Scranton & Trenton take Game 1

KLaw posted his Top 60 Prospects for the 2009 draft (sorry, subscription req’d). Strasburg is a true 1/1 talent, but there’s a considerable drop off after that. I love me some Kyle Gibson though, you’ll be hearing more of that name before the draft.

In more draft related news, sandwich pick Jeremy Bleich will make his professional debut for the Staten Island Yanks tomorrow. The game starts at 1pm.

Triple-A Scranton (7-1 win over Pawtucket) SWB leads the best-of-five series 1-0 … Ian Kennedy vs Devern Hansack tomorrow
Justin Christian: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP – he’s one helluva spark plug
Melky & Juan Miranda: both 1 for 4, 1 RBI – Miranda walked & K’ed twice
Shelley Duncan & Nick Green: both 0 for 5 – Shelley K’ed once, Green twice
Ben Broussard: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K
Eric Duncan & Chris Stewart: both 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B – E-Dunc drew a walk & swiped a bag … Stewart was hit by a pitch, homered & drove in 2
Chris Basak: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B
Chase Wright: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 8-1 GB/FB – 49 of 87 pitches were strikes (56.3%)
… picked a runner off first
Steven Jackson: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-0 GB/FB – 19 of 25 pitches were strikes (64%)
Zack Kroenke: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB
David Robertson: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K – 20 of 39 pitches were strikes (51.3%)
Scott Strickland: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K

Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over Portland) Trenton leads the best-of-five series 1-0 … Jeff Marquez vs Clay Buchholz tomorrow
Reegie Corona, Ramiro Pena & Colin Curtis: all 1 for 4 – Corona & Curtis each drew a walk
Austin Jackson & Kevin Russo: both 0 for 3 – Ajax drew a walk … Russo K’ed
Chris Malec: 0 for 4, 2 K
PJ Pilittere & Franke Cervelli: both 0 for 2 – PJ drew a walk … Cervelli was hit by a pitch
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K
Eric Hacker: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 6-5 GB/FB – money start
Mike Dunn: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Jhonny Nunez: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 4 K, 1-2 GB/FB – he’s going to be the go-to guy out of the pen for Tony Franklin

High-A Tampa’s season is over, they did not qualify for the playoffs. You can find Florida State League playoff coverage here.

Low-A Charleston’s season is over, they did not qualify for the playoffs. You can find South Atlantic League playoff coverage here.

Short Season Staten Island (9-6 win over Aberdeen)
Ray Kruml (11): 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K
David Adams (3), Brian Baisley, Dan Brewer (8) & Jahdiel Santamaria: all 1 for 4 – Adams doubled, drove in 3 runs, scored another, drew a walk & K’ed twice … Baisley drew a walk, doubled & scored a pair of runs … Brewer drove in two runs & K’ed … Santamaria doubled, drove in a run, scored a run & committed both a fielding & throwing error
Mike Lyon (24): 1 for 5, 1 R, 2 K
Braedyn Pruitt: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Jack Rye (13): 2 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB
Hector Noesi: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 2 WP, 4-5 GB/FB
Mike Obradovich: 0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K – he’d allowed only 6 ER all season coming into this game
Brad Rulon (34): 3 IP, zeroes, 5 K, 2-2 GB/FB – so yeah, nice job out there kid … that makes 68 K & 21 H in 44 IP
Pat Venditte (20): 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K – ties Mat Brumit’s six year old club record with his 22nd save … Mat Brumit, how’s that for a blast from the past

The Rookie GCL Yanks’ season is over. The GCL Phils won the league championship.