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Sean Keys hit his first professional home run for Dunedin and later singled in the winning run in the ninth. RJ Schreck homered fr New Hampshire in their win. Buffalo and Vancouver lost.

Buffalo 2 Scranton 8

New Hampshire 6 Reading 4

Vancouver 0 Spokane 13

Dunedin 6 Bradenton 5


Three Stars

Third Star - Charles McAdoo

Second Star - RJ Schreck

First Star - Sean Keys


Boxes


NOTES


Trenton Wallace had some issues with his command on Thursday. He walked six hitters in 4.2 innings. Three of the walks came in the fifth inning along with two hits. That led to three runs. The Bisons benefitted from walks too, Joey Votto walked to score Buffalo's first run. Alan Roden walked in the fifth and scored when Rafael Lantigua doubled. Jimmy Burnette blew up in the eighth conceding five runs.


Raffy Lantigua had two hits, Josh Kasevich doubled to keep his AAA average at .324. The Bisons had an unusual defensive alignment. Kasevich played third base, Palmegiani played left field and Roden played centre.


Michael Dominguez went on the development list on July 9th, now five weeks later he is back starting for the Fisher Cats. He just went three innings, no runs on two hits and one walk, no strikeouts. Abdiel Mendoza threw three shutout innings, Nick Fraze gave up four runs but Johnathan Lavallee got the last four outs, three by strikeout.


RJ Schreck homered to get the Cats on the board. He added a single. Charles McAdoo went 2-2 with an RBI and two walks. Rainer Nunez, Alex De Jesus and Yohendrick Pinango each had a hit and drove in a run.


Connor O'Halloran had plenty of traffic in his start for Vancouver. In four plus innings he had nine hits, two walks and a hit batter. He was charged with seven runs. Three relievers didn't fare much better.


Six hits for the C's. Jay Harry and Jevon Ward had two each.


Trailing 4-1 in the seventh Dunedin scored one run in the seventh, three in the eighth and one in the ninth to win 6-5. The big hit came from Sean Keys who hit his first pro home run, a two run shot in the eighth. Keys also singled in the winning run in the ninth. Arjun Nimmala and Jaden Rudd had doubles.


Daniel Guerra made his third start for Dunedin. Guerra had one bad inning, two hits and a walk set it up for a grand slam. Those three hits were the only hits he conceded in six innings. He struck out five. JJ Sanchez pitched the last three innings and struck out six.


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bpoz - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 09:24 AM EDT (#451427) #
Geison Urbaez has struggled since returning from his injury. Only 33IP this year but he is a hard thrower 98mph.
SK in NJ - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 09:25 AM EDT (#451428) #
If McAdoo can play 3B long term then I think he’s easily a top 5 prospect in the system. He’s had a really year for his first full pro season, and he’s likely starting in AAA next season (hopefully) so there’s a real chance he can help some time next year. If he’s more of a 1B/OF then that changes things a bit but so far the bat is looking intriguing.
Mike Green - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 09:34 AM EDT (#451430) #
McAdoo is 20-4 stealing bases so far this season.  He's got a lot going for him. 
bpoz - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 09:58 AM EDT (#451433) #
Checking for HS pitchers taken in the 2021-24 drafts.

2021: 1 Irv Carter.

2022: 3 B Barriera, N Perry, G Stanifer.

2023: 1 L Maroudis.

2024: 3 J King, T Guthrie, c Messina.

8 HS pitchers. I Carter is probably not going to be a starter. He has struggled a lot. The other 7 all have a chance to be starters.

There are some nice young Int'l starters. F Perez is having a lot of success. K Rojas is young and doing well. Has good stuff and should be in AA next year and may get to AAA.
metafour - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 10:34 AM EDT (#451436) #
RJ Shreck in AA since being acquired:

.306/.419/.583
180 wRC+
16.3% BB%, 20.9% K%
greenfrog - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 10:58 AM EDT (#451437) #
If they ever decide to make a documentary about him, I have a good title for the film.
Marc Hulet - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 12:11 PM EDT (#451444) #
Urbaez was interesting a couple years ago because, before he got hurt, he was getting whiffs on three different pitches. But he's always struggled to control them... He's throwing harder since returning but he's not seeing the same success with the secondaries, which could be a byproduct of all the lost development time.
uglyone - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 01:36 PM EDT (#451453) #
I was surprised when they called up De Los Santos, even though he was hot, because he's literally never done anything interesting at any level, and his AAA numbers were only ok in a tiny sample this year.

While his numbers are still a small sample (103pa), his season line is suddenly looking great with a 130wrc+ and very good underlyings across the board.

The weird thing is that all of this is based on being absolutely torrid the last month, ever since he came from missing 2 months to injury.

* Pre-Injury: 69pa, 11.6b%, 24.6k%, .282bip, .228avg, .123iso, 88wrc+
* Post-Injury: 34pa, 26.5b%, 8.8k%, .278bip, .333avg, .417iso, 218wrc+

And of course in the middle of that Post-Injury split he had his brief callup to the bigs:

* MLB: 8pa, 12.5b%, 0.0k%, .286bip, .143iso, 132wrc+

and his brief rehab stint at CPX and A:

* CPX/A: 13pa, 7.7b%, 30.8k%, .429bip, .364avg, .636iso, 236wrc+



Not sure what's gotten into him, and obviously it's most likely just a hot streak, but man he is on an absolute tear right now.
jerjapan - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 03:04 PM EDT (#451456) #
I was surprised by that promotion too.  I watched one of the games De Los Santos started at third, and the broadcasters, forget who, not the A team, were observing how he has really transformed himself physically this year.  I've seen his listed weight at 160 pounds on a 6 foot 1 frame, which, at age 26, yeah, I imagine this is a factor, and that he has added some real muscle mass.

I read it as a big league debut for an org guy, and I love seeing the FO do that for these career AAAA types, especially Luis DLS, with his decade in our minor leagues. 

I could see Lukes getting a promo for his thankless 27th man role too.   

From a pragmatic point, I like this about Atkins, how he turns over the last few spots on the 40 man and isn't afraid to add guys who will very likely be removed before the end of the year.  I like seeing stopgap promos for guys like Berroa and LDS.   I just wish he had more success with the guys he gets from outside of the org this way, although Brendon Little looks like a keeper so far.
Nigel - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 03:43 PM EDT (#451457) #
That weight from De Los Santos is years out of date. He was a pretty big guy by the time he hit Vancouver. His physical transformation isn't recent. He's plenty athletic - I think that has always been the appeal, but I don't think that he's a prospect.
Marc Hulet - Friday, August 16 2024 @ 09:00 PM EDT (#451470) #
Gilberto Batista got roughed up a bit in his Jays/A-ball debut but was up to 95 mph and got whiffs on 4 different pitch t ypes.

Luis Torres is another player to keep an eye on. Also up to 94/95 mph and whiffs on multiple pitch types.

Ortiz was in as the third pitcher. He's a pure reliever with control issues but he's been up to 100 mph.
Mike Green - Saturday, August 17 2024 @ 07:13 AM EDT (#451473) #
Lots of good news on the farm. Jake Bloss threw 4 shutout innings for Buffalo with 1 walk and 3 Ks. Charles McAdoo went 3-4 for New Hampshire with a walk. Kendry Rojas threw 8 good innings for the Cs, but only 3Ks. Adrian Pinto paced the offence again going 3-3 with a walk and a double, and two stolen bases.

Pinto has a ridiculous slash line in Vancouver, and will be ready for New Hampshire next year at age 22. It looks to me like he'll hit enough to be a LF leadoff hitter if he doesn't have sufficient defensive chops to play second base or centerfield. The key is for him to stay healthy.
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