Minor League Notes - 04/15/2009

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 16, 2009 6:00 AM CDT in Minor League Coverage

Top Prospects:

Batter	Team	Pos	AB	R	H	W	K	E	AVG	Notes
Escobar, Alcides	Nashville	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	.286
Salome, Angel	Nashville	C	2	1	2	1	0	0	.250	2B
Lawrie, Brett	Wisconsin	2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.294	2B
Lucroy, Jonathan	Huntsville	C	4	0	0	1	0	1	.217
Gillespie, Cole	Brevard (1)	DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	.250

Pitcher	Team	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Scarpetta, Cody	Wisconsin	1.7	4	3	0	1	0	0	1.59
Nieves, Efrain	Wisconsin	6.7	4	3	3	1	5	0	2.79	(L, 1-1)	Game Score: 62

Top Performers:

Batter	Team	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	AVG	Notes
Katin, Brendan	Nashville	RF	4	1	2	4	0	1	.385	HR
Schafer, Logan	Brevard (2)	CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	.375	HR
Gindl, Caleb	Brevard (2)	RF	3	0	2	0	0	0	.400	3B
Caufield, Chuckie	Huntsville	LF	4	1	2	1	1	0	.294
Perez, Yohannis	Huntsville	SS	4	2	2	0	0	0	.409

Pitcher	Team	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Swindle, Robert	Nashville	3.0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0.00	(S, 1)
Burns, Mike	Nashville	6.0	4	1	1	3	3	1	4.50	(W, 1-0)	Game Score: 64
Butler, Joshua	Brevard (2)	6.0	4	1	1	4	0	0	3.27	(W, 1-0)	Game Score: 60
Ramlow, Michael	Brevard (1)	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
Mercedes, Roque	Brevard (1)	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00

Follow the jump for full results!

Nashville Sounds (Triple-A) - 3-4
Won 7-1 vs Oklahoma City RedHawks (TEX) (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	AVG	Notes
Gwynn Jr., Tony	CF	4	2	1	0	0	0	.240
Escobar, Alcides	SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	.286
Iribarren, Hernan	2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.318
Katin, Brendan	RF	4	1	2	4	0	1	.385	HR
Koshansky, Joseph	1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.067
Salome, Angel	C	2	1	2	0	1	0	.250	2B
Almonte, Erick	DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	.318
Heether, Adam	3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.167
Tyner, Jason	LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	.091
Iribarren, Hernan	2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.318

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Burns, Mike	6.0	4	1	1	3	3	1	4.50	(W, 1-0)	Game Score: 64
Swindle, Robert	3.0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0.00	(S, 1)

Huntsville Stars (Double-A) - 3-4
Won 4-3 vs Mississippi Braves (ATL) (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	W	K	E	AVG	Notes
Stern, Adam	CF	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	.296
Lucroy, Jonathan	C	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.217
Melillo, Kevin	2B	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	.318
Rottino, Vinny	3B	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	.185
Errecart, Christopher	1B	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	.167
Anderson, Drew	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Hopf, Mike	PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
McClendon, Michael	PH-P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Caufield, Chuckie	LF	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.294
Perez, Yohannis	SS	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.409
Cody, Christopher	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Parejo, Freddy	RF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.118	2B

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Cody, Christopher	4.3	5	2	2	3	8	1	2.00		Game Score: 55
Welch, David	0.7	0	0	0	1	0	0	27.00
Ellison, Derrick	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.50
McClendon, Michael	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	(W, 2-0)

Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 1-4
Game 1: Lost 4-3 (7 innings) vs Tampa Yankees (NYY) (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	K	E	AVG	Notes
Schafer, Logan	CF	3	0	2	1	0	0	.350
Brewer, Brent	SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.105
Gindl, Caleb	RF	3	0	0	0	2	0	.353
Gillespie, Cole	DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Farris, Eric	2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Haydel, Lee	LF	3	1	1	0	1	0	.211	2B
Wheeler, Zelous	3B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.375
Wilson, Steffan	1B	3	1	2	0	0	0	.250
Maldonado, Martin	C	3	0	1	1	1	0	.364

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	ERA	Dec	Notes
Rivas, Amaury	3.0	2	4	1	1	4	3.00	(L, 0-1)	Game Score: 50
Mercedes, Roque	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0.00
Ramlow, Michael	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00

Brevard County Manatees (High-A) - 2-4
Game 2: Won 5-3 (7 innings) vs Tampa Yankees (NYY) (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	K	E	AVG	Notes
Schafer, Logan	CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	.375	HR
Haydel, Lee	LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	.227
Gindl, Caleb	RF	3	0	2	0	0	0	.400	3B
Gillespie, Cole	DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	.261	2B
Wheeler, Zelous	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.368
Brewer, Brent	SS	3	1	2	1	0	1	.182
Wilson, Steffan	1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.261
Miranda, Sergio	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286
Delarosa, Anderson	C	3	1	1	1	1	0	.143
Gillespie, Cole	DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	.261	2B

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	HR	ERA	Dec	Notes
Butler, Joshua	6.0	4	1	1	4	0	0	3.27	(W, 1-0)	Game Score: 60
Wooten, Robert	1.0	1	2	1	3	2	0	4.50

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low-A) - 3-3
Lost 6-0 vs Fort Wayne TinCaps (SDP) (box / pbp)

Batter	Pos	AB	H	W	K	E	AVG	Notes
Dykstra, Cutter	CF	4	1	0	1	0	.217
Marseco, Michael	SS	4	0	0	1	1	.136
Lawrie, Brett	2B	3	1	0	0	1	.294	2B
Kjeldgaard, Brock	1B	2	0	1	2	0	.222
Delaney, John	DH	3	1	0	0	0	.250
Sanchez, Juan	3B	3	0	0	1	0	.182
Vass, Michael	LF	3	0	0	0	0	.150
McCraw, Sean	C	3	0	0	2	0	.000
Miller, Erik	RF	3	0	0	1	0	.300
Marseco, Michael	SS	4	0	0	1	1	.136

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	W	K	ERA	Dec	Notes
Nieves, Efrain	6.7	4	3	3	1	5	2.79	(L, 1-1)	Game Score: 62
Ritchie, Brandon	0.3	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Scarpetta, Cody	1.7	4	3	0	1	0	1.59
Henderson, Jim	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

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Huh, they really screwed up the Stars boxscore at milb.com...

As battlekow can attest, Gameday originally said that Josh Wahpepah was pitching the last two innings and McClendon pinch-hit for him in the 9th. Now those innings are given to McClendon (which seems accurate – I had a bit of a WTF moment when the radio announcer said that McClendon had just collected his second win of the season after the walkoff), but they didn’t correct the PH appearance, which now reads:

Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Mike McClendon replaces Mike McClendon.

So really, there was no pinch-hitting apperance, certainly not PH-P as the boxscore now shows.

by Zeyes on Apr 16, 2009 7:34 AM CDT reply actions

yeah, replacements are a PITA

the MILB format is ok, there are just occasional mistakes like this. The scorekeeping software that college teams use, though, that can be a disaster. There’s not really a clear way to enter double-switches, so often you’ll see the most ridiculous sequences of replacements. I wish I had saved the link for the worst one from last year. I think an inning opened with something like 20 replacements, some of which were just undoing the previous one.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 16, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Thank you for posting something for me to read this early.

How about RJ Swindle!! Can we abbreviate his name as Rob?

by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 7:49 AM CDT reply actions

7Ks in 3 innings with NO Walks, he needs to be in Milwaukee!

Plus, according to Gameday, he was striking out righties and lefties.

by TPH1 on Apr 16, 2009 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Is it sad that he's my favorite Brewer?

He’s not even on the major league club!!!

by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 8:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Swindle is on the 40-man

So it would be easy enough to get him up there given some of the other bullpen issues.
With Stetter as the only lefty in the pen, there is going to be a day when Macha is going to need that second lefty.

by TPH1 on Apr 16, 2009 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions

Right

But with Hoffman coming back, I don’t see RJ in a Brewers uniform very soon.

by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions

Nevermind.

He is now!!!!!

by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions

J.A. Happ pronounces his name just "Jay"

So I guess we could call Swindle “Ar.” New nickname: the Pirate!

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

by battlekow on Apr 16, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions

Pirates like to Rob and Swindle!

by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions

BTW, does Huntsville always have such crappy attendance early in the season?

April 9: 2,562
April 10: 1,673
April 11: 529
April 12: 503
April 13: 526
April 14: 490
April 15: 547

by Zeyes on Apr 16, 2009 8:41 AM CDT reply actions

Some of it's probably the weather

Temperatures have mostly been in the 40s at night here in Nashville, and since Huntsville’s only 90 miles away, I assume it’s the case there too. (Nashville has had crappy attendance, too.) I know you Wisconsinites will probably just tell us to suck it up, but then we don’t have a roof over our ballpark.

by Tom (RFTN) on Apr 16, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds like their attendance is usually relatively sparse:

B-Ref has their 2008 attendance at 2286/game.

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

by Kyle Lobner on Apr 16, 2009 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions

What's the average for a minor league club around the nation?

by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 11:21 PM CDT up reply actions

The Southern League averages 3545 per game

Only the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx had lower attendance than the Stars last year.

The Southern League lagged behind the other two AA leagues. The Eastern League averaged 4440 per game and the Texas League averaged 5589.

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by TheJay on Apr 17, 2009 5:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Weird

You’d think Huntsville sportsfans would be at a loss for events to attend. What else is there? The Crimson Tide? Anything Else?

by tcyoung on Apr 17, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Duh, Alabama-Huntsville hockey

Go Chargers!

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

by battlekow on Apr 17, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions

Tampa Yankees

Who do the Tampa Yankees root for when the Yankees visit the Rays?

by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2009 9:53 AM CDT reply actions

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