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Minor League Update Minor-League Update: June 9
Dunedin and Charleston won, Syracuse lost, New Hamphsire was rained out, and here's the fastest minor-league update in the west. Click here for links to the box scores.

Durham 1 Syracuse 0

Damian Moss fired two-hit shutout ball for seven innings against the Skychiefs; Chris Baker had by far his best outing of the season (8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB and 8 K), but still fell to 0-9, 5.94. Remember when Baker was being admired in April? He ain't pretty no more.

Dunedin 4 Palm Beach 3 (7 innings)

Two hits from Miguel Negron, a homer by Rodney Medina, RBI singles from Carlo Cota and Gregg Raymundo. Neomar Flores threw 3 hitless innings, with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts; Robert/Derrick Nunley was knocked around for all 3 Palm Beach runs in 1 2/3 innings; Tommi Ozuna got the win and lowered his ERA to a sparkling 8.51.

Charleston 9 Hickory 3

Eric Arnold doubled, singled twice and drove in 2; Two hits each from Robinzon Diaz, David Smith and Joey Reiman; two hits and a walk by Ryan Roberts. Danny Core pitched decently (5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K), Davis Romero threw 2 hitless innings while walking 2, and Brian Reed struck out 1 in a scoreless ninth.

Dunedin played a double-header and also won the first game.

Third Star: Eric Arnold
Second Star: Chris Baker
First Star: Carlo Cota


Posted by Jordan on Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 11:27 AM EDT.
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_MatO - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 11:44 AM EDT (#58721) #
Dunedin played a double-header and also won the first game.

Is there something wrong with Jesse Harper? He was picked up by the Brewers over a week ago and hasn't pitched for any Brewers affiliate and last pitched for Dunedin on May 30.

Matt Ford, picked by the Brewers in the rule 5 draft fron the Jays before the 2003 season, is at AA and has so far been unimpressive.
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_Mike in CT - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 12:18 PM EDT (#58722) #
What's going on with Jason Arnold? I haven't heard his name mentioned for a while.
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Gerry - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 12:31 PM EDT (#58723) #
Arnold is injured and has been since early May. Harper, like DJ Hanson, might be waiting for the roster shuffle expected within a week.
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_Jordan - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 01:58 PM EDT (#58724) #
Dunedin played a double-header and also won the first game.

D'oh! That's what happens when you rush a minor-league report.

In the other game, Carlo Cota was the offensive hero, driving in 3 runs with a double, homer and sacrifice fly. Jamie Vermilyea pitched 5 shutout innings before his defence let him down in the 6th; error-single-error-single brought home one run, and reliever Bubbie Buzachero walked a batter and made a throwing error to bring home 2 more before shutting down the opposition the rest of the way. Vermilyea's line was okay: 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 3 R (0 ER) 1 BB and 0 K; Bubbie eventually struck out 4 hitters and walked one in 1 2/3 IP.

Accordingly, I've changed my Three-Star Selection:

Third Star: Eric Arnold
Second Star: Chris Baker
First Star: Carlo Cota
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Mike Green - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 02:26 PM EDT (#58725) #
I am not surprised that Matt Ford is struggling. It's a hard adjustment for a single A pitcher to spend a season in the majors and then go back down to double A. I don't approve of teams picking single A pitchers with rule 5 selections; it's not really fair to the player.
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_R Billie - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 02:37 PM EDT (#58726) #
The question with Baker is whether there is an explanation for his numbers going south and then coming back to form yesterday. As long as there was a correctable flaw then I'm not too concerned where his numbers stand overall but where they are heading the rest of the year. He's certainly doesn't deserve to be 0-9 despite his high ERA because he's never gotten good run support when he pitched well.
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_Rob - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 03:10 PM EDT (#58727) #
D'oh! That's what happens when you rush a minor-league report.

It was rushed so much, you thought it was yesterday: Minor-League Update: June 9 :)
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Mike Green - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 03:20 PM EDT (#58728) #
R. Billie, one has to feel sorry for Baker. I'm quite sure that he's a better pitcher than his ERA shows, but I think that the lack of run support got him down. Last night, Shawn Fagan missed a 3 run homer by a foot; the homer would have given Baker the W he needed so badly.

"If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have had no luck at all". Just for Moffatt.
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_salamander - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 09:13 PM EDT (#58729) #
Looks like a classic pitchers' duel in Charleston. 0-0 through 7. 4 hits for Charleston, 3 for Kannapolis. (Where the hell is Kannapolis?)
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Mike Green - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 09:43 PM EDT (#58730) #
Trenton and New Hampshire entered a rain delay tied 1-1 after 4, and after the rain delay, homers by Reese and Rifkin gave Trenton a 4-1 lead in the 5th.

Charleston scored a run in the 8th. It's 1-0 in the 9th.
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_Rob - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 10:14 PM EDT (#58731) #
Mapquest tells me Kannapolis is NE of Charlotte, NC.
Either that or the people of Annapolis, MD were just adopted by Roger Clemens.
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_JaysFan - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 10:45 PM EDT (#58732) #
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=milb-fs/scores/final/boxscore.aspx?GAMEID=18265
Dunedin won 10-9 COMN for the box score
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_salamander - Thursday, June 10 2004 @ 11:44 PM EDT (#58733) #
Great game for Dunedin's Miguel Negron: 2-3, walk, HR, 3 runs, 2 RBI. Nice. Is he still a prospect? Maybe a 4th OF somewhere down the road?

Charleston's pitchers were terrific:
- James 6 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 9 K
- Felix Romero 2 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 4 K
- Brian Reed, 1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K
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Mike Green - Friday, June 11 2004 @ 09:29 AM EDT (#58734) #
Negron's performance curve by age continues to track Rios' but at a lower level. He's not yet 22, and he has done very well at Dunedin in 200 ABs; the improvements in strike zone judgment and power are quite noticeable. His defence in centerfield remains very good. Objectively he is a prospect. With respect to the more subjective issues (work ethic, maturity), it is hard to get a read. There is no local radio or newspaper coverage of the D-Jays, and so we must rely on (gasp) gossip and eye-witness reports from Floridians.

I'm hoping that he'll be promoted to New Hampshire within 1 month, so we get a closer look at him.
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_Sneeps - Friday, June 11 2004 @ 09:35 AM EDT (#58735) #
I think Negron's performance would really drop off if he's promoted to NH.
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