Around the minors: week 5!

Norfolk continues to tread water in 3rd place in their division. Xavier Avery had a very strong week, and has slash line now looks like this: 252/362/429/790 with a K/BB of 28/20 in 119 at bats. His walk percentage is impressive, and his iso is 177. How high are you on Xavier Avery? What should the Orioles do with him? Chris Tillman has a 5.10 ERA in 30.1 innings, with a K/BB of 26/15. On the plus side his WHIP is now down to 1.70. His GB/FB ratio has also gone down over the week, and is now at 1.40 for the season. Other Tide notes: Jai Miller has really been focusing on decreasing his strikeouts and is now at 48 in 92 at bats. Matt Antonelli has a better OPS than Ryan Adams, but it's a sad race at 650 to 639. 3E1N has an ERA over 6. Steve Johnson continues to keep his prospect hopes alive due to a 3.38 ERA.

Bowie is a half game out of last place. Manny Machado has had a strong week and is now posting the following line: 264/378/425/802. The 19 year old has a K/BB of 24/19 in 106 at bats. Jonathan Schoop continues the battle toward respectability, and is now slashing 212/278/298/576 with a K/BB of 26/8 in 104 at bats. LJ Hoes is batting 303/403/412/815 with a K/BB of 22/19 in 119 at bats. Tyler Townsend continues to be on the DL. Bobby Bundy has had a nice week, and his ERA for the season has dropped considerably and now lies at 4.26 in 38 innings with a K/BB of 26/16. Obviously you want to see him miss more bats. Other Baysox of note: Ronnie Welty is OPSing 851 with 13 strikeouts in 51 at bats.

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Frederick continues to be in last place. Trent Mummey is still hurt. There is a modicum of pitching though: 22 y/o RHP Mike Wright continues to do well, with a 2.62 ERA in 34.1 IP, and a K/BB of 23/4. It looks like good control, but does he miss enough bats? Kyle Simon sports an ugly 5.87 ERA, but his K/BB is 22/5 in 30.2 innings and continues to get ground balls to the tune of a GB/FB of 3.00. Clayton Schrader was pierced again, his ERA ballooning to 1.02 in 17.2 innings with a K/BB of 25/15. His K/BB was much stronger last year, so I'm not sure what's going on with some of the walks. Something to watch during the season. Other Key notes: friend of the blog Jason Gurka has a 14/3 K/BB in 13.1 IP with an ERA of 1.35 and a GB/FB ration of 1/1. Working his way back from injury, Ryan Berry has thrown 3 scoreless innings, striking out 3 and walking 2.

Delmarva stands a game under 500 after 31 games. Dylan Bundy is what he is, with a 33/2 K/BB in 20 IP with an ERA of 0.00. He has allowed 2 hits. Speaking of guys who should be in Frederick in short order, Tim Berry has a 31/10 K/BB in 29.1 IP with an ERA of 3.68. Parker Bridwell's ERA went up a tick this week, and now sits at 4.21 in 25.2 IP with a K/BB of 18/7. 19 y/o southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez has a 2.70 ERA in 20 IP in Delmarva with a K/BB of 10/8 with a GB/FB ratio of 2.06. Obviously you want to see him strikeout more hitters, but perhaps he is busy working on his craftiness? Zach Davies has a 3.74 ERA in 21.2 IP with a K/BB of 15/8.

Nicky Delmonico had a really strong week, and the 19 year old left handed hitting IF is now posting a line of 269/372/404/776 with a K/BB of 25/16 in 104 at bats. Gabriel Lino turns 19 next week (fyi duck!) and is slashing 264/330/402/732 with a K/BB of 27/7 in 87 at bats. Glynn Davis continues to struggle, and is now posting the following line: 265/346/283/629 stealing 10 out of 13 bags with a K/BB of 28/15 in 113 at bats. Johnny Ruettiger has been out of the lineup the last week, so his slash line stands at 323/394/385/780 with a K/BB of 18/12 in 96 at bats. Jason Esposito's discouraging start continues unabated though his OPS actually increased 17 points, 237/336/263/599. You have to wonder where the power is, right? Other Shorebird notes: Connor Narron's OPS is closing in on 700, David Baker is now back with the Shorebirds with a 2/2 K/BB in 3.1 IP. Good to see the kid back this year; will be interesting to see if he can maintain his K/9 in 2012.