A 7 game slate from yesterday, the teams had a mixed bag of results. There were some good pitching performances in the low minors. Meanwhile, Matt Adams and Patrick Wisdom show off their power.
- Adron Chambers was 1-for-4 with a walk. Chambers has elevated his game as the year progressed showing better plate discipline and reclaiming his place as a .300 hitter. With a nearly .800 OPS in the minors, he could still be a reserve outfielder in the majors some day.
- Matt Adams was 3-for-4 with a double, home run and a walk.
- Mark Hamilton was 4-for-5.
- Ryan Jackson was 0-for-4 with a walk.
- Brandon Dickson was roughed up in 5 innings of work for 5 runs on 10 hits. He walked 2 and struck out 4.
- Jess Todd pitched a scoreless frame striking out 1 and allowing a hit.
- Maikel Cleto blew up for 4 runs in 0.2 innings. He was tagged for 4 hits and 1 walk. Both outs were strikeouts.
- Adam Reifer finished off the game with 1.1 perfect innings.
- Kolten Wong was 0-for-5 dropping his average below .300.
- Greg Garcia was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk. Taveras also had an outfield assist at second.
- Oscar Taveras was 2-for-5.
- Adam Melker was 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk.
- Scott McGregor pitched 7 innings allowing 2 runs on 1 walk and 6 hits. He struck out 5. McGregor kept the ball down recording 13 of 14 outs on balls in play via the groundball.
- Deryk Hooker struck out 1 and allowed a hit during a scoreless 8th.
- Keith Butler had a shaky 18th save allowing 1 run on 3 hits before finishing the game.
- Mike O’Neill was the only player to reach base twice for Palm Beach. He was 2-for-4.
- Alan Ahmady and Ronny Gil chipped in the remaining two hits for Palm Beach.
- The club was shut out by Detroit’s Brian Flynn. The 22 year old is not considered a top prospect in their system. Just a rough night for Palm Beach.
- Ryan Sherriff was touched up for 4 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings. He walked 1 and struck out 5.
- Matt Williams was 2-for-5.
- Nick Martini was 2-for-3 with a double.
- Anthony Garcia was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles. The 20 year old is now one off the pace for leading the Midwest League in doubles.
- Luis Mateo was 2-for-5.
- David Medina — playing a rare right field — was 2-for-2 with a double, home run and a walk.
- A solid outing for Tyrell Jenkins who went 5 innings allowing 2 hits and 3 walks. He struck out 2. Jenkins had great groundball rates with 8 groundouts to 2 airouts.
- Jonathan Cornelius pitched 3.1 innings uncorking 3 wild pitches. He allowed 2 runs on 3 hits an 2 walks. He also struck out 6.
- Patrick Wisdom (3B) was 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs.
- Steve Ramos (CF) was the only other player to tally a hit in the game.
- Ben O’Shea struggled through 3 innings of work allowing 4 runs on 5 hits.
Johnson City 0, Kingsport 1 (Game 1 – 7 innings)
- Johnson City tallied just 4 hits and a pair of walks in the game.
- Cory Jones walked 4 in 5.1 innings of work. He struck out 3 and was tagged for 4 hits on his way to allowing Kingsport’s run.
Johnson City 4, Kingsport 1 (Game 2 – 7 innings)
- Ildemaro Vargas (2B) was 3-for-3 with a home run. Vargas is hitting for an excellent average right now (.360) but hasn’t shown much in the way of secondary offensive skills. His contact ability is very good.
- Bruce Caldwell (SS) was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk.
- Silfredo Garcia pitched an excellent game striking out 8 in 6 innings of work. He allowed 1 unearned run on 5 hits.
- Mariano Llorens struck out 2 and walked 1 in the 7th inning to complete the game.
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Piscotty was 2-5 with a double for QC. 10 of his 19 hits have gone for extra bases in his first month as a pro.
I was at a strength and conditioning conference over the weekend, and got a chance to chat with a couple of strength coaches who’re familiar with Piscotty. Heard raves about his swing, his work ethic, and his arm strength, along with the usual skepticism about his ability to stay at 3rd base. Given his frame, both thought he could add strength in the next couple of years.
Mostly, I came away with the impression that people who work with him can’t say enough about his attitude, coachability, and willingness to work hard. Right now he seems to be a 2 1/2 tool player: great hit tool, great arm, reason for optimism that his power will develop and some of those doubles will eventually clear the fences.
Gives me hope that he’s going to hit his way into the lineup somewhere. Probably not at third, but that leaves 3 other corners.
Good stuff Shuler. Thanks. I like Piscotty, from what I’ve seen of him, but he has “corner outfield” written all over him. Reminds me a bit of a slightly larger Craig coming out of Cal.
Sean Casey type? Not a lot of homers, but enough of an average and doubles to drive in runs. 15-20 home runs, but then 30-40 doubles.
Seems like the Cardinals really made an effort to draft kids with great attitudes this year. Will be interesting to see how that plays out going forward. Piscotty certainly needs to be able to turn some of those two baggers into hrs if he is going to make it as a regular in the major leagues.
Also, sign me up for the Anthony Garcia band wagon. If it is not too late to get on?
Is there a detailed scouting report of Silfredo Garcia out there? Can’t seem to find anything on the web, but figured someone might have an eyewitness account…
While perhaps a little older for his level (turns 21 on Thursday), the numbers seem to reflect overpowering stuff – 35-0 K:BB, .159 BAA, and a 2.4 GO/FO over 29.1 IP split between the Gulf Coast and Appy Leagues.
SSS caveats apply, and I understand the competition at the lower levels isn’t necessarily indicative of anything, but color me intrigued.
I’d be curious to know what pitches he has in his repertoire and whether he’s relying more on deception or pure stuff. Listed at 6′ 2″ and 170 lbs., there’s a good chance his frame still has room to fill out. So if he already has a decent fastball…coupled with excellent control, he could be one to keep an eye on.
I was hesitant to jump on the Garcia bandwagon because 3 of his 4 GCL outings had come against the same team but with the APPY game under his belt now he is looking more legit.
Everyone notices his high K’s with zero walks allowed but just as intriguing is his ground ball rate. Last night all but one out was a K or a groundball.
I just noticed him myself. I’ll take the zero walks. How many IP did Maness go before his first BB this season?
Hopefully Wong responds the same way OT did when his average dipped below .300.
What is Patrick Wisdom’s defense like? Is he going to be able to stick at 3rd or is he destined to be a 1B/LF/DH type?
BA calls him “a strong defender with above-average arm strength” at third. Also, continuing with this year’s theme, “a great teammate with an outstanding work ethic.”
Big question is whether he’ll hit enough to profile at third going forward. So those homers last night are especially encouraging.
Wisdom sure does have some serious power potential in his bat generated by a short compact stroke. He’s really got a good frame and tools to work with. If he can continues to hit for power he is going to be a solid prospect next season in the system.
Here’s a video of one of Wisdom’s HR last night. http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=23098699&topic_id=18601616&c_id=&sid=milb
So far so good I should say. Our depth at 3rd in the minors is very encouraging between Wisdom, Kelly, Cox, and Piscotty
I’m with you, CC and Focks. Silfredo’s peripherals are among the most amazing in all the minors. If he dominates the Appy for a few more starts, I hope the org. will consider promoting him to Quad Cities in early August — he looks like he could really use a challenge, and he *is* older than Carlos Martinez.
Matt Adams, PCL road games only: .419/.441/.826
I lack adjectives.
Illinois c-fan, I will temporarily give up my Anthony Garcia bandwagon seat, since I’m switching over to the other, other Garcia.
I mean Greg, who’s now hitting .287/.415/.415 at age 22 in the Texas League (where the OPS is pace for lowest number in 20 years or so). Greg is showing terrific plate discipline, with a 53/57/265 BB/K/AB ratio set, and his ISO is basically league average. This year, and last year in the FSL, Greg has been a damn fine hitter.
Not “for a middle infielder,” but a fine hitter for anyone. At Palm Beach, 130 wRC+. And now at Springfield, a 139. I suspect that next year, Ryan Jackson will be a utilityman in St. Louis, while Greg G. plays short in Memphis; I’m very curious to see how much of this batwork carries over to AAA.
Don’t know much about Anthony Garcia’s offensive tools and approach but seems he’s developed some power this season also hitting a lot of doubles as well must have a short stroke. Also heard that his defense is a plus as well in his tools he’s thrown out 7 base runners from RF. Do you have any scouting information on his offense?
Adam Reifer in his past 10 games has an ERA of 2.79. In that a sign of him getting his arm strength and velocity back. Other than a 4.20 ERA he has held opponents to a .211 AVG this season.
Cory Jones seems like he could be a solid potential back end of the bullpen type reliever. He’s having an OK season with JC through a small sample of 4 starts 3.31 ERA 16 1/3 innings little control issues 10 walks to 15 K. Has maintained a 8.27 K/9. If he can refine his command and stay healthy he could be a sleeper out of the 2012 draft 5th round. He is already armed with a mid 90s fastball and an inconsistent power breaking ball that has had it’s moments. Just needs to stay healthy.
Mlbtraderumors indicates that the Mariners scouted Jenkins last night.
If we were to trade one of our top 4 pitchers (Miller, CMart, Rosie, Jenkins), I would definitely prefer it to be Tyrell.
It’s to early in Jenkins career to give up on him. He’s only 19 years old and has an unlimited ceiling upside to him. He’s still very raw but has great stuff.
Plus you got to like tremendously athletic pitchers with a live fastballs like Jenkins.
If he is part of a package for King Felix, I’ll learn to live with it.
Trading him to get something we need is not the same thing as giving up on him. Beyond some quality threshold (Greinke? Felix? Wandy?), trading for a starting pitcher is going to require giving up some serious quality from the farm system in return, something that it will be painful to give up. If the need for a starter is so great that the trigger must be pulled on such a deal, which one of those four guys would you pull it on? I’m with PJ: I’d pick Jenkins in a flash, simply because he’s the one of the four who’s farthest from the majors, has the farthest to go before he reaches his enormous potential, and has the largest possibility of things going wrong. That doesn’t mean that I’d be happy doing it, or that I’d be giving up on him.
Exactly. Rosenthal seems to have that “Cardinal’s pitcher” feel to him. Martinez has such a high ceiling. Miller looks that part. Jenkins is exciting, but is a bit away from the bigs and has the biggest bust factor.
I am far from giving up on him. I just would prefer to keep the other 3 if we are trading any of them
I would be comfortable giving up quite a bit for Felix. Not gonna happen though.
I watched the Quad Cities game on MILB.TV last night. Jenkins seems to have a pretty damn good pick off move because his athleticism. Of course one of his pickoffs was just because the guy just started running.