Thursday July21, 2011 Minor League Updates

[Blitz Dorsey]

The good news is that the Reds won't need to feel the temptation of protecting him from the rule 5 draft this year.

Wait, what the hell? I thought Guillon was too young (19) to be subjected to the Rule 5 draft. Do the Reds really have to put him on the 40-man this offseason or risk losing him? You sure you're not thinking of Neftali Soto?

[camisadelgolf]

Wait, what the hell? I thought Guillon was too young (19) to be subjected to the Rule 5 draft. Do the Reds really have to put him on the 40-man this offseason or risk losing him? You sure you're not thinking of Neftali Soto?

Because Guillon's original contract was voided, when he re-signed with the Reds, it meant that he would be available for each rule 5 draft to follow if not on the 40-man roster. It's a weird, obscure rule that Baseball America mentioned a while back.

[cinreds21]

Mudcats win 11-6 but OF COURSE freaking Chattanooga Lookouts come back and win again so no ground was made for the Mudcats tonight. Ugh

[camisadelgolf]

Bakersfield won 5-1. I think it was the home-field advantage that helped them prevail. How could you expect the San Jose Giants to compete against a team that's backed by a rabid fan base that flooded the gates with a paid attendance of 413?

+ 26-year-old Derrik Lutz has yet to give up a run since joining the Blaze.
+ Following an abysmal June, J.C. Sulbaran is putting up solid numbers in July.
+ Drew Bowman lowered his BB/9IP to a hair above 8.35.
+ Didi Gregorius and Brodie "Promote to Carolina" Greene had three hits apiece.
+ I got some coupons to Red Lobster.

- Ryan LaMarre is hitless in his last 11 at-bats.
- The recently-signed Jorge Jimenez is another day older.
- Sulbaran hit two betters, had a wild pitch, and also had a balk.
- My parents want to go to Red Lobster with me.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
San Jose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	0
Bakersfield	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	x		5	11	0 

W: Sulbaran (6-2, 4.45) L: Westcott (11-2, 3.15)

Bakersfield Blaze
Player		Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Gregorius	SS	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	.282
LaMarre		CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
Fellhauer	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.280
Greene		2B	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	.295
Hunt		RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.310
Richburg	1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.279
Jimenez		DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Buchholz	3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275
Coddington	 C	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.346
BATTING
2B: Greene (12, Westcott).
HR: Richburg (6, 4th inning off Westcott, 1 on, 2 out), Gregorius (4, 7th inning off Westcott, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Gregorius 6; Greene 4; Richburg 5; Jimenez; Buchholz; Coddington.
RBI: Richburg 2 (24), Gregorius 3 (24).
2-out RBI: Richburg 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: LaMarre; Richburg; Hunt.
SAC: Buchholz.
GIDP: Jimenez.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: LaMarre (Joseph at 2nd base).
DP: (Gregorius-Greene-Richburg).

Bakersfield Blaze
Player		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Sulbaran(W 6-2)	5.0	2	1	1	2	4	0	4.45
Thurman (H, 6)	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	5.00
Lutz (H, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Bowman		2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5.05
WP: Sulbaran.
Balk: Sulbaran.
HBP: Brown, G (by Sulbaran), Joseph (by Sulbaran).
Groundouts-flyouts: Sulbaran 6-3, Thurman 1-0, Lutz 4-0, Bowman 2-0.
Batters faced: Sulbaran 21, Thurman 4, Lutz 5, Bowman 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Lutz 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Ryan Bleiber. 1B: Aaron Larson. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 91 degrees, clear.
Wind: 4 mph, Varies.
T: 2:41.
Att: 413.

[BillDoran]

+ I got some coupons to Red Lobster.

- My parents want to go to Red Lobster with me.

Do the right thing.

[camisadelgolf]

Do the right thing.

Say I'm sick, give them the coupons, and tell them to go without me?

[cinreds21]

+ I got some coupons to Red Lobster.

- My parents want to go to Red Lobster with me.

You might as well take them Cam because it's not like you're going to be taking some hot chick there.

[camisadelgolf]

You might as well take them Cam because it's not like you're going to be taking some hot chick there.

True. Every woman I've gotten to know, I kicked out as soon as I woke up the next morning.

[cinreds21]

True. Every woman I've gotten to know, I kicked out as soon as I woke up the next morning.

Because you were embarrassed?

[camisadelgolf]

Because you were embarrassed?

Yeah, I'm a little more high class than Red Lobster.

[muddie]

A couple more notes to take away from the Carolina win last night...

Felix Perez has quietly put together an 11 game hitting streak. The team had a season high 17 hits last night.

Donnie Joseph and Justin Freeman struck out the side in the eighth and ninth respectively. That was huge for both of these guys whose troubles have been well documented.

[klw]

Dayton win 13-0.

Player 	       Pos 	AB 	R 	H 	2B 	3B 	HR 	RBI 	BB 	SO 	AVG
Hamilton 	SS 	5 	4 	3 	0 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	.247
Torreyes 	2B 	5 	3 	5 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0 	.402
D'Anna 	        DH 	4 	2 	3 	0 	0 	1 	5 	0 	0 	.288
Pfister 	PH-DH 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	.159
Vidal, D 	3B 	6 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	3 	0 	1 	.295
Lutz 	        1B 	6 	2 	4 	1 	1 	1 	1 	0 	0 	.266
Berset 	         C 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.130
Duran 	        LF 	5 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	3 	.256
Matthews 	RF 	5 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.225
Bowe 	        CF 	5 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.272

BATTING
2B: Lutz (15, Berlind), Matthews (5, Berlind).
3B: Lutz (1, Peralta, S), Hamilton (6, Francescon).
HR: D'Anna (8, 1st inning off Peralta, S, 2 on, 0 out), Lutz (14, 1st inning off Peralta, S, 0 on, 1 out), 
Vidal, D (11, 2nd inning off Peralta, S, 2 on, 2 out).
SB: Hamilton (72, 2nd base off Peralta, S/Gibbs).

Player 	        IP 	H 	R 	ER 	BB 	SO 	HR 	ERA
Renken 	        5.2 	1 	0 	0 	2 	9 	0 	3.34
Howell, B 	1.1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	2.28
Rogers, Ch 	1.0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3.95
Hayes 	        0.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1.77

Balk: Berlind.
HBP: Berset (by Peralta, S).
Groundouts-flyouts: Peralta, S 4-0, Berlind 3-2, Francescon 1-1, Levitt 3-0, 
Ebinger 2-1, Renken 7-1, Howell, B 1-1, Rogers, Ch 3-0, Hayes 0-0.
Batters faced: Peralta, S 17, Berlind 14, Francescon 10, Levitt 4, Ebinger 5, 
Renken 20, Howell, B 5, Rogers, Ch 4, Hayes 0.

Some concerning things from this game:
Lutz went 0-2 in at bats once he hit for the cycle.
Torreyes had only 1 walk. Only 1. ugh.
Hamilton only 1 walk and only 1 SB. No wonder poor D'Anna only had 5 RBI.
No sac flies for the whole team!!

[muddie]

Some concerning things from this game:
Lutz went 0-2 in at bats once he hit for the cycle.

I don't know what to make of this comment. The guy goes 4-6 and there is a concern? Am I missing something?

[klw]

I don't know what to make of this comment. The guy goes 4-6 and there is a concern? Am I missing something?

You are missing the sarcasm. I thought the rest of the post would have made that clear, ex criticizing Torreyes for going 5-5 but only having 1 walk. Sorry I should have broken out the emoticons.

[muddie]

You are missing the sarcasm. I thought the rest of the post would have made that clear, ex criticizing Torreyes for going 5-5 but only having 1 walk. Sorry I should have broken out the emoticons.

Nah, I'm just slooow.