Minor League Opening Day Thread

by rghan on Apr 8, 2010 5:24 PM PDT in Minor Leagues

Lineups for the Cedar Rapids, Arkansas and Salt Lake openers...

A-Ball Kernels:

Mike Trout, CF

Matt Long, LF

Jean Segura, 2B

Carlos Ramirez, C

Luis Jimenez, 3B

Randal Grichuk, RF

Eric Oliver, DH

Casey Haether, 1B

Adam Younger, SS

Starter: Garrett Richards

You can follow the action here on MILB Gameday or here via internet radio.

Richards has coasted through three so far with 4 K's. He may have missed his spots in one big league spring training outing, but that 93 MPH fastball and three solid offspeed pitches should play very well in the Midwest League. He's primed for a big year.

Trout and Ramirez both went down on strikes in their first AB's, but Grichuk recorded the Kernel's first hit of the year with a hard grounder through the legs of the Beloit shortstop... it is A-Ball.

***UPDATE*** Richards has recorded 6 groundouts and 7 K's, yielding only 2 hits through 5 innings.

You can follow the AA Travs here. Lineup is as follows:

Andrew Romine, SS

Ryan Mount, 2B

Jeremy Moore, LF

Paul McAnulty, DH

Julio Perez, RF

Efren Navarro, 1B

Jay Brossman, 3B

Alberto Rosario, C

Clay Fuller, CF

Tim Kiely, Pitcher

Mount lined a single to right for the Travs' first knock, and Kiely recorded three straight ground outs in his half of the inning.

***UPDATE*** Mount tripled in the first run of the game, but Kiely got torched for 4 runs the following inning.

The Bees lineup:

Peter Bourjos, CF

Freddy Sandoval, 3B

Hank Conger, DH

Corey Aldridge, RF

Mark Trumbo, 1B

Michael Ryan, LF

Gary Patchett, SS

Ryan Budde, C

Hainley Statia, 2B

Starting Pitcher: Trevor Reckling

You can follow the gameday action here.

And the Quakes' lineup...

Reggie Willits, CF

Alexia Amarista, 2B

Roberto Lopez, DH

Gabe Jacobo, 1B

Dillon Baird, 3B

Angel Castillo, RF

Beau Brooks, C

Darwin Perez, SS

Tyson Auer, LF

Starting Pitcher: Tyler Chatwood

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Trout leading off

That’s interesting

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by Raaddad on Apr 8, 2010 5:30 PM PDT reply actions

We're not in arKansas anymore?

by eyespy on Apr 8, 2010 5:32 PM PDT reply actions

interesting seeing Trout leadoff

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by TheAngelsColts on Apr 8, 2010 5:34 PM PDT reply actions

leading off

interesting it’s Trout
(ok, I think we got it covered now)
wtf?

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by Raaddad on Apr 8, 2010 5:46 PM PDT reply actions

Well, it is interesting...

His tools are still those of a leadoff guy. Who knows if the power he flashed in a small ST sample size was an accurate reflection of what he’s currently capable of.
Segura in the three hole is also… interesting. He must have had a great spring in minor league camp.

by rghan on Apr 8, 2010 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions

One name we all need to be aware of is Luis Jiminez

One of most “toolsy” hitters in our system that no one knows about. He’s a hacker for sure, but in terms of hitting any pitch and hitting it hard, there’s none better.

by Halowood on Apr 8, 2010 5:50 PM PDT reply actions

Vlad like strike zone?

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by Seik1177 on Apr 8, 2010 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly....

He’s not as gifted as Vladdy was (once in a generation type of PLAYER, like Clemente), but Jiminez is similar in that he swings at everything and can destroy just about everything. He’s young too, already missed one year of pro ball and he’s still only 19 I believe, which is right on track. He’s the type of 3B fans love, the prototypical kind. I hope he learns some patience. I’m willing to bet either Jiminez, Grichuk or Ramirez lead the league in HR this season.

by Halowood on Apr 8, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions

You're fun.

Lucho is 22. He’s coming back from a labrum tear. It’s his second occurrence of a significant shoulder injury.

rghan was correct in early ‘09 when comparing Jimenez optimistically to Jeff Francouer. He hasn’t a clue about the strikezone.

Vlad Guerrero he is not. At age 22, Vlad was hitting .302 with the Expos, not going 0 for 4 rehabbing in A ball.

by Turks Teeth on Apr 8, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Under estimated on the age

And I didn’t say Lucho was Vladdy, I said he had a Vladdy strike zone, which means we swings at everything between the foul lines. He’s got skill, he’s just sloppy.

by Halowood on Apr 8, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Prediction: Grichuk goes deep 1st

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by Raaddad on Apr 8, 2010 6:08 PM PDT reply actions

Richards is looking better and better

Appears he’s continuing his Orem dominance at Cedar

by HaloFanInDC on Apr 8, 2010 6:58 PM PDT reply actions

Well that sucked

Woke up and literally ran to check the box scores. System wide sweep.

Blah.

At least the top starters held the line: Combined, Reckling, Chatwood and Richards put up 16 scoreless innings and 13 punch outs, while inducing 22 groundballs to just 8 flyouts. Most promising of all, at least for the near term, Reckling needed just 80 pitches to get through his 6 innings.

by rghan on Apr 9, 2010 1:56 AM PDT reply actions