Dayton won 3-2.
Dayton won 3-2.
Sarasota won 7-2.
Jay Bruce went 2-for-4 with two singles, a walk, and 2 RBI.
Last edited by OnBaseMachine; 04-23-2007 at 09:53 PM.
There are many more people I'd rather have in AAA right now than the Majors.
Keppinger-->Castro
Bailey-->Belisle (sorry, not a fan, maybe in pen)
Dumatrait/Livingston-->Milton
Salmon-->Cormier
Burton-->Coffey (he needs some time in AAA right now)
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
---TRF
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
Belisle start was exactly the demonstration why(actually all of his starts outside his 3rd) why should be in the rotation up untill he can no longer be effective over a period of time, the key is consistancy. Dumatrait should be started in the bullpen first before even thinking about starting. He has been killer on lefties but less effective against righties.
And so far this year righties are hitting .164 against Dumatrait. Lefties just .100 against him.
That league is usually hard on young hitters -- Bruce shouldn't be having as easy a time as he has been with it. I'm eager to see if he can keep his production high (OBP of over. 380) on a couple of cycles through the league. We all know he's a special player, but his performance here should give a pretty good picture of what his timetable will be.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
I went through the data from 2002-2006 for every player in the FSL under age 21 (ranges from 18-20, but mostly 20 year olds) and the average line for a guy under 21 in the FSL is .260/.321/.380 for an OPS of .701. If you go with straight 20 year olds, the line goes to .259/.322/.378 for an even .700 OPS. 20 year old outfielders have a slightly better average line of .267/.330/.404 for an OPS of .734.
In the same time span just 3 players have had a slugging percentage of .500 or better, and only 1 player has OPS'd over .900. Jay Bruce and Cameron Maybin are both making this league look a lot easier than they should be.
Oh, I only included guys under 21 with at least 100 at bats, so anyone with under 100 at bats was not included, so no guys who just got a 1 or 2 game call up from the GCL or anything.
Thanks again for these guys. I don't usually have much to add, but I really enjoy reading the updates on a daily basis. I've been out with a back injury, so these are a welcome read in my pretty sad world right now, lol.
That said, is it normal for an entire farm system to have pitching this good for the entire first month of the season. It seems to me that damn near every single night, the Reds, from A up thru AAA are having stellar nights. Really incredible.
But what's up with Dumatrait's 1K tonight?
Box Scores courtesy FirstInning.Com
http://firstinning.com/daily/cin/
Straight from my spreadsheet, the top 20 guys listed by OPS
Also note that James Loney came through the league at 19 and psoted a .737 OPS, Robinson Cano at 20 posted a .690 OPS, Hanley Ramirez at 20 posted a .753 OPS and Grady sizemore posted a .699 OPS at age 20. The league has been pretty brutal on a lot of good hitters.Code:Name Year Age Pos AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS Miguel Cabrera 2002 19 3b 489 134 43 1 9 75 38 85 0.274 0.333 0.421 754 Colby Rasmus 2006 20 193 49 4 5 5 35 27 35 0.254 0.351 0.404 755 Willy Aybar 2003 20 3b 445 122 29 3 11 74 41 70 0.274 0.336 0.427 763 Justin Huber 2002 20 c 100 27 2 1 3 15 11 18 0.27 0.37 0.4 770 Melky Cabrera 2004 20 of 333 96 20 3 8 51 23 59 0.288 0.341 0.438 779 Alex Romero 2004 20 of-dh 380 111 21 2 6 42 54 47 0.292 0.387 0.405 792 Greg Golson 2006 20 of 159 42 11 2 6 17 11 53 0.264 0.324 0.472 796 Last. Milledge 2005 20 of 232 70 15 0 4 22 19 41 0.302 0.385 0.418 803 Joe Mauer 2003 20 c 233 78 13 1 1 44 24 24 0.335 0.395 0.412 807 Etanislao Abreu 2005 20 2b 394 129 23 7 4 43 15 56 0.327 0.356 0.452 808 Will Smith 2002 20 of 549 164 30 12 14 73 31 75 0.299 0.336 0.474 810 Jeremy Hermida 2004 20 of-dh 340 101 17 1 10 50 42 73 0.297 0.377 0.441 818 David Wright 2003 20 3b 466 126 39 2 15 75 72 98 0.27 0.369 0.459 828 Eric Duncan 2004 19 3b 173 44 20 2 4 26 31 47 0.254 0.366 0.462 828 Mike Carp 2006 20 1b 491 141 27 1 17 88 51 107 0.287 0.379 0.45 829 Matt Moses 2005 20 3b-dh 265 81 16 1 7 42 28 59 0.306 0.376 0.453 829 Dioner Navarro 2003 19 c 197 59 16 4 3 28 17 27 0.299 0.364 0.467 831 Fra. Gutierrez 2003 20 of 425 120 28 5 20 68 39 111 0.282 0.345 0.513 858 Joel Guzman 2004 19 ss 329 101 22 8 14 51 21 78 0.307 0.349 0.55 899 Matt Kemp 2005 20 of 418 128 21 4 27 90 25 92 0.306 0.349 0.569 918
Last edited by dougdirt; 04-24-2007 at 11:23 PM.
Chattanooga bats are hot as well as their defense. Lecure struggled walking 4 while striking out 4 and allowing 7 hits.
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