Padres Report - July 30

Padres' Minor League Report - July 30, 2006

Hitters:

AAA – Paul McAnulty --- DNP – conspicuous in absence…
AAA – George Kottaras --- DNP – conspicuous in absence…
AAA – Jon Knott --- 2-5; 2B (22), 2 R, RBI, SO
Hi-A – Yordany Ramirez --- 1-1; 2 RBI – Left game early (hmmm…)
Hi-A – Nick Hundley --- 2-4; 2B (4), R, RBI
Lo-A – David Freese – 1-3; R, BB
SS – Matt Antonelli – 2-3; 2 R, 2 BB
SS – Tom King --- 3-5; 2B (10), 2 R, 2 SO
SS – Craig Cooper --- 1-2; 2B (10), 3 R, 3 BB
R – Cedric Hunger --- 2-3; 2 2B (10), 3 R, 2 BB

Pitchers:

AA – Jack Cassel --- 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR
AA – Dale Thayer --- 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR
SS – Aaron Breit --- 3.0 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR – yuck!

Commentary:

First, I was in Lake Elsinore tonight to catch the Storm with my dad who is town from Washington… It was a lot of fun.

Nick Hundley was less than impressive. He supposedly has passed George Kottaras as the organization’s “catcher of the future” due to his superior defensive skills. Throws to second were consistently off line. One two steal attempts (both successful) the throws sailed high and tailed towards 1B. Even on warm-up tosses he was missing his target. You can’t draw conclusions from 1 game, but I was hoping to see more.

The ball sounds different off Nic Crosta’s and Headley’s bats. Headley CRUSHED a pitch to left-center in-between the 380 and 425 ft. markers. It was caught at the warning track, but it wouldn’t have been caught in Petco or any other park I could think of. Headley is bigger and Crosta is smaller than I expected (though he has huge forearms)… And Hundley is thinner… A scout I asked Crosta about didn’t elaborate but said he was a prospect.

No XBH for Freese? What is the world coming to?

Matt Antonelli just keeps on getting on base; 4 times in 5 plate appearances.

Cedric Hunter is back. I was telling a guy at Lake Elsinore about this kid. Walks, average, power (doubles)… This kid is going to be a top prospect soon.