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21 year-old Justin Turner (Reds #7 – 2006) went 4 for 4 with a 2B and 2 RBI. Turner who hit .355/.408/.498 his senior year at Cal State Fullerton, is now hitting .337/.400/.485.
21 year-old David Scott (Reds #42 – 2006) went 3 for 4 with an RBI. Scott is hitting .211/.304/.295
LOW A
19 year-old Travis Wood (Reds #2 – 2005) pitched 6 innings gave up 5 H, 1 ER, and 1 BB while striking out 2. Wood, from Little Rock, Arkansas, now has a 4.20 ERA with 119 K, 47 BB, and 102 H in 120 IP. THIS IS what a prospects number look like in LOW A.
HIGH A
23 year-old Paul Janish (Reds #5 – 2004) went 1 for 4 with a 2B and 2 RBI. Since being promoted, Janish, from Cypress, Texas, is now hitting .279/.358/.429
AA
24 year-old David Shafer (Reds #32 – 2001) pitched 2 scoreless innings giving up just 1 BB and 0 H while striking out 3. Shafer now has a 2.05 ERA with 49 K, 14 BB, 33 H in 44 IP. Shafer is exactly the kind of reliever that deserves a shot over some of the retreads that Krivsky has signed and/or traded for.
AAA
23 year-old William Bergolla went 3 for 4 with a 2B. Bergolla, who has only walked 17 times in 383 PAs, is now hitting .273/.306/.355.
nice to see Turner adjusting to the differences from college ball to pro ball … has remained a consistent, solid hitter
Wood – love the numbers overall, just hopes he can lower his WHIP
BJ Szymanski was picked off first base to end the game yesterday with the tying run at the plate….ugh.
Actually for a teenager at LOW A he has a very respectable WHIP.
Neither Stubbs nor McKennon played for Billings last night, probably due to their concussion. Jay Bruce also sat out the last of the important 4 game set vs Ft. Wayne.
Brad Salmon’s another reliever they should have given a shot, IMO.
Yep, and there is no shortage of relievers in the system that deserve to pitch over Scott Schoenwis. Scott Chiasson and Brad Salmon for sure
I think most of the good AA relievers have held their stat lines all year. That’s one of the big misses this year for Krivsky, IMO…not promoting some of these guys to AAA at the end of May. Then at the beginning of July he might have had some internal options to mix with the retread trades.
Also curious how someone like Steve Kelly would have done for the team in the 6th bullpen slot over DFA Franklin.
Matt,
you crack me up with your “THIS is what a prospects numbers should look like” stuff. As a 19 year old in A-ball, numbers dont mean much at all. Its all about projection at that age/level.
On a side note, Travis Wood needs to be shut down for the season yesterday. He has 120 innings on his arm and its not exactly the smoothest windup ever.
Makes no sense that the Reds are talking about shutting down Bailey for the season at like 130-135 innings but Travis Wood is still out there every 5 days.
Doug,
Bull Sh*^@ If you think that teams don’t look at numbers for these players you know less about the minor leagues than your email address would suggest.
If Wood was totally sucking as a 19 year old at LOW A I wouldn’t be concerned, however the fact he has great peripherals is a fantastic sign.
People need to get over the fact that MOST minor leaguers don’t make it. I want all of the guys in our system to excel, but I can be realistic enough to know that there are probably less than 10 guys right now in our system that will ever be Major Leaguers. And only 2 or 3 will be good ones.
I think Krivsky said the other day that he would shut down Bailey when he got to 30 innnings over what he did last year. I bet they do the same with Wood.
The thing is, Krivsky never actually said that. He said that he was paying attention to Bailey’s innings count:
“We’re cognizant of it,” general manager Wayne Krivsky said. “You’ve got to be careful about it. What you always want is 30 innings more than the year before.”
Will Carroll interpreted the quote to mean that Krivsky would be shutting Bailey down. I’m not sure he actually said that.
I noted that too, Chris. My guess is that Bailey will be allowed to finish the season on his turn in the rotation, and then pitch in the Southern League playoffs. If they were planning to shut him down at exactly 130 innings, they would have rested him at some points over the past month so that the magic 130 mark would fall within the timing for Chattanooga’s post-season.
The rationale will most likely be that he has such a smooth delivery, and has been throwing predominantly fastballs this year (lower stress than breaking pitches & offspeed stuff). I look for him to finish with around 150 IP.
Matt,
Come one now, we both know that numbers only suggest so much. I mean if that were the case, Homer Bailey would have been a dud prospect going into this season and Cubs prospect Sean Gallagher would have been a top 20 prospect. Your stats only go so far, a guy with excellent command and a little bit more advanced pitches who throws 90 will tear apart lower levels, where guys with more raw pitches, but with better overall stuff and projection might struggle a little bit (see Bailey, Homer – 2005). Do you look at numbers to project a player, yeah somewhat you do. But you also have to look at scouting reports and what they bring to the table.
I never said a bad thing about Travis Wood, I actually really like Travis Wood. I am baffled he is still pitching this year though with the amount of innings on his left arm. He has good numbers for the most part, his HR numbers are a little up and down throughout the season.
I dont know if anyone thinks everyone can get to the major leagues from the system.
I think Krivsky said the other day that he would shut down Bailey when he got to 30 innnings over what he did last year. I bet they do the same with Wood.
Thing is, Wood has thrown 120 innings this year. Between the GCL and Billings, he threw just 48.2 innings. He threw 67 innings in HS his senior year (last year) but I have to imagine he absolutely dominated nearly every game (0.52 ERA as a senior with 146 ks), so they were quick innings and its not quite the same. I hope they step in soon and give him some rest.
146 K in 67 IP, by definition, means that Wood was throwing a lot of pitches. Yeah, he was dominating, but it’s not like he was up there soft-tossing. 48 + 67 = 115. So I’m not worried that he’s at 120 IP this year.
Well I doubt he was allowing hits, or even many kids fouling pitches off. I think he is throwing a lot more pitches in his 120 innings this year than he did in his 115 last year, he also had a 2 month break last year between HS ending and GCL starting…gave his arm some rest. He didnt have this outside of the 12 days he spent on the DL this year.