04.30.2008 AAA

Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, Pacific South Division 14-12]
Last game 04/30/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Knox         R   2 1   24.2   5.47  3.63  9.82  1.78  16  10   .250   .450
Gonzalez     L   0 1   23.0   3.91  2.25  4.80  1.52  21  11   .281   .283
Meyer        L   2 1   17.2   6.11  0.00  9.82  1.36  12  11   .050   .273
Borrell      L   2 1   17.0   4.24  5.87  2.89  1.29  10   5   .345   .194
DiNardo      L   1 0    6.0   0.00  0.00  0.00   .50   4   0   .167   .111

DiNardo pitched 6 shutout innings in his first game since being demoted to
AAA.  He struck out 4 and allowed 3 hits as the Cats beat Omaha 4-1 garnishing
a win and Ziegler got the save (his second).  In his first game since being
promoted to AAA Joe Gaetti (son of Gary?) playing right drove in 2 going 3 for
4 and was just a triple shy of the cycle, neither Gargo nor Melillo were in the
line-up.

04.30.2008 AA

Double A
Midland Rockhounds [3rd, Tex South Division 15-11]
Last game 04/30/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Mazzaro      R   2 2   29.0   2.79  3.38  2.57  1.34  11   8   .257   .268
Webb         R   1 1   25.1   3.91  1.17  5.09  1.50  19  11   .258   .279
Simmons      R   2 1   21.0   1.13  2.25  0.56  1.00  22   2   .294   .200
Bailey       R   1 1   19.0   5.68  9.53  4.05  1.58  16  12   .238   .283
H Rodriguez  R   1 1   13.0   4.15  4.50  4.00  2.08  10  15   .250   .235

Rodriguez fared much better his second time taking the mound, shutting out
the Hooks for 5 innings and only allowing 2 hits as Midland won 11 to 4. 
Guzman playing third (also) only went 3 for 5 with 2 runs, 1 double and 3 rbis. 
He just continues his torrid hitting.  Don't cool off Jesus!  Donovan (CF) went
2 for 5 scoring 2.

04.30.2008 A+

Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 19-7]
Last game 04/29/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Cahill       R   3 0   30.0   1.80  1.84  1.76  0.83  39   5   .152   .232
Anderson     L   4 1   26.1   3.08  4.91  2.78  1.22  26   7   .313   .227
DL Santos    R   2 2   23.0   5.87  5.59  6.08  1.74  26  11   .378   .245
Fernandez    R   2 1   17.0   3.71  7.36  2.70  1.29  11   7   .421   .156

The Ports eeked out a victory 8-7 as Godfrey struggled giving up 5 earned in
5IP.  Farley blew the save, but got the win and Demel came in and got his
second save.  Gilbert (LF) had a triple, 2 hits and scored 1, not to be outdone
Sulentic (RF) was 3 for 4, with 2 runs, a triple and a RBI, Morris (C) went 2
for 5, with a double, homer, one run and ribbie, while Afronti (2b) hit his
first homer of the season.

04.30.2008 A

Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd Mid Western Division 17-8]
Last game 04/30/2008
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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
Richmond     R   2 1   24.1   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
Mitchinson   R   3 0   21.0   2.57  3.27  1.42  1.24  22   5   .261   .243
Hodsdon      R   0 4   17.1   6.75  3.38 12.15  2.25  11   6   .370   .410

Hodson continued to struggle giving up 7 runs in 3.1 IP, however only one
was earned as the defense committed four errors in the game.  The Cougars fell
11-4.  Brown (C, CF) continued his hot hitting with 2 doubles, 3 hits, 2 runs,
one walk in 4 ABs.

Jesus Guzman

Jesus Guzman won his second consecutive Texas League Player of the Week award. Guzman is currently leading the league in hits, RBI’s and total bases. He is in the top 3 in average, homers, OBP, SLG and OPS to coin a phrase he is hitting the cover off the ball. He is crushing right-handed pitching at a clip of 1.147OPS.

Signed in 2000, when he was 17 as a non-drafted free agent from Venezuela with the Seattle Mariners, he played rookie ball from 2001-2003 in the Venezuelan Summer League. He was named Most Valuable Player by the Mariners in 2003. In 2004, at the age of 20, he made his debut stateside for the M’s A+ team in the California League with the Inland Empires. He posted an OPS of .836 his first year and was promoted to double A where his hitting seemed to stall out a bit, posting OPS' of .723 and .719 in 2005 and 2006. He was suspended for 15 days in 2005 for steriods. In 2007 he was demoted back to A+ where he found his grove and posted a career best .909 OPS.

After the end of the 2007 season the M’s released, him (if anybody has any insight as to why please do tell) and he was signed by the A’s. Playing second and third base currently at Midland it has to be only a matter of time before he is promoted to Sacramento. Still relatively young at a baseball age of 24 (he was born 6/14/1984) he could be the power infield bat the A’s need at the corner.

Fielding wise it’s hard to see how he is with the glove and if he is better suited for second or third. He has committed 4 errors second only to Pennington (who has 5).