4/23 Low-A Minor League Report

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Wow!  Lots to report here.

Blue Jays young slugger Johermyn Chavez continues to wow with his fourth HR of the season.  Brewers OF prospects and ‘08 draftees Cutter Dykstra and Brett Lawrie took turns having big games for West Virginia and Anthony Gose doubled twice, scored twice and stole his tenth base of the year.  On the mound, Ethan Martin continues to look dominant, allowing just three hits and striking out seven in five innings for his third win and Jeffrey Kaplan also tossed five shutout innings and punched out eight for his first win.

Today’s honors go to Mauricio Robles for his one hit allowed over seven innings for his second win of the season.  Robles is an undersized southpaw who just celebrated his 20th birthday and has accrued 26 strikeouts in his first 16 innings this season.  He features a 91-93 MPH heater that can touch 95 at times and has great late movement (especially against lefties).  His curveball and change show considerable promise as well, though they remain works in progress.  Last season, Robles pitched for Western Michigan and limited hitters to a .176 BA as he went 5-3 with a 2.66 ERA and had a 54 BB/79 K ratio in 91.1 IP.  While he struggled with it last season, he seems to have harnessed his command and may earn a promotion at some point this season.  He doesn’t have a first year card available right now, but could debut at some point in 2009. 

Low-A Player of the Day—MAURICIO ROBLES

Other Notable Performances

Hitting:

• Jason Christian—1-5 HR(2) 3 RBI
• Franklin Hernandez—2-4 3B R RBI
• Jacob Elmore—2-4 HR(2) 5 RBI 2B 2R
• Alberto Diaz—1-4 HR(2) 2 RBI
• Justin Parker—3-3 2B 3B R BB
• Johermyn Chavez—1-3 HR(4) 2 RBI
• Rebel Ridling—2-4 HR(1) 3 RBI (Game1)…..1-3 2B RBI R BB (Game2)
• Josh Harrison—2-3 3B RBI R
• Kyler Burke—2-2 2 2B R
• Cutter Dykstra—3-3 2B 2 RBI 3R BB 2 SB(2)
• Brett Lawrie—1-3 2B R RBI (Game1)…..3-4 HR(2) 3 RBI 2R 3B (Game2)
• Erik Miller—3-3 3R RBI BB 3 SB(3)
• Devaris Gordon—2-4 2B 2R BB
• Jaime Pedroza—3-5 HR(1) 3 RBI 3R
• Kyle Russell—2-4 HR(2) 3 RBI 2B BB
• Brent Wyatt—3-4 3B 2 RBI 2R SB(1)
• Jordan Newton—2-6 R RBI
• Jordan Lennerton—3-5 HR(1) 3 RBI 2R
• Osvaldo Morales—1-5 HR(3) 2 RBI
• Evan Bigley—1-4 2B 2 RBI R
• Angel Castillo—1-2 HR(2) 3 RBI 2 BB
• Nate Tenbrink—2-4 2B R RBI BB
• Joe Mahoney—3-4 R SB(5)
• Karexon Sanchez—2-4 HR(3) 5 RBI 3B
• Anthony Gose—3-4 2 2B 2R RBI SB(10)
• Chris Curran—2-2 2B 2 BB SB(3)
• Phil Disher—3-4 HR(3) 3 RBI
• Jordany Valdespin—3-4 HR(3) 3 RBI 3B 2R
• James Cesario—3-8 2B 2R 2 RBI
• Jordan Pacheco—5-6 3 RBI BB R
• Patrick Rose—2-5 2B 2 RBI R BB
• Scott Robinson—3-6 2R SB(8)
• Joel Staples—2-6 3B R 4 RBI BB
• Jeremy Synan—2-5 2B 3R HR(1) RBI 2 BB
• Daniel Brewer—4-5 HR(1) 3 RBI 3R 2B
• Mike Lyon—3-4 2 2B
• Johnny Monell—3-5 HR(1) RBI 3R
• Charlie Culberson—1-3 3B 2 RBI R
• Tim Beckham—2-4 2B R
• Jacob Jeffries—2-4 R RBI
• Henry Wrigley—3-4 2 2B 2R
• Michael Sheridan—3-4 2 RBI 2 SB(2) R

Pitching:

• Frank De Los Santos—5 IP 5H BB 3K W(1-0)
• Dexter Carter—6 IP 4H ER 3 BB 8K
• Yeiper Castillo—4 IP 2H 2 BB 6K
• Jeffrey Kaplan—5 IP 5H BB 8K W(1-0)
• Cole McCurry—6 IP 5H 2 ER 2 BB 7K
• Jesus Sanchez—5 IP 4H 2 BB 9K W(1-1)
• Brad Dydalewicz—7 IP 3H BB 5K W(2-0)
• Carlos Pimentel—6 IP 4H 2 ER BB 6K L(0-1)
• Shawn Haviland—6 IP 2H 2 ER BB 7K W(2-0)
• Ethan Martin—5 IP 3H BB 7K W(3-0)
• Mauricio Robles—7 IP H 3 BB 8K W(2-0)
• Bobby Lanigan—6.2 IP 6H 4 ER BB 10K W(1-0)
• Brett Lorin—5 IP 2H UER 3 BB 3K

4/23 High-A Minor League Report

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Michael Stanton and Matt Dominguez homered in yesterday’s games as did Dominic Brown, Lonnie Chisenhall, Felix Carrasco, Charlie Blackmon, Thomas Neal, and Brandon Crawford.  Tyler Robertson looks like his is on the comeback trail as he tossed five scoreless innings to earn his first win of ‘09 and Duane Below tossed a hitless five innings allowing an unearned run and striking out seven.

Today’s top High-A player is Michael Burgess.  The former 1st round pick has struggled mightily this season (.163 BA), but he belted his fourth HR of the season, driving in five and walking and scoring twice.  Burgess has enormous power potential but is still learning how to reign in his plate discipline.  The left handed slugger has walked seven time in his last ten games though, which gives reason to believe that he could make some progress as the season goes on.

High-A Player of the Day—MICHAEL BURGESS

Other Notable Performances

Hitting:

• Clay Fuller—2-4 HR(2) 2 RBI 2R 2B BB SB(6)
• Matthew Sweeney—2-5 3B R RBI
• Julio Perez—3-5 2B RBI R
• Brandon Crawford—2-4 HR(5) 3 RBI BB
• Roger Kieschnick—2-5 2 2B 2R
• Thomas Neal—3-5 HR(2) 4 RBI 2B 2R
• Charlie Blackmon—1-4 HR(1) RBI
• Matt Spencer—2-3 2R 2 BB 2 SB(3)
• Timmy Smith—3-4 HR(2) 4 RBI 2B 2R
• Alex Presley—1-5 HR(1) 2 RBI 2R
• Jordy Mercer—1-3 R 2 BB SB(2)
• Kris Watts—2-5 HR(2) 2 RBI 2R
• Tim Fedroff—4-5 2 2B 3B 3R RBI
• Lonnie Chisenhall—2-5 2B HR(3) 3 RBI
• Michael Burgess—2-3 HR(4) 5 RBI 2 BB 2R
• David Espinosa—2-5 2B R RBI BB SB(6)
• Greg Paimi—2-4 HR(1) 3 RBI
• Kris Negron—3-4 2 HR(2) 4 RBI 2R
• Eric Fryer—2-4 2B 2R RBI BB
• Jesus Montero—2-4 R 3 RBI
• Dominic Brown—2-4 HR(1) 3 RBI 2R SB(4)
• Freddy Galvis—2-4 3R BB 2 SB(2)
• Mike Gosse—2-5 HR(1) 3 RBI
• Ben Revere—2-5 R RBI 2 SB(7)
• Joe Benson—1-3 2B R RBI BB
• Deibinson Romero—2-3 2R BB
• Matthew Hall—1-2 R 2 BB 2 SB(2)
• Reese Havens—1-2 2B R 2 BB
• Matt Dominguez—1-3 HR(1) 2 RBI BB
• Michael Stanton—1-4 HR(4) RBI

Pitching:

• Alejandro Sanabia—5 IP 4H ER 2 BB 6K
• Tyler Robertson—5 IP 5H BB 5K W(1-0)
• Duane Below—5 IP 0H UER 2 BB 7K W(1-1)
• Wilkin De La Rosa—4 IP H 2 BB 3K
• Wynn Pelzer—5 IP H ER 2 BB 4K W(2-0)
• Bryan Olan—1.2 IP BB 3K SV(4)
• Scott Barnes—5 IP 5H 2 ER 2 BB 5K W(2-1)
• Bruce Billings—5 IP 4H BB 5K W(1-2)
• Seth Garrison—6 IP 4H ER 6K W(1-0)

4/23 AA Minor League Report

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Michael Taylor had a big day at the plate belting two HR, driving in three and scoring three times.  Detroit Tigers shortstop prospect Maxwell Leon, who had zero homeruns last season, blasted his third and drove in six.  Collin DeLome hit HR number six and drove in three and Justin Smoak hit his second HR of the season, driving in three.

Today’s top player was Chicago White Sox top hurler Aaron Poreda.  The tall lefty surrendered just four hits over seven innings striking out 11 en route to his first victory of the season.  Once rumored to be a part of Chicago’s bullpen out of spring training, it appears that the Sox would much rather feature his 98 MPH fastball for more than one inning in a game.  AA should be a good fit for him right now as he needs to develop greater command of his slider and change in order to reach his potential as a frontline starter.  At 22 years old, there is plenty of time for the youngster to develop.

AA Player of the Day—AARON POREDA

Other Notable Peformances

Hitting:

• Mike Mooney—1-4 GS HR(2) 4 RBI
• Michael Taylor—4-6 2 HR(2) 3 RBI 3R
• Maxwell Leon—3-5 HR(3) 6 RBI 3B
• Jim Negrych—2-5 2B 2 RBI R
• Pedro Lopez—2-4 HR(1) RBI 2R
• Joshua Rodriguez—3-3 3R RBI BB SB(1)
• Brandon Allen—1-4 HR(1) 3 RBI
• Mark Hallberg—4-5 2B R
• Gerardo Parra—2-5 2B R
• Tony Thomas—3-5 HR(4) 2 RBI 3R SB(3)
• Jose Vallejo—3-5 2B 3B 2R 2 RBI
• Johnny Whittleman—3-4 2B R RBI
• Collin DeLome—3-5 HR(6) 3 RBI 3R SB(3)
• Mitch Einertson—2-5 HR(3) 3 RBI
• Drew Locke—3-5 HR(3) 4 RBI 2R
• Chris Carter—2-4 2 2B 2 RBI BB 3R
• Adrian Cardenas—2-5 2B RBI
• Mitch Canham—3-4 2 2B RBI R
• Peter Bourjos—2-4 2B 2R SB(5)
• James Rapoport—3-5 GS HR(1) 5 RBI 2R
• Daryl Jones—3-4 2R
• Chris Nelson—2-4 2B 2R HR(3) 3 RBI
• Justin Smoak—2-5 HR(2) 3 RBI

Pitching:

• Troy Patton—5.1 IP 2H ER 3 BB 1K
• Alfredo Figaro—6 IP 3H 2 ER BB 8K W(2-0)
• Zach McAllister—7 IP 2H ER 4K W(1-0)
• Aaron Poreda—7 IP 3H ER BB 11 K W(1-2)
• Bryan Augenstein—7 IP 3H ER BB 4K W(3-0)
• Casey Coleman—6 IP 6H 2 ER 3 BB 5K W(3-0)
• Travis Banwart—5.2 IP 3H 2 BB 5K W(2-0)

4/23 AAA Report

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Nolan Reimold, Mat Gamel and Andrew McCutchen continued their multi-hit ways with two knocks each, and both David Hernandez, Bud Norris and Gio Gonzalez compiled strong performances punching out eight hitters apiece. 

Today’s top player in the AAA ranks is Pittsburgh’s Steven Pearce whose second HR was part of a four-hit, three RBI day.  Pearce’s stock has dropped significantly since being MiLB’s Player of the Year in 2007.  With more talented outfielders like Andrew McCutchen and Jose Tabata in the Pirates’ system, Pearce’s opportunities with the Bucs will be limited at best.  His play last season and at the beginning of this season does not warrant any consideration beyond that of a fourth outfielder or platoon player.

AAA Player of the Day—STEVEN PEARCE

Other Notable Performances

Hitting:

• Steven Pearce—4-5 HR(2) 3 RBI 2B SB(1)
• Andrew McCutchen—2-5 RBI
• Chris Valaika—2-5 HR(2) RBI
• Adam Rosales—2-5 2B 3B 2R
• Drew Stubbs—2-4 2 RBI
• Wilkin Ramirez—2-4 R RBI
• Danny Worth—2-5 2B 3B
• Brandon Jones—4-5 2B R RBI
• Nolan Reimold—2-3 2B BB
• Matt Joyce—2-4 2B 3 RBI
• Mat Gamel—2-4 R 3 RBI
• Jai Miller 2-4 3B 2R 3 RBI
• Max Ramirez—1-3 2R RBI
• Alex Romero—4-5 2 3B 2R 2 RBI
• Chris Pettit—2-4 HR(1) 3 RBI 2B 2R
• Jesus Guzman—3-5 2B R

Pitching:

• Gio Gonzalez—4.2 IP 3H BB 8K
• David Hernandez—6 IP 5H 3 ER BB 8K W(1-0)
• Bud Norris—7 IP 6H 2 ER 8K L(0-1)