I’ve published some location charts to add to my discussion of Jack Leiter from yesterday.
If you have a Baseball Prospectus subscription, please also check out the writeup by Friend of the Report Grant Schiller.
Box Scores
AAA: Round Rock 1, @ Sugar Land (HOU) 2
Round Rock: 4 hits, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 7-10, 6 GB
SP Gerson Garabito: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 2 HBP, 4 SO, 75 P / 51 S, 3.60 ERA
RP Yerry Rodriguez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0.00 ERA
C Sam Huff: 2-3, 2B, BB, .333/.424/.647
Offseason pickup Gerson Garabito pitched well in his his AAA appearance in three years. According to the chart, he mixed a fastball (avg. 94, up to 95.9), cutter, sinker, slider, change, and curve.
Grant Anderson is back in AAA to make room for Leiter, and Brock Burke and his mangled hand were transferred to the 60-day IL.
AA: Frisco 1, @ Arkansas (SEA) 6
Frisco: 4 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 6 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 7-4, 1 GB
SP Ben Anderson: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 74 P / 46 S, 2.08 ERA
RF Josh Hatcher: 2-3, 2B, .417/.440/.500
Josh Hatcher had the only multi-hit day and only extra-base hit.
Hi-A: Hickory 6, @ Greensboro (PIT) 8
Hickory: 9 hits, 11 walks, 14 strikeouts
Opponent: 8 hits, 5 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 4-7, 3 GB
SP Luis Ramirez: 3.2 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 4 SO, 60 P / 40 S, 5.79 ERA
C Tucker Mitchell: 2-4, HR (2), BB, .189/.268/.378
SS Sebastian Walcott: 0-2, 3 BB, .103/.205/.179
DH Yeison Morrobel: 2-4, 2B, BB, .242/.359/.333
LF Yosy Galan: 2-3, HR (3), 2 BB, 2 SB (2), .292/.333/.750
Luis Ramirez carried a no-hitter into the 4th but would only collect two more outs.
Sebastian “Zavala” Walcott now has more walks (5) than hits (4). I haven’t run the numbers in a few days, but clearly his pitch discernment has improved from the opening series when nearly half his taken pitches were strikes.
Yosy Galan’s whiff rate might be the death of him, but he can put a charge into a ball.
Lo-A: Down East 4, Delmarva (BAL) 3 (10)
Down East: 5 hits, 4 walks, 12 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 3 walks, 12 strikeouts
Record: 6-5, 3 GB
SP Brayan Mendoza: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 7 SO, 69 P / 43 S, 3.48 ERA
RP Paul Bonzagni: 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 2.70 ERA
RP Luke Savage: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 4.50 ERA
1B Arturo Disla: 1-2, 2 BB, .259/.459/.296
SS Danyer Cueva: 1-3, BB, .184/.225/.211
Paul Bonzagni found the strike zone that had gone missing during his first appearance. Luke Savage is back in Down East after a quick visit to Hickory. I can see Arturo Disla hitting .259 with a .4xx OBP, but he’s not going to slug .296 all year.
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBA
AA: TBA (Garabito listed, not happening)
Hi-A: Montalvo
Lo-A: TBA
Five Years Ago Yesterday
Texas promoted 18-year-old righty to low-A Hickory, skipping the rookie league and short-season Spokane. Lefty Jacob Latz and OF JP Martinez were promoted from Hickory to high-A Down East. Hans Crouse walked none and fanned eight while allowing two runs in 6.2 innings for Hickory.