Short Minor League Recap: June 10
by Woodman663 on Jun 11, 2011 7:27 AM EDT
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PrintI know most of you like the written out analysis more than just the listed results, but they do cost a lot of time. Instead, I expect to do separate analysis articles from time to time. On to the performances..
Las Vegas (won 10-1)
Travis Snider: 2-for-5, home run, flyball single, 2 flyouts, popout. With Travis finally hitting another homer I thought he deserved top spot. No groundballs or strikeouts, either. Last 10: .231/.318/.410
Eric Thames: 1-for-5, double, 2 strikeouts. Last 10: .216/.286/.378
David Cooper: 4-for-5, double, strikeout. Season: .400/.457/.582. Okay, it's the PCL, but hitting .400 is going to get you noticed. Trade piece or legitimate Brett Wallace type prospect?
Brad Mills: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 5 BB, 8 SO, 38% GBs. Unusually wild for him, but then he did get the Ks. His ERA is 2.87 on the season.
Danny Farquhar: 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO. Has now strung together 10 scoreless innings in his last 9 games with 8 Ks and 2 walks.
New Hampshire (won 6-2)
Henderson Alvarez: 6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 67% GBs. Two of the few balls that were hit in the air went for home runs. Very nice start for the kid who's now known as "he who hit 101 (mph)". Is likely to take the spot of top pitching prospect if he keeps this up, pitching in AA at just 21 years of age.
Moises Sierra: 2-for-2, double, 2 walks. Perfect day at the plate, was not retired. Last 10: .211/.302/.474
Darin Mastroianni: 2-for-4, strikeout, 2 stolen bases. Last 10: .395/.467/.553
Travis d'Arnaud: 1-for-4, double, strikeout. Last 10: .278/.333/.500
Anthony Gose: 1-for-4, 2 strikeouts. Last 10: .162/.225/.297 with 3 BB and 14 Ks. (hyped too early?)
Adeiny Hechavarria: 0-for-3, walk, strikeout. Last 10: .119/.196/.286 but with 3 (u)BB and 8 Ks.
Michael McDade: 0-for-4, strikeout. Last 10: .205/.233/.308 (free swinging ways catching up to him?)
Dunedin (won 10-8)
Nestor Molina: 4 2/3 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 5 K. Molina was far too hittable yesterday, and it shows up in his groundball numbers: just 38%, which is uncharacteristic for him. He still struck out 20% of the batters, but we were getting used to him K'ing 30%. It's not unlikely that with so many hits falling in, his defense didn't do him any favors either.
Justin Jackson: 2-for-5, 2 strikeouts. Last 10: .275/.383/.375 (striking out a lot lately)
Kevin Nolan: 3-for-5, home run, strikeout. Season: .328/.434/.513 (Lansing/Dunedin combined, though has hit a bit better in Dunedin)
A.J. Jimenez: 0-for-3, 2 walks. Last 10: .212/.297/.333 (good BB/K ratio at 4/5)
Lansing (lost 2-5)
K.C. Hobson: 1-for-2, 3 walks. Last 10: .156/.341/.156 (BB/K ratio great at 9/6)
Marcus Knecht: 2-for-3, walk, strikeout. Last 10: .459/.535/.703 (time for a promotion?)
Jake Marisnick: 2-for-4, strikeout. Last 10: .308/.349/.436 (BB/K ugly at 2/11)
Michael Crouse: 0-for-5, 3 strikeouts. Last 10: .194/.268/.222 (I want the Crouse from April back)
Carlos Perez: 1-for-5. Last 10: .162/.261/.270 (BB/K decent at 5/6)
Gustavo Pierre: 1-for-4, triple. Listed because that's about as good a day as you can get from Pierre. Well he did make his 33rd error. Ouch.
Daniel Webb: 3 1/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 5 BB, 2 SO, 67% groundballs. Was coming off a 9 strikeout game where no balls left the infield (100% GBs), but obviously couldn't command his stuff this time.
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Very nice to see
Especially from Snider because he was able to hit a HR and probably hit it harder than he has done this year. It’s also nice to see Alvarez doing well after all this time (101 Really?!).
A little disappointing to see Gose struggling lately, just when I thought he had possibly turned a corner.
it's too bad about Gose
but he’s still easily holding his own at AA at 20 years old, and a .730 OPS with OBA over .350 is nothing to scoff at. hopefully he builds off his earlier big time numbers, but the chance we see him in 2012 is still very much there
I don't know why Cooper get's so little love
He has some similarities to Wallace, but strikes out a lot less, which seems to me to suggest he could develop power if he takes a more aggressive approach at the plate (not to say Wallace won’t develop power either). It’s not uncommon for a young hitter to develop power (Green, Biggio, Bagwell, etc). I don’t know why we’d be so quick to move someone young and controllable hitting .400 in triple A.
I also think that we have this ability to exagerate the lineups of our opponents. Tampa Bay has competed quite affectively with solid pitching and major weeknesses in there offense at times. The Jays have an incredible core of pitching coming up. Cooper is young and controllable and his average is 60 points higher than Lawrie and Thames and his OPS comparable to Lawries. I want to see more than fourty at bats for the jays to sell Cooper.
I don't think anyone wants to see him traded for little value
If a value trade is not there, I certainly wouldn’t want to just give away Cooper, and would rather give him a shot at Rivera’s current position (DH and spelling Lind at 1B). But he is in a position where we have some decent depth (Lind in the majors, McDade coming up behind in AA). If we can flip him for a position with less depth, or for higher upside, like we did with Wallace, I think it would be good for the Jays in the long term.
by Playoffs!!!!1 on Jun 11, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
The thing is, there are many players who rake at AAA who aren't considered prospects
Scouts can tell if guys are going to hit major league pitching. Perhaps Cooper’s swing is too slow/long for the majors or something like that. He may be well suited to hitting AAA pitching, but its a lot different in the majors.
Onions Baby Onions
Scouts can tell if guys are going to hit major league pitching.
Except when they can’t, which is quite often.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
by hugo on Jun 11, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
nope
the most I’d say is that I think they think something about Cooper to warrant keeping him down there, and even that I’m not sure about. He’s pretty well blocked at the moment.
"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman
Lind is probably going to be here for a while and there’s lots of competition for the DH spot (Thames/Snider/McDade/JPA if d’Arnaud comes up).
I don't really think Snider's in competition for DH
(assuming he recovers) his defense is actually pretty good in LF, and his bat plays there. he’d have to turn into a real masher for his bat to play at DH (FWIW, I don’t think Thames or JPA would be good DHs yet either, unless they really turn into big time bats)
Subtract Snider and add Bautista/Sierra if you want. Moises Sierra is good, and he wants a spot in the outfield.
Bautista has everything we need from a right fielder for now though
Great bat, solid speed, an ability to read the ball, and a fantastic arm. Until Sierra proves he’s better, he won’t even get a sniff.
I'm thinking that when the Leafs win the Cup, I'll lose my drinking problem.
by leafsfan4life94 on Jun 11, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Couple of my thoughts... for what it's worth
Knecht: absolutely time for a promotion. He’s been raking all year.
Snider: Thank you, Travis, for giving me more hope that I can still wear that Snider shirt I bought last year to Jays games. If he keeps having games like this then my money’s on him being up in the next two weeks.
Cooper: Sorry David, but with Lind on first for the next five years or so, there’s not a lot of room for you… I bet he gets moved. I’m betting the Jays give him another two week callup in order to display his stuff to other teams.
Mills: I don’t care what his ceiling is. He has a 2.87 ERA in the PCL. Give him some major league starts.
Alvarez: Great looking kid. He’ll have to be good (and Stewart will have to be awful) for him to take top pitchig prospect, I think. Holding your own at 21 is always a great start.
Gose/Hechavarria: Every prospect is going to have tough stretches. I’m not worried.
NeMo: aw, well, can’t be awesome every time, right?
I'm thinking that when the Leafs win the Cup, I'll lose my drinking problem.
by leafsfan4life94 on Jun 11, 2011 12:49 PM EDT reply actions
I could easily see Cooper move, he did not look like a 1B to me at all the first time I saw him.
by Joseph Kirby on Jun 11, 2011 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
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