Daily Farm Report – 7/24/08
Posted on July 24th, 2008 by roarke in Daily Farm Reports, Jess Todd, Lance LynnThe Hardball Times continued its series of breaking down draft picks. This entry covers picks 36-44, which includes the Cardinals Supplemental First Round pick Lance Lynn. Included are three different slow-motion videos of Lynn’s motion and scouting analysis. Good stuff.
This article discusses Jess Todd‘s rough outing last night, including this analysis from Todd himself:
“My mechanics are a little off right now,” Todd said. “I’ve been flying open a little bit, and it’s just something I’m going to have to work on.”
Batavia was postponed due to rain, but the rest of the system was all in action today and they went 2-3 on the night. All the details are after the jump.
- Brian Barton looks to be ready to resume his role on the bench for the big club. He was 2-2 with a double and three walks out of the leadoff spot.
- D’Angelo Jimenez was 2-5 with a double and a walk.
- Nick Stavinoha was 2-6.
- Rico Washington was 2-4 with a double and a walk.
- David Freese was 2-4 with a double, triple and a walk.
- Jarrett Hoffpauir was 2-4 with a walk.
- Bryan Anderson was 1-2 with a pair of walks.
- PJ Walters had a solid evening, if a little wild. He went six innings, allowing two runs on three hits and four walks. He also struck out four.
- Matt Clement came in and gave up a pair of runs on three hits and a walk.
- Matthew Scherer finished off the blowout with a scoreless inning.
- Adam Ottavino had a great outing. He went seven innings, allowing only an unearned run on five hits and a walk. He struck out seven.
- Josh Dew followed with a scoreless inning, pitching around three walks and Luke Gregerson threw two perfect innings.
- The Cardinals only got five hits, but runs in the ninth and tenth brought home the win.
- Jon Jay was 2-5.
- Tyler Greene was 1-5 with a double and a stolen base.
- Mark Shorey and Andrew Brown each had a hit.
Brevard County 4, Palm Beach 3
- Tyler Henley was 2-5 with a pair of doubles.
- Brandon Buckman and Daniel Descalso were each 1-3 with a walk.
- Mark Diapoules pitched a great game, going seven innings and striking out seven while only allowing one run on four hits and two walks.
- Diapoules great game was undone by Kenny Maiques, who gave up a hit and three walks in a third of an inning, which led to three runs.
- Blake King didn’t help Maiques out, allowing two of his three inherited runners to score. King lasted 1.2 innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two.
- Pete Kozma and Brett Wallace were each 1-4. Kozma doubled.
- Adron Chambers and Oliver Marmol were each 1-3.
- Joshua Wilson got the start and gave up six runs (five earned) in five innings on nine hits and a walk.
- Brandon Garner, Matt Spade and Dylan Gonzalez each pitched a scoreless inning. Garner and Gonzalez each struck out a pair.
Oneonta 0, Batavia 0 – Postponed
- Alex Castellanos provided the offense for Johnson City tonight by going 3-3 with a double and a home run.
- Brett Lilley, Jack Cawley and Jairo Martinez were each 1-3.
- Andres Rosales got the start and struck out five in 4.2 innings, giving up only an unearned run on two hits and two wild pitches.
- Michael Blazek pitched 3.2 innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk. He struck out six.

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You seem to have missed the rather significant fact that Daryl Jones played left field for Springfield tonight–0 for 3 with a walk and no strikeouts.
Love Tyler Henley hitting for some power.
Hate the continued collapse of Maiques. I continue to wonder what happened there.
you have to appreciate what ottavino has done the last 2 months. after an absolutely terrible april and may, he has come back strong with a great june and july. i think it is safe to say he is clearly back on the prospect radar, and if he keeps it up he may earn himself a trip to memphis to start next year instead of a repeat visit to springfield.
Daryl Jones is in Springfield??
Rosales sighting!
Your comment about Barton being ready to return to the Cards misses the real value of having him in the PCL — the opportunity to play in AAA, which he has never done and which as a rule 5 player he would otherwise be unable to do without arrangement with the Indians. He should stay where he is as long as he can and play every inning. That’s the sweet part in his case of the DL.
Vianden:
Yes, I was trying (poorly) to make a joke about him languishing on the bench for so long in the first half. I love watching the guy play (he was the most exciting guy on the field for most of Spring Training) and it pained me to see him just hanging out in the dugout every game.
What do you guys think we could get for Lohse if we lose a few more games in a row and decide to sell?
Check out what happened in a Class A game last night between Peoria and Dayton. Neither teams are Cardinals farmhands, but it’s still fun to share…
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080724&content_id=437052&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp
and the YouTube video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e36dZAmW8JU
Small addition: Barton was also HBP, meaning he reached base in all 6 PAs. Nice.
Very cool to see Jones make it Double-A. I hope he has time to get used to the new level and end the season with some success. That’s my only trepidation with the promotion… he’s been shaky enough in recent seasons that I’d almost prefer to let him finish the season on a roll at high-A rather than take a chance on bumping up against a new ceiling in Springfield. We’ll see.
Yeah, that was a pretty embarrassing debacle Waltdub. Apparently that guy throwing the baseball as hard as he could hit a fan and is now faced with charges. I’m sure the Ryno can’t be too pleased.
KUSTL-I don’t think the Cardinals are sellers now, it’s just 4 games although after getting swept by the Brewers it feels a lot bigger than that. I think if anything, they are buyers, and they have to get a reliever who doesn’t suck. That may mean overpaying for Sherrill or someone else, I don’t know. It’s unbelievable how the entire bullpen is infected with crap-itis this season.
What do you guys think about the idea of going with a rotation of Lohse, Piniero, Looper, Boggs and Garcia while we wait for Carp and Waino to come back. Then put Wellemeyer in the pen because his arm is obviously sore but hopefully he would give some relief to McClellan and Franklin. When we get Carp back put Looper in the pen. Then when we get Waino back maybe he closes for the regular season and starts in the postseason. We would send out Boggs or Garcia whichever one is doing better stays.
Someone give us a report on Mark McCormick. He had a rehab start with the GCL Cardinals yesterday, gave up a homer for the only run while striking out five in two innings and walking one.
Well, that’s a bit of report but somebody give us the overall physical picture on him. He had been resting his ailing shoulder for a while.
What was the point of sending down Garcia for a fresh arm in Boggs if he was just going to sit until making a start tonight?
Its all in TLR plan in case he needs fresh arms. Obviously the way our pen pitched in the Brew Crew series he wasn’t needed, everyone was fresh (sarcasm layed on thick).