Dayton won 3-1
Dayton won 3-1
Bats win 7-3
Just noticed that Alex Buchholz played his first game of the season tonight for Bakersfield, which lost 17-8. He was 0 for 3 with a walk. And Stephen Hunt didn't play for the second straight night against a lefty starter.
Partial edit: Hunt pitched an inning. Gave up one run.
They sure are trying. Just look at the age discrepancies between AAA and AA:
And that's not to mention Chris Denove, Quintin Berry, and Denis Phipps . . .Code:22.89 Devin Mesoraco 23.81 Kevin Coddington 26.89 Danny Dorn 27.67 Mike Costanzo 25.27 Kris Negron 25.92 Jake Kahaulelio 25.24 Todd Frazier 27.25 Eric Eymann (before the injuries) 25.74 Zack Cozart 22.21 Miguel Rojas 24.09 Yonder Alonso 24.10 Cody Puckett 24.35 Dave Sappelt 26.49 Felix Perez 27.28 Jeremy Hermida 29.80 David Cook
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While it is nitpicking at best, I am actually somewhat concerned about the state of the minors below AAA. We have enjoyed great success up until now, and that is a big part of the reason the system is so bare below AAA, but other than 2 or 3 guys, there is nothing to get excited about in Bakersfield and Carolina.
We have a couple of really young guys that have huge ceilings (Hamilton, Y-Rod, Duran, Guillon) in Dayton, but there is a pretty large gaping hole of talent in the 20-23 year old age range in the system. Mez, Grandal, LaMarre, and that's about it. Again, maybe it's picking nits, but I like to point out weaknesses so that we can look to address them.
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I'm actually not worried at all. Let's assume the following players won't be around next year (and some of them will be):
C Ramon Hernandez
C Corky Miller
C Chris Denove
C James Skelton
C Chase Weems
C Jordan Wideman
1B Chris Richburg
1B Jonathan Kaskow
1B/3B Eric Eymann
1B/3B Mike Costanzo
1B/3B Carlos Mendez
3B Frank Pfister
3B Eric Campbell
SS Edgar Renteria
IF Jose Castro
IF Jose Gualdron
OF Jonny Gomes
OF Brent Clevlen
OF Brian Barton
OF Jeremy Hermida
OF Quintin Berry
OF Denis Phipps
OF David Cook
OF Welinton Ramirez
OF Drew Poulk
UT Mike Griffin
SP James Avery
SP Tom Cochran
SP Chad Reineke
SP Justin Lehr
SP Dontrelle Willis
SP Daryl Thompson
SP Matt Maloney
RP Francisco Cordero
RP David Johnson
RP Jerry Gil
RP Ruben Medina
RP James Adkins
RP Kyle McCulloch
RP Carlos Fisher
RP Daniel Ray Herrera
RP Drew Bowman
RP Scott Gaffney
RP Mike Henry
RP Tyree Hayes
RP Doug Salinas
RP Jason Braun
RP Aguido Gonzalez
RP Derrik Lutz
RP Tzu-Kai Chiu
RP Blair Carson
RP Luca Panerati
That would leave the minors pretty thin, right? Well, keep in mind that that's not including the undrafted players from this year. That's also not to mention minor league free agents and trades. Even with all that pessimism, here's something how the rosters will shape up next year:
Where are the weaknesses? If Bakersfield goes into 2012 with that outfield, they could be in trouble, but there's more than a decent chance that Yorman Rodriguez or Juan Duran could step up to take some of those at-bats.Code:AGE MLB AGE AAA AGE AA AGE A+ AGE A C 31.62 Ryan Hanigan 24.70 KevinCoddington 23.39 Yasmani Grandal 21.23 Tucker Barnhart 23.43 Danny Vicioso 1B 28.56 Joey Votto 24.98 Yonder Alonso 23.09 Neftali Soto 23.27 Dominic D'Anna 23.45 Robert Maddox 2B 30.76 BrandonPhillips 26.16 Kris Negron 22.14 Henry Rodriguez 22.97 Devin Lohman 19.58 Ronald Torreyes 3B 36.99 Scott Rolen 26.13 Todd Frazier 24.50 Alex Buchholz 22.44 David Vidal 20.23 Junior Arias SS 29.47 Paul Janish 26.64 Zack Cozart 24.52 Brodie Greene 22.12 Didi Gregorius 21.53 Billy Hamilton LF 31.31 Fred Lewis 25.00 Cody Puckett 24.02 Josh Fellhauer 23.11 Jaren Matthews 20.35 Kyle Waldrop CF 27.49 Drew Stubbs 25.25 Dave Sappelt 23.36 Ryan LaMarre 21.66 Theo Bowe 19.63 Yorman Rodriguez RF 25.00 Jay Bruce 27.78 Danny Dorn 23.22 Stephen Hunt 23.15 Donald Lutz 20.58 Juan Duran C 23.78 Devin Mesoraco 25.47 Chris McMurray 23.91 Mark Fleury 24.18 Chris Berset 22.39 Yovan Gonzalez 2B 26.63 Chris Valaika 26.82 Jake Kahaulelio 24.94 Adam Muenster 3B 24.77 Juan Francisco SS 23.10 Miguel Rojas OF 27.30 Chris Heisey 27.38 Felix Perez 25.56 Andrew Means 23.93 Josh Garton 21.23 Juan Silva OF 25.72 Kyle Day 22.74 Kurt Muller UT 37.91 Miguel Cairo 24.99 Shane Carlson 21.96 Jefry Sierra 21.09 Samuel Diaz SP 35.10 Bronson Arroyo 24.73 Matt Fairel 26.55 Mark Serrano 22.44 Kyle Lotzkar 21.59 Mitch Clarke SP 26.12 Johnny Cueto 27.52 Scott Carroll 24.19 Josh Ravin 24.65 Josh Smith 21.55 Jake Johnson SP 28.75 Edinson Volquez 27.48 Matt Klinker 25.56 Clay Shunick 23.10 Tanner Robles 21.55 Jonathan Correa SP 25.91 Homer Bailey 27.39 Dallas Buck 24.31 PedroVillarreal 22.74 Dan Renken 20.13 Ismael Guillon SP 25.15 Travis Wood 24.39 Mike Leake 22.39 J.C. Sulbaran 21.60 Dan Corcino 20.54 Wes Mugarian SP 27.91 Sam LeCure 26.00 JordanHotchkiss 25.48 Lance Janke 21.61 Dan Tuttle 23.60 Stalin Gerson RP 24.09 Aroldis Chapman 26.15 Jordan Smith 23.85 Brad Boxberger 23.87 Brian Pearl 22.34 Porfirio Martinez RP 29.88 Nick Masset 27.66 Travis Webb 24.99 Mace Thurman 24.11 Tim Crabbe 23.62 Dan Wolford RP 28.82 Bill Bray 25.13 Phil Valiquette 25.44 Justin Freeman 22.66 Chad Rogers 23.59 Kevin Arico RP 28.01 Jose Arredondo 27.29 Lee Tabor 24.71 Nick Christiani 24.91 Jamie Walczak 23.58 Matt Leonard RP 27.13 Logan Ondrusek 27.55 Joe Krebs 25.13 Curtis Partch 24.58 Drew Hayes 23.35 Lucas O'Rear RP 30.83 Jared Burton 26.50 Jeremy Horst 24.71 Chase Ware 23.89 Pat Doyle 22.41 Ryan Smith RP 24.42 Donnie Joseph 23.50 Blaine Howell 23.58 EzequielInfante 20.85 Tony Amezcua
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