Division Title for SWB

D’oh: Made a bit of a boo-boo: I left the comment  “93 K is the most in organization in the non-A-Rod category” for Juan Miranda, and that statement’s just wrong. First off, Miranda has 104 K on the year, which is behind guys like Tim Battle (145 K) & Austin Jackson (106 K) for the most in the organization. What I meant to write was “93 RBI is the most in organization in the non-A-Rod category.” There, doesn’t that sound better? My bad, sorry.

For the record, I think Joba threw at Youkilis on purpose. I dunno why he did it, but I don’t have a problem with it (those pitches were way over his head, not at it). The Sawx have been taking target practice at Jeter, A-Rod, Posada et al for years now, and the only guy that was ever man enough to throw back at them is currently being run into the ground by someone other than Joe Torre.

And because I’m sure someone will ask, I think Nardi will give the it the okay to use Joba on Saturday. After all, he only threw what, 6 pitches in the 9th?

Oh, and pardon my French, but fuck Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis and all those idiot Red Sox fans who are bitching about it. Grow up and learn to take what you dish out you pansies. 

Update: Forgot to mention this before, but Jimmy Brower was released from Triple-A Scranton today, and The Beast Known As Scott Patterson was called up from Double-A Trenton to replace him. Brower’s release frees up a 40-man roster spot for IPK.

Triple-A Scranton (6-3 win over Syracuse) with the win, Scranton clinched the Northern Division title
Brett Gardner: 1 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 3 SB
Jose Cruz Jr.: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K – had been 11 for his previous 25 with 4 doubles & a homer
Babe Mink: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB – .393-.452-.679-1.130 with 7 XBH, 4 walks & only 2 K in 9 rehab games
Bronson Sardinha: 0 for 4, 1 K – threw a runner out at home
Alberto Gonzalez: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K – 1 for his last 13 after 10 for his previous 22
Eric Duncan: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
Ben Kozlowski: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 6-3 GB/FB – 43 of 65 pitches were strikes (66.2%)
Ross Ohlendorf: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K – 24 of 36 pitches were strikes (66.7%)
TJ Beam: 0.2 IP, zeroes

Double-A Trenton (7-6 loss to Portland, walk-off style)
Jamal Strong: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Calin Curtis: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – 13 hits in his last 9 games
Mike Kinkade: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K
Juan Miranda: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – 93 K is the most in organization in the non-A-Rod category
Matt Carson & Noah Hall: both 0 for 4 – Carson K’ed twice…Hall once
Jason Brown: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 BB
Chase Wright: 5 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2 HB – 215 baserunners in 153 IP this year
David Robertson: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K – just up from Tampa…his rise has been nothing short of meteoric
Kevin Whelan: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K – even though he took the loss in this game, that’s only the 3rd ER he’s allowed in his last 19.1 IP

High-A Tampa (4-3 win over Lakeland)
Eduardo Nunez: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – the Eduardo Nunez XBH Counter is up to…19
Austin Jackson: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – 14 hits (6 XBH) in his last 8 games
Chris Malec: 0 for 3, 1 BB – 66 walks against only 47 strikeouts
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 4
Marcos Vechionacci: 1 for 2, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 CS, 1 HBP
Jared Greenwood: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 K – I’m sure he enjoyed having the last 3 days off due to weather related cancellations, he’s caught 10 of Tampa’s last 11 games
Phil Coke: 6 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 11-1 GB/FB – picked a runner off at first in addition to that Wang-esque GB/FB ratio
Josh Schmidt: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K – 90-27 K/BB in 64 IP
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K – last allowed an ER on (ready for this?) May 27th…that covers a span of 23.1 IP 

Low-A Charleston (4-3 win over Columbus)
Hit Streak Hilligoss: 4 for 5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS – 159 hits…but only 32 walks
Seth Fortenberry: 0 for 3, 2 BB
Kevin Smith: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – 16 hits in his last 10 games
Chase Odenreider: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
rest of lineup: combined 0 for 13, 3 R, 3 BB, 3 K
Paul Patterson: 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 4-8 GB/FB – damn you pitch counts!
Steven Artz: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Short Season Staten Island (8-3 win over Hudson Valley)
Justin Snyder: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB – 5 for his last 37
Taylor Holiday: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB
Damon Sublett: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding) – 17 doubles, 3 triples, 7 homers, 50 RBI, 42 walks, 45 K in 63 games…he’s having himself a very nice pro debut
Braedyn Pruitt: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
David Williams: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Chris Raber: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI – nice follow-up to yesterday’s 6 RBI game
Jose Gil: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI
Austin Krum: 3 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Adam O.: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP – 30 walks in 53.1 IP
Dan Kapala: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks (5-0 loss to GCL Dodgers)
Abe Almonte: 1 for 4 – threw a runner out at third from CF
Prilys Cuello, Zoilo Almonte & Jesus Montero: all 0 for 4 – Cuello & Almonte K’ed once…Montero twice
Wady Rufino: 2 for 4, 1 2B – dude….345-.422-.586-1.008 this year
Gerardo Rodriguez & Kelvin Castro:  both 0 for 3, 1 K
Melky Mesa: 1 for 2, 1 3B
Dicky Marquez: 5.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB – 50 baserunners & 50 K in 49.2 IP
Link Saunders: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 1 WP
Jake Shafer: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

The best-of-three GCL Championship Series is now tied at 1-1, with the deciding game coming up tomorrow. I don’t know who this Justin Miller kid is, but he was nails for the GCL Dodgers in today’s game; 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 17-3 GB/FB ratio in relief.