Down on the Farm (2018)

[SFGRTB]

Also, after the Futures Game, Shaun Anderson is getting promoted to AAA. Good for the kid, who's probably the top starting pitching prospect at the moment and now on the doorstep to the majors.

 

[calsnowskier]

Bart goes yard, AGAIN.

Seriously, this kid is ridiculous.

 

[calsnowskier]

For some comparison, I looked at Posey’s development...

Buster Posey Winter, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

He was drafted in ‘08 (exactly 10 years ago), but took longer to sign, so he didn’t have as much affiliated play that year. He did hit very well, just without the power. Then he went to the Hawaiian Winter League (??? I don’t remember this and don’t think I have even heard of that before) to get time.

In ‘09, he started in San Jose, but only lasted 300 ABs or so before he bypassed AA completely and went to Fresno. He got the call to SF because Molina was “hurt” and couldn’t play. Miraculously, once Posey was added to the 40-man roster and called up, Molina was able to play and didn’t miss any time. Truly miraculous.

Posey started ‘10 in Fresno before getting the permenant call to SF about midway through the season.

I have been saying I expect Bart to get his cuppo in late ‘20 and becoming the 60/40 or 55/45 backup in ‘21. But Posey proves that the path exists for that same plan, but 1 year faster. IF Bart gets the call to SJ this year, than I think it is entirely possible that we could see Bart in SF as soon as next year.

 

[tzill]

For some comparison, I looked at Posey’s development...

Buster Posey Winter, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

He was drafted in ‘08 (exactly 10 years ago), but took longer to sign, so he didn’t have as much affiliated play that year. He did hit very well, just without the power. Then he went to the Hawaiian Winter League (??? I don’t remember this and don’t think I have even heard of that before) to get time.

In ‘09, he started in San Jose, but only lasted 300 ABs or so before he bypassed AA completely and went to Fresno. He got the call to SF because Molina was “hurt” and couldn’t play. Miraculously, once Posey was added to the 40-man roster and called up, Molina was able to play and didn’t miss any time. Truly miraculous.

Posey started ‘10 in Fresno before getting the permenant call to SF about midway through the season.

I have been saying I expect Bart to get his cuppo in late ‘20 and becoming the 60/40 or 55/45 backup in ‘21. But Posey proves that the path exists for that same plan, but 1 year faster. IF Bart gets the call to SJ this year, than I think it is entirely possible that we could see Bart in SF as soon as next year.

That's my best guess

 

[SFGRTB]

For some comparison, I looked at Posey’s development...

Buster Posey Winter, Minor & Fall Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

He was drafted in ‘08 (exactly 10 years ago), but took longer to sign, so he didn’t have as much affiliated play that year. He did hit very well, just without the power. Then he went to the Hawaiian Winter League (??? I don’t remember this and don’t think I have even heard of that before) to get time.

In ‘09, he started in San Jose, but only lasted 300 ABs or so before he bypassed AA completely and went to Fresno. He got the call to SF because Molina was “hurt” and couldn’t play. Miraculously, once Posey was added to the 40-man roster and called up, Molina was able to play and didn’t miss any time. Truly miraculous.

Posey started ‘10 in Fresno before getting the permenant call to SF about midway through the season.

I have been saying I expect Bart to get his cuppo in late ‘20 and becoming the 60/40 or 55/45 backup in ‘21. But Posey proves that the path exists for that same plan, but 1 year faster. IF Bart gets the call to SJ this year, than I think it is entirely possible that we could see Bart in SF as soon as next year.

Posey was so advanced defensively, whereas Bart isn't. He's still a good defender (allegedly), but not Posey's level. And keep in mind, in the early year's Posey had some minor holes in his game, namely his blocking. He wasn't always the best (never bad), but definitely has improved that.

That being said both guys called their own games in college, which is a huge plus. Bart has been calling since his sophomore year IIRC. I can't say if Posey did that or not. Bart's power is also far superior to Posey's. So even if Bart takes a little bit more time to develop defensively, his power bat will (ideally) accelerate things, even as a backup to Posey for a bit.

I'm really thinking we'll see him next September (at this rate).

 

[1phlapdown]

I have been saying I expect Bart to get his cuppo in late ‘20 and becoming the 60/40 or 55/45 backup in ‘21. But Posey proves that the path exists for that same plan, but 1 year faster. IF Bart gets the call to SJ this year, than I think it is entirely possible that we could see Bart in SF as soon as next year.

SJ comes to Rancho C this week and Inland Empire next month, so hopefully I will get to see him.

 

[calsnowskier]

We had big debates back when Posey was drafted about trying to come up with appropriate comps for him. I was vocal about comparing him to Biggio. I partially made that comp because I thought there was a better than small chance he would be moved from catcher sooner rather than later, and because I was not convinced he would display a lot of power at the MLB level.

10 years later, I feel pretty good about my comp. Sure, he hasn’t been moved from behind the dish, but I think his bat has been quite similar to Biggio’s...

(BA/OBP/SLG/OPS/OPS+/HR/PA)
Biggio: .281/.363/.433/.796/122/291/12504
Posey: .307/..376/.469/.844/133/133/4599

Posey likely willl not match Biggio’s PA numbers, but Biggio was moved from behind the dish pretty early (he only caught for his first 4 years).

So who is the best Bart comp? Santiago? Piazza? Martin? Carter? Nokes (projected over a longer career)?

 

[SFGRTB]

We had big debates back when Posey was drafted about trying to come up with appropriate comps for him. I was vocal about comparing him to Biggio. I partially made that comp because I thought there was a better than small chance he would be moved from catcher sooner rather than later, and because I was not convinced he would display a lot of power at the MLB level.

10 years later, I feel pretty good about my comp. Sure, he hasn’t been moved from behind the dish, but I think his bat has been quite similar to Biggio’s...

(BA/OBP/SLG/OPS/OPS+/HR/PA)
Biggio: .281/.363/.433/.796/122/291/12504
Posey: .307/..376/.469/.844/133/133/4599

Posey likely willl not match Biggio’s PA numbers, but Biggio was moved from behind the dish pretty early (he only caught for his first 4 years).

So who is the best Bart comp? Santiago? Piazza? Martin? Carter? Nokes (projected over a longer career)?

Lance Parrish or Brian McCann

 

[calsnowskier]

Lance Parrish or Brian McCann

While both are short of HOF, I would be happy with either of those (offensively).

 

[calsnowskier]

I am actually surprised Parrish didn’t get more HOF consideration. He doesn’t belong in, but he didn’t even make it to a second ballot...

 

[SFGRTB]

While both are short of HOF, I would be happy with either of those (offensively).

Yeah I'd be extremely thrilled with that type of career. But I think that's about what we can expect, lots of K's, not a ton of average, but plenty of pop and reliable defense.

If Bart does what Parrish did in Detroit over 10 years, that'd be a success.

 

[Stokes1931]

We had big debates back when Posey was drafted about trying to come up with appropriate comps for him. I was vocal about comparing him to Biggio. I partially made that comp because I thought there was a better than small chance he would be moved from catcher sooner rather than later, and because I was not convinced he would display a lot of power at the MLB level.

10 years later, I feel pretty good about my comp. Sure, he hasn’t been moved from behind the dish, but I think his bat has been quite similar to Biggio’s...

(BA/OBP/SLG/OPS/OPS+/HR/PA)
Biggio: .281/.363/.433/.796/122/291/12504
Posey: .307/..376/.469/.844/133/133/4599

Posey likely willl not match Biggio’s PA numbers, but Biggio was moved from behind the dish pretty early (he only caught for his first 4 years).

So who is the best Bart comp? Santiago? Piazza? Martin? Carter? Nokes (projected over a longer career)?

Bench? Pudge? Fisk? Mauer?

 

[Stokes1931]

Sunday, 7/16

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

Sorry, MILB.com has been very slow the last few days. It appears to be back to normal.

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (40-54) WON 6-5

Peter Bourjos 2-4, 2 runs, triple (where in Sam Hill did HE come from?!?)
Chris Shaw 1-4, RBI
Ryder Jones 1-4, run, 2 RBI
Jerry Sands 2-4, run, double (moved up from Richmond)

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

Chris Stratton 5.0-9-5-5-2-4
Manny Parra 2.0-1-0-0-0-1
Derek Law (S, 8) 2.0-1-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none


Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (45-46) WON 4-3

Aramis Garcia 3-3, run, 2 doubles, walk (heating up!)

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

BASERUNNING
CS: Garcia (1, home by Stephan/Deglan).
PO: Garcia (3rd base by Deglan).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Davis (Bolasky at home).

Jose Flores 3.0-5-0-0-0-1
Chris Heston (W, 1-0) 4.0-2-0-0-1-5 (1st appearance since the Arizona League. If he can claim reliever stuff, and be reliable, that would be a great "find")
Garrett Williams (H, 2) 1.0-0-0-0-0-2
Sam Wolff 1.0-3-3-3-1-2

Inherited runners-scored: McNamara 2-0.

Game story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=285991622&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410


San Jose Giants (A+) (44-51) WON 6-5

Johneshwy Fargas 0-3, 2 runs, walk
Jalen Miller 1-4. RBI (.289)
Wander Franco 2-4, 2 RBI (.277)
Kelvin Beltre 4-4, 2 runs, double
Gio Brusa 2-4, 2 runs
Jacob Heyward 1-2, 2 RBI, double

Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.

Joey Marciano 3.2-4-5-5-2-2 (gave up 3 homers)
Franklin Van Gurp 2.1-1-0-0-0-6 (THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!)
Connor Overton (W, 2-0) 2.0-1-0-0-0-1
Frank Rubio 1.0-1-0-0-1-0

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180715&content_id=286073212&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t476

Notes
* Beltre raised his season batting average from .200 to .246 with his four-hit game on Sunday.
* Miller (1-for-4, RBI) extended his hitting streak to eight games.
* Franco is 10-for-23 (.435) over his last five games.
* Marciano pitched 3 2/3 innings with five runs (all earned) and four hits allowed. He walked two and struck out two. Marciano has surrendered six home runs in his first two starts with the Giants (eight innings).
* San Jose moved into a second-place tie with Visalia in the second half North Division standings.
* The Giants played their league-leading 32nd one-run game of the season (15-17 record).


Augusta GreenJackets (A) (47-45) lost 1-0

Jacob Gonzalez 1-3, walk
Tyler Brown 1-3
Nick Hill 1-2

Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Hill 2 (12, 2nd base off Ynoa/Contreras, W, 2nd base off Ynoa/Contreras, W).

FIELDING
E: Geraldo, M (17, fielding).
DP: (Garcia-Geraldo, M-Kirby).
Pickoffs: Phillips (Ramos at 1st base).

Aaron Phillips (L, 3-5) 7.0-4-1-1-0-9
Orleny Quiroz 2.0-3-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) (15-15) lost 7-6

Jose Layer 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, triple, homer (3)
Kyle McPherson 3-4, run, 2 RBI, triple
Joey Bart 2-4, run, 2 RBI, double, homer (7) (7th homer and 16 RBI in 10 games!)

Team RISP: 0-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: McPherson (5, throw); Meyer (1, throw); Villar (4, fielding).

Jake Wong 2.0-2-0-0-0-4
Keaton Winn 1.0-2-3-1-0-1
Miguel Figueroa 3.0-5-2-2-1-0
Mack Meyer 2.0-1-2-1-0-0

Inherited runners-scored: none

DSL Giants (Rookie) (21-14) did not play









Inherited runners-scored:

AZL Giants (Orange) (13-9) WON 7-6

George Bell 2-4, 2 RBI
Beicker Mendoza 3-5, run, 3 RBI, double (.375)
Connor Sabanosh 1-3, run, RBI, homer (1)

Team RISP: 5-for-10.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Rodriguez (4, throw); Hilson (3, fielding).

Seth Corry 1.2-8-5-4-0-3
Jorge Labrador 3.1-2-1-0-0-4
Clay Helvey 2.0-1-0-0-2-2
Andy Rohloff (W, 1-1) 2.0-1-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: Labrador 1-0.

AZL Giants (Black) (9-12) WON 6-2

Malique Ziegler 1-3, run
Alexander Canario 3-4, run, double
Frankie Tostado 1-4, 2 RBI
Franklin Labour 1-5. 2 RBI
Braden Frankfort 2-4, run
Jose Rivero 2-4, run, RBI

Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

Tyler Herb (W, 1-1) 5.0-5-2-2-0-2
Luis Moreno (S, 1) 4.0-2-0-0-0-6

Inherited runners-scored: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Monday)

Sacramento (AAA) Johnson (0-2, 7.27)
Richmond (AA) Menez
San Jose (A+) Sano (1-2, 3.63)
Augusta (A) TBD
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) TBD
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD

 

[Stokes1931]

 

[SFGRTB]

Sunday, 7/16

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

Sorry, MILB.com has been very slow the last few days. It appears to be back to normal.

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (40-54) WON 6-5

Peter Bourjos 2-4, 2 runs, triple (where in Sam Hill did HE come from?!?)
Chris Shaw 1-4, RBI
Ryder Jones 1-4, run, 2 RBI
Jerry Sands 2-4, run, double (moved up from Richmond)

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

Chris Stratton 5.0-9-5-5-2-4
Manny Parra 2.0-1-0-0-0-1
Derek Law (S, 8) 2.0-1-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none


Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (45-46) WON 4-3

Aramis Garcia 3-3, run, 2 doubles, walk (heating up!)

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

BASERUNNING
CS: Garcia (1, home by Stephan/Deglan).
PO: Garcia (3rd base by Deglan).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Davis (Bolasky at home).

Jose Flores 3.0-5-0-0-0-1
Chris Heston (W, 1-0) 4.0-2-0-0-1-5 (1st appearance since the Arizona League. If he can claim reliever stuff, and be reliable, that would be a great "find")
Garrett Williams (H, 2) 1.0-0-0-0-0-2
Sam Wolff 1.0-3-3-3-1-2

Inherited runners-scored: McNamara 2-0.

Game story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=285991622&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410


San Jose Giants (A+) (44-51) WON 6-5

Johneshwy Fargas 0-3, 2 runs, walk
Jalen Miller 1-4. RBI (.289)
Wander Franco 2-4, 2 RBI (.277)
Kelvin Beltre 4-4, 2 runs, double
Gio Brusa 2-4, 2 runs
Jacob Heyward 1-2, 2 RBI, double

Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.

Joey Marciano 3.2-4-5-5-2-2 (gave up 3 homers)
Franklin Van Gurp 2.1-1-0-0-0-6 (THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!)
Connor Overton (W, 2-0) 2.0-1-0-0-0-1
Frank Rubio 1.0-1-0-0-1-0

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180715&content_id=286073212&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t476

Notes
* Beltre raised his season batting average from .200 to .246 with his four-hit game on Sunday.
* Miller (1-for-4, RBI) extended his hitting streak to eight games.
* Franco is 10-for-23 (.435) over his last five games.
* Marciano pitched 3 2/3 innings with five runs (all earned) and four hits allowed. He walked two and struck out two. Marciano has surrendered six home runs in his first two starts with the Giants (eight innings).
* San Jose moved into a second-place tie with Visalia in the second half North Division standings.
* The Giants played their league-leading 32nd one-run game of the season (15-17 record).


Augusta GreenJackets (A) (47-45) lost 1-0

Jacob Gonzalez 1-3, walk
Tyler Brown 1-3
Nick Hill 1-2

Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Hill 2 (12, 2nd base off Ynoa/Contreras, W, 2nd base off Ynoa/Contreras, W).

FIELDING
E: Geraldo, M (17, fielding).
DP: (Garcia-Geraldo, M-Kirby).
Pickoffs: Phillips (Ramos at 1st base).

Aaron Phillips (L, 3-5) 7.0-4-1-1-0-9
Orleny Quiroz 2.0-3-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) (15-15) lost 7-6

Jose Layer 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, triple, homer (3)
Kyle McPherson 3-4, run, 2 RBI, triple
Joey Bart 2-4, run, 2 RBI, double, homer (7) (7th homer and 16 RBI in 10 games!)

Team RISP: 0-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: McPherson (5, throw); Meyer (1, throw); Villar (4, fielding).

Jake Wong 2.0-2-0-0-0-4
Keaton Winn 1.0-2-3-1-0-1
Miguel Figueroa 3.0-5-2-2-1-0
Mack Meyer 2.0-1-2-1-0-0

Inherited runners-scored: none

DSL Giants (Rookie) (21-14) did not play









Inherited runners-scored:

AZL Giants (Orange) (13-9) WON 7-6

George Bell 2-4, 2 RBI
Beicker Mendoza 3-5, run, 3 RBI, double (.375)
Connor Sabanosh 1-3, run, RBI, homer (1)

Team RISP: 5-for-10.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Rodriguez (4, throw); Hilson (3, fielding).

Seth Corry 1.2-8-5-4-0-3
Jorge Labrador 3.1-2-1-0-0-4
Clay Helvey 2.0-1-0-0-2-2
Andy Rohloff (W, 1-1) 2.0-1-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: Labrador 1-0.

AZL Giants (Black) (9-12) WON 6-2

Malique Ziegler 1-3, run
Alexander Canario 3-4, run, double
Frankie Tostado 1-4, 2 RBI
Franklin Labour 1-5. 2 RBI
Braden Frankfort 2-4, run
Jose Rivero 2-4, run, RBI

Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

Tyler Herb (W, 1-1) 5.0-5-2-2-0-2
Luis Moreno (S, 1) 4.0-2-0-0-0-6

Inherited runners-scored: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Monday)

Sacramento (AAA) Johnson (0-2, 7.27)
Richmond (AA) Menez
San Jose (A+) Sano (1-2, 3.63)
Augusta (A) TBD
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) TBD
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD

Aramis Garcia since June 1st: .281/.336/.482

That'll work.

 

[Stokes1931]

Aramis Garcia since June 1st: .281/.336/.482

That'll work.

Must hear JB's footsteps behind him, rapidly approaching.

 

[SFGRTB]

Must hear JB's footsteps behind him, rapidly approaching.

Wouldn't be the worst catching trifecta with Bart as the primary, Garcia as the true backup and Posey as the 3rd/mentor. Expect that they're all right-handed

 

[calsnowskier]

Must hear JB's footsteps behind him, rapidly approaching.

He and JB are not in the same discussion. Garcia can only hope to a) get traded; or b) see Posey moved to another position so he can back up JB.

 

[Stokes1931]

He and JB are not in the same discussion. Garcia can only hope to a) get traded; or b) see Posey moved to another position so he can back up JB.

Bring back Susac!!!!

 

[calsnowskier]

Bring back Susac!!!!

Andrew Su...sac!!