Johnson City played a doubleheader and split with Bristol. Shelby Miller and Carlos Martinez both turned in excellent starts with Silfredo Garcia crashing the party with a great start of his own for Johnson City. In other news, Xavier Scruggs puts on a power display for Springfield and the Palm Beach game was postponed. Let’s get to the good stuff….
Hitting
- Cedric Hunter went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB
- Matt Young went 2-for-4 w/ 1 SB
- Pete Kozma went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B
- Adron Chambers singled in a pinch hit cameo
Pitching:
- Shelby Miller was outstanding again but took the tough luck loss: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB and 12 K
- Maikel Cleto pitched 1.0 scoreless inning, he gave up 2 H
Hitting:
- Kolten Wong went 1-for-5 w/ 1 3B, 1 BB and 1 RBI
- Jermaine Curtis went 2-for-3 w/ 1 2B, 1 BB and 1 R
- Jamie Romak went 1-for-3 w/ 2 BB and 2 R
- Xavier Scruggs provided the offensive muscle, he hit a 3-run and a 2-run homer while going 2-for-5
- Adam Melker went 2-for-5 w/ 1 R and 1 SB
- Mike O’Neill went 2-for-2 w/ 1 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI and 2 SB
Pitching:
- Not to be outdone, Carlos Martinez put up great numbers: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB and 8 K
- Eric Fornataro pitched the final 1.2 innings in scoreless fashion, they included 1 H and 2 K
Hitting:
- Nick Longmire went 2-for-4 w/ 1 2B
- Colin Walsh, Stephen Piscotty and Juan Castillo all recorded one single in 4 PA
- Anthony Garcia went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B
Pitching:
- Bradley Watson got the start and got knocked around: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 3 BB and 4 K
- Kyle Barraclough struck out the side in his one inning, he also gave up 2 H, 1 R and 1 BB
- Heath Wyatt pitched a perfect ninth
Hitting:
- Steven Ramos went 1-for-4 w/ 1 R and 1 RBI
- Breyvic Valera went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 3 RBI
- Danny Stienstra went 2-for-4 w/ 1 3B
- Jonathan Keener (1 R) and Matthew Young both went 1-for-3
Pitching:
- Joe Cuda was very good in his start: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB and 4 K
- Lee Stoppelman was dominant for 2.0 innings while recording his 5th save of the season, the innings included 1 H, 1 BB and 4 K
Bristol 0 @ Johnson City 2 (Game 1)
Hitting:
- Ildemaro Vargas went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 1 R
- Adam Ehrlich went 3-for-3 w/ 1 R and 1 RBI
- Jeremy Schaffer went 1-for-3 w/ 1 3B and 1 RBI
- Carson Kelly and Cesar Valera (1 2B) both went 1-for-3
- Ronard Castillo went 1-for-2 w/ 1 3B and 1 BB
Pitching:
- Silfredo Garcia pitched a beautiful 7.0 inning complete game shutout, it included 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB and 7 K
Bristol 3 @ Johnson City 1 (Game 2)
Hitting:
- Michael Knox went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B and 1 R
- Leandro Mateo and Gerwuins Velazco both went 1-for-3
Pitching:
- Juan Bautista was solid despite taking the loss: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 4 BB and 3 K
- Jeffrey Rauh allowed 1 R on 2 H in his 1.0 inning of work
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Found this info on Stoppelman with poor video. Don’t remember if anybody posted it yet so if I’m repeating sorry.
http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2012/5/25/3029704/2012-mlb-draft-profile-lee-stoppelman-lhp-central-missouri-state
Lee Stoppelman and his violently controlled Pete Rose hair-style cannot be stoppled.
hey, has anyone noticed Shelby Miller can pitch?
Free Lee!
I guess they aren’t going to do that at this point of the season, but figuring out where he starts next year might be an interesting discussion. Will I be surprised if he skips QC? No.
If you’re a Cardinal fan, and you’re not excited about the prospects at or above the AA level, you are as cool as a cucumber! I’m gushing!
Although when you look at how good the system is looking right now, than the regular line up they are fielding at AAA right now looks rather pathetic.
If actually winning games at the minor league level has any value to our pitchers, than they are not doing than any favors by throwing them in front of that line up.
Reinforcements are on the way from Springfield. The Memphis team will be exciting to watch in 2013.
That’s no kidding!
When I checked about a week ago, Memphis was drawing something like 6800 fans per game in 2012. In 2011, Memphis drew about 7100 fans per game. Not much of a drop considering the significant lack of young/exciting position players from the start of the 2012 season, Memphis ranked 4/5 in overall PCL attendance.
Shelby Miller did pitch very well, at least for six innings, but I fail to see what was “hard-luck” about his loss. In the seventh he did what he has done all too often this season, gave up a home run and lost. In many ways he has righted his formerly listing ship, but his affinity for gopher balls remains, a deficiency that shows no sign of being corrected. In the end he lost not because of bad luck but because he was outpitched (or, if you prefer, because the feeble offense Memphis is presently deploying couldn’t hit).
He was outpitched by Seth McClung, who improved to 3-14 and lowered his ERA to 6.32 after the shutout.
Ouch!
Thanks for rainin’ on our parade! lol
Shelby is having problems with HRs this year, but I’m curious to see if it’s a one-year blip. This HR rate doesn’t track his earlier career numbers, especially in comparison to the ground ball percentage.
HR/Air% | GB %
’12: 10% | 34% (AAA Memphis)
’11: 2% | 45% (AA Springfield)
’11: 3% | 36% (A+ Palm Beach)
’10: 5% | 46% (A- Quad Cities)
Granted, Miller could be reaching his professional pitching level than his draft position, bonus and scouting has lead us to believe–where he can’t get out more advanced hitters, leading to a higher HR rate–but given a look at his previous HR levels and GB rates, hopefully we can expect a diminished home run % next year. His HR% has been relatively steady despite rather sizable differences in groundball rates, and exposure to vastly different hitting environments (i.e. Palm Beach v. Springfield).
http://firstinning.com/players/Shelby-Miller-a/
Can anyone tell me why we draft Ramesy over Trahan. Just thinking outloud here…
Really would have liked this draft with Stryker as that pick, BigJawn.
Outstanding starts from the Cards 2 best pitching prospects..Good to see Martinez get more k’s
Bigjawnmize: Passing on Trahan and Gallo wasn’t very smart in my opinion. With all the 3B we drafted I’m surprised we didn’t draft Gallo. His power is amazing. I agree that we should have tried to draft Trahan too. The Ramsey pick will NEVER make sense to me.
I think it was a result of over thinking the new system and trying to save money that ended up not being saved. In hindsight I doubt they make this pick considering the dollars that Ramsey signed for.
I’m guessing Ramsey will show considerably more in the Texas League next year. Not drafting a higher-upside prep pick like Trahan or Gallo in that spot after taking a seasoned college guy like Wacha doesn’t make sense to me, however.
Scruggs with a .905 OPS after the all start break.
I would love to see Scruggs break out – seems like a great kid.
Again Scruggs as intriguing power potential but owns a 26.4% K rate and and is batting .255 in his 2nd season in the Texas League.
Silfredo Garcia has now only walked 4 batters in 66.1 IP 72K has held opponents to a .198 AVG this season Johnson City and GCL combined. Garcia sits high 80s and low 90s on his fastball with a change-up that produces a few swings and misses. Garcia is one of the more polished pitchers at that level and has well developed breaking stuff as well.
Quad Cities thoughts on Matt Williams this season.
“He has shown good growth offensively and has shown at times flashes on defense. Many of his errors have been on routine balls “