8/5 High-A Minor League Report

Posted by Jeremy on August 6, 2009 under Uncategorized | Read the First Comment

J.B. Shuck added another multi-hit game to his resume by rapping five hits yesterday, driving in two runs and scoring four times.  The Houston Astros’ 6th round pick in last year’s draft is hitting .333 with 1 HR 32 RBI and 18 SB this season.  Shuck has excellent speed and top notch plate discipline that has helped him earn a sterling 51 BB/39 K ratio this season.  The Astros’ farm system is incredibly thin, but one of the few areas that they have a good amount of depth is the outfield.  Players like Brian Bogusevic, Collin DeLome, T.J. Steele, Jon Gaston and Jay Austin are thought of highly and pose serious threats to Shuck’s development.  One thing that works against him is the fact that he has little to no power potential.  His discipline, speed, and defensive capabilities makes him an intriguing prospect going forward, especially if he can be included in a deal to an organization that could better use his services.

Today’s top prospect from the High-A ranks is Oakland A’s OF prospect Grant Desme.  A 2nd round draft pick in 2007, Desme knocked his 24th and 25th HR’s of the season, driving in three and stealing his 35th base.  Desme has torn the cover off of the ball since being promoted to Stockton, hitting 14 of his 25 HR’s in just 40 games.  Desme’s game is very similar to fellow A’s farmhand Corey Brown.  Both Brown and Desme have above average athleticism and well-leveraged swings that generate exceptional power to all fields.  Unfortunately both Desme and Brown are highly culpable to racking up a large number of strikeouts.  Desme has fanned 129 times in 108 games.  He has shown some willingess to draw walks but he’s got a long way to go.  Desme doesn’t have any major market cards out to date, but keep your eyes peeled for a 2009 offering, perhaps an auto in the ‘09 Donruss brands.

High-A Player of the Day—GRANT DESME

 

Other Notable Performances

Hitting:

• Alex Liddi—2-3 2 RBI BB
• Leury Bonilla—3-5 2B R RBI
• J.B. Shuck—5-6 2B 4R 2 RBI
• Koby Clemens—3-6 2B 2R 3 RBI
• Brian Barnes—4-4 R 3B 3 RBI
• Matt Weston—3-6 2R 2 RBI
• Ebert Rosario—3-5 HR(5) 3 RBI 3R BB
• Lonnie Chisenhall—1-4 HR(18) RBI
• Cody Overbeck—3-4 2 2B 2R 2 RBI
• Michael Burgess—2-4 2 HR(18) 4 RBI 2r
• Ryan Adams—3-5 2 2B R 4 RBI
• Pedro Florimon Jr.—2-5 2B R 4 RBI
• Ty Henson—2-4 3R BB
• Billy Rowell—3-4 HR(9) RBI 2R BB
• Robert Widlansky—3-4 2B 2R RBI BB
• Christopher White—1-3 HR(2) 3 RBI 2R BB
• Austin Romine—2-4 3R 2 RBI 2 BB SB(10)
• Dan Brewer—3-6 R
• Brandon Laird—2-5 R 2 RBI
• David Adams—3-5 2B RBI
• Luis Nunez—3-5 2R BB
• Neftali Soto—3-4 R 2 RBI
• Devin Mesoraco—2-5 2B 2 RBI
• Brandon Guyer—2-3 2R BB
• Ben Revere—3-6 R SB(34)
• Chris Parmelee—2-6 2B R 2 RBI
• Evan Bigley—1-5 HR(3) 3 RBI
• Adron Chambers—2-5 3R 3B 3 RBI
• Jose Garcia—4-5 HR(2) 3 RBI
• Mauro Gomez—3-4 HR(19) 3 RBI BB
• Matt Lawson—2-4 2 2B 2R RBI
• Charlie Blackmon—2-4 2B 2R
• James Darnell—2-5 HR(17) 3 RBI
• Felix Carrasco—1-4 HR(9) 2 RBI BB 2R
• Grant Desme—3-4 2 HR(25) 3 RBI 2R SB(35)
• P.J. Phillips—3-5 2B R 4 RBI
• Clay Fuller—2-5 2 RBI R SB(26)
• Trayvon Robinson—2-5 HR(13) 2 RBI 3B 2R
• Elian Herrera—2-2 HR(3) 3 RBI 2 SB(32)

Pitching:

• Christian Freidrich—5.2 IP 3H 2 UER 3 BB 10K
• David Kopp—5.2 IP 2H 2 BB 8K W (5-3)
• Paolo Espino—7.1 IP H ER BB 6K
• Darren Byrd—6 IP 3H ER 3 BB 5K W (5-3)
• Jay Jackson—6 IP 5H ER 3 BB 4K W (6-5)
• Steve Hirschfield—6 IP 5H 2 ER BB 7K W (4-5)