2013 Minor League Thread

[MoFlo]

Some stats on the 2013 draftees:

Clint Frazier: (Arizona) .310 2 HR 16 RBI 10 R 3 D 4 T .899 OPS 4/24 BB/K in 71 AB

Dace Kime: (Mahoning Valley) 4 GS 0-1 3.12 ERA 8 2/3 IP 7 H 3 BB 9 K .219 BAA

Kyle Crockett: (Mahoning Valley) 8 G 0-0 0.00 ERA 9 1/3 IP 5 H 2 BB 16 K .152 BAA
(Lake County) 1 G 1 IP 1 BB 1 K

Sean Brady: (Arizona) 4 GS 0-1 1.80 ERA 10 IP 7 H 2 BB 10 K .194 BAA

Kenny Mathews: (Mahoning Valley) 5 GS 0-1 1.50 ERA 12 IP 6 H 1 BB 15 K .140 BAA

Trevor Frank: (MV) 9 G 0-2 4.32 ERA 16 2/3 IP 17 H 1 BB 16 K .266 BAA

James Roberts: (MV) .311 8 RBI 6 R .724 OPS 6/8 BB/K in 74 AB

Matt Whitehouse: (MV) 7 G 2-0 0.47 ERA 19 1/3 IP 12 H 1 BB 14 K .171 BAA

Ben Heller: (MV) 11 G 1-2 1.59 ERA 17 IP 14 H 8 BB 21 K .222 BAA

Cole Sulser: (MV) 8 G 1-1 1.93 ERA 23 1/3 IP 20 H 4 BB 25 K .222 BAA

Jordan Milbrath: (AZ) 5 G 3 SVS 2.00 ERA 9 IP 2 H 6 BB 6 K .071 BAA

 

[MoFlo]

Danny Salazar in his start today: 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 11 K. 75 pitches, 51 strikes.

Over his last 6 games: 2-0, 0.72 ERA, 25 IP, 14 H, 5 BB, 32 K

His last 5 starts: 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 22 IP, 10 H, 5 BB, 28 K

Wow

 

[elcheato]

I can't wait for him to be a full time big leaguer next year. Gonna be fun to watch

 

[AZ_]

Who do you pull from the rotation right now to get him in there?

You almost have to at some point...

 

[Derek]

With the instability of the bullpen, would it make sense to use him in the fireman role that we've seen other top prospects play during their initial call up?

David Price, Alexi Ogando and Adam Wainwright all thrived in that role as their teams made playoff runs and we see Trevor Rosenthal doing it now for the Cardinals as well. With Salazar's pitch limit right now, it just makes sense to me.

 

[DJTJ]

Went to the Aeros game. Can Ronny Rodriguez play anywhere but up the middle? Seemed too good in the field today.

Also, Lindor almost lost a limb on a broken bat that flew at him while he went for a ball.

 

[MoFlo]

Who do you pull from the rotation right now to get him in there?

You almost have to at some point...

I really don't see a point in pulling anybody at this point.

I know Salazar is ready & has been on a tear himself, but the rotation has been the main reason we're still in this thing. No reason to fix something that isn't broken right now, IMO.

 

[AZ_]

Tyler Naquin was hit by a pitch tonight and removed from the game, no word on his condition at this point.

Just throwing it out there.

 

[macbdog]

Who do you pull from the rotation right now to get him in there?

You almost have to at some point...

Right now? I don't think you can pull somone from the rotation for a guy still on a 60-80 pitch count. I don't like the idea of using him strictly as a reliever up here, but I think that is the only way to use him here and still keep his innings in check. They have to take his past fragility into account here, seeing as he has only gotten as far as 100 innings in a season before this year.

 

[Derek]

Speaking of Naquin, he has to be the most under the radar of our top prospects. His strikeout rate is a little disappointing right now with 99 K's in 96 games, but he's shown some decent gap power this year and his SLG% has seen a pretty decent uptick compared to last year.

 

[3 Ball...GOT IT]

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[AZ_]

Took in the Mahoning Valley game tonight, got a good look at Dace Kime.

Very intriguing, one of the better curveballs you'll see at that level and looked to have decent control of it tonight. Mainly worked with his fastball through the first two innings allowing just an infield hit in his three innings.

After a dismal showing at Lake County this year, Nellie Rodriguez is absolutely crushing the ball at MV. He got ahead in the count 2-0 in his second at-bat and crushed a fastball about 450 feet out to left. Followed that with a smashed single and then an opposite field long single off the base of the wall. Very impressive, would like to see him get another turn in LC before the year is out.


Other notes from today:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>watch my homerun from today's game !!

<a href="https://t.co/zxzS0VialO">https://t.co/zxzS0VialO</a></p>&mdash; Clint Frazier (@ClintFrazierr) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClintFrazierr/statuses/361979685615304704">July 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Also in this game, Josh Tomlin tossed a scoreless inning in his second rehab outing after TJ surgery. Would love to have him around for depth next year, good to see him back on the hill.

 

[Derek]

I like Nellie, went to the same HS as Manny Ramirez IIRC

Good to see him tearing it up at Mahoning Valley. It's only Low A, but he's only 19, so it's not a big deal.

 

[kidduck]

Does Salazar have experience as a relief pitcher?

 

[MoFlo]

Does Salazar have experience as a relief pitcher?

103 career minor league appearances, 101 of them have been starts.

BTW, here are his career minor league #'s for those curious:

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