4/28 AA Minor League Report
Posted by Jeremy on April 29, 2009 under Minor League Ball today | 
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Juan Francisco stung the ball again with three hits, including his fourth HR, and two RBI. Rhyne Hughes hit HR number seven and pitchers Hector Rondon, George Kontos, and Bryan Augenstein all threw gems to lead their respective teams to victory.
Today’s top prospect is toolsy Mariners outfielder Greg Halman. The native of the Netherlands has struggled out of the gate this season but Tuesday’s performance was extraordinary as he blasted two homeruns and six RBI. Halman has all the potential to be a 30/30 man at the major league level, but his plate discipline remains raw and renders him less effective against more polished pitchers. Nevetheless, Halman’s big day propelled him to second place in the MiLB HR race with eight. Tuesday’s effort raises his ‘09 average to .208 and one only needs to look at his 4 BB/32 K ratio in his first 19 games to see why the average is so low. Halman doesn’t turn 22 until late August, which leaves ample reason to believe that he can make adjustments to his plate discipline and begin to fulfill his massive potential. However, several other young promising prospects have been down this road before and have fallen by the wayside. Buyer beware.
AA Player of the Day—GREG HALMAN
Other Notable Performances
Hitting:
- Juan Francisco—3-4 HR(4) 2 RBI 3B 2R
- Zack Cozart—2-4 2B RBI R BB
- Wellington Castillo—2-4 HR(2) 2 RBI 2R
- Desmond Jennings—3-5 RBI R
- Rhyne Hughes—1-5 HR(7) 2 RBI
- Josh Thole—2-4 2B 2R BB
- Lucas Duda—3-4 2B 2R BB
- Josh Reddick—2-5 2B R
- Lars Anderson—1-4 2R RBI BB
- Jim Negrych—3-4 2B BB
- Scott Scram—3-5 2 2B 3 RBI R
- Juan Portes—2-4 2R 2 RBI
- Jamie Hoffmann—5-5 2R SB(4)
- Chris Carter—3-5 2B 2R 2 RBI
- Josh Donaldson—2-5 HR(1) 3 RBI
- Adrian Cardenas—2-5 2B RBI R
- Justin Smoak—1-2 2B R 2 BB
- Concepcion Rodriguez—2-4 2B 2R
- Ezequiel Carrera—3-3 3B 3R RBI
- Greg Halman—2-5 2 HR(8) 6 RBI
- Matt Mangini—1-5 HR(1) 2 RBI
Pitching:
- Troy Patton—6 IP 6H 2 ER BB 5K
- Hector Rondon—6.2 IP 6H ER BB 9K W(4-0)
- George Kontos—6 IP 3H 2 BB 8K W(1-1)
- Travis Banwart—6 IP 5H 2 UER BB 2K W(3-0)
- Blake Johnson—6 IP H BB 2K W(1-2)
- Keith Weiser—6.2 IP 6H ER 6K
- Bryan Augenstein—7 IP 3H 3 BB 6K W(1-0)
- Aaron Poreda—6.1 IP 5H 2 ER 2 BB 3K L(1-3)
