Dodgers 6/27/11 Minor League Report - Raydel Says Hello
by Brandon Lennox on Jun 27, 2011 11:21 PM PDT
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PrintThere were a couple of solid performances by recently signed international players on Monday. One was my minor league player of the day, and the other is buried further down in my DSL recap.
Minor League Player of the Day – Raydel Sanchez - 6 IP, 0 Runs, 3 hits, 11 K's. We found out in Monday's bankruptcy papers that Sanchez signed with the Dodgers for $125K, and in his start later that day he made that money stand up with a gem of a performance. The Cuban was almost untouchable for 6 innings, and I'm pretty sure his 11 K's are the most by a Dodger minor leaguer this season for an outing of 6 frames or less.
AAA – Albuquerque played a 15 inning marathon on Monday, but after 4 hours and 52 minutes the Isotopes finally lost 6 to 5 on a walk-off single by the Cubs. It was a rough night for a couple of offensive players, including Trayvon Robinson who went 0 for 7 with 4 strikeouts. Jerry Sands went 1 for 4 with a double and 3 walks, and Eugenio Velez had 3 hits in 6 at bats. John Ely threw 6 innings and allowed 4 runs, but it was the relievers who actually shined in this game despite allowing the winning run to score. Merkin Valdez, David Pfeiffer, and Jon Link combined to allow 3 hits over 6 innings while striking out 7.
AA – The Lookouts had to withstand a furious 9th inning comeback attempt, but in the end they were able to hold off the Suns (Marlins) 9 to 6. Chattanooga cruised to a 9 to 1 lead through 8 innings in a game that was led by the team's main offensive prospects. Brian Cavazos-Galvez went 3 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBI's, while Kyle Russell went deep for the 16th time this season. Alfredo Silverio also homered in this game while Scott Van Slyke doubled and collected 2 runs batted in. Starter Michael Antonini was great as he gave up only 4 hits and 1 run over 6 innings while striking out 8. Ethan Martin made his AA debut and was his usual self because he walked 2 batters, but neither scored which is good news. Cole St. Clair tossed 1.1 perfect innings to lower his ERA to 0.73, but then a few hits and a few errors led to Wilkin De La Rosa giving up 5 unearned runs in the 9th. After throwing 29 pitches, De La Rosa was removed for Josh Lindblom who got the final out and picked up his 9th save of the season.
HiA – The Quakes lost their first game of the 2nd half on Monday as they were defeated by the Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) 6 to 5. Red Patterson made is California League debut and was immediately touched up for 3 runs in the 1st inning, and in total allowed 9 base-runners and 5 runs (3 earned) over 5 frames. Patterson did strike out 6 and kept his team in the game as he left with the score tied, but Javy Solano picked up the loss in relief as he gave up the eventual winning run in the 7th. At the plate, the two catchers on the team hit back to back big flies as JT Wise (the DH for the day) went yard first and then was followed by Griff Erickson's 6th homer of the season. Nobody else did much at the plate, and that includes Rafael Furcal who led off and went 0 for 4 with 2 K's.
LoA – The Loons were outhit 11 to 5 on Monday, but they were still able to come up with the 4 to 3 victory in walk-off fashion over the Hot Rods (Rays). It wasn't a glamorous walk-off as the winning run scored on a fielding error on a grounder by Jonathan Garcia, but it was a exciting game nonetheless. Jessie Bosnik homered earlier in the game and had 2 RBI's, while Casio Grider went 2 for 3. Starter Ryan Christenson got knocked around a bit for 8 hits over 5 innings, but he didn't walk a batter and limited the damage against him as he gave up only 1 earned run. Logan Bawcom threw the final two frames and allowed just a single hit as he recorded the victory.
Rookie Ogden – The Raptors quieted the Casper Ghosts (Rockies) 7 to 0 on Monday behind the stellar pitching performance from Raydel Sanchez. The right-hander from Cuba was worth every cent of his $125K signing bonus in his 2nd start of the season as he scatter just 3 hits over 6 innings and struck out 11. Matt Shelton followed in relief and struck out 3 in 2 shutout innings, then Mike Drowne completed the shutout with a hitless 9th. The Ogden offense was actually led by recently promoted 2nd baseman Enlly Morales, who went 3 for 4 with a double and RBI. Scott Schebler also had a decent game as he tripled and had 2 hits in 4 at bats. James Baldwin only had 1 hit on the night, but he still managed to reach base in 4 of his 5 plate appearances due to errors and a HBP and even collected a couple of RBI's.
Rookie Arizona – The Arizona Dodgers crushed the Padres 13 to 6 on Monday in what was can only be described as an all around team effort. Every player in the Dodger lineup had at least 1 hit, and 6 guys had multi-hit games. Even though most of the hits were singles, it was still a good show put on by the rookie team. Joe Winker went 3 for 5 with a double, while Chris O'Brien and Jesus Valdez (who by the way was playing 1st base) both had 2 hits and a couple of RBI's. On the mound Jose Dominguez started and had a decent game, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits through 5 innings, but 2 of the 3 relievers struggled as only the rehabbing Andy Suiter threw a shutout frame.
DSL – The Dominican Dodgers defeated the Royals 7 to 1 on Monday in a game that completed early due to rain. Dodger pitching allowed only 2 hits over the 6 inning game, and it started with Ricardo De La Rosa who allowed just 1 hit over 4 innings. The most notable performance of the day, however, belonged to Jonathan Martinez who was just signed by the Dodgers and literally just turned 17 today. He is a 6'1" right-hander from Venezuela and he picked up the win by allowing just 1 hit over the final 2 innings. He may be a guy to watch as the season progresses. At the plate, Webster Rivas went 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBI's, while Faustino Oguisten went 2 for 4 and also had a two-bagger.
Albuquerque Isotopes Box Score (AAA)
Chattanooga Lookouts Box Score (AA)
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Box Score (HiA)
Great Lakes Loons Box Score (LoA)
Ogden Raptors Box Score (Rookie)
Arizona Dodgers Box Score (Rookie)
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Thanks for the awesome report as always
Who else on the Dominican team is worth keeping an eye on?
by abru3 on Jun 27, 2011 11:32 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
my two highest ranked players from last year who are still on the team
are Abdiel Velasquez and Jackson Mateo. Both are 18 years old. Velasquez has struggled a bit so far although it’s a limited sample size, but Mateo has a 1.33 ERA in 20.1 innings (alhough his K rate is way low).
Miguez Sulbaran is another guy who is only listed at 5’10", but he’s barely 17 and is having a strong year so far. there are a few other very young pitchers, some with good size, but they just haven’t pitched enough to give me a feel for them
In terms of hitting, catcher Josmar Cordero is off to a good start, and 18 year old shortstop jeffry rojas is hitting over .300. Outfielder Greg Pena is another one to potentially watch
by Brandon Lennox on Jun 28, 2011 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions
Think we’ll see Dee back in Albuquerque?
by fbihop on Jun 27, 2011 11:37 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Oof
Trayvon Robinson who went 0 for 7 with 4 strikeouts.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
Guess he fell in love with the longball too much this season,lol.
Can’t really blame him either, since this is the first time he’s shown REAL power at any level in his pro career. I think once he gets back to just putting the ball in play more instead of swinging for the downs and coming up empty most of the time, he’ll be alright. I notice the spike in his K totals this season have largely come from the left side, his natural side where most of his HRs have come from. Funny, right after he had that game where he got on base in all five of his ABs (including 3 BB) he ended up heading completely in the opposite direction. He should try taking a page or two out of Sands’ book for a change…
>;-)
When the guy has three walks, we can’t say HE’S READY!!!!! anymore than when he K’s 4 times we can say he isn’t.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I’m not too worried about Robinson’s Ks, though. I believe that spike to be more of an anomaly than anything else: the result of hitting for more power, possibly to the detriment of neglecting other parts of his game (consistently putting the ball in play; basestealing). He’ll turn it around once realizes he’s more than just a power hitter this season. Still have him making the parent club at some point this season. My stance hasn’t changed on that.
JT vs Griff, who gets promoted first?
I’d guess JT just because he’s older?
I’m glad they at least have 2 decent catcher prospects for once (also glad they drafted a few more this year, presuming they sign some of them)…
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I'll say Erickson
strictly on OBP numbers.
by Julio Nievas on Jun 27, 2011 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Should be Wise
just on account that he’s got nothing else to prove in Hi-A this season (in addition to being rather old for the league). He obviously kills lefties judging from his splits and holds his own against righties well enough so as to not become a complete liability at the plate. I don’t get why the Dodgers have not aggressively moved him up the ladder when their C depth has been severely lacking, especially in wake of dealing Carlos Santana as part of that package to acquire Blake from the Tribe. Maybe they do see him as nothing more than organizational filler after all.
I think sands will come back up soon
w/e he was working on seems to be going well as of late
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
I think we’ll see Tray first. Although more days like this and all bets are off.
"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great."
I don't think so at all
not with tray’s strike outs, and I think the plan was to send Sands down for a short bit before calling him back up
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
He will
I’ve heard in last night’s game that Sands no longer has the bat resting on his shoulder during his ABs. He’s also widened his stance a bit more at the plate and now has his hands up higher than they were when he was up with the Dodgers earlier in the season. Not sure what all of this means (I’m no expert on hitting mechanics, lol), but the last several games I’ve tuned in where Sands hit a HR the majority of them were the result of inside pitches that he wound up turning on with ABSOLUTE authority. Talk about making key adjustments…
sounds like you got a lot of what his adjustments were
I remember reading that what Sands was working on, getting to that inside pitch, as he now knows that guys in the show can throw strikes in there.
Thanks for the update on that rosin!
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions
St Clair should be in line for a promotion soon
His numbers are great…
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As long as he's in the lead-off spot
he’ll continue to impress. His overall tools play out best there. Quiet as kept, his performance of late should at least grant him a promotion to AAA soon. Hope it does.
The Angel Sanchez buzz
now Raydel making some noise. Maybe the international scouting and development hasn’t been hit that hard. We have that Rubby guy too. I know, the Sanchezes are just starting, but it’s a good sign.
Seems like the farm has really made great strides this year overall. Props to De Jon.
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I'm really hoping
that if Sands comes up for good in July like we heard, that Russell gets promoted to AAA
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 6:39 AM PDT reply actions
Yeah, Russell pretty much turned a corner this month and has gotten his K-totals back under control for the time being. I think what he’s shown in AA this season is pretty much what he’ll project to be at the ML-level: someone who’ll consistently hit for power and a solid avg. against RHs, but not much else against LHs (if he faces any). Might as well bump him and Silverio to Albuquerque sooner rather than later, if only to get both Sands and Robinson up with the Dodgers.
Missed the game last night, looks like it was a fun one to watch.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
heh
and here Phil was looking forward to you gloating about Billz. :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
he was not looking forward to it :)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions
heh, I saw. I’m not sure what I’d have to gloat about. One of the better pitchers in the league had a nice game against one of the league’s worst, but still needed 107 to get through 6 when no runs scored. Wish I had gotten to see the game so I could see what kind of stuff and location he had. His slider in the first couple innings looked filthy.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I said it’d be his best start of the year, forgetting his 8 inning 0 ER 11K against the Cardinals earlier in the year. Just a little something to get people to back away from the edge.
BTW, what happened to the signature?
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Nick Blackburn on Why Flat Sliders are Dangerous
Kenley Jansen needs to watch film of Blackburn pitching last night.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Not a chance in hell Kemp’s bomb went 444. More like 424.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
maybe they count
the length it went up the wall
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Today's Delaware bankrupcy hearing at 130pm ET Today
Twitter @jonmorosi
Dodgers’ hearing in US Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, is scheduled for 1:30 pm ET today.
Judge Kevin Gross presiding. It’s in the bag.
Let the Bison roam.
by Little Blue Bicycle on Jun 28, 2011 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Raydel Sanchez
With reports out there that the Rockies are looking at Carroll and that a couple teams are interested in Kuroda what type of return could those two get?
Let me state that I would be more than a bit disappointed to move either of these guys, that said Kuroda to the Reds would be a good idea for names like Heisey or Alonso. We probably shouldn’t expect too much more than a couple or B/C prospects for Carroll.
I’d be shocked and thrilled if we got the Reds top prospect for 2.5 months of our #3 starter.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
unless they really think he can play LF
Alonso doesn’t have much of a place on the team. and Kuroda may be the best pitcher available (assuming he agrees)
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
my team i mean
the Reds
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
By team*
(too early)
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by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:03 AM PDT up reply actions
I have no doubt the Reds will trade Alonso, I just figure they must assume they can get more for him.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
might be the time to cash in
and like I said, Kuroda might be the best guy available. Maybe we can trade him and Carroll to them for those guys. or Furcal if he’s healthy.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
As
Reg pointed out yesterday, the haul from these types of deals isn’t that great (and Kuroda is not a Lee, Oswalt or Haren). Plus with his no-trade clause, Kuroda would probably ask for additional compensation.
yeah
i’m not expecting anything massive to be honest.
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Which
Is why, I don’t think move him. Frankly the thought of Jon Ely makin 8-9 more starts with a couple of B prospects in return for Hiroki is not all that tempting for me.
fully understandable
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
What do you mean by “more”? The Reds need pitching and I don’t see a starter out there that would be better than Kuroda, potentially on the market.
If I’m trading Alonso, I’d want Kuroda and Furcal with the Dodgers paying Furcal’s salary.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
that team with Furcal over Janish would be sick.
Looking at Furcal, Stubbs, Phillips, Votto, Bruce, Rolen, Heisey, Hernandez, with Cueto, Volquez, Kuroda, Arroyo in the playoffs.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Exactly. If they were to make it to the playoffs, I think I would favor them in the NL over the Phillies.
will they throw in
Frazier?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions
but two vets
for one prospect with money thrown in?
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Orel’s 1989 Donruss makes him look like Clayton Kershaw.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
2011 Expansion Draft
A just for fun, 2011 expansion draft took place with SMEs from each team participating. They added two MLB teams the Portland Webfoots and the Brooklyn Hipsters to go from 30 teams to 32. Aaron Miller of the Dodgers was taken with the 25th overall pick. I’m not vouching for how will the protected/picked.
The players the Dodgers protected seem reasonable
by Michael White on Jun 28, 2011 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
is it just me, or does that background make it impossible to read.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I’m not having any difficulties reading it.
by Michael White on Jun 28, 2011 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow, and one of the expansion teams took Lilly off our hands
by Michael White on Jun 28, 2011 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
BTW
Sanchez not only struck out 11 last night, he struck out 7 in a row, one away from a Pioneer League record.
from the article
Enlly (pronounced in-Gee) Morales
I didn’t know that is how it was pronounced
by Brandon Lennox on Jun 28, 2011 8:05 AM PDT up reply actions
I cannot find
Anything on where Sanchez was in 2010, nor when the Dodgers actually signed him (though he isn’t in this year’s media guide)
yeah he never showed up on Baseball America's minor league transactions
besides those other two articles you’d linked above, there is nothing else I could find on him when I read up about him a few weeks ago
by Brandon Lennox on Jun 28, 2011 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions
that's an excellent question
my other question is that it seems he would have been eligble for both the 2010 draft and maybe even the 2011 draft depending upon when he signed. I guess all the other teams just overlooked him which allowed the Dodgers to sign him. $125K is a lot for a non-drafted free agent since he wasn’t really an international signing
by Brandon Lennox on Jun 28, 2011 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Surprising pronunciation. I would have bet money it was EN-yee.
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by David Young on Jun 28, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions
NPUT
Lots of good links in case anyone missed them yesterday. Some new one’s today. Jon’s is a must read for Dodger fans.
http://www.truebluela.com/2011/6/28/2248428/chapter-11-dodger-style
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
read that
it was great
"Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die."
by Tommy Blackjack on Jun 28, 2011 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
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