New Look and Content

Hello All or to the two peeps who actually visit this site. :-)

I was informed that the site was a little boring... so I decided that maybe it was time to try something different. I'm going to start posting the lineups and the players will be linked to their MilB page. I usually try to list all the pitchers and just the "future stars" in terms of offense.

And by "future stars" I mean anybody who (hopefully) doesn't turn into more "soft-swinging pansies".

And speaking of soft-swinging pansies I've added something I think is kind of cool. Over at BP they've generated a report on all the minors. Unfortunately because of formatting difficulties or limitations of the blogger platform I can't really make it any easier to read. In the chart below (Rivercats post) I have gathered information from BP Prospectus that lays out what our prospects are projected to do. The first 5 columns (position, age, hits, homeruns, rbis) are all actuals. Then in the next 4 groups of columns (Batting Average, On Base Average, Slugging Average, Equivalent Average) the first column in the group is the player's actual numbers/stat, the second is adjusted for the league and stadium they play in, and the final column is what they are projected to do at the major league level. That projection probably gets a bit looser as a prospect is farther away from actually getting to the majors, but if you're interested in what someone at Sacramento may do in Oakland, here you go.

I'll be posting this information for both our hitters and pitchers. Hitting wise in the PCL we don't really have much. Patterson and Linden (who isn't even in our system anymore) and both old(er) for AAA grade out to be our besting hitting prospects. That's not good. But not that big of a surprise, as anybody who has watched the A's offense this year can attest.

08.02.2008 A+

Stockton Ports - Class A Advanced
CAL South, California League
19-22, 3rd place, 5 games back
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Line Up:
Gilbert       DH
Massaro       RF
Cardenas      SS
Carter        3B
Spencer       1B
Donaldson      C
Brown, C      CF
Mitchell      LF
Valdez, A     2B
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Recap:
Well, not sure what Stockton is doing with their starting pitching for this game.
I suppose they are getting inventive with Cahill and Anderson promoted to Midland.
Currin started but only got through 1.2 IP.  He gave up 6 hits, 7 runs, struck
out 1 and walked 2.  He was relieved by Dewing who threw 2.1 scoreless innings.
Dewing was relieved by H-Rod who continues to struggle.  In 2.1 innings he gave
up 3 earned, stuck out only 1 and walked 3.  Heuser got the a BS and the W and
Demel got his 15th save, with a perfect 9th, as the Ports beat the Visalia 12-11.
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Brown hit his 5th and 6th homer, with 4 rbis, Spencer hit his 2nd a two run shot
in the 5th.  Donaldson had 3 hits and 1 rbi.  Carter drove in 1 on 3 hits, including
2 doubles.  

08.02.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
South, Pacific Coast League
63-50, 1st place
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Line Up:
Patterson     2B
Denorfia      CF
Murton        LF
Powell         C
Murphy        3B
Gaetti, J     DH
Bankston      1B
Rogowski       C
Putnam        RF
Pennington    SS
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Recap:
So still no Buck, but it looks as if Mazzaro has been added to the roster.
He's just a baby so it will be interesting to see how he fares against more
mature hitters.  Good luck Vince.
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It took 13 innings but the Cats finally prevailed over Nashville.  Knox was
the hardluck pitcher, throwing 7 innings and only allowing 1 earned run.  He
struck out 2 and didn't walk anybody.  Foulke came in and gave up 2 earned in
one inning and got the blown save.  Wing and Prinz both threw 1.1 scoreless
innings each.  Vulturing a W, Kilby pitched a scoreless 13th.
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4 runs in 13 innings, there's not going to be a ton of offense but Denorfia
had 2 rbis on a double and Rogowski drove in one.  It's looking as if Buck
has to be out with some type injury as Knoedler, a catcher(!), came in as a PR.
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As discussed above here is the new content to the site (doesn't that sound formal?)
Unfortunately until I can figure out how to copy/paste or somehow copy a chart with
it's formatting I'll probably only be able to update these numbers one, maybe twice
a week.
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Hope all of the two readers that visit this site enjoy:...

       Pos Age   H HR RBI         BA             OBA              SA             EQA
Penning SS  24  56  2  14  .273 .272 .257  .395 .327 .372  .366 .411 .343  .271 .255 .262
Petit   SS  23  65  0  25  .285 .263 .258  .336 .310 .303  .342 .306 .355  .231 .214 .228
Rogowsk 1B  27  95  3  57  .271 .252 .265  .351 .365 .360  .446 .338 .383  .273 .257 .264
Banksto 1B  24  77 15  53  .272 .255 .201  .312 .309 .307  .491 .353 .363  .263 .233 .237
Conrad  2B  28  88 21  67  .242 .253 .261  .320 .290 .345  .484 .442 .261  .265 .247 .250
Patters 2B  25  23  3  13  .343 .290 .323  .400 .353 .364  .612 .548 .581  .333 .298 .310
Murphay 2B  25  11  6  10  .224 .245 .245  .309 .315 .315  .653 .505 .505  .298 .275 .275
Baisley 3B  25  66  8  40  .289 .263 .200  .375 .340 .273  .491 .448 .560  .288 .269 .271
Guzman  3B  24  14  2   9  .237 .217 .194  .281 .262 .262  .373 .350 .374  .212 .204 .219
Murton  OF  26   2  0   0  .125 .125 .125  .125 .125 .125  .188 .188 .188  .000 .000 .000
Putnam  OF  25  67 14  48  .268 .244 .285  .361 .329 .351  .504 .453 .430  .286 .267 .269
Robnett OF  24  48  3  18  .246 .196 .234  .317 .267 .303  .369 .387 .345  .238 .224 .229
Gaetti  OF  26  49 14  33  .271 .200 .267  .350 .273 .344  .575 .560 .457  .298 .271 .272
Buck    OF  24  46  2  17  .289 .265 .277  .386 .357 .314  .403 .377 .495  .276 .261 .269
Denorfi OF  27  22  1   9  .268 .226 .250  .303 .273 .292  .341 .323 .383  .229 .205 .226
Powell   C  26  62 14  46  .232 .227 .275  .350 .301 .327  .431 .370 .392  .265 .239 .246
Knoedler C  27  28  6  22  .178 .229 .229  .233 .261 .261  .369 .289 .289  .203 .198 .195

08.02.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
MID Western, Texas League
24-18, 2nd place, 1 game1 back
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Line Up (First Game):
Donovan, T    CF
Herrera, J    DH
Cunningham    LF
Everidge      3B
Leslie, M     3B
Zeringue      RF
Doolittle     1B
Recker         C
Affronti      SS
Sellers       2B
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Recap:
Outman started the game.  He went 4 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run and
2 K's.  Bailey came in and pitched 2 innings and got the win in his first relief
appearance of the season, I believe.  He gave up two hits and one earned run as
the Rockhounds beat Corpus Christi 7-3 in 7.
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Zeringue hit his 20th homer tying him for second in the league;  a 3 run shot
with 2 outs.  Everidge had an rbi as did Cunningham.
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Line Up (Second Game):
Herrera, J    DH
Sellers       2B
Cunningham    CF
Everidge      1B
Doolittle     RF
Zeringue      LF
Morris         C
Leslie, M     3B
Martinez, F   SS
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Recap:
Windsor (remember him?) started the game for the Cougs and did okay.  Not quite
a quality start he pitched 5 innings and gave up 7 hits, but only two earned run
while striking out 2.  He also had a balk and HBP.  Farley got his 5th hold and
Carignan continues to impress, notching his 18th save throwing a scoreless 7th,
as the Hounds beat the Hooks 7-4 in the second game, sweeping the double header.
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Cunningham hit a 3 run dinger in the 5th.  Both Zeringue and Morris had a rbi each
to finish the scoring.
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Doolittle committed his 4th error.  The Rockhounds turned 1 doubleplay. 

08.02.2008 A

Kane County Cougars
MID Western, Midwest League
18-23, 7th place, 6 games back
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Line Up:
Klein         LF-RF
Hollingsworth LF
Richard       SS
Cobb          2B
Johnson       CF
Smith, Jake   DH
Dowling       1B
Paramore       C
Frash         3B
Keough        RF
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Recap:
Sewel had a quality start going 6.1 innings.  He allowed 7 hits but but only one
earned run, while striking out 5 and walking 1.  Kerfoot got his second hold
pitching 1.2 innings.  Friend recorded his 9th save by pitching a perfect 9th, as
Kane County beat West Michigan 5-2.
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Dowling hit his 11th homer a two run shot and good for second on the team.  Smith
had two hits and drove in 1.
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Richard committed his 19th error, though the Courgars turned 3 double plays.

08.02.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians
NOR West, Northwest League
18-26, 3rd place, 5 games back
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Line Up (First Game):
Thomas     LF
Tirado     2B
Napoleon   1B
Lissman    DH
Christian  SS
Barfield   RF
Love        C
Rutherford 3B
West       CF
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Recap:
Barham started the game throwing 3 innings, giving up one earned run. 
According to the boxscore he got the loss, as the Canandians once again
struggled to score and dropped another game, losing 3-1 in 7 innings to
Salem-Keizer.  However I believe the box is incorrect as Fitts threw 2
innings and allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs. Thomas threw 2 shut out
innings to finish up the game.
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Barfield drove in the only run on a double in the 4th.
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Tirado committed his 15th error.

08.01.2008 AAA

Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, Pacific South Division 62-50]
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Meyer        L  10 5  122.2   4.48  3.86  4.70  1.35 109  52   .264   .237
Gonzalez     L   7 7  115.0   4.54  5.16  4.32  1.44 119  58   .218   .251
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Gio found his groove against Nashville going 8 innings, allowing only 2 hits,
striking out 9 and walking 3.  Marshall finished the game pitching a scoreless
9th as the Rivercats shutout the Sound 6-0.
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Resembling the A's, the Cats scored all their runs in the 6th on 7 consecutive hits.
Patterson, Denorfia, Rogowski, Powell, Murton, Putnam and Murphy all contributed;
with Murton through Murphy all getting doubles.  Buck did not play.  I've emailed
both Susan Slusser and Ken Armbrust to see if they knew why Buck isn't playing.
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File Under: Interesting Tidbits of former A's players:  John Wasdin (remember him?),
now pitching for the Memphis Red Birds in the PCL had a perfect game going into
the 8th on 07/21/2008.  He lost it by giving up a homerun to Chris Shelton
(remember him??).