Minor League Notes - 04/10/2009

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2009 6:35 AM CDT in Minor League Coverage

Top Prospects:

Batter	Team	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	AVG	Notes
Escobar, Alcides	Nashville	SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	.250	2B
Gamel, Mat	Nashville	3B	5	3	4	4	0	1	.667	2B
Salome, Angel	Nashville	C	2	1	1	2	0	0	.333
Lawrie, Brett	Wisconsin	2B	3	2	1	3	1	1	.143	HR
Lucroy, Jonathan	Huntsville	C	3	0	0	1	0	0	.333

Pitcher	Team	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Frederickson, Evan	Wisconsin	5.0	3	1	0	3	7	0	0.00	(W, 1-0)	Game Score: 66

Top Performers:

Batter	Team	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	E	AVG	Notes
Schafer, Logan	Brevard	CF	5	0	4	2	0	0	0	.444	2B
Kjeldgaard, Brock	Wisconsin	1B	4	2	3	1	1	0	1	.429	2B
Wheeler, Zelous	Brevard	3B	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	.600	2B
Miller, Erik	Wisconsin	RF	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	.500	2B
Marseco, Michael	Wisconsin	SS	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	.250

Pitcher	Team	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	ERA	Dec	Notes
Watten, Trey	Wisconsin	4.0	3	0	0	0	6	0.00	(S, 1)
Cody, Christopher	Huntsville	4.7	3	0	0	1	4	0.00		Game Score: 64
Rogers, Mark	Brevard	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0.00		Game Score: 57
Gulin, Lindsay	Nashville	4.0	3	2	2	1	6	4.50	(W, 1-0)
Rapoza, Brandon	Brevard	1.7	1	0	0	1	2	0.00

Follow the jump for full results!

Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 1-1
Won 10-6 vs New Orleans Zephyrs (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	AVG	Notes
Gwynn Jr., Tony	CF	3	2	1	0	2	0	.143
Escobar, Alcides	SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	.250	2B
Gamel, Mat	3B	5	3	4	4	0	1	.667	2B
Katin, Brendan	RF	5	1	2	0	0	2	.444	2B
Almonte, Erick	1B	5	1	1	2	0	1	.167
Salome, Angel	C	2	1	1	2	0	0	.333
Iribarren, Hernan	2B	3	0	1	1	1	0	.286	2B
Bourgeois, Jason	LF	3	1	1	1	1	0	.500
Burns, Mike	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gulin, Lindsay	P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Burns, Mike	4.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	9.00		Game Score: 42
Gulin, Lindsay	4.0	3	2	2	1	6	0	4.50	(W, 1-0)
Swindle, Robert	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 1-1
Won 2-1 vs Mobile BayBears (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	E	AVG
Stern, Adam	CF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.375
Justis, Shane	2B	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	.286
Melillo, Kevin	3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200
Rottino, Vinny	1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Lucroy, Jonathan	C	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Parejo, Freddy	LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Raburn, John	SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Fermaint, Charlie	RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Cody, Christopher	P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Perez, Yohannis	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250

Pitcher	IP	H	R	W	K	Dec	Notes
Cody, Christopher	4.7	3	0	1	4		Game Score: 64
McClendon, Michael	1.7	1	1	1	1	(W, 1-0)
Baron, Casey	0.7	2	0	0	0	(H, 1)
Sandoval, Juan	2.0	2	0	1	2	(S, 1)

Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 1-1
Lost 7-6 at Daytona Cubs (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	K	E	AVG	Notes
Schafer, Logan	CF	5	0	4	2	0	0	.444	2B
Farris, Eric	2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Brewer, Brent	SS	5	0	0	0	1	1	.111
Gillespie, Cole	DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	.111
Gindl, Caleb	RF	5	1	2	0	1	0	.286
Wilson, Steffan	1B	5	1	2	1	1	0	.222
Haydel, Lee	LF	5	1	1	1	0	0	.250
Wheeler, Zelous	3B	4	2	2	2	0	0	.600	2B
Maldonado, Martin	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	.400

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	ERA	Dec	Notes
Rogers, Mark	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0.00		Game Score: 57
Axford, John	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Luetge, Lucas	1.3	4	6	6	3	1	40.50
Rapoza, Brandon	1.7	1	0	0	1	2	0.00
Wooten, Robert	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	(L, 0-1)

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low-A) - 2-0
Won 10-1 vs Quad Cities River Bandits (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	E	AVG	Notes
Dykstra, Cutter	CF	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	.375
Marseco, Michael	SS	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	.250
Lawrie, Brett	2B	3	2	1	3	1	1	0	.143	HR
Kjeldgaard, Brock	1B	4	2	3	1	1	0	1	.429	2B
Vass, Michael	LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222
Delaney, John	DH	4	0	1	2	1	2	0	.200	2B
Trejo, Edgar	3B	4	1	2	1	0	2	0	.500
Sanchez, Juan	3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
McCraw, Sean	C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Miller, Erik	RF	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	.500	2B

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Frederickson, Evan	5.0	3	1	0	3	7	0	0.00	(W, 1-0)	Game Score: 66
Watten, Trey	4.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0.00	(S, 1)

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I've really got to get over to watch the Rattlers while Lawrie and Dykstra are there.

Drove past the stadium last night on the way to the airport and it was all lit up. It was hard to keep driving past even though I’m pretty sure the game was already over.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 11, 2009 7:14 AM CDT reply actions

Gamel

6 for 8 on the season. Not a bad start.

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by molitorfan on Apr 11, 2009 8:27 AM CDT reply actions

How many days til he comes up!

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by Prentice on Apr 11, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

361.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 11, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Hopefully I'm not the only one who was thinking...

“Who the heck is Mike Burns and what is he doing in the Nashville rotation?” Or perhaps I just wasn’t paying enough attention during the offseason…

by Zeyes on Apr 11, 2009 8:57 AM CDT reply actions

I missed him too, I'm not sure how

He’s old, but he has had a sub-5 MLE FIP the last two years. I’m surprised they would start him when that rotation is full already, with Green and Wright not having pitched yet.

The other thing I wonder is: where is Shawn Zarraga?

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by Jordan M on Apr 11, 2009 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions

I think Green missed his start going to Adenhart's funeral.

"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."

by Kyle Lobner on Apr 11, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions

That's probably it

Still, I’m surprised we didn’t catch that signing. He’s pitched quite well at AAA, and he doesn’t walk anybody.

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by Jordan M on Apr 11, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions

He made an appearance early this spring.

I think he got torched in one of the early games when a starter left early.

"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."

by Kyle Lobner on Apr 11, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions

He did

I thought Brian Reith would get a similar inning but it never happened. Burns’ signing came right after Trevor Hoffman’s, so that could be why no one noticed.

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by TheJay on Apr 11, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Pitching well with excellent control at AAA?

He’ll come to be referred as ~~Mark~~ Mike Burns in no time. :)

by Zeyes on Apr 11, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions

Zarraga is starting today

jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner

by battlekow on Apr 11, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Quite possibly I’m missing something, but what order are the results supposed to be in…always winning score first, i.e. both “Won 2-1” and “Lost 2-1” (not “Lost 1-2”), or some other framework like MIL affiliate’s score first, or away team’s score first?

In any case, the Sounds-Zephyrs game somehow managed to mess with it altogether, as that was a Nashville win, not loss. :)

by Zeyes on Apr 11, 2009 9:08 AM CDT reply actions

Except for Nashville, which I need to figure out what happened with

we SAY “lost 2-1” not “lost 1-2,” so that’s how I intend to present it.

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by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks Jeff

That’s what I figured, but the Nashville example (rather, the mere fact that “6-10” was possible as the output) made me wonder if there’s a different approach.

Of course, I don’t quite understand that facet of the English language at all…to German ears it sounds incredibly awkward to speak of a “2-1 loss”. No matter! :)

by Zeyes on Apr 11, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah, just now trying to figure out what's going on with the Nashville thing

On some previous project, I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out whether “1-2” or “2-1” was idiomatic, and why.

It doesn’t help that I play tennis, in which players always say their own score first.

Also, just figured out the R/ER thing. The dangers of writing one’s own XML parser…

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by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions

#&!"(@#

Just figured it out. I do this at least once a month.

The score is listed in the XML as “away_runs” and “home_runs.” I figure out whether the Brewers affiliate is away or home, then assign whichever number to the Brewers affiliate.

Then I compare them — if the Brewers number is bigger, it’s “Win.” If not, it’s “Loss.”

Logically, that’s all well and good, but coming out of an XML file, everything is a string. So instead of comparing 10 and 6, the script compared “10” and “6”. “6” is greater than “1”, so there it is.

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by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Of course

This argument is irrelevant, because the Sounds won last night.

by Tom (RFTN) on Apr 11, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions

You're not French?

jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner

by battlekow on Apr 11, 2009 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm sure the French agree with me. :)

They should, anyway!

by Zeyes on Apr 11, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, I noticed the Sound score also. Even going through the boxscore we have 10 runs scored and our pitchers only gave up 6 runs. Ah well, it’s early in the season. Not everybody got a Spring Training. :)

by MadtownTim on Apr 11, 2009 9:22 AM CDT reply actions

I love this format...

…if I only want the happy, sunny version of our farm system, then I can just skip the jump. If I want all those ugly 0-for-4’s too, I can read the whole thing.

I think I prefer the former—my view of the Brewers farm system must not be clouded by silly things like reality. :)

by Cheeseandcorn on Apr 11, 2009 9:44 AM CDT reply actions

alright, everything discussed so far should be fixed

plus, check out the links to boxscores, etc.

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by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2009 1:15 PM CDT reply actions

Really encouraging debut from Frederickson

I don’t know how hard he was throwing, but it lends credence to the “He was just gassed at the end of last year” theory.

jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner

by battlekow on Apr 11, 2009 1:29 PM CDT reply actions

Supposedly...

Lawrie’s homer went 420 feet (Zeyes: 128 meters).

jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner

by battlekow on Apr 11, 2009 1:33 PM CDT reply actions

Highway 41, watch out!

by Wayfaerer on Apr 11, 2009 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions

So, you're saying

if Lawrie hits another one today, it’ll be Highway 41 revisited?

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by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 11, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Jeffress

was a big fan of that homer.

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by molitorfan on Apr 11, 2009 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions

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