Straily Continues Improvement in 9-2 Win
Dan Straily's ERA isn't an eye popping one by any means but he's shown a lot of improvement over the season. And really, he's been a pretty good pitcher outside of April. In April he had seven walks and only 13 strikeouts in 19 innings. Since then he's had 8 walks in 65 2/3 innings. He now has 66 strikeouts since then which puts his K/9 just a hair over 9. In the majors he had a bad ERA as well but the strikeouts were there and the velocity was little better than 2014 but still not as good as when he first came up. Overall he's showing improvement.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Tony Kemp |
2B |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.293 |
Jonathan Villar |
SS |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.281 |
Matt Duffy |
1B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.291 |
Domingo Santana |
RF |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.323 |
Robbie Grossman |
LF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0.244 |
Nolan Fontana |
3B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.225 |
Tyler Heineman |
DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.303 |
Max Stassi |
C |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.186 |
Andrew Aplin |
CF |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.215 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Dan Straily (W, 7-6) |
7 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
3.93 |
Jake Buchanan (H, 2) |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4.47 |
Jason Stoffel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4.19 |
Corpus Loses 7-6 in the 10th
Adrian Houser started off really rough as he struggled with control. That lead to five walks which is a bad day. But, Chris Cotton, Jandel Gustave, and Travis Ballew kept it there before Reymin Guduan didn't let that continue. The day we took some heat for having Conrad Gregor in the top 30, he hit his fifth home run. I don't say that to justify TCB's ranking. One swing does not make a season. Just some irony to it. I'm not personally high on him but I can understand why some of our staff is.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Brett Phillips |
CF |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.282 |
Teoscar Hernandez |
RF |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.201 |
Jon Kemmer |
LF |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.316 |
A.J. Reed |
DH |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0.267 |
Jack Mayfield |
2B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.258 |
Conrad Gregor |
1B |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.251 |
Jiovanni Mier |
SS |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.244 |
Alfredo Gonzalez |
C |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.423 |
Chan Moon |
3B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.269 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Adrian Houser |
2.2 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
6.65 |
Chris Cotton |
3.1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.05 |
Jandel Gustave |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2.08 |
Travis Ballew |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.36 |
Reymin Guduan (L, 1-2) |
0.1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
Lancaster Blanked 4-0
Bryan Radziewski has had ERA success in the Cal League but has shown very different peripherals in the league. He had great strikeout and walk ratios in the MWL but both of those have flown out the door since his call up to Lancaster. His walk rate has doubled and his strikeout rate went form over 10 per 9 to just over 7 per 9. But, he's found success with groundouts. He's getting more a 2 to 1 ratio of groundouts to flyouts. That will help in Lancaster.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Mott Hyde |
SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.281 |
Jamie Ritchie |
DH |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.25 |
Derek Fisher |
LF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.249 |
Chase McDonald |
1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.303 |
J.D. Davis |
3B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.28 |
Jacob Nottingham |
C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.339 |
Ronnie Mitchell |
RF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.269 |
Jose Fernandez |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.211 |
Marc Wik |
2B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.273 |
James Ramsay |
CF |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.304 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Bryan Radziewski (L, 2-3) |
7 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
3.2 |
Aaron Greenwood |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4.76 |
Martin Homers in 4-2 Win in Gm 1
Jason Martin has been a bright spot for in lower minors this year. He's working on being another Brett Phillips. He's followed a similar developmental path, just one year later. Last night was his 7th HR and it brings his ISO up to .153 which is quite attractive for a center fielder. Especially one with an OBP at .360.
Martes GS: 53
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Bobby Boyd |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.271 |
Alex Bregman |
SS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.256 |
Nick Tanielu |
3B |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.303 |
Ramon Laureano |
RF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.288 |
Drew Ferguson |
DH |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.286 |
Jason Martin |
LF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.297 |
Trent Woodward |
C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.256 |
Ryan Bottger |
1B |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.222 |
Kristian Trompiz |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.225 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Francis Martes |
4.2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1.04 |
Michael Freeman (W, 1-1) |
2.1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1.5 |
River Bandits Drop Game 2 3-2
Christian Powell could be a diamond in the rough. The odds are stacked up against him since he's 24 and in Low-A. This is his first real season of success since being drafted in 2012. But there's a significant difference in the 2015 version of Powell. He has had a very big problem with control. In 2013 he had a 4.9 BB/9. In 2014 it was 8.6 BB/9. This season he's down to 1.9 BB/9. I have no inside knowledge of what they've done with or what he's done himself to fix it, but it's a huge change. He's likely destined as a bullpen guy if he makes it to the majors, but it's good to get him as many innings as possible now to continue to hone in his new skill.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Bobby Boyd |
DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.267 |
Alex Bregman |
SS |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.263 |
Nick Tanielu |
1B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.303 |
Jason Martin |
CF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.297 |
Drew Ferguson |
LF |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.333 |
Sean McMullen |
RF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.255 |
Alex Hernandez |
2B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.182 |
Garrett Stubbs |
C |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Luis Reynoso |
3B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.25 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Christian Powell (L, 2-1) |
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
2.72 |
Eric Peterson |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3.26 |
TC Has a Great Day in 9-2 Win
There's a lot of standouts in this game. Dexture McCall continues to get a lot of hits. The BABIP is still causing apprehension but so is the lack of big power. Brooks Marlow now has three homers which I figured it would have taken him longer to get to that. I didn't expect him to lead the active roster in HRs. Trent Thornton and Scott Weathersby combined for 10 strikeouts. Thorntons extreme leg kick has carried over well to the pros. He's boasting a 10.5 K/9 right now which is a big improvement over his struggles in that area in college.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Johnny Sewald |
CF |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.309 |
Aaron Mizell |
LF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0.222 |
Bryan Muniz |
1B |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0.274 |
Dexture McCall |
DH |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.391 |
Bobby Wernes |
3B |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.367 |
Anthony Hermelyn |
C |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.203 |
Pat Porter |
RF |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.239 |
Brooks Marlow |
2B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.197 |
Keach Ballard |
SS |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.176 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Trent Thornton |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
3.66 |
Scott Weathersby (W, 1-1) |
3.2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
5.84 |
Steve Naemark (H, 2) |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.13 |
Greeneville Loses 5-4
The Astros have dug deeper into international markets over the last few years with signings out of Australia and a few from the Mexican League. This off-season they started grabbing players from Cuba. One signing under the radar is Jose Hernandez out of Mexico but not the Mexican League. He's 20 and last night was his second appearance, and his first start. He struck out five while walking one in 3 2/3 innings.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Osvaldo Duarte |
SS |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.28 |
Ford Stainback |
2B |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.391 |
Brauly Mejia |
LF |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.257 |
Justin Garcia |
1B |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.127 |
Hector Roa |
RF |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.28 |
Randy Cesar |
3B |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.246 |
Marlon Avea |
DH |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.148 |
a- Myles Straw |
PH-DH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.244 |
Gabriel Bracamonte |
C |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.192 |
Luis Payano |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.156 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Jose Hernandez |
3.2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
1.93 |
Alejandro Solarte |
1.1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7.04 |
Yhoan Acosta (BS, 1) |
2.1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
6.61 |
Jacob Dorris |
2.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0.84 |
Joselo Pinales (L, 0-1) |
0.1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4.91 |
Tucker, Franco, Ayarza Homer in 8-6 Win for GCL Astros
Preston Tucker now has two home runs...deep breath for you early return types.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Daz Cameron |
CF |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.244 |
Frankeny Fernandez |
LF |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0.096 |
Kyle Tucker |
RF |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.193 |
Wander Franco |
3B |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.2 |
Connor MacDonald |
1B |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.25 |
Bryan De La Cruz |
DH |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.277 |
Ruben Castro |
C |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.333 |
Ihan Bernal |
C |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.125 |
Reiny Beltre |
2B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.214 |
Rodrigo Ayarza |
SS |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0.269 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Edgardo Sandoval |
2.1 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3.54 |
Adonis Pena |
2.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.13 |
Jose Rosario |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
5.29 |
Junior Garcia (W, 1-1) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3.6 |
DSL Orange Wins 3-1
Marcos Almonte signed in 2013 as a short stop for just $35,000. He's now third baseman and repeating the DSL for his second season there. He slugged his fifth home run which quite a bit in that league. He's tied for 6th in the league. Unfortunately, three of those ahead of him are 17, one is 21, and the other is 19 like he is.
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Angel Tejeda |
CF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.25 |
Miguelangel Sierra |
SS |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.307 |
Marcos Almonte |
3B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.288 |
Randy Vasquez |
C |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.333 |
Oliver Toribio |
1B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.183 |
Anthony Rodriguez |
DH |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.248 |
Hector Martinez |
RF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.228 |
Jose Carrillo |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.167 |
Carlos Machado |
LF |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.333 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Jose Ramos |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
2.29 |
Maikel Sepulveda (W, 1-1) |
3.1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6.3 |
Josue Uribe (S, 5) |
1.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5.02 |
DSL Blue Wins 4-3
Player |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
Wilson Amador |
CF |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.152 |
Ozziel Sanchez-galan |
SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.215 |
Cristopher Luciano |
3B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.293 |
Orlando Marquez |
1B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0.223 |
Oscar Campos |
RF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.303 |
Edgar Lorenzo |
LF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.381 |
Jose Benjamin |
DH |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.165 |
a- Jose Hernandez |
PH-DH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.22 |
Ronny Jimenez |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.21 |
Carlos Canelon |
C |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.138 |
Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
ERA |
Leovanny Rodriguez |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4.5 |
Framber Valdez (W, 3-0) |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4.5 |
Dariel Aquino (S, 5) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.57 |