July 25th MiLB Thread

by Dewey Finn on Jul 25, 2009 1:50 PM EDT

Good afternoon everyone!

Here are some arms worth keeping track of today and tonight:

Ross Detwiler, Aaron Poreda, Will Inman, Blake Beavan, Clayton Tanner, Ben Hornbeck, Jeff Allison, Cody Scarpetta, Jairo Heredia, Matt Moore, Jordan Lyles, J Hoover...

Please post the probable pitchers that I may have missed.

As always, please post the notable performances throughout the minors!

These threads have quickly become one of my favorite features of this site. Lets keep it up folks!

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Whats up with David Price???

Getting bombed today in Toronto. 3 HRs and 6 ER thru 3 IP. 11 HR in 53 IP on the year.

His stuff still looks good, just need better command/control. Just bad luck perhaps?

I guess it was premature for me to think he could step into the Rays rotation and dominate right away.

Now raise your goblet of rock. It's a toast to those who rock!

by Dewey Finn on Jul 25, 2009 2:06 PM EDT reply actions

yanked, his day is over

Now raise your goblet of rock. It's a toast to those who rock!

by Dewey Finn on Jul 25, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Pitch selection

He just kept throwing FB after FB after FB

Nearly every hitter was starting with a FB and every time the Jays saw one they jumped on it. Plus his velocity seemed down on the FB which certainly wasn’t helping.

by jfish26101 on Jul 25, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Can’t believe the Rays won that game, Jay’s fans must be livid.

by jfish26101 on Jul 25, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

-needs to work on third pitch (change up), hard to be starter with just two pitches.
-figure out how to get righties out as they seem to see the ball really well coming out of his hand. maybe command his fastball better inside against them.

by son.of.sourman on Jul 25, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I think his change has looked better than his slider the last few times I’ve seen him (which isn’t often I admit). Today he was throwing some slow, slurvy breaking ball the announcers couldn’t seem to figure out. They called it a slurve, curve, slider, cutter and I’ve never really heard he throws anything but a FB (4 and 2 seem), CU, and slider.

Like I said above, their game plan seemed to be horrible and he was to slow to adjust. The Jays obviously came in thinking be aggressive at the plate and hit the first FB you see hard. Price just kept throwing them FBs to start off nearly every at bat and they tee’d off on him.

He does need better command (his FB placement wasn’t very good and his BB rate obviously needs work) but his pitch selection/game plan was horrible today.

by jfish26101 on Jul 25, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, defense didn’t help him much. Zobrist doesn’t have the best range at SS, Aybar misplayed an easy DP…just wasn’t the Rays day but they some how managed to find a way to win when they weren’t at their best. If my team was in the AL East I’d be worried if they can win games like that. :D

by jfish26101 on Jul 26, 2009 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions

fastball command

simple as that. i didn’t see today’s game but that’s been his problem earlier this year.

baseball rules.

by doublestix on Jul 25, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions

THK > DP

Q: If on-base pct is so important then why don't they put it on the scoreboard? -Failcoeur

A: Because the Braves don't want to show their fans how bad you suck.

by timmy3 on Jul 26, 2009 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Who?

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by OldProspects on Jul 26, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions

GCL Nationals Situation....

They have too many outfielders….Do you think Destin Hood could be called up to SS (Vermont) to alleviate this mess. I am a big Derrick Phillips fan and want to see him get as many at bats as he can this year.

by soccerman0 on Jul 25, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

In support of my argument, look at todays game...

Hood: 3/4, 2B, 3B, HR (single short of the cycle)

Phillips: 1/1, 2B

Hood is clearly better than the RC league pitchers, call him up!

by soccerman0 on Jul 25, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd like to see Hood bumped up too

Getting him a month in the NYPL could be a good stepping stone towards sending him to the SAL next season.

by jibs on Jul 25, 2009 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Brandon Snyder

Continues to struggle mightily in AAA Norfolk. Has anyone soured on him a bit?

Is he expected to be the 1B of the future for the Os when Huff is gone?

Now raise your goblet of rock. It's a toast to those who rock!

by Dewey Finn on Jul 25, 2009 4:52 PM EDT reply actions

I don't think the Orioles....

…expect him to be ready in 2010. Which is part of why the team seems to comfortable offering arbitration to Huff at the end of the year.

But I’m not too worried about Snyder. He’s still only 22, killed AA, and he’s having some trouble making adjustments to a new level. If I’m worried about him, then do I have to panic about Wieters?

by James F on Jul 26, 2009 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions

b-royals pitchers

keaton hayenga: 5.2 ip, 5 h, 1 er, 1 bb, 5 k
tyler sample: 4.2 ip, 3 h, 3 er, 3 bb, 8 k

baseball rules.

by doublestix on Jul 25, 2009 8:14 PM EDT reply actions

Saw McEachern pitch today

Took a trip out of the area to fish and view the catskills. Renegades stadium isn’t far away from the catskills so i went to the game. won’t go there again due to outrageous pricing there. I got video of McEachern and he may have two maybe 3 plus pitches someday. His curveball is Tillman lite and he threw some impressive changes today. He hung one curveball which was crushed and go unlucky because his infield has no range.

by Bravesin07 on Jul 25, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions

Ike Davis

2-2, homerun number seven!

by Mets4life1988 on Jul 25, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions

by alskor on Jul 26, 2009 2:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Storen

His numbers are in the ridiculous range:

18 IP, 0 BB, 31 K b/t Low and High A.

by rdf8585 on Jul 25, 2009 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

HE'LL NEVER BE WORTH IT

I don’t know why the guy just doesn’t retire now.

by mrkupe on Jul 25, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Obviously he has awful stuff

He is just keeping the ball in the zone. Because you know, if you have great stuff you walk players, since he doesn’t walk anyone, he obviously has no future.

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by JD Sussman on Jul 26, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

QED

by aCone419 on Jul 26, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions

how 'bout hochevar tonight

7 ip, 5 h, 2 er, 0 bb, 13 k

he has really been racking up the K’s lately.

baseball rules.

by doublestix on Jul 25, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions

Dude

It was vs. the Rangers.

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Jul 25, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions

:)

don’t complain about the offense to me though man…i sir know bad offenses…

baseball rules.

by doublestix on Jul 25, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Pedro Alvarez

2-3 with a HR and 0 K so far in tonights game

KG mentioned him in BP’s latest minor league report as well, seems to be catching on finally both at the plate and in the field. Obviously the K rate is still a concern but we do need to remember he didn’t get any pro experience last year and is adjusting well to AA already.

by jfish26101 on Jul 25, 2009 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

Tabata as well

He’s on fire, may not hit 30 HR a season but he may become similar to a Kirby Puckett type of hitter.

by Bravesin07 on Jul 25, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions

Yes, I Completely Agree

Jose Tabata should definitely be compared to a Hall of Famer with over 200 career homeruns because his OPS has finally been risen above .750.

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by hallofamer2000 on Jul 25, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

heh

well played

by mrkupe on Jul 26, 2009 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions

You gotta admit

that strikeout number is pretty impressive. Though obviously the Puckett comp is excessively optimistic at best

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by OldProspects on Jul 26, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

A Few Yanks Worth Mentioning

AAA:
Romulo Sanchez: 5.1IP 5H 1ER 0BB 7K - The AAA Yanks needed an extra starter and are stretching out Sanchez, who has been in the pen with the Pirates and Yankees. Might be an interesting player…
Damaso Marte: 1IP 1K —-Assuming Bruney is actually back to normal (it seems so now) and if Marte shows something, the Yanks’ pen will be a force to be reckon with.

AA:
Jesus Montero: Jesus Montero 2-4 HR(15 overall, 8 w/ Trenton) - Hitting .310. Do they promote him again?!! Probably not with Cervelli in Triple-A though….

A+:
David Adams: 2-5 - Really coming on now in Tampa after slow start. Good contact and walk numbers. No homerun power yet but 34 extra base hits.
Corban Joseph: 3-4 HR(4) - .294. Having a nice first full season.
Jairo Heredia: 4IP 5H 2R 1ER 0BB 4K – Finally back from that mystery injury; the impessive game is good to see.

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by hallofamer2000 on Jul 25, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions

Jhoulys Chacin

was electric in his 1 inning of pen work for the Rockies. Unfortunately at the dispense of my Giants, but it was impressive nonetheless. Sharp curve with good velocity, 94 MPH fastball that looked faster to me.

Adoptive parent of Kyle Nicholson

by gore51 on Jul 25, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions

Alicides Escobar

5-5, 3b

by jibs on Jul 26, 2009 12:36 AM EDT reply actions

He's

just about ready. He’ll never be a huge offensive force, but he’s totally ready to tread water and bring his otherworldy defense to Milwaukee.

I wouldn’t put great odds on JJ Hardy remaining a Brewer past next week.

by slamcactus on Jul 26, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Mike Stanton

0-5, 4 K

by jibs on Jul 26, 2009 12:39 AM EDT reply actions

Brandon Erbe back in AA

6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 4 K

by jibs on Jul 26, 2009 12:41 AM EDT reply actions

Neftali Feliz

2 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 5 K

by jibs on Jul 26, 2009 12:42 AM EDT reply actions

Jairo Heredia in A ball

4 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 4 K

by jibs on Jul 26, 2009 12:43 AM EDT reply actions

PJ Walters

6 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 14 K

by jibs on Jul 26, 2009 12:45 AM EDT reply actions

14 K's?

is that a typo? that’s p insane.

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by thecoolest on Jul 26, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Heyward

2-4, 2B, K

His AA OBP actually dropped tonight and he’s now hitting just .422/.506/.734

On the year he’s at a cool .328/.405/.573 – .979 OPS

Q: If on-base pct is so important then why don't they put it on the scoreboard? -Failcoeur

A: Because the Braves don't want to show their fans how bad you suck.

by timmy3 on Jul 26, 2009 1:56 AM EDT reply actions

Edinson Rincon

2 for 3, 2 walks, 1 sb

3B in the Pads org, and should really be on everyone’s radar.

18 years old, in the Northwest League, putting up 346/462/579 in 107 at bats. 21 walks/21 strikeouts.

From KG:

An 18-year-old Dominican with a quality bat, Rincon has been one of the most talked about players in the Northwest League this year. Wednesday’s game, which included his first professional grand slam, upped his season averages to .333/.432/.576 in 26 games. Athletic and strong, Rincon has an excellent approach for a teenager to go with plus power. All he needs now is to find a position, as his defense at third base is beyond rough.

From Scout.com:

An American League scout broke down the top talent currently playing for the Eugene Emeralds.

His top prospect without any debate – Edinson Rincon.

"I wouldn’t trade that guy for anything," the scout said. "He has tremendous tools at the plate and makes it look easy. He is strong, has a great approach, and will hit a ton of homers one day.

"The only thing he needs is for someone to hit him a million ground balls. I kind of think his lower body hasn’t caught up to his upper body. It looks like his legs don’t know how to move that frame. I think he will be fine defensively, especially with that bat."

by gogotabata on Jul 26, 2009 7:54 AM EDT reply actions

Thank you for this!

I hadn’t heard of this guy at all. He seems terrific.

When they say that he has plus power, they mean present rather than future, right? I’m very impressed that he’s already showing Hr power at age 18

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by OldProspects on Jul 26, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Travis Wood's AAA debut

6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 5 Ks

by clarkywill on Jul 26, 2009 8:54 AM EDT reply actions

Rangers

Julio Borbon: 1-5
Justin Smoak: 1-3 BB K
Chris Davis: 1-3
Blake Beavan: 7.0IP 8H 2R 0ER 0BB 3K 0HR
Mitch Moreland: 1-4 2K
Kennil Gomez: 4.0IP 8H 7R 7ER 1BB 3K 0HR
Carlos Pimentel: 3.0IP 4H 3R 2ER 3BB 1K 0HR
Leonel De Los Santos: 2-4 HR 2RBI
Edwin Garcia: 2-4
Tomas Telis: 1-4 HR

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Jul 26, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions