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Minor League Update Friday Minor League Summary #16
As the season winds down, we take our second last look at the hitters. The farm affiliates went 3-3 on Thursday.



Thursday Boxscores and Highlights

Syracuse 6 @ Scranton W-B 9 Mottola 2 2 run HR, Sauerbeck BS, Lind 1-3, Diaz 0-2
New Hampshire 3 @ New Britain 7 Smith 2-4, HR, Cosby 2-4, HR Iriki 7IP, 7ER
Sarasota 3 @ Dunedin 12 Hatch 3-4, 3 run HR, Corrente grand slam, AMartin 5IP, 7H, 3ER, 0W, 4K
Fort Wayne 2 @ Lansing 3 Snider 3-4, 2B, Liuzza 3-4, 2B, Ginley 7IP, 8H, 1ER, 0W, 5K
Batavia 0 @ Auburn 1 LPerez 7IP, 5H, 3W, 7K, Emaus 1-3, Arencibia 1-3
GCL Jays 1 @ GCL Yankees 7


The hitting prospect statistical summary

All statistics are current through Wednesday and courtesy of firstinning.com.

Player Age Level BB
Pos PA
 AVG OBP SLUG W K
 W%
 K% BABIP
LD%
T. Snider
 19 Lo-A #1 RF 440 .309
 .371 .513 40
 102
 9.8
 23.2
 .392
 14
S. Santos
 24
 AAA
 #2
 SS
 43
 .195
 .209
 .220
 1
 7
 2.3
 16.3
 .235
 12
A. Mathews
 25
 AA
 #3
 OF
 416
 .296
 .340
 .444
 24
 62
 6.0
 14.9 .339
 17
K. Ahrens
 18
 R
 #4
 SS
 153
 .202
 .327
 .290
 20
 37
 13.1
 24.2
 .283
 9
B. Fuenmayor
 17
 R
 #5
 3B
 165
 .204
 .279
 .286
 12 53 7.3
 32.1
 .312
 16
J.P. Arencibia
 21
 SSA
 #6
 C
 175
 .250
 .303
 .381
 11
 40
 6.3
 22.9
 .316
 17
R. Diaz
 23
 AAA
 #7
 C
 66
 .355
 .364
 .452
 1
 5
 1.5
 7.6
 .375
 11
R. Patterson
 24 AA #8 LF
 389
 .267
 .303
 .455
 20
 79
 5.1
 20.3
 .305
 14
Y. Chavez
 18
 R
 #9
 RF
 165
 .268
 .364
 .415
 17
 42
 10.3
 25.5
 .347
 14
J. Butler
 24
 HiA
 #10
 LF
 435
 .272
 .366
 .507
 54
 79
 12.4 18.2
 .293
 18
C. Cannon
 25 AA
1B 458
 .241
 .334 .434 54
 155
 12.4
 33.8
 .351
 18
E. Eiland
 18
 R
CF
 159
 .252
 .358
 .341
 20
 49
 12.6
 30.8
 .388
 14
J. Tolisano
 18
 R
2B
 167 .241
 .347
 .404
 24
 32
 14.4
 19.2
 .272
 11
B. Jeroloman
 22
 HiA
C
 331
 .254
 .423
 .339
 76
 50
 23
 15.1
 .308
 20
R. Barron
 21
 LoA
3B
 201
 .240
 .289
 .346
 12 27
 6
 13.4
 .273
 10
J.F. Griffin
 27
 AAA
OF
 465
 .249
 .325
 .501
 47
 128
 10.1
 27.5
 .300
 16
J. Kreuzer
 24
 HiA
1B
 464 .317
 .438
 .554
 60
 76
 13.1
 16.4
 .356
 20
A. Hatch
 23 HiA
3B 446
 .252 .310
 .424
 30
 79
 7
 17.7
 .283
 14
D. Majewski
 25
 AA
CF 459 .227
 .339 .367
 65 87
 14.6
 19
 .274
 14
R. Adams
 26 AAA
2B
 478
 .262
 .326
 .402
 40
 56
 8.4
 11.7
 .280
 16
S. Shoffit 22
 LoA
IF 427 .262 .372 .437 42 65 15.2
 26.2
 .360
 12
S. Campbell
 22
 LoA
2B
 419
 .279
 .389
 .399
 62
 48
 14.8
 11.5
 .307
 12
J. Jackson
 18
 R
SS
 145
 .192
 .269
 .262
 14
 33
 9.7
 22.8
 .242
 7
J. Collins
 21
 R
C
 71
 .310
 .423
 .741
 7
 15
 9.9
 21.1
 .306



Posted by Mike Green on Friday, August 17 2007 @ 12:12 AM EDT.
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Rios39 - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 12:19 AM EDT (#173189) #
Snider had another great night tonight going 3-4 with a double. This kid can hit. The numbers speak for themselves. He should be in Dunedin pretty soon.
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Smithers - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 12:34 AM EDT (#173190) #
Isn't it still pretty early in Robinzon Diaz's career to start labeling him as a "AAAA" player?  That .801 OPS in AAA for a 23 year old catcher with some speed makes one suspect that the future for the catcher spot in Toronto could be Diaz and Thigpen. 
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jgadfly - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 12:47 AM EDT (#173191) #
Re Snider... Why would they promote him this late in the season? Why not leave him in Single A and let him have a go at winning a Triple Crown (trails by 10 pts in BA, by 2HR's and tied for lead in RBI), MWL MVP and experience post season play at a comfortable level (which he missed last year)
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ayjackson - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 01:07 AM EDT (#173193) #

Travis Snider has little shot at the Triple Crown as he is seven HR's back of the lead, not two.  This should not invalidate your point though - there's not much benefit to promoting him at this late stage of the season.  He'll have opportunities to move mid-season next year and beyond.

I thought that Snider was having a mildly disappointing season, but after reviewing the league batting stats - and seeing that Snider's .884 OPS leads the league - I'm inclined to believe it is a pitchers' league.  Is this true?

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tstaddon - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 01:12 AM EDT (#173194) #
Agreed. Leave Snider where he is and, hell, let him play all of next year in Dunedin.  Given his curve, I'd argue that if he starts AA in 2009 and acquits himself well, he'll be in the majors in 2010 at age 22. That's fine with me.

As many have said previously, Smith and Mathews seem ready for AAA, Kreuzer and Butler for AA. If they start next year at those levels, that's ok. Too bad Santos has had such lousy luck (the BABIP) so far at AAA. Any idea if it's affected his fielding -- or were those just poor scoring decisions? Could there be two more different catching prospects than Diaz and Jeroloman. Both are playing very effectively, but... wow.

Finally, is anyone else of the mind that Hector Luna is no more useful than Ryan Roberts?
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jgadfly - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 01:22 AM EDT (#173196) #
Geeze ! Did I miss alot of guys with more HR's than Snider. Thanks for the headsup AY ! So much for the TC for Snider. Hopefully he'll finish the season as he started ... strong & in good health.
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Pistol - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 08:31 AM EDT (#173198) #
Isn't it still pretty early in Robinzon Diaz's career to start labeling him as a "AAAA" player?

I'm pretty sure that was just a typo (which has since been fixed).
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Mike Green - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 09:29 AM EDT (#173200) #
It was.  He moved up from double A to triple A between the summaries, and I got so excited that I added an extra A!
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dan gordon - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 11:31 AM EDT (#173206) #

Finally, is anyone else of the mind that Hector Luna is no more useful than Ryan Roberts?

Well, the Jays obviously agree.  They've sent him to Syracuse and called up Russ Adams.

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tstaddon - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 11:57 AM EDT (#173210) #
I suppose this means more Olmedo at 3rd. May as well see if he can hack it there defensively, too, because he's looked fine at short. As for Adams, here's hoping that 2005 version makes the trip instead of the one that's been hitting like Howie Clark's younger brother.
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Ryan Day - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 12:10 PM EDT (#173213) #

Luna's actually had a couple decent major league seasons (286/338/409 last year), and he's still just 27. Roberts, on the other hand, has been struggling in AAA. Luna can play a bit of short, too, which is probably beyond Roberts' capability.

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Jim - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 02:03 PM EDT (#173230) #
Looks like Detroit called up Maybin.  I'm fighting back the urge to throw up.
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Ron - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 03:29 PM EDT (#173239) #
Looks like Detroit called up Maybin.  I'm fighting back the urge to throw up.

Don’t be upset. I’m sure Romero has just hit a speed bump and is still well on his way to becoming the front end starter the Jays envisioned he would be.

Paying over slot for blue chip talent in the draft never makes any sense,,,,,

My jaw dropped when JP on a edition of WWJP said the Jays really liked Maybin but heard he was asking for a really high bonus. Maybin's signing bonus ended up being 2.65 million while Romero received 2.4 million.

The Jays are paying Corey Koskie and Eric Hinske a combined 6,562,500 million dollars this season.

Now you have a 20 year old Maybin already in the Majors while Romero looks like he should be demoted back to Single A.

On the positive side, Travis Snider can flat out hit. I have a general rule of not getting really excited for prospects until they produce in AA, but I’ll make an exception for Snider. What he’s doing with the bat is really impressive when you account for his age, home ballpark, and the league he’s playing in.


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MatO - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 04:18 PM EDT (#173244) #
If only the Jays had drafted Dwight Gooden in 1982 instead of Augie Schmidt and Roger Clemens in 1983 instead of Matt Stark do you know how many World Series they would have won?
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BulletJayFan - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 05:22 PM EDT (#173256) #

I suppose this means more Olmedo at 3rd.

Don't be so sure. Adams has played a few games at 3rd recently, in what I can only imagine is preparation for playing there in the bigs at some point. We should all be very, very scared of this possibility.

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smcs - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 05:43 PM EDT (#173258) #
What is the story on Trystan Magnuson?  He was signed in July and has yet to appear in a game.  They can't be shutting him down early because he only threw 58 innings this year.  Is he injured?
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mendocino - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 06:19 PM EDT (#173265) #

Epy Guerrero :

“I see this pitcher, sixteen, maybe five-nine, right-hander, skinny, fastball 88,” he says. “I wanna sign. Mel Queen comes. He says, ‘He’s already as good as he gonna be.” I’m saying, he good right now and we get him cheap. Mel Queen, he kill it. The Dodgers sign him: Pedro Martinez. ’Cuz of Mel Queen Toronto don’t get a Hall of Famer.”

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Mike Green - Friday, August 17 2007 @ 06:19 PM EDT (#173266) #
As he's a Canadian, there are visa issues.  It took over 3 weeks to settle Collins' and Condotta's visa problem.
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Jim - Saturday, August 18 2007 @ 08:59 AM EDT (#173275) #
If only the Jays had drafted Dwight Gooden in 1982 instead of Augie Schmidt and Roger Clemens in 1983 instead of Matt Stark do you know how many World Series they would have won?

Except that now ahead of time the fans have information in the process and a good number of people thought taking Romero was a mistake.  This isn't second guessing. 
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Mylegacy - Saturday, August 18 2007 @ 01:44 PM EDT (#173289) #

Adams hasn't got the arm for SS but he does for 3rd. Curious. Berry, berry curious.

 

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