Padres MiLB June 12-14, Players of the Day - Weekend Edition

Friday, June 12, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Cedric Hunter (AA): 2-3, 2 R, SB
Matt Antonelli (AAA): 3-3, 2B, HR, 2 R, BB

Pitcher of the Day

n/a

Commentary

Antonelli needs to step up. If he doesn’t get back to his 2007 form (.908 OPS in Lake Elsinore & .871 OPS in San Antonio) he’s probably done as a prospect.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Hitter of the Day

n/a

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Anthony Bass (Low-A): 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR
Jeremy Hefner (High-A): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 SO, 0 HR
Ernesto Frieri (AA): 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Apparently the Padres minor league pitchers heard that there are open tryouts for a rotation slot in San Diego. On a serious note, I don’t want the Padres to bring Latos up – the Padres aren’t going to make the playoffs this year, I don’t think there’s a benefit (other than public relations) to having Latos make a big league debut this season, he has only made four starts above Low-A. People talk about Peavy coming up from AA (where Latos is now) when he was 21 - like Latos is now. However, Peavy pitched more than 100 innings in High-A and more than 100 innings in AA (over 2 seasons) where Latos has 22.2 innings in AA. One more thing to look at with regards to Latos' readiness:

Peavy's minor league IP totals by year:

1999: 84.2
2000: 133.0
2001: 133.1
2002: 80.1 (plus 97.2 in MLB)

Latos' minor league IP totals:

2007: 56.1
2008: 56.0
2009: 48.0 (so far)

Latos is probably the Padres top prospect but if the Padres bring him up, he'll likely finish the season with 150+ IP. That is too big of an innings jump for a guy who is this talented.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Hitter of the Day

James Darnell (Low-A): 4-5, 2 2B, 3 R, SO
Sawyer Carroll (Low-A): 4-5, 2B, 3B, 3 R, 3 RBI, SB
Eric Sogard (AA): 2-4, 2B, R
Kellen Kulbacki (AA): 3-4, R, RBI, BB, SO, SB, CS
Cedric Hunter (AA): 2-5, R, 2 RBI, SO, SB

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Simon Castro (Low-A): 6.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 SO, 0 HR
Wade LeBlanc (AAA): 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

On Sunday, top prospects did what top prospects do…

In other news, the Arizona League and the Northwest League kick off this week.