Some Arizona Fall League notes and other happenings on the farm.
Rowdy Tellez belted his fourth home run of the season in the AFL earlier this week. (Image from MiLB.com)
This past Wednesday, MLB.TV showed a game between the Salt River Rafters and the Peoria Javelinas in Arizona Fall League action. There are seven Jays prospects playing for the Salt River Rafters and six of them saw action in this game. Rowdy Tellez clubbed a two-run home run off Seattle's James Paxton in a lefty-on-lefty match-up, Roemon Fields got to showcase his speed with a triple and Emilio Guerrero also scored a run after doubling in four trips to the plate. Tellez also drew a walk against Paxton as part of a 1-for-4 night. Fields had a single and two walks and stole a base. Paxton appeared to have him picked off but Fields kept running and made it to second base.
On the mound, Jeremy Gabryszwski got the start and took the loss. He wasn’t hit especially hard in the first inning but he coughed up a pair of runs on four hits, three I would say were of the bloop variety. He gave up three runs on seven hits with no walks over four innings while whiffing a pair. All seven of his outs in play were in the air. He topped out at 91 miles per hour. Brady Dragmire dominated over two shutout frames of one-hit ball with four strikeouts and two groundouts and Justin Shafer struck out one in a scoreless ninth.
For more learned observations on the Salt River Seven, Florida-based scout Jeff Moore via Sportsnet turned in his thoughts on how each of them are doing. There is also video of a Chad Girodo strikeout from the Fall Stars Game.
Extra Innings
Rowdy Tellez belted his fourth home run of the season in the AFL earlier this week. (Image from MiLB.com)
This past Wednesday, MLB.TV showed a game between the Salt River Rafters and the Peoria Javelinas in Arizona Fall League action. There are seven Jays prospects playing for the Salt River Rafters and six of them saw action in this game. Rowdy Tellez clubbed a two-run home run off Seattle's James Paxton in a lefty-on-lefty match-up, Roemon Fields got to showcase his speed with a triple and Emilio Guerrero also scored a run after doubling in four trips to the plate. Tellez also drew a walk against Paxton as part of a 1-for-4 night. Fields had a single and two walks and stole a base. Paxton appeared to have him picked off but Fields kept running and made it to second base.
On the mound, Jeremy Gabryszwski got the start and took the loss. He wasn’t hit especially hard in the first inning but he coughed up a pair of runs on four hits, three I would say were of the bloop variety. He gave up three runs on seven hits with no walks over four innings while whiffing a pair. All seven of his outs in play were in the air. He topped out at 91 miles per hour. Brady Dragmire dominated over two shutout frames of one-hit ball with four strikeouts and two groundouts and Justin Shafer struck out one in a scoreless ninth.
For more learned observations on the Salt River Seven, Florida-based scout Jeff Moore via Sportsnet turned in his thoughts on how each of them are doing. There is also video of a Chad Girodo strikeout from the Fall Stars Game.
Extra Innings
- Buffalo Bisons staff members talk about what it was like to watch the unforgettable Game 5 of the ALDS at the Dome with The Buffalo News
- Ballpark Digest says the Fisher Cats will be known as the Primaries for their 2016 home opener along with split-coloured blue and red uniforms and a fan vote on which cap the team will wear
- The Vancouver Canadians 2016 schedule is out and C's broadcaster Rob Fai looks back on three players he has seen make it to the bigs from the Northwest League along with a feature on Roberto Osuna
