Daily Farm Report 10/30/08
Future Redbirds —
Dustin Mattison has a nice interview with David Freese, the Birdhouse’s (and Baseball America’s…and MLB.com’s) player of the year.
DM: Three of the top position prospects in the Cardinals system are you, Allen Craig, and Brett Wallace. What are your thoughts on the logjam at the hot corner?
DF: It’s like déjà vu all over again. This is similar to the situation I had with San Diego regarding Kevin Kouzmanoff and Chase Headley. It’s obviously good for an organization to have multiple players at one position because it can create position changes to get more bats in a lineup or free up ...
8/30 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
In the AFL the Phoenix Dersert Dogs beat the Peoria Javelinas 7-1: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Austin Jackson went 0-for-4 Kevin Russo went 1-for-4 with a HR, RBI, and a run scored Kevin Whelan pitched 3 innings in relief, he allowed 1 run on 2 hits, walked 2 and struck out 2. He threw 44 pitches, 26 for strikes. In HWB the Wakiki BeachBoys beat the Honolulu Sharks 5-2: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Damon Sublett went 2-for-4, with a homer, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored Andrew Brackman started for the BeachBoys and pitched very well. ...
Friday Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue —
Arizona Fall League
Peoria Saguaros 3, Surprise Rafters 2
Josh Thole went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt.
Jason Vargas pitched three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four.
Hawaiian Winter Baseball
Waikiki BeachBoys 5, Honolulu Sharks 2
Ruben Tejada went 1-for-4.
Jordan Abruzzo went 0-for-4.
Greg Veloz went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
Roy Merritt picked up the loss in relief, allowing two runs in a third of an inning.
The ...
10/31 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
In the AFL the Peoria Javelinas lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 3-2: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Austin Jackson went 0-for-4 Kevin Russo went 1-for-5 Jeff Marquez started for the Javelinas. In 4 innings he allowed one run on six hits, he struck out four and did not walk a batter. He threw 62 pitches, 39 for strikes. In HWB the Waikiki BeachBoys beat the West Oahu CaneFires 3-2 (in seven innings): Box Score - Recap - Game Story Damon Sublett went 0-for-4 Austin Romine went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored Other Yankees players ...
Daily Farm Report 11/1/08
Future Redbirds —
Whoa. Texas Tech. That was awesome. Definitely the college football game of the year, at least to date. Their fans may need to wait until the game is over to rush onto the field, though.
Arizona Fall League
Brett Wallace went 1-for-4 with a double and a pair of RBI.
Tyler Greene went 2-for-4. Greene played 2B.
Steve Hill went 1-for-2 with a walk and a HBP.
Shane Robinson went 1-5.
Tyler Norrick walked one and allowed no hits in his one inning of work. He picked off the runner he walked. Box.
Hawaii Winter Baseball ...
11/1 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
In the AFL the Peoria Javelinas lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 13-3: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Austin Jackson went 1-for-5 with a triple and a run scored. Humberto Sanchez pitched 2 innings in relief, he allowed one run on two hits, struck out two and did not walk a batter. He threw 22 pitches, 17 of them for strikes. He now has a 15.63 ERA for the winter. In HWB the Waikiki BeachBoys lost to the West Oahu CaneFires 13-8: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Damon Sublett went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored. Austin Romine went 0-for-4 ...
Sublett returns from two week layoff
River Avenue Blues —
Apologies for the tardiness, it’s not worth posting two lines worth of stats a day, so I’m spreading DotF out a bit now.
AzFL Peoria (13-1 loss to Mesa)
Austin Jackson: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 K - threw a runner out at third from CF
Humberto Sanchez: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB - 17 of 22 pitches were strikes (77.3%)
HWB Waikiki (13-8 loss to West Oahu)
Damon Sublett: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K
Austin Romine: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K - 3 for his last 21 (.143)
Friday’s Games
AzFL Peoria ...
Sunday Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue —
Hawaiian Winter Baseball
Honolulu Sharks 2, North Shore Honu 1
Ruben Tejada went 1-for-4 with a strikeout and a throwing error (.288/.323/.373).
Jordan Abruzzo went 2-for-4 with an RBI (.220/.250/.260).
Greg Veloz went 0-for-4 (.203/.280/.230).
Junior Guerra pitched 1.1 innings of relief, allowing a walk and striking out one.
Roy Merritt pitched 1.2 innings of relief, allowing a walk and striking out two.
Domincan Winter League
Azucareros del Este 5, Leones del Escogido 4 ...
Daily Farm Report 11/02/08
Future Redbirds —
Arizona Fall League
Off day.
Hawaii Winter Baseball
Tony Cruz went 0-for-4 and drew a walk. Defensively he threw out of two basestealers.
James Rapoport went 1-for-5 and twice left runners stranded with two outs. What surprises me is he’s stolen only three bases so far.
Tyler Herron allowed no runs on two hits over 2.1 innings, and struck out two. Box.
Dominican Winter League
Amaury Marti went 2-for-4 with two doubles. It was actually Amaury Marti’s idea to fire Walt Jocketty.
Venezuelan Winter League ...
Monday Applesauce
Amazin' Avenue —
In Hawaii:
Jordan Abruzzo went 1-for-3 with two walks as the Honolulu Sharks lost 3-1 to the North Shore Honu.
Greg Veloz went 0-for-3 with a caught stealing and another throwing error, and watching his average dip below .200.
In the Dominican Republic:
Francisco Pena went 0-for-5, but threw out two of three would-be base-stealers.
Luis Terrero stole a base and scored as a pinch-runner.
Victor Mendez went 0-for-2 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch.
Julio Polanco pitched two-thirds of a perfect ...


