6/29 - 7/5 Minor League Game Thread

[geemoney]

More signings c/o Baseball America, covering the period June 9-June 21:

-RHP Robinson Martinez: From the Dominican Republic, Martinez started out in the Phillies organization in 2015. He was signed on June 13th and has pitched two games for A Jupiter. He is 23 years old.
-LHP Mason Melotakis: A former 2nd round pick of the Twins in 2012, Melotakis joined AAA Jacksonville on June 11. He had not pitched since 2018. Melotakis had good minor league numbers up until 2018, when he bombed at AAA Albuquerque to a tune of a 12.60 ERA in 16 games.
-OF Zack Zehner: Released by AA Somerset on June 9, Zehner was snapped up by the Marlins organization three days later. He was initially drafted by the Yankees in the 18th round in 2015. He's gotten off to a decent start with AAA Jacksonville, compiling a .792 OPS in his first nine games.
-C Lorenzo Quintana: Quintana was acquired from the Astros for unspecified compensation. He can also play first base. Quintana is 32 years old and has hit for solid average and power the last few years.

[geemoney]

6/29

AAA Jacksonville: Game Suspended

AA Pensacola: W, 5-3

Burdick: 1-2, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, K, CS
Fortes: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K
Sims: 1-3, R, HR (2), RBI
Hairston: 1-2, R, 2B, BB
Meyer: W, 6 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 K
Hock: SV, 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

A+ Beloit: L, 3-1

C.Scott: 0-3, BB, 2 K
Misner: 0-4, 3 K
Johnston: 0-4, K
Conine: 1-3, R, HR (14), RBI, BB, 2 K
Marinez: 1-3, K
McCambley: L, 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Walters: 3 IP, 1 H, 8 K

A Jupiter: Game Postponed (rescheduled for 6/30)

[Nick]

Bleday has been awful, something has to change.

Meyer and McCambley continue to impress.

[Lee Stone]

Jake Walters: All World for at least one night. Baseball;s a funny game like that.

[geemoney]

6/30

AAA Jacksonville: W, 6-4 (10 Innings - Game One - Completion of Game Suspended 6/29)

Brinson: 4-6, RBI
L.Diaz: 2-6, R, HR (8), 2 RBI, K
Wallach: 2-4, BB
I.Diaz: 1-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 K
Quintana: 1-1, R, RBI, BB, SB
Zehner: 2-2, R, 2 RBI, BB
Morimando: 5 IP, 10 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Guilmet: W, 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HRA
Melotakis: SV, 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

AAA Jacksonville: L, 6-3 (Game Two)

Brigman: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Bird: 1-3, BB
Navarreto: 1-4, R, HR (4), 2 RBI
Pompey: 1-3, R
B.Garrett: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
J.Guzman: L, 1.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

AA Pensacola: W, 4-3

Encarnacion: 2-3, R, 2B, BB
Fortes: 2-3, R, RBI, BB
Sims: 2-4, R, RBI, 2 K
Mahan: 1-3, RBI, BB
Cribbs, Jr.: 1-3, RBI, K
E.Cabrera: W, 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HRA
Leban: SV, 1 IP, 1 H, 1 K

A+ Beloit: W, 8-7 (10 Innings)

C.Scott: 2-6, 3 R, 2B, K
T.Jones: 0-2, R, RBI, 4 BB, CS
Misner: 2-5, R, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K, SB
Johnston: 2-6, RBI, K, SB
Conine: 2-4, R, HR (15), 2 RBI, BB, K
Banfield: 2-5, 2 K
Aracena: 2-5, R, K
Hoeing: 7 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 2 HRA
Nardi: W, 3 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HRA

A Jupiter: Game Postponed

[fish16]

one of the signs of promising pitchers in the minors is the ability to clearly not have your best stuff and still limit the damage by sheer overpowering stuff. meyer has done it several times this year, eder did it once or twice, and Cabrera did it last night.

[geemoney]

7/1

AAA Jacksonville: Game Postponed (Rescheduled for 7/2)

AA Pensacola: L, 3-0

Burdick: 0-4, 2 K
Bleday: 0-2, 2 BB, CS
Fortes: 0-3, BB, SB
Osborne: 1-3, 2 K
Eder: 5 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 5 K
A.Guillen: L, 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
McInvale: 1 IP, 1 K

A+ Beloit: W, 5-4 (11 Innings)

C.Scott: 3-6, 2 RBI, SB
Misner: 0-2, R, 3 BB, 2 K
Conine: 1-4, R, HR (16), 3 RBI, BB
Aracena: 1-4, R, BB, SB
Nicolas: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HRA
Mitzel: 1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K

A Jupiter: L, 8-1 (Game One)

N.Nunez: 0-3
Harrison: 1-3, 2 K
Dunand: 0-2, K
Burgos: 0-1, R, 2 BB, SB
Fulton: L, 3 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
R.Brito: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

A Jupiter: Game Suspended (Game Two - Rescheduled for 7/2)

[Nick]

Man if Conine could somehow cut the strikeouts down and maintain his power he'd be a monster. Projecting his numbers over a 162 game season, he'd be on pace for 51 homers.

[Nick]

My mid-season and pre-MLB Draft Top 10 Prospects List: (Jazz and Rogers removed from the list, no longer eligible)

1. Sixto Sanchez
2. Edward Cabrera
3. Jake Eder (I'm all in on this dude)
4. Max Meyer
5. Jesus Sanchez
6. Peyton Burdick
7. JJ Bleday (He's gotta show us something, anything or he's going to be out of the top 10 by the end of the season)
8. Eury Perez
9. Zach McCambley
10. Lewin Diaz

[Lee Stone]

My mid-season and pre-MLB Draft Top 10 Prospects List: (Jazz and Rogers removed from the list, no longer eligible)

1. Sixto Sanchez
2. Edward Cabrera
3. Jake Eder (I'm all in on this dude)
4. Max Meyer
5. Jesus Sanchez
6. Peyton Burdick
7. JJ Bleday (He's gotta show us something, anything or he's going to be out of the top 10 by the end of the season)
8. Eury Perez
9. Zach McCambley
10. Lewin Diaz

Thanks for sharing your personal ranking. Mine is somewhat different, of course, but I tend to place the most significance on actual and recent performance.

1) Edward Cabrera
2) Jake Eder I will lump commentary on both the top two, because they are both focused on improving command. I fully expect both to be rotation mainstays next season. Their K rates put them over Meyer and Sanchez.
3) Zach Thompson I'm 70 so I don't see his being 27 as a drawback. He struck out 11 Nats last start, and they are the most veteran lineup in the NL East. He is one more great start away from being the most talked about pitcher in the league ... and that's at Atlanta tomorrow night!
4) Meyer
5) J Sanchez He's the only position player in my top ten. Troy Johnston would be the next.
6) S Sanchez I don't even like putting him in my top ten ... but there is talent concealed beneath all that blubber.
7-12) McCambley, Nikolas, Perez, Soriano, Neidert, Garrett

[geemoney]

Here are some of the Marlins offensive minor league stats leaders as of today:

Hits
1. Troy Johnston, 63
T2. Griffin Conine, 47
T2. Ricky Aracena, 47
4. Jesus Sanchez, 45
5. Bryson Brigman, 44

Doubles
1. Troy Johnston, 14
T2. Peyton Burdick, 11
T2. Kameron Misner, 11
T4. Corey Bird, 10
T4. Jerar Encarnacion, 10

Triples
1. Ricky Aracena, 6
T2. Jesus Sancehz, 3
T2. Federico Polanco, 3
T2. Connor Scott, 3
T2. Bryson Brigman, 3

Home Runs
1. Griffin Conine, 16
2. Peyton Burdick, 12
3. Jesus Sanchez, 9
T4. Lewin Diaz, 8
T4. Troy Johnston, 8

RBI
1. Troy Johnston, 48
2. Griffin Conine, 43
3. Victor Mesa, Jr., 31
4. Jesus Sanchez, 28
5. Peyton Burdick, 27

Runs scored
1. Peyton Burdick, 39
2. Troy Johnston, 34
3. Kameron Misner, 32
T4. Griffin Conine, 31
T4. Ricky Aracena, 31

Walks
1. Griffin Conine, 34
2. Peyton Burdick, 33
3. Diowill Burgos, 32
4. Lazaro Alonso, 30
5. Kameron Misner, 29

Strikeouts
1. Griffin Conine, 81
2. Jerar Encarnacion, 71
3. Peyton Burdick, 67
4. Will Banfield, 66
5. Kameron Misner, 65

Stolen Bases
1. Nasim Nunez, 23
2. Ricky Aracena, 19
T3. Kameron Misner, 17
T3. Thomas Jones, 17
5. Brian Miller, 14

Batting Average
1. Jesus Sanchez, .349
2. Troy Johnston, .335
3. Bryson Brigman, .317
4. J.D. Orr, .275
5. Nick Fortes, .261

OPS
1. Jesus Sanchez, 1.043
2. Troy Johnston, .965
3. Griffin Conine, .961
4. Bryson Brigman, .850
5. Peyton Burdick, .823

[geemoney]

And pitching...

Games
1. Colton Hock, 20
T2. Zack Leban, 18
T2. Sean Guenther, 18
T2. Dylan Bice, 18
5. Justin Evans, 17

ERA (among starters)
1. Jake Eder, 1.03
2. Max Meyer, 1.84
3. Zach McCambley, 2.95
4. Matt Givin, 4.08
5. Kyle Nicolas, 4.40

Saves
1. Colton Hock, 11
T2. Tyler Mitzel, 5
T2. Justin Evans, 5
4. Steven Okert, 4

Innings Pitched
1. Zach McCambley, 55.0
2. Jake Eder, 52.2
3. Bryan Hoeing, 51.2
4. Max Meyer, 49.0
5. Jeff Lindgren, 46.2

Hits allowed
1. Bryan Hoeing, 59
2. Jeff Lindgren, 52
T3. Zach King, 50
T3. Will Stewart, 50
5. Chris Mokma, 48

Earned Runs Allowed
1. Bryan Hoeing, 39
2. Zach King, 32
3. Brandon Leibrandt, 26
T4. Chris Mokma, 25
T4. Will Stewart, 25

Home Runs Allowed
T1. Shawn Morimando, 10
T1. Bryan Hoeing, 10
3. Chris Mokma, 9
T4. Jeff Lindgren, 8
T4. Zach King, 8

Walks
1. M.D. Johnson, 34
2. Max Meyer, 24
T3. Matt Givin, 20
T3. Jake Eder, 20
T3. Jesus E. Sanchez, 20

Strikeouts
1. Jake Eder, 76
2. Zach McCambley, 69
3. Kyle Nicolas, 62
4. Max Meyer, 50
5. George Soriano, 47

FIP
1. Steven Okert, 2.01
2. Sean Guenther, 2.13
3. Tommy Eveld, 2.14
4. Jake Eder, 2.17
5. Sam Bordner, 2.22

xFIP
T1. Sean Guenther, 2.81
T1. Edward Cabrera, 2.81
3. Andrew Nardi, 2.89
4. Jake Eder, 3.07
5. Zach McCambley, 3.13

[Nick]

Good stuff gee. Did Eury Perez not have enough innings/appearances to make the ERA list?

[geemoney]

Good stuff gee. Did Eury Perez not have enough innings/appearances to make the ERA list?

Not enough innings, I guess, based on what FanGraphs deems what the "qualified" minimum is.

[Nick]

I didn't realize how effective a base stealer Misner's been. 28/29 as a professional. He's drawn a ton of walks, but average and power have to increase.