Wednesday, August 10, 2005 |
Minor League Scorebook
2005-08-09: Nashville 8, Salt Lake 5
Callaspo, A: 0-5
Gorneault: 1-4
Mathis: 1-4
Andrews: (L, 6-7), 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 3 K, 2 BB, 6.19 ERA
Woods: 1.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 7.36 ERA
Opposition pitcher Wes Obermueller has been up and down with the Brewers over the years, and the hourglass is kind of running out on his career. With the Brewers inching toward a .500 season and harboring legitimate thoughts of divisional contention with some luck (read: stumbles by the Cards), his future is either in the pen or with another team.
Chris Prieto continues to knock the ball around with some authority, and with good plate selectiveness to boot, walking (45) more than he's struck out (35). The only reason I can think of that we haven't heard anyone talk about him is the fact that he's 32, well beyond prospect status. (Interestingly enough, he came up through the Padres' system, and started 1994 through 1996 at high-A Rancho when it was a Padres' affiliate.) I imagine he's hoping for a callup as a fourth/fifth outfielder type. I can only wish him luck.
Willits, R: 2-4
Kendrick, H: 2-4, 1 RBI
Morales, K: 0-4
Aspito: 2-4
Collazo: 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4.99 ERA
Pullin: (BS, 3)(W, 3-6) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 5.81 ERA
Willie Collazo was an Atlantic League pickup in 2004; he hasn't posted impressive numbers at Arkansas or Salt Lake. Another one of those guys who posts ridiculous strikeout rates but can't keep his WHIP in the solar system. He had a one-run shutout going into the sixth, when Aaron Pullin blew the save and surrendered the tying run.
Howie Kendrick and Gregory Porter provided all the Travs' offense, with Porter hitting the game winner in the ninth. You can see why, then, Kendrick was named Texas League Player of the Week for August 1-7. Not bad for a fresh callup.
Wood, B: 0-4
Rodriguez, R: 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 K, 5 BB, 4.51 ERA
Dowdy: (L, 2-3) (in relief), 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 4.68 ERA
Brandon Wood struck out three times; the only Rancho scoring was on an Aaron Peel solo shot.
Sandoval, F: 2-5
Collins: 2-5, 1 RBI
Toussaint: 0-2, 2 BB
Madrigal: 1-4, 1 RBI
Gelinas: 4.1 IP, 2 ER, 4.14 ERA
Gonzalez: 2.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 4 K, 0 BB, 5.50 ERA
Waters: (L, 1-5) (in relief), 0.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 4.35 ERA
Nieves: 2-4, 2 RBI
Quinlan: 1-3, 2 RBI
Ryan: 3-5, 1 RBI
Johnson: 2-5, 1 RBI
Rivera: 1-2, 2 BB
Edwards: 2-4, 1 RBI
Prinz: 2.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 5 K, 2 BB, 12.00 ERA
Howell: (W, 1-1) (in relief), 1.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 6.30 ERA
Arredondo: 3.0 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 4.30 ERA
Aldridge: 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 4 K, 2 BB, 1.80 ERA
Morris: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Trumbo: 0-4
Hughes: 3-4, 1 RBI
Whittington: 0.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 3.05 ERA
Wilson: (H, 1)(L, 1-3) (in relief), 1.1 IP, 2 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 4.82 ERA
Trumbo's far from a failure, but he also isn't posting anything like the "gaudy numbers" John Sickels suggested earlier.
Update 8/10: Via FutureAngels, another MILB.com story, this time about the Angels' other Dallas, Dallas Morris.
Young, D: 1-5
Grabowski: 1-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Nakamura: 2-4
Aybar: 1-4, 1 RBI
Erickson: (L, 0-2), 5.1 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 4 K, 3 BB, 9.64 ERA
Insert Quarter, Please: Nope, Erickson still doesn't have anything. Try again?
Some guys never quit, and you can't keep a good AAAA guy down, it seems. So it is with Scott McClain, whom last I saw in Cubs spring training in 2004. He didn't win a roster spot then, so he evacuated to Japan, where he ended up with a pretty horrible .184/.268/.355 line. So what do we find but McClain is up with the Iowa Cubs and hitting the tar out of the ball, with a .286/.348/.581 line and 26 home runs.
Abreu, T: 1-5, 1 RBI
Martin, R: 1-3
Guzman, J: 1-3
Loney: 0-3
Orenduff, J: 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 3.95 ERA
Rodriguez: 2.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 5.54 ERA
Kuo: (W, 1-1) (in relief), 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 1.45 ERA
A good close game for the Suns, with the pitching doing a good job of keeping the club in it. Two walks by Kuo, though? Hrm.
I was meditating on how roughly DePodesta has manhandled the catching prospects in the Dodgers system. Before last year's big trade, depth ran Paul Lo Duca, Dave Ross, and Koyie Hill. Would the Dodgers have been better off not trading Hill? His major league line is .227/.329/.288, appreciably better than Dioner's .194/.324/.194. On the other hand, Brad Penny.
2005-08-09: Columbus 5, Augusta 6
Nicholson: 4-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Dewitt: 2-4
Batz: 2-4, 2 RBI
Malone: 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 5 K, 1 BB, 3.73 ERA
Weeden: (L, 2-9) (in relief), 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 K, 3 BB, 5.48 ERA
Former Yankee farmhand Brandon Weeden was the Yanks' second-round pick in 2002, and by 2004, Josh Boyd of Baseball America ranked him outside that organization's top ten, a pretty sorry distinction for a system that, at the time, was in serious disrepair. I see he's done nothing to change that.
Gonzalez: 2-4
Robinson: 2-3, 1 RBI
Johnson: 3.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 6 K, 0 BB, 9.53 ERA
Paris: 2.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 5.40 ERA
Norrito: (L, 1-1) (in relief), 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 4.20 ERA
navarro's eqa: .234 (age 21)
both suck, but navarro's only had 34 ab's. Your not trying to tell me loosing david ross is a bad thing? Is he really any different than mike rose? I think your letting your preconceptions get ahead of the facts.
: 8/10/2005 11:59:00 AM
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