AAA: Round Rock 8, Tacoma (SEA) 1
Round Rock: 12 hits, 2 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 2-1, 0.5 GB, 36-42 overall
SP Patrick Murphy: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 39 P / 27 S, 3.54 ERA
1B Blaine Crim: 1-3, BB, .300/.377/.530
Robbie Ahlstrom and Codi Heuer threw scoreless innings. Cody Freeman had a pinch-hit two-run single.
Most of the hitting excitement was from free-agent types on whom I typically don’t spend much time unless they’re truly breaking out. I’ve tended to cover AAA fairly heavily the past couple of years because of my ability to see them in person, their proximity to the Majors, the personnel, and the bonus of Statcast data. Unfortunately, the squad is pretty light in prospects at the moment.
AA: Frisco 6, Tulsa (LAD) 7
Frisco: 4 hits, 7 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Record: 2-1, 0.5 G ahead, 40-31 overall
SP Josh Stephan: 3 IP, 5 H (1 HR), 6 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 4 SO, 63 P / 43 S, 5.28 ERA
RP Daniel Missaki: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 SO, 6.17 ERA
RP Josh Mollerus: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
LF Aaron Zavala: 1-5, HR (7), .257/.388/.405
1B Abi Ortiz: 0-0, 4 BB, .226/.338/.387
When I mentioned that most of Texas’s back-end rotation prospects were on course, that doesn’t quite extend to Josh Stephan, who’s still displaying great control but has been a little hittable and a lot homer-able. His 11 surrendered are third-most in the league and second excluding Amarillo pitchers, and his .479 opposing slug is fifth-highest, third excluding Amarillo. Josh Mollerus had a successful AA debut.
Abi Ortiz saw 23 pitches, led off three innings with a walk and scored twice.
David Davalillo is on the development list at the moment and not among the weekend’s scheduled starters. He made his AA debut last Friday.
Hi-A: Hub City 2, Aberdeen (BAL) 7 (7)
Hub City: 7 hits, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts
Opponent: 7 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
Record: 2-3, , 33-37 overall
SP Josh Trentadue: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 HBP, 2 SO, 58 P / 34 S, 1.32 ERA
RP Josh Sanders: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0.93 ERA
RF Keith Jones II: 2-3, BB, .269/.401/.458
3B Rafe Perich: 1-3, 2B
We’ll have to see how Rafe Perich and Gleider Figuereo get along. Both are almost exclusively third basemen as professionals. Perich didn’t destroy low-A but probably would have been in Hub City sooner if not for the presence of Figuereo, who hasn’t hit his way out of the level yet.
Hi-A: Hub City 4, Aberdeen (BAL) 3 (8)
Hub City: 5 hits, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 4 hits, 4 walks, 11 strikeouts
Record: 3-3, 2 GB, 34-37 overall
SP Kolton Curtis: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 SO, 6 P / 3 S, 6.25 ERA
RP Dylan MacLean: 4 IP, 2 H (1 HR), 2 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 3.90 ERA
RP Eric Loomis: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO, 2.53 ERA
3B Gleider Figuereo: 1-4, HR (12), .223/.289/.393
SS Casey Cook: 1-2, BB, .180/.264/.245
Curtis departed mid-at-bat after just six pitches. He appeared to be walking gingerly and holding his hip at times, so hopefully whatever’s ailing him isn’t the arm (not to say an injury elsewhere can’t be serious).
Opponents missed on nine of 17 swings against Eric Loomis, who has a four-pitch mix but focused heavily on the four and two-seamers in the area of 93-94 last night.
Lo-A: Hickory 7, at Salem (BOS) 2
Hickory: 13 hits, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 9 hits, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 5-1, tied for 1st, 38-33 overall
SP Brooks Fowler: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 44 P / 24 S, 0.82 ERA
RP Michael Trausch: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1.99 ERA
LF Maxton Martin: 2-5, 3B, .278/.341/.480
1B Beycker Barroso: 3-5, 2 2B, .214/.343/.268
RF Hector Osorio: 2-3, 3B, BB, .221/.383/.343
Technically, the scheduled starter was David Hagaman. After an hour-long rain delay in the top of the 1st, Brooks Fowler appeared instead. I think that fully explains Hagaman’s absence but will have to check.
Today’s Starters
AAA: TBD
AA: Lobus
Hi-A: Pence
Lo-A: Horn