Diamondbacks Farm Round-Up 6/6: "Oh, Yeah..." Edition.
by Dan Strittmatter on Jun 7, 2011 9:01 AM EDT
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PrintAs in "oh, yeah, there's actually baseball being played." Keeping the intro short to keep the other headlines up.
Snakelet of the Day:
Cole Gillespie (Triple-A): 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, K
Triple-A: Reno 7, Salt Lake 4. (35-24) Barry Enright didn't pitch great, but he did enough to get the Aces a win by giving up just three earned runs in five innings of work. Enright gave up seven hits, though he did strike out six and walked just two. Kam Mickolio was particularly dominant in two perfect innings of relief, striking out four. The star offensively, though, was Gillespie, who reached base three times and hit his fourth home run of the year. Also helping the cause at the plate was Cody Ransom, who hit his 15th home run of the season, a solo shot in the fourth inning.
Double-A: Mobile 2, Huntsville 3. (33-25) The BayBears received a quality start from Wes Roemer, who gave up just three runs in six innings in spite of terrible peripherals. Posting a 2:5 K:BB ratio and surrendering a homer to one of the worst lineups in the Southern League (due to the fact that the entire Milwaukee farm system is almost completely devoid of prospects) isn't particularly impressive. His once-rising stock seems to be fading once again. At the plate, the BayBears received a rare display of power from Jacob Elmore, who hit his first home run of the season, and doubles from Taylor Harbin and Josh Ford, the latter of whom had a two-hit game. Your Daily Goldschmidt: Paul collected two hits in four at-bats, though he also struck out twice.
Hi-A: Visalia 3, Modesto 2. (26-31) Another day, another awesome start from Tyler Skaggs. Ho-hum, nine strikeouts, a 6:1 GO:AO, and two walks in seven innings of work, giving up five hits, including a homer, and just two runs. Another dominant day in the Life of Skaggs. Big kudos to Taylor Sinclair and Adam Worthington for their sterling work out of the bullpen, giving the Rawhide a combined six innings - three apiece - of scoreless relief to allow the bats to scratch across a game-winning run on a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the twelfth. Offensively, Adam Eaton reached base four times on two singles and two walks, while Bobby Borchering had two hits, including the Rawhide's only extra-base hit, a double.
Low-A: Off-day for the SilverHawks, who were probably busy watching a future teammate being taken seventh overall.
DSL: DSL-backs action postponed due to rain. Sure makes things simple for me, doesn't it?
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that Tyler Skaggs fellow seems okay
on the other hand….Davidson had a god awful day….
One bad day
It happens.
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by Dan Strittmatter on Jun 7, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
On Goldie
The first I look at on him every day is his strikeouts. I figure a sustained reduced K rate will ultimately be what gets him to the show cause there’s little doubt he’ll do everything else.
Roemer's Stock Fading?
Really? After a quality start, albeit average (for him), and his stock is fading? By that measurement, then so is Enright’s, who had a similar start.
Point being one start doesn’t constitute one’s stock rising or falling. Let’s look at the body of work.
Congrats to Patrick Corbin being named Southern League POW! Third Bay Bear this year to achieve this honor.
see peripherals
also…with the new influx of talent we are seeing from the draft….Roemer will be lucky if he’s still a top 30 prospect at year’s end
by blue bulldog on Jun 7, 2011 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I wasn't looking at the one start
I was looking at collection of outings he’s had since his ERA was well below 2, his peripherals, and the fact that he had to be consistently dominant in Double-A this year to regain any sort of prospect luster because of his delivery, middling stuff, and failures at Triple-A last year.
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by Dan Strittmatter on Jun 7, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
AAA Failures
OH, you mean failures like Collmenter’s 5.77 ERA in Reno last year? What’s Collmenter doing NOW? Roemer’s 1.11 WHIP IS pretty dominant in AA this year, even with 2 bad “non-quality” starts! Isn’t there only “one” game this year, where he gave up more than 3 earned runs? That’s in 12 starts and over 76 innings…..BOY, only 10 quality starts out of 12..pretty shabby for a player whose “stock is falling” I guess that REALLY SUCKS…HUH…
Oh boy...
There’s a reason the organization put Collmenter back at Triple-A to start the year and moved Roemer down to Double-A. And there’s also a reason why they brought up Micah Owings over Roemer when Roemer’s numbers were sparkling.
Really, trying to compare numbers between minor leaguers isn’t usually a good idea. Particularly trying to compare a guy with pedestrian stuff (no plus pitches) and minimal deception to a guy with a plus pitch (change-up) and incredible deception.
A 56:20 K:BB ratio isn’t particularly exhilarating in 76.1 innings of Double-A work. If he can’t miss bats at Double-A, what do you think is going to happen when he tries to miss bats in the pros?…
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by Dan Strittmatter on Jun 7, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
your patience amazes me
most of the time i don’t even try to bother replying to comments like the one above anymore.
i just laugh a little….and move on.
by blue bulldog on Jun 7, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
More like stubbornness. :-)
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by Dan Strittmatter on Jun 8, 2011 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Isn't Skaggs one of our top prospects?
I’m confused why he is at Hi-A still? I have never followed baseball enough to really learn the ins and outs of the farm system, but being a fan of the D-backs, you kinda have to in order to get excited about anything… (except the past month). Just curious if anyone knows the plan for this guy, is he going to get shipped to AA then AAA before playing with the big boys, or do guys ever skip a level?
He;s still at hi-a because he's 20
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by C. Wesley Baier on Jun 7, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
He's really young, and needs to build up innings counts slowly in the system
There’s little reason to rush him – he’s a top prospect and has some polish, but he’s young and needs to build up stamina. That’s not something that can be built up in a year, it takes a bunch of time. We could see him in Double-A later this year, he’ll spend next year probably between Double-A and Triple-A, then possibly see the big leagues in 2013.
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by Dan Strittmatter on Jun 7, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Different Styles For Different Pitchers
“If he can’t miss bats at Double-A, what do you think is going to happen when he tries to miss bats in the pros?…”
IMHO, a little flawed logic in this comment. I think that there are those pitchers with “make miss bats” stuff for lack of a better term, and those that pitch to contact. There are a lot of ways to get hitters out. Part of learning how to pitch is learning how to use your strengths to get hitters out. It can be via strikeout, changing the hitters eye level, changing speeds, etc. I guess that’s why a hitter is considered “successful” when he fails 7 out of 10 times.
It's hard to be successful
When you’re a fly ball pitcher that doesn’t miss bats and has just okay control… in the big-leagues. When you’re that pitcher at Double-A, it really doesn’t bode well.
Yeah, guys can get outs without striking guys out, but those guys are like, for example, Zach Duke. Duke doesn’t get a ton of groundouts, but he changes speeds effectively and has plenty of sink while pounding the strike zone. He keeps walks down, and balls on the ground. Roemer doesn’t limit walks that much, and doesn’t keep balls on the ground effectively at all. Allowing a lot of airborne contact isn’t going to lead to success.
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by Dan Strittmatter on Jun 7, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
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