Padres MiLB May 22-25, Players of the Day - Weekend Edition

Friday, May 22, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Jaff Decker (Low-A): 1-2, HR, 2 R, RBI, 3 BB
Dan Robertson (Low-A): 4-6, HR, R, 2 RBI
Luis Durango (AA): 2-3, 2B, 4 R, 2 BB
Mike Baxter (AA): 5-5, 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI

Pitcher of the Day

n/a

Commentary

Will Inman made his AAA debut Friday night.

Saturday, May 22, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Drew Cumberland (Low-A): 2-4, 2 R, BB, SB
Sawyer Carroll (Low-A): 3-5, 2 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, SO
Allan Dykstra (Low-A): 2-5, HR, R, 2 RBI, 2 SO
Mike Baxter (AA): 2-3, 2B, 2 R, BB
Mitch Canham (AA): 3-4, 2B, 2 R, BB, SB
Kyle Blanks (AAA): 1-3, HR, 2 R, BB

Pitcher of the Day

Mat Latos (AA): 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Generally I would not put a 3 BB/4 SO performance up on my Pitcher of the Day list. However, Latos is the organization’s top pitcher and this was his AA debut. He would have gone deeper into the game but a nearly-hour long rain delay ended his debut.

Sunday, May 22, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Drew Cumberland (Low-A): 3-5, 2 R, RBI
Allan Dykstra (Low-A): 2-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
Cedric Hunter (AA): 4-5, R

Pitcher of the Day

Cory Luebke (High-A): 8.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Drew Cumberland has been back for 5 games. He has 2+ hits in each of those games. Because of the near-month he was on the DL, Cumberland has only played 19 games. However, in those 19 games, he has 9 stolen bases and is yet to be caught.

Allan Dykstra is coming around… He’s hit .359 over his last 10 games to raise his average to .235 (still not good – but at least it’s not sub-Mendoza anymore). I suspect he’ll continue (not this pace) to raise his average to a more respectable high-200 rate. Despite the low batting average, Dykstra still maintains a .400+ on-base percentage.

Monday, May 22, 2009

Happy Memorial Day! To all of you who served, thank you. To those of you who have loved ones who served, thank you for supporting them! And to those of you who have loved ones who paid the ultimate price, your loss saddens me, but your sacrifice testifies to the price of our freedom. God bless you all and God bless America.

Hitter(s) of the Day

Jaff Decker (Low-A): 1-2, R, RBI, 2 BB, SB, CS
Blake Tekotte (Low-A): 2-4, R, 2 RBI, SB
Felix Carrasco (High-A): 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, SO

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Nick Schmidt (Low-A): 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR
Jeremy McBryde (High-A): 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 1 HR

Commentary

By the way, I know a lot of you liked other players left on the draft board more than Nick Schmidt, but even such, he’s a nice pitcher to have in the system.

I’m did lots of pre-draft work over the long weekend so I’m a little light on commentary tonight.