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2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 7, 2009 12:46 am
by Hopper15
Pretty sick lineup to begin in San Jose:

C - Posey
1B- Villalona
2B - Noonan
3B - Gillaspie
SS - Crawford
OF - Kieschnick
OF - Ford
OF - Jordan
DH - Neal
SP - Bumgarner/Alderson

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 8, 2009 1:58 am
by GswStorm3

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:52 am
by Hopper15
Villalona goes yard. Alderson four scoreless innings. Posey took the collar.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:39 am
by RayRe
Might have to go to a game or two over the summer. Good to see Angel start off slugging. Noonan/Angel/Posey going to do wonders for our infield.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:49 pm
by Hopper15
Go quick because some of those guys are headed to AA by June. The only reason they're here now is the weather.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:56 pm
by GS Warriors 1
Bumgarner's first start was Friday in A+ San Jose:

6 IP, 5 K, 2 hits, 0 BB, no runs allowed.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:25 pm
by Hopper15
Brandon Crawford off to a hot start with 2 homers. Posey hit his first yesterday.

Here's a Scott Ostler article about SJ.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 170RSL.DTL

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:42 pm
by GswStorm3
My friend who went to UCLA kept telling we found a steal with Brandon Crawford.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:07 am
by Hopper15
He was a projected first rounder before last season at ucla, but had an off-year. Getting him in the 4th round was most definitely a steal.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:05 am
by GswStorm3
Both Posey and Villalona have 3 Homers and 10 Rbi's after today. Villalona just needs to take more walks.

If Crawford keeps developing this well, he'll be joining Nick Noonan in our starting infield. His bat is already miles ahead of Manny Burriss.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Sun May 3, 2009 7:48 pm
by GS Warriors 1
Update:

Angel Villalona(SJ) - 88 PA, .325/.356/.470, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 27 H, 4 BB/17 K

Madison Bumgarner(SJ) - 19 K/3 BB, 1.40 ERA, 19.1 IP, 17 H

Tim Alderson(SJ) - 14 K/3 BB, 4.74 ERA, 19 IP, 26 H

Buster Posey(SJ) - 102 PA, .333/.412/.589, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 30 H, 13 BB/11 K

Brandon Crawford(SJ) - 99 PA, .349/.434/.616, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 30 H, 9 BB/28 K

Henry Sosa(CON) - 13 K/5 BB, 3.18 ERA, 17 IP, 15 H

Nick Noonan(SJ) - 93 PA, .263/.333/.413, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 21 H, 8 BB/22 K

Wendell Fairley(AUG) - 59 PA, .212/.303/.269, 2 RBI, 7 BB/17 K

Roger Kieschnick(SJ) - 93 PA, .306/.355/.482, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 26 H, 6 BB/23 K

Conor Gillaspie(SJ) - 99 PA, .265/.384/.361, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 15 BB/15 K

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Thu May 7, 2009 8:13 pm
by GswStorm3
Alderson, Crawford and Bumgarner got promoted to Connecticut yesterday.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Sat May 9, 2009 6:33 pm
by Hopper15
Posey staying in SJ. It sounds like he's having trouble defensively. At what point do you think about moving Sandoval to C next year and have Posey go back to his HS position of 2B? Of course, that leaves a huge hole at 3B.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Sat May 9, 2009 7:40 pm
by GswStorm3
Pablo's glove is looking good at third base, it doesn't make the decision any easier.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:09 am
by RayRe
Crawford with 3 hits, a double and triple today. Kid has been really impressive so far. Alderson with the gem yesterday.. 10 k's, no hits, 1 BB.. I wonder if he got bored in San Jose?

Hopper who do you see getting a mid season call up? Any idea on Dallas McPherson's status?

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 7:15 am
by RayRe
Guzman 5-6 tonight... He only has one error so far, any hope?

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:58 am
by Hopper15
RayRe wrote:Crawford with 3 hits, a double and triple today. Kid has been really impressive so far. Alderson with the gem yesterday.. 10 k's, no hits, 1 BB.. I wonder if he got bored in San Jose?

Hopper who do you see getting a mid season call up? Any idea on Dallas McPherson's status?

I doubt any of the hot prospects get a mid-season callup.

McPherson was battling back spasms, pretty much sums up his career.

Guzman could be up by June 1 if Ish doesn't wake up fast.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:24 pm
by GS Warriors 1
Guzman was called up yesterday and the Giants sent C Steve Holm to AAA.

Guzman was hitting .363/.391/.592 with 6 HR and 12 doubles for Triple A Fresno.

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 5:06 pm
by Hopper15
He doesn't look too sharp or comfortable at 1B yet. Talk about on the job training...

Re: 2009 Minor League Thread

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 8:11 pm
by GswStorm3
Madbum is now 4-0 with a 0.78 ERA in Connecticut.

Angel V went 3-5 yesterday with his seventh homer.