Minor League Notes - 09/01/2008

by John on Sep 2, 2008 7:17 AM CDT in Minor League Notes Comment 5 comments

Nashville Sounds (AAA) Notes:

Season Record: 59-81, -23.0 GB, 4th place (last) in the PCL’s American North Division
Away Record: 30-39
Home Record: 29-42
Last 10 Games: 5-5
Streak: 2 Losses

Season over.

Huntsville Stars (AA) Notes:

1st Half Record: 41-29, tied for 1st place (Lost tie-break game)
2nd Half Record: 32-38, -10.0 GB, 3rd place in the Southern League’s North Division
Away Record: 19-17, 15-20
Home Record: 22-13, 17-18
Last 10 Games: 5-5
Streak: 1 Loss

Season ends for the Stars.

Lost (1-2) @ Chattanooga
Alexandre Periard (L, 2-4), 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K – 5.68 ERA, Game Score: 50
Cole Gillespie-RF, 2-4, 2B, RBI, K - .281 BA
Michael Garciaparra-3B, 1-4, 2B, R, K - .340 BA
Brent Krause-LF, 1-3, K - .375 BA

Brevard County Manatees (High A) Notes:

1st Half Record: 35-34, -6.5 GB, 2nd place
2nd Half Record: 31-38, -10.5 GB, 5th place in the FSL’s East Division
Away Record: 15-20, 17-19
Home Record: 21-15, 14-19
Last 10 Games: 4-6
Streak: 2 Losses

Season over

West Virginia Power (A) Notes:

1st Half Record: 32-37, -8.5 GB, 6th place
2nd Half Record: 45-25, +3.0 GA, 1st place in the SAL’s Northern Division (Division Winner)
Away Record: 19-17, 22-13
Home Record: 13-20, 23-12
Last 10 Games: 6-4
Streak: 1 Win

Regular season ends for the Power. Their best-of-3 game series against Lake County begins on Wednesday.

Won (4-3) vs. Kannapolis
Daniel Merklinger, 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K – 5.75 ERA, Game Score: 65
Caleb Gindl-RF, 2-3, R, BB, K, SB - .307 BA
Curt Rindal-1B, 2-4, RBI, K, E - .262 BA
Eric Fryer-C, 1-4, 2B, R, K - .335 BA

Helena Brewers (Rookie) Notes:

1st Half Record: 20-18, -3.0 GB, 2nd place
2nd Half Record: 12-21, -6.0 GB, 3rd place in the Pioneer League’s North Division
Away Record: 11-7, 8-9
Home Record: 9-11, 4-12
Last 10 Games: 5-5
Streak: 1 Loss

Game postponed due to rain and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday.

AZL Brewers (Rookie) Notes:

1st Half Record: 6-22, -14.5 GB, 9th place (last)
2nd Half Record: 7-20, -13.5 GB, 9th place (last) in the AZL
Away Record: 0-14, 4-10
Home Record: 6-8, 3-10
Last 10 Games: 4-6
Streak: 2 Losses

Season over.

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quite a turnaround for the power in the second half

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Sep 2, 2008 7:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

how much longer do W. Virginia and Helena play?

by keephopealive on Sep 2, 2008 8:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

WV made the playoffs so they'll play at least Wed. and Fri.

Helena’s season goes through Friday.

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by TheJay on Sep 2, 2008 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So what was the deal with Merklinger this season?

I realize he’s been rather disappointing compared to the post-draft hype from ‘06, but I can’t quite make sense of his season stats…ERA around 50% higher than FIP, even though the K/BB are good, he didn’t give up an inordinate amount of hits (just about one per inning) and his BABIP is only a slightly inflated .323 according to Minorleaguesplits. Just a fluky ERA season? The strange thing is that his ERA significantly outpaced his FIP both during his crappy April-June (7.46 ERA, ~5.00 FIP) as well as his much better July/August (4.50 ERA, ~2.50 FIP)…

by Zeyes on Sep 2, 2008 10:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I'm not sure

Like Dave Bush, he seems to be prone to blow-ups.

On a related note, if I was the Brewers, I would consider skipping these older lefties (Merklinger, Chris Cody, Bobby Bramhall) right over Brevard County to Huntsville. Being lefties in a park that kills right-handed hitters, success for them at Brevard doesn’t really tell you that much about their abilities.

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Sep 2, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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