The system reversed itself from the preceding night and went 3-1. Nick Additon decided to pitch like a top prospect against Wily Peralta and the Nashville Sounds and Seth Maness did his best to match him in Springfield. For Palm Beach, Starlin Rodriguez continues his hot streak with a slash line in his last ten games of .306/.419/.946.
Hitting:
- Cedric Hunter led off and went 1-for-4 w/ 1 R
- Ryan Jackson went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB
- Eugenio Velez went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B and 1 BB
- Jamie Romak went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B
- Pete Kozma went 1-for-2 w/ 1 BB and 1 RBI
Pitching:
- Nick Additon pitched what is possibly the best game of his career to this point: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB and 11 K
- Adam Reifer went 1.0 scoreless inning and gave up 1 H
- Jess Todd earned the save, he pitched 1.0 scoreless inning that included 1 H and 2 K
Hitting:
- Greg Garcia went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B
- Oscar Taveras went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B, 1 BB and 1 R
- Chris Swauger went 2-for-3 w/ 1 BB and 1 R
- Jake Shaffer went 2-for-3 w/ 1 BB, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Kyle Conley went 1-for-3 w/ a three run homer
Pitching:
- Seth Maness pitched a complete game, his line included 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB and 4 K
Hitting:
- Starlin Rodriguez went 2-for-4 w/ 2 2B, 1 BB, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Mike O’Neill went 2-for-4 w/ 1 BB, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Rainel Rosario went 1-for-4 w/ 1 BB and 1 R
- Christopher Edmondson went 2-for-4 w/ 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 R and 5 RBI
- Nicholas Longmire and Jeremy Patton (1 R, 1 BB) both singled in 4 PA
- Ronny Gil didn’t record a hit in 4 PA, but he did post 1 BB, 2 R and 1 SB
Pitching:
- Anthony Ferrara got the start and was effectively wild: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 5 BB and 4 K
- Scott Schneider earned the save by pitching 1.1 innings that included 1 H, 1 R (0 ER) and 1 K
Hitting:
- Matt Williams went 2-for-5 w/ 1 R
- Nick Martini went 1-for-2 w/ 3 BB, 2 R and 1 SB
- Colin Walsh had 1 H in 5 AB, that one hit was a 2 RBI double
- Tyler Rahmatulla went 1-for-4 w/ 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Juan Castillo went 2-for-4 w/ 1 RBI
- David Medina and Luis Mateo (1 R) both went 1-for-4
- Scouting report: Quad Cities River Bandits by John Sickels
Pitching:
- Sam Gaviglio got knocked around: 7.2 IP, 11 H, 6 R (5 ER), 0 BB and 4 K
- Ricky Martinez, he of the 14.73 ERA, gave up 1 H, 1 R (0 ER) and 1 BB in 1.1 IP
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Maness is going to rate his own flashing red light soon as the hottest pitcher in our system. Although I am thrilled with all of our high end pitching prospects, results are nice too.
Maness the masterful. Another Jess Todd? We’ll see.
I attended the Springfield game last night. Manness was outstanding. He pounded the strike zone throwing strike after strike right at the bottom of the zone, inducing 17 groundouts vs 2 flyouts. He didnt get many swings and misses but he kept hitters off balance and induced a lot of weak contact. Maness’ fastball sat at 89-92 the whole game and a couple times touched 93 (if you believe in sprinfield’s stadium gun). Wong was ofer but had 2 solid line drives go for outs.
Thanks for the report! Manness is going to be interesting. His control is obviously off the charts. He is another one that we need to keep promoting to see if the hitters catch on or not. Truth is that with that kind of control, velocity just isn’t that important IMO as long as he has a slower change to go with it. If his mph spread is over 15, he will do just fine (makes that fastball look a lot faster than it is!)
Your right about his control being off the charts only 4 Walks in 80 IP.
Maness only threw 84 pitches in 9 innings of work. 17 groundouts vs. 2 fly outs and again no walks. I got to watch the guy in college for 3 years and this progression of growth is not terribly surprising! Great job Seth!
So far, Manness has produced a decent K% of 18.4 in AA, against an incredible 2.8% walk rate. Additionally, Manness’ results have been obtained with a .333 babip. The babip might not be overly high, because he is an extreme groundball pitcher giving up lots of contact. However, it seems reasonable that this figure may go down slightly. (SSS warning). Decent prospect.
Need more information about two players hitting .350 plus against both lefties & rights for June: Cedric Hunter & Jermaine Curtis. See stats mean nothing if a player can’t cover both sides of plate from both lefties & righties. Also interested in players who walk more than they strike out- usually switch hitters ?
Hunter is a former Padres prospect. He was recently acquired for Minor League depth in the Memphis OF. His prospect status is pretty much gone. Though he has good bat speed and impressive hand eye coordination his defense is average. What’s good about him is he can get on base explained by his high OBP. He is a fourth OF.
Something I always wonder… At what point do results mean more than tools? Obviously you want both, but at what point do you say this all tools guy can not get it done, vs. a guy that just goes out and gets it done night in and night out. Not trying to rehash the miller debate, but just the thought process in general.
Ferrara is having a sneaky good season. 3-4 2.78 ERA 55 IP .269 BABIP 75.6 LOB% is impressive as well is his GO/FO ratio.