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Minor League Update Saturday Minor League Summary #13
We couldn't really do the 13th installment of the minor league summary on Friday, least of all for pitchers, unless we wanted to give extra work to Dr. Andrews. So, it was postponed until Saturday.

The minor league affiliates went 4-2 yesterday, with nice performances from Joel Collins and Brett Cecil setting the tone.


Friday Boxscores and Highlights

Syracuse 4 @ Rochester 2 Banks 6.2IP, 7H, 2ER, 1W, !K, 2HR, RDiaz 2-3, W, 3RBI, Hattig 2 2B
New Britain 6 @ New Hampshire 8 Isenberg 5IP, 6ER, Cosby 2-4, HR, DSmith 3rd HR in 2 days, Santos 2-4, 2B
Lakeland 6 @ Dunedin 8 Hatch HR, KPhillips HR, Cota 2-3, W
Lansing 2 @ Clinton 7 RGonzalez 6IP, 4H, 3ER, 2W, 5K, 1HR, Liuzza 3B, HR, W, Snider 0-4, 3K
Auburn 1 @ State College 2 Cecil 5.1IP, 3H, 1ER, 2W, 4K, 8-3 GB/FB, Ebarb HR, Arencibia 1-4
GCL Braves 8 @ GCL Jays 9 Collins 3-4, 2HR, HBP, JJackson 1-4, HR, W, Ahrens 2-5, Fuenmayor 1-3, 2B, W


The Pitching Prospect Summary

All statistics are through games of Thursday. For this summary, we have added outcome rate data, W/PA, K/PA, BABIP, HR/air and GB% from firstinning.com. We will add in 2007 3rd rounder Alan Farina and 5th rounder Mark Rzepczynski next time.


Pitcher Age Level BB
IP H HR W K FIP ERA W% K% BABIP HR/fly GB%
R. Romero 22 AA #1 49.1 57
 5
 30
 46
 4.79 4.93
 13.7
 20.8
 .372
 7%
 47%
B. Cecil
 21
 SSA
 #2
 24.2
 22
 1
 3
 26
 2.49
 1.46
 3.0
 26.3
 .318
 4%
 66%
D. Purcey 25 AA #3 62 67
 4
 16
 55 3.26 5.33
 6.0
 20.7
 .344
 4%
 45%
Kyle Ginley
 20
 LoA
 #4
 90.2
 107
 8
 30
 98
 3.67
 4.86
 7.3
 23.9
 .378
 6%
 48%
Josh Banks
 24
 AAA
 #5
 117.2
 129
 18
 15
 72
 4.37
 4.74
 3.0
 14.6
 .292
 8%
 47%
C. Cheng 21 HiA #6











T. Taubenheim 24 AAA #6 88 105
 12
 33
 70
 4.65 6.34
 8.3
 17.6
 .339
 8%
 46%
A. Wideman
 22
 HiA
 #8
 111.1
 116
 11
 25
 74
 4.12
 3.72
 4.4
 15.8
 .301
 6%
 42%
K. Yates 24 AA #9 103.1
 122
 14
 33
 73
 4.79
 4.53
 7.2
 16.0
 .333
 7%
 45%
B. Magee
 24
 HiA
 #10
 120.1
 124
 13
 46
 55
 4.99
 4.04
 8.9
 10.7
 .283
 7%
 55%
L. Gronk'z
 28
 AAA
43
 47
 4
 6
 53
 2.14
 2.51
 3.4
 27.1
 .375
 5%
 47%
A. Martin
 22
 HiA
51.2
 41
 2
 6
 40
 3.51
 1.22
 3.3
 23.3
 .238
 9%
 50%
W. Aguirre
 20
 SSA
33
 40
 2
 12
 24
 4.04
 4.64
 8.1
 16.2
 .369
 4%
 50%
E. Fowler 24 AA
50.1
 61
 5
 19
 31
5.24
 5.19
 9.4
 12.5
 .362
 9%
 55%
T. Thorpe 26 AA
47.1 35
 2
 22
 46
 3.41 3.80
 11.1
 23.1
 .268
 2%
 32%
P. Phillips 23 LoA
43.0 41
 6
 10
 43
 3.87 3.35
 5.5
 23.5
 .302
 7%
 44%
B. Carnline 23 HiA
21.2
 22
 2
 7
 12
 4.61
 2.49
 7.5
 12.9
 .294
 5%
 29%
M. MacDonald 25 AAA
115
 138
 5
 32
 59
 3.48
 4.54
 6.0
 12.8
 .346
 3%
 60%
C. Lirette 22 LoA
59
 59
 6
 19
 41
 4.36
 4.42
 7.6
 16.4
 .296
 6%
 50%
N. Starner 23 LoA
99
 119
 11
 29
 109
 3.60
 4.91
 6.6
 24.8
 .390
 7%
 49%
G. Godfrey 22 LoA
75 97
 5
 24
 56
 3.78
 4.44
 7.1
 16.8
 .377
 5%
 61%
S Overbey
 23
 AA
65.2
 47
 0
 19
 49
 2.88
 1.37
 7.5
 19.3
 .268
 0%
 68%

It has not been a particularly good year for the pitching prospects, with injuries playing a significant role as usual.
Posted by Mike Green on Saturday, July 28 2007 @ 12:01 AM EDT.
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#2JBrumfield - Saturday, July 28 2007 @ 01:03 PM EDT (#172193) #

I don't know if this signing has been pointed out but Dunedin's winning pitcher yesterday, Chad Blackwell, comes from the Gary SouthShore Rail Cats of the Northern League.  He made his organizational debut last night.  Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Blackwell here in Edmonton as Gary made their visit to Telus Field before I got here.  He pitched in the Pirates system last year.

Also of note, former Jays farmhand Clint Johnston - who was with New Hampshire in 2005 - is now with the Edmonton Cracker-Cats playing 1st base and DH.  Also, former Jays minor league pitcher Danny Core was in Edmonton this past homestand with the Kansas City T-Bones along with former major leaguer Calvin Pickering, who is much too good for this league!  He should back in the affiliated minors at the very least.

Also, Todd Betts of Canadian Olympic Baseball notoriety has joined the Cats as well.

 

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Dr B - Saturday, July 28 2007 @ 05:43 PM EDT (#172212) #
The Jays don't upper ranks of pitching have been depleted because most of the best prospects have been rushed to the majors (with great success obviously), but there's not a lot more to look forward to. Gronk has zero left to prove in the minors (apart from needing to prove that he is taller), but the other pitching prospects have got a long way to go. While you should never write pitchers off -- they may suddenly discover that tricky changeup, or new spit on their spitball -- it's hard to see Josh Banks making it. He doesn't strike many people out and gives up too many home runs. 24 is not terribly old for AAA, but it's a consistent pattern by now. People compare him with Josh Towers reasonably enough; Josh Towers stats are in many ways rather similar (so-so strikeouts, good walks, poor HRs) but Josh Tower's stats are in the majors and even then you can see how fine a line he treads. I would be tempted to try Banks in the bullpen and see if he can raise his velocity a bit otherwise he'll just gently stew in AAA. Purcey's numbers still look good, but someone said he had done his best work against weak opposition. I am still optimistic for him though.
 
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