Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Down on the Farm: 6/21//2011

AAA Fresno Grizzlies blanked the Salt Lake City Bees 2-0:

Darren Ford(CF)- 1 for 4, HR(2). BA= .264.
Brad Eldred(RF)- 1 for 3, HR(11). BA= .262.
Hector Sanchez(C)- 1 for 3, 2B. BA= .286.
Barry Zito(LHP)- 9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 13/4. ERA= 2.40.

Looking over the Bees' lineup, I don't see a lot of names I recognize as being good hitters. Zito got a lot of ground balls. He's not generally a GB pitcher. I guess we'll find out what he has on the 28'th against the Cubbies in Chicago.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels defeated the Harrisburg Senators 4-2:

Charlie Culberson(2B)- 2 for 5, 2B. BA= .254.
Roger Kieschnick(RF)- 2 for 5, HR(7). BA= .254.
Chris Dominguez(3B)- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .111.
Johnny Monell(C)- 2 for 3, HR(8), BB. BA= .230.
Henry Sosa(RHP)- 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K's. ERA= 0.56.
Hector Correa(RHP)- 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 0.00.
Jason Stoffel(RHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.55.

Henry Sosa has been a completely different pitcher since being sent down to AA.

A+ Cal League All-Stars downed the Carolina League All=Stars 6-1:

Gary Brown- 1 for 4.
Westcott, Marte, Heston and Wheeler pitched a scoreless inning each.

Low A SAL Southern Division All-Stars topped the SAL Northern Division All-Stars 6-3:

Carlos Willoughby- 1 for 5.
Adam Duvall- 2 for 3, HR.

Taylor Rogers pitched a scoreless inning. Shawn Sanford went 0.2 IP, and Stephen Harrold came in to ge the last out. Duvall was named MVP of the game.

Short Season Spokane Indians pounded the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 15-8:

Jesus Galindo(RF)- 0 for 4, 2 BB, 2 SB. BA= .059.
Danny Brock(1B-3B)- 2 for 4, BB. BA= .273.
Mike Murray(C)- 2 for 5. BA= .500.
Chuckie Jones(LF)- 0 for 3, 2 BB. BA= .333.
Brice Cutspec(PH-1B)- 1 for 3, HR(1). BA= .182.
Lorenzo Mendoza(RHP)- 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 2.25.
Matt Graham(RHP)- 0.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 2 BB, 1 K. ERA= 45.00.
Jack Snodgrass(LHP)- 1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 18.00.
Brennan Flick(RHP)- 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 3.86.

The Volcanoes drew a total of 9 walks in the game. Graham has been knocked around pretty good in both of his appearances. He might need to go back to camp and pitch some more in the AZL.

Rookie AZL Giants downed the AZL D'Backs 4-2:

Eldred Barnett(CF)- 2 for 4, 3B. BA= .500.
Garrett Buechele(3B)- 2 for 5. BA= .400.
Jose Cuevas(SS)- 1 for 3, HR(1). BA= .286.
Myles Schroder(C)- 3 for 4, SB(1). BA= .750.
Joan Gregrorio(RHP)- 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 0.00.
Miguel Ferrer(RHP)- 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 0.00.
Ariel Hernandez(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA=0.00
Keurin Feliz(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 0.00.
Dashenko Ricardo(RHP)- 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 9.00.

Barnett was drafted late out of Grambling State. He seems to have some tools. The Dominican pitching contingent got a workout. I'm hopeful about Gregorio because of his size. Ricardo was a catcher who the Giants signed in the Rule 5 draft last year and converted to pitching.

DSL Rangers topped the Giants 3-1:

Alberto Robles(3B, 20 yo)- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .371.
Yeini Martinez(RHP, 20 yo)- 6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.18.
Bertoni Garcia(RHP, 19 yo)- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 0.00.

5 comments:

  1. I don't know the stat splits, but I really like what I'm seeing out of Kieschnick over the last 30-45 days..Looks like he has turned back into the strong power hitting (and all around)prospect that he was before his back injury last year..If so, him, Neal and Belt (if he doesn't play 1B) and then Brown, Peguero, Parker, Jones and others give the Giants some really good depth and ML possibilities in the OF..Also wouldn't be surprised to see one or two of them dealt before the deadline to pick up a c, SS, or 2B..

    SteveVA

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  2. I see that Rey Duran is on the roster for AZL Giants. He did not play at all for us last year but hit 11 homers, 11 doubles, 50 rbis, and .278 BA in the Dominican league in 2009. He can play 1b and C. Does anybody know anything else about this guy? Hitting 11 homers in the Dominican league at 19 in 63 games is pretty nice. I am assuming he was injured last year but I am not sure.

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  3. Roger,

    Agree, 11 HR's in the DSL is serious power. Don't know anything else about Duran.

    Anon,

    Agree, nice to see the Giants get some depth in position prospects. They now need to guard against getting too thin at pitcher.

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  4. DRB,

    I think that is what this years pitching heavy draft was all about..Hope they made the right selections..

    SteveVa

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  5. I don't believe this year's draft was all that pitching heavy, especially at the top where it makes the most difference. They took one good looking HS arm in the supplemental round. Then, starting in round 4 they took a whole string of college closers. Osich in round 6 may be the steal of the draft or he may be nothing depending on the state of his arm.

    Had they taken a high ceiling starter with 3 of their top 4 picks, I might call it a pitching heavy draft, but to me this was another John Barr, hitting draft all the way.

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