Farmers Only: Weekend Recap

by BK on Jun 29, 2009 10:30 AM EDT in Farmers only Comment 22 comments

Roster Moves: In the biggest news of the weekend, Chris Heisey and Zach Stewart have earned callups to Louisville. Both of them were tearing up AA, and Stewart will pitch out of the bullpen after starting for the rest of the season, presumably to keep his innings down. Newly acquired Corky Miller and recently demoted Adam Rosales are back with the Bats was well. Jordan Smith is off the DL in Carolina, and Brian Peterson is the backup catcher for the Mudcats now, after Miller was acquired in AAA and Chris Denove goes on the DL. Another great sign, as Juan Francisco is back for the Mudcats too. Josh Ravin goes on the DL in Dayton, as Aguido Gonzalez is activated off of it.
Draft Picks Signed: 9th rounder Brian Pearl and 12th rounder Josh Garton are with Billings now. 30th round catcher Yovan Gonzalez and 8th round outfielder Juan Silva are with the GCL Reds now. 4th rounder Mark Fleury, 11th rounder Harold Johnson, 35th rounder Oliver Santos, and 36th rounder Chris Burleson have all signed but aren't assigned to a roster yet.
Louisville dropped 2 of their 3 games over the weekend. On Friday night, the Bats lost 6-0 to Charlotte as Ramon Ramirez got lit up. Daryl Thompson pitched in relief in his first game off the DL as well, which is a promising sign. Danny Dorn and Michael Griffin both had two hits, but the Bats couldn't get any other offense going. On Saturday, Ben Jukich kept the guys in the game, but they dropped in the 9th to Gwinnett 4-3. Jukich pitched 5 1/3 innings, and gave up 3 runs while striking out 7. Chris Valaika led the way with 3 hits, and Edwin Encarnacion and Darnell McDonald were both 2-for-4. In Sunday's game, Matt Maloney led the Bats to a 6-4 win over Gwinnett. Maloney gave up 3 runs and struck out 6 in 6 2/3 innings to get the win. Batting 3rd and playing RF in his second start in Louisville, Chris Heisey went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Edwin Encarnacion and Kevin Barker both had multi-hit games as well, and Barker hit his 14th HR of the season. Up next: The Bats take on Gwinnett at 7. No starter listed, but Justin Lehr should get the nod.
Distraught over Heisey's recent promotion, Carolina got swept over the weekend. Friday night saw them lost 6-2 to Jacksonville. Dallas Buck got hurt, only pitching 2 innings. In his last game in AA, Chris Heisey and Carson Kainer had 2 hits each. On Saturday, the Mudcats got shut out 9-0, with Juan Francisco getting a hit in his first game back off the DL. Not much else there. On Sunday, Carolina took the lead in the top of the 8th only to lose it in the bottom of the inning, a 6-5 loss to Chattanooga. Travis Wood started the game and once again pitched well, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings, before Sean Watson gave up 4 runs in the 8th to blow the save. Sean Henry and Todd Frazier each added a 2-run HR to the Mudcats cause. Up next: The Mudcats take on 'Nooga at 7:15. No starter listed, and since it was supposed to be Zach Stewart's turn before he got promoted, I'm not sure who will get the start instead.
Sarasota went 1-2 over the weekend too. On Friday, they got shut out 6-0 against Lakeland. Luis Montano had a pretty good start, pitching 6 innings of 1 run ball, but the offense couldn't get anything going, with just six singles on the evening. They lost big to Lakeland again on Saturday, 12-5. Matt Klinker got lit up. Justin Reed and Denis Phipps both had 2 hits, and Phipps, Devin Mesoraco, and Neftali Soto all homered. On Sunday. they bounced back and beat Lakeland 5-3 behind a great start by Jeremy Horst. Horst went 7 innings of 3 run (2 earned) ball, and Mace Thurman and Enerio Del Rosario both pitched a perfect inning to seal the win. Neftali Soto was the star on offense, going 2-for-4 with a HR. Up next: Sarasota takes on Tampa at 7. No starter listed, but Scott Carroll started 5 days ago.
Dayton had a winning weekend, taking 2 of 3 against Lansing. On Friday, they won 7-3 behind a great pitching performance by Lance Janke. Janke went 5 innings and gave up 1 earned run, and walked nobody while striking out 6. Enrique Rojas went 3-for-5, and Andrew Means, Michael Konstanty, Byron Wiley, and Kevin Coddington all had two hits to lead the offense. Andrew Bowman, Mike James, and Scott Gaffney combined for 4 innings of shutout relief. The Dragons won again on Saturday 5-2. All-Star Matt Fairel went 6 innings, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits while striking out 6. Oscar Castro, Junior Martinez, and Aguido Gonzalez combined to close it out. Michael Konstanty and Byron Wiley were the stars on offense, each hitting a 2-run HR. The Dragons lost the final game of the weekend in late innings, 5-3. Curtis Partch was okay in his start, and Michael Konstanty continued his tear of a weekend with two more hits and two more RBI. Up next: Dayton has the day off today.
After starting their season with a win, Billings lost three more over the weekend to drop their losing streak to 5. On Friday, they lost a 11-10 slugfest. Adian Kummet started and gave up 2 runs in 2 innings, but every reliever after him also gave up runs. On the other hand, the offense was good with Sean Conner, Alexis Oliveras, and John Dao all with 3 hits each. The lost 5-3 on Saturday, behind a decent start by Justin Walker. Walker gave up 3 ER in 6 innings, and struck out 6. Frank Pfister was 2-for-4 and drove in both Mustang runs. In the final game of the series, they lost 6-4. Leonardo Astorga had a quality start, but it wasn't enough. Yen-Wen Kuo drove in two runs. Up next: The Mustangs finally take on another team, traveling to Helena to play at 9:05. No starter listed, but it should be Shea Snowden.
The GCL Reds split their two games over the weekend after being off on Friday. They lost to the GCL Rays on Saturday 4-2, as Billy Hamilton suffered his first hitless game. Theodis Bowe had two of the Reds 6 hits. Blair Carson had a good start, pitching 3 innings of shutout ball, and Jacob Wiley pitched 3 shutout innings in relief. The GCL Reds beat the GCL Orioles 7-5 on Sunday, with Pedro Villarreal and Marcos Molina combining for 6 innings of no earned runs. Billy Hamilton, Danny Hernandez, Cristobal Rodriguez, and Yorman Rodriguz all had two hits. Up next: They take on the GCL Red Sox at noon. It's Tyler Cline's turn in the rotation, but there's no starter listed.

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I suspect we will see Edwin tomorrow.

"I lay my head on the railroad tracks, and wait for the double E"- Warren Zevon

by Colin Auscapee on Jun 29, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i expected more jubilation at the rosales demotion

’bout time!

Baseball worshiped here.

by Daedalus on Jun 29, 2009 1:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Has anyone seen or heard from obc?

Or does he have the car packed up and is on his way down 71 South?

"Don't let the brain interfere with the heart" -- Albert Einstein

by jch24 on Jun 29, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Definitely

Although, he might go back to being the AAA stud that we saw in April, in which case I’ll be back to singing his praises. Just not to the point where I argue that he should be promoted again.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 29, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you talking about obc...he's a stud alright

In his own mind…

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
George Carlin

by Madville on Jun 30, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wanted to bake a delicious cake to celebrate

but I was worried it might be tasteless.

"I lay my head on the railroad tracks, and wait for the double E"- Warren Zevon

by Colin Auscapee on Jun 29, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure your cake would have been sweet and savory.

by Brendanukkah on Jun 29, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

cant argue with it

Rosales hasnt deserved a spot in a few qeeks. Neither does Richar, of course.

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 29, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Richar belongs here more than you think

He tore up Louisville to a tune of .378/.417/.644 in 12 games in June.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 29, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But Rosales

hit .431 / .479 / .754 in Louisville.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 29, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rosales started strong in spring

and faded more and more as the season wore on. All that needless running takes its toll. Seriously.

I often contemplate what would have happened had the Reds had the prescience to shut down Edwin and let him heal, try to get him ready for May, instead of rushing him to prepare him for Opening Day. Then we would have gotten the hot Rosales to start the season at third, and a ready Encarnacion for the rest of they year. Edwin is a notoriously slow starter anyway.

We did the exact opposite of course, playing EdE when he wasn’t ready, not getting good production out of him, and shutting him down in time to call up a cooling Rosales, who soon became ice cold.

So instead of good production from 3B all year, we have had terrible production for the entire first half. All this reinforces what should be obvious to the keen (or not so keen) observer: the Reds front office/management are not very smart.

"I lay my head on the railroad tracks, and wait for the double E"- Warren Zevon

by Colin Auscapee on Jun 29, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Richar in the Majors...?

I don’t think Richar hitting 0.290 with only a 0.330 OBP and not much power / speed / defense deserves the callup, but all the good hitting infield prospects are still in A+ or AA currently…and somebody had to get called up. They don’t have any true infield prospects at L’ville other than Valaika, but he is still a year away (unless you count Edwin).

Rosales, Janish & Richar are just a cheaper version of Juan Castro, Jeff Kepplinger, or any other journeyman utility player. They’ll all hit 0.230~0.280 from year to year and bounce around from team to team.

by ephram on Jun 30, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And he deserved his promotion when he got it

Just like Richar deserves it now. But if Richar performs as bad as Rosales did at the big league level, he’ll get sent back.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 29, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the party

was in Saturday’s game thread.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 29, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Buck just come back from an injury?

by ken on Jun 29, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah he did, a few weeks ago

This one is a shoulder injury, that was bad enough to the point where he had to be taken out of the game. Not sure what they’re going to do with him, but he hasn’t been DLd yet.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 29, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

FYI

Bats vs. Gwinnett Braves will be televised live Tuesday at 2pm on MLB Network. Pretty cool.

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by MixFMKyle on Jun 29, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Very cool.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 29, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone know how good of a glove this Hamilton kid has at SS?

Nice offense, so far!

Reds fan for 40 years!

by gejoe on Jun 29, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

His reputation is for his overall athleticism

and he turned down a football scholarship to sign with the Reds. We’ll see how his glove develops, but he’s certainly athletic enough to play the position, with supposedly a pretty strong arm. His knock before the draft was the holes in his swing, so the fact that he’s already hitting is a great sign.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 30, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

decent, from what i've heard...

but he does have 3 errors already…

by ephram on Jun 30, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't look too much into that

He’s been playing pro ball for a week.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jul 1, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs