Down on the Farm (2018)

[LHG]

Here is something you don't see too often in season: Enoc Watts got promoted from the DSL club to the AZL Black.

 

[calsnowskier]

Jason Bahr promoted to San Jose

Had 88 K's in 68.2 innings, 52 hits. Low-mid 90s fastball with sink and a good curveball

Bahr looks to be a pretty good lottery ticket. He could be a top 10 Giants prospect this coming year.

 

[Stokes1931]

He deserves the promotion and the Augusta roster needed room to activate Aaron Phillips.

Rubio, Gavin and van Gurp cannot be far behind. Good pitching in the 2017 draft class.

 

[LHG]

Rubio, Gavin and van Gurp cannot be far behind. Good pitching in the 2017 draft class.

Rubio is already in San Jose. He got promoted 4 days ago.

 

[Stokes1931]

Rubio is already in San Jose. He got promoted 4 days ago.

Like I said, not far behind.

 

[LHG]

Like I said, not far behind.

If you count in front, behind.

 

[SFGRTB]

Jose Valdez is just awful. 5 more runs tonight.

Beede couldn't find the strikezone again.

Ray Black tho.... fire

 

[LHG]

Jose Valdez is just awful. 5 more runs tonight.

Beede couldn't find the strikezone again.

Ray Black tho.... fire

I assume Valdez will be the roster casualty once Sam Wolff is ready to be activated.

 

[Stokes1931]

Wednesday, 6/20

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

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (33-39) DNP

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (34-33) lost Game One, 5-1

Miguel Gomez 2-3, run
Aramis Garcia 1-3

Team RISP: 0-for-8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Rodriguez, Lu (8, 2nd base by Keller/Kelley).

Shaun Anderson (L, 5-4) 5.0-11-5-5-0-6
Will LaMarche 2.0-1-0-0-2-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=282203348&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (35-33) WON Game Two, 5-1

Matt Lipka 1-4, run
C.J Hinojosa 1-3, run, RBI, double
Dylan Davis 1-3, triple
Caleb Gindl 1-3, run, 2 RBI, double
Jonah Arenado 1-2

Team RISP: 2-for-9.

Dan Slania 3.2-1-1-1-1-7
Jake McCasland (W, 2-1) 0.1-1-0-0-0-0
Dillon McNamara 2.0-0-0-0-1-3
Caleb Simpson 1.0-0-0-0-0-0

Inherited runners-scored: McCasland 1-1.

Game Story: Slania Deals Squirrels To Doubleheader Split

San Jose Giants (A+) (34-36) DNP

Augusta GreenJackets (A) (37-31) DNP

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) (4-2) WON 6-4

Kyle McPherson 3-5, run, 2 RBI
Diego Rincones 3-5, run, 2 RBI, double, homer (1)
Trevor Abrams 2-4
Mikey Edie 2-4, run, RBI

Team RISP: 3-for-12.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Rincones 2 (Jipping at home, Castro, L at 2nd base).

Stetson Woods 6.0-8-4-4-1-4
Zach Becherer (W, 1-0) 1.0-0-0-2-0
Jesus Tona (S, 2) 2.0-1-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

AZL Giants BLACK (Rookie) (0-2) lost 6-4

Alexander Canario 1-4, RBI
David Villar 1-4, 2 RBI
Francisco Medina 1-3, run
Braden Frankfort 1-3, run
Jose Rivero 1-3, run, RBI

Team RISP: 2-for-9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Rivero, J (1, 2nd base off Wolff/Pena, Fa).

FIELDING
E: Rivero, J (1, fielding); Almanzar (1, throw).
PB: Frankfort (1).
Outfield assists: Norris (De Leon at 2nd base).

Conner Nurse (L, 0-1) 5.0-7-4-4-1-3
Luis Amaya 0.2-3-2-2-1-1
Ben Strahm 1.1-1-0-0-1-2
JJ Santa Cruz 1.0-1-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: Strahm 2-0.

AZL Giants ORANGE (Rookie) (1-1) WON vs. BLACK (0-2) 6-4

George Bell 2-4, RBI, double
Austin Edgette 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, double
Beicker Mendoza 2-4, 2 runs, double
Yorlis Rodriguez 3-4, run, 3 RBI


Team RISP: 3-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Hilson (1, 2nd base off Strahm/Frankfort).
CS: Rodriguez (1, 2nd base by Santa Cruz/Frankfort).
PO: Rodriguez (1st base by Santa Cruz).

FIELDING
E: Hilson (1, fielding).

Chris Heston 1.0-0-0-0-0-1
Sam Wolff 2.0-1-0-0-0-3
Francis Pena (W, 1-0) 4.0-2-3-1-3-3
Chris Roberts (S, 1) 2.0-3-1-1-1-3

Inherited runners-scored: none

DSL Giants (Rookie) (9-6) postponed

Scheduled Pitchers (Thursday)

Sacramento (AAA) Samardzija
Richmond (AA) Johnson
San Jose (A+) Melvin Adon
Augusta (A) Jose Marte
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) Gregory Santos
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Black) Israel Cruz
AZL Giants (Orange) Jasier Herrera

 

[Stokes1931]

Jose Valdez is just awful. 5 more runs tonight.

Beede couldn't find the strikezone again.

Ray Black tho.... fire

Valdez 5 runs in 1/3 of an inning.

Beede is a train wreck, but all his runs were unearned tonight. How can he be a top ten prospect in our system? He was either way overrated our minor league pitching coaches have screwed him up.

 

[SFGRTB]

Valdez 5 runs in 1/3 of an inning.

Beede is a train wreck, but all his runs were unearned tonight. How can he be a top ten prospect in our system? He was either way overrated our minor league pitching coaches have screwed him up.

He's just completely lost command. He had command in previous years, but for whatever reason he lost it this year

 

[Sandisfan]

Valdez 5 runs in 1/3 of an inning.

Beede is a train wreck, but all his runs were unearned tonight. How can he be a top ten prospect in our system? He was either way overrated our minor league pitching coaches have screwed him up.

He's just completely lost command. He had command in previous years, but for whatever reason he lost it this year

Are there examples of Pitchers going through this and then returning to form? My guess is few and far between.

 

[calsnowskier]

Are there examples of Pitchers going through this and then returning to form? My guess is few and far between.

Kyle Crick...

 

[SFGRTB]

Are there examples of Pitchers going through this and then returning to form? My guess is few and far between.

Rick Ankiel always comes to mind.... of course he came back as a hitter and only had one good year.

Kyle Crick went through this and has come back as a good reliever.

Dellin Betances is a prime example as well. Betances and Beede actually have eerily similar seasons (Betances' 2012, Beede's 2018). The Yankees converted Betances to a reliever the next year, and has gone on to become an overwhelmingly dominant reliever.

Beede doesn't have nearly the same stuff as Betances, but the idea is that he can figure it out if he just simplifies everything.

Of course for every Betances and Crick, there are hundreds of forgotten flame-outs

 

[Stokes1931]

Thursday, 6/21

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

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (33-40) lost 10-1

Chase d'Arnaud 2-4
Josh Rutledge 1-3, run

Team RISP: 2-for-5.

FIELDING
E: Shaw (3, fielding); Rutledge (3, fielding); d'Arnaud, C (7, missed catch).

Jeff Samardzija (L, 0-1) 4.0-4-2-2-0-7 (no walks!)
Jose Valdez 0.1-4-5-5-1-0
Steven Okert 0.2-0-0-0-0-2
Tyler Beede 0.2-2-3-3-2-0
Tyler Rogers 1.1-0-0-0-1-2
Ray Black 1.0-1-0-0-0-2
Manny Parra 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: Okert 1-0; Rogers 2-0.

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180621&content_id=282361696&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t105

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (36-33) WON 2-1 (5 innings)

C.J Hinojosa 1-2, run, RBI, homer (1)
Miguel Gomez 1-2, run
Dylan Davis 1-2, RBI

Team RISP: 1-for-5.

FIELDING
E: Hinojosa 2 (2, fielding, throw); Gomez, M (4, fielding).

Jordan Johnson (W, 6-6) 5.0-4-1-1-1-5

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=282317622&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410

San Jose Giants (A+) (35-36) WON 6-5

Bryce Johnson 1-5, run
Jalen Miller 1-5, run, 3 RBI, homer (8) (.303)
Wander Franco 2-5, double
Heath Quinn 1-5
Brandon Van Horn 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles

Team RISP: 3-for-13.

FIELDING
E: Van Horn 2 (10, throw, fielding).
Pickoffs: Adon (McKinstry at 1st base).

Melvin Adon 4.0-5-1-1-1-4
Carlos Sano 1.1-6-4-4-0-3
Nolan Riggs (W, 2-3) 1.2-1-0-0-2-1
Frank Rubio (S, 1) 2.0-2-0-0-0-2 (A+ level debut)

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180621&content_id=282365108&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t476


Augusta GreenJackets (A) (38-31) WON 5-1

Heliot Ramos 1-3, walk
Jacob Gonzalez 1-4, run, 3 RBI, homer (6)
Ryan Kirby 1-3, 2 runs, RBI, homer (11)
Orlando Garcia 3-4, run

Team RISP: 2-for-8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Garcia (6, 2nd base off Watson/Lugbauer).

Jose Marte 2.0-2-1-1-0-0
Tyler Schimpf (W, 2-1) 3.0-2-0-0-0-4
Olbis Parra (H, 5) 3.0-1-0-0-0-2
Camilo Doval 1.0-0-0-0-0-3

Inherited runners-scored: none

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) (5-2) WON 4-3

Jose Layer 2-4, run, RBI, double
Diego Rincones 1-5
Trevor Abrams 1-4, double
Robinson Medrano 1-3, run
Wander Franco 1-4, run
Nico Giarratano 1-4, run, RBI

Team RISP: 2-for-13.

BASERUNNING
CS: McPherson (2, 2nd base by Pint/Jones, G); Edie (2, 2nd base by Pint/Jones, G).

FIELDING
E: Giarratano (1, fielding); Genoves (2, catcher interference).

Gregory Santos (W, 1-0) 5.0-3-0-0-0-5
Keenan Bartlett 2.0-0-0-0-0-1
Matt Frisbee 1.0-3-3-3-0-1
Doug Still (S, 1) 1.0-1-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

AZL Giants BLACK (Rookie) (1-2) WON 8-7

Abdiel Layer 3-5, 2 runs, RBI, 2 doubles
Franklin Labour 2-5, run, 2 RBI, double, triple
Angeddy Almanzar 2-4, run
Frankie Tostado 1-3, 3 RBI
Cody Brickhouse 2-4, run (stole home!)

Team RISP: 7-for-22.

BASERUNNING
SB: Brickhouse (1, home off Gutierrez/Lavastida); Canario 2 (2, 2nd base off Gutierrez/Lavastida, 2nd base off Gutierrez/Lavastida).
PO: Brickhouse (1st base by Lavastida).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Canario (Rodriguez, Jo at 2nd base).

Israel Cruz 3.1-8-6-6-2-1
Oliver Pinto (W, 1-0) 3.2-2-0-0-0-2
Trevor Horn (H, 1) 1.0-3-1-1-0-1
Travis Perry (S, 1) 1.0-0-0-0-1-0

Inherited runners-scored: none

AZL Giants ORANGE (Rookie) (1-2) lost 12-7 giving up 7 runs in the 9th

Austin Edgette 1-3, 2 runs, RBI
Ismael Munguia 3-4, run
Yorlis Rodriguez 2-4, run
Tyler Flores 2-4, 2 runs, RBI

Team RISP: 4-for-19.

BASERUNNING
CS: Rodriguez (2, 2nd base by Valdez, A/Dalesandro).

FIELDING
E: Rodriguez (1, throw); Herrera, Ja (1, throw); Sivira 2 (3, throw, throw); Flores (1, missed catch).

Jasier Herrera 5.0-3-1-0-0-5
Clay Helvey (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 0.2-5-7-7-2-0

Inherited runners-scored: Santiago 1-1.

DSL Giants (Rookie) (9-7) lost 9-2

Robinson Batista 1-3, run, triple

Team RISP: 0-for-2.

BASERUNNING
SB: Santos (4, 3rd base off Tatiz/Santos).

FIELDING
E: Pena (2, fielding); Toribio 2 (5, fielding, throw); Peralta (1, fielding).

Train Wreck pitching

Scheduled Pitchers (Friday)

Sacramento (AAA) Gage (3-5, 6.10)
Richmond (AA) Menez (1-0, 0.00)
San Jose (A+) Marshall (0-0, 1.25)
Augusta (A) Cave (4-2, 4.18)
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) TBD
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD

 

[calsnowskier]

Black pitched in B2B games for the second time this season yesterday, but unlike his previous attempt, this time he was successful. Not only was he in B2B games, it was his third appearance in 4 days.

In those 3 games, he has 3 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 R.

Black is coming folks. It is just a matter of when at this point. Maybe Johnson’s reign as the top bully reserve is nearly done?

 

[Stokes1931]

Black pitched in B2B games for the second time this season yesterday, but unlike his previous attempt, this time he was successful. Not only was he in B2B games, it was his third appearance in 4 days.

In those 3 games, he has 3 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 0 R.

Black is coming folks. It is just a matter of when at this point. Maybe Johnson’s reign as the top bully reserve is nearly done?

And someday soon we can see Blach and Black pitching?

 

[calsnowskier]

And someday soon we can see Blach and Black pitching?

Nothing compared to the Black and Decker battery...

 

[Stokes1931]

Nothing compared to the Black and Decker battery...

Or the combination of Giants' pitchers Black and Blue (Vida).

 

[calsnowskier]

Or the combination of Giants' pitchers Black and Blue (Vida).

Ignoring the names, but sticking with historical oddities, how about Timmeh and Buster. The first ever MLB Silver Spikes battery.