7/25/09

Weekly Prospect Update - Maybe Babies




The 2010 Crop:


Fernando Martinez – OF - AAA – on the DL for the week

Jon Niese – SP – AAA – pitched July 18… gave up no hits in first four innings and, strangely, had no strikeouts through four… threw a 7-inning complete game: 7.0-IP, 0-R, 2-H, 0-BB, 2-K… ERA down to 3.82… 0.96 ERA in his last 56.1 innings… as you all know, he’s on his way to Queens and, hopefully, we can take his name off the list for good reasons

Over The Hill Gang:

Nelson Figueroa – SP – AAA – 35/yrs. old – pitched July 18… complete game shutout: 7.0-IP, 7-H, 0-R, 0-BB, 5-K, 2.32… 7/23: 7.0-IP, 3-ER, loss (no support), 5-K, 0-BB, 2.42.

Adam Bostick – RP – AAA – 26/yrs. old – July 19: 1.0-IP, 0-R, 0-H, 1-K, 0.60… 7-21: 2.0-IP, 1-ER, 1-HR… ERA “soars” to 1.06… 7-23: started… 3.0-IP, 1-ER, 5-K… 1.35

Emary Frederick – RP – AA – 25/yrs. old - July 19: another 2.0 scoreless innings… 1-H, 0-K, 0-BB… 7-21: 0.2-IP, 1-ER, 1-BB, 2-H… ERA to 1.80… 7-22: 2.0-IP, 2-ER, 1-BB, 3.86… 7-23: 1.0-IP, 4-ER

Last Chance Larry’s

Brant Rustich – RP – A+ - 24/yrs. old - 7-20: 2.0-IP, 0-ER… then went back on the DL.

Josh Satin – 2B – A – 24/yrs. old – hit .294 over the last 10 games… seven walks… six Ks

The 21-24/yr. old crop:

Roy Merritt – RP/CL – AA – 23-years old – 7-21: finally, a slam dunk… 1.0-IP, 0-ER, H-4, 3.80… 7-23: 2.0-IP, 1-ER… yearly ERA now up to 3.83.

Brandon Moore – SP – low-A – 23/yrs. old – 7-20: Errors led to four unearned runs and his stats finished up at: 4.0-IP, 6-R, 2-ER, 2-K, 1-BB, 1.32 for the season.

Michael Powers – RP – Brooklyn – 23-yrs. old – 7-22: 1.0-IP, 1-K, 0-R, 0-H, SV-6, 1.46… 7-24: 1.0-IP, 2-ER (18.00 nightly ERA), 2-K, 2.70.

Marcos Tabata – RP – GCL – 23-yrs. old – 7-19: 2.o-IP, 0-R, 2-K, 0-BB… 7/23: 2.0-IP, 2-ER, 1-K

Jimmy Johnson – RP – A+ - 23-yrs. old – hasn’t pitched since July 9…

Brad Holt - SP – AA – 22/yrs. old – pitched July 18… 6.2-IP, 2-ER, 7-K, 1-BB… 7-23: 6.0-IP, 5-ER, 3-K, 0-BB, FOUR HOME RUNS…

Ike Davis – 1B – AA – 22/yrs. old – July 18: hit 4th AA homer of the year… 7-23: hit #5… 7-24: hit #6… total HRs A+/AA this season… 13… .509 SLG at AA.

Sean Ratliff – OF – Gnats – 22-yrs. old – broke out of his month long slump… hit .294 in the last 10 games… hit safely in all ten games.

Josh Thole – C – AA – 22-yrs. old – returned from the DL on July 18… another typical 300+ BA for the last ten games… up to 96 hits this season.

Scott Shaw – SP – A+ - 22-yrs. old – nobody ever writes anything about this kid, but he has definitely earned a rotation spot in 2010 at the AA level… 7/22: 6.0-IP, 2-ER, 5-K, 4-BB, 3.75…

Eric Beaulac – SP – A – 22-yrs. old – pitched July 18… 5.2-IP, 2-HBP, 0-ER, 7-K, 2-BB, 2.44… now ranked 5th in league in ERA and 9th in strikeouts… July 23: uh-oh… jinxed him… 3.0-IP, 4-ER, 3-K, 2.79… remember, you can have ups and downs in the minors, but it’s all about the K/IP…

Rhiner Cruz – CL – Gnats – 22-yrs old - July 17 save was his 18th in 18 opportunities… 7-23: 1.1-IP, 0-R, 1-K, 1-BB, 19th save in 19 opportunities…

Brandon Sage – RP – Clones – 22-yrs old – did not pitch this week

James Fuller - RP – Clones – 22/yrs old – 7/22: 5.0-IP, 2-ER, 6-K, 3-BB, 1.75…

Bobby Gagg – RP – K-Port – 22-yrs. old – 7-18: 1.0-IP, 0-H. 0-R, 3-K, 0.00… 7-20: 1st save of professional career: 1.0-IP, 0-R, 0-H, 1-K, ERA for year still 0.00…

Nestor Moreno – C – VSL – 21-yrs. old - finally, a 16-yr. old in Venezuela that admits he’s over 20… bad 10 game slump (.189) but, for the year: .323/.387/.398/.785

Chris Hilliard – SP – K-Port – 7-19: 5.0-IP, 1-ER, 5-H, 1-K, 0-BB, 2.16… 7-24: 3.0-IP, 1-ER, 3-K… 2-2, 2.25 for the season


Preemies:

Robert Carson – SP – A – 20-yrs old - has not pitch since 7-17

Alonzo Harris – OF – Rookie K-Port – 20-yrs old – 7-18: 3-4, 3-R, 1-3B, 1-RBI, .290… hit 7th home run on 7-19… batted .366 for the past 10 games

Breiner Soto – CF – VSL – 20-yrs. old – hit only .262 the past 10 games, but still stats out fine for the season: .305/.341/.433/.774

Javier Rodriquez – CF – GCL – 19-yrs. old – 7-21: 3-4, 1-2B, 2-R, 4-RBI… for the first seven games: .214, 10-K, 1-HR, 7-RBI, but the important thing is he’s playing…

Jenry Mejia – SP – AA – 19/yrs. old – on DL all week

Jeurys Familia – SP – A – 19/yrs. old – 7-20: 7.0-IP, 11-K, 0-ER… ERA down to 2.89… 8-6…

Ruben Tejada – SS – B-Mets – 19-yrs. old – hit .385 for the week… up to .278 for the season.

Mark Cohoon – SP – Brooklyn – 19-yrs. old - 7-24: 6.0-IP, 0-R, 3-K, 3-BB – for year: 6-1

Yohan Almonte – SP – K-Port – 19-yrs old – 7-21: 4.2-IP, 6-ER, 11.57 ERA in his first start for K-Port…

Jhonathan Torrez – SP – K-Port – 19-yrs old - 7-22: 5.0-IP, 2-ER, 1-K, 2-BB, 2-HR, 3.00…

German Gonzales – SP – GCL – 19-yrs. old – hasn’t pitched this past week…

Ernesto Yanez – SP – VSL – 19-yrs. old - 7-21: 6.0-IP, 0-ER, 5-K, 1-BB, 2.45…

Estarlin Morel – P – DSL – 19/yrs. old - 7-22: rough outing… 4.2-IP, 3-ER, 3-K, 1-BB… for season: 2-1, 2.12.

Cesar Puello – OF – K-Port – 18-yrs. old – .275/.333/.388/.721 for the season… not the kind of breakout year as expected

Jenry Marte – 3B – A – 18-yrs. old – .256 over last ten games… errors holding at 35…

Nelfi Zapata – C – GCL – 18-yrs. old – in a little bit of a slump… last 10 games: .229… season average still .313/.384/.500/.884

Luis Hernandez – RP – DSL – 18-years old – 7-23: 4.0-IP, 0-ER, 3-K… for season: 0-2, 0.57 in 9 appearances

Marcos Camarena – SP – DSL – 18-years old – 7-23: 5.0-IP, 1-ER, 7-K… for season: 6-0, 1.76, 43K/46.0-IP

Carlos Avellones – SP – VSL - 18-yrs. old – still piggybacking… 7-19: 3.0-IP, 2-R, 0-ER, 0-K, 3-BB… ERA actually went down to: 1.59…

Wilmer Flores – SS – A – 17/yrs. old - 7-19: 4-4, 1-2B, 2-RBI, BA up to .287… .282 over the last ten games…

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