Catching up on the minors
ByJeremy Bleich hasn’t pitched since October 24th, not sure what that’s about. Maybe he had that inevitable elbow operation.
AzFL Peoria (11-4 loss to Surprise)
Kevin Russo: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – hitting streak is up to 15 games
Humberto Sanchez: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 WP, 1 HB, 2-1 GB/FB – only 6 of 11 pitches were strikes (54.5%)
HWB Waikiki (11-1 loss to North Shore)
Austin Romine: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – just 5 for his last 29 (.172) … too many Mai Tai’s I guess…
Andrew Brackman: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 7 BB, 6 K, 2 WP, 1-2 GB/FB - just 41 of 84 pitches were strikes (48.8%) … damn, he’s a bust this week … it’s a good thing winter ball stats aren’t meaningful
Tuesday’s Games
AzFL Peoria (9-3 loss to Scottsdale)
Austin Jackson: 0 for 4, 2 K
Kevin Russo: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – if nothing else, at least he’ll be going into 2009 with a ton of confidence
Kevin Whelan: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 19 of 34 pitches were strikes (55.9%)
HWB Waikiki (8-6 win over North Shore)
Damon Sublett & Austin Romine: both 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Monday’s Games
AzFL Peoria (5-3 loss to Surprise)
Kevin Russo: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 K, 1 SB
Phil Hughes: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 0-7 GB/FB – 41 of 59 pitches were strikes (69.5%) … phew, he’s not a bust this week … it’s a good thing winter ball stats are so meaningful
HWB Waikiki had a scheduled off day.
Sunday’s Games
AzFL Peoria had a scheduled off day.
HWB Waikiki beat West Oahu 6-5, but no Yanks’ farmhands played in the game.
At least Brackmans still showing he can definitely put people away with 6ks. The walks probably didn’t help alot but isnt command the last thing to come back with tj surgery
Mike other blog writers think you’re serious when you joke bleich needs TJ
Bill Madden wrote it, so it must be true. I wonder how Gerrit Cole’s dad is weathering this financial crisis. Hopefully he moved those billions into diversified and insured Swiss bank accounts.
last i heard it was frozen orange juice concentrate
The Coles are trying to corner the market!!!
“Looking good, Gerrit…”
Feeling good, Mark!
In his last start Bleich, ruptured his left elbow ligament, his right achilles tendon, shredded his MCL, ACL and PCL in both knees, strained his groin, got two sports hernias and a case of blue balls from the foul ball girl.
He’s day-to-day.
shes clearly not very good at her job
Cashman signed the foul-ball girl to a 2yr/4M deal.
Maybe instead of the Tommy John watch on the side you can have a “Bust of the Week” watch?
I heard rumor that Hughes was touching 95 in Arizona. Any truth to this?
I only saw the comments PeteAbe had. Touching 95 doesn’t mean every pitch is 95. It means he’s sitting low-90s with the occasional 95 sprinkled in.
and even before all the injuries isn’t that pretty much who he was? I always remember hearing he could touch 96 occasionally, but sat in the low 90’s even at his most dominant in the minors.
man i hope they dont trade hughes
Agreed. If we do indeed land one of Sheets/Burnett, Hughes is an invaluable replacement when & if something happens, injury wise.
Mmm-hmm.
Clearly the most important thing is that the teams the Yankees prospects play for always lose. Come on 1-4, but 1-0 when no Yankees play. We need more winners in our systems like Eckstein or Erstad.
Guys, are you waiting with bated breaths for the Baseball America Top 10 Yankees Prospects just like me?
Damn, i can’t wait . . .
I know Jackson is #1, Montero is #2, Melancon is #9, and no 2008 draftees made the top 10.
6 of the remaining 7 players on the list are probably Brackman, Betances, Romine, McAllister, Gardner and Robertson. Manuel always find some Latin American player he falls in love with and over-ranks. Last year it was Ivan Nova, the year before it Josue Calzado, the year before that it was Angel Reyes, and the year before that it was Eduardo Nunez. This year I’m guessing … Ramiro Pena.
heredia/ banuelos?
Good guesses.
manny b struck out a bunch of fools in his dominican instructs debut. 6 to be exact, including ex-future- hall of famer eduardo salcedo
Ooo or it might be DeLaRosa.
De La Rosa is close. The winner is a certain lefthander from the Domincan Republic….
Melvin “Bossman” Crousset?
and Bingo was his name-o.
???
Keito Igawanito?
Melvin “El Zurdo Jefe” Croussett
(or El Jefe Zurdo), I sucked at Spanish.
I’d prefer if it were Kelvin DeLeon who tore it up in Dominican League. I’m thinking he’s ready for Low-A ball; more ready than any high schooler chosen in this year’s draft.
Yeah, i read about Melancon on Jim Callis chat, and i gotta say i’m shocked he’s not higher. . .
“Andrew Brackman…damn, he’s a bust this week … it’s a good thing winter ball stats aren’t meaningful
Phil Hughes… phew, he’s not a bust this week … it’s a good thing winter ball stats are so meaningful”
Mike, you’re gonna make my head explode!!!
Jason Grey said Hughes was sitting 92-94 with the fastball, hitting 95 once. Just clarifying what someone said above.
Can anyone give me info on Kevin Russo? What position and when he was drafted and maybe his potential?
http://www.google.com
Utility guy, drafted in the 10-15 round range of 2006. Don’t get caught up in the AzFL stats, especially for hitters.
Didn’t Eric Duncan win MVP here one yr??
Seven walks in 3.1 innings? Wow. That’s some nasty control.
wait u mean a .6/1 K/BB ratio is bad?
What the heck is up with Jackson and Romine? Both of them are striking out like crazy and neither of them is hitting for any kind of power. Seems like once again the Yanks are overvaluing their prospects. I think the only player that I dont want traded is Hughes and Brackman. Everyone else is fair game.
What the heck is up with Jackson and Romine?… Seems like once again the Yanks are overvaluing their prospects.
What the heck is up with you constantly screaming that our prospects suck? Prospects go up and down. Calm down already.
The only people overvaluing our prospects are the ones who expect them to hit .350/.450/.600 at every level. Otherwise, they’re still prospects, and we’re waiting to see when/if they pan out. They very well might not.
I expect every prospect to dominate every level. If they don’t produce in A-ball, how are they supposed to produce in the bigs!
Psssssshhhh
Also, to keep things somewhat in perspective, take a look at Dioner Navarro’s MiLB numbers. They’re not amazing, but I sure as hell would have him on the team. MiLB numbers mean approximately nothing and Winter League numbers mean even less.
Check out Jorge Posada’s minor league numbers.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com.....sada.shtml
Makes you wonder what the heck they ever saw in him.
Just letting people know that there are some HWB stats on baseball-reference.com
I don’t know why people get bent out of shape with Fall league stats.
We have no idea what the pitchers are working on and being told to focus on. Results really don’t matter.
Same with the hitters. Maybe they are trying to learn how to be more selective and are required to take pitches.
Relax.
I know Brackman isn’t a bust … yet. But why is he beginning to smell a little like Drew Henson all of a sudden.