Minor League Games - Tuesday, May 29, 2018

[kikutaro]

Charlotte Knights (21-30) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (28-22) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Carlos Rodón (1-0, 0.00) vs. Ben Lively (1-2, 2.74)

Final
Charlotte 5, Lehigh Valley 1

Notable

Dean Anna 1-4, 2B
Mitch Walding 1-4, RBI, 2B, 3 K
Joey Meneses 1-4, 2 K
Trevor Plouffe 1-3, BB, 2 K
Dylan Cozens 0-3, BB, 2 K
Heiker Meneses 1-3, 2 K

Ben Lively (L, 1-2), 6.0 IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 5K, game score: 47
Jake Thompson 2.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4K

Reading Fightin Phils (20-29) @ Trenton Thunder (32-19) 7:00 pm | Gameday
Harold Arauz (3-2, 4.25) vs. Trevor Stephan (0-1, 5.40)

Final
Trenton 5, Reading 4

Notable

Malquin Canelo 0-5, 2 K, CS
Kyle Martin 1-3, R, 2 RBI, 2B, BB, K
Zach Green 1-4, 2B, 2 K
Jan Hernandez 0-4, 3 K
Cord Sandberg 2-4, R, 2B, K
Emmanuel Marrero 2-4, R, 2 K

Harold Arauz 6.0 IP, 7H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 8K, game score: 55
Luke Leftwich (H, 1), 1.0 IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K
Tyler Gilbert (BS, 2)(L, 3-1), 0.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K

Fort Myers Miracle (19-28) @ Clearwater Threshers (19-28) 7:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. Bailey Falter (4-1, 2.64)

Final
Fort Myers 8, Clearwater 1

Notable

Adam Haseley 1-3, R, 3B, BB
Mickey Moniak 2-4, 2 2B
Henri Lartigue 0-4, 2 K
Jose Pujols 1-4, 2B, 3 K

Bailey Falter (L, 4-1), 5.0 IP, 6H, 6R, 6ER, 0BB, 3K, game score: 31
McKenzie Mills 2.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 4K

Greensboro Grasshoppers (23-26) @ Lakewood BlueClaws (30-21) 6:35 pm | Gameday
Brandon Miller (1-4, 5.64) vs. Ramon Rosso (2-1, 1.44)

Final
Lakewood 5, Greensboro 1

Notable

Jhailyn Ortiz 2-4, R, K
Colby Fitch 1-4, 3 K
Quincy Nieporte 3-4, R, RBI, HR, K
Rodolfo Duran 2-4, R, 2 RBI, HR, K
Dalton Guthrie 1-3, R, 2B, K

Ramon Rosso (W, 2-1), 6.0 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 6K, game score: 63
Luis Carrasco (S, 1), 3.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K

(click on the start time for box scores)

[bkeich]

Minor leagues are actually just 1 game under .500 now after being as much as 14.

[bigegypt0417]

A phillie has made the BA hotlist!

Del Los Santos at 14

[andyb]

I of course am fascinating by seeing Vlad Jr. in there every week. This week he only hits .500 so is only 7th. Hitting .478 in May with 9 2B, 8 HR, and only 9 Ks. Youngest player in the Eastern League. Amazing. They don't need a 3B right now (Donaldson), but it is possible he would be the best hitter on their team now. At age 19. At some point you make room (DH/OF).

[schooldoc]

Donaldson is likely getting traded (TOR going nowhere, FA after the season), but Vlad Jr. is by most accounts not a good third baseman. I certainly don't know what the hold-up is to get him to AAA, where many of the pitchers at least have MLB experience and on the whole know how to pitch more than AA pitchers do.

[andyb]

Donaldson is likely getting traded (TOR going nowhere, FA after the season), but Vlad Jr. is by most accounts not a good third baseman. I certainly don't know what the hold-up is to get him to AAA, where many of the pitchers at least have MLB experience and on the whole know how to pitch more than AA pitchers do.

I would say Vlad is just an inexperienced 3B more than bad. He has just developed as a hitter so quickly where he has less than half of the defensive reps he would have gotten on a normal development curve. Would not be shocked for them to let him play the OF before they figure out what to do with Donaldson (where a trade at the deadline probably makes the most sense for all involved). I expect a promotion in a couple of weeks once the Super Two deadline passes.

[bkeich]

I of course am fascinating by seeing Vlad Jr. in there every week. This week he only hits .500 so is only 7th. Hitting .478 in May with 9 2B, 8 HR, and only 9 Ks. Youngest player in the Eastern League. Amazing. They don't need a 3B right now (Donaldson), but it is possible he would be the best hitter on their team now. At age 19. At some point you make room (DH/OF).

I looked up his stats to see if he had the same "I will hit whatever they throw between the dugouts" approach his father had.and he has about the same walk rate (6-8%, Jr's seems a little higher). It will be fun to see if his approach is the same.

Senior was the definition of a guy who broke the "sabermetric" model in my opinion. He did walk, but he was really offended when it happened. He wanted to hit something, you just had to have the guts to throw it close enough that he would swing. He did EVERYTHING wrong by today's standards of how to approach an at bat. Anyone out there that was too young to see him hit, you missed something special, this guy was a complete freak of nature with a bat in his hands. Whenever announcers say something like "that high fastball just cant be hit with an upper cut", have to remember to say, "unless you're Vlad Guerrero"

[andyb]

Not the best night. Ortiz continues to hit at least.

Quietly Alberto Tirado has reemerged. 5 decent outings for 7 innings so far. High A so it may mean nothing, but if he is healthy he could move fairly quickly if he is throwing strikes and his velocity is back.

[Austinfan]

Moniak and Haseley also starting to hit.
Randolph looks totally lost.
Grullon keeping it up but I'm not sold on Pujols yet, K-rate is unsustainable.

[Squire]

Haseley has, for the time being, cross the .700 OPS line. So there's that.