Saturday June 26th Minor League Updates

[AWA85]

Yorman has two hits tonight and a stolen base.

[SirFelixCat]

And there it was. 0-5, 5 strikeouts.

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[OnBaseMachine]

Couple of huge nights for two 2008 International signees:

Yorman Rodriguez went 4-for-5 with a stolen base in Billings 10-9 loss...

Junior Arias is 4-for-4 with a triple, HR (#1), 2 RBI, and 2 stolen bases.

Juan Silva is 0-for-2 with two walks and a SB.

[mace]

Yorman ended up 4 for 5, and further down the lineup, Jonathan Kaskow, a switch-hitting first baseman drafted in the 41st round out of Stanford, went 4 for 4 with a HR. Billings lost 10-9.

Meanwhile, in Arizona, Junior Arias is also 4 for 4 with a HR. Daryl Thompson gave up three runs in five innings and fanned nine.

Edit: Dang, simultaneous. Well, almost.

[OnBaseMachine]

Bill Bray: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

[fearofpopvol1]

I really think Bray is ready for the show now.

[GIDP]

Yea Bray has been flat out nasty.

Im guessing the moment someone stinks it up in our pen hes up.

[Jefferson24]

Yea Bray has been flat out nasty.

Im guessing the moment someone stinks it up in our pen hes up.

The pen would look a lot different with Bray, Chapman, Rhodes, and Masset (pitching like 09)....if we only had a closer that didn't make it interesting every single night.

[GOYA]

Bats lost 4-3 in 13 innings

Player	        AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Matthews CF	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000
Cozart SS	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247
Alonso 1B	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.224
Balentien RF	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.217
Francisco 3B	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.279
Hanigan C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091
Denove C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.291
Frazier LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	.217
Dorn DH	        4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.294
Sutton PH-DH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
Valaika 2B	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.300

Player	                IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Maloney 	        6.0	4	3	3	0	6	1	3.60
Chapman 	        1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.06
Fisher 	                2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37
Bray 	                1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Burton 	                1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	3.94
Valiquette (L, 0-1)	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.36

[OnBaseMachine]

Updated stats on a few players:

Junior Arias:

24 atbats
.375/.423/.708 - 1.131 OPS
1 2B/2 3B/1 HR
1 BB/4 K
2-for-3 SB

Juan Silva:

21 atbats
.333/.440/.667 - 1.107 OPS
0 2B/2 3B/1 HR
4 BB/5 K
1-for-1 SB

Yorman Rodriguez:

29 atbats
.379/.379/.586 - .965 OPS
1 2B/1 3B/1 HR
0 BB/5 K
1-for-1 SB

[bellhead]

What do you think for Yorman if he keeps killing Billings do the Reds move him up to Dayton this year???? He is young I know but he is repeating the level, he came up part way last year, same this year give him 1/2 a year in Dayton?

We could see him in Cincy right around when he's 20.

[redsof72]

I was waiting to see how long it would take until the first person posted "Yorman to Dayton." If Yorman hits .260-.270 in Billings this season, fans should be thrilled. Most people I talk to have their doubts that he can do that. He is a young kid with maturity questions. Lets wait to see how he handles his first slump and wait to see what happens once the word gets around the league of how you pitch to him. The key measuring stick for a hitter in the low minors is that once the opposing pitching coaches in your league figure out what to throw you to get you out, well, if you are still hitting after that, then you have accomplished something.

[bellhead]

I was waiting to see how long it would take until the first person posted "Yorman to Dayton." If Yorman hits .260-.270 in Billings this season, fans should be thrilled. Most people I talk to have their doubts that he can do that. He is a young kid with maturity questions. Lets wait to see how he handles his first slump and wait to see what happens once the word gets around the league of how you pitch to him. The key measuring stick for a hitter in the low minors is that once the opposing pitching coaches in your league figure out what to throw you to get you out, well, if you are still hitting after that, then you have accomplished something.

29 atbats
.379/.379/.586 - .965 OPS
1 2B/1 3B/1 HR
0 BB/5 K
1-for-1 SB
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That's not a 260 or 270 average....He was around 300 at Billings last year before he wore down. I think Dayton is not out of the question.

[OnBaseMachine]

Yorman needs some more time in Billings. Maybe give him a late season promotion to Dayton if he's still crushing the ball in August.

[bellhead]

So bring him up in August and let him start there next year??? He is really ahead of the curve age wise.

It's also a nice debate about when to move him up...Would rather have this than the he sucks argument...