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Scooter Day
The Arizona Fall League wrapped up its regular season today.
The Peoria Javelinas ended their season with a 2-2 tie against the Phoenix Desert Dogs.
Scooter Gennett (’10) went 1-for-3 with a pair of RBI for Peoria to finish the season at .411/.470/.556 with a pair of homers and 14 RBI. I’ll touch on how other ex-Rattlers performed in the down in Arizona with a post tomorrow, but today is mostly about Scooter.
Mainly because this post from the Brewers website has about two minutes of a video interview with Scooter.
Then, there is the extended video of the interview on Jonathan Mayo’s blog. But first, Mayo’s lead-in:
I’ll admit, I tend to like scrappy players who go all out. Guys named Scooter are automatically going to become guys I root for unless something happens to make me feel otherwise.
Then I met Scooter Gennett and the conversation merely confirmed my earlier thought. It’s hard not to like the guy.
Last note today: Adam McCalvy notes (on his twitter account) that Baseball America has released their list of the Top 10 Brewers Prospects for 2012. Former Timber Rattlers in bold.
1. Wily Peralta
2. Taylor Jungmann
3. Jed Bradley
4. Tyler Thornburg
5. Scooter Gennett
6. Logan Schafer
7. Cody Scarpetta
8. Taylor Green
9. Jorge Lopez
10. Jimmy Nelson
Updated Alumni Stats (As of 11/13/11)
Arizona Fall League:
Peoria Javelinas:
Kentrail Davis (’10): 20 games, .324/.432/.485; HR, 9RBI
Scooter Gennett (’10): 18 games, .419/.482/.541; 2HR, 11RBI
Adam Moore (’06): 13 games, .234/.345/.298; 0 HR, 7RBI
Jed Bradley (??): 4 games, 1 start, 0-0; 6.35ERA; 5.2IP, 3BB, 5K
Daniel Meadows (’09): 9 games; 0-0, 6.35ERA; 11.1IP, 7BB, 5K
Casey Medlen (’11): 7 games, 1-2, 6.35ERA; 11.1IP, 4BB, 11K
Cody Scarpetta (’09): 5 games, 4 starts, 0-3; 19.64; 7.1IP, 13BB, 7K
Surprise Saguaros:
Nathan Adcock (’08): 5 games, 5 starts, 1-2, 5.59ERA; 19.1IP, 4BB, 18K
Jeremy Jeffress (’10): 9 games, 0-1, 6.00ERA; 9.0IP, 7BB, 13K
Australian Baseball League:
Adelaide Bite:
Denny Almonte (’08): 7 games, .320/.414/.520; HR, 2RBI
Perth Heat:
Jamie McOwen (’07): 7 games, .300/.364/.367; 0HR, RBI
Sydney Blue Sox:
Craig Anderson (’00): 2 games, 2 starts, 1-0, 1.35ERA; 13.1IP, 2BB, 9K
Venezuelan Winter League:
Cardenales de Lara:
Johan Limonta (’06): 3 games, 2-for-8
Oswaldo Navarro (’05): 27 games, .261/.330/.402; 3HR, 10RBI
Michael Saunders (’06): 16 games, .148/.292/.259; HR, 4 RBI
Luis Valbuena (’06): 27 games, .244/.370/.389; 2HR, 10RBI
Caesar Jimenez (’03): 8 games, 1-1, 3.60ERA; 10.0IP, BB, 6K
Aguilas del Zulia:
Carlos Maldonado (’99): 17 games; .143/.321/.238; 0HR, RBI
Austin Bibens-Dirkx (’06): 6 games, 5 starts, 2-2, 3.86ERA; 28.0IP; 11BB, 19K
Jose Escalona (’08): 9 games, 0-0, 7.20ERA; 5IP, 5BB, 0K
Bravos de Margarita:
Edgar Trejo (’09): 6 games, 1-for-7
Caribes de Anzoategui:
Luis Oliveros (’02): 5 games, .228/.318/.281, 0HR, 4RBI
Mike Wilson (’05): 23 games, .208/.348/.417; 5 HR, 10 RBI
Navegantes del Magallanes:
Lorenzo Cain (’09): 9 games; .212/.333/.333; HR, 2 RBI
Bryan LaHair (’04): 24 games, .264/.391/.560; 7HR, 14RBI
Puerto Rican Winter League:
Criollos de Caguas:
Efrain Nieves (’10): 4 games, 0-1, 9.00ERA; 2IP, BB, 0K
Gigantes de Carolina:
Daniel Carroll (’08): 7 games, .185/.290/.222; 0HR, 2RBI
Jeff Dominguez (’06): 8 games, .379/.438/.862; 4HR, 9RBI
Rene Rivera (’03): 2 games, .333/.429/.333; 0HR, 0RBI
Indios de Mayaguez:
Martin Maldonado (’09): 7 games; .429/.458/.667; HR, 5RBI
Hiram Burgos (’10): 2 games, 2 starts; 0-2, 17.18ERA; 3.2IP, 2BB, K
Dominican Winter League:
Aguilas Cibaenas:
Edward Paredes (’08): 6 games; 0-1, save, 5.40ERA; 3.1IP, 4BB, 2K
Juan Sandoval (’03): 9 games; 2-0, 0.71ERA; 12.2IP, 3BB, 10K
Estrellas de Oriente:
Leury Bonilla (’07): 5 games, 1-for-2
Juan Diaz (’08): 10 games, .115/.207/.115 0HR, 0RBI
Gigantes del Cibao:
Carlos Peguero (’07): 19 games, .338/.407/.732 7HR, 15RBI
Aquilino Lopez (’00): 2 games, 1 start, 0-1, 11.57ERA; 2.1IP, 0BB, 0K
Wily Peralta (’09): 5 games, 4 starts, 0-3, 5.57ERA, 21.0IP, 7BB, 16K
Leones del Escogido:
Alex Liddi (’08): 3 games, 0-for-7
Jorge Sosa (’01): 4 games, 4 starts, 1-0, 1.45ERA; 18.2IP, 9BB, 16K
Tigres del Licey:
Carlos Triunfel (’07): 7 games, .238/.238/.286; 0HR, 2RBI
The week in the Fall/Winter Leagues
First the action in the Rising Stars Game (aka The Arizona Fall League All-Star Game).
Rising Stars West 11, Rising Stars East 2
Of note:
Nathan Adcock (’08): IP, H, R, HR, 0BB, 0K
Jeremy Jeffress (’10): IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
Jed Bradley: IP, 0H, 0R, 2K
Arizona Fall League Regular Season:
Peoria Javelinas:
Kentrail Davis (’10): 17 games, .316/.400/.474; HR, 7RBI, 4SB, CS
Scooter Gennett (’10): 14 games, .383/.448/.533; 2 HR, 9RBI
Adam Moore (’06): 11 games, .205/.326/.256; 0 HR, 6 RBI
Jed Bradley: 3 games; 0-0, 4.50ERA, 4IP, BB, 3K
Daniel Meadows (’09): 8 games; 0-0, 2.61ERA; 10.1IP, 5BB, 4K
Casey Medlen (’11): 6 games; 1-1, 3.86ERA; 9.1IP, 2BB, 11K
Cody Scarpetta (’09): 5 games, 4 starts; 0-3, 19.64ERA; 7.1IP, 13BB, 7K
Surprise Saguaros:
Nathan Adcock (’09): 4 games, 4 starts; 1-2, 5.65ERA, 14.1IP, 4 BB, 13K
Jeremy Jeffress (’10): 8 games, 1-1, SAVE, 5.40ERA, 8.1IP, 5BB, 11K
Australia Baseball League:
Adelaide Bite:
Denny Almonte (’08): 3 games; .091/.091/.182
Perth Heat:
Jamie McOwen (’07): 3 games; .364/.462/.545
Sydney Blue Sox:
Craig Anderson (’00): 1 game, 1 start; 6.1IP, 2H, R, 0BB, 4K
Dominican Republic:
Aguilas Cibaenas:
Edward Paredes (’08): 6 games; 0-1, SAVE, 5.40ERA; 3.1IP, 4BB, 2K
Juan Sandoval (’03): 7 games; 2-0, 0.93ERA; 9.2IP; 3BB, 8K
Estrellas de Oriente:
Leury Bonilla (’07): 4 games, 1-for-2
Juan Diaz (’08): 10 games; .115/.207/.115
Gigantes del Cibao:
Carlos Peguero (’07): 15 games; .362/.431/.793; 6 HR, 13 RBI
Wily Peralta (’09): 4 games, 4 starts; 0-2, 6.19ERA; 16IP, 7 BB, 11K
Leones del Escogido:
Jorge Sosa (’01): 3 games, 3 starts; 0-0, 2.13ERA; 12.2IP, 5BB, 13K
Tigres del Licey:
Rene Rivera (’03): 4 games; .417/.462/.417
Carlos Triunfel (’07): 2 games; 1-for-4
Santo Manzanillo (’10): 1 game; 0-0, *.**ERA, 0.0IB, BB, 0K
Puerto Rico:
Criollos de Caguas:
Efrain Nieves (’10): 1 game; IP, 0BB, 0K
Gigantes de Carolina:
Jeffrey Dominguez (’06): 3 games, 6-for-10, 2 HR, 2RBI
Indios de Mayaguez:
Martin Maldonado (’09): 3 games, 3-for-8
Hiram Burgos (’10): 1 game, 1 start; 0-1, 11.57ERA; 2.1IP, 2BB, 0K
Josue Matos (’99): 1 game, 2IP, BB, 3K
Venezuela:
Aguilas del Zulia:
Carlos Maldonado (’99): 13 games, .091/.250/.152; HR, 5 RBI
Austin Bibens-Dirkx (’06): 5 games, 4 starts; 2-2, 2.28ERA; 23.2IP, 9BB, 16K
Jose Escalona (’08): 7 games; 0-0, 7.71ERA; 4.2IP, 4BB, 0K
Bravos de Margarita:
Edgar Trejo (’09): 6 games; .143/.250/.143
Cardenales de Lara:
Alex Liddi (’08): 14 games; .136/.269/.250 HR, 4RBI
Oswaldo Navarro (’05): 21 games; .306/.370/.486; 3 HR, 10 RBI
Michael Saunders (’06): 16 games; .148/.292/.259; HR, 4RBI
Luis Valbuena (’06): 21 games; .243/.333/.419; 2 HR, 9 RBI
Caesar Jimenez (’03): 6 games; 1-1, 2.25ERA; 8IP, 0BB, 5K
Caribes de Anzoategui:
Luis Oliveros (’02): 4 games; .364/.500/.364; 0 HR, 4 RBI
Mike Wilson (’05): 18 games; .180/..282/.328; 3HR, 8 RBI
Leones del Caracas:
Mike Fiers (’09): 3 games, 2 starts; 1-1, 2.25ERA; 12IP, 5BB, 8K
Navegantes del Magallanes:
Lorenzo Cain (’09): 9 games; .212/.333/.333; HR, 2RBI
Bryan LaHair (’04): 18 games; .290/.402/.667; 7 HR, 14RBI
Bucci on Canada; McCalvy on the Dominican
A couple of links on a Thursday morning.
The first is from the Sarnia Observer up in Ontario.
Bucci recalls Canada’s incredible Pan Am gold
Canada came from behind to beat the U.S., 2-1, in the Pan Am final, scoring two late after trailing 1-0 for much of the game.
“It was tense,” said Bucci. “Every out, every strike our pitchers threw was so big.”
He adds the 5,000, or so, Mexican fans were cheering loudly for Canada — even though the Canadians had eliminated Mexico in the semis.
After throwing five shutout innings vs. Taipei in the World Cup, Bucci came up with a forearm strain and the Brewers instructed him not to pitch in the Pan Am Games.
He says his arm feels better now and he’s looking forward to pitching at the ‘AA’ level in 2012.
The second is Adam McCalvy’s blog post about the new Brewers Academy in the Dominican Republic.
Sneak peek at the Brewers’ new Dominican academy
This new academy will provide the Brewers with all the necessary ingredients to allow their Latin players to take their baseball skills to a new level, putting them in a position to become a big league player some day,” Torres said in a statement provided by the Brewers. “From the meals to the fields, we take care of everything in between so the Brewers scouts and personnel can concentrate on their most important task, which is the development of these players.”
The move represents another step for the Brewers in re-establishing a base in Latin America. For more on that, and some additional photos, check Brewers.com later this morning.
Click that second headline for some pictures of the Academy.
Click this link for what I think of whenever I hear academy.
Arizona Fall League Report (Games of November 2)
Peoria:
Scooter Gennett (’10): 3-for-4, RUN, RBI
Kentrail Davis (’10): 1-for-4
Adam Moore (’06): 1-for-3, RUN
The game story from MLB has this little bit on Scooter’s day:
Javelinas leadoff man Scooter Gennett, the Brewers’ No. 4 prospect, and No. 9 hitter Ryan Jackson (Cardinals) each went 3-for-4. It was the second straight three-hit game for Gennett, who raised his average to .383, while Jackson struck out on four pitches in the eighth inning to fall a homer shy of the cycle.
AFL All-Stars
The Arizona Fall League announced the rosters for their “Rising Stars” game. The game will be held on November 5. November 5 may have been here before they were done announcing the rosters on twitter.
Anyways, there are a few former Timber Rattlers who were named to the West squad.
Nathan Adcock, who is on twitter as @NathanAdcock47, and Jeremy Jeffress are both playing for Surprise in the AFL this fall and were announced as part of the team.
Jed Bradley is not an ex-Timber Rattlers player – but he is a 2011 Milwaukee Brewers first round draft pick. He is also on the West squad.
As coincidence would have it all three of those pitchers, um, pitched in AFL games yesterday.
Surprise:
Nathan Adcock (’08): 3IP, 2H, 0R, BB, 2K
Jeremy Jeffress (’10): .2IP, 3H, 2R, ER, BB, 0K
Peoria:
Scooter Gennett (’10): 3-for-4, RUN
Kentrail Davis (’10): 1-for-3, RUN, 3B, 2 RBI
Jed Bradley: 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, K
Arizona Report for 10/31/11
The Peoria Javelinas won 8-0 over Salt River on Monday afternoon.
Ex-Rattlers in action for Peoria:
Kentrail Davis (’10): 2-for-4, Run, SB
Daniel Meadows (’09): IP, H, 0R, 0BB, K
Peoria is at Scottsdale today. Game time is 8:35pm CDT.
The Week in Rattlers Alumni
Carlos Peguero continues to hit well in the Domican Winter League; Lorenzo Cain has heated up in Venezuela; Kentrail Davis has picked up some hits to raise his slash line in Arizona; and Casey Medlen with 9 Ks & 1 walk in 7-1/3 innings pitched in Arizona.
Here is a look at how they and the other former Timber Rattlers are doing in the various Fall & Winter Leagues:
Arizona Fall League:
Peoria Javelinas:
Kentrail Davis (’10): 12 games; .316/.435/.500; HR, 4RBI, 3SB, 1 CS
Scooter Gennett (’10): 12 games; .327/.407/.500; 2 HR, 8RBI, 2SB, 0 CS
Adam Moore (’06): 10 games; .194/.310/.250; 0HR, 6RBI
Jed Bradley (’12???): 2 games, 0-0, 9.00; 2IP, 2H, 3R, 2ER, BB, 2K
Daniel Meadows (’09): 6 games, 0-0, 2.25ERA; 8IP, 8H, 3R, 2ER, 4BB, 2K
Casey Medlen (’11): 5 games, 1-1, 3.68ERA; 7.1IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 9K
Cody Scarpetta (’09): 4 games, 3 starts, 0-2, 11.57; 7IP, 9H, 10R, 9ER, 11BB, 6K
Surprise Saguaros:
Nathan Adcock (’08): 3 games, 3 starts, 1-2, 7.15ERA; 11.1IP, 16H, 10R, 9ER, 3BB, 11K
Venezuela Winter League:
Cardenales de Lara:
Daniel Carroll (’08): 1 game, 1-for-3
Alex Liddi (’08): 14 games; .136/.269/.250; HR, 4RBI
Oswaldo Navarro (’05): 15 games; .294/.373/.490; 2 HR, 7RBI
Michael Saunders (’06): 12 games; .163/.308/.302; HR, 4 RBI
Luis Valbuena (’06): 15 games; .235/.339/.412; HR, 5RBI
Cesar Jimenez (’03): 3 games; 0-0, 2.08ERA; 4.1IP, 6H, 3R, ER, 0BB, 2K
Aguilas del Zulia:
Carlos Maldonado (’99): 11 games; .103/.257/.172 0HR, RBI
Austin Bibens-Dirkx (’06): 4 games, 3 starts, 1-2, 3.24ERA; 16.2IP; 15H, 6R, 6ER, 8BB, 11K
Jose Escalona (’08): 5 games, 0-0, 9.00ERA; 4IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 4BB, 0K
Caribes de Anzoategui:
Luis Oliveros (’02): 2 games; .333/.500/.333
Mike Wilson (’05): 13 games; .191/.291/.383, 3 HR, 8RBI
Bravos de Margarita:
Edgar Trejo (’09): 6 games; .143/.250/.143 0HR, 0RBI
Leones del Caracas:
Michael Fiers (’09): 2 games; 1 start; 1-0, 0.00ERA; 7IP; 3H, 4BB, 4K
Navegantes del Magallanes:
Lorenzo Cain (’09): 9 games; .212/.333/.333; HR, 2 RBI
Bryan La Hair (’04): 13 games; .314/.417/.745; 6HR; 12 RBI
Dominican Winter League:
Aguilas Cibaenas:
Edward Paredes (’08): 6 games; 0-1, SAVE, 5.40ERA; 3.1IP, 4H, 2R, ER, 4BB, 2K
Juan Sandoval (’03): 5 games; 2-0, 1.35ERA, 6.2IP, 2H, R, ER, BB, 7K
Estrellas de Oriente:
Leury Bonilla (’07): 3 games; 0-for-1
Juan Diaz (’08): 9 games; .120/.185/.120 0HR, 0RBI
Gigantes del Cibao:
Carlos Peguero (’07): 12 games; .354/.415/.792; 5HR, 11RBI
Wily Peralta (’09): 3 games, 3 starts, 0-2; 7.94; 11.1IP, 13H, 10R, 10ER, 5BB, 8K
Leones del Escogido:
Jorge Sosa (’01): 2 games, 2 starts, 0-0, 1.13ERA; 8IP, 8H, R, 3BB, 8K
Tigres del Licey:
Rene Rivera (’03): 4 games; .417/.462/.417 0HR, RBI
Carlos Triunfel (’07): 2 games; .250/.250/.250 0HR, 0RBI
Santo Manzanillo (’10): 1 game, 0-0, *.**ERA; 0.0IP, 0H, R, ER, BB, K
The Australian Baseball League and the Puerto Rican Winter League both start this week. Jamie McOwen (’07) is back in Australia. I have not seen a full roster for any of the teams in either league yet. When I know, you’ll know.
Rough day for ex-Rattlers
Tough day for Scooter Gennett (’10) in the Arizona Fall League. The Peoria Javelinas beat Phoenix 7-5 in 11 innings.
Scooter went 0-for-5 with an RBI, a walk, and three strikeouts.
Logan Schaefer, a fellow Brewers minor leauger, also went 0-for-5 in that game.
But, that all pales when compared to the night for Mark Lowe (’05). When he was a Rattler, Lowe made 22 starts and went 6-6 with an ERA of 5.47. In 103.2 innings pitched, Lowe allowed 107 hits – 12 homers – walked 49 and struck out 72.
Lowe has joined a club with Pat Darcy, Charlie Leibrant, and Mitch Williams as the other members. All four pitchers have given up “walk-off” home runs in Game Six of a World Series.
Carlton Fisk’s 12th inning homer at Fenway Park gave the Red Sox a 7-6 win over Cincinnati in 1975.
Kirby Puckett’s 11th inning homer at the Metrodome gave the Twins a 4-3 win over Atlanta in 1991.
Joe Carter’s 9th inning homer at Skydome gave the Blue Jays an 8-6 win over Philadelphia in 1993.
Mark Lowe in the Rangers dugout after Game 6 of the 2011 World Series PHOTO: Louis DeLuca/Dallas Morning News
I found an AP article with comments from Lowe
Rangers’ Lowe wanted Game 6 in his hands
“If you don’t want to be in that situation I was in as a pitcher,” Lowe said, “you’re in the wrong business. This is what I’ve worked for my whole career and I was where I wanted to be.”
Too bad his pitch wasn’t.
Lowe’s change-up drifted over the plate and Freese tattooed it to center field, the winning homer sending the record crowd of 47,325 at Busch Stadium into a delirious frenzy. The homer gave St. Louis a dramatic 10-9 victory and forced the first Game 7 in the World Series since 2002.
“I didn’t have the results I wanted,” Lowe said, “but tomorrow’s a new day and I could get in there and get a big out and nobody remembers this game. That’s baseball.”
I hope that Lowe does get another chance, but history says probably not. Neither Darcy nor Leibrandt got a chance to redeem themselves in the Game 7 that was played the next day. Williams did not get the opportunity because Carter’s home run ended the series.
However, the way the Rangers bullpen was used up last night, he may.
Speaking of last night’s game. I am not sure how many of you are into Win Expectancy Graphs, but take a look at this over at Baseball Reference. The graph shows how likely it is that one team will win the game. The line moves on each play. The more the line swings to one team, the more likely that team is to win the game.
To put it in words:
After Neftali Feliz struck out Ryan Theriot for the first out of the ninth inning, the Rangers win expectancy was 96%.
After Josh Hamilton hit his home run in the 10th, the Rangers win expectancy was 93%.
Just head over and look at the roller coaster.
Arizona & Ratings & twitter
Down in the Arizona Fall League yesterday:
Nathan Adcock (’08) got the start for Surprise against Salt River. Salt River won 6-2 and Adcock took the loss.
Adcock: 5IP, 10H, 5R, 4ER, 0BB, K, HR
Peoria lost 7-6 in ten innings to Phoenix.
Ex-Rattlers in action for Peoria:
Adam Moore (’06): 1-for-4
Casey Medlen (’11): IP, H, R, 0BB, 2K, HR, Loss
Brewers minor leaguers in action for Peoria:
Logan Schafer: 2-for-4, 2 RUNS, 2B,
Zelous Wheeler: 1-for-4
Jed Bradley: IP, 2H, 3R, 2ER, BB, 2K, HR
This piece has been up over at Bernie’s Crew for the last couple of days, so it’s about time I put a link to it here. I’ll put Jim’s introduction here, but you’ll need to click the link to see how pitchers in the Brewers Minor League system are lined up by certain categories.
Every year, members of the media and fans spend far too much time breaking down the ERA of minor league pitchers.
I have yet to talk to a scout who legitimately believes ERA illustrates much of anything in terms of talent in a young pitcher. It’s all about the projectability of the stuff, the skill set on the mound, and the relative age to his opponents.
Pinpointing the ultimate projectability of a pitcher’s repertoire is an artform that is often honed, but never mastered. It’s not as objective as simply standing in the scout’s section of the ballpark with a radar gun and logging velocity readings. It’s about understanding mechanics. It’s about understanding what could be there, rather than what already is.
One of the easiest ways to grab a snapshot of the Brewers’ minor league system is to categorize them according to the three main skills on the mound: ground-ball percentage, walk rate, and strikeout rate.
Last thing today: Look at the latest Rattlers Alumni on twitter
Nick Bucci is @nickbooch
Cameron Garfield is @CAMgGARFIELD
Maverick Lasker is @LaskerMaverick
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