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Minor League Notes - 05/18/2008

Nashville Sounds (AAA) Notes:

Season Record: 18-24, -3.0 GB, 4th place (last) in the PCL’s American North Division
Away Record: 8-15
Home Record: 10-9
Last 10 Games: 6-4
Streak: 1 Win

Won (8-5) vs. New Orleans
Richie Gardner, 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K – 5.23 ERA, Game Score: 31
Derrick Turnbow, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K – 10.13 ERA
Steven Sollmann-2B, 2-2, HR (1), 3 R, BB, 2 K, S - .222 BA
Adam Heether-SS, 2-4, HR (4), 2 R, RBI, K - .253 BA
Russell Branyan-3B, 0-2, 3 BB, 2 K - .362 BA

Huntsville Stars (AA) Notes:

1st Half Record: 30-14, +2.5 GA, 1st place in the Southern League’s North Division
Away Record: 12-8
Home Record: 18-6
Last 10 Games: 7-3
Streak: 1 Loss

Lost (3-8) vs. Carolina
Brae Wright (L, 1-5), 6 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K – 4.56 ERA, Game Score: 26
Matt LaPorta-RF, 3-5, HR (11), 2 R, RBI, K - .314 BA
Alcides Escobar-SS, 3-5, 2B, R - .284 BA
Michael Bell-2B, 2-4, 2B - .278 BA

Brevard County Manatees (High A) Notes:

1st Half Record: 22-21, -4.0 GB, tied for 2nd place in the FSL’s East Division
Away Record: 9-11
Home Record: 13-10
Last 10 Games: 5-5
Streak: 2 Wins

Won (7-4) vs. Sarasota
Joshua Butler (W, 1-4), 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – 4.40 ERA, Game Score: 61
Lorenzo Cain-RF, 2-4, HR (2), 2 R, 2 RBI, K, SB - .273 BA
Jimmy Mojica-2B, 1-4, HR (3), R, 3 RBI, 3 K - .295 BA
Anderson De La Rosa-LF, 2-3, R, BB - .311 BA

West Virginia Power (A) Notes:


1st Half Record: 16-25, -10.5 GB, 7th place in the SAL’s Northern Division
Away Record: 9-12
Home Record: 7-13
Last 10 Games: 4-6
Streak: 1 Loss

Lost (1-3) @ Lakewood
Amaury Rivas, 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K – 2.61 ERA, Game Score: 67
Zelous Wheeler-3B, 2-4, 2 CS - .304 BA
Curt Rindal-1B, 1-3, 2B, RBI - .205 BA
Caleb Gindl-RF, 0-2, 2 BB - .257 BA

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Turnbow

Gezz.. continues to not impress. Looks like he had a WP after giving up a single as well. Anyone catch the video to see how wild he was? Seeing as he was replaced in a bases loaded jam i’d say pretty bad.

by SgtClueLs on May 19, 2008 9:50 AM CDT   0 recs

LaPorta

Isn’t about time to promote him to AAA at least? Not only does he have a OPS above one his BABIP is .314 which is very reasonable. That implies his performance isn’t fluky lucky (not that anyone was really thinking that). Even more impressive are his splits (Thanks Jeff!) :

vs. LH 0.314/0.422/0.657
vs. RH 0.302/0.421/0.586

So he isn’t just feasting on lefties like some of our guys are. He is walking at a good clip, he isn’t striking out much. If ever a bat was ready for the big leagues his is.

Visit my baseball blog ...or else!

by dixieflatline on May 19, 2008 1:17 PM CDT   0 recs

Depends on how the team views AAA

With the exception of Iribarren, there aren’t any real prospects in AAA. Many teams use AAA as a holding tank for veteran talent like Branyan, whereas AA harbors the real prospects. The team might want to keep LaPorta in the same environment all year and then evaluate him in Spring Training next year. Also, they’ve made a big deal before about keeping prospects together, and since all of Huntsville’s starting lineup have legitimate shots at playing in the big leagues (seriously, how crazy is that?), Team Canada might want to keep them all together.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 19, 2008 3:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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