Down on the Farm (2018)

[SFGRTB]

So what is your take on Villar? Is he a potential Uber-steal in the draft, or is he just the beneficiary of SSS?

I liked him coming out of the draft. The power is very real there and if he can stick at 3rd base he has some solid value. If he has to move off of third to first, could be tough for him long-term as a small right-handed 1st baseman.

I think Eugenio Suarez is a solid comp for the guy (although not this year's offensive explosion). Villar could be the Giants' best bet at 3rd base as far as prospects go. I still believe in Gonzalez, but scouts overwhelming believe he's moving to 1st or LF eventually.

For an 11th round pick, that would be spectacular value

 

[SFGRTB]

It'll be interesting to see what happens next year. With Ramos and Gonzo possibly set to repeat Augusta (at least to start), Villar could jump Gonzo to San Jose. As a college kid, it wouldn't surprise me one bit either.

The Giants are fairly predictable in this regard. Most high school/prep guys go to the AZL out of the draft, most college guys go to Salem. Most AZL guys that perform move up to Augusta, most Salem guys that perform move up to San Jose.

 

[Stokes1931]

A Cal League education has Giants prospect Conner Menez on...

In June 2016, Conner Menez realized a dream when he was selected by his favorite team in the 14th round of the MLB Draft. Now more than two years into his professional career, Menez is on track to realize an even bigger dream — pitching at the major league level for the Giants.

“It was the best day of my life,” Menez said over the phone Tuesday about his draft day experience. “The Giants were the number one team that I could be drafted by because I grew up watching all of those guys. It was a pretty special moment when the Giants called and picked me.”

Coming out of high school, Menez wasn’t on the draft radar. The native of Hollister says he didn’t draw much interest from big Division I baseball programs coming out of San Benito High, so he decided to attend The Master’s University, a school that his dad and several other members of his family had matriculated from. Menez, 23, is looking to join Mark Redman and Jerry Owens as the only alumni of the school to play in the big leagues.

A growth spurt and a good stint in front of scouts in the Alaskan Summer League in 2015 finally placed Menez on the radar for the draft. After a strong junior season, he landed with the Giants early on Day 3 of the 2016 draft. It was apparent not long after the 6-foot-3 left-hander signed with the Giants that he had the polish to pitch against more advanced competition. He made eight appearances (21 innings) in the Arizona Rookie League and one start for Short-season Salem-Keizer before jumping to the High-A San Jose Giants for the final month of his professional debut season.

Despite his lack of professional experience, Menez held his own in the Cal League in 2016, posting a 4.94 ERA in 27 1/3 innings. He returned to San Jose for the entire 2017 season, throwing a team-high 114 1/3 innings and earning San Jose’s pitcher of the year award.

Although Menez had plenty of innings in the Cal League coming into the 2018 season, he opened the campaign in the San Jose rotation. He had nearly two full seasons’ worth of starts in the Cal League under his belt before he earned the promotion to Double-A Richmond on June 14. From 2016-2018, Menez made 40 appearances (38 starts) for San Jose, racking up a 4.59 ERA but a more impressive 189:82 K:BB. This season with the Giants, Menez struck out 70 in 50 1/3 innings.

Menez says spending so much time in the hitter-friendly California League forced him to become better at hitting his spots.

“The Cal League is meant for hitters,” Menez said. “There’s short porches everywhere and the ball flies everywhere, so, honestly, it probably helped me when getting up to here in keeping the ball down, changing speeds really well, which is kind of what you want to do in general, but that helped emphasize that for me even more.”

Since reaching Double-A, Menez has seen his strikeouts dip (57 in 50 1/3 innings), but his other numbers — walk rate, hit rate, ERA, home run rate — have remained pretty consistent against more advanced hitters. Despite the similar results, Menez says there is a noticeable difference in skill-level between the High-A and Double-A hitters.

“It’s kind of like going from facing the JV team to the varsity team in terms of the difference in hitters,” he said. “They have a lot more of an approach. Down in the Cal League, there’s a lot of free swingers, guys who want to ambush pitchers. These guys are more patient on you, waiting for their pitch in their zones. You’ve kind of got to pitch to that accordingly.”

Menez threw six scoreless innings in his first start with the Flying Squirrels, but he followed that start with three mediocre outings before running off a streak of four straight starts going at least 5 2/3 innings and allowing two or fewer runs. That streak ended on Friday, when he allowed seven runs in five innings in his most recent outing.

Menez says he made a slight mechanical adjustment after those first few Double-A outings that allowed him to find success.

“I focused on getting my arm going faster and getting on top of the ball, which helps create more of a down-angle towards the plate,” he said. “Something kind of clicked where I got my rhythm going, staying downhill towards the plate and changing speeds.”

Menez is a four-pitch pitcher — fastball, curveball, slider and changeup. His fastball sits 90-93 mph, but he gets significant movement to both sides of the plate, making it a very effective pitch. His slider and curveball are both swing-and-miss offerings when he’s throwing them well and his changeup can be used to keep hitters off the fastball.

But what really makes Menez effective is his delivery, which is a little Madison Bumgarner-esque in how he hides the ball behind his back before he releases it, creating the illusion for the hitter that the pitch is coming in faster than it says on the radar gun.

Menez appears to be inching closer to joining Bumgarner in the Giants rotation in the not-so-distant future. By the end of this season, he will likely have more than 70 innings at the Double-A level under his belt. He also made two spot starts with Triple-A Sacramento earlier in the year. He says those outings — in which he allowed four runs in 11 innings — gave him the confidence that he can pitch against upper-level hitters.

“I’m glad they gave me that opportunity to have those spot starts up in Triple-A and see how my stuff faces up against those upper-level/major league hitters and to see that I have a chance to make it up really far,” Menez said. “It gave me really good confidence to have been able to go up to Triple-A and know, ‘hey, I can get these guys out.’ It was a really cool experience.”

 

[Stokes1931]

Sunday, 8/5

I am back from Colorado. I will take the next two weeks. Much thanks to SFGRTB for stepping it up for two weeks in a row!

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

AAA: Sacramento River Cats lost 6-4 (45-68)

Mac Williamson 1-4 (.276)
Chris Shaw 2-4, triple (.264)
Myles Schroder 2-4, 2 runs (.270)
Ryder Jones 1-3, run (.285)
Miguel Gomez 2-4, run, 2 RBI, double (.271)
Trevor Brown 1-4, double (.267)

Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Calixte (18, throw).
Outfield assists: Puello (Boyd at 2nd base).

Daniel Camarena (L, 0-7) 5.1-10-5-5-1-7
Jose Valdez 1.0-4-0-0-0-1
Steven Okert 1.1-3-1-1-0-0

Inherited runners-scored: Valdez, JA 1-1; Okert 3-0

Game Story:AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels (53-58) lost 7-3

C.J Hinojosa 1-4, run, RBI, homer (2)
Ryan Howard 1-4, run
Caleb Gindl 2-4, RBI, double
Dylan Davis 1-3, run, RBI, homer (11)

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

BASERUNNING
SB: Lipka (18, 2nd base off Stankiewicz/Nunez, J).

FIELDING
E: Castillo, Al (9, fielding).
DP: (Arnold-Castillo, Al).
Pickoffs: Arnold (Nunez, J at 3rd base).

Logan Webb 5.0-6-3-3-3-4 (first start in AA)
Garrett Williams (L, 3-8) 1.0-1-2-2-1-1
Ryan Halstead 1.0-2-2-1-0-2
Taylor Hill 1.0-1-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=289019614&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410

A+: San Jose Giants lost 6-4 (48-66)

Wander Franco 2-4, 2 RBI, double
Sandro Fabian 2-4, run, RBI, homer (8)

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

BASERUNNING
CS: Beltre (3, 2nd base by Rogers/Kennedy, A).

Domenic Mazza (L, 3-3) 6.0-6-4-4-2-3
Joey Marciano 1.0-1-1-1-0-2
Sandro Cabrera 1.0-2-1-1-0-1
Frank Rubio 1.0-0-0-0-1-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

A: Augusta GreenJackets WON 5-1 (54-56) (remember when they were 20 games over .500?)

Manuel Geraldo 3-5, 2 runs
Jacob Gonzalez 1-4, run, RBI, double
Ryan Kirby 1-2, RBI
Logan Baldwin 3-3, run, 3 RBI, homer (5)

Team RISP: 4-for-15.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ziegler (6, 2nd base off Seelinger/Hernandez, R).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Munguia (Stafford at home).

Norwith Gudino (W, 1-0) 6.1-5-0-0-0-3 (1st start on the SALLY league, moved up from S-K)
John Russell (H, 2) 1.2-0-0-0-0-4 (ready to move up, 0.96 WHIP, 59 K's in 52 innings)
Camilo Doval 0.2-1-1-1-3-2
Keenan Bartlett (S, 1) 0.1-0-0-0-0-1 (R31-2017) Just moved up from S-K

Inherited runners-scored: Russell 1-0; Bartlett 3-0.

Game Story: none

A-: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes WON 5-1 (28-23)

Diego Rincones 2-5, run
Joey Bart 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, 2 triples! (.346) and a stolen base!!!
David Villar 1-5, run, 2 RBI. homer (9)
Mikey Edie 1-4 (.330)

Team RISP: 3-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bart (2, 2nd base off Bellinger/Seagle); Bond (5, 3rd base off Kuzia/Seagle).

FIELDING
E: Villar (9, fielding).

Seth Corry (W, 1-0) 5.0-1-0-0-2-5
Matt Frisbee 2.0-1-0-0-0-3
Trent Toplikar 2.0-1-1-1-1-4

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Rookie: DSL Giants DNP





AZL: Giants ORANGE (19-18) lost 6-5

Tyler Flores 2-4, run
Fabian Pena 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles
Bryan Hernandez 1-2, RBI, double

Team RISP: 4-for-14.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Herrera, Ja (3, throw); Mora (7, fielding); Roberts (2, pickoff).

Jasier Herrera 6.0-9-5-5-2-2
Jacob Lopez 1.0-0-0-0-0-2
Logan Harasta 1.0-1-0-0-0-2
Chris Roberts (L, 0-1) 1.0-1-1-0-1-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

AZL: Giants BLACK (19-18) WON 8-5

Alexander Canario 2-5, 4 RBI, triple
Sean Roby 1-3, run, double
Cody Brickhouse 1-1
Jose Rivero 2-3, 3 runs

Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Medina, F (15, missed catch); Brickhouse (1, catcher interference).
PB: Frankfort (6).
Outfield assists: Labour (Ruiz at 2nd base).

Sam Coonrod 2.0-2-0-0-0-4
Weilly Yan 0.1-1-1-1-2-0
Abel Adames 1.2-1-0-0-0-1
Luis Moreno (W, 3-2) 4.0-7-4-2-0-3
Luis Amaya (S, 1) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: Adames 2-0; Amaya 2-1

Game Story: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Monday)

Sacramento (AAA) Anderson (1-1, 5.00)
Richmond (AA) DNP
San Jose (A+) Sano (3-3, 3.69)
Augusta (A) DNP
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) DNP
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD

 

[calsnowskier]

Dayum

Bart flashing the wheels

 

[SFGRTB]

Sunday, 8/5

I am back from Colorado. I will take the next two weeks. Much thanks to SFGRTB for stepping it up for two weeks in a row!

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

AAA: Sacramento River Cats lost 6-4 (45-68)

Mac Williamson 1-4 (.276)
Chris Shaw 2-4, triple (.264)
Myles Schroder 2-4, 2 runs (.270)
Ryder Jones 1-3, run (.285)
Miguel Gomez 2-4, run, 2 RBI, double (.271)
Trevor Brown 1-4, double (.267)

Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Calixte (18, throw).
Outfield assists: Puello (Boyd at 2nd base).

Daniel Camarena (L, 0-7) 5.1-10-5-5-1-7
Jose Valdez 1.0-4-0-0-0-1
Steven Okert 1.1-3-1-1-0-0

Inherited runners-scored: Valdez, JA 1-1; Okert 3-0

Game Story:AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels (53-58) lost 7-3

C.J Hinojosa 1-4, run, RBI, homer (2)
Ryan Howard 1-4, run
Caleb Gindl 2-4, RBI, double
Dylan Davis 1-3, run, RBI, homer (11)

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

BASERUNNING
SB: Lipka (18, 2nd base off Stankiewicz/Nunez, J).

FIELDING
E: Castillo, Al (9, fielding).
DP: (Arnold-Castillo, Al).
Pickoffs: Arnold (Nunez, J at 3rd base).

Logan Webb 5.0-6-3-3-3-4 (first start in AA)
Garrett Williams (L, 3-8) 1.0-1-2-2-1-1
Ryan Halstead 1.0-2-2-1-0-2
Taylor Hill 1.0-1-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=289019614&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410

A+: San Jose Giants lost 6-4 (48-66)

Wander Franco 2-4, 2 RBI, double
Sandro Fabian 2-4, run, RBI, homer (8)

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

BASERUNNING
CS: Beltre (3, 2nd base by Rogers/Kennedy, A).

Domenic Mazza (L, 3-3) 6.0-6-4-4-2-3
Joey Marciano 1.0-1-1-1-0-2
Sandro Cabrera 1.0-2-1-1-0-1
Frank Rubio 1.0-0-0-0-1-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

A: Augusta GreenJackets WON 5-1 (54-56) (remember when they were 20 games over .500?)

Manuel Geraldo 3-5, 2 runs
Jacob Gonzalez 1-4, run, RBI, double
Ryan Kirby 1-2, RBI
Logan Baldwin 3-3, run, 3 RBI, homer (5)

Team RISP: 4-for-15.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ziegler (6, 2nd base off Seelinger/Hernandez, R).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Munguia (Stafford at home).

Norwith Gudino (W, 1-0) 6.1-5-0-0-0-3 (1st start on the SALLY league, moved up from S-K)
John Russell (H, 2) 1.2-0-0-0-0-4 (ready to move up, 0.96 WHIP, 59 K's in 52 innings)
Camilo Doval 0.2-1-1-1-3-2
Keenan Bartlett (S, 1) 0.1-0-0-0-0-1 (R31-2017) Just moved up from S-K

Inherited runners-scored: Russell 1-0; Bartlett 3-0.

Game Story: none

A-: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes WON 5-1 (28-23)

Diego Rincones 2-5, run
Joey Bart 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, 2 triples! (.346) and a stolen base!!!
David Villar 1-5, run, 2 RBI. homer (9)
Mikey Edie 1-4 (.330)

Team RISP: 3-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bart (2, 2nd base off Bellinger/Seagle); Bond (5, 3rd base off Kuzia/Seagle).

FIELDING
E: Villar (9, fielding).

Seth Corry (W, 1-0) 5.0-1-0-0-2-5
Matt Frisbee 2.0-1-0-0-0-3
Trent Toplikar 2.0-1-1-1-1-4

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Rookie: DSL Giants DNP





AZL: Giants ORANGE (19-18) lost 6-5

Tyler Flores 2-4, run
Fabian Pena 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles
Bryan Hernandez 1-2, RBI, double

Team RISP: 4-for-14.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Herrera, Ja (3, throw); Mora (7, fielding); Roberts (2, pickoff).

Jasier Herrera 6.0-9-5-5-2-2
Jacob Lopez 1.0-0-0-0-0-2
Logan Harasta 1.0-1-0-0-0-2
Chris Roberts (L, 0-1) 1.0-1-1-0-1-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

AZL: Giants BLACK (19-18) WON 8-5

Alexander Canario 2-5, 4 RBI, triple
Sean Roby 1-3, run, double
Cody Brickhouse 1-1
Jose Rivero 2-3, 3 runs

Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Medina, F (15, missed catch); Brickhouse (1, catcher interference).
PB: Frankfort (6).
Outfield assists: Labour (Ruiz at 2nd base).

Sam Coonrod 2.0-2-0-0-0-4
Weilly Yan 0.1-1-1-1-2-0
Abel Adames 1.2-1-0-0-0-1
Luis Moreno (W, 3-2) 4.0-7-4-2-0-3
Luis Amaya (S, 1) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: Adames 2-0; Amaya 2-1

Game Story: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Monday)

Sacramento (AAA) Anderson (1-1, 5.00)
Richmond (AA) DNP
San Jose (A+) Sano (3-3, 3.69)
Augusta (A) DNP
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) DNP
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD

Chris Shaw and Joey Bart with triples, probably the most unlikely candidates.

Shaw hit his triple to LF as well!

 

[SFGRTB]

 

[LHG]

I don't really understand the AAA roster decisions the Giants have made. They continue to keep Jose Valdez while releasing pitchers who, while not that great, have better numbers that him. Now, in order to make room for Aramis Garcia, they don't release one of the weak hitting catchers in Ronnie Freeman (.601) or Trevor Brown (.663), nor the mediocre numbers of Cesar Puello (2 for 11), Peter Bourjos (.704) or Gregor Blanco (.706). No, instead, they let go one of the only guys that tore up AA but also continued to hit well in AAA - Jerry Sands. He combined to slash .269/.361/.505 on the season and was even better in AAA - .310/.402/.493. I know, I know, he's a minor league vet. So is the other guys I've listed. Why three catchers - two of which provide nothing at the plate? Why keep two older, slightly speedy outfielders on the roster whom both have almost identical numbers? Sands should have been promoted, not released.

 

[SFGRTB]

I don't really understand the AAA roster decisions the Giants have made. They continue to keep Jose Valdez while releasing pitchers who, while not that great, have better numbers that him. Now, in order to make room for Aramis Garcia, they don't release one of the weak hitting catchers in Ronnie Freeman (.601) or Trevor Brown (.663), nor the mediocre numbers of Cesar Puello (2 for 11), Peter Bourjos (.704) or Gregor Blanco (.706). No, instead, they let go one of the only guys that tore up AA but also continued to hit well in AAA - Jerry Sands. He combined to slash .269/.361/.505 on the season and was even better in AAA - .310/.402/.493. I know, I know, he's a minor league vet. So is the other guys I've listed. Why three catchers - two of which provide nothing at the plate? Why keep two older, slightly speedy outfielders on the roster whom both have almost identical numbers? Sands should have been promoted, not released.

Maybe he's an asshole?

But really, IDK this does seem quite odd

 

[Stokes1931]

Maybe he's an asshole?

But really, IDK this does seem quite odd

Former Dodger.

 

[LHG]

Maybe he's an asshole?

But really, IDK this does seem quite odd

Since when did that keep the Giants (or any other team) from carrying a player when he is producing?

 

[Stokes1931]

Monday, 8/6

I am back from Colorado. I will take the next two weeks. Much thanks to SFGRTB for stepping it up for two weeks in a row!

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

AAA: Sacramento River Cats (45-69) lost 6-0

Peter Bourjos 3-4 (.295)
Chris Shaw 2-3, walk (.267)
Ryder Jones 1-4 (.285)
Cesar Puello 1-3 (.312)

Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Calixte (19, fielding).
Outfield assists: Puello (Powell at 3rd base).

Shaun Anderson (L, 1-2) 6.0-6-5-3-1-3
Tyler Rogers 1.0-2-1-1-0-0 (1.86)
Roberto Gomez 1.0-1-0-0-0-1 (1.17)

Inherited runners-scored: Rogers 2-2.

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180806&content_id=289205972&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t105

Game Story:AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels (53-58) did not play


Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story:

A+: San Jose Giants (48-67) lost 5-3

Wander Franco 1-4, 2 RBI, double
Dillon Dobson 2-4, RBI
Brandon Van Horn 2-4

Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

Carlos Sano 6.0-3-2-2-2-7
Peter Lannoo (BS, 5)(L, 1-7) 1.0-2-2-2-0-1
Hunter Strickland 0.2-1-1-1-1-1 (gave up a solo homer)
Rodolfo Martinez 1.1-0-0-0-0-2

San Jose pitchers gave up 5 solo homers

Inherited runners-scored: Martinez 1-0.

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180806&content_id=289239998&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t476

A: Augusta GreenJackets (54-56) did not play

Inherited runners-scored: .

Game Story: none

A-: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes WON (28-23) did not play

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Rookie: DSL Giants (29-25) DNP





AZL: Giants ORANGE (19-19) lost 4-2

Andres Angulo 1-3, run
Patrick Hilson 1-4, RBI
Wascar De Leon 1-2

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

BASERUNNING
CS: Bell (1, 3rd base by Remy/Soto).

FIELDING
E: Bell (6, throw); De Leon (5, pickoff); Mora (8, throw).

Ben Madison 2.0-3-0-0-0-3
Preston White 1.0-1-0-0-0-1
Alex Bostic (L, 0-1) 1.0-4-3-3-0-2
Andy Rohloff 2.0-0-0-0-0-1
Yoel Veras 2.0-2-1-0-0-5

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

AZL: Giants BLACK (19-19) lost 3-1

Alexander Canario 2-4
Sean Roby 1-3, run
Zander Clarke 2-4
Marcos Campos 1-4

Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Canario (3, 2nd base by Cruz, Y/Perez, Hen).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Norris (Davis at 1st base); Clarke (Pacheco at 3rd base).

Jordan Scott 4.0-2-0-0-3-3
Oliver Pinto (L, 3-1) 2.0-4-2-2-0-0
Aneudy Acosta 2.0-3-1-1-0-3

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Tuesday)

Sacramento (AAA) Herb
Richmond (AA) Connolly
San Jose (A+) Marshall
Augusta (A) TBD
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) DNP
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD

 

[Stokes1931]

Tuesday, 8/7

I am back from Colorado. I will take the next two weeks. Much thanks to SFGRTB for stepping it up for two weeks in a row!

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

AAA: Sacramento River Cats (45-70) lost 4-2

Gregor Blanco 2-3, double
Mac Williamson 1-4, RBI (.269)
Chris Shaw 1-3, (.268)
Aramis Garcia 0-4 (AAA debut)

Team RISP: 3-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Calixte (12, 2nd base off Naile/Maxwell).

FIELDING
E: Calixte (20, fielding); Garcia (1, throw).
Outfield assists: Blanco, G (Powell at 2nd base).

Tyler Herb (L, 1-5) 6.0-8-3-2-2-4
Josh Osich 1.0-2-1-1-1-2
Manny Parra 1.0-0-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180807&content_id=289366948&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t105

Game Story:AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels (53-59) lost 5-1

C.J Hinojosa 2-5
Ali Castillo 2-4
Luigi Rodriguez 1-1, run
Caleb Gindl 1-2

Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Hinojosa (6, fielding).
DP: 2 (Howard-Polonius-Arenado, J; Polonius-Howard).
Pickoffs: Connolly (Biondi at 1st base).

Matt Gage (W, 1-2) 6.0-7-0-0-1-2 (too bad Gage was released and picked up by the Rumble Ponies)

Mike Connolly (L, 3-4) 3.1-6-3-2-4-4
Carlos Diaz 1.1-1-0-0-1-3
Garrett Williams 1.0-1-2-2-0-1
Dan Slania 3.0-2-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: Diaz, C 2-0.

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=289339422&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410

A+: San Jose Giants (49-67) WON 8-7

Wander Franco 2-4, run, 3 RBI, homer (5)
Kelvin Beltre 1-4, run, 2 RBI, homer (4)

Team RISP: 3-for-6.
Team LOB: 2.

FIELDING
E: Marshall (1, pickoff).

Mac Marshall 4.2-2-2-2-6-7
Trevor Horn 1.0-1-2-2-1-0
Sandro Cabrera 0.0-2-1-1-2-0
Franklin Van Gurp (W, 1-0) 1.1-1-1-1-1-3
Ian Gardeck (H, 1) 1.0-2-1-1-0-1
Nolan Riggs (S, 4) 1.0-0-0-0-0-3

Inherited runners-scored: Horn 2-0; Cabrera, S 1-1; Van Gurp 3-0.

Game Story: none

A: Augusta GreenJackets (54-56) did not play

Inherited runners-scored: .

Game Story: none

A-: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (28-23) did not play

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Rookie: DSL Giants (29-26) lost Game One, 4-1 in 7 innings

Ismael Alcantara 1-3, run, RBI, homer (3)

Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 1.

FIELDING
E: Martinez (8, pickoff).

Melvin Martinez (L, 0-5) 2.0-3-3-2-3-0
Jesus Gomez 3.0-1-0-0-1-6
Alvaro Ferreras 1.0-2-1-1-1-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Rookie: DSL Giants (30-25) WON Game Two, 10-3 in 7 innings

Luis Toribio 0-3, 3 runs
Ismael Alcantara 1-3, 2 runs, 5 RBI, homer (2)
Andrew Caraballo 2-3, run, 2 RBI, double
Robinson Batista 1-3, 2 RBI, double

Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Batista (10, 3rd base off Ozuna/Medrano); Bone (1, 2nd base off Ozuna/Medrano).
CS: Caraballo (2, 2nd base by Ozuna/Medrano).
PO: Caraballo (1st base by Ozuna).

FIELDING
E: Santos (12, fielding).

Ivan Armstrong 1.0-1-1-0-3-0
Samuel Quintana (W, 1-2) 3.0-3-2-2-1-2
Yhonson Rojas 2.0-2-0-0-0-3
Wilkelma Castillo 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

AZL: Giants ORANGE (20-19) WON Game One, 9-0

George Bell 2-4, 3 runs, double
Andres Angulo 2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, double
Tyler Flores 1-3, run, 2 RBI, double
Patrick Hilson 2-3, RBI, triple

Team RISP: 7-for-17.
Team LOB: 6.

Matt Brown 1.0-1-0-0-0-0
Jorge Labrador (W, 2-0) 4.0-2-0-0-0-5
Travis Perry 2.0-0-0-0-1-4

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

AZL: Giants ORANGE (20-20) lost Game Two, 6-2

Fabian Pena 1-2, run, RBI
Tyler Flores 1-3
Robert Antunez 1-3, run

Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
Pickoffs: Gonzalez, M (Guzman, L at 1st base).

Marco Gonzalez (L, 3-5) 6.2-13-6-6-0-8
Clay Helvey 0.1-0-0-0-1-0

Inherited runners-scored: Helvey 1-0.

Game Story: none

AZL: Giants BLACK (20-19) WON 2-1 (walked off in the 9th)

Zander Clarke 0-1, 3 walks
Franklin Labour 1-3, run, double
Kwan Adkins 1-4, RBI
Jose Rivero 2-4

Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Clarke (2, 2nd base off Alcantara/Mondesi).

Conner Nurse 4.0-5-1-1-1-4
Garrett Christman 2.0-1-0-0-0-2
Weilly Yan 1.0-1-0-0-0-1
Dylan Dusek 0.2-1-0-0-0-0
Cooper Casad (W, 2-1) 1.1-0-0-0-1-2

Inherited runners-scored: Casad 1-0.

Game Story: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Wednesday)

Sacramento (AAA) do not play
Richmond (AA) Menez (4-3, 4.47)
San Jose (A+) Myers (3-3, 5.72)
Augusta (A) Marte (7-5, 4.01) (Game 1)
Augusta (A) Phillips (4-6, 4.26) (Game 2)
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) DNP
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) DNP
AZL Giants (Black) DNP

 

[LHG]

I was wondering who are the top 5 minor leaguers are in OPS (minimum 100 ABs and not currently on the major league roster). I thought I'd share my findings:
Joey Bart (1.066) - .331/.381/.685 in 127 ABs (R/S-A)
Mac Williamson (.905) - .269/.372/.533 in 182 ABs (AAA)
David Villar (.894) - .288/.356/.538 in 156 ABs (R/S-A)
Beicker Mendoza (.886) - .328/.358/.528 in 137 ABs (R)
Diego Rincones (.876) - .357/.380/.497 in 157 ABs (S-A)
Heath Quinn (.847) - .294/.376/.471 in 272 ABs (H-A)
Alexander Canario (.846) - .282/.395/.452 in 124 ABs (R)
Chris Shaw (.844) - .268/.319/.524 in 347 ABs (AAA)
Nico Garratano (.840) - .283/.344/.496 in 113 ABs (S-A)
Robinson Medrano (.818) - .264/.368/.450 in 140 ABs (S-A)

Jerry Sands (.866) would have been 6th among this group if he were still a part of the organization He slashed .269/.361/.505 in 323 combined ABs between AA and AAA.

 

[SFGRTB]

Since when did that keep the Giants (or any other team) from carrying a player when he is producing?

So I figured out the actual reason he was released.

The Giants GRANTED him a release so he could sign with a Korean team

Nexen Heroes replace struggling hitter with ex-big leaguer Jerry Sands

구단소식

There's a rule, like the Sept. 1 deadline in MLB, where a player must be on a roster by a certain date to be post-season eligible. It's Aug. 15th in their league.

 

[LHG]

So I figured out the actual reason he was released.

The Giants GRANTED him a release so he could sign with a Korean team

Nexen Heroes replace struggling hitter with ex-big leaguer Jerry Sands

구단소식

There's a rule, like the Sept. 1 deadline in MLB, where a player must be on a roster by a certain date to be post-season eligible. It's Aug. 15th in their league.

That makes sense. Good for him. Thanks for the information.

 

[Stokes1931]

Wednesday, 8/8

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

AAA: Sacramento River Cats (45-70) DID NOT PLAY

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story:

Game Story:AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels (54-59) WON 5-1

Luigi Rodriguez 1-2, run, RBI
Ryan Howard 3-4, run, RBI, double, triple
Jonah Arenado 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, double, homer (5)

Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Lipka (7, 2nd base by Nogosek/Nido).

FIELDING
E: Winn (1, catcher interference).

Conner Menez (W, 5-3) 5.0-2-1-1-5-6
Dillon McNamara (H, 4) 3.0-2-0-0-0-2
Sam Wolff 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=289519292&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410

A+: San Jose Giants (50-67) WON 8-4

Johneshwy Fargas 2-5, run, double
Jalen Miller 3-4, 3 runs, RBI, homer (13)
Wander Franco 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles
Heath Quinn 2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, homer (11)
Dillon Dobson 1-4, run, 2 RBI, homer (3)
Kelvin Beltre 2-4

Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Fargas 2 (37, 3rd base off Anderson, I/Berman, 2nd base off Anderson, I/Berman); Miller 2 (10, 2nd base off Anderson, I/Berman, 2nd base off Anderson, I/Berman).

DJ Myers (W, 4-3) 5.0-5-2-2-0-6
Joey Marciano (H, 1) 1.1-2-2-2-0-2 (2 solo homers)
Rodolfo Martinez (H, 3) 0.2-0-0-0-1-1
Frank Rubio 2.0-2-0-0-0-3

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180808&content_id=289491484&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t476

A: Augusta GreenJackets (55-56) WON Game One, 7-6

Malique Ziegler 1-2, 3 runs, double
Ismael Munguia 3-4, run, 4 RBI
Orlando Garcia 1-3, run, 2 RBI, homer (7)
Manuel Geraldo 2-3, run
Jacob Gonzalez 1-3, RBI, double
Logan Baldwin 1-3

Team RISP: 4-for-8.
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING
SB: Munguia (1, 2nd base off Alastre/Dunlap).
CS: Baldwin (9, 2nd base by Alastre/Dunlap).
PO: Gonzalez (1st base by Alastre).

FIELDING
E: Gonzalez (25, fielding); Parra, J (5, pickoff).
PB: Parra, J (9).

Jose Marte 5.0-7-5-5-2-3
JJ Santa Cruz 1.0-2-1-0-0-1
John Russell (W, 7-5) 1.0-0-0-0-1-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

A: Augusta GreenJackets (55-56) Game Two



A-: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (28-23) did not play

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Rookie: DSL Giants (31-26) WON 5-3 in 11 innings

Ghordy Santos 1-2, run
Luis Toribio 2-5, run, RBI
Jean Pena 2-5, run, 4 RBI, homer (6)

Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Juliana (9, 2nd base off Florido/Batista); Hernandez, J (5, 2nd base off Baez/Batista).
CS: Batista (5, 2nd base by Mercedes, A/Batista).
PO: Batista (1st base by Mercedes, A).

FIELDING
E: Medina (6, throw); Pena (8, fielding); Mejias (3, throw).

Sonny Vargas 5.0-2-0-0-1-4
Willian Suarez (H, 1) 2.0-0-0-0-2-2
Yoniel Ramirez (H, 2) 1.0-0-0-0-1-1
Jose Cruz (BS, 4)(W, 2-2) 3.0-3-3-2-2-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

AZL: Giants ORANGE (20-19) DID NOT PLAY

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

AZL: Giants BLACK (20-19) DID NOT PLAY

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Thursday)

Sacramento (AAA) Johnson (0-5, 7.00)
Richmond (AA) McCasland (4-3, 3.57)
San Jose (A+) DNP
Augusta (A) Phillips (4-6, 4.26) (Game 1)
Augusta (A) Cave (5-6, 4.52) (Game 2)
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) TBD
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD

 

[LHG]

Wednesday, 8/8

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

AAA: Sacramento River Cats (45-70) DID NOT PLAY

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story:

Game Story:AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels (54-59) WON 5-1

Luigi Rodriguez 1-2, run, RBI
Ryan Howard 3-4, run, RBI, double, triple
Jonah Arenado 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, double, homer (5)

Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Lipka (7, 2nd base by Nogosek/Nido).

FIELDING
E: Winn (1, catcher interference).

Conner Menez (W, 5-3) 5.0-2-1-1-5-6
Dillon McNamara (H, 4) 3.0-2-0-0-0-2
Sam Wolff 1.0-0-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.js...t_id=289519292&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t3410

A+: San Jose Giants (50-67) WON 8-4

Johneshwy Fargas 2-5, run, double
Jalen Miller 3-4, 3 runs, RBI, homer (13)
Wander Franco 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles
Heath Quinn 2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, homer (11)
Dillon Dobson 1-4, run, 2 RBI, homer (3)
Kelvin Beltre 2-4

Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Fargas 2 (37, 3rd base off Anderson, I/Berman, 2nd base off Anderson, I/Berman); Miller 2 (10, 2nd base off Anderson, I/Berman, 2nd base off Anderson, I/Berman).

DJ Myers (W, 4-3) 5.0-5-2-2-0-6
Joey Marciano (H, 1) 1.1-2-2-2-0-2 (2 solo homers)
Rodolfo Martinez (H, 3) 0.2-0-0-0-1-1
Frank Rubio 2.0-2-0-0-0-3

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180808&content_id=289491484&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t476

A: Augusta GreenJackets (55-56) WON Game One, 7-6

Malique Ziegler 1-2, 3 runs, double
Ismael Munguia 3-4, run, 4 RBI
Orlando Garcia 1-3, run, 2 RBI, homer (7)
Manuel Geraldo 2-3, run
Jacob Gonzalez 1-3, RBI, double
Logan Baldwin 1-3

Team RISP: 4-for-8.
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING
SB: Munguia (1, 2nd base off Alastre/Dunlap).
CS: Baldwin (9, 2nd base by Alastre/Dunlap).
PO: Gonzalez (1st base by Alastre).

FIELDING
E: Gonzalez (25, fielding); Parra, J (5, pickoff).
PB: Parra, J (9).

Jose Marte 5.0-7-5-5-2-3
JJ Santa Cruz 1.0-2-1-0-0-1
John Russell (W, 7-5) 1.0-0-0-0-1-2

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

A: Augusta GreenJackets (55-56) Game Two



A-: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (28-23) did not play

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

Rookie: DSL Giants (31-26) WON 5-3 in 11 innings

Ghordy Santos 1-2, run
Luis Toribio 2-5, run, RBI
Jean Pena 2-5, run, 4 RBI, homer (6)

Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Juliana (9, 2nd base off Florido/Batista); Hernandez, J (5, 2nd base off Baez/Batista).
CS: Batista (5, 2nd base by Mercedes, A/Batista).
PO: Batista (1st base by Mercedes, A).

FIELDING
E: Medina (6, throw); Pena (8, fielding); Mejias (3, throw).

Sonny Vargas 5.0-2-0-0-1-4
Willian Suarez (H, 1) 2.0-0-0-0-2-2
Yoniel Ramirez (H, 2) 1.0-0-0-0-1-1
Jose Cruz (BS, 4)(W, 2-2) 3.0-3-3-2-2-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

AZL: Giants ORANGE (20-19) DID NOT PLAY

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game Story: none

AZL: Giants BLACK (20-19) DID NOT PLAY

Inherited runners-scored: Casad 1-0.

Game Story: none

Scheduled Pitchers (Thursday)

Sacramento (AAA) Johnson (0-5, 7.00)
Richmond (AA) McCasland (4-3, 3.57)
San Jose (A+) DNP
Augusta (A) Phillips (4-6, 4.26) (Game 1)
Augusta (A) Cave (5-6, 4.52) (Game 2)
Salem-Keiser (A-SS) TBD
DSL Giants TBD
AZL Giants (Orange) TBD
AZL Giants (Black) TBD

That is pretty impressive. The AZL Black team didn't play but Casad still somehow kept an inherited runner from scoring. Are you sure he is a Giant farm hand?

 

[SFGRTB]

Joey Bart went 2-3 with, you guessed it, a homerun in the NWL All-Star game. It was an EWS too

Diego Rincones went 4-5 with two doubles

Greg Santos and Jesus Tona each had perfect outings, although each just faced two batters each.

All-in-all a great showing for the Giants.

 

[Stokes1931]

That is pretty impressive. The AZL Black team didn't play but Casad still somehow kept an inherited runner from scoring. Are you sure he is a Giant farm hand?

Wise guy. Who actually reads all the fine print?