Peoria 2, Phoenix 2 (7 innings)

• Oscar Taveras was 2-for-3.
• Keith Butler pitched a scoreless inning allowing 1 hit.
• David Kopp allowed 2 runs in the 7th on three hits.

Peoria 4, Scottsdale 3

• Ryan Jackson was 1-for-3.
• Oscar Taveras was 2-for-3.

Peoria 11, Mesa 9

• Ryan Jackson was 2-for-2 with a double and a pair of walks.
• Oscar Taveras was 0-for-4.
• Keith Butler made it through his inning unscathed allowing a hit, a walk and a strikeout.
• Justin Wright did not allowing 2 walks and 2 hits for 4 runs. He retired 2 batters.

Peoria 4, Mesa 2

• Ryan Jackson was 1-for-4 with a double.
• Another solid start from Tyler Lyons who pitched 5 innings allowing 1 ER on 4 hits and a walk. He struck out 2.
• UPDATE: I missed David Kopp’s 1 inning, 1 hit, 1K save as well. (thanks, bc)

Peoria 3, Salt River 7

• Ryan Jackson went 0-for-4 with a walk.
• Oscar Taveras was 2-for-4 with a double. Taveras is currently hitting .292/.299/.415 in Arizona. He has 0 walks and 10 strikeouts in roughly 75 PAs.

Peoria 12, Surprise 13

• Ryan Jackson got the start at 1B and went 1-for-4 with a HR and a walk.  At .349/.438/.508, I’m not sure that Jackson has done anything to improve his prospect status so much as reaffirm it. That line come with a BABIP around .450, which is partly a park factor issue as well. Basically, Jackson has done exactly what you would have wanted him to on offense: put the ball in play, draw some walks, hit for a little power.
• Keith Butler pitched an inning allowing 1 run on 2 hits and a walk.
• Justin Wright pitched a frame as well striking out 1.

Peoria 5, Salt River 9

• Ryan Jackson was 2-for-3.
• David Kopp allowed 5 hits and 5 runs to go with a walk and a strikeout in the 8th inning.

Peoria 7, Surprise 10 (10 innings)

• Ryan Jackson went 0-for-4 with a walk.

We’ll return to our daily updates now that I’m back in St. Louis.

Peoria 13, Mesa 3

• Oscar Taveras was 2-for-4.
• Tyler Lyons went 5 innings allowing 7 hits and 3 ER. He struck out 5.  I’ve been pleasantly surprised with his AFL preformance. He has a 4:1 K:BB ratio with a strikeout an inning. It will be interesting to see if he gets a shot at being a starter in Springfield to begin the 2012 season.
• Justin Wright walked 2 in a scoreless inning.

The Cardinals have seven minor league free agents and the highest profile of them all, DJ Tools, Daryl Jones has already been claimed by the Cincinnati Reds. Check out the minor league free agent tracker here at Baseball America.

Jones’s OPS by year: .597 (2005), .745 (2006), .600 (2007), .889 (2008), .738 (2009), .696 (2010), .760 (2011).

One of these things is not like the others…

The full list of Cardinals minor league free agents are:
Freddie Bynum, Eric Duncan, Daryl Jones, Jeff Lyman, Rich Rundles, Donovan Solano, Nick Stavinoha