Padres MiLB June 26-28, Players of the Day - Weekend Edition

Friday, June 26, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Blake Tekotte (Low-A): 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, SF
Drew Cumberland (Low-A): 2-4, 2B, 2 R, BB
Beamer Weems (High-A): 2-3, 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI, BB, SB
Cedric Hunter (AA): 4-5, 2 2B, R, 2 RBI, SB
Logan Forsythe (AA): 3-4, 2B, R, BB, SO
Mitch Canham (AA): 2-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI, SO

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Stiven Osuna (Low-A): 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR
Jeremy Hefner (High-A): 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR
Tim Stuaffer (AAA): 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO, 1 HR

Commentary

Beamer Weems isn’t a contender for the Padres top 15 prospects, but he is intriguing… He is easily the top defensive shortstop in the system. The question has always been, “Will he hit?” The Baylor doesn’t have much power, but as of Friday night he is batting .300/.477/.404 for the Storm.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Edinson Rincon (SS): 3-4, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Cole Figueroa (Low-A): 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI, BB, SO
Dan Robertson (Low-A): 3-4, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI,
Craig Cooper (AA): 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, SO
Chad Huffman (AAA): 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI

Pitcher of the Day

Erik Davis (Low-A): 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Edinson Rincon is still only 18… Make sure you’re paying attention. I am.

I want to see more from Erik Davis before I jump on the bandwagon, but he pitched real well in Eugene last season. More outings like Saturday’s and he will force us to pay more attention to him.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Hitter(s) of the Day

Rymer Liriano (Rookie): 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB
Jonathan Galvez (Rookie): 3-3, RBI, BB, SB, HBP, CS
Jason Hagerty (SS): 2-4, 2 2B, 2 R, BB, 2 SO
Sawyer Carroll (High-A): 4-7, 2B, HR, 4 R, 3 RBI, BB, SO
James Darnell (High-A): 4-7, 2 2B, HR, 5 R, 3 RBI, BB, SO
Matt Clark (High-A): 5-6, 3B, 2 HR, 7 R, 5 RBI, 2 BB
Felix Carrasco (High-A): 4-7, 2 2B, 3B, 4 R, 6 RBI, BB, SO
Lance Zawadzki (AA): 2-3, SB
Logan Forsythe (AA): 2-4, 3B, RBI, BB
Mitch Canham (AA): 2-4, 3B, 4, 2 RBI, BB
Chad Huffman (AAA): 2-4, HR, R, 2 RBI, CS

Honorable mention to the rest of Lake Elsinore Storm lineup.

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Chris Fetter (SS): 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR
Anthony Bass (Low-A): 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 0 HR
Brian Lawrence (AAA): 8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

The Lake Elsinore Storm beat the High Desert Mavericks 33-18 Sunday night (box and recap and story). The two teams combined for 58 hits, 18 doubles, 3 triples, and 10 home runs. As one minor leaguer once put it, “It’s a fun place to hit, a pop-up to second can end up as a home run.”

But before you think this offensive explosion was merely an environmental creation, the Storm scored 16 in the first three innings without the aid of an HR. On the other hand, in the ninth inning, Carroll, Darnell, and Clark went back-to-back-to-back and after a groundout by Carrasco, Payne hit a fourth HR off 28 year-old catcher Jose Yepez. The Storm hitters also worked 13 walks of Maverick pitchers in the slug-fest.

One last comment: the 3-4-5-6 hitters (Carroll, Darnell, Clark, and Carrasco) went combined 17-for-27 with 5 2B, 2 3B, and 4 HR.

Padres’ 2009 5th round draftee, Jason Hagerty (catcher from Univ. of Miami – Go ‘Canes!), made his professional debut Sunday night. Nice.

This just in: Anthony Bass wants a promotion. Anthony has a 0.59 ERA over his last 8 starts and has allowed only 33 hits in the 45+ innings over that span. And I hate that this note (maybe the most important prospect commentary on this post) was relegated to the end...