Down on the Farm (2017)

[SFGRTB]

When I was at the AFL last November, I remember thinking that Ryder Jones "looks" like a baseball player, and that Tim Tebow does "not look" like a baseball player!

Seriously, Jones has been in the shadow of Arroyo since they were drafted. I think he can be a major league player, and have a nice career.

The dude is seriously big right? I remember seeing him like 2 years ago and was thinking he should be out there playing football.

 

[LHG]

I wonder how long Suarez stays in Richmond, and also Cyr. Both are young, but I'd like to see them move up.

Not sure the Slania as starter experiment will continue long, he's a much better reliever.

And I am pleased to see that Crick has gotten a clue as to where the strike zone is. Although not great, he has 7 walks in 15.1 IP, that is way better than the walk per inning rate he has had in the recent past. He also has 17 K's in those 15.1 IP, so that's positive.

The walks are what will hold Gregorio back, he has 24 walks in 39 innings.

Looking over the pitching stats for Sacramento, I think its time for both Slania and Stratton to be moved to the bullpen. Neither look good as startes. Both are averaging less than 5 innings a start and their numbers just look bad all over. I'd be okay if they get moved to the bullpen, Tyler Rogers gets the call to San Francisco if Morris falters again and Roberto Gomez is let go (he looks awful too). Then bring up Andrew Suarez and Jordan Johnson to fill out the AAA rotation.

However, I doubt any of this happens (outside of Gomez being let go). In the past few weeks, the Giants have picked up Vic Black and Collin Balester. Both are probably at extended spring training, waiting for roster spots at AA or AAA.

 

[Stokes1931]

Looking over the pitching stats for Sacramento, I think its time for both Slania and Stratton to be moved to the bullpen. Neither look good as startes. Both are averaging less than 5 innings a start and their numbers just look bad all over. I'd be okay if they get moved to the bullpen, Tyler Rogers gets the call to San Francisco if Morris falters again and Roberto Gomez is let go (he looks awful too). Then bring up Andrew Suarez and Jordan Johnson to fill out the AAA rotation.

However, I doubt any of this happens (outside of Gomez being let go). In the past few weeks, the Giants have picked up Vic Black and Collin Balester. Both are probably at extended spring training, waiting for roster spots at AA or AAA.

Criminy. Just STOP with the dumpster diving with pitchers. Neither of these guys has pitched in the majors since 2014-2015, one is 28 the other is 30+. Play the kids.

 

[SFGRTB]

Criminy. Just STOP with the dumpster diving with pitchers. Neither of these guys has pitched in the majors since 2014-2015, one is 28 the other is 30+. Play the kids.

It's just for depth really, and sometimes these guys can teach a kid a thing or 2.

 

[Stokes1931]

Thursday, 5/18

Sacramento (AAA) (15-24) inclement weather


Richmond (AA) (16-22) DNP


San Jose (A+) (16-25) WON 5-2

Aaron Hill 0-1, 3 runs (.250)
Bryan Reynolds 3-4, run (.266)
Dillon Dobson 1-3, run, 4 RBI, homer (6) (.286)

Matt Solter (W, 1-0) 7.0-5-1-1-1-4 (1.29) just called up from Augusta. Went to Furman. Don't think he was drafted.
Caleb Simpson 1.0-1-0-0-0-1 (5.40)
Ryan Halstead 1.0-2-1-1-2-0 (0.93)

Augusta (A) (13-25) WON 9-4

Ashford Fulmer 1-4, 2 runs, RBI, double (.250)
Kelvin Beltre 2-5, run, 3 RBI, 2 doubles (.270)
Manuel Geraldo 3-3, run (.179)
Brandon Van Horn 2-3, 2 runs, 3 RBI, double (.203)

BASERUNNING
SB: Geraldo, M (5, 2nd base off Mahoney, K/Sands).

FIELDING
E: De La Rosa (2, fielding); Heyward (4, throw).
PB: Albertson (7).
DP: 2 (Williams, G-Van Horn-De La Rosa; Van Horn-Beltre-De La Rosa).

Garrett Williams (W, 1-0) 5.0-5-1-0-1-4 (0.00) first start in Augusta, had one relief appearance. Was in the AFL in 2016 for a few innings. 7th round pick in 2016. 22 years old from Oklahoma State.
Jose Morel (H, 2) 3.0-2-0-0-1-1 (2.70)
Cesar Yanez 0.0-0-3-3-3-0 (9.00)
Nolan Riggs 1.0-1-0-0-2-1 (3.54) allowed 3 inherited runners to score

Scheduled Pitchers Tomorrow (Friday)

Sacramento (AAA) Gregorio (2-2, 2.04) vs Blackburn (1-4, 4.54)
Richmond (AA) Taylor (1-3, 4.55)
San Jose (A+) Krook (0-5, 10.19) Krook is not long for San Jose, methinks. 17.2 IP, 22 H, 27 BB, 22 K, 2.77 WHIP. Keep him from taking advice from Crick.
Augusta (A) Adon (0-3, 4.87)

 

[Stokes1931]

Baseball America mock draft has Giants taking injured college right-hander

 

[calsnowskier]

Baseball America mock draft has Giants taking injured college right-hander

I was wondering what happened Balke...

 

[LHG]

I was wondering what happened Balke...

 

[calsnowskier]

I thought I was the only one who always thought that when he was discussed.

 

[LHG]

I thought I was the only one who always thought that when he was discussed.

Confession - I never heard of the pitcher before now (don't follow pre-draft stuff much any more. Following this club and the farm takes up too much of my time as is). But when you said his name, I immediately thought about Perfect Strangers. I thought that show was absolutely hilarious back in the late 80s/early 90s.

 

[calsnowskier]

Confession - I never heard of the pitcher before now (don't follow pre-draft stuff much any more. Following this club and the farm takes up too much of my time as is). But when you said his name, I immediately thought about Perfect Strangers. I thought that show was absolutely hilarious back in the late 80s/early 90s.

I never heard of the pitcher either. But drafting an injured kid in the draft was always the Balke special.

Of course, it has also kinda been the Sabean special, but Sabean has has had much better luck with the strategy than Balke had.

 

[LHG]

I never heard of the pitcher either. But drafting an injured kid in the draft was always the Balke special.

Of course, it has also kinda been the Sabean special, but Sabean has has had much better luck with the strategy than Balke had.

I see what I did there. You are talking about the former 49er GM.

 

[SFGRTB]

Miguel Gomez had 4 hits and was a homer away from the cycle, his batting average is .338 and he's playing in by far the most pitcher friendly ballpark in the Eastern League. I really wonder how well this kid could hit at the ML level right now? He's position-less, but that bat is undeniable. Pablo Sandoval clone.

 

[LHG]

Miguel Gomez had 4 hits and was a homer away from the cycle, his batting average is .338 and he's playing in by far the most pitcher friendly ballpark in the Eastern League. I really wonder how well this kid could hit at the ML level right now? He's position-less, but that bat is undeniable. Pablo Sandoval clone.

He's either Pablo Sandoval or Jesus Guzman. He may well be worth a trade to an AL team, benefiting both he and (hopefully) the Giants.

 

[calsnowskier]

Guzman is a great cautionary tale of a solid hitter who simply can't play defense. I am still surprised he was never able to catch on with an AL team.

 

[SFGRTB]

He's either Pablo Sandoval or Jesus Guzman. He may well be worth a trade to an AL team, benefiting both he and (hopefully) the Giants.

I bring up the Sandoval comp more for the body type (short, stocky. Thankfully, not nearly as stocky as Pablo though), and for hitting style. Gomez has never seen a pitch that he doesn't like, hits from both sides, and most importantly hits in general.

He hasn't gone hitless in 3 consecutive games since 2013. He hasn't gone hitless in 2 consecutive games since September of last year.

 

[SFGRTB]

Great start for Matt Krook tonight

5.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K. Didn't walk his first batter until the 5th inning. Also of note, 11 groundball outs. His fastball has so much movement on it. I'm telling you guys, if this kid can work out his control issues and stay healthy, he has 3 plus-plus pitches. A heavy fastball (generates a ton of groundballs, 62% GB rate is the best among SF Giants MiLB starting pitchers), a big curveball, and a changeup, which is probably his best pitch when on. He also has a slider.

Big time IF, but he really could rocket through the system if he can iron out his control and command. His stuff is that good, great combination of swing and miss and groundball. Tonight was a good start.

 

[LHG]

Guzman is a great cautionary tale of a solid hitter who simply can't play defense. I am still surprised he was never able to catch on with an AL team.

Guzman looked good his first year in San Diego but his offense, not surprisingly for Padre, got worse and worse. After three years there he did land on an AL team, the Astros. His numbers with them were worse than any season with the Padres and never saw the light of day on an MLB team again.

 

[Stokes1931]

Friday, 5/18

Sacramento (AAA) (15-25) lost 6-0

only 3 hits

FIELDING
E: Hwang (7, fielding); Gregorio (2, pickoff); Tomlinson (2, throw); Querecuto (2, fielding).

Joan Gregorio (L, 2-3) 4.0-3-6-3-5-4 (2.47)
Ryan Webb 2.0-1-0-0-1-1 (3.31)
Kraig Sitton 1.0-1-0-0-0-1 (3.38)
Kyle Crick 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (3.31) (10 pitches, 8 strikes!)
Roberto Gomez 1.0-0-0-0-0-2 (7.71)

Richmond (AA) (17-22) WON 10-8

C.J Hinojosa 2-5, RBI (.237)
Miguel Gomez 4-5, 2 runs, RBI, double, triple (.338) HITTING MACHINE
Chris Shaw 3-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI, homer (5) (.306) played LF again
Brandon Bednar 2-4, 2 runs, double (.300)
Myles Schroder 2-4, run, 3 RBI, double, triple (.500)

BASERUNNING
SB: Heathcott (5, 2nd base off Fedde/Read).

FIELDING
E: Hinojosa (1, throw); Heathcott (2, throw).

Cory Taylor (W, 2-3) 6.0-5-2-2-2-7 (4.29)
Rodolfo Martinez 0.2-3-3-2-1-1 (8.31) This guy has seriously fallen off a cliff since being promoted to AA. He was lights out in San Jose last year, and then went to Richmond and fell completely apart. Walks. Hits. Homers. You name it.
Christian Jones (H, 2) 1.1-0-0-0-0-0 (6.46)
Reyes Moronta 1.0-3-2-2-0-1 (4.50)

San Jose (A+) (16-26) lost 9-4

Ryan Howard 1-3, run (.301)
Aramis Garcia 1-4, RBI, double (.265)
Heath Quinn 1-4, run, double (.263)
Gio Brusa 2-4, run, 2 RBI, double, homer (5) (.220)
Matt Winn 1-4, run, RBI, homer (3) (.246)

FIELDING
E: Howard (8, fielding); Dobson 2 (8, fielding, throw).
PB: Winn (6).
Outfield assists: Reynolds (Nieto at 1st base).
DP: 2 (Miller-Dobson-Arenado; Reynolds-Arenado).

Matt Krook (L, 0-6) 5.1-4-5-2-2-5 (8.61)
David Owen 3.2-7-4-4-0-2 (5.67)

Augusta (A) (13-26) lost 5-3

Ashford Fulmer 1-5 (.247)
Kelvin Beltre 1-4 (.269)

FIELDING
E: Van Horn (5, fielding); Adon (1, pickoff); Fabian, S (3, throw).
Outfield assists: Fabian, S (Sands at 2nd base).
Pickoffs: Adon (Aguilar, A at 1st base).

Melvin Adon (L, 0-4) 5.1-5-5-2-4-4 (4.56)
Sandro Cabrera 1.2-1-0-0-1-3 (4.08)
Patrick Ruotolo 1.0-0-0-0-1-1 (1.84)

Scheduled Pitchers Tomorrow (Saturday)

Sacramento (AAA) Roth (2-3, 4.54)
Richmond (AA) Gage (1-3, 3.48)
San Jose (A+)Reyes, M (1-5, 5.77)
Augusta (A) Baragar (0-2, 2.64) (Round 9, 2016 out of Indiana)

 

[Stokes1931]

Saturday, 5/19

Sacramento (AAA) (16-25) WON 8-5

Ryder Jones 1-5, run, 4 RBI, homer (4) (.284)
Austin Slater 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, double, homer (3) (.314)
Juniel Querecuto 3-4, RBI (.294)

BASERUNNING
SB: Tomlinson (4, 3rd base off Neal/Lavarnway).
CS: Slater (3, 2nd base by Bassitt/Lavarnway).

Michael Roth (W, 3-3) 6.0-7-3-3-3-4 (4.54)
Tyler Rogers 1.2-1-1-1-1-2 (1.65)
Matt Reynolds 0.0-1-0-0-0-0 (1.65)
Kyle Crick (S, 4) 1.1-2-1-1-1-4 (3.57) (28 pitches, 18 strikes)

Richmond (AA) (17-23) lost 5-3

Myles Schroder 3-5, 2 runs, double (.556)
C.J Hinojosa 1-5 (.233)
Miguel Gomez 1-5, run (.333)
Chris Shaw 1-4, RBI (.304) played LF again

ASERUNNING
SB: Hinojosa (1, 2nd base off Simms/Read).

FIELDING
PB: Zambrano, E (3).
DP: (Hinojosa-Gomez, M-Lollis).

Matt Gage (L, 1-4) 4.2-6-5-5-2-6 (4.23)
Carlos Alvarado 1.0-0-0-0-3-1 (1.56)
D.J. Snelten 2.0-0-0-0-1-3 (0.43)
Tyler Cyr 1.0-0-0-0-3-1 (1.76)

San Jose (A+) (16-27) lost 14-4

Ryan Howard 2-5, 2 runs (.304)
Bryan Reynolds 1-4, run, RBI, double (.259)
Aramis Garcia 2-4, 2 RBIs (.275)
Jonah Arenado 2-4, double (.206)

FIELDING
E: Reynolds 2 (2, throw, fielding); Winn (3, missed catch).
Outfield assists: Carbonell (DeCarlo at home).

Mark Reyes (L, 1-6) 2.1-1-4-4-5-2 (6.38)
Heath Slatton 1.1-5-6-5-2-1 (13.09)
Dylan Rheault 1.1-1-0-0-0-1 (2.41)
Ryan Halstead 1.0-3-2-0-0-1 (0.89)

Augusta (A) (13-27) lost 18-4 (Augusta about to be relegated to the Mexican League)

Nothing to see here, ugly, ugly game

Scheduled Pitchers Tomorrow (Sunday)

Sacramento (AAA) TBD
Richmond (AA) Johnson (2-2, 2.62)
San Jose (A+) McCasland (0-4, 5.65)
Augusta (A) Woods, Step (2-3, 2.51)