Farmers Only: Dayton needs to learn how to play nice and share that offense

by BK on May 28, 2009 7:00 AM EDT in Farmers only

Louisville were one of two Reds minor league clubs to get shut out, as they lost to Pawtucket 2-0. Charlie Zink of the PawSox was the second pitcher to throw a one-hitter against the Bats in the series, as Michael Griffin secured the only Bats hit in the 5th. Matt Maloney had another good start, as he went 7 innings and gave up 2 runs on 7 hits and struck out 7. Ben Jukich and Josh Roenicke both pitched perfect innings in relief, but it didn't matter with the offensive struggles. Up next: Homer Bailey takes on Pawtucket at 7:05.

Rojas

Carolina also got shut out by Montgomery, 3-0. Zach Stewart pitched 4 innings of scoreless ball, but he was pulled before the 5th. Let's hope it's not an injury, but that's what it's looking like at the moment. Kyle Aselton continued to bring the suck, by giving up 3 runs in 1 1/3 for the loss. It's a shame, because Sean Watson and Ruben Medina were perfect in their relief outings of 2 2/3 and 1 inning respectively. Offensively, a Chris Heisey triple and Todd Frazier double were the only two hits on the night for the Mudcats. Up next: Travis Wood takes on Montgomery at 7:15.
Philippe-Alexandre Valiquette blew his first save of the season, as Sarasota blew a one run lead in the 9th to lose 3-2 to Dunedin. Once again, Jeremy Horst gets denied a win despite a good outing. Horst went 7 innings and gave up 1 run, while striking out 6 hitters. Tony Brown hit a 2-run home run in his first start at DH for the S-Reds, but other than that, not much offense was happening. Up next: Rafael Gonzalez takes the hill against Dunedin at 7.

Mendez

Apparently, Dayton was hoarding all of the offense for the night, as they routed Wisconsin 14-4. Miguel Rojas led the way, going 3-for-5 with his 2nd home run of the season, and 3 RBI total, and Carlos Mendez had 4 hits and 3 RBI too. Andrew Means was 2-for-5 in the 3rd spot in the lineup, and leadoff hitter David Sappelt had two doubles to add to the cause. Featured Farmhand Cody Puckett also drove in two runs. Yen-Wen Kuo went 2-for-4 to get his first hits of the season. Oh yeah, and J.C. Sulbaran pitched another nice game, going 6 innings of 2 run, 7 strikeout ball, all without walking any hitters. Up next: Matt Fairel takes on Wisconsin at 7.
Roster Moves: Homer Bailey is now on the Louisville roster, which will come in handy as he's pitching tonight. James Avery is on the DL in Carolina with an injury that hasn't been disclosed yet (or, at least I haven't been able to find it).

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What's Juan Duran been up to lately?

I’m too lazy to look for myself

by D-Rock on May 28, 2009 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

I think he and Yorman Rodriguez will be playing in the GCL this year

their season doesn’t start until June 23rd.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on May 28, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions

since it came up in conversation last night

I may/may not try to plan a trip to Yellowstone around a Billings game. If that happens, I’ll be sure to take pictures and let y’all know, but the ETD would be late July besides.

Ali Boombaye

by Cy Schourek on May 28, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions

It'll be interesting

To see how Homer does tonight.

"Carpe Diem"

by Duckerr on May 28, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

Great job with the Farmer's Only as always, BK.

This feature never gets enough love. I guess we’ll have to chalk it up to that old adage: “nobody wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.” And the baby is looking pretty good right now.

tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty

by Colin Auscapee on May 28, 2009 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

i think it's more of an availablity issue

Farmer’s Only is probably the only news many of us get about the minor leagues, so it becomes more like a lecture than a conversation. we can all discuss the big league club because it is more visible, we all watch the games and participate in the threads and such. so we at least think we know what we are talking about regarding that. the only expose we get to the minors is Farmer’s Only, so it kinda makes for a dead end conversation wise. low comment counts on these posts certainly have nothing to do with the quality of the content. BK does a bang-up job with this, much much better than the bum who used to do these :)

by Charlie Scrabbles on May 28, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Agree completely

The other thing I find interesting here is that, unlike the big league club, all we have to go on, for the most part, are stats (which isn’t bad). But what we don’t know is how those players are being used.

Ex.: Take T-Virus. A lot on here wish he would steal more, but the coaching staff doesn’t necessarily give him the green light. There could be someone in the minors (Stubbs?) that could be in a similar situation.

There are quite a few unknowns with minor league players that stats can’t tell you.
With that said, BK does a fantastic job. Thanks to these posts I pay a hell of a lot more attention to the minor (especially low minor) players. Once again, thanks BK. You enhance my Reds/baseball IQ everyday and I appreciate that.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on May 28, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Personally, I use these posts to keep up on the names

The top prospects in the system are recognizable, but I like to see what other guys are doing to see if anyone is sneaking into prospect status kind of like Chris Heisey and Daniel Dorn have done.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on May 28, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions