Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Down on the Farm: 4/18/2012

AAA Reno Aces edged the Fresno Grizzlies 7-6:

Justin Christian(CF)- 2 for 5, 3B, BB. BA= .490.
Joaquin Arias(SS)- 3 for 6. BA= .360.
Roger Kieschnick(LF)- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .418.
Heath Hembree(RHP)- 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K's. ERA= 1.80.

Christian and Arias can help a MLB team right now.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels downed the Reading Phillies 2-1:

Ryan Cavan(2B)- 1 for 3, HR(1), Sac. BA= .295.
Chris Heston(RHP)- 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 1.59.
Brett Bochy(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 0.00.

With Hembree, Bochy and Rosin, the bullpen depth is well stocked for the future.

High A San Jose Giants topped the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 8-5:

Andrew Susac(C)- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .268.
Adam Duvall(3B)- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(2), BB. BA= .255.
Carter Jurica(2B)- 2 for 3, HR(1), BB. BA= .364.
Ryan Bradley(LHP)- 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 1.13.

Susac's BA is on the rise. Jurica is off to a great start, albeit not at SS. Bradley has been excellent so far.

Low A Augusta Greenjackets rained out.

9 comments:

  1. again, another thing that fangraphics missed...the pen depth...pen arms are not a dime a dozen

    hembree's first blown save...big whoop

    its true, arias and christian could both be in the bigs right now....and i have a feeling that both may end up in a package at the break

    sj motoring to another first half title...did bradley throw this well last year? has his stock gone up?

    seems the org has a bunch of guys who can fit into the 4-5 slot...

    in other news, wheeler k'd 8 in 6

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    1. Bradley's numbers are much better this year at a higher level. Don't know if it's a new pitch or what. The Cal League is a big step up from the SAL for pitchers.

      Bradley is the son of Giants minor league pitching coordinator Bert Bradley.

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    2. Any old scouting reports on Bradley?

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  2. Roger Kieschnick's slg : 782 !!
    When should we consider it is not the PCL but that he is for real?

    GIP

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    1. When he does it at the MLB level.

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    2. You mean until he hits 782 slg in the MLB level ?! That's Bondsian numbers here !!!

      ;-)

      GIP

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  3. Nice having Arias as a backup for Crawford. Craw is not getting many days off and plays an all out style (nice tango w/Panda last night). Arias is good injury insurance for Crawdaddy.

    Great to see the Squirrelies put the pitching beatdown on the little Phillies as well.

    Kieschnick has a full year at Fresno to state his case, hopefully we get a homegrown MLB outfielder between K, Pegs, and Brown in 2013.

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    1. Love that Kieschnick is finally healthy (apparently), definitely want to be careful of park factors here. I think he will be a Linden/Bowker type AAAA player until he proves out. There is a reason he was shuffled onto the 40, just like Culberson. The Giants have such better prospects overall than six years ago.

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    2. Thank god that the Giants have a much better team than 6 years ago too.

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