Friday, May 11, 2007
The Trenton Lineup Is Extremely Uninteresting
Injuries/News:
According to Mike at River Ave. Blues, Mitch Hilligoss is hurt. I don’t know anything beyond that, but I’m going to look into it…The rest of the injury situations remain the same so Tim Norton, George Kontos, Marcos Vechionacci, et. al. are still missing
AAA:
Postponed.
AA:
Jeff Marquez continued to struggle with the strikeouts for Trenton. Jeff’s final line was 6-6-3-3-2-1-1 (IP-H-R-ER-BB-K-HR) and his ERA is now up to 1.93. I’m not going to say I’m concerned, but I would like to take the opportunity to note that Jeff’s K rate is down and he’s not getting as many groundballs. On the plus side, his walk rate is down as well.
A+:
Daniel McCutchen started for Tampa and picked up the win. McCutchen’s line was 7-5-0-0-0-5-0, which lowered his ERA on the year to 1.80. As I’ve already noted, McCutchen is old, but so far so good. He’s also got pretty good stuff according to Pinstripes Plus and hopefully he gets to Trenton this summer so I can witness it first hand.
Reegie Corona, Jose Tabata, and Juan Miranda were all 2 for 4 with 2 singles and a strikeout. No one in this group is hitting for much power, but that can be said of everyone on the Tampa team so it’s nice to see them at least get their AVG up. When it comes to hitting prospects for Tampa, I rarely pay much attention to their power hitting statistics. I’d rather spare myself the pain. Colin Curtis was 0 for 4 to continue his recent tumble. Curtis is now 2 for his last 15. Francisco Cervelli saw his AVG drop as he went 1 for 3 with a single, a walk, and a strikeout.
A-:
Michael Dunn had his worst game of the season, 4.2-8-6-6-0-3-1, but would have been able to pick up a W if not for the umpire choosing to toss him on his first HBP of the game. Supposedly, the umpires felt it might have been related to a past incident.
Wilmer Pino was 1 for 4 with a single to extend his hit streak to 6 games. Austin Jackson continued his hot-hitting since returning from the disabled list by going 1 for 3 with a triple, a walk, and 2 strikeouts. I know you’ve heard a line similar to this before, but Jackson’s emergence is critical in a system devoid of hitting talent beyond Jose Tabata. Seth Fortenberry was 1 for 4 with a single and a strikeout and Eduardo Nunez was 1 for 4 with a single and 3 strikeouts. Perhaps Eduardo was swinging for the fences due to his recent power surge.
Spotlight On:
Thanks to the postponement, it’s the same as yesterday: Scranton and Ohlie.
Comments
I’m assuming Hilligoss is hurt. He’s been out for 2 straight days, and he’s in the middle of an 18 game hit streak. I highly doubt they’re sitting him because he’s slumping…
Really , is there an offensive player in the whole minor league system to get excited about, that is going great at the moment? I don’t want to hear about Tabata who is still at A and hasn’t shown much power to this point. Pitching wins championships and it seems like all the Yankee investment is in arms, but to a ridiculous degree. I really think we need to steal scouts from organizations like Minnesota.
Rumor around that Tabata is up to 225 pounds and must report early every day to workout. From a Q&A on BA. FWIW.
Don, it appears those rumors are untrue or, at worst, grossly exaggerated. People who are watching the Tampa games say there has been no time when it was noticed Tabata was coming in early to workout in regards to his weight and the Yankees apparently contacted Kline and told him Tabata is 208, which is about what he looked in Spring Training, to my untrained eye.
The rumor claims 225 and the Yankees are willing to go on record and claim 208. Doesn’t sound good to me.
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