It's a pitchers week. The farm affiliates split four games on Thursday


Thursday's boxscores and highlights

Syracuse 2 @ Pawtucket 3 J. Thomson 6IP, 2ER, 7H, 3W, 6K, 1HR, H. Clark HR
Reading 6 @ New Hampshire 7 V. Zambrano 6.1IP, 4ER, 10H, 0W, 4K, 1HR, S. Santos 2-4, HR, log for thrilling 9th inning
St. Lucie 0 @ Dunedin 12 Trias 5IP, 3H, 0W, 4K, C. Cota 3-3, 5TB, 1W, 3R, 3RBI, Garibaldi G.S. HR
Lansing 4 @ Peoria 5 Godfrey 3.1IP, 5H, 3ER, 0W, 3K, 1HR, A. Martin 3.2IP, 2H, 0W, 7K, 0HR, Keng BS, Shoffit 2-3, 1W

Pitching Prospect summary

With Jesse Litsch and Dustin McGowan now in the majors, we have room to add Nathan Starner and Graham Godfrey to our chart. All statistics are through Wednesday's games.

Pitcher	Age	Level	BB	IP	H	HR	W	K	GO/AO	ERA	Comments
R. Romero	22	AA	#4	18.1	21	1	8	18	1.24	4.42	In rehab after arm injury
D. Purcey	25	AA	#7	46.2	38	3	12	45	1.04	3.66	Still excellent FIP
C. Cheng	21	HiA	#8								Torn labrum, surgery, out for season
T. Taubenheim	24	AAA	#11	43.1	50	6	16	38	1.10	5.82
K. Yates	24	AA	#12	36.1	37	5	16	26	1.14	4.71
I. Ramirez	26	AAA	#13	34.0	44	3	14	18	0.75	4.50
J. Banks	24	AAA	#14	53.1	50	7	6	29	1.05	3.88	Josh Towers v.2?
E. Fowler	24	HiA	#18
P. Keng	22	LoA	#23	9.2	9	0	6	10	1.38	5.59
T. Thorpe	26	AA	#24	25.0	17	1	11	25	0.65	3.60	Lots of pop-ups.
P. Phillips	23	LoA	#26	20.1	21	0	4	25	1.11	3.10	Classic ace reliever!
B. Carnline	23		#28
K. Ginley	20	LoA	#29	32	42	3	12	42	1.55	6.47	Good ratios. What's going on?
S. Benson	20		#30
Z. Dials	21	LoA		36.2	43	1	8	18	1.50	4.42
M. MacDonald	25	AAA		52.2	58	1	17	24	2.49	3.72	Classic sinkerballer- AA/AAA nos.
B. Magee	23	HiA		43	53	3	19	16	1.71	5.65
C. Lirette	21	LoA		47.1	45	4	17	34	1.49	4.18
N. Starner	22	LoA		47	48	2	13	54	1.39	4.60	Gorgeous ratios for a lefty.
G. Godfrey	22	LoA		12	12	2	2	9	1.60	2.25

Starner's ERA took a beating in one game where he was left in to absorb 13 earned runs. He has been great otherwise. Purcey and Romero remain the key pitching prospects left in the minor leagues.