Padres MiLB May 29-31, Players of the Day - Weekend Edition

Friday, May 29, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

James Darnell (Low-A): 3-3, 2B, 3B, R, 2 BB
Sawyer Carroll (Low-A): 2-5, 2B, SO
Dan Robertson (Low-A): 2-5, 2B, RBI, SO
Eric Sogard (AA): 2-4, 2B, R, BB
Mike Baxter (AA): 4-5, 2 2B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, SO
Mitch Canham (AA): 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, SO

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Jeremy Hefner (High-A): 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR
Mat Latos (AA): 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Jaff Decker hit his 7th HR and didn’t make the list…

Mat Latos doesn’t think AA is all that hard.

…Neither does Mike Baxter (hitting .374).

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Drew Cumberland (Low-A): 2-3, R, BB, SB, HBP
James Darnell (Low-A): 3-3, 2B, HR, R, 3 RBI, BB, SB
Cedric Hunter (AA): 2-4, 2B, SO

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Nick Schmidt (Low-A): 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR
Cory Luebke (High-A): 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR
Cesar Carrillo (AA): 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Lance Zawadzki was promoted and played in AA Saturday (he went 1-4 with an RBI and a strikeout in AA debut).

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Dan Roberterson (Low-A): 2-4, R, 2 BB, SB
Drew Cumberland (Low-A): 3-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI, BB
James Darnell (Low-A): 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI, SO
Logan Forsythe (High-A): 2-4, 2 R, BB, CS
Mike Baxter (AA): 3-4, 2B, 3B,

Pitcher of the Day

Jeremy McBryde (High-A): 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Before the season a buddy, loyal reader Paul R., asked me an interesting question, “Who would be the idea Padres position-player of the day (who would it best – for the Padres – to emerge and have a player of the year-type season)?”

That is a great question. Now if you think about it, the obvious candidates are Jaff Decker, Kyle Blanks, Cedric Hunter, etc. But if you think about the Padres biggest position-player organizational hole is SS. And the most talented SS in the system is Drew Cumberland. Drew, however, has been sidelined by injuries and only managed 206 AB in 2008. Again this season, Drew is about 75 at-bats behind the team-leaders in that category. If Cumberland could put together a “Player of the Year” type season, it would go a long way towards shoring up the organizational weakness.

So far this season, when Drew has been in the lineup, he’s hitting about as well as the Padres could have hoped (.365/.450/.469).