidate, but if this whole season is a growing season for Bumgarner and he starts out next season back in AAA, he'll still be ahead of schedule!

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  6. Yeah, I didn't want to get into the Fangraph article, I was left scratching my head too. Not sure what his purpose was other than to make fun of rural folks who are OK with marrying young, unlike smart, sophisticated guys like him. I haven't liked his writing so far, not sure where they dug him up, I've usually liked writers but he just turns me off, too smart for his britches, if you ask me.

    Yeah, given that he was unprepared to start the season, per Sabean's comments, Bumgarner having lower velocity makes sense because he is basically going through spring training now. I'll worry more if his velocity isn't back to mid-90's by June, but still, a lefty throwing 90-92 with movement is still a pretty good prospect.

    And I agree, he's only 20 facing much older and experienced hitters, so of course there will be an adjustment period. I'm not worried about his results yet, I think it'll be a good learning experience for him to spend a good portion, if not most of 2010 in AAA, he has plenty of time to figure it out.

    But I expect him up by the end of the season, much like Cain did his AAA season, whether as starter or reliever.

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