Apologies for the sketchy schedule this week. I’ve been vacationing in Mexico but a little under the weather lately and, to be honest, a little unenthusiastic about writing as I’ve followed the events in and around my city. I have a brief summary of Friday’s games here.
Texas signed IF Rowdy Tellez to a minor deal. In his career, Tellez has 116 homers, a .436 slugging percentage, and 0.0 wins above replacement. The power giveth, everything else taketh away. Unlike Blaine Crim and Justin Foscue, Tellez bats lefty and was slugging .463 against them in 171 plate appearances with the Mariners. The Ranger are actually slugging better against righties (.378, .146 ISO) than lefties (.336, .117 ISO) this season, but “better” does not equal “good.”
Box Scores
AAA: rain
They’ll make this up in August.
AA: Frisco 6, at Arkansas (SEA) 1
Frisco: 8 hits, 6 walks, 13 strikeouts
Opponent: 4 hits, 3 walks, 10 strikeouts
Record: 4-7, 3 GB, 42-37 overall
SP Mitch Bratt: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 8 SO, 80 P / 53 S, 2.55 ERA
CF Cam Cauley: 2-4, 2B, HBP, .246/.327/.408
C Ian Moller: 2-4, 2B, .227/.323/.312
Mitch Bratt has enough strong starts that I can’t pull a particularly inviting stat from this one. It was just yet another solid night. Among the top 100 AA pitchers in batters faced, Bratt has the second-best BB/HBP rate (5%) and third-best strikeout rate (31%).
Hi-A: Hub City 6, Winston-Salem (CHW) 1
Hub City: 11 hits, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts
Opponent: 5 hits, 5 walks, 13 strikeouts
Record: 8-6, 1 GB, 39-40 overall
SP Mason Molina: 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 81 P / 53 S, 1.32 ERA
RP Wilian Bormie: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO, 2.83 ERA
C Malcolm Moore: 2-4, .254/.392/.356
3B Gleider Figuereo: 1-4, HR (14), .218/.281/.393
CF Dylan Dreiling: 2-3, BB, .217/.313/.352
Mason Molina hasn’t allowed an extra-base hit in three high-A starts. Squelching power in low-A was actually a weakness, so I’m skeptical of this trend, but regardless, Molina should be fine at the level, and once he reaches AA we can assess with more scrutiny.
Malcolm Moore is .241/.303/.241 in eight games off the IL. Gleider Figuereo hasn’t lost much playing time since the arrival of fellow 3B Rafe Perich, starting seven games at third versus just four for Perich, who’s had more days off plus spot-starts at first and DH.
Lo-A: Hickory 10, Kannapolis (CHW) 5
Hickory: 10 hits, 6 walks, 8 strikeouts
Opponent: 6 hits, 7 walks, 15 strikeouts
Record: 11-3, 0.5 GB, 44-35 overall
SP Caden Scarborough: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 7 SO, 62 P / 38 S, 3.86 ERA
LF Maxton Martin: 1-5, 3B, HBP, .272/.336/.462
CF Yeremi Cabrera: 2-5, SB (26), .244/.357/.326
RF Hector Osorio: 3-4, 2B, HBP, .247/.397/.361
SS Esteban Mejia: 1-3, HR (1), 2 BB, .242/.373/.319
Caden Scarborough yielded three runners by walk or HBP for only the second time this season, but he also recorded an out in the 5th for the first time.
Today’s Starters
AAA: Boushley
AA: Supak
Hi-A: Gonzalez
Lo-A: Hagaman