Minor League Roundup: 8/6/09

by sickuvitall on Aug 6, 2009 11:47 PM EDT Comment 13 comments

With all of the recent promotions seen by the big club, it has been easy to forget that there are still some potential impact players in our farm system. Today was a much better day for many of our affiliates than it was for the O's...

Norfolk Tides (AAA): In a rare turn of events the Orioles defeated the Red Sox...at the AAA level. Former PawSox star and AAAA'er David Pauley led the Tides to a 5-3 victory. After a rough start with Norfolk, 1B Bra ndon Snyder has improved his play at the plate. Today he was 2-5 with an RBI and is now sporting in OPS in the low .700's and climbing.

Snyder

Bowie Baysox (AA): In the pitching performance of the day, Brandon Erbe held New Hampshire (Toronto's AA team) HITLESS over eight full innings in route to a 7-1 win. Since returning from "arm fatigue" Erbe has yet to lose in 5 starts with Bowie, allowing just 9 earned runs over 27.2 innings. His ERA now stands at 2.08 on the year and Brandon could be a candidate for winter ball considering he just broke 60 innings pitched on the season. No Josh Bell again as I am assuming the ankle is still an issue.

Erbe

Frederick Keys (A+): Zach Britton, one of my personal favorites to land at the back of the future rotation, had a decent outing today against Winston-Salem (White Sox A+ squad). The Keys were 15-3 winners behind the southpaw, who allowed 3 earned runs over 5.1 innings. The effort actually raised Zach's ERA to 2.79, but did earn him his eighth win on the season. Brandon Waring contributed a homerun and four RBI's in the offensive outburst by a team not noted for offensive firepower. I believe that he, along with catcher Caleb Joseph could contribute at the major league level at some point in time.

Britton

Delmarva Shorebirds (A): The story of the day in Delmarva was starting pitcher and current K machine Cole McCurry, who didn't allow a run over six full innings of work. Cole fanned eight Hagerstown hitters to raise his season total in strikeouts to 116 in just 108 innings pitched. Throughout his first few professional seasons McCurry has averaged nearly a K per inning and has managed an even 22-22 record since debuting in 2007.

McCurry

It is tough to stay positive sometimes, but the future continues to look promising. I know CC will be buzzing with excitement at this time in a year or two...

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Thanks for the recap

With all of the excitement at the big league level I haven’t been paying as much attention to the minors.

I, too, love Zach Britton.

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Aug 7, 2009 1:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like to think

that out of all of our remaining pitching prospects not named Jake there might be a stud in there somewhere. Britton is the most likely, but who knows, maybe one of the current Delmarva starters could blossom in the years to come.

There was a brief segment on MASN yesterday featuring Cole McCurry and Rick Zagone. I had never seen Zagone’s delivery before, but apparently he is hell on lefties (being a southpaw himself). Possible future LOOGY??

by sickuvitall on Aug 7, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brandons'

Brandon Snyder finally figured out Triple-A, he’s seriously heating it up, even though he’s not putting up the power numbers. Brandon Erbe finally found his groove and is a sleeper pick to make the rotation next year, maybe even before Arrieta.

by No More Steroids Please on Aug 7, 2009 1:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Frederick Keys turn triple play against the Winston-Salem Dash

From the digtriad.com:

The Dash loaded the bases with no outs against Brian Parker in the bottom of the seventh, but the rally was quickly stymied by a rare triple play. Brent Morel popped out to first baseman Robbie Widlansky in foul territory. After the catch, Widlansky threw to the plate to prevent Tyler Kuhn from tagging and scoring from third. Justin Greene, who was on second to begin the play, was caught off base by catcher Caleb Joseph which initiated a rundown. Kuhn then broke for the plate and was eventually caught in a rundown of his own and tagged for the second out. In the process, the remaining two runners, Greene and Dale Mollenhauer, were both left standing on second base. Greene would be tagged out to finalize the triple play.

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Aug 7, 2009 8:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Haha, that sounds like a cluster-fuck

by Johnny_S on Aug 7, 2009 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gotta love the minor leagues.

"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson

by Brotz13 on Aug 7, 2009 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bowie Baysox and Norfolk Tides to play in the "Futures at Fenway" game Sunday

The PawSox and Norfolk Tides will play the finale of their current 4-game series this coming Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park in the annual Future’s at Fenway Game. Historic Fenway Park will once again be the site of a regular-season minor league doubleheader as the 4th annual “Futures at Fenway” pits the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs against the Bowie BaySox at 12:00 Noon followed by the PawSox vs. Norfolk at approximately 4:00 pm (both games televised on NESN). link

According to baysox.com, Steve Johnson will get the start Sunday for the Baysox. Norfolk’s website doesn’t have probable pitchers, but if the rotation stays as is it’ll be Jake Arrieta.

I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry

by Stacey on Aug 7, 2009 9:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I will be there

Damn, I just realized I forgot to pack my O’s hat.

by dkdc on Aug 7, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the write-up

I didn’t know anything about McCurry. He’s 23 and still in low-A, so there are a lot of reasons for skepticism, but the numbers sure are there. Does anyone know what his stuff is like, scouting reports, etc…?

by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Aug 7, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Snyder

what is everybody’s take on moving him across the diamond to 3B? i dont know much about the kid other than he can hit a ton and field a little… Here’s my thinking. He’s not very good defensively anyway, so what might be the harm in seeing what he can do at third. There is Josh Bell so it’s not real reasonable but it could be an option…

by Heckler on Aug 11, 2009 1:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

been there, done that...

he’s already been moved to first from third. part of it is b/c he’s not terribly agile, but also b/c of the shoulder problems he had.

"If they pitch to you, make them pay."

--Diamond Dave to the Phenom

by j.q. higgins on Aug 11, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

exactly

He isn’t considered a good defender at first so I dont think you can justify trying to move him to a position he already wasn’t good enough for.

"I have seen the future and his name is Matt Wieters." Keith Law

by Reddrummer9187 on Aug 14, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Orioles top 20 Prospects discussion at Minor League Ball

Fan Post at Minor League Ball by our own ravensfan3. Particularly interesting for the guys further down the list, since we’re all probably pretty familiar with the top 5-8 or so.

by Joltin Joe Orsulak on Aug 11, 2009 1:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs