8/26 Minor Athletics

by asyouwish33 on Aug 26, 2008 11:36 PM PDT

This is Dan crossing his fingers that this post does not falter once again. It was another frustrating night for our boys in the minors--but there were a couple fresh faces in the box scores.

SAC---They had an interesting night. I was surprised when I looked at the box score and I see our boy C Gon in the line-up, just after I had seen him on tv against the Angels. Anyway--here are the two box line scores. and a few highlights.

From April 6, 2008

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sacramento	0	0	0	1	5	0	0			6	8	1
Tacoma	0	0	0	4	0	0	0			4	10	0

From Tonight

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sacramento	0	2	0	4	0	0	0			6	14	0
Tacoma	0	0	1	3	0	0	3			7	9	0

I'll combine stats where appropriate.

Sweeney, M 1B: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, SO, .200

Murton LF: 3-7, R, 2 2B, RBI, BB, SO, .283

Baisley DH/3B: 4-6, R, 2B, RBI, SO, .295

Cunningham RF: 2-4, R, 2B, .339

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Knox	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mazzaro (W, 1-0)	5.0	9	4	4	1	5	0	7.20

Mazzaro came in and pitched in the April 6 game which accounts for his inflated ERA. So, if you think about it, Mazzaro made a start in AAA and was demoted to AA, selected as the best pitcher there after his great season, and now returns to AAA where he has been for the last month. Is that confusing--or does that make sense. Sort of funny to think of it that way. Ohh--and he is still giving up way too many hits. Only 2 were for extra bases, so I wonder how many of those 7 singles were hard hit.

Pitching from today's game

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dowdy	3.1	3	3	3	4	4	0	4.50
Gray	2.2	3	1	1	0	5	0	4.36
Prinz (BS, 2)(L, 1-3)	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	2	5.74

Nice outing today Gray.

MID--A whopping two hits from our Rockhounds.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Antonio	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	0
Midland	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0

Herrera, J CF: 0-4, SO, .261

Guzman, J 3B: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, SO, .360

Doolittle 1B: 0-2, BB, SO, .253

Zeringue RF: 1-3, R, HR, RBI, .264

Cardenas SS: 0-3, SO, .294

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Fernandez (L, 0-3)	5.1	9	4	4	3	3	0	5.12
Rodriguez, H	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	7.62
Carignan	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2

Nice game from our boy Henry. I can't remember the last time that he pitched this many innings without surrendering a walk. Very nice outing. Our boy Carignan also pitched well, although he did surrender a walk which has been his achilles this season. Any chance Carignan sees time in the Oakland bullpen next season?

STO--I don't expect much from this team any longer. Its not really their fault. I think Taj said it best when he mentioned that this team has had too many good players who just happened to be promoted. There is little consistency and the pitching staff has struggled because of that. The four starters everyone praised in the beginning have moved on--three promotions and an injury. At this point I check their box score to see if Carter or Brown homered, and to see is Donaldson is still racking.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lancaster	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	6	11	3
Stockton	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	8	0

Donaldson 1B: 0-4, .339 (Thats an interesting position for him to be playing.)

Carter 3B: 1-4, R, HR, RBI, SO, .259

Brown, C CF: 0-4, 2 SO, .253

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Godfrey (L, 5-8)	5.0	8	3	3	2	8	1	5.27
Bell, K	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	12.00
Benacka	2.0	1	1	1	1	3	1	2.95
Fragoso	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.97

KCC--Hey we got a win from our Cougars. Christian makes his debut at SS and the pitching carries the night in Kane County.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Kane County	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	9	2
Beloit	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1

Klein LF: 0-2, R, 3 BB, SB, .261

Christian SS: 2-5, 3 SO, .400

Johnson RF: 2-5, R, 2B, 2 SO, .281

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Capra	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	3.80
Kerfoot (W, 7-1)	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	2.44

Capra is walking too many batters to start his young career. However, he is putting in some good inning of late and keeping his ERA at about 3.80. This Kerfoot character has been putting together a very strong season coming out of the bullpen and offering multiple innings. Over his last 10 outings he has a 2.12 ERA, 17IP, 17 S) and only 4 BB.

VAN--

Cmpl. Early: Rain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Vancouver	1	1	0	0	0	0				2	6	0
Everett	0	1	0	3	0	X				4	6	0

Thomas CF 2-3 RBI .284

Coleman SS 2-3 R, 2B .250

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hart (L, 0-2)	3.1	3	3	3	2	4	0	2.52
Smalley	1.2	3	1	1	1	3	1	3.33

I'm liking Hart. He has a great K:BB ratio, but in short season, it takes more than a K:BB ratio to determine how good a prospect is going to be. But hey, it doesn't hurt.

AZL--

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
AZL Angels	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	6	0
AZL Athletics	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	8	1

Leyja SS 1-4 RBI, SO .312 (via scout.com it seems that the A's are limiting his playing time due to fatigue).

Dixon 0-4 .257

Buck (rehabbing) 0-2 K

And making his professional debut, our 1.1 million dollar man

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hunter	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Doolittle	5.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	4.44
Storey (L, 1-2)	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.43
Penalba	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4.32

That's the rap-up for tonight. Any thoughts?

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I wonder if Hunter

will be in the Arz Fall league/

"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com

by Syphon on Aug 26, 2008 11:44 PM PDT 0 recs

Hunter in AZ FALL LEA???

Less than 1 percent chance if that. He has no minor league ball under his belt. He is not fully recovered from injuries that slowed him this past year in college despite playing for Team USA..

Az Fall League is a hitters paradise and is really tough on good pitching prospects with all the top hitting prospects sent there.

Charlie Brown GO A'S WIN

by Charlie Brown on Aug 27, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

A's have two slots open for the AZ Fall League

Both, I believe, are Pitcher Slots.

So as I see it, there are several possibilities.

I doubt we send James Simmons-A’s are being overly cautious with his arm and he already had an injury this year I believe, combined with sleep apnea.

I could though see the A’s sending Henry Rodriguez. As for the other slot, we could send Cahill or Anderson. Of the two, I think Anderson would be the one more likely to be sent than Cahill. Anderson was the one of the two who missed time due to injury, and has much fewer IP than Cahill. Anderson’s injury was not a major arm injury, but a thumb injury if I remember right, so it should allow him to tackle the AFL and get his IP up, but not too far.

But, the A’s could very well decide to have both Cahill and Anderson take rests after the Olympics.

So who else is left?

Mazzaro? Gio? Possibly, but they’d probably rather keep his IP down right now.

Here’s an interesting idea; how about sending Gallagher?

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by Zonis on Aug 27, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

I don't think they can send Gallagher. There is some sort of ML time limit, if I'm not

mistaken.

by theblackpearl on Aug 27, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

2 years service time

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by Zonis on Aug 27, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

Here is a pdf of the AZ Fall League's

rosters for 2008.

by ElliottBayBucco on Aug 27, 2008 12:07 AM PDT 0 recs

Well two Oakland TBA

So he could go. Thx.

by Syphon on Aug 27, 2008 12:58 AM PDT up 0 recs

doubtful

I agree with Charlie Brown. With Anderson and Cahill coming back to Midland—it might be possible for one or both of these guys to attend, provided they don’t get overworked.

by asyouwish33 on Aug 27, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

James Simmons went from College to a cup of coffee then went to

The Fall league. So its not impossible.

by Syphon on Aug 27, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Cup of Coffee in Midland*

by Syphon on Aug 27, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

True

However, I can’t recall any injury history coming from Simmons when he was drafted. And I think that the A’s would like to see Hunter rest following his work internationally. If Hunter is chosen—wouldn’t it be great to see him dominate the same way Street did a few years back.

by asyouwish33 on Aug 27, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

Positions

Interesting that they list Donaldson as an INF instead of C, and Doolittle as an OF instead of INF.

by train80 on Aug 27, 2008 7:40 AM PDT 0 recs

Yeah, kind of weird

Only thing I can think of in those respects are that they have too many 1B and Catchers on the team, and to get them playing time, will play them elsewhere. Or perhaps the A’s requested Donaldson to play 3B to prepare for a possible position move. I think for Doolittle it is probably the former, as there really is no other reason to move a good defensive 1B off 1B unless you have a lot of other 1B’s who, unlike Doolittle, can not play elsewhere on the field.

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by Zonis on Aug 27, 2008 2:07 PM PDT up 0 recs

your name is Dan?

ever seen somebody ghostride a volvo?

by oakinboston on Aug 27, 2008 8:04 AM PDT 0 recs

I posted this in the game wrap.

Chris Carter: 37 HR, 100 RBI

PLEASE HURRY!

by mikev on Aug 27, 2008 10:01 AM PDT 0 recs

Nice numbers, sure

But I wouldn’t mind it if he figured out how to pick up the batting average a little and strike out a tad less. I wouldn’t count my Carter chickens until I see a Midland hatch. It’s the Cal League, after all.

RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.

by walk off bunt on Aug 27, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

For those who think that Hunter might make the Arizona Fall League, he will not.

The rules, according to the PDF, say that only 1 player below AA as of August 4th is allowed on the AFL Roster, and the A’s have Donaldson going to the AFL, who is currently in A+ Stockton.

So we’re looking at two pitchers at AA or above;
Henry Rodriguez
James Simmons
Trever Cahill
Brett Anderson
Vin Mazzaro
Jared Lansford

Those are the likely pool we’d choose from. Pick 2.

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by Zonis on Aug 27, 2008 2:09 PM PDT 0 recs

Outta those guys Id like to see

Anderson and Hrod.

by Syphon on Aug 27, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

Lansford...

With his conversion to RP his innings are easily the lowest. Plus with how well he’s pitching towards the end of the season they may want to see if that hot streak can continue against top competition.

The other spot is a tough call. Simmons, Cahill, Anderson & Mazzaro are all guys I’d be surprised if they extended just based off how careful teams are with SP innings these days.

Maybe H-rod, but his confidence is so iffy that throwing him in there against top prospects-laden lineups could be a real killer.

by train80 on Aug 27, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

Demel?

Seems like he could use some advanced work.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 27, 2008 4:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

Demel is in Single A though, right?

Donaldson already filled the 1 lower than AA slot.

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by Zonis on Aug 27, 2008 11:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

Right, I forgot about it

Maybe Carignan then.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 28, 2008 12:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

Carignan's already on the list.

I doubt they’d send a top starting prospect. Maybe someone like Justin Murray or Jason Windsor.

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 28, 2008 2:20 AM PDT up 0 recs

This is not my finest hour

I’m not sure why they’d bother to just send a punching bag, unless they’re really of the opinion that the league is damaging to a player’s confidence.

I suppose they could use it as sort of an audition for some of the nonroster players like Brad Kilby and Ryan Wing.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Aug 28, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up 0 recs