- The DSL scoreboard for yesterday shows all but one scheduled game without any results or advisory of a rainout. And while the DSL scoreboard shows no word on Thursday's game, J from Mariner Minors has tracked down the lines from that game.
I'm not sure what's up in the Dominican, but for some reason we're seeing a delay in the return of information on recent games.
- One day before, Matt Renfree was in Tacoma performing shaky but serviceable emergency relief for the Tacoma Rainiers in the 9th inning of their 10-3 win Friday. Yesterday, after taking the long drive up I-5 back to Everett, he relieved Chris Kirkland with two outs in the 8th, stranded two of Kirkland's runners, allowed a solo HR in the 9th but escaped with the save and nailed down Everett's 6-5 victory over Eugene. It may not have involved partying, but Matt Renfree had himself one heck of a weekend.
- As some of you noticed last night, Brandon Morrow did not have a great night against the Sacramento River Cats. While I commented on how relatively ordinary their offense and home park were, this team doesn't suck: their 75-52 record is tied for the best record in the PCL, and they have one of the league's best pitching staffs. That's what happens when your big club's Moneyball GM stockpiles young replacement level talent.
The hitters are the usual Billy Beane brand of patient hitters that let pitchers with poor control beat themselves, and if there's one pitcher that fits this mold perfectly right now, it's Brandon Morrow. Morrow still struck out five batters, and ultimately he only walked two, but the River Cats sat on his erratic control and waited for him to make mistakes. Even if they didn't capitalize on all of them, this was enough to work his pitch count and send him to the showers with two outs in the 4th, 61 pitches later.
All that said, I'll say it again: right now, the primary goal with Brandon Morrow right now is to stretch him out and get him comfortable with throwing 100-110 pitches every 5 days, results be damned. Once he can handle throwing a full slate of pitches, then the Rainiers coaches will pound away at his control, his pitch selection, his location, facing lineups and adjusting to circumstances. Right now, he's going to show flashes, but he's probably going to get pounded and hitters are going to make him throw 20 pitches in an inning to see if he'll walk the world before throwing three strikes to a batter. Don't worry for now.
- Along with their recently rolled out 2008 data, Minor League Splits has a fun little toy called the Minor League Equivalency calculator. It currently is only for hitters, though a tool for pitchers is in the works. You can plug in the stats for any hitter at any league in full season A ball or above and convert his numbers to any league at any level all the way up to MLB, adjusted to any team and their home park.
Here are some conversions of selected minor leaguers' numbers to MLB equivalents, assuming home games at Safeco Field. For guys currently with the big club or guys who have played at multiple levels, I'll list their converted stats for each level, to show how their performance at each level would have converted.
Wisconsin:
Edilio Colina: 203/231/256
Denny Almonte: 173/207/271, 146 K in 338 AB
Alex Liddi: 159/197/223
Daniel Carroll: 166/196/199, 16 SB, 9 CS in 191 AB
High Desert:
Chris Minaker: 204/226/293, 28 doubles in 438 AB
Carlos Triunfel: 198/229/274, 20 SB in 401 AB
Greg Halman (Mavs): 184/211/354, 16 SB in 264 AB
Johan Limonta (Mavs): 209/274/313
Carlos Peguero: 208/220/316, 6 walks, 112 K in 375 AB
West Tenn:
Adam Moore: 254/301/384, 25 doubles in 397 AB
Johan Limonta (AA): 249/304/412
Luis Valbuena (AA): 246/310/373
Marshall Hubbard: 242/320/391
Michael Saunders (AA): 235/296/374
Greg Halman (AA): 234/265/375
Mike Wilson: 228/303/426, 18 HR, 115 K in 374 AB
Tacoma:
Jeff Clement (AAA): 287/377/544
Jeremy Reed (AAA): 304/354/463
Victor Diaz (with Rainiers): 241/301/453
Prentice Redman: 269/323/446
Rob Johnson: 265/312/378
Tug Hulett (AAA): 257/327/423
Matt Tuiasosopo: 234/294/365
WLAD (AAA): 230/299/472
Bryan LaHair (AAA): 227/300/382
Make of these converted stat lines what you will.
Now on to actual stats:
Dominican: The DSL scoreboard currently shows no results for Saturday's game.
Rk-AZL: Athletics 9, Mariners 1
AZLMs: 8-9... AZLAs: 7-10
(League: 263/347/374... 4.36 ERA)
Ariel Alcantara: 4 IP, 8 H, (5 R) 1 ER, 3 K (7 GS +2, 5.77 ERA, 34.1 IP, 3 HR, 20/36 BB/K)
Jean Tome: 3 IP, 5 H, (3 R) 2 ER, 4 K (6 app, 8.03 ERA, 12.1 IP, 7/12 BB/K)
Jeroen de Haas: 1 IP, (1 R) 0 ER (10 app, 6.10 ERA, 10.1 IP, 2 HR, 2/4 BB/K)
Nick Love: 1 IP, 1 H, K (11 app, 9.61 ERA, 19.2 IP, 5/13 BB/K)
Scott Savastano: 1-4, triple, RBI, K (300/352/400)
Henry Contreras: 2-3, double, R, K (313/340/375)
rest of AZLMs lineup: 0-25, 11 K
Rk+: Pulaski 8, Greeneville 4
PMs: 36-22... GRE: 24-34
(League: 263/334/390... 4.18 ERA)
Nick Czyz: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER (HR), walk, 2 K, wild pitch (9 GS +4, 3.48 ERA, 54.1 IP, 3 HR, 18/50 BB/K)
Jordan Alvis: 3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, walk, K (13 app, 9.50 ERA, 18 IP, 10/10 BB/K)
Kyle Brown: 1 IP, K, hit batter (8 app, 4.85 ERA, 13 IP, 6/13 BB/K)
Mario Martinez: 2-5, 2 R (329/355/481)
Juan Fuentes: 3-4, 2 doubles, 2 R, RBI, walk, K (365/440/489)
Jose Rivero: 2-5, triple, 2 R, K (268/347/402)
Kris Sanchez: 3-5, double, 2 run HR, 2 R, 5 RBI, K (322/403/593)
Jonathan Arias: 1-4, 2 RBI, walk, 2 K (243/315/355)
A-: Everett 6, Eugene 5
EVE: 26-33... EUG: 30-29
(League: 256/346/373... 4.22 ERA)
Aaron Brown: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 walks, 5 K (9 GS +4, 5.17 ERA, 47 IP, 1 HR, 36/35 BB/K)
Bradley Reid: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER (HR), K (11 app, 6.46 ERA, 15.1 IP, 3 HR, 8/7 BB/K)
Chris Kirkland: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, walk, 4 K
Matt Renfree: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER (HR), 2 K (20 app, 2.29 ERA, 39.1 IP, 2 HR, 14/41 BB/K)
Tyson Gillies: 2-4 (298/392/418)
Bennett Billingsley: 1-4, 2 R, K (259/329/442)
Manny Pimentel: 1-2, double, RBI, 2 walks (219/335/296)
Brandon Fromm: 1-3, double, RBI (242/305/349)
Ryan Royster: 2-3, R, RBI, walk (185/319/244)
A: Kane County 6, Wisconsin 5
WIS: 18-37... KC: 26-29
(League: 252/323/373... 3.71 ERA)
Michael Pineda: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 walks, 5 K (18 GS +5, 2.08 ERA, 117 IP, 5 HR, 34/102 BB/K)
Natividad Dilone: 2 IP, 2 H, 4 K (20 app, 4.40 ERA, 28.2 IP, 2 HR, 14/31 BB/K)
Ryan Moorer: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, K (39 app, 3.76 ERA, 55 IP, 2 HR, 21/40 BB/K)
Jeff Dunbar: no outs recorded, 4 H, 5 ER, walk (12 app, 4.05 ERA, 13.1 IP, 6/8 BB/K)
Keith Meyer: one out, 1 H (39 app, 4.50 ERA, 60 IP, 4 HR, 26/59 BB/K)
Alex Liddi: 1-5, double, RBI, K (234/302/350)
Joe Dunigan: 1-4, solo HR, 2 R, walk, K, SB #24 (225/285/399)
Denny Almonte: 2-4, solo HR (255/313/436)
Joe White: 2-4, K (283/383/354)
Blake Ochoa: 1-3, RBI, walk (244/323/358)
A+: Visalia 4, High Desert 3
Mavs: 21-34... Oaks: 24-30
(League: 273/341/412... 4.55 ERA)
Alfredo Venegas: 6 IP, 5 H, (2 R) 1 ER, walk, K (13 GS +9, 4.69 ERA, 96 IP, 8 HR, 27/81 BB/K)
Nick Hill: 1 IP, 1 H, walk, K (30 app, 4.78 ERA, 86.2 IP, 10 HR, 30/65 BB/K)
Steven Richard: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, walk, K (26 app, 4.33 ERA, 35.1 IP, 2 HR, 21/34 BB/K)
Aaron Cotter: one out, 1 H, 1 ER, hit batter (48 app, 3.43 ERA, 60.1 IP, 5 HR, 15/56 BB/K)
Jamie McOwen: 1-4, solo HR (260/324/396)
Joe Simokaitis: 2-3, R, walk (256/312/411)
Travis Scott: 1-4, double, R, RBI, K (269/339/448)
Kevin Reynolds: 1-3, RBI (314/360/357)
They played two in Jackson, TN!
Game 1: West Tenn 12, Carolina 5, 7 innings
Luis Muñoz: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 walks, 4 K, hit batter
Marwin Vega: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K (43 app, 5.03 ERA, 62.2 IP, 3 HR, 42/47 BB/K)
Brent Johnson: 2-3, solo HR, 2 R
Johan Limonta: 2-4, solo HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, walk (307/378/534)
Mike Wilson: 2-3, solo HR, 2 RBI, walk
Adam Moore: 1-4, double, 2 R (312/390/490)
Greg Halman: 1-3, double, R, walk, SB
Noah Old Sox Hall: 1-3, double, R, 2 RBI, walk (234/366/315)
Matt Mangini: 1-4, 2 run HR, K
Game 2: Carolina 7, West Tenn 5, 7 innings
WTN: 23-31... CAR: 35-20
(League: 264/342/400... 4.22 ERA)
Brodie Downs: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3 walks, 5 K, wild pitch, hit batter (36 app, 9 GS, 4.10 ERA, 94.1 IP, 6 HR, 43/61 BB/K)
Justin Thomas: one out, 1 H, 2 ER, K, hit batter (17 GS +8, 4.32 ERA, 118.2 IP, 11 HR, 56/106 BB/K)
Shawn Kelley: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, (intentional) walk, 5 K, wild pitch (25 app, 1.43 ERA, 37.2 IP, 15/37 BB/K)
Brent Johnson: 1-2, 2 RBI, walk (295/384/455)
Erick Monzon: 2-4, K (192/260/250)
Mike Wilson: 1-2, solo HR, 2 walks (283/394/564)
Marshall Hubbard: 3-4, triple, R, K (302/409/483)
Greg Halman: 2-4, double, R, RBI (285/332/477)
Matt Mangini: 2-3, solo HR, K (207/252/259)
AAA: Sacramento 4, Tacoma 2
TAC: 68-59... SAC: 75-52
(League: 276/347/442... 4.82 ERA)
Brandon Morrow: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 walks, 5 K, wild pitch
Jon Huber: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER (HR), walk, K (45 app, 6.39 ERA, 62 IP, 5 HR, 21/45 BB/K)
Jorge Sosa: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, walk, K (25 app, 4.45 ERA, 32.1 IP, 5 HR, 17/33 BB/K)
Prentice Redman: 2-3, 2 doubles, R (309/386/541)
Matt Tuiasosopo: 1-4, 2 run HR (270/358/441)
Victor Diaz: 1-4, double, K (281/365/523)