Down on the Farm (2017)

[Stokes1931]

Friday, 7/14

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

AAA-Rookie: Giants teams were 7-40 with RISP. What are they teaching those boys in the minors?

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (36-55) WON 6-4

Orlando Calixte 2-5, run (.275)
Jarrett Parker 1-4, 2 RBI (.196)

Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Williamson (2, 2nd base off Diaz, L/Sanchez, T); Castillo, Al (1, 2nd base off Pounders/Sanchez, T).

FIELDING
DP: (Brown-Calixte-Lollis-Querecuto-Brown).

Tyler Beede (W, 5-7) 5.0-8-4-4-1-4 (5.12)
D.J. Snelten (H, 5) 1.1-1-0-0-1-1 (1.93)
Tyler Rogers (H, 4) 1.2-0-0-0-0-2 (2.17)
Derek Law (S, 3) 1.0-1-0-0-0-1 (4.50)

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (37-52) walk off WIN 4-3

Slade Heathcott 1-3, run (.266)
C.J Hinojosa 1-3, 2 runs (.307)
Myles Schroder 2-4, run, 3 RBI, homer (2) (.274)

Team RISP: 1-for-11.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
CS: Heathcott (5, 2nd base by Crownover/Read).

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Herb-Moreno, R-Sands; Hinojosa-Sands; Hinojosa-Moreno, R-Sands).

Tyler Herb 6.0-5-3-3-3-3 (6.55)
Seth Rosin 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (0.00)
Jarret Martin (W, 2-1) 2.0-1-0-0-1-3 (2.95)

San Jose Giants (A+) (38-54) lost 7-2

Ryan Howard 2-4, RBI (.322)
Bryan Reynolds 2-5, double (.298)
Aramis Garcia 1-5 (.274) (56 RBI in 67 games)
Matt Winn 3-4, RBI, 2 doubles (.239)

Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Brusa (5, fielding).
PB: Winn (10).
DP: (Miller-Howard-Garcia).

Jake McCasland (L, 4-9) 5.2-11-7-6-1-5 (5.18)
Caleb Simpson 1.1-1-0-0-1-3 (4.81)
Michael Cederoth 1.0-1-0-0-0-2 (1.20)

Notes
* The Giants have lost four games in a row overall.
* Rancho Cucamonga out-hit San Jose 12-11.
* Winn was playing in his first game with the Giants since returning from Sacramento (AAA) on Wednesday.
* Smeltzer has picked-up two wins against San Jose over the last 11 days (also beat the Giants on July 4). In two starts versus San Jose, Smeltzer has pitched 13 innings with two runs allowed, one walk and 16 strikeouts.
* The Giants have been held to three runs or fewer in 10 out of their 13 games in July.
* Caleb Simpson (1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO) and Michael Cederoth (1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO) combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief of Friday.
* Pitcher David Owen returned to San Jose from Sacramento before the game on Friday. Pitcher Connor Kaden and catcher Connor Sabanosh were transferred to Salem-Keizer (Short-Season).

Augusta GreenJackets (A) (33-54) lost 7-6

Cristian Paulino 2-5, run, RBI, homer (3) (.275)
Skyler Ewing 1-2, run, RBI, homer (7) (.256)
Michael Bernal 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, double, homer (1) (.262)
Brandon Van Horn 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, homer (3) (.261)

Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Dunston (3, 2nd base off Anderson/Pabst).
CS: Beltre (3, 2nd base by Vera/Pabst).

FIELDING
E: Paulino, C (5, throw).
DP: 4 (Baragar-Vizcaino Jr, J; Bernal-Beltre-Vizcaino Jr, J; Van Horn-Beltre-Vizcaino Jr, J; Beltre-Van Horn-Vizcaino Jr, J).

Augusta pitchers had 0 (zero) strikeouts

Salem-Keizer (Short-A) (13-16) lost 3-2 in the 9th

Malique Ziegler 1-4, 3 K's (.343)

Team RISP: 0-for-8.
Team LOB: 12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Linkous (16, 2nd base off Marte/Calabrese).

FIELDING
E: Bernard (4, pickoff); Garcia (1, pickoff); Boswell (5, fielding); McLaughlin (7, throw).

Game Story: Late-inning Hawk heroics nip Volcanoes

Box Score here: Boise vs. Salem-Keizer - July 14, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

DSL Giants (Rookie) (19-17) WON 14-1

DSL Padres vs. DSL Giants - July 14, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

AZL Giants (11-5) WON 11-3

Heliot Ramos 3-4, 2 runs, triple (.425) (17 years old)
Diego Rincones 3-4, 2 runs, 4 RBI, 2 doubles, homer (1) (.405) (18 years old)

AZL Padres 2 vs. AZL Giants - July 13, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

Scheduled Pitchers (Saturday)

Sacramento (AAA) Stratton (3-5, 5.62)
Richmond (AA) Coonrod (3-7, 4.31)
San Jose (A+) Menez (6-4, 3.74)
Augusta (A) Mazza (5-7, 3.44)
Salem-Keizer (A-Short) Benitez (0-0, 3.65)
Giants (DSL) DNP
Giants (AZL) TBD

 

[Stokes1931]

Saturday, 7/15

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (37-55) WON 4-3 (two wins in a row!)

Justin Ruggiano 2-4 (.275)
Chris Shaw 1-4 (.298) played LF
Tim Federowicz 2-3, 2 runs, 2 doubles (.299)

Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ciriaco (6, 2nd base off Guerra/Sanchez, T).

FIELDING
E: Bennett 2 (2, throw, throw).

Chris Stratton (W, 4-5) 7.0-6-3-2-1-6 (5.33)
Kraig Sitton (H, 2) 0.1-1-0-0-0-0 (2.89)
Roberto Gomez (H, 3) 0.2-1-0-0-0-0 (5.61)
Tyler Rogers (S, 4) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1 (2.13)

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (37-53) lost 5-2

Slade Heathcott 1-3, run (.266)
Myles Schroder 2-4, 2 RBI, double (.280)
Brandon Bednar 2-4, double (.270)

Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
DP: (Arnold-Bednar-Sands).

Sam Coonrod (L, 3-8) 6.2-6-3-3-2-4 (4.29)
Ryan Halstead 1.1-2-2-2-1-2 (5.40)
Tyler Cyr 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (2.48)

San Jose Giants (A+) (39-54) WON 7-5

Ryan Howard 2-4, run, double (.324)
Bryan Reynolds 1-5, run, double (.296)
Aramis Garcia 2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, homer (15) (.278) (59 RBI in 68 games)
Ronnie Jebavy 3-4, 3 runs (.277)

Team RISP: 6-for-13.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Jebavy (7, 2nd base off Gonsolin/Whiting).

FIELDING
E: Arenado 2 (14, throw, fielding).
PB: Winn 2 (12).

Conner Menez 4.2-7-4-4-3-7 (3.94)
David Owen (W, 2-0) 3.1-2-0-0-0-4 (5.26)
Dylan Rheault (S, 11) 1.0-1-1-0-1-1 (2.72)

Notes
* Rancho Cucamonga won three out of four games in the series.
* Garcia has hit seven home runs over his last 16 games. He is now third in the California League in home runs (15), second in RBI's (59) and second in slugging percentage (.522).
* The Giants out-hit the Quakes 12-10.
* Rancho Cucamonga was 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 on base.
* Owen was making his first appearance with San Jose since returning from Sacramento (AAA) on Friday. He retired 10 out of the 12 batters he faced in Saturday's relief appearance.
* Rheault is second in the California League with 11 saves.
* The Giants won for just the fourth time in 14 games against the Quakes this season.
* Menez was charged with four runs (all earned) on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out seven during his 96-pitch outing.
* San Jose has still not been swept in a road series this season.
* The Giants improved to 13-1 in the final game of a road series this year (12 straight wins).
* Duggar (hamstring) and Dobson (shoulder) were activated off the disabled list before the game on Saturday. In corresponding roster moves, infielders Junior Amion and A.J. Ramirez were transferred to Salem-Keizer (Short-Season).

Augusta GreenJackets (A) (33-55) lost 2-1

Hitting: meh

Domenic Mazza (L, 5-8) 6.0-5-2-2-0-6 (3.41)
D.J. Myers 2.0-2-0-0-1-2 (4.17)

Salem-Keizer (Short-A) (13-17) lost 8-4

Malique Ziegler 1-3, run, RBI (.343)
Shane Matheny 2-2 (.350)

Game Story:

Box Score here: Salem-Keizer vs. Spokane - July 15, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

DSL Giants (Rookie) (19-17) DNP



AZL Giants (11-6) lost 1-0

Heliot Ramos 1-4 (.409) (17 years old)
Jacob Gonzalez 1-4 (.442)

AZL Angels vs. AZL Giants - July 15, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

Scheduled Pitchers (Sunday)

Sacramento (AAA) Jose Flores
Richmond (AA) Nate Reed
San Jose (A+) Connolly (4-7, 4.13)
Augusta (A) Stephen Woods
Salem-Keizer (A-Short) De La Rosa (1-2, 4.50)
Giants (DSL) DNP
Giants (AZL) TBD

 

[SFGRTB]

Sunday 7/16

Every MiLB team that played won tonight, all 4 road teams winning in the 9th.

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) WON 14-11, scoring 3 in the 9th.

Orlando Calixte 2-6, 2 HR (13), 3 RBI, 2 R, 1 K. I suspect he's the guy called upon if Nunez gets dealt.
Wynton Bernard 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB (8).
Jarrett Parker 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 PO.
Chris Shaw 2-4, 2B, 2 BB, 3 R, 1 K. The lone guy NOT to have an RBI.
Carlos Moncrief 3-6, HR (2), 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R, 1 K.
Juniel Querecuto 4-6, 2B, 1 RBI, 3 R.
Ryan Lollis 3-6, 2 2B, 1 RBI.

Jose Flores 4.0-6-4-4-2-4
Dusten Knight 2.0-3-3-3-4-1
Collin Balester 1.0-1-1-1-1-1
D.J. Snelten 1.0-2-3-1-1-0. Despite this poor outing, still my guess as the lefty we get the most out of in the minors. He's just putting up stoopid numbers.
Derek Law 1.0-1-0-0-1-1. I had almost forgotten about Law. Still hasn't been great, WHIP at 1.64, BAA .293.

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) WON 6-2

C.J Hinojosa 1-4, 1 R. I want to highlight C.J here. He's quietly having a great year. Started off injured so he lost some steam, but he's put up a .300/.365/.396 line in 57 games now. He's walked more than he's struck out (21/18), and he plays great defense at SS, 3B and 2B. He's shown fantastic strides in 1 year. In 2016 (after tearing through the Cal League) he played 57 games in AA (exactly as many as today). Over the year, he's increased his walk rate, lowered his K rate, and has shown overall growth. He has fringy power at best, and seems to have even sacrificed some pop for contact. But that plays into his utility player profile. There's a chance he's promoted to AAA before the end of the year. In the bigs, he projects as a good defender at 3 positions, with a chance to be a platoon guy against lefties.
Jerry Sands 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI, 1 R

Nate Reed 7.0-8-2-2-1-4
Seth Rosin 1.0-0-0-0-1-2
Carlos Alvarado 1.0-0-0-0-0-0

San Jose Giants (A+) WON 5-4 scoring 4 in the 9th.

Steven Duggar 1-4, 1 K. Good to see Duggar back (again). If he's healthy, should only have to spend a short time in San Jose before he's off to AAA. This could be a big 2 months for him.
Ryan Howard 2-5, 1 K. Why oh why is he still in SJ.

Mike Connolly 5.0-10-4-4-1-3
Michael Cederoth 0.0-0-0-0-1-0
Heath Slatton 2.0-2-0-0-0-1
Will LaMarche 1.0-1-0-0-0-1
Dylan Rheault 1.0-2-0-0-0-1

Augusta GreenJackets (A) WON 10-9 scoring 4 in the 9th.

Jacob Heyward 2-4, HR (10), 2B, 5 RBI, 1 R, 1 K.
Kelvin Beltre 1-2, 2 BB, 3 R, 1 K.
Skyler Ewing 2-4, 1 BB, 1 R. Ewing is quietly putting together a really nice season. Was a catcher at Rice, drafted as a 1st baseman, converted back to catcher this year, he has a .262/.371/.471 batting line. This is basically his 3rd year in Augusta though so don't expect much really.

Stephen Woods 1.1-3-5-5-3-0
Jose Morel 2.2-4-2-2-1-3
Jeff Burke 2.1-3-1-1-1-1
Caleb Smith 1.2-1-0-0-2-0
Patrick Ruotolo 1.0-2-1-1-0-2

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) WON 10-9 scoring 1 in the 9th.

Malique Ziegler 2-5, 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 SB (13), 1 K. My guy. Excited for this kid.
Gustavo Cabrera 2-5, HR (3-game winning in the 9th), 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K. Cabrera batting a robust .282/.333/.615. Get hype?

Garrett Cave 1.0-0-0-0-0-2

Salem-Keizer vs. Spokane - July 16, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

DSL Giants (Rookie) were off (All-Star break)

Alexander Canario won MVP of the All-Star game, singling, stealing a base, and scoring the winning run.
Marco Gonzalez was the other rep for the Giants.

AZL Giants (Rookie) WON 6-2

Aaron Bond 1-3, HR (3), 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K.
Heliot Ramos 1 -4, 1 K, 1 CS (1).

AZL Cubs vs. AZL Giants - July 16, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

 

[calsnowskier]

I heard (on KNBR??) that the Giants are trying a different strategy this year with their player placement. They are holding them back a bit more to pump their numbers. In the past they have promoted rather aggressively to get them ready for the bigs, which led to the Giants prospects being rated lower by the national media due to more pedestrian numbers.

I don't know how accurate this is, though. I have not done any analysis to prove or disprove it. In fact, I think it is too early to make that claim for this year. But the co cent is interesting, whether it is factual or not that the Giants have made a shift.

 

[SFGRTB]

I heard (on KNBR??) that the Giants are trying a different strategy this year with their player placement. They are holding them back a bit more to pump their numbers. In the past they have promoted rather aggressively to get them ready for the bigs, which led to the Giants prospects being rated lower by the national media due to more pedestrian numbers.

I don't know how accurate this is, though. I have not done any analysis to prove or disprove it. In fact, I think it is too early to make that claim for this year. But the co cent is interesting, whether it is factual or not that the Giants have made a shift.

Idk, scouts only take numbers into account so much. I can flip it and say "why is this guy who's hitting .325 in A+ still in A+? He should be promoted, there's nothing for him there". And scouts (I hope) don't look at the national media's opinions. Frankly, after like the top 20-30 guys, consensus goes out the window and it becomes a cluster.

As for the Giants, they've overall been pretty aggressive with their dudes, and I haven't seen much change this year.

Side note: I think that they have TOO many players and not enough space. They could use an extra farm team, another AZL team maybe. It would take a couple of years, but you would see the Giants slow down promotions at that point maybe.

 

[SFGRTB]

Monday 7/17

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) lost 7-3

Juniel Querecuto 1-4, HR (1), 2 RBI, 1 R, E (7)
Ali Castillo 2-3, 2B, 1 R.

Andrew Suarez 4.1-7-5-5-3-5
Collin Balester 2.2-2-1-1-1-3
Kraig Sitton 2.0-2-1-0-0-1

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) WON 4-0

Slade Heathcott 3-5, 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K, CS (6)
C.J Hinojosa 3-5, 1 R, 1 SB (2).. Now up to .307/.370/.401

Cory Taylor 7.0-4-0-0-2-6
Cody Hall 1.0-0-0-0-0-2
Jarret Martin 1.0-1-0-0-0-1

San Jose Giants (A+) lost 4-2

Ryan Howard 2-4, HR (7), 2 RBI, 1 R. Up to .327/.360/.415. I hadn't really taken a deeper look at Howard's numbers until today, and we might want to pump the breaks on the "Duffy clone" comps. His K/BB rate is not great, Duffy always had a nice K/BB rate in the minors. Howard has just about no power, 17 XBH in 376 PA's. That's bad. Duffy was showing improvements in that department, Howard's has gotten worse this year. Defensively we'll see. Howard is supposed to be good, but Duffy was pretty elite. We'll see.
Bryan Reynolds 2-3, 3B, BB, SB (2). Reynolds showing off the speed game today.

Mark Reyes 6.0-5-3-2-2-3
Matt Solter 2.0-4-1-1-0-2

Augusta GreenJackets (A) lost 12-3

Sandro Fabian 1-4, HR (6), 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K.

Pitching? Nah

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) lost 2-1

Orlando Garcia 2-3, 1 BB.
Gustavo Cabrera 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K.
Malique Ziegler 1-5, 2B, 1 SB (14)

Matt Lujan 5.0-2-1-1-1-4. Rehabbing.
Logan Webb 2.0-3-1-1-1-4. Coming back from Tommy John.
Jason Bahr 1.0-0-0-0-0-2. 5th round draft pick.

DSL Giants (Rookie) was suspended (Rain-completed today)

AZL Giants (Rookie) WON 12-7

Saw the scoring, thinking I was gonna see some highlights from Ramos and Gonzalez!..... Nope, both had the day off. Jack Conlon probably gets assigned to the AZL once he's official, which would make 18 teenagers on this roster. Holy cow. Giants seriously need another AZL team team get all these players ABs.

AZL Giants vs. AZL Cubs - July 17, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

Tomorrow's (today's) probables:

AAA: Albert Suarez
AA: Jordan Johnson
A+: Grant Watson
A: off-day
A-: Stetson Woods
DSL: Marco Gonzalez
AZL: Deiyerbert Bolivar

 

[SFGRTB]

Tuesday 7/18

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) WALKED-OFF 7-6, tying in game in the 9th, winning in the 12th

Chris Shaw 3-6, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R.
Jarrett Parker 3-5, 2B, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K.
Ryan Lollis 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 K.
Ryder Jones 0-2, 1 BB, 1 R. Back rehabbing.

Albert Suarez 3.0-3-0-0-0-5. Almost to full strength.
Matt Gage 3.0-7-5-5-2-2
Roberto Gomez 2.0-1-1-1-0-1
Tyler Rogers 1.0-1-0-0-1-1
Derek Law 2.0-2-0-0-0-1
D.J. Snelten 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) lost 4-3, giving up a run in the 8th and 9th.

C.J Hinojosa 1-4, HR (4), 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K.

Jordan Johnson 2.1-2-1-1-0-2. Left because he was hit on the arm with a line drive, but he's alright thankfully.
Vic Black 2.1-2-1-1-3-4
Carlos Alvarado 1.1-1-0-0-1-1
Seth Rosin 1.0-0-0-0-0-1
Cody Hall 1.1-2-2-2-2-0. Not sure why he was left out there so long, he was clearly terrible.

San Jose Giants (A+) WON 6-5

Steven Duggar 2-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 1 R. He should be in AAA any day now. I've said it a hundred times, could be a huge 2 months for him. And seeing Shaw and Duggar patrol the same outfield will be an interesting glimpse at a possible future.
Aramis Garcia 2-4

Grant Watson 6.0-8-4-3-1-5
Caleb Simpson 0.1-1-0-0-1-1
Carlos Diaz 0.2-0-0-0-0-0
Will LaMarche 1.0-0-0-0-0-2
Dylan Rheault 1.0-2-1-1-0-2

Augusta GreenJackets (A) were off



Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) lost 2-1

Orlando Garcia 2-3, 2B, 1 R, 1 K. My mid-round breakout pick for the 2017 draft, Garcia is off to s real nice start, .340/.429/.566 in Salem so far.

Stetson Woods 6.0-4-1-1-0-6
John Russell 2.0-1-0-0-0-6. Woah. Russell was a 16th round pick this year, posted massive strikeout in college, in limited time.
Peter Lannoo 0.1-2-1-1-0-1

DSL Giants (Rookie) lost 6-3, completing the suspended game from yesterday

DSL Orioles vs. DSL Giants - July 17, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

DSL Giants (Rookie) lost 8-7 in 8 innings

DSL Giants vs. DSL Orioles - July 18, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

AZL Giants (Rookie) was postponed for rain



Tomorrow's (today's) probables:

AAA: Beede
AA: Slania
A+: off
A: Williams
A-: Marte
DSL: Norwith Gudino
AZL: TBA (scheduled off day, but maybe they'll play this rained out game)

 

[SFGRTB]

Forgot to mention that Ryder Jones was hit in the wrist (seriously, what the heck is up with our rehabbing dudes taking pitches on the wrist), but he should be back in a couple of days.

 

[VASFfan]

Tuesday 7/18

Steven Duggar 2-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 1 R. He should be in AAA any day now. I've said it a hundred times, could be a huge 2 months for him. And seeing Shaw and Duggar patrol the same outfield will be an interesting glimpse at a possible future.

Probably a big "if"...but what if Belt gets traded? Does Shaw go back to first? I'm having a hard time thinking of anyone else the Giants have who might fill the hole. Although I guess Jones does have SOME experience at first.

 

[SFGRTB]

Probably a big "if"...but what if Belt gets traded? Does Shaw go back to first? I'm having a hard time thinking of anyone else the Giants have who might fill the hole. Although I guess Jones does have SOME experience at first.

Probably a combination of Jones and Posey.

Shaw was moved to LF for 2 reasons. 1, there wasn't a clear future for him at 1st with Belt locked in and Posey probably Belt's successor. More importantly 2, Shaw just wasn't very good at 1st. He wasn't picking it up as well as they hoped, had a lot of trouble with his footwork around the bag. From what I've heard, Shaw made their decision rather easy to transition.

Even if Belt does get dealt though I don't think Shaw will be up this year, unless the Giants plan to anoint him as the LF/1B next year and the Giants rarely do that with prized prospects. Only time in recent memory I recall it was Posey and Bumgarner in 2009, and the Giants STILL made them earn it a little bit before calling them up for good in 2010 (Molina and Wellmeyer were absolutely not going to stop the Giants from making the move, just made it seem like they had to earn it).

Giants can save Shaw's 40-man roster spot until he's truly ready. That could be this year, my bet is on next year, plenty of other guys to test out in the mean time.

 

[calsnowskier]

I have not heard anything, and I don't think he has ever played there, but Parker LOOKS like a 1B. And his OF defense is nothing to protect. I wouldn't be against trying him there.

 

[SFGRTB]

Wednesday 7/19

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) WON 3-1

Wynton Bernard 2-4, HR (1), 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K, 1 PO.

Tyler Beede 7.0-5-1-0-1-5. Very strong start for Beede, threw 109 pitches and 78 for strikes. Got strike one on 20 of the 26 batters, induced 11 groundouts and 2 DPs. Probably his best start of the season. For those so inclined, here's video of Beede's 7th inning. You see everything in play: his sinker, 4-seam, cutter, curve and changeup


Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) lost 8-6

C.J Hinojosa 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 R. Blasted a ball off the wall in LF.... and was thrown out at 2nd. But that's okay. Since June 2nd, he's hitting .349/.395/.497 with a 145 wRC+, .396 wOBA, 0.92 BB/K ratio. Stay hot
Myles Schroder 2-3, HR (3), 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB.

Dan Slania 6.0-7-5-5-2-1. Started off bad, giving up 5 in the first 2 innings, but settled in after that. Still projects best out of the bullpen
Ryan Halstead 0.2-1-0-0-1-1
Jarret Martin 0.2-1-2-2-2-1
Seth Rosin 0.2-2-1-1-0-1

San Jose Giants (A+) were off



Augusta GreenJackets (A) lost 3-1

No offense

Garrett Williams 6.1-7-3-2-1-6. Probably too advanced for Augusta. Had 17 straight scoreless innings broken in the 2nd inning. The Giants decided to push fellow pure stuff, iffy control lefty Matt Krook to San Jose, but held Williams back because of injury. I expect they'll push Williams soon.
Jose Morel 2.2-1-0-0-0-2

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) WON 3-2

Malique Ziegler 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K.
Bryce Johnson 2-5, 1 R, 3 SB (8), 1 CS (5), 1 K. Okay, so Johnson was our 6th round pick out of this draft, and he was heralded as a pure speed, excellent defensive guy in CF, so why is he playing LF? Well, that's how good Ziegler is out there. Nothing against Johnson. This is why I'm so big on Malique, dude is a STUD.
Orlando Garcia 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 K. Just another 2-hit day at the office for the 15th rounder

Jose Marte 5.0-3-1-1-1-5
Aaron Phillips 1.0-0-0-0-1-3
Connor Kaden 2.0-1-0-0-0-3
Garrett Cave 1.0-0-1-1-2-3. Also had 3 wild pitches... effectively wild for the 2017 4th rounder?

DSL Giants (Rookie) lost 4-3

So looking back on my DSL outlook, I pegged young Alexander Canario as a guy that might be someone worth looking out for. So far he's hitting a robust .304/.417/.536 with 5 homers and 17 XBH, 22 walks to 20 Ks and even 12 steals. He's pretty much checking all the boxes you want from the DSL; walk rate, strikeout/walk, and power. He was named MVP of the DSL All-Star game too.

Another impressive kid that I did not name has been Franklin Labour.

Now, I also pegged Anyesber Sivira and he has not faired nearly half as good. But, he does have a nice walk rate and K/BB ratio.

DSL Mariners vs. DSL Giants - July 19, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

AZL Giants (Rookie) were off



Tomorrow's (today's) Probables:

AAA: Stratton
AA: Tyler Herb
A+: Krook
A: Adon
A-: Julio Benitez
DSL: Francis Pena
AZL: Deiyerbert Bolivar

 

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Some bad news. Frankie Tostado, 19th round draft pick, under went Tommy John. He's an outfielder, should be ready to go for the 2018 season.

 

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Thursday 7/20

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) lost 5-3

Justin Ruggiano 1-3, 2B, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K.
Jarrett Parker 2-3, 1 BB.

Chris Stratton 6.2-7-2-2-3-7
Kraig Sitton 1.0-2-2-2-0-1
Derek Law 0.1-2-1-1-1-1. He's a mess.
Dusten Knight 1.0-0-0-0-1-1

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) lost 4-3

Jerry Sands 2-4, HR (1), 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K.
Brandon Bednar 2-4, 3B, 2 R
C.J Hinojosa 0-3, 1 K, 1 SB (3), 2 E (6). Can't win them all.

Tyler Herb 6.0-4-2-2-2-5
Carlos Alvarado 2.0-2-2-2-0-3

San Jose Giants (A+) WON 12-7

Steven Duggar 1-4, HR (1-grand slam), 4 RBI, 2 R, 1 SB (1), 1 BB, 2 K. Should be ready for AAA any day now. 8 RBI last 2 games.
Aramis Garcia 2-5, HR (16), 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 K. Another guy ripe for promotion, likely AA.
Jonah Arenado 3-5, 3B, 3 RBI, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (16).
Jalen Miller 2-4, 3B, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K.
Bryan Reynolds 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 R.
Heath Quinn 2-5, 2B, 1 R, 2 K.

Matt Krook 4.2-6-6-5-4-3
David Owen 1.1-2-1-1-0-1
Will LaMarche 2.0-1-0-0-0-4
Heath Slatton 1.0-1-0-0-0-2

Augusta GreenJackets (A) lost 7-3

Skyler Ewing 1-2, 2 R, 2B, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (15th!).

Melvin Adon 6.0-5-1-1-2-3
D.J. Myers 3.0-7-6-1-0-2

Adon also made this SWEET play:


Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) lost 8-3

Gustavo Cabrera 2-4, 2 RBI. Batting .304/.360/.587 now. After all that he's been through, the dude is still just 21 years old. Hard not to root for him.

Julio Benitez 4.1-6-1-1-3-1
Alex Bostic 1.2-1-1-0-0-0
Tyler Schimpf 0.2-1-3-2-3-1
John Timmins 1.1-3-2-2-2-1
Luis Pino 1.0-1-1-1-1-0

DSL Giants (Rookie) WON 2-1 in 12 innings

DSL Giants vs. DSL Mariners - July 20, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

AZL Giants (Rookie) lost 9-5

Heliot Ramos 1-5, HR (3), 2 RBI, 1 R, 2 K.

AZL Giants vs. AZL Reds - July 20, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

Tomorrow's (today's) probables

AAA: Flores
AA: Coonrod
A+: McCasland
A: Baragar
A-: De La Rosa
DSL: TBA
AZL: TBA

 

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Friday 7/21

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) lost 4-3, giving up 1 in the 9th and 1 in the 10th

Tim Federowicz 2-3, HR (5), 1 BB, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 E (6)
Ryder Jones 2-4, 1 R, SB (6)

Jose Flores 6.0-7-2-2-1-4
D.J. Snelten 1.0-2-0-0-2-1
Roberto Gomez 2.2-2-2-1-2-4

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) lost 4-2

C.J Hinojosa 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 K.

Sam Coonrod 6.1-5-4-4-1-6
Ryan Halstead 0.2-0-0-0-0-0
Tyler Cyr 1.0-0-0-0-0-2

San Jose Giants (A+) lost 6-1

Bryan Reynolds 3-4, 2B.
Ryan Howard 2-4, 1 R, 1 CS (2).
Steven Duggar 0-4, 3 K.

Jake McCasland 6.0-6-2-2-0-10
Caleb Simpson 1.0-1-3-3-3-2
Carlos Diaz 2.0-3-1-1-0-1

Augusta GreenJackets (A) lost 4-3, giving up 2 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th

Kelvin Beltre 2-5, 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K.
Ashford Fulmer 2-4, 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB (10), CS (3).

Caleb Baragar 7.0-4-1-1-1-6
Nolan Riggs 2.0-4-3-3-0-6. Weird line.

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) WON 12-6

Ryan Kirby 3-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, 1 SB (6). Oddly enough, the only guy with multiple hits.
Bryce Johnson 1-2, 2 BB, 3 R, 1 SB (9).
Orlando Garcia 1-2, 2 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K.
Malique Ziegler 1-4, 3B, 2 R, 1 BB.

Alejandro De La Rosa 5.0-4-1-1-0-8
Andy Rohloff 2.0-2-3-3-1-3
Jason Bahr 2.0-5-2-2-1-4

DSL Giants (Rookie) was suspended for rain

I'll post the final tomorrow if they complete it.

AZL Giants (Rookie) lost 8-2

Heliot Ramos 1-4, 2B, 1 R, 1 K. Ramos has a 10-game hitting streak an his average has been going down, that's how great of a start he's had. You can see signs of a struggle though: last 7 games 10 K's (no walks), 9 hits.

AZL Brewers vs. AZL Giants - July 21, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

 

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From Thursday:

 

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Saturday 7/22

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) lost 4-1

Ryder Jones 1-4, 2B, 1 R, 1 K.
Chris Shaw 1-4, 2 K, 1 E (1)

Andrew Suarez 6.0-7-3-2-3-4
Kraig Sitton 1.0-2-1-1-0-1
Collin Balester 1.0-1-0-0-0-0

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) lost 5-4

Slade Heathcott 2-3, 2 BB, 1 R, 1 SB (7).
K.C. Hobson 1-5, HR (6), 3 RBI, 1 R, 3 K.
Dylan Davis 3-4, 2B.

Nate Reed 5.0-6-4-4-5-3
Seth Rosin 1.0-1-1-1-0-0
Jarret Martin 1.0-0-0-0-0-1
Cody Hall 1.0-1-0-0-1-1

San Jose Giants (A+) lost 5-4

Steven Duggar 2-3, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R. Soon.
Bryan Reynolds 4-5, 2 RBI.
Pablo Sandoval 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB. DH'd
Aramis Garcia 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 K.

Conner Menez 3.0-5-5-3-2-6
Matt Solter 3.0-2-0-0-1-4
Heath Slatton 2.0-1-0-0-0-3
Dylan Rheault 1.0-1-0-0-1-0

Augusta GreenJackets (A) WON 8-3

Jose Vizcaino Jr. 2-4, HR (1), 2B, 4 RBI, 1 R, 1 K.
Kelvin Beltre 3-4, 1 RBI, 1 R.
Cristian Paulino 3-5, 2B, 3 R, 1 SB (19).
Jean Angomas 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB.

Domenic Mazza 7.0-6-3-2-2-4
Sandro Cabrera 1.0-1-0-0-1-1
Patrick Ruotolo 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (A-) lost 7-6

Malique Ziegler 1-4, 2B, 1 BB, 3 R, 1 SB (15).
Bryce Johnson 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 K.
Shane Matheny 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 E (2).

Matt Lujan 3.0-6-2-2-1-2
Peter Lannoo 3.0-3-2-2-2-1
Logan Webb 1.0-3-1-1-0-1
John Russell 2.0-3-2-2-1-3

DSL Giants (Rookie) was postponed for rain. The suspended game from yesterday will be picked up on August 7th.



AZL Giants (Rookie) WON 11-6

Heliot Ramos 4-6, 3B, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 K. Kid is a STUD.

AZL Giants vs. AZL Royals - July 22, 2017 | MiLB.com Box | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball

 

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Saturday 7/22

Heliot Ramos 4-6, 3B, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, 2 K. Kid is a STUD.

Careful. Remember Chuckie Jones?

 

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Careful. Remember Chuckie Jones?

I mean, he can be a stud and still flame out. I need something to be happy about this season OKAY

 

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I mean, he can be a stud and still flame out. I need something to be happy about this season OKAY