Minor League Thread 8/8/2007

went 0-2 to super joe mcewing and gave up another single (ellsbury to 3rd on error)

K's lowrie

K's kielty (3rd time)

K's Bailey

...went 0-2 on 4 of 5 batters in the inning

6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K, 93 pitches, 8:0 G:F, 1.06 ERA

7 IP 2 H 2 BB 9 K's 6 ground ball: 6 fly outs

AAA this year: 5-0/ 2.03 ERA/ 31 IP/ 39 k's/15 BB

Im surprised the Rangers havent called him up yet

Erbe got rocked again.
2.0 4 6 5 2 3 1

AAA Game 1
Ian Kennedy 6IP 5H 1BB 9K 1.06
-He be da domb
Chris Britton 1IP 1BB 1K 0H 2.81
-Grrranderson, could you free him?
Alberto Gonzalez 2-3, 3B
Andy Cannizaro 2-3
Bronson Sardinha 0-3
Brett Gardner 0-2

AAA Game 2
Sean Henn 2IP 2H 1ER 1BB 3K 3.00
TJ Beam 2IP 2H 2K
Brett Gardner 0-3
Bronson Sardinha 1-3
Alberto Gonzalez 1-1

-OF Justin Christian is out for the year with a thumb injury; too bad because I was sure he was gonna get a callup considering he's one of the fastest guys

AA
Reegie Corona 1-4 .371
-Really impressing for a 20 year old
Colin Curtis 1-4 .196
Juan Miranda 0-4 .294
Jason Jones 5.2IP 10H 6ER 1BB 2K 3.41
Scott Patterson 1.1IP 1H 0R 1.02
Justin Pope 1IP 1BB 2.92

A+
Eduardo Nunez 2-5 .297
Austin Jackson 0-5 .344
Jose Tabata 1-3 .307
Chris Malec 2-4 .329
Marcos Vechionacci, Francisco Cervelli 1-3
.243/.276
Phil Coke 5.2IP 3H 1R 2.77
Zachary Kroenke 1IP 3H 2R 1.27

A-
Paul Patterson 6IP 3H  1R 2BB 5K 2.88
Jon Hovis 1IP 1H 0R 2BB 1K 1.50
Mitch Hilligoss 1-5, .306
Josue Calzado 1-5, .275
Kevin Smith 2-5 HR (4)
Kyle Anson 2-3, .292

SS Staten Island
(Continuation of last night)
Justin Snyder 4-6, 3 2B .393
Taylor Holliday 2-4, .309
Damon Sublett 2-4, HR (5)
Braedyn Pruitt 0-2, 3BB .418
Donald Hollingsworth 2-5, .358
Zach McAllister 2IP 0H 4K
Craig Heyer 4IP 6H 1ER 3.25
Jacinto Gonell 2IP 2H 2K 0.00

SS Staten Island Game 2
Justin Snyder 0-2
Taylor Holliday 1-1
Damon Sublett 1-2
Braedyn Pruitt 1-3
Donald Hollingsworth 1-1
Adam Olbrychowski 4.2IP 4H 5R 2BB 3K 4.93
Ryan Zink 1IP 2H 1R 2K 4.32

GCL Rookie
(continuation of last night's)
Abraham Almonte 2-4 .271
Brandon Laird 1-3 .304
Jesus Montero 2-4 .305/.382/.458/.840
-caught as well, both good signs (-:
Melky Mesa .225
-It's my dream to have a double Melky outfield
Manuel Barreda 5.2IP 3H 1R 2BB 3K 3.50
Josue Selenes 1IP 2H 1BB 0R 0.00
Brandon Thompson 1IP 1H 1K 1.23

Morales wasn't sharp in New Mexico 6 2/3.  7 hits, 4 walks 4 ks

Chris Iannetta hit a homer (though he Kd twice - Ian Stewart K'd 3 times)

Bruce 1-4, 2ks

Antonelli 3-6, 2 homers, A GOD. 21 homer and 24 steals on the year.

Carlos Gonzalez 2-4, with a double and a k

Teagarden 2-4 with his first AA homer (Kd twice) no walks.

Did anyone else see Jason Hirsch pitched 5 innings and got a win over a first place team with a BROKEN LEG on Tuesday?

That's one tough dude. Mad props to Hirsch.

http://ussmariner.com/2007/08/04/jd-pruitt-strange-outcome-player/

J.D. Pruitt plays for the Vancouver Canadians, Oakland's Northwest League affiliate. He came out of the University of Montevallo, he's listed as a 5'9" outfielder who weighs 195, born in 1985, so he's 22 in short-season ball.

He's hitting .187/.466/.271.

Pruitt, in 36 games and 107 at-bats, has 20 hits, 1 2b, 1 3b, 2 HR, 31 walks, and 43 K.

"But Derek," you may be thinking, "that's only a .370 OBP."

Aha! The problem, and what's not showing on his stats page, is that Pruitt's been hit by (if I caught this correctly) 25 pitches so far this season, on his way to destroying the Northwest League record.

He's been hit by 5 more pitches than he has hits.

Supposedly, and I haven't seen it, he doesn't have the Valle lunge or the Biggio armor-and-lean. He doesn't move, and at that level the pitchers are wild enough that it means you get plunked all the time doing that.

But I want to just ponder this for a second, the weirdest outcome player ever. Each time he comes to the plate, here's the odds:
10% it's a single (12% total for any hit)
15% he's hit by a pitch
20% he walks
26% he strikes out

.187/.466/.271

If you pay attention to the low minors, you see some strange things.