Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, Pacific South Division 20-15]
Last game 05/09/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Gonzalez L 0 2 33.0 5.18 1.93 6.46 1.67 26 18 .270 .297
Borrell L 3 1 29.2 3.64 5.40 2.75 1.31 19 8 .333 .250
Meyer L 3 1 28.0 5.46 1.08 7.32 1.25 24 13 .080 .233
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Borrell had a dandy night also (my favorite word apparently). He threw 6
innings, sturck out 7 and walked 2 allowing only one run as the Cats beat
Oklahoma 5-2. Gray pitched an inning and got the hold, hard throwing Blevins
threw 2, allowed a run, struck out 2 and got his 4th save. Buck was back in the
line-up after sitting during the second game of yesterday's doubleheader and he
finally broke out. He had 3 hits, including a homer, 4 rbi's and scored a run.
Melilo had one hit and one rbi. Baisley and Petit both had 1 hit and scored
2 runs. Powell had a hit. Both Gargo and Powell had throwing errors.
Friday, May 9, 2008
05.09.2008 AAA
05.09.2008 AA
Double A
Midland Rockhounds [3rd 3.5 back, Tex South Division 20-15]
Last game 05/09/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Mazzaro R 3 2 40.2 2.43 2.53 2.40 1.20 27 11 .255 .257
Webb R 2 1 37.1 3.86 2.25 4.62 1.55 26 14 .260 .310
Simmons R 2 1 35.2 2.02 2.51 1.69 1.04 31 8 .208 .220
Bailey R 1 1 30.1 4.75 7.04 3.97 1.38 26 17 .267 .221
H Rodriguez R 1 2 15.1 5.87 9.00 4.35 2.35 18 16 .348 .250
.
Webb also had a dandy night. He went 7 innings allowing only 1 earned run, the
defense let him down as total runs scored was 2. He struck out 3 and walked
2 while throwing 100 pitches, 61 for strikes. I can only assume by the 3 K's
his *stuff* wasn't overpowering, but he kept the batters off balance as 18
of the outs recored were ground outs. The Rockhounds beat San Antonio 9-3. When
you score 9 runs there's usually lots of heros so lets begin. Donovan in the lead
off spot scored a run, got a hit and drove in two, Pennington scored and walked,
Cunningham had a single and hit his first homer of the season, while driving in two.
Zeringue DH'd and scored... but I'm not sure how. He had no hits or BB, must have
reached on an error. Recker had an rbi on two hits and scored two. Everidge hit
his seventh! homer, drove in two and scored a run. And finally Massaro had two hits,
scored a run and drove in one. The boys in Midland need to be a bit more patient as
overall they walked but twice, but k'd 6 times.
05.09.2008 A+
Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 24-9]
Last game 05/09/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Cahill R 5 0 42.0 2.14 1.74 2.53 0.83 56 10 .141 .208
Anderson L 5 2 39.1 3.43 3.18 3.48 1.09 39 9 .292 .213
Heuser 2 1 26.1 6.49 5.06 6.86 1.71 28 16 .348 .269
Godfrey R 0 0 22.1 4.43 6.52 2.84 1.21 18 6 .297 .217
Fernandez R 3 1 22.0 3.68 7.11 2.30 1.41 16 10 .429 .170
.
Stockton's game just ended so overall stats haven't been updated, however the
boxscore is available.
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Wow. What can you say about Cahill? Dandy, dandy night! He pitched 6 innings,
struck out 8 and walked 3 allowing one earned run. Leon, who is only 19!, pitched
two scoreless and got the hold, Demel had a perfect 9th, struck out 2 and notched
his 3rd save, as the Ports beat Bakersfield 4-1. If I had one gripe looking at
the box is that the Ports had 11 hits and only converted them to 4 hits. And
yes I realize how that sounds, some people are never happy! :) Anyway to the
boys swinging the lumber... Mitchell scored a run, walked and got a hit, Horton
hit a double and walked, Doolittle had 2 rbi's and hit his 9th homer of the young
season. Carter had a double, Morris walked and singled and Slu hit a homer, scored
and drove in two.
05.09.2008 A
Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd - 2 back Mid Western Division 22-10]
Last game 05/09/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Richmond R 3 2 36.0 3.75 4.05 3.86 3.68 22 4 .321 .247
Banwart R 2 2 35.0 2.31 1.84 2.66 1.20 32 9 .351 .178
Italiano R 4 0 34.0 1.06 0.00 2.00 1.00 48 13 .098 .225
Mitchinson R 3 0 28.1 2.54 2.63 2.45 1.13 28 6 .268 .212
Hodsdon R 0 4 23.1 6.17 3.38 9.90 2.01 14 6 .390 .360
.
Richmond had a dandy night, throwing 5.2 innings of shut out ball, while
striking out 5 and walking 1. Friend pitched in relief and finished the
game for his 3rd save as the Cougars beat the Quad City Bandits 4-1. The
Cougars only had five hits but apparently made the most of them. Ray and
Smith both had triples. Fosse would be proud since Smith is the catcher..
Btw I failed to mention that in last night's game Italiano and Moore combined to
strikeout 14 hitters... I *heart* Italiano!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
05.08.2008 AAA
Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, Pacific South Division 19-15]
Last game 05/08/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Gonzalez L 0 2 33.0 5.18 1.93 6.46 1.67 26 18 .270 .297
Meyer L 3 1 28.0 5.46 1.08 7.32 1.25 24 13 .080 .233
Borrell L 2 1 23.2 4.18 5.79 3.14 1.39 12 6 .353 .268
.
Game 1: Gonzalez continues to struggle. Giving up 4 earned runs in 6
innings while striking out 5 and walking 2. He allowed 2 homers and threw
92 pitches. Ziegler pitched 2.2 shutout innings and got the win as the Cats
beat Oklahoma 6-4.
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Leading off Buck also continued to struggle. In four AB he had no hits or
walks. His BA is .125. Powell hit a solo homer, Cargo, playing center, got
a hit and walked once. Melilo had two hits and scored a run.
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Game 2: Saarloos pitched 6, one run ball and notched his 4th win. He struck
out 5 and walked 2. Wing threw one scoreless inning as the Cats beat Oklahoma
7-1 in a 7 inning game.
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Petit hitting leadoff got 3 hits and scored once and banged home a run. Cargo
had two hits and an RBI. Putman scored 3 times, hit a homer and a double. Gaetti
scored once, knocked in one on a homer and hit a single.
05.08.2008 AA
Double A
Midland Rockhounds [3rd, Tex South Division 19-15]
Last game 05/08/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Mazzaro R 3 2 40.2 2.43 2.53 2.40 1.20 27 11 .255 .257
Simmons R 2 1 31.0 1.45 2.31 0.93 0.90 28 4 .239 .183
Webb R 1 1 30.1 4.45 1.86 5.66 1.55 23 12 .268 .296
Bailey R 1 1 25.0 5.40 8.10 4.42 1.34 22 14 .208 .250
H Rodriguez R 1 2 15.1 5.87 9.00 4.35 2.35 18 16 .348 .250
.
Please note, stats haven't been updated completely. But Simmons struggled
with his control for what seems like the first time. He pitched 4.2 innings
and gave up 3 earned runs, striking out 3 and walking 4. Jay Marshall followed
in relief and got the win, throwing 2.1 shutout innings. Carignan pitched
the 9th as the Rockhounds beat San Antonio 11-6.
.
The offense was quite efficient with 11 runs on 11 hits. Leading off, Donovan
walked 3 times, scored 2 runs and hit his first homer of the season, at a most
auspicious time... the bases were loaded. Hitting second Pennington got 3 hits
and scored twice. Guzman walked 3 times and scored once. Zeringue went hitless.
05.08.2008 A+
Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 24-9]
Last game 05/08/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Cahill R 4 0 36.0 2.25 2.20 2.29 0.81 48 7 .157 .200
Anderson L 5 1 33.1 2.43 4.15 2.17 1.02 36 7 .278 .204
Heuser 2 1 26.1 6.49 5.06 6.86 1.71 28 16 .348 .269
Godfrey R 0 0 22.1 4.43 6.52 2.84 1.21 18 6 .297 .217
Fernandez R 3 1 22.0 3.68 7.11 2.30 1.41 16 10 .429 .170
.
Game currently in progress. The Ports scored 4 in the first but haven't crossed
homeplate since. Unfortunately Visalia has since scored 8
.
Updates as they become available.
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Error on Sulentic, leading to one unearned runs, for a total of three on the night.
Now it is 10-4 (good buddy??).Sean Doolittle's Journalhttp://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080508&content_id=396229&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp
05.08.2008 A
Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd - 2 back Mid Western Division 21-10]
Last game 05/08/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Banwart R 2 2 35.0 2.31 1.84 2.66 1.20 32 9 .351 .178
Italiano R 4 0 34.0 1.06 0.00 2.00 1.00 48 13 .098 .225
Richmond R 2 2 30.1 4.45 4.05 4.76 1.19 17 3 .321 .254
Mitchinson R 3 0 28.1 2.54 2.63 2.45 1.13 28 6 .268 .212
Hodsdon R 0 4 17.1 6.75 3.38 12.15 2.25 11 6 .370 .410
.
The postponed game didn't seem to bother Craig Italiano as he pitched five
innings and improved his record to a perfect 4-0. Italiano struck out 7,
walked 3 and only allowed one hit. Moore came in and pitched 4 innings
allowing a run as the Cougars beat the Bandits 11-1. Matt Smith, C, had
five rbis and raised his OPS to .900, scored twice and threw out a runner.
In the lead off position, Keough walked 4 times and scored trice. Dowling
scored twice and hit a homer. Correa, the shortstop hit his first homerun.
.
Obviously the baseball gods that follow the A's read my snarky comment about no
A's shortstop hitting a homer at any level. Now that's two in just about as many
games. Now if Pennington jacks one, we'll know for sure there was devine
intervention.
.
:)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
May Transactions
May Transactions
Date Type Team Player Description
05/06 Injury Sacto Carlos Gonzalez Activated from DL
05/06 Injury Kane Michael Lissman Placed on the DL
05/06 Injury Kane Matt Ray Activated from DL
05/03 Transaction Kane Adam Klein Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/03 Injury Kane Michael Richard Placed on the disabled list
05/03 Injury Stockton F DL Santos Placed on the disabled list
05/03 Transaction Stockton Branden Dewing Sent to Stockton from Kane County
05/02 Injury Sacto Carlos Gonzalez Placed on the disabled list
05/02 Transaction Kane Earl Oakes Released
05/02 Transaction Kane Charles Kerfoot Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/02 Transaction Kane Lance Sewell Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/02 Transaction Midland Aaron Cunningham Promoted to Midland
05/01 Transaction Sacto Rich Harden Sent to Sacramento for rebah assignment05.07.2008 AAA
Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [2nd, 1 back tied, Pacific South Division 17-15]
Last game 05/07/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Meyer L 3 1 28.0 5.46 1.08 7.32 1.25 24 13 .080 .233
Gonzalez L 0 2 27.0 5.00 2.08 6.38 1.74 21 16 .286 .304
Borrell L 2 1 23.2 4.18 5.79 3.14 1.39 12 6 .353 .268
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game postponed.
05.07.2008 AA
Double A
Midland Rockhounds [2nd, 4.5 back, Tex South Division 18-14]
Last game 05/07/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Mazzaro R 3 2 40.2 2.43 2.53 2.40 1.20 27 11 .255 .257
Simmons R 2 1 31.0 1.45 2.31 0.93 0.90 28 4 .239 .183
Webb R 1 1 30.1 4.45 1.86 5.66 1.55 23 12 .268 .296
Bailey R 1 1 25.0 5.40 8.10 4.42 1.34 22 14 .208 .250
H Rodriguez R 1 2 15.1 5.87 9.00 4.35 2.35 18 16 .348 .250
.
When I was recapping this game, it was still being played. One thing of
note, The Rockhounds have struck out 19 times. I'm not going to recap the
offense but the game ended on two throwing errors by Sellers on the last
play of the game and the Rockhounds lost 4-3.
05.07.2008 A+
Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 24-9]
Last game 05/07/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Cahill R 4 0 36.0 2.25 2.20 2.29 0.81 48 7 .157 .200
Anderson L 5 1 33.1 2.43 4.15 2.17 1.02 36 7 .278 .204
Heuser 2 1 26.1 6.49 5.06 6.86 1.71 28 16 .348 .269
Godfrey R 0 0 22.1 4.43 6.52 2.84 1.21 18 6 .297 .217
Fernandez R 3 1 22.0 3.68 7.11 2.30 1.41 16 10 .429 .170..
The Ports and Visalia exchanges shut outs over the last two days, unfortunately
for the Ports they were the shut-outees this time around. As far as I can tell
Heuser made his first start of the season. Unfortunately it wasn't a very good.
He went 5.1IP and allowed 5 earned on 5 hits, while K'ing 5 and walking 3.
Foulke pitched 2 innings gave up a homer, was charged with a balk, struck out one
and with no walks as the Ports were shut-out and lost of Visalia.
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Not much offense, obviously, but Horton lead the charge with two hits.05.07.2008 A
Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd - 2 back Mid Western Division 20-10]
Last game 05/07/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Banwart R 2 2 35.0 2.31 1.84 2.66 1.20 32 9 .351 .178
Richmond R 2 2 30.1 4.45 4.05 4.76 1.19 17 3 .321 .254
Italiano R 3 0 29.0 1.24 0.00 2.45 1.03 41 10 .106 .250
Mitchinson R 3 0 28.1 2.54 2.63 2.45 1.13 28 6 .268 .212
Hodsdon R 0 4 17.1 6.75 3.38 12.15 2.25 11 6 .370 .410.
game postponed
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Robert Swindle
Just because I'm fascinated with the guy!.
T IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
L 16.2 0.54 0.00 0.84 0.54 16 1 .100 .167
Was there really any doubt he would be a lefty and from Canada?.
BTW for those of you who don't read the ESPN message board, he has a
low 80's fastball and a 52mph curve. He's 24 and has bounced around
the independent leagues, Boston's system and now is with the Phillies
double A affliate. He's not even listed on their official website
roster, so I have no idea if he's even on their 40 man. I nominate
Swindle as the ultimate moneyballer.05.06.2008 AAA
Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [2nd - 1 back tied, Pacific South Division 17-15]
Last game 05/06/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Meyer L 3 1 28.0 5.46 1.08 7.32 1.25 24 13 .080 .233
Gonzalez L 0 2 27.0 5.00 2.08 6.38 1.74 21 16 .286 .304
Borrell L 2 1 23.2 4.18 5.79 3.14 1.39 12 6 .353 .268
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Meyer got back into the starting rotation and had a quality start throwing
103 pitches (65 for strikes) in 6 innings allowing 3 earned while striking
out 6 and walking only 1. Gary came in from the pen and got the loss,
allowing 2 earned in 2 innings as the Cats fell 5-3. Buck had one hit in
the lead off spot as his struggles at the plate continue. The good news is
Cargo was in the lineup or at least played in the field. He did not have an
AB or PA. Petit drove in one on two singels.
05.06.2008 AA
Double A
Midland Rockhounds [2nd - 4.5 back, Tex South Division 18-14]
Last game 05/06/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Mazzaro R 3 2 40.2 2.43 2.53 2.40 1.20 27 11 .255 .257
Simmons R 2 1 31.0 1.45 2.31 0.93 0.90 28 4 .239 .183
Webb R 1 1 30.1 4.45 1.86 5.66 1.55 23 12 .268 .296
Bailey R 1 1 25.0 5.40 8.10 4.42 1.34 22 14 .208 .250
H Rodriguez R 1 2 15.1 5.87 9.00 4.35 2.35 18 16 .348 .250 I didn't do a write up regarding yesterday's game because I'm tyring to be
more timely with my updates. However, I think it's worth mentioning that
H Rodriguez had another rough outing. He allowed 4 earned runs on 6 hits
in 2.1 innings of work. He did strikeout 6 but also walked 3. I think
the A's were a little hasty in his promotion, there is no doubting his
electric stuff, he can hit 100mph on the gun (or so I've heard) but with
other pitchers, Cahill, Anderson at A+ with better numbers I wonder
if the A's are going to rethink their promotion. I guess time will only
answer that question. Here's to hoping he can figure it out.
.
So on to the current game. Mazzaro threw 92 pitches (52 strikes) in 5,
allowing two runs, 0 earned (now isn't that a familiar refrain?) while
striking out 5 and walking 2. Marshall pitched 2 scoreless innings and got his
6th hold, while Carignan only needed 12 pitches to notch his second save as
Midland beat Frisco 5-4. Guzman scored and knocked in two on a homer and single.
Zeringue went hitless, recently promoted Cunningham scored and hit a single.
05.06.2008 A+
Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 24-8]
Last game 05/06/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Cahill R 4 0 36.0 2.25 2.20 2.29 0.81 48 7 .157 .200
Anderson L 5 1 33.1 2.43 4.15 2.17 1.02 36 7 .278 .204
Godfrey R 0 0 22.1 4.43 6.52 2.84 1.21 18 6 .297 .217
Fernandez R 3 1 22.0 3.68 7.11 2.30 1.41 16 10 .429 .170
.
Wow. You have to wonder what exactly they said as Harden made his second rehab
assignment. He was brilliant through 6, K'ing 9, allowing 3 hits, no runs, but
drilled 3 hitters. Maybe they disparaged hockey? Lansford pitched 3 innings of
relief and got his first save of the season as the Ports beat the Oaks 14 to 0.
Lots and lots of offense... Gilbert scored three, hit a single and stole a base.
Horton scored two runs, on two hits, a homer (the first for a shortstop at any
level this season) and a double. Doolittle contineus to rake, knocking in two
and and scoring two, on two hits a double and a homer, which gives him 7 for the
season, tying him with teammate Jed Morris. 7 homers is good for 3rd most in the
league. Speaking of homers, though he didn't hit one tonight, Carter the league
leader with 10, scored two on a single and double. The amazing story of Jeb Morris
continues had he drove in five on two doubles and a single while scoring
two himself. Mitchell and Sulentic both contributed..
.
Every single offensive player had a hit. Every player but one scored a run. The
team struck out 7 times and walked 5 times.
05.06.2008 A
Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd - 2 back Mid Western Division 20-10]
Last game 05/06/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Banwart R 2 2 35.0 2.31 1.84 2.66 1.20 32 9 .351 .178
Richmond R 2 2 30.1 4.45 4.05 4.76 1.19 17 3 .321 .254
Italiano R 3 0 29.0 1.24 0.00 2.45 1.03 41 10 .106 .250
Mitchinson R 3 0 28.1 2.54 2.63 2.45 1.13 28 6 .268 .212
Hodsdon R 0 4 17.1 6.75 3.38 12.15 2.25 11 6 .370 .410.
I'm not sure if Hodsdon is lucky or good. He allowed 8 hits, but only 3 earned
runs in 6 innings of work. Sewell pitched 3 shutout innings and got his first
save as the Kane County beat West Michigan 10-3. Dowling knocked in 3 and scored
a run on a single and double. Cobb continued his torrid hitting with two RBI's on
as 3 run homer, his first of the season. Corey Brown k'd 3 times but still
scored a run, drew a walk and hit a single.
Monday, May 5, 2008
05.05.2008 AAA
Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, tied, Pacific South Division 17-14]
Last game 05/05/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Gonzalez L 0 2 27.0 5.00 2.08 6.38 1.74 21 16 .286 .304
Borrell L 2 1 23.2 4.18 5.79 3.14 1.39 12 6 .353 .268
Meyer L 3 1 22.0 5.73 1.08 8.56 1.23 18 12 .080 .245
DiNardo got blasted but still got the win, giving up 6 earned in 6IP as the
Cats finally beat the Cubs 16-7. Foulke came in and restored order, to a
certain extent, K'ing 3 but allowing a run in 2 innings. Not exactly a pitching
duel. But there was lots of offense: Buck, leading off, singled, scored a run
and drew 2 walks. Gaetti continues to make me look brillant that he does indeed
belong in the A's top 20 by scoring a run, knocking in 5 on a homer, a double
and a single. Melillo joined the fun with 2 walks, 2 runs and a hit. Putnam,
returning to the lineup (I think) also had a noteworthy day, gathering 2 rbis,
scoring 2 on a single and a double.
05.05.2008 AA
Double A
Midland Rockhounds [2nd, Tex South Division 17-13]
Last game 05/04/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Mazzaro R 2 2 35.2 2.78 3.12 2.67 1.21 22 6 .263 .264
Simmons R 2 1 31.0 1.45 2.31 0.93 0.90 28 4 .239 .183
Webb R 1 1 30.1 4.45 1.86 5.66 1.55 23 12 .268 .296
Bailey R 1 1 25.0 5.40 8.10 4.42 1.34 22 14 .208 .250
Madsen R 2 0 12.0 2.25 5.40 0.00 0.83 6 3 .211 .130
.
Webb got roughed up in his outing against Frisco, surrendering 5 runs, 4
earned in 5 innings, while striking out 4 and walking one. But the Hounds
prevailed 10-6. Carignan continues to impress, pitching a scoreless inning
while K'ing one and walking one. Currin had an even better inning, only
needing 6 pitches, all strikes, to retire the side. Guzman is coming down to
earth a bit, but still had an rbi on one hit, while drawing 2 walks. I wonder if
he's getting pitched around a bit. Zeringue scored 2 and knocked in 2 on a
single and double, with two walks. Donovan drew a walk, scored two and hit
a single and double. Cunningham is starting to hit, he drove in 2 on two singles.
Pennington continues to struggle.
.
As the June draft approaches, it's sometimes hard for me to forget that in 2006
Pennington got a 2M+ signing bonus and Smoak, who the A's took in the later
rounds, could not come up with an additional 50K to sign him. Smoak was a high
schooler who had committed to the Gamecocks (of S Carolina?) and was very open
that his signing demand was a cool 1M. According to Baseball America, the A's
offered 950,000K. In 2007 Jim Callis of BA said this about him, "Smoak is a
candidate to go No. 1 overall". Both BP and BA have him going to the Giants
(UGH!!!) 5th and some less reputable mock drafts have him going 2nd to the Pirates.
Of course it's not my money, and maybe the A's felt it was just too much of a risk
to give that type of money to a later round high schooler. But still, it definately
falls under the category of what might have been.
.
James Simmons was the Texas League player of the week (tip of the hat to Calicool for
the heads up). He posted an 1.93 era in 14 innings, while striking out 13. Regarding
Simmons, Bryan Smith of BP had this to say about him in a chat: "He stands as the first
in line of reaching the Major Leagues. Since they are all on the same team, I think
ranking them is sort of a strange thing to do. Simmons probably has a realistic chance
of pitching with the A's as early as August, especially if Smith/Eveland regress and/or
Blanton gets traded. He just looks too consistently good for the Texas League right now.
He'll be up first, and if he pitches well, Simmons won't have to worry when the A's have
an in-flux of those great High-A arms, I'll say that."
05.05.2008 A+
Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 23-8]
Last game 05/04/2008
.
Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Cahill R 4 0 36.0 2.25 2.20 2.29 0.81 48 7 .157 .200
Anderson L 5 1 33.1 2.43 4.15 2.17 1.02 36 7 .278 .204
Godfrey R 0 0 22.1 4.43 6.52 2.84 1.21 18 6 .297 .217
Fernandez R 3 1 22.0 3.68 7.11 2.30 1.41 16 10 .429 .170
.
Godfrey, who has been in 8 games and used primarily as a reliever, seems to
like pitching better as a starter. Allowing 5 hits and one earned run, on
a homer, he pitched 6 innings as the Ports beat Modesto 8-5. Demel and
Farley combined to shutout the Nuts for 3 as the Ports got 3 in the 11th
and Farley got the W. The hitting hero has to go to Carter who hit his
league leading 10th homer, a three run jimmy jack for the victory, scoring
Horton and Doolittle. Kudos go to Gilbert who collected 3 hits and a rbi,
Horton who scored in the 11th and hit a double and single, Morris who hit a
homer (adding to his eye popping 1.053 OPB - good for 3rd in the CA League)
and Mitchell who scored, hit a double and drew 2 walks.
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Speaking of Morris, the league notebook had this to say about him: "If all C
Jed Morris had done this year was take the field every day behind home plate,
it would already be one of the feel-good stories of the year as he returns
from leukemia, which put baseball on the back burner for 18 months. What
Morris has done at the plate has been remarkable, no matter what the situation.
Despite seeing a 16-game hitting streak (best in the league this season) snapped
on May 1, he has posted a 1.048 slugging percentage this week and led the league
with three homers and 12 RBIs. Overall, his .667 slugging percentage was fifth in
the league and he single-handedly kept his team's six-game winning streak alive on
April 29 with a decisive RBI double in an 8-7 victory over Visalia. He'd homered
earlier in the game and had two triples and four RBIs the following night in an
11-10 loss that ended the streak.".
Go Jeb!
05.05.2008 A
Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd Mid Western Division 18-10]
Last game 05/04/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Richmond R 2 2 30.1 4.45 4.05 4.76 1.19 17 3 .321 .254
Italiano R 3 0 29.0 1.24 0.00 2.45 1.03 41 10 .106 .250
Banwart R 2 2 29.0 2.48 1.59 3.60 1.10 28 5 .311 .200
Mitchinson R 3 0 28.1 2.54 2.63 2.45 1.13 28 6 .268 .212
Hodsdon R 0 4 17.1 6.75 3.38 12.15 2.25 11 6 .370 .410
Richmond had an outhing I'm sure he'd rather forget as the Cougars fell to
Clinton 11-4. Richmond allowed 6 runs, 5 earned in 6IP. The bullpen wasn't
much of a stopper allowing 5 earned in 3 innings. The offense didn't do much
of note, Corey Brown had one hit and a rbi, Cobb had two doubles but didn't
drive anybody home.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Top 20 Propsects
1 Carlos Gonzalez
2 Brett Anderson
3 Gio Gonzalez
4 James Simmons
5 Fautino De Los Santos
6 Trevor Cahill
7 Henry Rodriguez
8 Sean Doolittle
9 Corey Brown
10 Chris Carter
11 Aaron Cunningham
12 Matt Sulentic
13 Landon Powell
14 Andrew Carignan
15 Arnold Leon
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16 Gregorio Petit
17 Jesus Guzman
18 Joe Gaetti
19 Jermaine Mitchell
20 Vincent Mazzaro
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Please note, 1-15 is a copy and paste of Blee's prospect list from the Scout board.
I added 16-20, so take those with a grain of salt :).
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=304#s=304&f=2062&t=2313105&p=22
All April Team
Player Pos ab avg obp slg ops tb team
starters
Doolittle 1B 110 .345 .398 .645 1.044 71 Stockton
Melillo 2B 53 .321 .400 .509 .909 27 Sacramento
Guzman 3B 128 .391 .423 .602 1.025 77 Midland
Horton SS 103 .301 .426 .379 .805 39 Stockton
Zeringue OF 101 .317 .415 .614 1.029 62 Midland
Gaetti OF 34 .382 .447 .765 1.212 34 Sacramento*
C Brown OF 94 .319 .400 .985 55 Kane County
Morris C 81 .321 .389 .667 1.056 54 Stockton
C Carter DH 106 .274 .373 .594 .967 63 Modesto
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Bench
Petit SS 115 .313 .363 .409 .772 47 Sacramento
C Gonzales OF 70 .343 .410 .514 .925 36 Sacramento**
Sulentic OF 87 .322 .412 .506 .918 44 Stockton
Gilbert OF 113 .354 .436 .540 .976 61 Stockton
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*combined AA/AAA Stats
** on DL
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Pitcher IP era whip so bb sv h team
starters
Italiano 29.0 1.24 1.03 41 10 Kane County
Cahill 36.0 2.25 0.81 48 7 22 Modesto
Anderson 33.1 2.43 1.02 36 7 27 Modesto
Mazzaro 35.2 2.78 1.21 22 9 34 Midland
Simmons 31.0 1.45 0.90 28 4 24 Midland
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bullpen
Leon 14.0 0.64 0.93 14 6 1 7 Modesto
Marshall 20.0 1.35 1.05 12 4 1 17 Midland
Dewing 10.1 0.00 0.48 2 1 3 Kane County
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A few observations is our pitching is very, very sound. Simmons has had
amazing control and along with Chaill and Anderson these kids are
pitching great. Leon is only 19! And this list doesn't include some of
the "upside" guys like Gio, DLS, HRod.
On the hitting front, we have a lot of 1B and OF prospects but the infield
seems slim picking. There is a pretty big drop off between the guys listed
and the rest of the players at those positions. I even cheated a little by
sliding Guzman over to third, though he plays second most of the time.
May Transactions
May Transactions.
Date Type Team Player Description
05/03 Transaction Kane Adam Klein Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/03 Injury Kane Michael Richard Placed on the disabled list
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05/03 Injury Stockton F DL Santos Placed on the disabled list*
05/03 Transaction Stockton Branden Dewing Sent to Stockton from Kane County
05/02 Injury Sacto Carlos Gonzalez Placed on the disabled list
05/02 Transaction Kane Earl Oakes Released
05/02 Transaction Kane Charles Kerfoot Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/02 Transaction Kane Lance Sewell Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/02 Transaction Midland Aaron Cunningham Promoted to Midland
05/01 Transaction Sacto Rich Harden Sent to Sacramento for rehab assignment
.De Los Santos shut down: Fautino De Los Santos, a 22-year-old right-hander acquired
in the Nick Swisher deal with Chicago, has been shut down for a few weeks with elbow
soreness, according to assistant general manager David Forst.
De Los Santos was 2-2 with a 5.87 ERA at Stockton. He's allowed 29 hits and 11 walks
in 23 innings, and had 26 strikeouts. His last outing was April 24.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/03/SP4L10GBOE.DTL
05.04.2008 AAA
Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, 3 way tie, Pacific South Division 15-14]
Last game 05/03/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Gonzalez L 0 2 27.0 5.00 2.08 6.38 1.74 21 16 .286 .304
Knox R 2 1 24.2 5.47 3.63 9.82 1.78 16 10 .250 .450
Meyer L 3 1 22.0 5.73 1.08 8.56 1.23 18 12 .080 .245
Borrell L 2 1 17.0 4.24 5.87 2.89 1.29 10 5 .345 .194
Speaking of scuffling, the Cats were shut out against the Iowa Cubs as Saarloos
allowed 4 runs (2 earned) in 7 innings. He struck out 4 and walked one with
no home runs. Gaetti and Powell both had errors and Travis Buck playing center
went o'fer in two ABs. Not much offense to speak of when a team is shutout :)
It's a good thing that there's quite a bit of parity in the Pacific Division.05.04.2008 AA
Double A
Midland Rockhounds [3nd, Tex South Division 16-13]
Last game 05/03/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Mazzaro R 2 2 35.2 2.78 3.12 2.67 1.21 22 9 .263 .264
Simmons R 2 1 31.0 1.45 2.31 0.93 0.90 28 4 .239 .183
Webb R 1 1 25.1 3.91 1.17 5.09 1.50 19 11 .258 .279
Bailey R 1 1 24.0 5.40 8.10 4.42 1.40 22 14 .208 .250
H Rodriguez R 1 1 13.0 4.15 4.50 4.00 2.08 10 15 .250 .235
The Hounds continued to scuffle slightly as they fell to Frisco 3-2, though
Simmons was excellent in 7 IP allowing 2 earned runs while striking out 6 and
walking 2, Jay Marshall got the loss, walking two and allowing a run in 1.2
innings of work. Guzman followed up his o'fer in his previous game with a
run and a double, Myers drove in one on a hit and 2 BB.The problem with the Rockhounds is their hitting, with only 3 players with OPS over
.800, my critieria for usually mentioning offensive feats is if you have an OPS
over .900. It will interesting to see if some of the guys start warming up as the
season progresses.
05.04.2008 A+
Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 22-8]
Last game 05/03/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Cahill R 4 0 36.0 2.25 2.20 2.29 0.81 48 7 .157 .182
Anderson L 5 1 33.1 2.43 4.15 2.17 1.02 36 7 .278 .204
DL Santos R 2 2 23.0 5.87 5.59 6.08 1.74 26 11 .378 .245 DL
Fernandez R 3 1 22.0 3.68 7.11 2.30 1.41 16 10 .429 .170
Fernandez improved to 3-1 as the Ports beat the Nuts 9-3. Fernandez had a
quality start, 2 earned in 5 IP while striking out 5 and walking 3. Dewing
allowed a hit and struck out one in his Debut. Farley got his second save
pitching 2 innings. Gilbert scored each time he got on base (3 times) with
a single and 2 walks, Doolittle had 2 hits, with a double and an RBI, Morris
had 4 rbis on 3 hits including a homer and Carter, DH'ing, drove in 1 on 3
singles. Sulentic had one hit.05.04.2008 A
Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd Mid Western Division 18-9]
Last game 05/03/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Italiano R 3 0 29.0 1.24 0.00 2.45 1.03 41 10 .106 .250
Banwart R 2 2 29.0 2.48 1.59 3.06 1.10 28 5 .311 .200
Mitchinson R 3 0 28.1 2.54 2.63 2.45 1.13 28 6 .268 .212
Richmond R 2 1 21.1 3.70 3.75 3.65 1.15 14 3 .289 .267
Hodsdon R 0 4 17.1 6.75 3.38 12.15 2.215 11 6 .370 .410
Italiano notched his third win, going 5IP and allowing 2 runs (zero earned)
as the Kane County beat first place Clinton 6-4. Sewell allowed an earned
run in 1 IP while walking 1 and striking out 2 in his professional debut.
Cobb had a hit and a RBI and Dowling scored a run while driving in 2 on two
doubles.Saturday, May 3, 2008
May Transactions
May Transactions
Date Type Team Player Description
05/03 Injury Stockton F DL Santos Placed on the disabled list
05/03 Transaction Stockton Branden Dewing Sent to Stockton from Kane County
05/02 Injury Sacto Carlos Gonzalez Placed on the disabled list
05/02 Transaction Kane Earl Oakes Released
05/02 Transaction Kane Charles Kerfoot Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/02 Transaction Kane Lance Sewell Sent to Kane County from Extended ST
05/02 Transaction Midland Aaron Cunningham Promoted to Midland
05/01 Transaction Sacto Rich Harden Sent to Sacramento for rehab assignment
05.03.2008 AAA
Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, tied, Pacific South Division 15-13]
Last game 05/02/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Gonzalez L 0 2 27.0 5.00 2.08 6.38 1.74 21 16 .286 .304
Knox R 2 1 24.2 5.47 3.63 9.82 1.78 16 10 .250 .450
Meyer L 3 1 22.0 5.73 1.08 8.56 1.23 18 12 .080 .245
Borrell L 2 1 17.0 4.24 5.87 2.89 1.29 10 5 .345 .194
Gio had a rough outing, giving up 6 runs (5 earned) in 4IP with zero
K's and 5BB. The bullpen didn't fare much better allowing 6 more runs in 5IP as
the Cats fell 12-6 to the Cubbies. Recently promoted J Gaetti continued to rake
assembling 2 hits (a homer and double), 2 runs, 3 rbis upping his team leading
OPS of 2.067, hopefully it's not all sample size. Melillo added to the lost
cause with a homer. Powell did not play.On aside, and this may be more an issue of not following minor league ball much,
but the errors are troubling. As is the case with the big club, up and down
the farm our players continue to commit errors. Let us hope, as with Oakland, the
boys can get their defensive act together.
05.03.2008 AA
Double A
Midland Rockhounds [3nd, Tex South Division 16-12]
Last game 05/02/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Mazzaro R 2 2 35.2 2.78 3.12 2.67 1.21 22 9 .263 .264
Webb R 1 1 25.1 3.91 1.17 5.09 1.50 19 11 .258 .279
Bailey R 1 1 24.0 5.40 8.10 4.42 1.40 22 14 .208 .250
Simmons R 2 1 24.0 2.25 0.56 1.23 1.00 22 2 .294 .200
H Rodriguez R 1 1 13.0 4.15 4.50 4.00 2.08 10 15 .250 .235
The Hounds fell to Corpus Christi 7 to 9. Bailey had a quality start, 3 earned
in 6IP, with 6K's and 2BB but the bullpen had trouble allowing 6 runs (3 earned)
in 3IP. Guzman, playing third, had his first o-fer since I've been keeping a
kean eye on the minors. :) However Zeringue, if I can read a box score correctly,
hit for the cycle, while driving in 2. Pennington had one hit and drew two
walks in the losing effort.05.03.2008 A+
Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 21-8]
Last game 05/02/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Cahill R 4 0 36.0 2.25 2.20 2.29 0.81 48 7 .157 .182
Anderson L 5 1 33.1 2.43 4.15 2.17 1.02 36 7 .278 .204
DL Santos R 2 2 23.0 5.87 5.59 6.08 1.74 26 11 .378 .245
Fernandez R 1 1 17.0 3.71 4.50 4.00 1.50 11 7 .250 .235
Cahill continues to impress, though his outing wasn't excellent, 6IP, 3ER his
9K's to only 2BB was as the Ports beat the Nuts 5-3. Gilbert had 1 hit, 1BB
and drove in 1 in 2AB's, Doolittle had 2 hits, inlcuding a double, and drove
in 1, Sulentic contineus to hit, scoring a run, driving in a run and hitting a
double. Chris Carter did not play.Edit: in the May 1st game Anderson struck out 10 as he and Farley 3 hit the Oaks.
Anderson has not allowed an earned run in 4 of his 6 starts.
05.03.2008 A
Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd Mid Western Division 17-9]
Last game 05/02/2008
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Pitcher T W L IP era vLH vRH whip so bb avgLH avgRH
Banwart R 2 2 29.0 2.48 1.59 3.06 1.10 28 5 .311 .200
Mitchinson R 3 0 28.1 2.54 2.63 2.45 1.13 28 6 .268 .212
Richmond R 2 1 21.1 3.70 3.75 3.65 1.15 14 3 .289 .267
Italiano R 2 0 24.0 1.50 0.00 2.84 1.04 37 8 .105 .255
Hodsdon R 0 4 17.1 6.75 3.38 12.15 2.215 11 6 .370 .410
Mitchinson improved to 3-0 on the season as he continued to pitch well for
The Cougs by going 7.1 innings and allowing 2 earned runs, unfortunately the
bullpen could not hold the game and Kane County lost 6-2. Corey Brown went
hitless and Jack Smith did not play.
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