Minor League Recap 5/16
by OldhamA on May 17, 2010 12:55 AM PDT
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PrintI figured it was time to catch up on how our young A's are doing.
So without further ado:
Sacramento Rivercats (AAA): Lost 1-0 to New Orleans.
Notable performances/prospects
Wimberly (CF): 1-4. - .284/386/333 .702 OPS
Carter (1B): 0-3 (3Ks) - .248/335/496 .832 OPS (9 HRs)
Cardenas (3B): 0-3 (1K) - .222/269/254 .523 OPS
Brown (RF): 0-2 (2Ks) - .155/193/286 .479 OPS (2HRs)
Godfrey (SP): 5.1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 5Ks (L 1-3 on the season) 4.39ERA
Kilby (RP): 1IP, 2H, 1K. 0.93ERA
Midland Rockhounds (AA): Lost 7-1 to San Antonio.
Notable performances and prospects
Horton (SS): 1-4 (2B, 1 RBI/1K) - .214/290/286 .576 OPS
Valdez (2B): 1-4 (1 K, 1E - #5 on the season) .319/367/585 .953 OPS
Sulentic (RF): 0-4 (2Ks) .250/359/325 .684 OPS
Banwart (SP): 4.2IP, 7H, 5R, 4ER, 3BB, 4K, 2HRs (L 4-1 on the season) 4.08ERA
Stockton Ports (A+): Lost 5-11 to High Desert
Notable performances and prospects
Ladendorf (2B): 1-4 (2B, E #4, CS #2) .304/348/402 .750 OPS (1HR)
Green (SS): 2-5 (2R, 1K) .286/320/373 .692 OPS (2HR)
Parker (3B): 1-4 (1HR, 1RBI, BB) .295/415/508 .922 OPS (7HR)
Barfield (RF): 2-3 (2 RBI, K, BB) .250/341/400 .741 OPS (5HR)
Richard (DH): 3-4 (R) .286/286/333 .619 OPS
Smith (SP): 5.2IP, 15H, 8R, 6ER, 1K, 1HR (L 3-3 on the season) 6.21ERA
Kane County Cougars (A): Lost 4-5 to Quad Cities
Notable performances and prospects
Crumbliss (CF): 0-3 (RBI) .260/434/336 .770 OPS
Aliotti (1B): 1-4 (K) .292/441/358 .800 OPS
Gil (3B): 1-3 (2B, BB) .254/306/446 .752 OPS
Leyja (2B): 0-4 (3K) .288/342/315 .657 OPS
Stassi (C) 1-3 (BB, 2K) .270/350/476 .826 OPS (6HR)
Straily (SP): 4IP, 2H, 4BB, 6K (ND 4-1 on the season) 4.19 ERA
Peterson (RP): 0.2IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 2SO (L 0-1, BS 1) 5.79 ERA
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Pretty much all of the A's real prospects are underperforming.
Carter is doing alright, but I’d like to see him dominating. Stassi is doing fine for his age. Everybody else who matters is really a big pile of suck.
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by thejd44 on May 17, 2010 7:42 AM PDT reply actions
Yeah this hasn't exactly been an encouraging month+
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 17, 2010 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions
I noticed that as I was painstakingly putting together the post.
Almost everyone is under performing.
Doesn’t help that Weeks and Cardenas have missed a load of time through injuries. Not to mention Taylor getting off to a slow start before his injury. Oh and Dixon now being injured too!
It’s all very depressing.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Hey, at least the Major League team is kicking all forms of ass
Oh, wait…
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by thejd44 on May 17, 2010 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions
Krol, Parker, Stassi
All playing very well at least. All top picks from last year,
"Carter's 25-game hitting streak isn't any normal streak. He's 46 for 97 (.474 average) during the run, adding 16 walks and compiling 81 total bases in the process. I'm out of superlatives for what he's doing." - Kevin Goldstein
I love Parker's
28:21 BB:K ratio. Sexay to go with his 500+ Slug and 400+ OBP.
"Carter's 25-game hitting streak isn't any normal streak. He's 46 for 97 (.474 average) during the run, adding 16 walks and compiling 81 total bases in the process. I'm out of superlatives for what he's doing." - Kevin Goldstein
He's hitting really well.
I wonder if he gets promoted sooner rather than later.
I’m also high on Barfield, but so far he’s not really coming through for me. He still has time on his side though.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
He's having a weird season
He’s clearly made some big adjustments. Last year he struck out about 20% of the time and walked about 8% of the time. Completely reversed that this year. Now he’s walking 17% of the the time and striking out 13%. Big change. Very good change. But his ground ball rate has shot up to 66% (from around 50%). That’s a very very bad change (realize batted ball numbers are unreliable for minor leagues, but you’d expect whoever compiling the numbers to know the difference between a ground ball and ball hit in the air; i take that number as basically accurate). He’s still hitting for power, but he’s not going to be able to maintain that going forward in bigger parks against better pitching. Needs to make another adjustment.
Grant Green…it’s incredibly hard to have negative value as a hitter at Stockton when you’re hitting .286, but he’s doing it. He’s also hitting the ball on the ground way too much. Idk. It’s early, but he needs some intervention.
by AgitationStation on May 17, 2010 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions
Where'd you get those stats from? Very interesting stuff.
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Cool. Thanks, I'll bookmark that.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Barfield, is probably not swinging as hard, to make sure he actually hits the ball, and after he learns
when to swing, to hit it, he will probably start swinging harder. Sounds logical, but probably incorrect conceptually.
by theblackpearl on May 17, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
I can't figure out where the Barfield love is coming from
He’s a 9th round pick who wasn’t paid overslot. He’s never hit well at any level. He’s also a corner outfielder who has to hit very well to be a real prospect.
What exactly am I missing here? He’s very Matt Sulentic-like, except that he has a much worse draft history.
Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.
Ford Prefect: Why, what did she tell you?
Arthur Dent: I don't know, I didn't listen!
Genes.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
I think the biggest difference is size
Barfield is listed at 6’5" 240 while Sulentic is 5’10" 170 so I think some people think that he still has a chance to develop some power. At this point Sulentic has pretty much established that he offers no secondary skills at the plate and his whole value on offense involves having incredibly high BABIPs, Barfield may be the same but at least he still has a chance to improve. It’s only a small sample but Barfield is at least showing the signs of improving.
Also a couple of interesting things that may not mean much but he appears to have a very good arm as he is racking up outfield assists and he has a pretty pronounced reverse platoon split. His numbers would look a lot better if he could ever figure out how to hit lefties.
What "signs"?
Seriously, what? Having a low BABIP? That’s not a good thing, you know.
Barfield’s all of nine months younger than Sulentic and is playing at a lower (and more hitter-friendly) level than Sulentic was at the same age, so stap me if I can figure out why his chances to improve are any better than Sulentic’s were/are.
Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.
Ford Prefect: Why, what did she tell you?
Arthur Dent: I don't know, I didn't listen!
Well, his strike out and walk rates over 40 games this season are way better than anything Sulentic has ever done
He is posting a 1:1 K/BB rate so I think that’s a possible sign of improvement. His BABIP has been fine prior to this year so I wouldn’t get bent out of shape over a low BABIP for a month and half.
That and what may be the case for one player is not necessarily the case for others
I know a big part of this is being able to predict who’s likely to pan out and who’s not, especially when it comes to who you keep within the organization and who you think would make a good trading chip, but everyone progresses and develops (or doesn’t) at different rates.
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Wow hurts to see Cardenas and Brown struggling so much.
How long has Cardenas been at 3rd?
Who’s this Parker character btw?
2009 5th Rounder from Brigham Young U.
And Cardenas has mostly been playing 3B since he got back I think.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
I'm not worried about Cardenas
He might be healthy now, but he’ll take some time to get into the swing of things after the wrist injury.
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by thejd44 on May 17, 2010 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions
bingo
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Leyja has been doing better since an awful April start
.815 OPS in May in 52 ABs
.269 OPS in 21 April ABs
But he has barely hit the ball out of the infield this year
Actually, that goes for almost all Kane County players except Stassi. It’s a strange slap-hitting, high-walk offense.
Didn't know that...
But perhaps he can be successful in an Ichiro type of approach
Have you seen a lot of the games?
What are your thoughts, if you have…
No, I haven't seen any
But this information is not exactly a secret. Leyja has two extra-base hits so far this year, and KC team OBP is almost higher than their slugging.
Tough park for power, isn't it?
Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.
Ford Prefect: Why, what did she tell you?
Arthur Dent: I don't know, I didn't listen!
Yes it is. All of the MWL is
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions
This.
It’s strange, because the park isn’t especially large. I have a feeling it’s because of where it’s located. It’s quite a ways from Lake Michigan and all the odd jet streams you see at Wrigley/Comiskey. In fact, the park and the surrounding suburbs in Kane Country are basically in the middle of giant farmland. It’s gotta be something in the air, or the air itself, that just kills flyballs there.
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by thejd44 on May 17, 2010 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Spina has been hot in May too
.883 OPS in 66 May ABs
.680 OPS in 77 April ABs
As much as I love the information age...
I wish I couldn’t see minor league stats for a player until they’re in their 4th month of AA ball. I get too excited when I see someone rip up the lower minors only to fizzle out in AA/AAA. Yes, it’s my fault for clicking the link… but I wish the temptation wasn’t there. I say this sort of tongue in cheek…
never heard of parker before, at least he's young unlike valdez
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