Padres MiLB July 18, Players of the Day

Ground-rules: you won’t see a too-old-for-his-league non-prospect get an award. The award may not go to the best performance of the previous night, but what I deem the most significant performance of the night…

Minor League Hitter(s) of the Day

Cedric Hunter (High-A): 3-5, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SO
Kellen Kulbacki (High-A): 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI, SO

Minor League Pitcher(s) of the Day

Simon Castro (SS): 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR
Cesar Carrillo (High-A): 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR
Evan Scribner (High-A): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR

Other Commentary

I attended the Lake Elsinore-Inland Empire game Friday night with a buddy (regular commenter, Paul R)… Carrillo struggled for two innings while keeping the 66ers off the scoreboard… We asked some scouts near us after the first inning what kind of velocity Carrillo had and they told us, “88.” A few innings later they noted that he had bumped it up a little… He looked sharp in innings 3-5. He struck out the 66ers best hitter, Carlos Santana (.320/.426/.568) in each of their two match-ups.

Evan Scribner made his Padres debut Friday night as well. He also looked sharp…