Down on the Farm (2016)

[dredinis21]

Sure. But he won't be starting against Toronto on Monday.

Further backing my claim that they will make the change after the TOR game.

 

[Stokes1931]

Wednesday 5/4

Sacramento (11-16) lost 9-4

Gorkys Hernandez 1-5, run, double (.260)
Ryan Lollis 2-4, RBI (.330)
Miguel Olivo 1-3, RBI, double (.360)
Jarrett Parker 1-3, run, RBI, homer (7) (.212)
Darren Ford 1-4, run, triple (.269)

Chris Heston (L, 0-1) 5.0-7-7-6-2-4 (5.54)
Jake Dunning 2.0-1-2-1-1-1 (9.22)
Braulio Lara 1.0-1-0-0-0-0 (3.86)

Richmond (10-16) WON 4-3 in 10, tying it in the bottom of the 9th

Rando Moreno 1-5, run, double (.276)
Christian Arroyo 2-5, run, RBI, homer (1) (.269)
Ricky Oropesa 2-5, run (.216)
Hunter Cole 3-4, run, triple (.244)
Carlos Moncrief 2-3, RBI, double (.268)

Adalberto Mejia 6.0-3-3-1-2-3 (3.63)
Christian Jones 1.0-2-0-0-0-2 (5.25)
Tyler Mizenko 2.0-2-0-0-1-2 (1.23)
Dan Slania (W, 3-1) 1.0-2-0-0-0-1 (1.93)

San Jose (13-11) WON 4-1

Ronnie Jebavy 1-3, run (.195)
Brandon Bednar 1-4, run, RBI (.240)
C.J Hinojosa 1-3, run (.384)
Aramis Garcia 3-5, double, RBI (.286)
Steven Duggar 2-5, RBI (.279)

Andrew Suarez (W, 2-1) 7.0-5-1-1-2-4 (2.43)
Reyes Moronta (H, 5) 1.0-0-0-0-0-0 (4.91) kid was throwing 96 mph
Rodolfo Martinez (S, 7) 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (0.79)

Augusta (12-14) lost 6-3

Lucius Fox 1-5 (.222)
Jalen Miller 1-5, run, RBI, double (.244)
Matt Winn 1-4, double (.167)
Miguel Gomez 1-4, run, RBI, homer (1) (.316)

Phil Bickford (L, 1-3) 5.0-8-3-3-1-3 (3.86)
Michael Connolly 0.2-3-3-3-0-0 (4.24)
Caleb Smith 1.0-3-0-0-0-0 (3.68)
Jake McCasland 1.1-1-0-0-1-3 (1.04)

 

[Stokes1931]

Thursday 5/5

Sacramento (12-16) WON 12-6 (9 run 3rd inning)

Gorkys Hernandez 2-5, 2 runs, 2 RBI, triple (.267)
Grant Green 5-5, 3 runs, 4 RBI, double, homer (3) (.300) knocking on the door, KT better watch out
Jarrett Parker 2-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI, triple, homer (8) (.222)

Ty Blach (W, 4-2) 5.0-4-2-2-3-1 (4.18)
Alex Torres 1.0-3-2-2-0-1 (4.50)
Phil McCormick 1.0-1-0-0-0-0 (2.08)
Mike Broadway 2.0-6-2-2-0-2 (6.14)

Richmond postponed

San Jose (14-11) WON 2-1

C.J Hinojosa 1-3, run (.382)
Chris Shaw 1-3, run, 2 RBI, homer (6) (.351)

Sam Coonrod (W, 1-1) 6.0-4-0-0-3-3 (1.77)
Dusten Knight (H, 2) 1.0-1-1-1-0-3 (7.36)
Reyes Moronta (H, 6) 1.0-0-0-0-1-2 (4.50)
Rodolfo Martinez (S, 8) 1.0-1-0-0-1-0 (0.73)

Augusta (12-15) lost 7-4

Lucius Fox 2-4 (.239) (CS twice, making it 4 this season)
Matt Winn 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, double, homer (1) (.227)
Miguel Gomez 2-4, run (.348)
Jean Angomas 2-3, run, RBI (.236)

Logan Webb (L, 1-1) 2.1-6-5-5-1-1 (4.57)
Connor Kaden 3.2-0-0-0-1-4 (3.54)
Tyler Cyr 2.0-2-2-2-2-3 (3.38)

 

[Stokes1931]

Friday 5/6

Sacramento (13-16) WON 5-3

Ramiro Pena 2-3, triple (.342)
Ryan Lollis 1-4, run, 2 RBI, triple (.327)
Jarrett Parker 2-4, run, 2 RBI, homer (9) (.234)
Hak-Ju Lee 3-4, run (.344) (SB-3)

Chris Stratton (W, 4-2) 7.0-3-1-1-1-9 (6.55)
Steven Okert 1.0-1-0-0-1-2 (4.32)
Phil McCormick (S, 2) 0.2-0-0-0-0-0 (1.98)

Richmond (postponed)

San Jose WON 6-4 in the 9th

Ronnie Jebavy 2-3, 3 runs (.202)
C.J Hinojosa 1-3, run, 2 RBI (.380) (E-7, his fielding will hold him back, his hitting won't)
Chris Shaw 1-3, 2 RBI, double (.351)
Steven Duggar 1-3, 2 RBI, triple (.281)

D.J. Snelten 6.2-8-3-3-0-9 (3.58)
Jose Morel (BS, 2)(W, 1-1) 1.1-3-1-1-0-1 (3.52)
Pat Young (S,1) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1 (1.84)

Augusta (12-16) lost 4-3

Dillon Dobson 1-4, run, double (.279)
Dylan Davis 1-4, run (.304)
Matt Winn 2-4, double (.269)
Kelvin Beltre 1-3, 2 RBI, triple (.210)

Grant Watson (L, 2-1) 3.2-8-3-3-3-2 (1.93) rough night
Ryan Koziol 2.1-0-0-0-2-3 (3.94)
Ryan Halstead 2.0-2-1-0-0-2 (4.09)

 

[SFGRTB]

In San Jose, Duggar hit a game winning 2-run triple in the 8th. The ball hit the outside of the chalk line. Lake Elsinore was NOT happy with the call. The pitcher and the manager were ejected from the game.

There was also some bad blood between these teams when they played each other last week, players meet on the field and almost fought. Expecting more heated games, but hopefully no one gets hurt. When teams are got like this it can get ugly.

 

[Stokes1931]

In San Jose, Duggar hit a game winning 2-run triple in the 8th. The ball hit the outside of the chalk line. Lake Elsinore was NOT happy with the call. The pitcher and the manager were ejected from the game.

There was also some bad blood between these teams when they played each other last week, players meet on the field and almost fought. Expecting more heated games, but hopefully no one gets hurt. When teams are got like this it can get ugly.

I noticed that the Cal League only has two umpires per game. Behind the plate and in the field. That's nuts at this level.

 

[SFGRTB]

I noticed that the Cal League only has two umpires per game. Behind the plate and in the field. That's nuts at this level.

It causes a lot of tension, that's for sure. It's almost impossible to do their job right. Amazingly, they made the right call on Duggar's ball, when the field ump was on the RF side of 2nd base, and the home plate ump was 320 feet away (the ball landed on the LF line).

 

[Stokes1931]

Saturday, 5/7

Sacramento (13-17) lost 2-1

Grant Green 1-3, run, RBI, homer (4) (.290)

Austin Fleet (L, 0-1) 4.0-3-2-2-2-4 (6.52)
Jose Casilla 3.0-3-0-0-1-1 (0.00)
Braulio Lara 2.0-1-0-0-0-2 (3.38)

Richmond (10-17) lost game 1, 3-1 in seven innings

Christian Arroyo 2-3, double (.281)
Steven Lerud 1-3, run, RBI, homer (1) (.167)

Chase Johnson (L, 1-3) 5.0-2-3-2-3-2 (5.48)
Jake Smith 1.0-1-0-0-1-1 (7.27)

Richmond (10-18) lost game 2, 2-1 in seven innings

Christian Arroyo 1-4, run, double (.280)
Hunter Cole 1-2, RBI (.242)
Eliezer Zambrano 2-3 (.303)

Joan Gregorio (L, 0-2) 5.0-3-2-2-1-3 (2.33)
Ray Black 1.0-0-0-0-1-0 (4.22)

San Jose (16-11) WON 2-1

C.J Hinojosa 1-2, run (.383)
Chris Shaw 1-3, run (.350)

Jordan Johnson (W, 3-2) 6.0-3-1-0-1-4 (2.10)
Dusten Knight (H, 3) 1.0-3-0-0-0-1 (6.75)
Reyes Moronta (H, 7) 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (4.15)
Rodolfo Martinez (S, 9) 1.0-1-0-0-0-1 (0.68)

Augusts (13-16) WON 14-8

Lucius Fox 1-6, run (.233)
Seth Harrison 2-5, run RBI (.256)
Dillon Dobson 2-6, 3 runs (.282)
Dylan Davis 3-4, 3 runs, 4 RBI, double, triple (.323)
Matt Winn 4-5, 3 runs, 3 RBI, double, homer (2) (.355)
Miguel Gomez 2-5, run, 2 RBI (.313)

Cory Taylor (W, 1-0) 6.1-5-4-2-3-7 (3.05)
Matthew Pope 0.2-3-4-2-1-1 (10.57)
Jake McCasland (H, 2) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1 (0.93)
Caleb Smith 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (3.24)

 

[Stokes1931]

Sunday 5/8

Sacramento (13-18) lost 9-1

Gorkys Hernandez 3-4 (.276)
Ramiro Pena 2-3, run, double (.337)
Grant Green 2-4 (.297)

Clayton Blackburn (L, 1-3) 4.0-10-5-5-2-4 (5.68)
Phil McCormick 1.0-4-4-4-1-2 (4.30)
George Kontos 1.0-1-0-0-0-1 (0.00) 21 pitches/14 strikes
Alex Torres 1.0-0-0-0-0-0 (3.60)
Jake Dunning 1.0-0-0-0-0-0 (8.59)
Mike Broadway 1.0-1-0-0-0-0 (5.40)

Richmond (10-19) lost 6-2

Austin Slater 1-3, run, double (.229)
Hunter Cole 1-3, RBI (.245)
Tyler Horan 3-4, double (.333)
Ali Castillo 2-4, run (.280)

Matt Gage (L, 0-4) 5.1-7-3-3-1-3 (5.40)
Tyler Rogers 0.2-1-0-0-0-0 (0.00)
Dan Slania 1.0-3-2-2-0-0 (3.00)
Mike Kickham 1.0-2-1-1-1-1 (7.50)

San Jose (16-12) lost 7-0

Mark Reyes (L, 2-1) 6.1-10-5-3-2-1 (4.73)
Jose Reyes 1.2-2-1-1-1-1 (6.75)
Jeff Soptic 1.0-2-1-1-1-0 (14.63)

Augusta (14-16) WON 7-6

Lucius Fox 1-4, run (.234)
Jalen Miller 1-4, run, RBI, homer (1) (.227)
Dillon Dobson 1-4, run, double (.281)
Miguel Gomez 1-3, run, RBI (.314)
Jean Angomas 1-4, run, 2 RBI (.235)

Michael Connolly 4.2-7-3-3-3-3 (4.57)
Connor Kaden (W, 3-1) 3.1-3-1-1-0-1 (3.42)
Ryan Halstead (S, 3) 1.0-4-2-2-0-1 (5.25)

 

[LHG]

I noticed that Vin Mazzaro is already listed back on the River Cats' roster (unless they forgot to remove him when he was purchased by SF last week, which is unlikely because that roster gets updated very quickly). I find that interesting because he was dfa'd last Friday but I thought, from what Marco shared, that teams usually have 10 days to make a determination on what to do with a player and that a player with at least 6 minor league seasons and/or has been dfa'd before (which I believe is almost certain for Mazzaro) that the player can elect free agency. I understand that Mazzaro may want to stick around, given the uncertain nature of the bullpen, but I would think the Giants would have to take the full 10 days to make a decision on where he should go.

 

[MarcoPolo]

I noticed that Vin Mazzaro is already listed back on the River Cats' roster (unless they forgot to remove him when he was purchased by SF last week, which is unlikely because that roster gets updated very quickly). I find that interesting because he was dfa'd last Friday but I thought, from what Marco shared, that teams usually have 10 days to make a determination on what to do with a player and that a player with at least 6 minor league seasons and/or has been dfa'd before (which I believe is almost certain for Mazzaro) that the player can elect free agency. I understand that Mazzaro may want to stick around, given the uncertain nature of the bullpen, but I would think the Giants would have to take the full 10 days to make a decision on where he should go.

1) The team has 10 days available, but isn't required to wait. Once the player clears waivers, he can be outrighted to the minors.
2) A player who has already been outrighted, or has 3 years of major league service time, can refuse assignment (it has nothing to do with minor league experience). (Mazzaro was outrighted by the Marlins last June, BTW.)

All that being said, the Rivercats may have jumped the gun a bit.

 

[LHG]

1) The team has 10 days available, but isn't required to wait. Once the player clears waivers, he can be outrighted to the minors.
2) A player who has already been outrighted, or has 3 years of major league service time, can refuse assignment (it has nothing to do with minor league experience). (Mazzaro was outrighted by the Marlins last June, BTW.)

All that being said, the Rivercats may have jumped the gun a bit.

Thanks Marco. I couldn't tell from how I read it so I assumed the 10 days is required, no more no less. And yes, I typed minor when it was supposed to be major.

I see ESPN reporting that his contract was purchased but they also show Mike Broadway being optioned when I didn't think he was on the big league club.

 

[SFGRTB]

Tyler Beede was hit in the head while batting yesterday, but he's okay. Immediately came out of the game, which was unfortunate because he was pitching a gem against one of MLB's top pitching prospects, Lucas Giolito.

 

[Stokes1931]

Monday 5/9

Sacramento (13-19) lost a tzill approved game 1-0 (0-7 w/RISP)

Gorkys Hernandez 2-4, double (.283)
Ramiro Pena 2-4 (.345)

Chris Heston (L, 0-2) 6.2-7-1-1-0-5 (4.12)
Vin Mazzaro 0.1-0-0-0-0-1 (0.63)
Duke Welker 2.0-2-0-0-0-5 (2.08)

Richmond (12-20) lost 6-4, two costly errors in the 8th and 9th lost it for the Squirrels (2-12 with RISP)

Christian Arroyo 2-4, run, RBI (.275)
Austin Slater 1-3, RBI, double (.233)
Tyler Beede 1-1, run (.500)

Tyler Beede 5.0-4-0-0-1-4 (3.48)
Tyler Mizenko (H, 2)(L, 0-1) 1.2-2-3-3-1-1 (4.00)
Christian Jones (BS, 1) 0.1-1-0-0-0-0 (5.11)
Jake Smith 1.0-2-2-0-0-1 (6.52)
Mike Kickham 1.0-0-1-0-1-0 (6.43)

Augusta (14-17) lost 3-2 in 13 innings (1-13 w/RISP)

Jalen Miller 3-6, run, triple (.243)
Dillon Dobson 2-6 (.283)
Miguel Gomez 3-4, run, double (.359)

Michael Santos 8.0-7-2-2-1-5 (3.21)
Tyler Cyr 3.2-0-0-0-1-4 (2.82)
Caleb Smith (L, 0-1) 1.0-2-1-1-0-1 (3.86)

 

[LHG]

Nice to see Chris Heston pitch a good game. And Duke Welker may become a dark horse candidate for the bullpen if he can continue games like this (5 Ks in 2 innings).

 

[Stokes1931]

Tuesday 5/10

Sacramento (13-20) lost 3-1

Gorkys Hernandez 1-3, run (.285) (CS-4)
Ryan Lollis 2-3, RBI, double (.312)
Grant Green 2-4, double (.294)

Ty Blach (L, 4-3) 7.0-5-2-2-0-2 (3.89)
George Kontos 1.0-2-0-0-0-1 (0.00)
Steven Okert 1.0-3-1-1-1-2 (4.82)

Richmond (10-21) lost 7-6

Myles Schroder 3-5, run, RBI homer (1) (.240)
Austin Slater 5-5, run, 2 RBI, double, homer (3) (.282)
Hunter Cole 2-4, run, double (.245)
Ryder Jones 2-4, run, 2 RBI, homer (2) (.257)

Kyle Crick 4.1-6-4-4-2-5 (5.11)
Dan Slania (L, 3-2) 2.1-4-3-3-0-4 (4.15)
Christian Jones 1.1-0-0-0-0-0 (4.61)
Ray Black 1.0-0-0-0-0-1 (3.86)

San Jose (17-12) WON 4-3

Ronnie Jebavy 2-4, triple (.200)
Jose Vizcaino Jr. 1-4, run, double (.245)
Steven Duggar 1-3, run, RBI, double (.276)
Steven Duggar 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 doubles (.250)

E: Hinojosa (8, fielding); Vizcaino Jr. (7, fielding); Bednar (4, throw)

The baby giants have 40 errors in 29 games

Jason Forjet (W, 4-1) 6.0-4-2-0-0-5 (4.91)
Jose Morel (H, 1) 1.0-1-0-0-0-1 (3.12)
Reyes Moronta (H, 8) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1 (3.86)
Rodolfo Martinez (S, 10) 1.0-0-1-0-3-3 (0.63)

Augusta (15-17) WON 7-4 with 5 runs in the top of the 9th

Jalen Miller 1-5, 2 RBI, double (.241)
Miguel Gomez 1-2, 2 runs, 2 RBI, homer (2) (.366)

Phil Bickford 6.0-4-3-1-1-4 (3.41)
Ryan Koziol (W, 2-2) 2.0-2-1-1-2-0 (4.00)
Ryan Halstead (S, 4) 1.0-2-0-0-0-2 (4.85)

 

[Mays-Fan]

Nice to see Chris Heston pitch a good game. And Duke Welker may become a dark horse candidate for the bullpen if he can continue games like this (5 Ks in 2 innings).

Just noticed Welker on BBRef:

2016 San Francisco Giants Minor League Affiliations | Baseball-Reference.com

Sadly, he's 30 years old. But if he can do the job now, great.

Kontos has pitched in two games, with no ER.

Tyler Rogers in AA has 13.2 IP, and no ER.

 

[LHG]

Just noticed Welker on BBRef:

2016 San Francisco Giants Minor League Affiliations | Baseball-Reference.com

Sadly, he's 30 years old. But if he can do the job now, great.

Kontos has pitched in two games, with no ER.

Tyler Rogers in AA has 13.2 IP, and no ER.

Welker is definitely a reclamation project but its worked (at least briefly) before.

Tyler Rogers struggled last year at AA and was sent back to San Jose, where he did well but I think the early season struggles at Richmond knocked him down a few notches on the prospect ladder. I hope he continues to do well and get a shot at Sacramento before the season is over.

 

[Stokes1931]

Wednesday 5/11

Sacramento (13-21) lost 4-3
0-5 w/RISP

Grant Green 2-4, run, 2 RBI, homer (5) (.301)
Hak-Ju Lee 1-4, run, double (.324)

Chris Stratton (L, 4-3) 6.0-5-4-4-1-4 (6.47)
Vin Mazzaro 1.1-2-0-0-0-2 (0.57)
Alex Torres 0.2-1-0-0-1-1 (3.18)
Mike Broadway 1.0-0-0-0-1-2 (4.82)

Richmond (10-22) lost 2-1 in 12 innings
0-10 w/RISP

Rando Moreno 2-6 (.250)
Ali Castillo 2-5 (.276)
Adalberto Mejia 2-3 (.286)

Adalberto Mejia 7.2-6-0-0-3-3 (2.70)
Tyler Rogers 0.1-1-0-0-0-0 (0.00)
Jake Smith (BS, 2) 0.2-1-1-1-3-0 (6.97)
Tyler Mizenko 1.1-2-0-0-0-1 (3.48)
Mike Kickham (L, 0-1) 2.0-1-1-0-1-2 (5.00)

San Jose (18-12) WON 7-4

C.J Hinojosa 2-5, run (.369)
Ronnie Jebavy 2-4, 2 runs, RBI, double (.211)
Jonah Arenado 2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, homer (4) (.242)

Martin Agosta 4.0-1-0-0-1-3 (0.00) (54 pitches)
Jose Reyes (W, 1-1) 2.0-1-0-0-2-2 (6.00)
Jose Morel (H, 2) 1.0-0-0-0-1-0 (2.79)
Reyes Moronta (S, 1) 1.0-0-0-0-0-0 (3.60)

Notes:
* The Giants improved to 9-7 on the road this season.
* San Jose has won eight out of their last nine games overall.
* The Giants out-hit the Blaze 8-7.
* Agosta maintained a perfect 0.00 ERA in the California League this season (11 2/3 innings). He rejoined San Jose on Tuesday after a stint with Triple-A Sacramento.
* Arenado is tied for second on the club in home runs (Chris Shaw leads with six).
* The Giants turned three double plays on Wednesday.

 

[Stokes1931]

Thursday, 5/12

Sacramento (13-22) lost 8-2

Ramiro Pena 2-4 (.344)
Miguel Olivo 1-4 (.315)
Hak-Ju Lee 1-3, RBI (.324)

Joan Gregorio (L, 0-1) 5.0-5-3-3-1-4 (5.40)
Jake Dunning 1.0-1-0-0-0-0 (8.04)
George Kontos 0.2-2-1-1-0-0 (3.38)
Braulio Lara 1.1-2-2-2-1-1 (4.15)
Jose Casilla 1.0-3-2-2-0-0 (3.60)

Richmond (10-23) lost 3-2

Rando Moreno 1-3, RBI (.252)
Austin Slater 1.3 (.284)
Hunter Cole 1-4, run (.236)
Ali Castillo 2-4, RBI (.290)

Andrew Suarez (L, 0-1) 7.0-5-3-3-0-6 (3.86)
Tyler Rogers 2.0-1-0-0-1-1 (0.00)

San Jose (19-12) WON 6-0

Ronnie Jebavy 2-5, 2 runs, double (.219)
C.J Hinojosa 2-4, RBI, double, triple (.374)
Chris Shaw 2-4, run, RBI (.328)
Brandon Bednar 1-4, run, 3 RBI, homer (1) (.231)

Sam Coonrod (W, 2-1) 7.0-3-0-0-2-2 (1.32)
Jeff Soptic 1.0-0-0-0-2-2 (13.00)
Dusten Knight 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (6.43)

Augusta (15-18) lost 9-4

Dillon Dobson 2-4, run (.289)
Dylan Davis 2-4. run, RBI (.300)
Matt Winn 2-4, run, 3 RBI, homer (3) (.333)

Logan Webb (L, 1-2) 4.0-9-6-6-0-4 (5.96)
Connor Kaden 3.0-5-2-2-0-2 (3.71)
Matthew Pope 1.2-0-1-0-4-2 (8.68)
Jake McCasland 0.1-0-0-0-0-1 (0.00)