Future Aceletics Roundup for Sat. June 16 2007.

After today’s loss I thought it would be fun to take a look at the future of the A’s.  Fan-Scouting reports on any mentioned player and differentiating opinions are encouraged.

Pitching Aceletics:

Dan Meyer:  5.0 innings, 6 hits, 6 ER, 1HR, 3BB, and 4 K's

The last piece of the Tim Hudson trade in the A's system had a bad outing and was roughed up by Las Vegas.  The fact that his K's dropped and it only took 6 hits to score 6 runs is troubling, but that’s what allowing 2 doubles and a grand slam will do to ya.  If there is anything good to take out of this outing it's that even with the bad outing Meyer lasted 5 innings--good for someone who's biggest knock was the length of his starts.

Michael Madsen:  6.0 innings, 3H, 2ER, 0HR, 3BB, 5K's

The Midland Ace rebounded from his subpar start last time, by throwing 6 innings and giving up 3 hits in 7 inning rainout.  His two runs were due to a walk, triple, and ground-out, but for most of the game he was in control.

Trevor Cahill:  7.0 innings, 6H, 0ER, 0HR, 1BB, 4K's

The A's top 2006 pick had a VERY good outing in Kane County...what else can you say about 0 earned runs?  While the 6 hits might be worrisome, hits are not a stat a pitcher has a lot of control over.  Really the only knock would be I would have liked to see a couple more K's, but since he has 33 strikeouts in only 29.2 innings on the year, I’ll let it slide.

Hitting Aceletics:

Daric Barton:  .290avg/.395obp/.437slg/.832ops

The A's top hitting prospect went 3 for 4 raising his avg. to .290.  He now has a .395obp and .437slg on the year--even more impressive given his slow start in April.  If Barton keeps the hitting up Dan Johnson’s days at first are numbered.

Jeff Baisley:   .287avg/.351obp/.476slg/.827ops

The power hitting AA Third-baseman went 2 for 3 with a walk.  His .351obp and .476slg may be sexy at AA, but Baisley is the definition of a blocked prospect (especially if Cust continues to hit off-speed pitches); he’ll need to learn another position soon or be traded.

Other Notables:

Brad Ziegler: The fan favorite gave up 5 hits, 2 earned runs, and a walk in 2.2 innings today.  Ziegler has a 6.0ERA in 18 innings of relief in AAA, but he does have some darn shiny peripherals like 18K's in those 18 innings and a 2.30 GO/AO.  Can anyone out there tell me if his large amounts of hits are attributed to luck?

Patrick Currin:  Stockton’s closer gave up a hit and walk, but stuck out one and allowed no runs in 1 inning of relief.  He has 30k’s and a 1.71era in 26.1 innings in High A.