Milb Gameday, May 3rd
by casejud on May 3, 2011 1:07 PM EDT
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PrintI love the smell of baseball, and grass, in the morning :) Ok, its not really morning to most of you but, I saw that some ballgames were going allready so I thought I'd fire one of these up. Here's some starters taking the hill today. Just the ones from teams I like though ok? Just kidding. I like every team.
AAA - Danny Duffy, Mike Minor, Lance Lynn, Rudy Owens, Felix Doubront, Zach McAllister
AA - Jacob Turner, Matt Packer, Nate Eovaldi, Pat Corbin, Nevin Griffith, Erasmo Ramirez, Carlos Pimental (vs the Mighty Missions of San Antone'), Chris Dwyer, Christian Friedrich
A+ and A - Jarred Cosart, Matt Magill, Big Matt Lollis, Chad Bettis, Chris Balcom-Miller, Kyle Heckathorn, Carlos Perez, Austin Ross
Manny Machado went 0-4 this morning just to show he's human. Made 4th error as well. By the way, 4 errors in 24 games played is terrific for that league. Not even mentioning that he's a child basically. He's been amazing. Before you say it, his range is fine, by the way.
Bryce Harper went 2-5 already to show that he isn't human. I love how he's showing off an all-around game that some had questioned previously. He stole his 5th base off of Carlos Perez and Christian Betancourt. What he is doing in that league, at his age, is more than amazing.
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Dodgers have 3 legit pitching prospects going today
AA: Nate Evoaldi as mentioned above
A+: Matt Magill as mentioned above
A: Garrett Gould
by SeanMillerSavior on May 3, 2011 1:32 PM EDT reply actions
Gould dealing so far
4 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 6 K
Eovaldi's game got postponed
I saw like 4 others postponed as well. Waiting for the high a game to start to see Magill, but Gould is doing great. 6 innings now 3 hits 1 ER 1 Run 6 ks no walks.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
i guess they were right about magill
4 IP 3 H 0 R 1 BB 0 K so far
lowering his ERA from 1.64
BUT
13 Ks in 26 IP with 8 BB and 23 H In the Cal LEAGUE
they said this offseason his stuff will not K many at higher levels and they were right but hes done real well in every other aspect in the cal lealgue.. is he a legit prospect?
finishes 7 IP 5 H 2 R 0 ER 1 BB 2 K
10;4 GB to FB ERA now 1.24 in 29 IP
Taijuan Walker promoted
So much for waiting until the Short-Season leagues to see him. He is now with Low-A Clinton, according to Kirby Arnold of the Everett Herald. Marinersfarmreview.com says Walker will start on Thursday against Peoria.
Derek Dietrich, TB's 2nd round pick in 2010
Today: 3-3, double, hr, walk, 5 rbi
Season: .323/.387/.615
Jarret Parker
3-4, HR, 2 RBI
Play ball!
by tmannino on May 3, 2011 6:59 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Red Sox single A affiliate continues to impress
Sean Coyle – 3-5, 2 2B, HR. Now hitting 236/387472
Bryce Brentz – 3bb, HR. Now hitting 363/440/657, needs to be promoted
Miles Head – 3-4, HR. Now hitting 330/394/680, just turned 20.
Manny Rivera – 5 IP 2 H 0 BB 7K, also needs to be promoted
SAL OPS leaders:
Bryce Harper 4th
Bryce Brentz 5th
Miles Head 6th
Brandon Jacobs 7th
Manny Machado 8th
Pretty impressive company for the trio of Sox hitters
Brandon Jacobs of Lowell > Brandon Jacobs of NYG
Scott Sizemore
3 for 4 so far, all 3 hits off of Sabathia, including a double.
Why did his callup take this long?
picking up right where he left off
good sign for Detroit, who need his bat
"Well Played Mauer"
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on May 3, 2011 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Possible reasons for the delayed Sizemore promotion
Not gritty enough? Then again, who is when contrasted with the grinder extraodinaire who is Will Rhymes.
I believe Scott Sizemore went to VCU. Maybe Dave Dombrowski is a KU basketball fan & wanted to stick it to him after the Elite 8 matchup? That’s all I’ve got.
Ok ok ok
I agree that Sizemore is better than Wil Rhymes but, a couple of things have been annoying me a tad when I keep reading “Why hasn’t Sizemore been called up?!?”
How about a couple of reasons, namely, Sizemore did SUCK when he got a chance to play last season!
and Wil Rhymes got about 80 PAs to show what he can do this year after playing very well in 200 PAs last year.
I hope Sizemore does well but, its hard to get too excited about a guy who couldn’t beat out Wil Rhymes in spring training.
"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Rickey Henderson
he had no chance to beat him in ST
in my opinion. He was hitting pretty well and driving in a lot of runs, but they barely gave him any PT
by PrincetonCubs on May 4, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright
Well, they probably felt Rhymes earned the position with his fine play the last couple months of last season. They obviously kept an open mind becaue, here we are, its May 4th and Sizemore is the starter again. Either that, or Rymes was just that bad.
"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Rickey Henderson
Andrelton Simmons
3-5, SB(4), 2 RBI, E(9)………….AVG up to .337 now
Duffy
6 IP, 5H, 4ER, 2BB, 9K
"Also, stop quoting batting average. It’s a pointless statistic." -- JD Sussman, who doesn't acknowledge batting titles
did well after terrible second inning
he’s positioning himself for a callup if the need arises. is he ahead of Mazzaro or Teaford though since they’re both on the 40. Teaford maybe…Mazzaro probably not.
R.I.P. cwhitman412, Frederick0220, & Mets2k9
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Belt
0-1, 2 BB, SF
Adopted Giant: Jacob Dunnington: 15 IP, 11 BB, 16 K, 1-1, 2.40 ERA, .160 BAA
M-M-M-M-Mad
Mad to the Bum
by TimLaser and MattyC on May 3, 2011 10:52 PM EDT reply actions
Eric Hosmer
2/3 1 Hr 2 BB 1 K both hits off LHP Dana Eveland
all 3 HR's this year vs LHP
very weird.
R.I.P. cwhitman412, Frederick0220, & Mets2k9
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He is completely raking.
Fun to watch him be a man amongst boys out there. Hope his power starts to go up some.
Moustakas really need to pick it up.
Luke Bailey
Today: 1-3, 2 K
I’m a big fan of Bailey, so far he’s putting up decent early season numbers in Bowling Green so far. The BB/K isn’t good at 4:19, and the BABIP is a totally unsustainable .400, but the power definitely looks for real, 7 doubles, 2 homers (9 extra base hits in 16 total hits), .241 ISO.
He has good defense too.
Although Hamilton is owning him and has stolen like half the bases off of him.
well, there's not necessarily too much Bailey could do about that
Hamilton would probably do the same to most major league catcher, true 80 speed.
FRANCISCO LIRIANO no-hitter
I think Kevin Slowey will stay in the minors for a while after all
"Well Played Mauer"
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on May 3, 2011 11:37 PM EDT reply actions
Brett Wallace homered today
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?tcid=mm_hou_vid&c_id=hou
Still riding an insane BABIP, but he IS hitting .383/.448/.543 so even significant regression should leave him with solid numbers.
He won’t keep OPSing .991 obviously, but is .800+ attainable? I think so. And so, after tonight, I expect will ZiPS, which before tonight projected him to finish the season with .793.
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
Good stuff
Matt Davidson & Paul Goldschmidt were 2 of my favorite CI prospects in the offseason that I seemed to like quite a bit greater than the consensus. Sort of strange that they both reside in the same farm, but I think both have very nice offensive potential to say the least.
From what I gather, I don’t think that Davidson is necessarily a lock to move across the diamond either. It will be interesting to see how the switch hitting Bobby Borchering develops as well although I think he has the most short term hurdles to vault of the Arizona trio.
Anthony Rizzo
3-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI.
I restate my fact that Rizzo will be in the majors in June and Brad Hawpe will be DFA’d…
Looks like Forsythe will beat him there
Seems to be getting the call after O-Dog went down tonight.
by Antonio Olivares on May 4, 2011 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Brad Hawpe
Yes, this is a site dedicated to prospects but what a descent Brad Hawpe’s career has taken. Granted he was aided by the Colorado setting to some degree almost assuredly & he always had a good amount of ‘swing & miss’ at the plate, but he posted a line of .285/.384/.519 not too long ago (2009). Time takes its toll everywhere but it seems to have leveled this guy..
Wow i think its safe to say i underrated this guy
its almost like it really goes : Hosmer, Rizzo, Freeman, Goldshmidt, Belt, blah blah
"Well Played Mauer"
Big fan of Juerys Familia and his repitoire
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on May 5, 2011 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions
so Brandon Guyer went 3-7 with a homer and 5 RBI in a DH today
he is now up to a line of .370/.427/.630 with 6 HR
Brandon Guyer
It will be interesting to see how his power translates when he arrives in the majors, but he stands to be valuable in some capacity & he should have a look at a corner OF spot. Can we say anthing more about the Matt Garza deal from the Tampa Bay perspective which hasn’t already been said?
Checking up on some Astros prospects after April
Long list, but these are all guys I consider noteworthy for reasons OTHER THAN their performances this season.
I’d like to highlight Jio Mier’s rebound, J.D. Martinez’s and Jose Altuve’s continued successes, and the April faceplants of Delino Deshields, Mike Foltynewicz, and Jonathan Villar.
Single A:
Jio Mier: .293/.420/.476,
Delino DeShields Jr: .226/.298/.381, 6/11 SB
Michael Kvasnicka: .314/.379/.453
Chris Wallace: .389/.458/.747
Telvin Nash: .310/.394/.603
Tanner Bushue: 14 K, 5 BB, 31 IP, 3.13 ERA
Carlos Quevedo: 21 K, 2 BB, 28 IP, 3.86 ERA
Mike Foltynewicz: 12 K, 7 BB, 27 IP, 5.86 ERA
A-Advanced:
Jose Altuve: .423/.474/.625, 14/17 SB
Jay Austin: .272/.375/.369, 9/14 SB
Jonathan Villar: .245/.308/.372, 13/16 SB
Austin Wates: .267/.339/.381, 6/8 SB
Kody Hinze: .284/.415/.589
Jose Cisnero: 42 K, 15 BB, 24 IP, 6.66 ERA
Double A:
J.D. Martinez: .333/.393/.563
Jimmy Paredes: .333/.371/.470, 11/11 SB
Dallas Keuchel: 16 K, 4 BB, 28 IP, 3.81 ERA
Triple A:
J.B. Shuck: .305/.418/.354
Koby Clemens: .278/.367/.532
Brian Bogusevic: .241/.392/.362
Jordan Lyles: 19 K, 6 BB, 27 IP, 3.67 ERA
Douglas Arguello: 14 K, 9 BB, 15 IP, 2.87 ERA
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
Great stuff
Altuve is AMAZING. People keep on doubting, and he keeps on kicking butt.
At least Villar has stole a bunch of bases right?
"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Rickey Henderson
We've got some video on Altuve coming soon
He is, in my opinion, very real. Great swing.
Bullpen Banter's Top 100 Prospects for 2011!
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Cool
Can’t wait to check that out. I disagree with most of you BB guys a lot, yet your website is one of my favorites. Thats a pretty good compliment huh?
I like Altuve too and, Im a real sucker for excellent ballplayers who are shaped different than most of the other ones.
"If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game." - Rickey Henderson
Thanks
I think we all appreciate a good discussion and there is nothing wrong with disagreeing. Its always important to remember that no one is right yet, and that reasonable minds can come to different conclusions.
Bullpen Banter's Top 100 Prospects for 2011!
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Especially about batting titles!
Bullpen Banter's Top 100 Prospects for 2011!
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That's why I rely on Joe Morgan for all my baseball insights!
Yes, I know, he never finished higher than 4th in average. But that’s one of the great things about relying on Joe Morgan for all my baseball insights: they don’t have to be accurate or intellectually consistent!
by realitypolice on May 4, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I haven't read that book Joe Morgan wrote, "The Machine"
but I do disagree with everything in it.
Is Clemens a legit prospect?
I’ve seen him put up some very nice numbers power wise, but no one ever really talks about him.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
He strikes out a ton
That plus he’s not very athletic and is an average defensive first baseman at best. His power seems legit though and he draws a good amount of walks.
I wouldn’t mind seeing someone give him a chance to win an everyday job at first base but he might have too many holes in his swing. Hard to say unless/until we see him against MLB pitching.
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
Derek Norris
1-4, HR, K. He’s off to a rough start, maybe this will get him started on a turn-around.
Brett Wallach
nice start, 6 innings: 4 hits, 2 BBs, 9 Ks, 1 ER.
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