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The only way this could be worse is if McGehee goes yard, I can take losing but I've grown to despise McGehee.

Penny's 2nd hit of the year... this is getting comical in a hurry.

The good news is that Gallardo only has 36 more pitches until RR pulls him.

Around the all-star break I posted I didn't think there was anyway the Pirates would challenge the Brewers this season given all they've gone through. it never occurred to me that instead of hanging in the division race all season the Brewers would play their way all the back to competition for the last WC spot. Miami is only 4.5 back in the WC race which I find surprising. Pittsburgh is winning 2-1 in the 6th, Atlanta losing 0-1 in the 7th. Nice friggen pitch Yo, cripes... then he hangs a CB to McGehee that Gomez thankfully runs down.

Bah! Undefeated Kane County advances to Finals Blackburn fires five one-hit innings, Rogers and Penalver hit homers

Interesting read on the process for non qualifying batters winning awards. Pirates’ Josh Bell Wins FSL Batting Title After Application Of Rule 10.22(a) September 8, 2014 by Matt Eddy

I've been meaning to get to this thread for a couple of days now. I think Seid's legacy depends on how one chooses to frame the argument. He did well finding MLB talent throughout the draft, but little legitimate impact talent. I'm certainly not an excuse maker so when it comes to the Arnett pick for example I'm not willing to excuse that away as "industry consensus". Industry consensus definitely has it's place but I'd rather the talent evaluators in the organization I root for were better than everyone else and seeing what others don't see. The Brewers have done better finding MLB pitchers, and something is absolutely better than nothing, but we're still woefully thin on impact pitching. Impact relievers are generally starters with plus stuff who couldn't stick in the rotation, and simply put we just don't have many stuff guys in the organization. If you fast forward to the 2011 draft there was plenty of talk on this forum how the top 3 pitchers may have been drafted in reverse order of their ceiling, as in Lopez>Bradley>Jungmann from an ultimate ceiling standpoint. I didn't know much about Bradley prior to the draft, there wasn't as much video out there as there is now, so it was difficult to comment on him, but I had plenty to say about what I saw from Jungmann and he's just not my kind of guy in the 1st round. I thought Seid's last 3 drafts have been much better, much closer to what I'm personally looking for; sprinkling as much upside as possible throughout the draft which ultimately gave the drafts decent balance between tools & production. I really don't care about college vs high school, I care about relative talent and upside. So while Covey ultimately became Jungmann, neither one was really the top of the rotation starter the organization has so desperately needed to produce internally. In that respect I don't see what diabetes in Covey's case or Jungmann's longer road to the majors really has to do really has to do with anything. If you're chasing upside pitching like I've been, it's just not there, and we've been woefully thin on lefties, so you were in wait and see mode with Seid; are any of these guys going to become impact players or pitchers? If you just want players to fill holes at the big league then you're probably very happy with Seid's drafts. As I've said many times I haven't been looking to replace with the 4 WAR or better players we had with 2 or 3 WAR players, we're losing ground that way... I wanted to replace impact players with younger versions of those same guys. I agree that DM and MA have unwittingly shot the organization in the foot by continually trying to patch the MLB roster via trades and the FA pitching signings. For successful organizations in professional sports the building process never really stops, they are always looking to cycle impact talent through making strategic decisions about whom to keep and whom to let walk, regardless of sport. I have a hard time believing the Brewer organization has been better off even in the short-term with their limited view on the "now" since 2006, but it is what it is at this point. It's often said that every organization likes their players the most and I think that was especially true in Seid's case. He had incredible passion for his guys and I think in some ways that led to the organization stalling out on the talent front. What I mean is that Seid could say that Jungmann had the potential to be a #2, he even probably believed it, but that didn't/doesn't make it so. I found Bruce to be extremely engaging and thoughtful in both the video and audio interviews he did over the years, as I said numerous times in the past I liked him on a personal level and I enjoyed how his draft process evolved through 2014. If some of the talented players from the last 3 drafts can become difference makers I think history will shine very favorably on him. If not, then his tenure would have largely been an exercise in futility. He did what he could, it's up to the players now.

Arcia is 2-3 so far, heck of a start at AA, especially considering the stage.

Rattlers knocked out of playoffs in a heartbreaking loss Kane County tops Wisconsin 4-3 in thirteen innings By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers GENEVA, IL - The Kane County Cougars defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4-3 in thirteen innings on Thursday night at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. The win gave the Cougars a sweep in the best-of-three first round Midwest League playoff series. The Cougars took the lead in the bottom of the first inning. Chesny Young doubled to right with one out in the frame. Jeimer Candelario followed with a double to right-center on the next pitch and Kane County was up 1-0. That was the only run allowed y Wisconsin starting pitcher Preston Gainey. Clint Coulter tied the game for Wisconsin with a leadoff home run in the top of the fourth inning. Coulter, who hit 22 homers during the regular season, blasted a 1-1 pitch from Duane Underwood over the wall in left-center. Wisconsin had the bases loaded with two outs later in the fourth inning. Jose Pena lined a 1-2 pitch from Kane County starter Duane Underwood to right field to drive in both Rafael Neda and Chris McFarland to give the Rattlers a 3-1 lead. Gainey protected the 3-1 lead, but left after walking Trey Martin with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. Gainey left after allowing one run on four hits with five strikeouts over 6-1/3 innings. Trevor Seidenberger took over and struck out the next two batters to send the game to the eighth. Seidenberger hit Jeimer Candelario to start the bottom of the eighth inning. That brought Mike Olt to the plate. Olt, who hit twelve home runs in 72 games with the Chicago Cubs this season, cracked a 1-2 pitch over the scoreboard in left-center to tie the game 3-3. Olt, who hit a three-run homer in Game One of the series, a 7-3 Kane County win. The Cougars nearly won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning. They had the bases loaded with one out and Olt was due to bat, but the Cougars sent Danny Lockhart up to pinch-hit. Trey Martin broke from third on the first pitch to Lockhart on a suicide squeeze attempt. But, Lockhart missed and Martin was run down between third and home for the second out. Later in the at bat, Lockhart sent a liner towards left, but shortstop Angel Ortega made a spectacular diving catch to end the inning. Martin nearly won the game in the eleventh inning. He lined a pitch deep left with one out against reliever Luke Curtis and went into his home run trot. But, the ball hit off the top of the wall and dropped at the feet of Pena on the warning track. Martin tried to turn on the speed to get to second for a double, but was out on a strong relay throw from Ortega. Wisconsin's best chance to score in extra innings came in the top of the twelfth inning. Taylor Brennan walked with two outs and the Cougars went to the bullpen. Francisco Carrillo entered the ballgame and proceeded to walk the next two batters to load the bases. But, the Rattlers could not capitalize as Carrillo got the next batter to ground out. The end came in the thirteenth inning. Martin reached on an infield single against Brandon Moore to start the frame. Shawon Dunston, Jr. dropped a sacrifice bunt and a throwing error put runners at second and third. Moore walked Young intentionally to load the bases and Wisconsin brought Michael Ratterree in from right field to play as a fifth infielder with Candelario at the plate. Moore got ahead of Candelario 1-2, but the Cougars third baseman lined a clean single to center to drive in Martin with the winning run and end Wisconsin's season. HOME RUNS: WIS: Clint Coulter (1st, 0 on in 4th inning off Duane Underwood, 0 out) KC: Mike Olt (2nd, 1 on in 8th inning off Trevor Seidenberger, 0 out) WP: Francisco Carrillo (1-0) LP: Brandon Moore (0-1) TIME: 4:36 ATTN: 2,796 Wisconsin Boxscore Between the Badgers on Saturday, the Brewers all week, Bruce Seid's untimely death, Packers tonight, and the T-Rats getting knocked out tonight as well I really can't imagine a worse sports week. The Rattlers gave everything they had but the difference in this series was a rehabbing Mike Olt and it pisses me off. I really enjoyed this Rattler team, there's a ton of untapped potential on this particular club. As always the Wisconsin staff was fantastic, thank you to you all, especially Chris and Ann who's work I leaned on all season. Wisconsin Recap Wisconsin Gameday

I was saving this for my T-Rat summary post but on one of the episodes of Timber Rattlers Field Pass recently (I forget which exact episode without looking it up) I believe Johnny Davis said he was clocked multiple times at 6.0 in the 60... If that's true, and I have no reason to doubt him other than TWC was having a problem and the feed my DVR recorded was glitchy and hard to hear so I may have gotten it wrong. Equating that 60y time to a 40y dash which people are more familiar with is difficult because athletes spend more time at top speed in the 60y and have more time to accelerate but that 60 time is roughly equivalent to 4.20 speed in the 40, as in there are just a couple of guys in the game that fast. Harrison's speed roughly equates more to 4.4-4.5 type 40, as Colby said he'll be above average to plus depending on how he matures, but he's not Hamilton. Speed wise base stealing is mostly about initial acceleration and chances are he's extremely explosive out of the gate, which is exciting in it's own right as it means he's quick out of the box, will get great jumps on balls in the gap, have great success stealing bases, and so on. PG had Omar Garcia at 6.43 in the 60, and while he stole 44 bases this season he was caught 21 times as well, he was only successful 68% of the time in A ball. Davis stole 32 bases but was caught 21 times as well, just 63%. I'd much rather have explosive athletes than straight line speed, but I have a football/basketball/baseball background and was never a track guy. I want players who can change direction in a hurry and accelerate through corners when running the bases. That's why I personally talk about getting the organization to become more dynamic athletically and rarely talk about speed. That there is so much more to base stealing than just being explosive or fast, for example being able to read the pitcher and situation is at least important as anything else. My point here is that much like the Eric Farris conversations of year's past being a good base stealer doesn't necessarily make one extremely fast and being fast doesn't necessarily make one a good base stealer. I hope that made sense. Finally I would hope that Gomez is keeping CF warm for Tyrone Taylor, another explosive athlete, as Harrison will be in R+ next year while Taylor will be in AA. It would be awesome if Harrison progressed enough to start in A ball for his first full season like a similarly raw Denson did this year, but that's quite a projection to throw on him right now. Helena seems like a safer bet, especially with Diaz in front of him and deserving of a promotion to WI. CF is quickly becoming a position of strength with intriguing athletes up and down the chain... D'Vo, Taylor, Davis, Garcia, Diaz, and Harrison. Harrison could play on the same team as Diaz splitting time in CF but I don't see a good reason to push him right now, though he could certainly force the issue next year if his play in the spring is good enough.

I'm surprised by that to be honest, I'm glad I never attacked him personally, though he probably took my comments about the farm system personally knowing now how close he was to his draftees. Oddly it makes me feel worse, even though I've always just given my honest opinion about the players, system, and organization. I've never disliked the people, just the tact the organization has taken over the years, and I hope that came across to him in my posts. Somehow that knowledge made this much more personal.

MLB Moving Draft Back To Monday September 3, 2014 by Clint Longenecker

It will just be easier to link this as BA continues their top 10 lists. 2014 Summer College League Top Prospects Index

A couple of division mentions in this one. The Baseballist: Top 10 Starts By Minor League Pitchers In 2014 September 4, 2014 by Matt Eddy

Cougars grab game one 7-3 Timber Rattlers held to five hits By Chris Mehring / Wisconsin Timber Rattlers http://www.milb.com/assets/images/3/5/0/93019350/cuts/Sept3Game1_fq1ycg0v_rdlyqdl4.jpg The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Kane County Cougars pause for a moment of silence for Bruce Seid before Wednesday's playoff opener. (Ann Mollica/Wisconsin Timber Rattlers) GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Kane County Cougars defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 7-3 on Wednesday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. The game was Game One of the first round, best-of-three series in the Midwest League Playoffs. Jen-Ho Tseng, who was 6-1 during the regular season, picked up the win for Kane County. Kane County took the lead in the top of the second inning. Jacob Rogers and Cael Brockmeyer singled to start the inning and each moved on a base on a wild pitch. Carlos Penalver drove in Rogers with a sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead. The Cougars got consecutive singles from Shawon Dunston, Jr. and Mark Zagunis to start the third inning. Yasiel Balaguert singled with one out to drive in Dunston for a 2-0 lead. Johnny Davis cut Kane County's lead to a run. The Wisconsin centerfielder reached on a bunt single to start the bottom of the third. He stole second and went to third on a grounder. A pitch from Tseng trickled past the Kane County catcher and Davis raced home with the run. The Rattlers kept the game at 2-1 until the top of the fifth inning. Wisconsin starting pitcher Clint Terry issued a walk and gave up an single with one out to bring Olt to the plate. Olt, on a major league rehabilitation assignment for the Chicago Cubs, hit a 3-2 pitch to the Cougars bullpen in left-center for a 5-1 lead. David Denson hit an opposite field solo home run to left in the bottom of the sixth for the Rattlers final run off Tseng. The Taiwanese right-hander allowed two runs on two hits over six innings to earn the win. Kane County tacked on two more runs in the top of the eighth inning. Trey Martin singled with runners at second and third and one out to drive in both runners for a 7-2 advantage. Wisconsin managed a rally in the ninth. Clint Coulter drew a walk against reliever Tyler Ihrig to start the inning. Rafael Neda singled with one out. Michael Ratterree followed with a single to left to score Coulter for a 7-3 lead. But, Ihrig closed out the game by getting the next two batters looking at strike three. Game two of the best-of-three series is Thursday night at Kane County. Preston Gainey (5-9, 4.18) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. The Cougars have named Duane Underwood (6-4, 2.50) as their starter. Game time on Thursday is 6:00pm. If the Rattlers win, they force game three at Kane County on Friday night. If the Cougars win, Wisconsin's season comes to an end. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 5:40pm. HOME RUNS: KC: Mike Olt (1st, 2 on in 5th inning off Clint Terry, 1 out) WIS: David Denson (1st, 0 on in 6th inning off Jen-Ho Tseng, 1 out) WP: Jen-Ho Tseng (1-0) LP: Clint Terry (0-1) SAVE: Tyler Ihrig (1) TIME: 2:50 ATTN: 1,070 Wisconsin Boxscore This Kane County pitching staff has been far and away the best pitching staff in the league all season. The team ERA ended at 2.85 and the WHIP 1.17, all done without the aid of a high strike out total. In fact there wasn't a single Cub pitcher in the top 20 in Strike Outs. Clint Terry isn't a stuff guy and Mike Olt isn't really good match-up for him, Chris said later in the broadcast that the commissioner had to approve MLB postseason rehab assignments to MiLB teams but that doesn't make me feel any better about it. The Rattlers managed just 5 hits but Johnny Davis (2-3) did put up the Rattler's only multi-hit game. Wisconsin Recap Wisconsin Gameday

Parra upgraded the bench, which matters in small samples in the post season, but how many regular season wins does a move like that really add? It's like adding Lopez for the stretch run which proved inconsequential in the long run. If Gomez isn't able to come back this season is the drop off from Gomez to Parra really going to matter more than the drop off from Gomez to Schafer would have? Again I think the impact of these in season moves is grossly overstated. I'm not a huge DM guy but I'd rather he sat on his hands than make a bad trade for Morneau. 1B is incredibly thin all around baseball at the moment, that's just the way it is. It is far better to build depth up front than to try and constantly trade for it by acquiring temporary solutions. At some point we have to start plugging holes and quit patching them, that's the only way to truly get over the hump. Just because the team ran off to an unsustainable 20-7 start doesn't mean 2014 is a missed opportunity at a season of destiny. How many in season moves can a GM really make that are going to make a significant impact? Players performing like Sabathia did in 2008 post trade... that just doesn't happen very often and Sabathia hasn't been that hot as a pitcher since. That situation was truly lightening in a bottle, the Mets even collapsed for us to complete the story book ending, and if that has become the bar for mid season acquisition for many posters than the bar has been set unattainably high.

Cardinals take early lead in Appy Finals RBI leader Grayson plates two as Johnson City one-hits Danville

Bryant wins Bauman Award over Gallo Cubs prospect smacked 43 homers, one more than Rangers slugger

You know I was sad with Garza in the game but somehow I actually felt worse when Estrada came in. He's gone from people claiming he was a legitimate 2/3 to being a white flag in less than a season. ... and Ramirez caught that with his boob, sweet.

Posted a 2 part summary of the Sounds season starting here.

2014 Nashville Sounds Season Review & Summary Part 2 Shawn Zarraga Age 25 Status: Huntsville Active Zarraga exploded back onto the scene in 2014 with a monster start to the season at AA but success with the bat didn't follow him to Nashville. He was drafted for raw power potential which has never really materialized. His defense has apparently been an issue for most of his career and unfortunately he's never been a good enough prospect to get written about by prospect evaluators, nor I wasn't there for any of the 21 games he caught when he was in Wisconsin so I don't have any first hand observations to offer. The surge in his numbers was attributed to rededicating himself to the sport over the most recent off-season but he did fade down the stretch. If he's back for 2014 he'd most likely be the "prospect" catcher in AAA. Zarraga at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 25 AAA 17 57 47 1 10 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 7 .213 .304 .255 .559 2014 25 AA 75 267 215 34 71 16 0 1 30 1 4 42 23 .330 .440 .419 .858 7 Seasons 425 1489 1260 147 357 66 3 13 167 20 9 161 216 .283 .376 .371 .747[/pre] Zarraga in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% 2014 25 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL C 51 346 305 38 3 4 .991 6.73 1 22 12 35% 2014 25 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 1B 3 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.67 2014 25 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL DH 14 0.00 2014 25 Nashville PCL AAA MIL C 16 138 128 10 0 1 1.000 8.63 1 9 4 31% 7 Seasons 318 2302 2066 216 20 19 .991 7.18 29 215 74 26% C (7 seasons) C 296 2257 2022 215 20 18 .991 7.56 29 215 74 26% 1B (2 seasons) 1B 7 45 44 1 0 1 1.000 6.43 P (1 season) P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 DH (1 season) DH 14 0.00[/pre] Zarraga's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 91 324 262 35 81 18 0 1 37 1 2 47 30 .309 .416 .389 .805 Last 7 days 2 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 Last 28 days 17 68 57 4 11 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 11 .193 .324 .211 .534 Last 90 days 47 164 137 12 38 9 0 1 19 1 1 20 20 .277 .374 .365 .739 Home 44 151 127 20 44 12 0 1 19 0 2 17 9 .346 .423 .465 .887 Away 47 173 135 15 37 6 0 0 18 1 0 30 21 .274 .410 .319 .729 vs RHP as LHB 84 258 207 63 15 0 1 28 39 25 .304 .420 .391 .812 vs LHP as RHB 41 66 55 18 3 0 0 9 8 5 .327 .400 .382 .782 April 17 57 45 6 22 3 0 0 10 0 1 10 3 .489 .561 .556 1.117 May 23 87 68 14 18 4 0 0 7 0 0 13 7 .265 .395 .324 .719 June 18 59 49 10 21 8 0 1 11 0 1 9 2 .429 .508 .653 1.162 July 14 47 39 1 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 6 .231 .304 .282 .586 August 19 74 61 4 11 1 0 0 2 1 0 12 12 .180 .324 .197 .521[/pre] Hainley Statia Age 28 Status: Huntsville Active Statia bounced back and forth between Huntsville and Nashville all season. Now 28 years old he's yet to get his cup of coffee, he's another of the veteran super utility guys, the prototypical "organizational soldier". Statia at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 28 AAA 23 45 42 3 11 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 10 .262 .311 .333 .644 2014 28 AA 60 224 180 29 50 8 1 5 26 5 5 39 21 .278 .410 .417 .827 10 Seasons 962 3726 3273 451 886 169 26 21 368 117 60 364 431 .271 .345 .357 .703 AAA (5 seasons) AAA 219 649 564 65 142 22 1 5 56 9 6 80 98 .252 .344 .321 .665[/pre] Statia in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 28 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 1B 2 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 2014 28 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 2B 17 74 25 47 2 7 .973 4.24 2014 28 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 3B 30 78 16 62 0 7 1.000 2.60 2014 28 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL SS 6 19 8 11 0 4 1.000 3.17 2014 28 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 2014 28 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL OF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 2014 28 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 2B 10 28 14 13 1 3 .964 2.70 2014 28 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 3B 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 2014 28 Nashville PCL AAA MIL SS 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 2014 28 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 1 0.00 10 Seasons 893 3954 1365 2471 118 486 .970 4.30 SS (10 seasons) SS 629 3076 1022 1951 103 390 .967 4.73 2B (8 seasons) 2B 140 610 239 363 8 77 .987 4.30 3B (4 seasons) 3B 85 203 42 155 6 18 .970 2.32 LF (3 seasons) LF 29 41 39 1 1 0 .976 1.38 1B (1 season) 1B 2 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 4.50 OF (1 season) OF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 RF (1 season) RF 7 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.14 DH (1 season) DH 1 0.00[/pre] Statia's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 82 269 222 32 61 11 1 5 29 6 3 42 31 .275 .393 .401 .794 Last 7 days 3 11 11 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .545 .545 .818 1.364 Last 28 days 14 57 47 5 13 1 0 1 4 2 2 10 4 .277 .404 .362 .765 Last 90 days 53 195 158 24 42 6 1 5 24 4 3 33 19 .266 .394 .411 .805 Home 44 138 117 15 31 7 0 2 14 3 1 18 22 .265 .360 .376 .736 Away 38 131 105 17 30 4 1 3 15 3 2 24 9 .286 .427 .429 .856 vs RHP as LHB 72 191 158 43 8 1 4 20 30 19 .272 .393 .411 .804 vs LHP as RHB 51 78 64 18 3 0 1 9 12 12 .281 .395 .375 .770 April 15 45 38 6 10 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 7 .263 .378 .316 .694 May 12 21 18 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 .389 .476 .556 1.032 June 16 60 51 9 14 2 1 1 8 1 0 7 7 .275 .373 .412 .785 July 20 68 52 9 13 1 0 3 10 1 1 15 7 .250 .418 .442 .860 August 18 71 59 5 15 3 0 0 5 2 2 11 7 .254 .366 .305 .671 September 1 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.250 1.750[/pre] Adam Weisenburger Age 25 Status: Active Weisenburger vaulted past WI and went straight from the AZL Brewers in 2011 to BC and then Huntsville in 2012. He's struggled offensively at the higher levels of minors but following the 2012 season BA rated him as the best defensive C in the Brewers' system, granted he didn't have much competition for that title given what I've seen come through WI but he has a solid defensive reputation none the less. Catchers don't have to hit much so if he's good enough defensively he could possibly carve out a niche as a MLB reserve someplace. Adam spent most of the season with the Stars but was promoted up to the Sounds starting on 8/8. Weisenburger at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2011 22 Rk 33 137 116 13 32 6 2 0 7 2 1 18 17 .276 .382 .362 .744 2012 23 AA-A+ 70 251 212 22 45 5 1 2 19 1 2 27 49 .212 .321 .274 .595 2012 23 A+ 23 87 73 8 19 2 1 0 6 1 1 11 13 .260 .372 .315 .687 2012 23 AA 47 164 139 14 26 3 0 2 13 0 1 16 36 .187 .294 .252 .546 2013 24 AA 63 213 175 21 44 8 1 5 24 0 2 24 48 .251 .367 .394 .761 2014 25 AA-AAA 81 293 239 29 61 12 1 3 27 1 1 36 44 .255 .364 .351 .715 2014 25 AA 68 249 201 24 52 10 1 2 23 1 1 32 34 .259 .371 .348 .719 2014 25 AAA 13 44 38 5 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 10 .237 .326 .368 .694 4 Seasons 247 894 742 85 182 31 5 10 77 4 6 105 158 .245 .355 .341 .696 Rk (1 season) Rk 33 137 116 13 32 6 2 0 7 2 1 18 17 .276 .382 .362 .744 A+ (1 season) A+ 23 87 73 8 19 2 1 0 6 1 1 11 13 .260 .372 .315 .687 AA (3 seasons) AA 178 626 515 59 122 21 2 9 60 1 4 72 118 .237 .349 .338 .687 AAA (1 season) AAA 13 44 38 5 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 10 .237 .326 .368 .694[/pre] Weisenburger in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% 2014 25 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL C 63 488 445 35 8 5 .984 7.62 7 29 19 40% 2014 25 Nashville PCL AAA MIL C 13 123 113 8 2 1 .984 9.31 1 12 7 37% 4 Seasons 229 1749 1549 167 33 21 .981 7.49 28 165 65 28%[/pre] Weisenburger's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 81 293 239 29 61 12 1 3 27 1 1 36 44 .255 .364 .351 .715 Last 7 days 3 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 Last 28 days 13 44 38 5 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 10 .237 .326 .368 .694 Last 90 days 42 143 120 14 28 3 0 3 11 0 1 13 22 .233 .326 .333 .659 Home 43 139 111 13 27 4 0 3 13 0 1 18 17 .243 .364 .360 .724 Away 38 154 128 16 34 8 1 0 14 1 0 18 27 .266 .364 .344 .708 vs RHP as RHB 74 220 181 42 7 1 3 17 26 37 .232 .338 .331 .670 vs LHP as RHB 39 73 58 19 5 0 0 10 10 7 .328 .443 .414 .857 April 17 63 50 5 12 4 0 0 3 0 0 10 7 .240 .367 .320 .687 May 20 79 61 10 17 5 1 0 12 1 0 13 13 .279 .416 .393 .809 June 8 25 23 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .261 .320 .261 .581 July 19 67 56 6 14 1 0 1 4 0 1 7 6 .250 .328 .321 .650 August 17 59 49 6 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 5 11 .245 .351 .408 .759[/pre] Lucas May Age 29 Status: Active May had his 12 game cup of coffee with Royals in 2010. He's had some okay years at the plate but overall is a below average hitter like most catchers. The Brewers are his 6th organization, he doesn't seem to have a defining trait as his calling card, as such he didn't see much action being on the "taxi squad DL" most of the season between AA and AAA. At one point he was the Dodger's #17 prospect, here's what BA wrote after the 2009 season: May in MLB: [pre]Year Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2010 25 KCR 12 39 37 3 7 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 10 .189 .205 .216 .421 16 1 Yr 12 39 37 3 7 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 10 .189 .205 .216 .421 16 162 Game Avg. 162 527 500 41 95 14 0 0 81 0 14 0 135 .189 .205 .216 .421 16[/pre] May at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 29 AA 9 30 28 4 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .214 .241 .357 .599 2014 29 AAA 15 40 35 1 7 3 0 0 4 1 0 3 10 .200 .250 .286 .536 12 Seasons 940 3772 3403 484 860 186 26 109 507 58 22 271 853 .253 .314 .419 .732 AAA (5 seasons) AAA 321 1188 1076 145 265 60 8 32 152 10 5 91 270 .246 .307 .406 .713[/pre] May in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% 2014 29 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL C 7 49 44 3 2 0 .959 6.71 1 11 1 8% 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL C 12 103 96 7 0 1 1.000 8.58 0 7 2 22% 12 Seasons 821 5114 4286 705 123 116 .976 6.08 117 338 125 27% C (8 seasons) C 548 4192 3823 321 48 29 .989 7.56 117 338 125 27% 1B (2 seasons) 1B 8 59 55 2 2 7 .966 7.13 SS (3 seasons) SS 126 627 198 367 62 77 .901 4.48 P (1 season) P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 CF (2 seasons) CF 27 59 56 1 2 0 .966 2.11 LF (2 seasons) LF 74 112 96 10 6 2 .946 1.43 3B (1 season) 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 RF (1 season) RF 36 64 58 3 3 1 .953 1.69[/pre] May's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 24 70 63 5 13 4 0 1 8 1 0 4 12 .206 .246 .317 .564 Last 7 days 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Last 28 days 4 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 .333 .286 .333 .619 Last 90 days 13 36 33 5 8 1 0 1 7 1 0 1 4 .242 .257 .364 .621 Home 13 33 29 3 8 2 0 1 4 1 0 3 6 .276 .344 .448 .792 Away 11 37 34 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .147 .162 .206 .368 vs RHP as RHB 19 45 42 7 1 0 1 4 2 7 .167 .205 .262 .466 vs LHP as RHB 10 25 21 6 3 0 0 4 2 5 .286 .320 .429 .749 April 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 7 27 23 0 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .217 .296 .348 .644 June 6 21 19 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .263 .300 .474 .774 July 3 8 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 August 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 September 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000[/pre] Pitchers (In order of total MILB IP.) Ariel Pena Age 25 Status: Active Pena might be the most frustrating pitcher in the system as he has a legitimate FB and slider but isn't able to repeat his delivery enough to be able to consistently throw strikes. Even at his best he hasn't been efficient enough with his pitches to go more than 6 innings, his BB rate and SO/BB are not what I would expect from a legitimate starting pitcher. Long term I like him for a bullpen role though I was holding out some hope that he would find his groove as a starter. Ariel is also out of options for 2015 so he'll have to make the big club or clear waivers. Pena was recently removed from the AFL which brings up questions about his health and or status with the organization. BA's take on Pena pretty much sums up my thoughts exactly: Pena in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2012 23 AA MIL 7.24 7 7 32.1 40 26 5 23 29 1.948 11.1 1.4 6.4 8.1 1.26 2012 23 AA LAA 2.99 19 19 114.1 95 43 14 42 111 1.198 7.5 1.1 3.3 8.7 2.64 2013 24 AA MIL 3.73 27 27 142.1 115 63 17 79 131 1.363 7.3 1.1 5.0 8.3 1.66 2014 25 AAA MIL 4.56 25 24 128.1 96 69 12 75 140 1.332 6.7 0.8 5.3 9.8 1.87 8 Seasons 3.73 170 161 912.0 791 439 68 450 901 1.361 7.8 0.7 4.4 8.9 2.00 AA (2 seasons) AA 3.83 53 53 289.0 250 132 36 144 271 1.363 7.8 1.1 4.5 8.4 1.88 AAA (2 seasons) AAA 4.49 26 25 132.1 103 72 12 79 143 1.375 7.0 0.8 5.4 9.7 1.81[/pre] Pena's splits: [pre]Split ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP SO9 SO/W Total 4.56 25 24 0 128.1 96 69 65 12 75 0 140 5 0 0 548 1.332 9.8 1.87 Last 7 days 40.50 1 1 0 1.1 3 6 6 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 10 4.500 27.0 1.33 Last 28 days 6.00 3 3 0 12.0 10 8 8 3 9 0 17 0 0 0 53 1.583 12.8 1.89 Last 90 days 4.58 14 14 0 72.2 54 38 37 5 41 0 86 2 0 0 309 1.307 10.7 2.10 Home 4.56 15 15 0 75.0 57 41 38 9 46 0 90 3 0 0 325 1.373 10.8 1.96 Away 4.56 10 9 0 53.1 39 28 27 3 29 0 50 2 0 0 223 1.275 8.4 1.72 April 5.29 4 4 0 17.0 14 12 10 1 12 0 21 1 0 0 78 1.529 11.1 1.75 May 3.38 6 5 0 34.2 25 13 13 5 16 0 33 2 0 0 141 1.183 8.6 2.06 June 6.35 5 5 0 22.2 16 17 16 2 20 0 19 1 0 0 104 1.588 7.5 0.95 July 3.60 6 6 0 35.0 24 15 14 1 15 0 43 1 0 0 142 1.114 11.1 2.87 August 5.68 4 4 0 19.0 17 12 12 3 12 0 24 0 0 0 83 1.526 11.4 2.00 As Starter 4.67 24 24 0 123.1 94 68 64 11 73 0 135 4 0 0 529 1.354 9.9 1.85 As Reliever 1.80 1 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 19 0.800 9.0 2.50[/pre] Jimmy Nelson Age 25 Status: Active Nelson is the Brewer's first pitching prospect with legit stuff to reach majors as a starting pitcher since Manny Parra who as we all know just couldn't make it work. Jimmy still has work to do with his location and 3rd pitch but he's a pretty safe bet to be a middle of the road MLB starter. With better control and a plus 3rd pitch he could be a #2 but I think that's a pretty steep hill for him to climb at this point. Regardless he should be in Milwaukee to stay. As BA had him as the Brewer's #1 prospect they've written about him a ton but it's hard to find fault with this snippet from their most recent assessment of him: Nelson's MLB career: [pre]Year Age ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 24 0.90 4 1 10.0 2 1 1 0 5 8 0 1 441 2.95 0.700 1.8 0.0 4.5 7.2 1.60 2014 25 4.14 10 10 58.2 65 31 27 5 16 49 8 2 90 3.79 1.381 10.0 0.8 2.5 7.5 3.06 2 Yrs 3.67 14 11 68.2 67 32 28 5 21 57 8 3 103 3.67 1.282 8.8 0.7 2.8 7.5 2.71 162 Game Avg. 3.67 38 30 187 182 87 76 14 57 155 22 8 103 3.67 1.282 8.8 0.7 2.8 7.5 2.71[/pre] Nelson's 2014 splits page. Michael Blazek Age 25 Status: Active Blazek had his cup of coffee in 2013 with both the Cardinals and Brewers. He started slow this season but picked it up when he moved into the rotation. Despite his success as a starter this season if he can settle in command wise a BP role seems like Milwaukee's best bet. Here's what BA wrote about Blazek after last season: Blazek in MLB: [pre]Year Age Tm ERA G GF IP H R HR BB ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 24 TOT 5.71 18 7 17.1 16 12 3 13 69 6.11 1.673 8.3 1.6 6.8 7.3 1.08 2013 24 STL 6.97 11 3 10.1 10 8 2 10 56 6.82 1.935 8.7 1.7 8.7 8.7 1.00 2013 24 MIL 3.86 7 4 7.0 6 4 1 3 105 5.05 1.286 7.7 1.3 3.9 5.1 1.33 1 Yr 5.71 18 7 17.1 16 12 3 13 69 6.11 1.673 8.3 1.6 6.8 7.3 1.08[/pre] Blazek in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff W-L% ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 24 AA STL 0.92 17 0 19.2 11 4 2 0 10 1 25 1.068 5.0 0.0 4.6 11.4 2.50 2013 24 AAA STL .333 2.77 19 0 26.0 17 8 8 1 16 0 27 1.269 5.9 0.3 5.5 9.3 1.69 2014 25 AAA MIL .500 4.13 37 17 102.1 106 51 47 9 40 0 87 1.427 9.3 0.8 3.5 7.7 2.18 8 Seasons .481 4.13 212 87 629.1 599 337 289 61 264 5 614 1.371 8.6 0.9 3.8 8.8 2.33 AAA (4 seasons) AAA .500 4.01 60 20 143.2 137 68 64 12 67 0 121 1.420 8.6 0.8 4.2 7.6 1.81[/pre] Blazek's splits: [pre]Split ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP SO9 SO/W Total 4.13 37 17 1 102.1 106 51 47 9 40 0 87 3 0 0 445 1.427 7.7 2.18 Last 7 days 5.79 1 1 0 4.2 7 3 3 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 23 2.143 11.6 2.00 Last 28 days 4.94 5 5 0 27.1 26 15 15 3 10 0 20 1 0 0 115 1.317 6.6 2.00 Last 90 days 3.71 16 14 0 70.1 61 30 29 6 26 0 52 3 0 0 293 1.237 6.7 2.00 Home 3.91 17 9 0 48.1 44 22 21 4 16 0 39 2 0 0 202 1.241 7.3 2.44 Away 4.33 20 8 1 54.0 62 29 26 5 24 0 48 1 0 0 243 1.593 8.0 2.00 April 7.59 11 0 0 10.2 21 9 9 0 4 0 11 0 0 0 54 2.344 9.3 2.75 May 3.06 8 3 1 17.2 18 9 6 2 6 0 20 0 0 0 77 1.358 10.2 3.33 June 5.29 7 3 0 17.0 18 11 10 4 9 0 15 1 0 0 78 1.588 7.9 1.67 July 2.63 5 5 0 24.0 16 7 7 0 8 0 18 1 0 0 95 1.000 6.8 2.25 August 4.09 6 6 0 33.0 33 15 15 3 13 0 23 1 0 0 141 1.394 6.3 1.77 As Starter 3.62 17 17 0 77.0 67 33 31 7 29 0 61 3 0 0 322 1.247 7.1 2.10 As Reliever 5.68 20 0 1 25.1 39 18 16 2 11 0 26 0 0 0 123 1.974 9.2 2.36[/pre] Mike Fiers Age 29 Status: Active Fiers has never been a "stuff" guy but his impeccable command has always allowed him to out pitch his stuff. At his best he's proven to be a solid starting pitcher for the Brewers but I think he best fits in the bullpen down the road. I doubt he'll ever end up back in Nashville. Fiers MLB career: [pre]Year Age ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2011 26 0.00 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 5.52 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67 2012 27 3.74 23 22 127.2 125 56 53 12 36 110 3.10 1.261 8.8 0.8 2.5 9.5 3.75 2013 28 7.25 11 3 22.1 28 20 18 8 6 54 7.17 1.522 11.3 3.2 2.4 6.0 2.50 2014 29 1.93 9 5 42.0 23 9 9 3 9 195 2.51 0.762 4.9 0.6 1.9 9.9 5.11 4 Yrs 3.71 45 30 194.0 178 85 80 23 54 108 3.46 1.196 8.3 1.1 2.5 9.2 3.67 162 Game Avg. 3.71 41 27 176 161 77 73 21 49 108 3.46 1.196 8.3 1.1 2.5 9.2 3.67[/pre] Fiers MLB career splits page. Taylor Jungmann Age 24 Status: Active Jungmann enjoyed his best season as a professional as his SO/9 jumped up over full 3 full points in a single season. I don't recall another pitcher in the Brewer system having that kind of jump in a single season. He was up and down in Nashville before closing the season on an extreme high note. He works primarily off a 90-92 sinker and has been working to improve his slider, change, and curve over his first 2 seasons. His command hasn't been great as a professional, occasionally causing him issues this season as well. He looks like a lock to return to AAA and be the first pitcher up to cover any issues in Milwaukee for 2015. Ultimately I'm hoping he's a #3 but he's a pretty safe bet to at least be a back of the rotation starter. Jungmann in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2012 22 A+ 3.53 26 26 153.0 159 70 60 7 46 99 1.340 9.4 0.4 2.7 5.8 2.15 2013 23 AA 4.33 26 26 139.1 117 75 67 11 73 82 1.364 7.6 0.7 4.7 5.3 1.12 2014 24 AA 2.77 9 9 52.0 52 21 16 4 15 46 1.288 9.0 0.7 2.6 8.0 3.07 2014 24 AAA 3.98 19 18 101.2 88 48 45 7 46 101 1.318 7.8 0.6 4.1 8.9 2.20 3 Seasons 3.79 80 79 446.0 416 214 188 29 180 328 1.336 8.4 0.6 3.6 6.6 1.82 A+ (1 season) A+ 3.53 26 26 153.0 159 70 60 7 46 99 1.340 9.4 0.4 2.7 5.8 2.15 AA (2 seasons) AA 3.90 35 35 191.1 169 96 83 15 88 128 1.343 7.9 0.7 4.1 6.0 1.45 AAA (1 season) AAA 3.98 19 18 101.2 88 48 45 7 46 101 1.318 7.8 0.6 4.1 8.9 2.20[/pre] Jungmann's splits: [pre]Split ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP SO9 SO/W Total 3.57 28 27 0 153.2 140 69 61 11 61 0 147 15 1 0 655 1.308 8.6 2.41 Last 7 days 1.80 1 1 0 5.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 9 1 0 0 24 1.800 16.2 1.50 Last 28 days 1.80 5 5 0 30.0 18 7 6 3 15 0 38 1 0 0 118 1.100 11.4 2.53 Last 90 days 4.07 16 16 0 86.1 73 42 39 6 40 0 86 11 1 0 369 1.309 9.0 2.15 Home 3.33 14 14 0 78.1 73 36 29 9 22 0 80 9 0 0 331 1.213 9.2 3.64 Away 3.82 14 13 0 75.1 67 33 32 2 39 0 67 6 1 0 324 1.407 8.0 1.72 April 4.23 5 5 0 27.2 28 16 13 4 8 0 28 2 0 0 118 1.301 9.1 3.50 May 2.16 6 5 0 33.1 34 10 8 1 12 0 25 1 0 0 143 1.380 6.8 2.08 June 5.18 6 6 0 33.0 34 20 19 1 13 0 31 7 1 0 147 1.424 8.5 2.38 July 5.11 5 5 0 24.2 24 15 14 2 9 0 21 4 0 0 110 1.338 7.7 2.33 August 1.80 6 6 0 35.0 20 8 7 3 19 0 42 1 0 0 137 1.114 10.8 2.21 As Starter 3.40 27 27 0 150.2 134 65 57 11 57 0 143 15 1 0 637 1.268 8.5 2.51 As Reliever 12.00 1 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 18 3.333 12.0 1.00[/pre] Donovan Hand Age 28 Status: Active Hand's 5th go round through AAA was as brutal as it gets and he may have pitched himself out of the organization. Never a stuff guy he's always been reliant on his command and control. He was better out of the rotation than the pen, but the pen is his MLB future if he has one. Hand in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev ERA G GS SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2010 24 AAA 4.62 21 0 0 0 25.1 29 16 13 1 5 11 0 1.342 10.3 0.4 1.8 3.9 2.20 2011 25 AAA 3.60 39 0 0 1 55.0 66 24 22 6 21 32 0 1.582 10.8 1.0 3.4 5.2 1.52 2012 26 AAA 3.84 44 3 0 0 79.2 90 35 34 7 18 54 1 1.356 10.2 0.8 2.0 6.1 3.00 2013 27 AAA 3.28 20 0 0 0 35.2 34 15 13 4 11 38 0 1.262 8.6 1.0 2.8 9.6 3.45 2014 28 AAA 5.20 47 8 0 13 79.2 100 51 46 9 22 71 4 1.531 11.3 1.0 2.5 8.0 3.23 8 Seasons 3.78 277 54 0 22 633.1 707 304 266 60 147 427 19 1.348 10.0 0.9 2.1 6.1 2.90 AAA (5 seasons) AAA 4.18 171 11 0 14 275.1 319 141 128 27 77 206 5 1.438 10.4 0.9 2.5 6.7 2.68[/pre] Dustin Molleken Age 30 Status: Active Molleken is a career minor leaguer and just didn't appear to be anything special for Nashville this year. He had a decent season in 2013 for the Sounds but that's about it, I'd like the Brewers to move on for 2015. Molleken in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2011 26 AAA COL 18.00 1 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 1 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 2012 27 AAA COL 5.18 40 0 48.2 58 33 28 5 18 36 1.562 10.7 0.9 3.3 6.7 2.00 2013 28 AAA MIL 3.14 10 0 14.1 9 5 5 0 4 13 0.907 5.7 0.0 2.5 8.2 3.25 2014 29 AAA MIL 4.84 54 0 74.1 71 44 40 7 35 89 1.426 8.6 0.8 4.2 10.8 2.54 11 Seasons 4.90 283 23 538.2 566 325 293 63 181 480 1.387 9.5 1.1 3.0 8.0 2.65 AA (3 seasons) AA 4.47 84 0 143.0 138 76 71 15 46 129 1.287 8.7 0.9 2.9 8.1 2.80 AAA (4 seasons) AAA 4.88 105 0 138.1 141 84 75 12 58 139 1.439 9.2 0.8 3.8 9.0 2.40[/pre] Alfredo Figaro Age 30 Status: Active Figaro is a guy who keeps getting chances because he has a huge arm but he's never been able to be consistent in his location with his FB or the quality of his off-speed offerings. The fact that Milwaukee recalled Alfredo yet again seems to signal the organization is still intrigued, he spent time in Japan which is why there are gaps in his stateside numbers. He's never dominated in a reasonably large sample above A ball nor has he been terrible either... he's caught in that middle ground of guys who show potential but haven't gotten over the hump. Figaro's MLB Career: [pre]Year Age Tm ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2009 24 DET 6.35 5 3 17.0 23 13 12 3 10 16 5.45 1.941 12.2 1.6 5.3 8.5 1.60 2010 25 DET 6.75 8 1 14.2 18 12 11 1 8 5 4.92 1.773 11.0 0.6 4.9 3.1 0.63 2013 28 MIL 4.14 33 5 74.0 77 41 34 15 15 54 4.87 1.243 9.4 1.8 1.8 6.6 3.60 2014 29 MIL 6.00 4 0 6.0 5 4 4 1 1 4 4.46 1.000 7.5 1.5 1.5 6.0 4.00 4 Yrs 4.92 50 9 111.2 123 70 61 20 34 79 4.94 1.406 9.9 1.6 2.7 6.4 2.32[/pre] Figaro in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2010 25 AAA DET 4.14 23 23 124.0 142 60 57 11 39 112 1.460 10.3 0.8 2.8 8.1 2.87 2013 28 AAA MIL 2.77 3 3 13.0 14 6 4 0 9 8 1.769 9.7 0.0 6.2 5.5 0.89 2014 29 AAA MIL 3.71 42 2 70.1 80 31 29 5 22 55 1.450 10.2 0.6 2.8 7.0 2.50 7 Seasons 3.25 140 83 556.1 551 235 201 27 169 444 1.294 8.9 0.4 2.7 7.2 2.63 AA (1 season) AA 3.60 16 11 80.0 67 36 32 8 23 69 1.125 7.5 0.9 2.6 7.8 3.00 AAA (3 seasons) AAA 3.91 68 28 207.1 236 97 90 16 70 175 1.476 10.2 0.7 3.0 7.6 2.50[/pre] Brent Leach Age 31 Status: Active Nothing about Leach stands out other than he's a lefty, he even had an uninspiring college career, but somehow he's spun what's he's got into a reasonably long baseball career. He got an extended call to the bigs with the Dodgers in 2009 when he appeared in 38 games but hasn't been back since. If you're noticing a trend with these veterans on the Nashville roster the answer is yes, it appears we've moved on from Ranger cast-offs and are now recycling former Dodgers. He's bounced between AA and AAA for the Brewers now in both 2013-2014, I'd much rather someone like Suter get that role than continue with Leach as the swing lefty. Leach's MLB stint: [pre]Year Age Tm ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2009 26 LAD 5.75 38 20.1 16 13 13 3 12 19 71 5.06 1.377 7.1 1.3 5.3 8.4 1.58[/pre] Leach in MiLB [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 30 A+ MIL 0.00 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0.400 1.8 0.0 1.8 12.6 7.00 2013 30 AA MIL 0.00 4 0 5.1 6 0 0 0 1 5 1.312 10.1 0.0 1.7 8.4 5.00 2013 30 AAA MIL 5.19 17 0 17.1 15 10 10 2 10 21 1.442 7.8 1.0 5.2 10.9 2.10 2014 31 AA MIL 2.25 4 0 4.0 1 1 1 1 1 4 0.500 2.2 2.2 2.2 9.0 4.00 2014 31 AAA MIL 3.28 59 1 60.1 51 25 22 6 28 69 1.309 7.6 0.9 4.2 10.3 2.46 9 Seasons 3.70 298 46 554.1 501 268 228 36 294 575 1.434 8.1 0.6 4.8 9.3 1.96 AA (6 seasons) AA 3.19 87 18 194.2 172 84 69 12 96 167 1.377 8.0 0.6 4.4 7.7 1.74 AAA (5 seasons) AAA 5.53 131 5 153.0 161 103 94 16 90 164 1.641 9.5 0.9 5.3 9.6 1.82[/pre] Kyle Heckathorn Age 26 Status: Disabled 7 Day I understand why the Brewers keep hoping Heckathorn turns a corner and finds something, it's difficult to walk away from 1st round picks, but I'm ready to move on. Kyle posted a solid yet unspectacular 2013 and followed that up with a disaster in his repeat performance of AAA. He was still managing to hang on in the BA Brewer top 30 all the way to 2012 when he was the #29, but that's a more a commentary on the farm system than anything Heckathorn had done to warrant such consideration. As starter his velocity had dipped down into the high 80s at times, as a reliever he works 91-93 but doesn't have any one pitch which really stands out. Heckathorn in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2012 24 AA 4.75 35 17 119.1 127 67 63 7 38 88 13 1.383 9.6 0.5 2.9 6.6 2.32 2013 25 AAA 3.60 48 1 65.0 50 31 26 5 31 46 4 1.246 6.9 0.7 4.3 6.4 1.48 2014 26 AAA 5.70 28 4 47.1 51 31 30 7 21 30 3 1.521 9.7 1.3 4.0 5.7 1.43 6 Seasons 4.35 164 70 494.0 507 277 239 41 165 358 29 1.360 9.2 0.7 3.0 6.5 2.17 AA (2 seasons) AA 5.32 42 24 155.2 172 101 92 14 55 112 15 1.458 9.9 0.8 3.2 6.5 2.04 AAA (2 seasons) AAA 4.49 76 5 112.1 101 62 56 12 52 76 7 1.362 8.1 1.0 4.2 6.1 1.46[/pre] Jeremy Jeffress Age 26 Status: Active Jeffress still has electric stuff and dominated hitters in Nashville this season, rightfully earning his return to MLB. As long as he's throwing strikes I don't think there's anyway he returns to the minor leagues again, which is wonderful for him considering the winding road he traveled back to the Brewer organization. JJ was always a guy I rooted hard for but ultimately left me incredibly disappointed so I'm thrilled with how things have turned around for him. Jeffress 2014 MLB stint with the Brewers thus far: [pre]Year Age ERA G GF IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2014 26 1.56 18 6 17.1 18 3 3 1 3 11 244 3.13 1.212 9.3 0.5 1.6 5.7 3.67[/pre] Jeffress in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 25 AAA TOR 1.65 25 27.1 22 6 5 0 13 28 1.280 7.2 0.0 4.3 9.2 2.15 2014 26 AAA MIL 1.51 30 41.2 33 8 7 0 18 45 1.224 7.1 0.0 3.9 9.7 2.50 9 Seasons 3.89 209 495.2 401 255 214 29 285 543 1.384 7.3 0.5 5.2 9.9 1.91 AAA (4 seasons) AAA 3.75 108 151.0 134 68 63 9 74 158 1.377 8.0 0.5 4.4 9.4 2.14[/pre] Arcenio Leon Age 27 Status: Active Leon is a career minor leaguer once ranked the #19 prospect in the Rangers organization. He had a very nice start to the season in Huntsville but that didn't follow through after his promotion. He's another guy who's going to get continual changes because of his stuff and arm. Here's what BA wrote about him in 2009: Leon in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 26 AA MIL 5.68 35 10 71.1 60 49 45 8 58 41 1.654 7.6 1.0 7.3 5.2 0.71 2014 27 AA MIL 2.18 24 0 33.0 23 9 8 0 8 29 0.939 6.3 0.0 2.2 7.9 3.63 2014 27 AAA MIL 5.26 28 0 39.1 44 27 23 3 19 32 1.602 10.1 0.7 4.3 7.3 1.68 10 Seasons 4.49 333 25 579.0 563 361 289 33 337 483 1.554 8.8 0.5 5.2 7.5 1.43 AA (5 seasons) AA 4.82 168 10 255.2 241 158 137 19 169 224 1.604 8.5 0.7 5.9 7.9 1.33 AAA (2 seasons) AAA 5.66 29 0 41.1 46 30 26 4 20 32 1.597 10.0 0.9 4.4 7.0 1.60[/pre] Johnnie Lowe Age 29 Status: Helena Active Lowe is another career MiLB player, he reportedly touched 95 with his FB prior to the draft in 2007 and was rated with the best curve in the White Sox system for 2011 but that stuff has never translated into domination at any level. Johnnie has been pitching in the Brewer system since 2012 and was basically a taxi squad DL guy between AA and AAA for the season, ending the year on Helena's roster (paper move). Lowe in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2012 27 AA MIL 5.26 11 10 53.0 54 36 31 5 30 40 1.585 9.2 0.8 5.1 6.8 1.33 2012 27 AAA MIL 3.55 19 0 33.0 32 21 13 6 21 20 1.606 8.7 1.6 5.7 5.5 0.95 2013 28 AAA MIL 3.53 37 5 79.0 94 39 31 7 21 62 1.456 10.7 0.8 2.4 7.1 2.95 2014 29 AA MIL 4.22 5 0 10.2 12 5 5 3 2 8 1.312 10.1 2.5 1.7 6.8 4.00 2014 29 AAA MIL 5.55 18 5 35.2 40 24 22 6 15 35 1.542 10.1 1.5 3.8 8.8 2.33 8 Seasons 4.31 208 100 711.1 751 399 341 61 265 505 1.428 9.5 0.8 3.4 6.4 1.91 AA (5 seasons) AA 4.61 77 39 277.1 286 158 142 23 120 176 1.464 9.3 0.7 3.9 5.7 1.47 AAA (3 seasons) AAA 4.02 74 10 147.2 166 84 66 19 57 117 1.510 10.1 1.2 3.5 7.1 2.05[/pre] Jose De La Torre Age 28 Status: Active De La Torre had a cup of coffee with Boston in 2013 and didn't pitch his way back this season. He was never a top 30 prospect for the Sox so I was unable to find anything about where his stuff was or is going. Jose spent time at 3 levels of the Brewer organization this year. De La Torre in MiLB: [pre]Year Age AgeDif Tm Lg Lev Aff W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2014 28 4.8 BrevardCounty FLOR A+ MIL 0 0 2.25 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 16 0.750 6.8 2.2 0.0 13.5 2014 28 3.6 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 1 0 1.000 1.93 9 0 3 0 0 2 14.0 8 3 3 2 6 0 16 1 0 0 56 1.000 5.1 1.3 3.9 10.3 2.67 2014 28 1.2 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 4 3 .571 5.97 21 0 7 0 0 0 28.2 36 21 19 2 16 2 36 0 0 4 135 1.814 11.3 0.6 5.0 11.3 2.25 8 Seasons 36 24 .600 3.00 281 14 113 0 0 31 438.2 372 187 146 22 181 14 468 20 3 31 1862 1.261 7.6 0.5 3.7 9.6 2.59 AAA (5 seasons) AAA 16 8 .667 3.12 125 0 42 0 0 4 178.2 145 74 62 11 82 6 202 6 0 15 757 1.271 7.3 0.6 4.1 10.2 2.46[/pre] Jay Jackson Age 26 Status: Active Jackson came over late in the year after the Pirates let him go. He works lows 90s with averagish off-speed stuff and was the Cubs #15 prospect coming out of 2010. BA said it best: Jackson in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2009 21 AAA CHC 1.50 1 1 6.0 5 1 1 1 3 4 1.333 7.5 1.5 4.5 6.0 1.33 2010 22 AAA CHC 4.63 32 25 157.1 153 86 81 20 48 119 1.278 8.8 1.1 2.7 6.8 2.48 2011 23 AAA CHC 5.34 26 26 146.2 180 90 87 10 46 97 1.541 11.0 0.6 2.8 6.0 2.11 2012 24 AAA CHC 6.57 37 9 86.1 105 67 63 14 43 76 1.714 10.9 1.5 4.5 7.9 1.77 2013 25 AA MIA 3.16 14 14 79.2 59 32 28 6 22 73 1.017 6.7 0.7 2.5 8.2 3.32 2013 25 AAA MIA 4.68 7 4 25.0 29 16 13 3 11 20 1.600 10.4 1.1 4.0 7.2 1.82 2014 26 AAA PIT 4.89 25 12 84.2 91 50 46 8 36 87 1.500 9.7 0.9 3.8 9.2 2.42 2014 26 AAA MIL 5.06 6 6 26.2 29 15 15 4 16 28 1.688 9.8 1.4 5.4 9.4 1.75 7 Seasons 4.49 184 125 783.1 795 421 391 80 281 699 1.374 9.1 0.9 3.2 8.0 2.49 AAA (6 seasons) AAA 5.17 134 83 532.2 592 325 306 60 203 431 1.492 10.0 1.0 3.4 7.3 2.12[/pre] Rob Wooten Age 29 Status: Active Wooten bounced between Nashville and Milwaukee all season and didn't set the world on fire at either place. Brewers fans are incredibly familiar with Rob by this point so I'm just going to post his stats. Wooten in MLB: [pre]Year Age ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 27 3.90 27 27.2 27 12 12 1 8 18 99 3.19 1.265 8.8 0.3 2.6 5.9 2.25 2014 28 4.59 39 33.1 39 17 17 1 8 29 82 2.59 1.410 10.5 0.3 2.2 7.8 3.63 2 Yrs 4.28 66 61.0 66 29 29 2 16 47 89 2.86 1.344 9.7 0.3 2.4 6.9 2.94 162 Game Avg. 4.28 68 63 68 30 30 2 16 48 89 2.86 1.344 9.7 0.3 2.4 6.9 2.94[/pre] Wooten in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2012 26 AAA 3.93 40 52.2 49 23 23 4 16 49 1.234 8.4 0.7 2.7 8.4 3.06 2013 27 AAA 2.94 40 52.0 40 17 17 4 12 45 1.000 6.9 0.7 2.1 7.8 3.75 2014 28 AAA 5.82 21 21.2 24 16 14 1 5 21 1.338 10.0 0.4 2.1 8.7 4.20 6 Seasons 3.09 233 300.0 258 114 103 16 86 317 1.147 7.7 0.5 2.6 9.5 3.69 AAA (3 seasons) AAA 3.85 101 126.1 113 56 54 9 33 115 1.156 8.1 0.6 2.4 8.2 3.48[/pre] Johnny Hellweg Age 25 Status: Disabled 7 Day Hellweg's career has been well chronicled on this forum. To quickly sum him up: Huge arm, average secondary stuff, and trouble locating. I've long felt he was destined for the bullpen, he just doesn't have the stuff for 3 times through a MLB order. However with the TJ surgery and the fact that he is also out of options for 2015 he may not pitch again for this organization as I doubt he'd clear waivers. Here is what BA said about Johnny after last season: Hellweg in MLB: [pre]Year Age Tm ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 24 MIL 6.75 8 7 30.2 40 30 23 3 26 9 57 7.06 2.152 11.7 0.9 7.6 2.6 0.35[/pre] Hellweg in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2012 23 AA MIL 2.70 7 2 20.0 16 7 6 0 15 17 1.550 7.2 0.0 6.8 7.6 1.13 2012 23 AA LAA 3.38 21 21 119.2 105 52 45 8 60 88 1.379 7.9 0.6 4.5 6.6 1.47 2013 24 A MIL 3.00 1 1 6.0 5 2 2 0 2 4 1.167 7.5 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 2013 24 AAA MIL 3.15 23 23 125.2 103 55 44 6 81 89 1.464 7.4 0.4 5.8 6.4 1.10 2014 25 AAA MIL 4.95 4 4 20.0 21 11 11 1 15 12 1.800 9.4 0.4 6.8 5.4 0.80 7 Seasons 3.53 162 68 477.0 384 230 187 20 330 446 1.497 7.2 0.4 6.2 8.4 1.35 AA (1 season) AA 3.29 28 23 139.2 121 59 51 8 75 105 1.403 7.8 0.5 4.8 6.8 1.40 AAA (2 seasons) AAA 3.40 27 27 145.2 124 66 55 7 96 101 1.510 7.7 0.4 5.9 6.2 1.05[/pre] Eric Marzec Age 26 Status: Huntsville Active Marzec was one of the pitchers held up by the logjam of veteran arms assigned to Nashville. He spent most of the year in AA but occasionally was bumped up to pitch a game for the Sounds, he's bounced around quite a bit in his career. He's a low 90s guy, decent secondary stuff, who profiles best as a reliever. Marzec in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev ERA G IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2011 23 A 1.77 32 45.2 29 14 9 2 27 55 1.226 5.7 0.4 5.3 10.8 2.04 2011 23 A+ 1.74 8 20.2 17 4 4 1 5 9 1.065 7.4 0.4 2.2 3.9 1.80 2011 23 AAA 0.00 2 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 2012 24 A+ 2.45 23 36.2 33 15 10 2 13 31 1.255 8.1 0.5 3.2 7.6 2.38 2012 24 AA 7.53 10 14.1 15 12 12 2 10 18 1.744 9.4 1.3 6.3 11.3 1.80 2013 25 A+ 1.59 3 5.2 3 1 1 1 0 5 0.529 4.8 1.6 0.0 7.9 2013 25 AA 1.99 43 54.1 49 17 12 2 20 51 1.270 8.1 0.3 3.3 8.4 2.55 2014 26 AA 3.34 32 72.2 78 34 27 6 27 50 1.445 9.7 0.7 3.3 6.2 1.85 2014 26 AAA 1.32 6 13.2 10 4 2 0 4 12 1.024 6.6 0.0 2.6 7.9 3.00 5 Seasons 2.52 182 300.1 261 114 84 17 116 278 1.255 7.8 0.5 3.5 8.3 2.40 AAA (2 seasons) AAA 1.08 8 16.2 11 4 2 0 5 13 0.960 5.9 0.0 2.7 7.0 2.60[/pre] Billy Buckner Age 31 Status: Active I was shocked when the Brewers brought in Buckner in August, I didn't see it then and don't get it now. He's basically a 2 pitch guy, low 90s sinker and a curve. I just don't see how he was a better option than anyone else from inside the organization. Buckner in MLB: [pre]Year Age Tm ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2007 23 KCR 5.29 7 5 34.0 37 20 20 5 16 17 87 5.56 1.559 9.8 1.3 4.2 4.5 1.06 2008 24 ARI 3.21 10 0 14.0 16 5 5 3 4 11 146 5.42 1.429 10.3 1.9 2.6 7.1 2.75 2009 25 ARI 6.40 16 13 77.1 94 57 55 12 29 64 70 4.70 1.591 10.9 1.4 3.4 7.4 2.21 2010 26 ARI 11.08 3 3 13.0 26 17 16 4 5 11 39 7.00 2.385 18.0 2.8 3.5 7.6 2.20 2013 29 LAA 4.67 7 2 17.1 17 9 9 5 7 7 81 7.37 1.385 8.8 2.6 3.6 3.6 1.00 2014 30 SDP 4.76 1 1 5.2 6 3 3 1 4 4 77 6.13 1.765 9.5 1.6 6.4 6.4 1.00 6 Yrs 6.02 44 24 161.1 196 111 108 30 65 114 73 5.47 1.618 10.9 1.7 3.6 6.4 1.75[/pre] Buckner in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev Aff ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2007 23 AAA KCR 3.78 27 15 104.2 108 49 44 11 26 83 1.280 9.3 0.9 2.2 7.1 3.19 2008 24 AAA ARI 4.95 21 20 116.1 136 74 64 9 43 69 1.539 10.5 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.60 2009 25 AAA ARI 3.32 18 16 103.0 91 41 38 5 45 96 1.320 8.0 0.4 3.9 8.4 2.13 2010 26 AAA DET 9.40 8 8 37.1 60 44 39 8 16 21 2.036 14.5 1.9 3.9 5.1 1.31 2010 26 AAA ARI 3.53 7 7 43.1 40 19 17 2 17 27 1.315 8.3 0.4 3.5 5.6 1.59 2011 27 AAA COL 6.03 23 21 109.0 136 91 73 12 52 80 1.725 11.2 1.0 4.3 6.6 1.54 2012 28 AA BOS 3.20 10 10 56.1 51 20 20 6 17 51 1.207 8.1 1.0 2.7 8.1 3.00 2012 28 AAA BOS 3.91 17 17 96.2 87 48 42 12 36 59 1.272 8.1 1.1 3.4 5.5 1.64 2013 29 AAA LAA 4.87 18 18 94.1 101 61 51 7 50 77 1.601 9.6 0.7 4.8 7.3 1.54 2014 30 AAA SDP 5.80 15 14 63.2 85 52 41 10 33 44 1.853 12.0 1.4 4.7 6.2 1.33 2014 30 AAA MIL 6.00 4 2 12.0 9 8 8 1 3 15 1.000 6.8 0.8 2.2 11.2 5.00 11 Seasons 4.61 236 213 1206.0 1301 716 618 123 497 972 1.491 9.7 0.9 3.7 7.3 1.96 AAA (8 seasons) AAA 4.81 158 138 780.1 853 487 417 77 321 571 1.504 9.8 0.9 3.7 6.6 1.78[/pre] Tim Dillard Age 31 Status: Active Great guy but why the hell bring him back for yet another encore this season? Even the most casual Brewer fan is educated on Dillard and his AAA stint was positively awful. Tyler Cravy Age 25 Status: AZL Brewers Rehab Cravy is a low 90s sinker guy and mixes in a decent slider and curve. It took him a while to figure out how to locate but he exploded in BC last year and carried that through his campaign this year. Unfortunately he suffered a very bad oblique injury in his first start at Nashville and never made it back to AAA before the season ended. His season effectively ended on 6/22 but hopefully he's part of the AAA rotation in 2015. Cravy in MiLB: [pre]Year Age Lev ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2013 23 A+ 2.04 25 9 79.1 61 22 18 1 24 59 1.071 6.9 0.1 2.7 6.7 2.46 2014 24 AA 1.72 14 12 73.1 47 17 14 7 15 64 0.845 5.8 0.9 1.8 7.9 4.27 2014 24 AAA 2.70 1 1 3.1 3 1 1 0 3 4 1.800 8.1 0.0 8.1 10.8 1.33 2014 24 Rk 0.00 2 2 6.0 2 1 0 0 2 8 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 4.00 6 Seasons 3.67 122 51 412.0 364 198 168 27 128 402 1.194 8.0 0.6 2.8 8.8 3.14 AA (1 season) AA 1.72 14 12 73.1 47 17 14 7 15 64 0.845 5.8 0.9 1.8 7.9 4.27 AAA (1 season) AAA 2.70 1 1 3.1 3 1 1 0 3 4 1.800 8.1 0.0 8.1 10.8 1.33[/pre] Cravy's splits: [pre]Split ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP SO9 SO/W Total 1.63 17 15 0 82.2 52 19 15 7 20 0 76 6 1 0 318 0.871 8.3 3.80 Last 7 days 0.00 1 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 9.0 1.50 Last 28 days 0.00 2 2 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 22 0.667 12.0 4.00 Last 90 days 1.27 5 5 0 21.1 12 4 3 1 7 0 24 2 0 0 84 0.891 10.1 3.43 Home 2.13 7 7 0 38.0 24 11 9 6 5 0 34 4 0 0 147 0.763 8.1 6.80 Away 1.21 10 8 0 44.2 28 8 6 1 15 0 42 2 1 0 171 0.963 8.5 2.80 April 2.59 6 4 0 24.1 15 7 7 3 7 0 25 1 1 0 93 0.904 9.2 3.57 May 1.22 6 6 0 37.0 25 8 5 3 6 0 27 3 0 0 141 0.838 6.6 4.50 June 1.76 3 3 0 15.1 10 3 3 1 5 0 16 2 0 0 62 0.978 9.4 3.20 August 0.00 2 2 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 22 0.667 12.0 4.00 As Starter 1.72 15 15 0 78.1 50 19 15 7 18 0 71 6 1 0 301 0.868 8.2 3.94 As Reliever 0.00 2 0 0 4.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 17 0.923 10.4 2.50[/pre]

2014 Nashville Sounds Season Review & Summary Part 1 Record: 77-67 Finish: 2nd American South Division Playoffs: N/A The Sounds were an extremely veteran ball club with few first timers in AAA. The 16 team PCL is split into 4 divisions of 4 teams each, the division winners advance to the postseason. Nashville's winning percentage was better than that of Omaha who won the American North with a 76-67 record by virtue of the fact Nashville played and won 1 more game. Nashville hadn't posted a winning season since the 77-67 record in 2010 and the 2013 season was just an awful 57-87 campaign which may have already sealed Milwaukee's fate with the affiliate coming into the season. The Sounds were 13th of the 16 teams in terms of OPS, and much of the year were near the bottom of the league in HR totals, but a flourish of HRs through August bumped those numbers significantly. It's extremely difficult for teams outside of the West to be in the top of league without the games in the extreme run environments of places like Colorado City, Reno, and Tucson. Nashville had the lowest run total in the league, just 4.40 per game, finished 12 in AVE at .266, and were tied for last in OBP at .325. The low team OBP shouldn't be a surprise given the construction of the ball club which was very similar to Milwaukee in that there weren't very many patient hitters in the lineup. Nashville did lead the league in ERA, edging out the Cubs affiliate in Iowa by .001, though most of the players whom contributed in large part to that stat were gone by season's end. Nelson, Fiers, Jeffress, and Mills had all moved up or on by August. The Sounds also took the SO and WHIP categories but were in the middle of the pack when it came to BBs. All in all the club did accomplish most of what it was built to do which was provide MLB depth and win ball games. Many of us also thought the roster was direct move to provide a winner for Nashville in hopes of retaining the affiliation with the team. From a prospect perspective they weren't exciting to follow as a team, though the pitching was extraordinary for a time. I wasn't thrilled with the roster construction as it started a logjam all the way through the system and I'd hope the news that the Sounds are looking to partner with a different organization for 2015 coupled with the success at the lower levels of the system would mean we'd see less of a veteran presence and more prospects on the team next year. Position Players (In order of total MILB PA.) Sean Halton Age 27 Status: Active Halton's AVE went up 20 points this season at the expense of his OPS dropping almost 40 points as both his OBP and SLG went down, I would rather the AVE went down but the OBP and SLG went up. He's become more versatile defensively but as he's limited to the corners he just doesn't have the offensive game to support a starting role on a MLB club. Halton at the plate: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2012 25 119 412 358 48 98 23 3 17 57 0 2 43 81 .274 .354 .497 .852 2013 26 96 399 352 51 96 29 2 11 51 6 2 35 92 .273 .348 .460 .809 2014 27 122 453 416 63 122 29 3 8 63 0 1 30 90 .293 .342 .435 .777 6 Seasons 649 2566 2303 304 670 162 11 59 369 21 13 190 504 .291 .350 .448 .798 AAA (3 seasons) 337 1264 1126 162 316 81 8 36 171 6 5 108 263 .281 .348 .463 .811[/pre] Halton in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 1B 25 188 163 24 1 14 .995 7.48 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL LF 54 62 59 2 1 0 .984 1.13 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL RF 27 39 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 14 0.00 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL OF 80 101 97 3 1 0 .990 1.25 6 Seasons 604 3992 3636 324 32 322 .992 6.56 1B (6 seasons) 1B 431 3744 3402 313 29 321 .992 8.62 LF (3 seasons) LF 84 107 101 4 2 0 .981 1.25 RF (2 seasons) RF 75 138 132 5 1 1 .993 1.83 OF (1 season) OF 80 101 97 3 1 0 .990 1.25 DH (1 season) DH 14 0.00 3B (1 season) 3B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00[/pre] Halton's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 122 451 414 63 122 29 3 8 63 0 1 30 90 .295 .344 .437 .781 Last 7 days 6 26 22 8 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 5 .409 .462 .591 1.052 Last 28 days 22 88 81 15 26 6 0 2 12 0 0 5 16 .321 .364 .469 .833 Last 90 days 71 262 249 40 78 19 1 5 37 0 1 11 47 .313 .344 .458 .801 Home 62 219 199 28 57 16 2 3 32 0 0 16 40 .286 .342 .432 .775 Away 60 232 215 35 65 13 1 5 31 0 1 14 50 .302 .345 .442 .787 vs RHP as RHB 106 278 253 67 13 2 5 35 18 60 .265 .317 .391 .708 vs LHP as RHB 68 173 161 55 16 1 3 28 12 30 .342 .387 .509 .897 April 22 82 73 10 17 3 1 2 6 0 0 8 22 .233 .305 .384 .688 May 27 99 84 13 26 7 1 1 20 0 0 11 20 .310 .394 .452 .846 June 21 72 70 10 21 5 0 1 7 0 0 2 13 .300 .319 .414 .734 July 25 91 87 14 26 6 0 2 17 0 0 4 16 .299 .330 .437 .766 August 26 102 95 13 29 7 1 1 11 0 1 5 19 .305 .343 .432 .775 September 1 5 5 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 1.400 2.000[/pre] Hector Gomez Age 28 Status: Active Gomez experienced a break out year, far better offensively than anything he's done previously, he always had power potential according to scouts but this is the first year it translated at all. Here's what BA said about Gomez after 2011: He may have a MLB future after all but right now 2014 is the huge outlier in his career. Gomez at the plate: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 26 121 442 408 59 115 25 6 15 49 5 3 21 80 .282 .325 .483 .808 9 Seasons 659 2724 2511 309 639 136 33 57 293 63 37 124 525 .254 .295 .403 .698[/pre] Gomez in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 26 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 2B 2 7 1 5 1 0 .857 3.00 2014 26 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 3B 3 8 1 7 0 2 1.000 2.67 2014 26 Nashville PCL AAA MIL SS 111 450 146 290 14 61 .969 3.93 2014 26 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 1 0.00 9 Seasons 618 2872 960 1767 145 360 .950 4.41 SS (9 seasons) SS 588 2770 936 1700 134 352 .952 4.48 2B (3 seasons) 2B 4 12 4 7 1 0 .917 2.75 3B (2 seasons) 3B 25 90 20 60 10 8 .889 3.20 DH (1 season) DH 1 0.00[/pre] Gomez' splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 119 440 406 59 114 25 6 15 49 5 3 21 79 .281 .324 .483 .807 Last 7 days 3 13 11 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .364 .462 .364 .825 Last 28 days 14 51 47 9 19 5 2 3 8 0 0 3 5 .404 .440 .787 1.227 Last 90 days 67 253 232 34 70 14 4 10 31 3 1 14 43 .302 .351 .526 .876 Home 57 197 179 28 46 8 2 3 15 1 1 10 36 .257 .316 .374 .691 Away 62 243 227 31 68 17 4 12 34 4 2 11 43 .300 .331 .568 .899 vs RHP as RHB 105 275 254 71 20 5 10 28 13 44 .280 .328 .516 .844 vs LHP as RHB 72 165 152 43 5 1 5 21 8 35 .283 .317 .428 .745 April 23 79 73 6 13 6 1 2 8 0 2 2 15 .178 .215 .370 .585 May 27 99 93 18 29 5 1 3 10 2 0 4 19 .312 .343 .484 .827 June 23 92 82 8 18 2 1 3 8 1 0 9 20 .220 .304 .378 .682 July 27 99 94 16 29 6 0 4 15 0 1 0 18 .309 .327 .500 .827 August 18 66 61 9 25 6 3 3 8 2 0 4 7 .410 .446 .754 1.200 September 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400[/pre] Eugenio Velez Age 32 Status: Active Velez is a classic journeymen having played for 5 different organizations no, he's accumulated 259 games in parts of 5 MLB seasons. He's been decent at plate but nothing really stands out offensively. Velez at the plate: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 32 116 441 404 57 125 24 4 7 51 27 15 31 68 .309 .363 .441 .803 12 Seasons 987 3988 3618 548 1085 210 68 67 470 289 117 296 665 .300 .355 .451 .806[/pre] Velez in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 32 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 2B 33 111 39 69 3 10 .973 3.27 2014 32 Nashville PCL AAA MIL LF 63 69 63 4 2 0 .971 1.06 2014 32 Nashville PCL AAA MIL RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 2014 32 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 13 0.00 2014 32 Nashville PCL AAA MIL OF 64 70 64 4 2 0 .971 1.06 12 Seasons 941 2898 1491 1269 138 264 .952 2.93 2B (12 seasons) 2B 369 1541 631 863 47 191 .970 4.05 LF (8 seasons) LF 173 257 239 8 10 0 .961 1.43 3B (6 seasons) 3B 68 145 29 97 19 11 .869 1.85 CF (5 seasons) CF 117 295 286 1 8 0 .973 2.45 SS (4 seasons) SS 116 516 173 296 47 61 .909 4.04 RF (5 seasons) RF 86 144 133 4 7 1 .951 1.59 OF (1 season) OF 64 70 64 4 2 0 .971 1.06 DH (1 season) DH 13 0.00[/pre] Velez' splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 115 441 404 57 125 24 4 7 51 27 14 31 68 .309 .363 .441 .803 Last 7 days 5 23 22 4 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 .136 .174 .182 .356 Last 28 days 21 92 85 12 25 4 1 1 12 5 2 4 15 .294 .337 .400 .737 Last 90 days 65 250 231 32 70 13 3 2 23 13 6 15 35 .303 .352 .411 .763 Home 62 223 204 33 58 11 3 2 22 11 4 15 41 .284 .341 .397 .738 Away 53 218 200 24 67 13 1 5 29 16 10 16 27 .335 .385 .485 .870 vs RHP as LHB 98 279 261 89 19 4 5 35 15 36 .341 .380 .502 .882 vs LHP as RHB 69 162 143 36 5 0 2 16 16 32 .252 .333 .329 .662 April 22 82 74 13 30 6 0 3 15 7 6 7 11 .405 .463 .608 1.072 May 25 100 90 12 24 5 1 2 12 7 2 9 21 .267 .330 .411 .741 June 19 64 60 7 16 5 0 1 7 2 0 3 7 .267 .313 .400 .713 July 23 88 81 13 27 4 2 0 5 6 2 7 13 .333 .386 .432 .818 August 25 102 95 10 28 4 1 1 12 4 4 4 15 .295 .333 .389 .723 September 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200[/pre] Caleb Gindl Age 26 Status: DFA Gindl had maybe the most disappointing season on the team, he didn't get much of an MLB opportunity this year but he didn't really earn it either. Recently DFA'd this may have been his last hoorah with the organization after his 4th year in Nashville. Gindl's MLB career: [pre]Year Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2013 24 MIL 57 155 132 17 32 7 2 5 14 2 1 20 25 .242 .340 .439 .779 113 2014 25 MIL 8 23 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .158 .304 .158 .462 34 2 Yrs 65 178 151 17 35 7 2 5 14 2 1 24 30 .232 .335 .404 .739 103 162 Game Avg. 162 444 376 42 87 17 5 12 35 5 2 60 75 .232 .335 .404 .739 103[/pre] Gindl at the plate: [pre]Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 22 126 538 472 84 145 23 5 15 60 6 5 63 93 .307 .390 .472 .862 23 127 497 452 54 118 27 5 12 50 4 1 37 98 .261 .317 .423 .740 24 83 347 312 33 92 21 3 11 51 1 2 30 72 .295 .358 .487 .846 25 110 408 362 40 82 20 1 8 32 2 2 42 88 .227 .310 .354 .663 8 Seasons 878 3595 3170 459 905 199 25 90 447 59 28 367 703 .285 .360 .449 .809[/pre] Gindl in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 25 Nashville PCL AAA MIL LF 38 48 46 1 1 0 .979 1.24 2014 25 Nashville PCL AAA MIL CF 37 59 58 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 2014 25 Nashville PCL AAA MIL RF 43 60 56 4 0 1 1.000 1.40 2014 25 Nashville PCL AAA MIL OF 104 167 160 6 1 1 .994 1.60 8 Seasons 856 1565 1469 68 28 15 .982 1.80 RF (8 seasons) RF 573 990 921 49 20 12 .980 1.69 CF (7 seasons) CF 212 439 422 11 6 2 .986 2.04 LF (6 seasons) LF 85 136 126 8 2 1 .985 1.58 OF (1 season) OF 104 167 160 6 1 1 .994 1.60[/pre] Gindl's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 117 429 379 40 84 20 1 8 32 2 2 46 93 .222 .308 .343 .651 Last 7 days 6 18 15 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .067 .167 .133 .300 Last 28 days 16 40 33 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .152 .256 .212 .469 Last 90 days 66 230 201 18 39 10 1 3 19 1 1 25 53 .194 .288 .299 .587 Home 61 225 196 24 47 13 0 4 18 0 1 28 39 .240 .338 .367 .705 Away 56 204 183 16 37 7 1 4 14 2 1 18 54 .202 .276 .317 .593 vs RHP as LHB 110 307 271 67 17 1 8 22 35 59 .247 .333 .406 .739 vs LHP as LHB 58 122 108 17 3 0 0 10 11 34 .157 .246 .185 .431 April 24 100 90 13 25 7 0 2 6 0 0 10 22 .278 .350 .422 .772 May 25 91 80 8 19 3 0 2 6 1 1 11 17 .238 .330 .350 .680 June 25 98 91 8 23 4 1 2 8 0 1 7 19 .253 .306 .385 .691 July 23 84 71 9 10 3 0 2 10 0 0 12 20 .141 .274 .268 .541 August 19 51 44 1 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 14 .159 .260 .227 .487 September 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .000 .200 .000 .200[/pre] Jeremy Hermida Age 30 Status: Active Hermida is another veteran journeyman looking for another shot, here's his 8 year MLB career: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 8 Yrs 632 2261 2012 248 517 104 9 65 250 22 8 216 517 .257 .334 .415 .749 96[/pre] Hermida at the plate: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 30 108 408 340 52 87 20 0 16 67 0 2 62 90 .256 .370 .456 .826 12 Seasons 824 3422 2877 452 799 163 17 92 421 72 15 481 712 .278 .384 .442 .826[/pre] Hermida in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 30 Nashville PCL AAA MIL LF 5 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 2014 30 Nashville PCL AAA MIL RF 82 110 104 2 4 0 .964 1.29 2014 30 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 13 0.00 2014 30 Nashville PCL AAA MIL OF 87 121 115 2 4 0 .967 1.34 12 Seasons 691 1181 1106 35 40 4 .966 1.65 RF (11 seasons) RF 557 693 657 17 19 4 .973 1.21 LF (5 seasons) LF 42 63 60 2 1 0 .984 1.48 OF (4 seasons) OF 335 546 504 18 24 0 .956 1.56 CF (2 seasons) CF 2 0.00 DH (1 season) DH 13 0.00[/pre] Hermida's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 108 408 340 52 87 20 0 16 67 0 1 62 90 .256 .370 .456 .826 Last 7 days 6 27 20 6 6 2 0 3 8 0 0 7 8 .300 .481 .850 1.331 Last 28 days 23 95 80 14 19 7 0 5 22 0 0 13 27 .238 .337 .513 .849 Last 90 days 64 249 202 36 52 14 0 11 42 0 1 44 55 .257 .390 .490 .880 Home 50 186 154 26 42 14 0 7 37 0 1 29 33 .273 .387 .500 .887 Away 58 222 186 26 45 6 0 9 30 0 0 33 57 .242 .356 .419 .775 vs RHP as LHB 102 286 234 57 16 0 9 46 49 55 .244 .371 .427 .798 vs LHP as LHB 63 122 106 30 4 0 7 21 13 35 .283 .369 .519 .888 April 19 64 56 3 16 3 0 2 9 0 0 7 17 .286 .375 .446 .821 May 23 88 76 12 18 3 0 3 16 0 0 10 16 .237 .318 .395 .713 June 24 90 77 14 21 5 0 3 12 0 0 13 15 .273 .378 .455 .832 July 15 61 46 9 13 2 0 3 8 0 1 14 11 .283 .459 .522 .981 August 26 100 80 12 17 6 0 4 18 0 0 18 28 .213 .350 .438 .788 September 1 5 5 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 1.200 1.600[/pre] Irving Falu Age 31 Status: Active Another veteran MLB journeyman the difference being all of Falu's MLB experience came within the last 3 seasons: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2012 29 KCR AL 24 91 85 14 29 6 1 0 7 0 2 4 9 .341 .371 .435 .806 119 2013 30 KCR AL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 38 2014 31 TOT NL 22 35 30 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 5 .100 .200 .100 .300 -11 2014 31 MIL NL 11 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .083 .000 .083 -74 2014 31 SDP NL 11 23 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .150 .261 .150 .411 23 3 Yrs 47 130 119 14 33 6 1 0 8 1 2 8 14 .277 .320 .345 .665 84[/pre] Falu at the plate: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 31 76 282 247 28 72 8 1 2 18 9 9 21 22 .291 .343 .356 .699 12 Seasons 1227 5272 4672 658 1300 173 55 28 407 220 105 450 437 .278 .342 .357 .699[/pre] Falu in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 31 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 2B 29 107 47 59 1 12 .991 3.66 2014 31 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 3B 23 51 15 34 2 0 .961 2.13 2014 31 Nashville PCL AAA MIL SS 28 108 35 71 2 9 .981 3.79 12 Seasons 1214 4753 1812 2792 149 584 .969 3.79 2B (12 seasons) 2B 346 1638 667 942 29 224 .982 4.65 SS (11 seasons) SS 564 2443 782 1564 97 335 .960 4.16 3B (8 seasons) 3B 175 425 128 277 20 24 .953 2.31 RF (5 seasons) RF 103 207 196 9 2 1 .990 1.99 CF (2 seasons) CF 9 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 LF (1 season) LF 17 23 22 0 1 0 .957 1.29[/pre] Falu's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 93 316 276 28 75 8 1 2 19 10 8 25 26 .272 .328 .330 .658 Last 7 days 5 20 18 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .389 .421 .500 .921 Last 28 days 17 56 50 8 16 2 1 1 5 0 1 3 2 .320 .358 .460 .818 Last 90 days 52 157 141 14 37 4 1 1 11 3 3 11 17 .262 .314 .326 .640 Home 44 139 118 13 28 2 0 2 10 4 3 12 15 .237 .303 .305 .608 Away 49 177 158 15 47 6 1 0 9 6 5 13 11 .297 .347 .348 .695 vs RHP as LHB 74 186 164 39 5 1 0 9 14 19 .238 .291 .280 .572 vs LHP as RHB 54 130 112 36 3 0 2 10 11 7 .321 .382 .402 .784 April 21 82 71 5 19 3 0 0 5 5 4 5 3 .268 .308 .310 .618 May 20 77 64 9 19 1 0 1 3 2 1 9 6 .297 .378 .359 .738 June 14 29 24 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 .250 .321 .292 .613 July 17 56 51 4 12 1 0 0 3 3 2 5 10 .235 .304 .255 .558 August 20 67 61 7 17 2 1 1 4 0 1 3 3 .279 .313 .393 .706 September 1 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800[/pre] Matt Pagnozzi Age 31 Status: Active Pagnozzi had a sterling defensive reputation as a C winning the best tool award as a defensive C in the Cardinal's system in '06 and '09. He only has 42 MLB games played over parts of 4 seasons in which he posted: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 4 Yrs 42 105 92 8 25 2 0 1 13 0 0 5 21 .272 .323 .326 .649 77[/pre] Pagnozzi at the plate: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 31 71 259 228 29 49 5 0 11 29 1 0 20 63 .215 .298 .382 .680 12 Seasons 865 3026 2664 277 583 119 8 43 285 14 10 251 680 .219 .297 .318 .615[/pre] Pagnozzi in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% 2014 31 Nashville PCL AAA MIL C 68 595 540 52 3 5 .995 8.71 9 56 22 28% 2014 31 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 3 0.00 12 Seasons 831 6134 5495 598 41 48 .993 7.33 91 460 252 35% C (12 seasons) C 819 6117 5482 594 41 46 .993 7.42 91 460 252 35% P (3 seasons) P 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 1B (2 seasons) 1B 3 15 13 2 0 2 1.000 5.00 LF (2 seasons) LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DH (1 season) DH 3 0.00[/pre] Pagnozzi's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 71 257 227 29 48 5 0 11 29 1 0 19 63 .211 .292 .379 .671 Last 7 days 3 12 10 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .200 .333 .500 .833 Last 28 days 13 47 40 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 14 .175 .283 .275 .558 Last 90 days 46 166 147 20 31 2 0 8 21 1 0 13 44 .211 .293 .388 .680 Home 37 129 115 15 23 3 0 4 9 0 0 8 34 .200 .270 .330 .600 Away 34 128 112 14 25 2 0 7 20 1 0 11 29 .223 .315 .429 .744 vs RHP as RHB 63 159 141 23 0 0 4 14 11 42 .163 .244 .248 .492 vs LHP as RHB 42 98 86 25 5 0 7 15 8 21 .291 .371 .593 .964 April 9 30 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .069 .100 .069 .169 May 14 54 45 6 13 3 0 3 6 0 0 4 12 .289 .385 .556 .940 June 16 61 57 10 15 0 0 3 8 1 0 3 14 .263 .311 .421 .733 July 15 50 46 6 8 1 0 4 8 0 0 3 14 .174 .240 .457 .697 August 17 62 50 6 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 8 17 .200 .333 .280 .613[/pre] Jason Rogers Age 26 Status: Active Rogers was one the few first timers on this year's Nashville roster, recently converted to 3B as it's not his natural position. With the logjam in front of him he actually started the season repeating AA but worked his way up to AAA on 6/27 but was still one of this team's more intriguing prospects. He's not all that toolsy but is a decent athlete for his size, he's going to put up solid AB after AB as he competes, he definitely grew on me during his time in WI. I still think he fits best at 1B but playing at least a respectable 3B just increases his future versatility if he isn't able to stick as an everyday type player. It was nice to see him double in his first MLB AB earlier tonight. Rogers at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 26 AA 77 324 287 42 81 18 2 7 43 5 1 31 56 .282 .355 .432 .787 2014 26 AAA 57 232 206 36 65 11 4 11 39 0 0 22 38 .316 .379 .568 .947 5 Seasons 513 2147 1873 282 537 112 12 61 307 35 8 235 353 .287 .367 .457 .824[/pre] Rogers in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 26 2 Teams 2 Lgs AA-AAA MIL 3B 122 338 80 237 21 21 .938 2.60 2014 26 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 3B 66 195 45 136 14 16 .928 2.74 2014 26 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL DH 9 0.00 2014 26 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 3B 56 143 35 101 7 5 .951 2.43 5 Seasons 446 2661 2217 399 45 213 .983 5.87 1B (4 seasons) 1B 247 2232 2051 158 23 192 .990 8.94 LF (3 seasons) LF 66 89 84 4 1 0 .989 1.33 3B (2 seasons) 3B 123 338 80 237 21 21 .938 2.58 RF (1 season) RF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 DH (1 season) DH 9 0.00[/pre] Rogers' splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 134 554 491 78 146 29 6 18 82 5 1 53 94 .297 .366 .491 .857 Last 7 days 5 22 20 3 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 3 .400 .455 .800 1.255 Last 28 days 23 95 85 16 31 5 2 7 20 0 0 9 16 .365 .432 .718 1.149 Last 90 days 75 301 267 44 84 14 4 13 48 1 0 28 53 .315 .375 .543 .918 Home 67 265 234 36 66 14 2 9 37 3 1 23 46 .282 .351 .474 .825 Away 67 289 257 42 80 15 4 9 45 2 0 30 48 .311 .381 .506 .886 vs RHP as RHB 128 410 365 108 24 4 15 68 39 72 .296 .363 .507 .870 vs LHP as RHB 69 144 126 38 5 2 3 14 14 22 .302 .375 .444 .819 April 25 109 99 13 24 6 1 1 12 2 0 9 18 .242 .303 .354 .656 May 30 126 107 20 33 8 1 3 19 2 1 16 18 .308 .413 .486 .899 June 26 106 95 12 27 5 1 4 17 1 0 7 22 .284 .321 .484 .805 July 24 96 86 14 25 3 1 2 12 0 0 9 18 .291 .354 .419 .773 August 29 117 104 19 37 7 2 8 22 0 0 12 18 .356 .427 .692 1.120[/pre] Matt Clark Age 27 Status: Active Clark might have been the most talked about AAA player in the second half of the season on Brewerfan.net. Playing in the favorable hitting environment of Tucson during his first 2 years of AAA for the Padres he was let go and picked up by the Mets who assigned him to AA Binghamton in 2014. Clark asked for and was granted his release in the middle of the summer at which time the Brewers picked him up and he posted the best numbers of his career. The extended hot streak directly led to a September call-up and his MLB debut last night in which he flied out to CF. He's definitely on the Brewers radar and between he and Jason Rogers may have made Hunter Morris expendable. Here's what BA wrote about him when he was ranked the Padres 29th prospect after 2009: Clark at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 27 AA 67 255 219 32 65 14 0 10 46 0 0 25 45 .297 .380 .498 .878 2014 27 AAA 53 213 195 35 61 9 0 16 37 0 0 15 52 .313 .371 .605 .976 6 Seasons 668 2816 2462 378 703 138 7 128 473 2 2 286 644 .286 .362 .503 .865 AAA (3 seasons) AAA 303 1258 1102 181 325 59 3 61 197 0 2 130 281 .295 .366 .520 .886[/pre] Clark in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 27 Binghamton EL AA NYM 1B 40 280 253 23 4 22 .986 6.90 2014 27 Binghamton EL AA NYM LF 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 2014 27 Binghamton EL AA NYM DH 20 0.00 2014 27 Binghamton EL AA NYM OF 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 1B 50 407 383 22 2 26 .995 8.10 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL LF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 3 0.00 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 6 Seasons 565 4131 3788 295 48 322 .988 7.23 1B (6 seasons) 1B 460 4008 3667 294 47 322 .988 8.61 LF (3 seasons) LF 67 102 100 1 1 0 .990 1.51 OF (1 season) OF 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 DH (1 season) DH 23 0.00 RF (1 season) RF 14 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 SS (1 season) SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00[/pre] Clark's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 121 467 413 67 126 23 0 26 83 0 0 40 97 .305 .377 .550 .927 Last 7 days 6 21 20 3 6 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 7 .300 .333 .750 1.083 Last 28 days 26 103 95 24 36 5 0 12 23 0 0 7 22 .379 .427 .811 1.238 Last 90 days 69 266 240 41 70 11 0 18 48 0 0 20 62 .292 .357 .563 .920 Home 57 205 182 29 54 10 0 10 30 0 0 14 45 .297 .361 .516 .877 Away 64 262 231 38 72 13 0 16 53 0 0 26 52 .312 .389 .576 .965 vs RHP as LHB 107 315 274 85 16 0 14 53 31 59 .310 .390 .522 .912 vs LHP as LHB 74 152 139 41 7 0 12 30 9 38 .295 .349 .604 .953 April 20 84 72 12 25 5 0 6 18 0 0 10 17 .347 .417 .667 1.083 May 28 101 88 10 26 6 0 2 16 0 0 7 16 .295 .376 .432 .808 June 19 70 59 10 14 3 0 2 12 0 0 8 12 .237 .343 .390 .733 July 23 87 80 11 23 3 0 4 13 0 0 5 22 .288 .345 .475 .820 August 30 124 113 24 38 6 0 12 24 0 0 10 30 .336 .395 .708 1.103 September 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000[/pre] Logan Schafer Age 27 Status: Active Schafer has struggled with a bench role in Milwaukee as he hasn't been able to consistently put the bat on the ball. He's never had much power so his plus defense and contact skills were going to have to be his ticket. He's certainly held up his end defensively but instead of being the .260ish hitter he should be he's a career .210 hitter at this point. Logan's struggles at the plate directly led to Parra's acquisition at the trade deadline: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2011 24 MIL NL 8 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 133 2012 25 MIL NL 16 25 23 3 7 1 2 0 5 0 1 1 3 .304 .320 .522 .842 120 2013 26 MIL NL 134 337 298 29 63 15 3 4 33 7 1 25 60 .211 .279 .322 .601 65 2014 27 MIL NL 54 120 105 11 19 9 1 0 6 1 1 11 26 .181 .265 .286 .551 54 4 Yrs 212 487 429 44 90 25 6 4 44 8 3 38 90 .210 .280 .324 .604 66[/pre] Schafer at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2011 24 AAA 40 194 169 31 56 13 2 5 23 5 3 17 18 .331 .401 .521 .922 2012 25 AAA 124 513 464 72 129 23 9 11 40 16 7 29 72 .278 .332 .438 .770 2014 27 AAA 41 185 161 27 44 13 4 3 18 4 1 21 33 .273 .355 .460 .815 6 Seasons 444 1939 1732 282 506 105 29 27 189 57 33 149 260 .292 .354 .433 .787 AAA (3 seasons) AAA 205 892 794 130 229 49 15 19 81 25 11 67 123 .288 .352 .460 .812[/pre] Schafer in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL LF 5 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL CF 39 92 84 5 3 1 .967 2.28 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL RF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL OF 41 98 90 5 3 1 .969 2.32 6 Seasons 428 995 939 43 13 12 .987 2.29 CF (6 seasons) CF 396 940 891 37 12 12 .987 2.34 RF (4 seasons) RF 17 26 24 2 0 0 1.000 1.53 LF (4 seasons) LF 19 29 24 4 1 0 .966 1.47 OF (1 season) OF 43 100 92 5 3 1 .970 2.26 3B (1 season) 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00[/pre] Schafer's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 92 310 270 39 64 23 5 3 25 5 1 33 59 .237 .321 .393 .714 Last 7 days 4 16 13 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 2 .231 .375 .462 .837 Last 28 days 21 91 80 16 24 7 1 3 11 1 1 9 18 .300 .371 .525 .896 Last 90 days 56 203 179 32 48 14 5 3 17 4 1 22 39 .268 .348 .453 .801 Home 45 144 124 17 32 9 1 2 12 4 0 17 26 .258 .345 .395 .740 Away 47 166 146 22 32 14 4 1 13 1 1 16 33 .219 .301 .390 .691 vs RHP as LHB 83 241 211 47 17 4 3 20 23 45 .223 .301 .384 .685 vs LHP as LHB 34 69 59 17 6 1 0 5 10 14 .288 .391 .424 .815 April 12 38 35 4 8 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .229 .270 .371 .642 May 22 65 53 3 8 4 0 0 5 1 0 8 13 .151 .270 .226 .496 June 17 61 50 9 10 3 2 0 2 2 0 11 11 .200 .344 .340 .684 July 17 41 38 6 10 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 8 .263 .317 .395 .712 August 23 104 93 17 28 8 2 3 12 1 1 9 21 .301 .363 .527 .890 September 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000[/pre] Taylor Green Age 27 Status: Huntsville Disabled list 7 day Green, the organization's 2 time MiLB player of the year may have played himself out of the organization in 2014. Never a plus defender or toolsy Taylor has occasionally posted monster years at the plate including a .997 OPS in AAA as a 24 year old. That success didn't immediately translate to MLB, nor has his injury history helped him in that regard. This year's AAA campaign was bad enough he was demoted to AA in favor of Jason Rogers. Taylor only played 6 forgettable games before getting injured once again and not making an appearance the rest of the year after 7/3. Green's MLB career: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2011 24 20 37 37 2 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .270 .270 .351 .622 68 2012 25 58 117 103 8 19 7 0 3 14 0 0 10 24 .184 .265 .340 .605 60 2 Yrs 78 154 140 10 29 10 0 3 15 0 0 10 30 .207 .266 .343 .609 62 162 Game Avg. 162 320 291 21 60 21 0 6 31 0 0 21 62 .207 .266 .343 .609 62[/pre] Green at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2011 24 AAA 120 487 420 74 141 36 1 22 88 1 0 55 72 .336 .413 .583 .997 2012 25 AAA 77 313 282 24 77 17 0 7 29 1 3 28 57 .273 .345 .408 .753 2014 27 AAA 53 170 155 15 38 9 0 3 18 0 0 8 24 .245 .298 .361 .659 2014 27 AA 6 26 24 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .167 .231 .167 .397 8 Seasons 751 3041 2647 357 755 168 5 81 450 6 15 316 426 .285 .365 .444 .809 AAA (3 seasons) AAA 250 970 857 113 256 62 1 32 135 2 3 91 153 .299 .371 .485 .856[/pre] Green in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 27 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 3B 5 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.00 2014 27 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL DH 1 0.00 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 3B 44 83 19 62 2 3 .976 1.84 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 2 0.00 8 Seasons 719 2143 667 1368 108 172 .950 2.83 3B (7 seasons) 3B 590 1520 338 1087 95 98 .938 2.42 1B (5 seasons) 1B 27 157 149 6 2 12 .987 5.74 2B (5 seasons) 2B 99 466 180 275 11 62 .976 4.60 DH (1 season) DH 3 0.00[/pre] Green's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 59 196 179 16 42 9 0 3 19 0 0 10 27 .235 .289 .335 .624 Last 7 days 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Last 28 days 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Last 90 days 12 40 38 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .184 .225 .211 .436 Home 30 99 91 6 22 4 0 2 12 0 0 6 15 .242 .293 .352 .645 Away 29 97 88 10 20 5 0 1 7 0 0 4 12 .227 .284 .318 .602 vs RHP as LHB 53 140 129 31 4 0 2 12 8 19 .240 .288 .318 .606 vs LHP as LHB 29 56 50 11 5 0 1 7 2 8 .220 .291 .380 .671 April 19 70 59 7 16 1 0 2 7 0 0 5 8 .271 .362 .390 .752 May 25 79 75 7 18 7 0 1 9 0 0 3 14 .240 .269 .373 .643 June 13 39 37 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .189 .231 .216 .447 July 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250[/pre] Robinzon Diaz Age 30 Status: Huntsville Active For you Star Wars fans out there... "This is the not the Diaz you're looking for". Robinzon made the bigs at age 24 for Toronto and was trade to the Pirates that same season and played 41 games the following year but hasn't been back to the majors since. He didn't do much in a short stint with the Sounds and was ultimately bounced down to Huntsville where he finished the season. Here's the BA scouting report from 2007 when Diaz was the Jay's #13 prospect: Diaz MLB stats: [pre]Year Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2008 24 TOR 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 2008 24 PIT 2 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 169 2009 25 PIT 41 138 129 9 36 7 0 1 19 0 1 3 9 .279 .307 .357 .663 76 2 Yrs 44 148 139 9 39 7 0 1 20 1 1 3 11 .281 .306 .353 .659 75 162 Game Avg. 162 545 512 33 144 26 0 4 74 4 4 11 41 .281 .306 .353 .659 75[/pre] Diaz at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 30 AAA 38 148 142 14 33 6 0 3 13 0 0 4 15 .232 .253 .338 .591 2014 30 AA 45 160 150 12 44 7 0 0 10 1 0 7 15 .293 .319 .340 .659 13 Seasons 994 3868 3616 461 1068 189 19 40 441 41 24 163 276 .295 .329 .391 .720 Rk (3 seasons) Rk 121 455 418 71 142 32 2 3 74 8 8 25 37 .340 .380 .447 .828 A (1 season) A 105 449 407 62 117 20 2 2 42 10 4 27 31 .287 .341 .361 .702 A+ (4 seasons) A+ 220 914 856 112 253 39 7 5 113 13 3 36 69 .296 .327 .375 .702 AA (4 seasons) AA 194 720 681 68 207 37 2 9 70 7 1 26 49 .304 .332 .404 .736 AAA (8 seasons) AAA 354 1330 1254 148 349 61 6 21 142 3 8 49 90 .278 .305 .387 .692[/pre] Diaz in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% 2014 30 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL C 24 135 122 11 2 1 .985 5.54 0 11 3 21% 2014 30 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL 3B 14 36 5 27 4 1 .889 2.29 2014 30 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2014 30 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL DH 5 0.00 2014 30 Huntsville SOUL AA MIL OF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2014 30 Nashville PCL AAA MIL C 38 382 353 29 0 1 1.000 10.05 3 32 15 32% 13 Seasons 799 5819 5096 605 118 54 .980 7.14 112 465 204 30% C (13 seasons) C 727 5637 5031 514 92 47 .984 7.63 112 465 204 30% 3B (8 seasons) 3B 56 140 28 89 23 6 .836 2.09 1B (3 seasons) 1B 6 39 36 1 2 1 .949 6.17 LF (2 seasons) LF 3 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.33 2B (1 season) 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF (1 season) OF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 RF (1 season) RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 DH (1 season) DH 5 0.00[/pre] Diaz' Splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 82 308 292 26 77 13 0 3 23 1 0 11 30 .264 .288 .339 .627 Last 7 days 3 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 Last 28 days 17 65 61 5 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .279 .323 .295 .618 Last 90 days 54 196 184 13 51 8 0 0 13 1 0 8 18 .277 .303 .321 .623 Home 45 163 155 12 45 8 0 1 14 0 0 5 15 .290 .307 .361 .668 Away 37 145 137 14 32 5 0 2 9 1 0 6 15 .234 .266 .314 .580 vs RHP as RHB 75 220 209 48 4 0 3 16 7 19 .230 .252 .292 .544 vs LHP as RHB 45 88 83 29 9 0 0 7 4 11 .349 .375 .458 .833 April 15 61 60 7 13 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 6 .217 .230 .317 .546 May 11 43 40 5 10 1 0 2 5 0 0 2 6 .250 .286 .425 .711 June 12 44 42 2 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .238 .256 .286 .542 July 23 82 77 7 25 6 0 0 9 1 0 3 10 .325 .341 .403 .744 August 20 75 70 5 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .271 .307 .286 .592 September 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000[/pre] Elian Herrera Age 29 Status: Active Herrera is another MLB veteran with positional flexibility as with most of the veterans on this 2014 Nashville club. Herrera was never a top 30 prospect during his time with the Dodgers and he's not a guy I'm extremely excited about, his best asset is his extreme versatility in the field. As most know he has limited MLB experience bouncing all year between the Sounds and Brewers: [pre]Year Age Tm G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2012 27 LAD 67 214 187 26 47 10 1 1 17 4 2 23 50 .251 .340 .332 .671 87 2013 28 LAD 4 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 2014 29 MIL 56 132 127 13 36 7 1 0 4 3 1 3 33 .283 .298 .354 .652 81 3 Yrs 127 354 322 39 85 17 2 1 21 7 3 26 85 .264 .322 .339 .660 84 162 Game Avg. 162 452 411 50 108 22 3 1 27 9 4 33 108 .264 .322 .339 .660 84[/pre] Herrera at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2014 29 AAA 33 124 115 21 35 9 2 0 9 5 1 8 19 .304 .350 .417 .767 9 Seasons 698 2817 2437 412 696 118 33 26 288 154 49 287 542 .286 .364 .393 .758 Rk (3 seasons) Rk 119 493 415 75 124 26 4 7 71 10 6 60 88 .299 .393 .431 .824 A (2 seasons) A 22 82 76 9 16 2 0 0 5 4 3 2 19 .211 .256 .237 .493 A+ (3 seasons) A+ 114 472 425 67 120 20 5 4 39 43 7 37 110 .282 .342 .381 .723 AA (2 seasons) AA 213 814 677 113 182 28 10 5 73 64 21 105 174 .269 .367 .362 .729 AAA (4 seasons) AAA 230 956 844 148 254 42 14 10 100 33 12 83 151 .301 .368 .419 .788[/pre] Herrera in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 2B 12 48 19 27 2 10 .958 3.83 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 3B 6 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.00 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL CF 15 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.40 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL DH 1 0.00 2014 29 Nashville PCL AAA MIL OF 17 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 9 Seasons 728 2197 1042 1069 86 228 .961 2.90 2B (9 seasons) 2B 326 1363 527 787 49 175 .964 4.03 CF (7 seasons) CF 107 181 168 10 3 2 .983 1.66 LF (9 seasons) LF 124 167 153 11 3 1 .982 1.32 RF (7 seasons) RF 18 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.94 3B (6 seasons) 3B 86 182 59 113 10 4 .945 2.00 SS (5 seasons) SS 67 281 112 148 21 46 .925 3.88 1B (1 season) 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 P (1 season) P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF (1 season) OF 17 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 DH (1 season) DH 1 0.00[/pre] Herrera's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 84 256 242 34 71 16 3 0 13 8 2 11 52 .293 .323 .384 .707 Last 7 days 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800 Last 28 days 10 29 29 3 8 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 .276 .276 .414 .690 Last 90 days 38 115 108 15 31 6 1 0 7 4 0 6 19 .287 .322 .361 .683 Home 35 96 93 14 22 6 1 0 3 2 1 3 16 .237 .260 .323 .583 Away 49 160 149 20 49 10 2 0 10 6 1 8 36 .329 .361 .423 .784 vs RHP as LHB 69 175 164 49 9 2 0 11 9 32 .299 .333 .378 .711 vs LHP as RHB 40 81 78 22 7 1 0 2 2 20 .282 .300 .397 .697 April 20 72 67 6 16 3 2 0 2 2 1 3 12 .239 .271 .343 .615 May 24 64 63 13 24 7 0 0 4 2 1 1 19 .381 .391 .492 .883 June 17 51 46 4 11 2 0 0 3 1 0 4 8 .239 .294 .283 .577 July 10 29 28 6 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 5 .286 .310 .357 .667 August 12 38 36 5 12 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 7 .333 .368 .444 .813 September 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000[/pre] Jeff Bianchi Age 27 Status: Disabled 60 Day Most here will be extremely familiar with Bianchi's career path but for consistency sake here's his MLB career: [pre]Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 2012 25 33 76 69 8 13 2 0 3 9 0 0 4 13 .188 .230 .348 .578 51 2013 26 100 252 236 22 56 8 1 1 25 4 4 11 46 .237 .272 .292 .564 56 2014 27 29 74 70 4 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 17 .171 .203 .186 .388 10 3 Yrs 162 402 375 34 81 11 1 4 40 4 4 18 76 .216 .251 .283 .534 47[/pre] Bianchi's MiLB recent history at the plate: [pre]Year Age Lev G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2012 25 AAA 73 278 249 33 79 13 1 5 19 11 5 22 48 .317 .374 .438 .811 2013 26 AA 5 16 15 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 .267 .313 .267 .579 2013 26 AAA 10 43 41 6 10 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 8 .244 .279 .390 .669 2014 27 AAA 24 105 98 11 27 5 0 3 12 2 0 6 19 .276 .314 .418 .733 9 Seasons 621 2578 2318 340 663 139 16 40 295 92 29 185 470 .286 .339 .412 .751 AAA (3 seasons) AAA 107 426 388 50 116 19 2 9 37 13 5 30 75 .299 .349 .428 .777[/pre] Bianchi in the field: [pre]Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 2B 8 35 12 23 0 3 1.000 4.38 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL 3B 7 8 3 3 2 1 .750 0.86 2014 27 Nashville PCL AAA MIL SS 9 39 18 20 1 2 .974 4.22 9 Seasons 558 2534 867 1604 63 382 .975 4.43 SS (9 seasons) SS 389 1801 577 1170 54 276 .970 4.49 2B (6 seasons) 2B 157 719 285 428 6 105 .992 4.54 3B (2 seasons) 3B 11 14 5 6 3 1 .786 1.00 LF (1 season) LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00[/pre] Bianchi's splits: [pre]Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Total 52 179 168 15 39 6 0 3 18 2 0 9 36 .232 .268 .321 .590 Last 7 days 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 Last 28 days 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 Last 90 days 26 96 89 9 22 3 0 2 10 1 0 6 16 .247 .292 .348 .640 Home 29 92 88 8 23 4 0 2 12 1 0 3 17 .261 .283 .375 .658 Away 23 87 80 7 16 2 0 1 6 1 0 6 19 .200 .253 .263 .515 vs RHP as RHB 43 126 117 26 4 0 2 9 9 24 .222 .278 .308 .585 vs LHP as RHB 26 53 51 13 2 0 1 9 0 12 .255 .245 .353 .598 April 12 40 38 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .184 .225 .184 .409 May 11 30 29 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 11 .172 .167 .310 .477 June 22 97 90 9 23 4 0 2 9 2 0 6 17 .256 .299 .367 .666 July 7 12 11 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .364 .417 .455 .871[/pre]

The freaking Cubs have Mike Olt, yes that Mike Olt, playing against the T-Rats in this play-off series on a rehab assignment, that's just garbage. Predictably he hit a 3 run HR against the T-Rats last inning.

Hitting is like pitching, if you become predictable, they you become easy to game plan against. I'm all for swinging at the first pitch if it's "your" pitch because I hate when a hitter arbitrarily takes a FB thigh high down the middle and then swings at crap. I'd rather the hitter take cuts at the best hitter's pitch he's going to see during an AB. However swinging at the first pitch, just to swing at the first pitch, is dumb.

Jimmy Nelson is a 2014 Minor League All-Star for Baseball America.