Padres MiLB August 24, 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

Jaff Decker (Rookie): 3-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI, BB, SO, SB
Robert Lara (Rookie): 2-4, 2B, R, 3 RBI, BB
James Darnell (SS): 2-5, 3B, R, RBI
Cole Figueroa (SS): 3-5, 2B, HR, R, RBI
Drew Macias (AA): 3-6, HR, R, 2 RBI, SO
Will Venable (AAA): 2-4, 2B, R
Matt Antonelli (AAA): 2-3, R, BB, SO

Minor League Pitcher(s) of the Day

Stiven Osuna (Rookie): 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 SO, 0 HR
Corey Kluber (Low-A): 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO, 0 HR

Other Commentary

His evening did not merit a place among the Hitters of the Day, but Alan Dykstra made his Padre-organizational debut going 0-3 with 2 walks, 2 strikeouts and a run scored.

I decided to leave him off the list today because he failed to notch an XBH, but Cedric Hunter could have been here with a 3-5 performance...

Look at the last 7 Fort Wayne starting pitching performances:

8/17 - McBryde: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 SO, 0 HR
8/18 – no game
8/19 – Kluber: 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 11 SO, 0 HR
8/20 – Luebke: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR
8/21 – Hefner: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO, 0 HR
8/22 – McBryde: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR
8/23 – Pelzer: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR
8/24 - Kluber: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 SO, 0 HR

Combined: 5-2, 42.0 IP, 23 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 8 BB, 57 SO, 0 HR (1.07 ERA)

Now this five-some is not the second coming of the 2001 Lake Elsinore Storm staff that featured Jake Peavy, Oliver Perez, Dennis Tankersley, Ben Howard, and Eric Cyr. But each of the above 5 starters is a prospect in his own right…