Down on the Farm: AA Report

Starting Pitchers
1.) Errol Simonitsch - 5-8 / 3.56 ERA / 86 inn / 51-20 K-BB
2.) Glen Perkins - 2-9 / 4.24 ERA / 85 inn / 92-32 K-BB
3.) Matt Garza - 5-2 / 2.92 ERA / 49.1 inn / 59-14 K-BB
4.) Justin Olson - 4-2 / 4.91 ERA / 44 inn / 54-21 K-BB
5.) Kevin Slowey - 1-1 / 3.38 ERA / 13.1 inn / 10-1 K-BB

Kevin Slowey made his first two starts for the Rock Cats this week, and you can see his numbers. His first start wasn't so great, but he was much better in the second one. His 10-1 K-BB rate indicates that he is probably going to continue to see success this season, and should be on pace for a promotion to AAA at the start of next season. He did replace Nick Blackburn in the rotation, as I suspected last week.

Glen Perkins also got two starts this week, and took two losses. He went 8.2 innings in his two starts, which is a rather unimpressive number. His ERA jumped by .66 points, and he also had a dismal (for him) 3-5 K-BB ratio, clearly an indication that he wasn't feeling it this week.

Errol Simonitsch took a loss in his one start this week, his ERA increasing by .23 points. He went just 5 innings in his start.

Matt Garza snapped out of his recent funk, picking up the win and going 8 innings in his start. His ERA fell by .57 points, and he struck out 7 while walking only 1.

Finally, Justin Olson seems to have replaced Adam Harben in the rotation (Harben pitched twice out of the bullpen, so this looks like more than a spot start for Olson). Olson went 5 innings in his start, which resulted in a no-decision. His ERA fell by .17 points.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Levale Speigner - 1-1 / 3.19 ERA / 42.1 inn / 26-9 K-BB
2.) Tristan Crawford - 2-4 / 4.03 ERA / 51.1 inn / 54-18 K-BB
3.) John Thomas - 1-2 / 5.29 ERA / 34 inn / 28-15 K-BB
4.) Julio DePaula - 1-2 / 2.81 ERA / 32 inn / 26-15 K-BB
5.) Nick Blackburn - 5-7 / 5.38 ERA / 83.2 inn / 48-27 K-BB
6.) Adam Harben - 1-4 / 3.78 ERA / 64.1 inn / 29-41 K-BB

Levale Speigner made 3 appearances this week, going 3.1 innings and getting rocked. His ERA jumped by .65 points, and he didn't get any strikeouts while walking two batters. Not a solid week for the Rock Cats closer.

Tristan Crawford also had a very bad week, taking the loss and going 4.1 innings in 2 appearances. His ERA surged by .77 points, although he did get 5 K's to go with his 5 BB's.

John Thomas didn't break the streak of bad weeks, as he got into just 1 game for 1 inning, and raised his ERA by .11 points while getting 1 K and 1 BB.

Julio DePaula got into 3 games, pitching 4.2 innings. His ERA went up by .18 points, and he struck out 3 batters while walking 2.

Nick Blackburn got into three games out of the bullpen, going 4.2 innings and raising his ERA by .14 points. He did pick up 5 K's against just 1 BB.

Finally, Adam Harben got into 2 games after being demoted, going 4 innings. Like everybody else in the bullpen, he raised his ERA (by .20 points). He struck out one but walked 4, not helping his already horrendous K-BB ratio (something that probably played a role in his losing his place in the rotation).

Catchers
1.) Jose Morales - 55 games / .205 BA / 2 HR / 18 RBI
2.) Steve Lomasney - 35 games / .194 BA / 2 HR / 11 RBI

Jose Morales started 5 games behind the plate this week, and had a very good week at the plate, raising his batting average by 27 points and picking up an RBI.

Steve Lomasney, meanwhile, started 2 games, and saw his batting average go down by 2 points. He also picked up 1 RBI.

Infielders
1B - Doug Deeds - 72 games / .282 BA / 5 HR / 31 RBI
2B - Felix Molina - 64 games / .255 BA / 7 HR / 29 RBI
SS - J.R. Taylor - 63 games / .192 BA / 0 HR / 10 RBI
3B - Matt Moses - 69 games / .242 BA / 10 HR / 35 RBI
DH - Daniel Matienzo - 73 games / .234 BA / 9 HR / 45 RBI
IF - Matt Tolbert - 23 games / .266 BA / 2 HR / 8 RBI

Doug Deeds started 5 games at 1B and 1 at DH. His batting average went up by 17 points and he picked up 4 RBI's.

Felix Molina is back to being primarily a 2B, getting 6 starts there this week. His batting average fell by 3 points, but he did pick up 1 RBI.

J.R. Taylor started 4 games at SS, and raised his batting average by 4 points while picking up 1 RBI.

Matt Moses started 4 games at 3B and 1 at DH. His batting average continued to fall, this week by 6 points. He did pick up 2 RBI's.

Daniel Matienzo started 4 games at DH and 2 at 1B. His batting average fell by 2 points, but he picked up 2 RBI's.

Matt Tolbert started 3 games at 3B, 3 at SS, and 1 at 2B. His batting average fell by 55 points, but he hit a HR and picked up 4 RBI's.

Outfielders
1.) Trent Oeltjen - 61 games / .293 BA / 1 HR / 20 RBI
2.) Denard Span - 77 games / .285 BA / 1 HR / 25 RBI
3.) Scott Whitrock - 40 games / .208 BA / 2 HR / 10 RBI
4.) Garrett Guzman - 12 games / .267 BA / 3 HR / 6 RBI

Trent Oeltjen started 5 games in RF and 1 in LF. His batting average fell by 6 points, but he did pick up 3 RBI's.

Denard Span started all 7 games in CF. His batting average fell by 2 points, but he picked up 4 RBI's.

Scott Whitrock got 2 starts in RF. His batting average fell by 3 points, and he picked up 1 RBI.

Garrett Guzman got 6 starts in LF and 1 at DH. His batting average went up by 91 points, and he hit 2 HR's with 5 RBI's. Pretty good for the recent call-up.