minor league reporting 2012

A/AAA doubleheader at Fenway on Aug 18:

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/39654/aaa-bisons-to-visit-fenway-park

so Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees are playing home games in Rochester this year, sharing Frontier Field with the Rochester Red Wings. Groundskeeping will be hell eh.

p. sure you mean the 'empire state yankees'

ah yes

julio teheran and manny banuelos both got smacked around today

obviously it's only six innings over two starts in low-a, but this is 19yo dylan bundy's line as a pro: 6 ip, 0 r, 0 h, 0 bb, 12 k.

strasburg did shit like this, but strasburg wasn't straight out of high school. i haven't heard whether bundy features the dreaded inverted w or not.

Brad Eldred (31 years old) has 12 HR in 19 games for AAA Toledo.

bundy is still raping the minors

Forty batters have stepped in to face Dylan Bundy this season. Not one has gotten a hit.
Bundy, his legend growing with each pitch, struck out six over a career-high four innings on Tuesday, dueling with fellow 2011 first-rounder Matt Barnes in Class A Delmarva's 4-2 win over Greenville

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/30/reds-prospect-billy-hamilton-is-the-fastest-man-in-baseball/

Hamilton has played 23 games at high Single-A and he’s stolen 29 bases. Seriously, he has 29 steals in 23 games. Oh, and he’s also hitting .398 with a 1.072 OPS. Hamilton is on pace to swipe 182 bases at an 83 percent clip, which is beyond absurd. And for his pro career he now has 194 steals in 270 games.

something magical happened to him halfway through last year:

1st half: .233/.292/.329
2nd half: .318/.382/.387

Are there any independent league teams that date back past '93? I was trying to figure out the longest continuously running indy team and can't find anything beyond the St. Paul Saints and a couple of others in '93.

the el paso diablos have been continuously running since '73, but have only been independent since 2005. other than that, i don't think so

bit of a crouch here:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/weirdest-batting-stance-ever-alex-buccilli-coastal-carolina-162833056.html

Baltimore Orioles minor leaguer Dylan Bundy's incredible season-opening hitless streak ended Monday night, when he allowed a first-inning single in the Delmarva Shorebirds' game with the Asheville Tourists.

South Atlantic League hitters were 0-for-39 with a walk against Bundy before Asheville center fielder Delta Cleary Jr. lined a base hit to left field leading off Monday's game. Cleary was promptly erased on a line-drive double play.

fuckin' cyborg

cam(eron) bedrosian, son of steve and first-round pick in 2010, makes his class a debut this afternoon after missing last year with tommy john

his middle name is 'rock'

dude went 4 1/3, no hits

what is with these kids

the talent level in the game right now is amazing

the red sox's first-round pick last year, uconn pitcher matt barnes, has made five professional appearances. these are his numbers:

26.2 IP, 1 R, 12 H, 4 BB, 42 K

the handful of balls put in play have been overwhelmingly on the ground. and needless to say, the one run was let in by a reliever. he's already been promoted to high-a.

quickly returning to the lone hit allowed by bundy, if it was going to be to anyone, i'm glad it was to a guy named delta cleary, jr.

Anyone been to a Quad Cities game? Thinking of making a day trip to Davenport in between Minneapolis & Chicago.

i have not, but it looks like a really cool ballpark (except when the mississippi floods)

I know the park from the film Sugar.

looks even cooler when the Mississippi floods tbh

dylan bundy got his first win today. in 30 innings as a pro, he's allowed two unearned runs on five hits. with 40 strikeouts and two walks.

Bill Murray inducted into Sally League HOF:

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120620&content_id=33656656&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb

stud righty (and advocate of a new paradigm) trevor bauer was held to 50 pitches in triple-a today. had he continued, he likely would have taken over the minor league lead in wins and strikeouts.

apparently he will start for the d-backs on thursday

Arrived in Davenport, "isolated thunderstorms" allegedly imminent for an hour or two, pray I get to see a game for my investment of $350 or so. Otherwise it's the river museum and the gay bar.

btw the park has been "flood-proofed," if not mookieproofed.

oh, this is great to see for a 7:10 game -- chance of t'storms 100%.

http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/USIA0211

I better go look at that ballpark now.

Quad Cities 9, Wisconsin 2

no rain, heat index about 99, got nice video footage of a freight train running by the ballpark an hour before the game.

awesome

also Wisconsin has an outfielder named Chadwin Stang

Oakland A's minor league coach banned after ordering intentional balks to end game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrteVyjTfvE

weird

that literally does not look physically possible...

like, i don't understand how he caught the ball while his glove didn't even stay on.

i think he kind of trapped it between the wall and his body and it somehow ended up in his hand?

asheville tourists manager joe mikulik was unhappy with a call in charleston on friday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxkH86X8u-8

you may remember him from such hits as this in 2006:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4DPRuEJUVM

he is awesome

he's like Piniella w/out the dignity & reserve

i kind of question how serious he is -- the low minors loves its entertainment

a few years ago i called him for quotes after his team had clinched a playoff berth or something -- he'd obviously pounded a few beers and then talked my ear off for like 20 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS0GrJoBBzs

hahaha

lexington (ky) legends 3b matt duffy was hit three times today at hagerstown, giving him a south atlantic league record 33 hbps (in 111 games) this season

via SBN:

It's A Sad Day For Monty Python Fans

Detroit Tigers

@tigers
The Tigers today have released LHP Fu-Te Ni from the Toledo roster. (via @BBritten_Tigers)

billy hamilton now at 143 stolen bases in 118 games

record is 145, set by vince coleman at macon in 1983

stole three bases in the first three innings tonight, now at 146

‏@JeffPassan
Billy Hamilton has more stolen bases by himself than every team in MLB. The closest is Miami, and Hamilton is 25 ahead.

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/08/20/field-notes

saw Brooklyn reduce their playoff magic number to 1, received Brandon Nimmo poster, oh and Rich Gedman's son Matthew was the DH for Lowell:

http://brooklyncyclones.com/news/?article_id=1487

Billy Hamilton to OF

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/10/4/3454126/reds-moving-speedy-billy-hamilton-into-outfield

http://www.milb.com/images/2012/11/27/eTm4SPbD.jpg

is that a legendary creature a la the Jersey Devil?

it is a sasquatch iirc

on minor league ballpark factors

more on minor league ballpark factors

as keith law said when yasiel puig was optioned to double-a, 'he won't learn anything in albuquerque'

the wind was blowing out in syracuse today: http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2013_04_18_bufaaa_syraaa_1&t=g_box&sid=milb

buffalo scored 27 runs on 29 hits, both international league records

one dude hit for the cycle
a different dude went 6-for-6
a third dude had 8 rbis

they are hitting .333 as a team after 12 games

albuquerque has a humidor now but yeah PCL stats are bullllllllllllshit. cal league can also be nuts too.. esp when you have 30-40mph winds in a place like lancaster.

David Eckstein will be recognized for his accomplishments with the 1999 Thunder and during his 10 year Major League career as Trenton Thunder jersey number 2 is officially retired by the team on Wednesday, May 8. The Thunder face the Binghamton Mets at 7:05pm.

julio urias made his full-season debut for the great lakes loons (low-a dodgers) today. he went three innings, struck out six.

he was born in august 1996 and is 16 years old

wil myers had five rbis in the first inning today

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/pawtucket-red-sox/content/20130603-minor-league-travel-is-no-hop-skip-and-a-jump.ece

MIKE PELFREY has retired 13 batters in a row in the low-a midwest league

unsurprisingly gave up a homer in the first tho

Jeremy Barfield ‏@Baseclogger 4h
Today Joey Chestnut ate more hot dogs in 10 minutes than I have hits all season.

the trenton thunder's bat dog has died, just three days after his official retirement ceremony/13th birthday celebration

a bat dog generally dies once relieved of its bat retrieving duties. a tragedy.

carlos marmol just made his dodgers organization debut with the high-a rancho cucamonga quakes; gave up a solo shot to the first batter he faced

gulf coast league nationals improved to 34-6 today

they have outscored their opponents 228-118 and have a 17-game division lead over the second-place cardinals

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRRi34hCMAA9aW4.jpg

skunk on the field in kane county

amazing 4-base, 3-misplay event by Brooklyn today, hope there's video (they won easily tho)

BROOKLYN 9, STATE COLLEGE 2:

LJ Mazzilli went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs in the victory. State College had taken the lead in the third in bizarre fashion. Steven Ramos bunted down the first-base line. Starting pitcher Carlos Valdez threw to first and Ramos was called safe. Alex Sanchez thought Ramos was out and went to throw the ball around the infield. His throw went into left field and Ramos broke for second. Left fielder Jonathan Clark retrieved the ball but overthrew Mazzilli covering second. As the ball headed toward the Cyclones dugout, Ramos started toward third. He then noticed nobody was covering home and headed for the plate. Eddie Rohan came up with the ball after it caromed off the front of the dugout and raced home, but Ramos narrowly beat him, giving the Spikes a 1-0 lead. The official scoring: a bunt single and two Cyclones errors.

decent article on the short-season jamestown jammers, who have players from colombia, venezuela, mexico, taiwan, australia, lithuania, the dominican and cuba. can't be easy being the taiwanese kid who just turned 20.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/pirates/pirates-class-a-affiliate-jamestown-jammers-draws-from-nine-countries-698963

also this is their logo
http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/46/1308/full/bmc7jxa5pffucfhwfa9lq4jq4.gif

greensboro (marlins low-a) pitcher ramon del orbe suffered multiple skull fractures after being hit with a line drive last night. still in intensive care this morning

sheesh, don't wanna see that

never knew the Jammers made jam

gulf coast league nationals now 41-6, have won 17 straight

http://distilleryimage0.ak.instagram.com/5b46cb520e9d11e3974222000a1fbdac_7.jpg

http://www.baseballnation.com/hot-corner/2013/9/6/4701438/erie-harrisburg-home-plate-collision-injury-concussions

congratulations to the vancouver canadians -- the last affiliated (with the blue jays) minor league team in the great white north -- on their third consecutive short-season northwest league title

Amidst the ongoing federal government shutdown which began today at midnight, the Potomac Nationals are giving back to government workers for their steadfast support of P-Nats Baseball.

The Nationals are offering courtesy 2014 P-Nats Opening Day tickets to those government employees who have been furloughed as a result of the shutdown, in addition to the opportunity for these government workers to serve the team in a game operations role during the '14 season as part of the P-Nats' gameday staff.

san diego's triple-a affiliate, the portland (oregon) beavers, became the tucson padres in 2011. next year they will be the el paso chihuahuas:

http://www.milb.com/y2013/images/main_logo/t4904_main_logo.png

cleveland's double-a affiliate in akron just changed its name from the aeros to . . . the rubberducks

http://www.milb.com/y2013/images/main_logo/t402_main_logo.png

I wonder if they floated that past some focus groups

RIP Akron, glad I saw the Aeros

i kinda like the chihuahuas one, but yeah replacing aeros with that is terrible. twitter, insofar as it cares about minor league baseball, hates it

particularly since In 2011, the Akron Aeros held a renaming contest. Nearly 70 percent of fans picked "Aeros" as their top choice, beating out Rubber Ducks, Tire Jacks, Vulcans and Gum Dippers.