Cincinnati Reds Farm Report Through Games Played on Thursdayjuly 30, 2015
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CINCINNATI REDS FARM REPORT THROUGH GAMES PLAYED ON THURSDAYJULY 30, 2015 THURSDAY'S TOP PERFORMER INF HECTOR VARGAS (BILLINGS) YESTERDAY'S RESULTS INF Hector Vargas had a monster night for Billings in the Mus- LOUISVILLE BATS - INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (AAA) tangs’ 6-3 win over Missoula. Vargas went 2-for-5 with a home vs Charlotte, W 3-2 run, a double, three RBI, and scored a run. It was his first home The Bats trailed 2-0 heading into the sixth inning, but INF Josh Satin’s run since August 8, 2014 and tied a season high in RBI (previ- two-run home run pushed the Bats ahead to give them the win, 3-2. R H E LOB ously on July 25). Since July 24, Vargas has raised his batting Satin went 1-for-2 in the game, also reaching base via a walk. Satin Charlotte 2 8 0 5 average from .247 to .280 and is hitting .466 in his last five games drove in OF Brennan Boesh after Boesch put the Bats on the board Louisville 3 7 0 4 (7-for-15). with a RBI single. LHP Brandon Finnegan made his debut for the Bats after being acquired in the Johnny Cueto trade. Finnegan did not B. Finnegan: (ND) 3.0ip, 4h, 2r/er, 4k ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS receive the win, but tossed three innings, allowing four hits, two earned J. Satin: 1-2, hr, 2rbi, r runs, and struck out four. RHP Drew Hayes came on in relief and did D. Hayes: (W) 3.0ip, 2h, bb, 2k 1st Half 2nd Half Overall pick up the win after throwing four innings, allowing two hits, one walk, TEAM W-L Place W-L Place W-L GB and struck out two. TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHER: RHP Donn Roach (0-1, 5.91) Louisville 52-55 3rd -- -- 52-55 8.5 Pensacola 25-43 5th 18-15 T-2nd 43-58 15.0 PENSACOLA BLUE WAHOOS - SOUTHERN LEAGUE (AA) Daytona 37-33 2nd 18-14 2nd 55-47 3.0 The Blue Wahoos had a solid effort, but were unable to bring home at Chattanooga, L 3-0 Dayton 39-31 3rd 16-18 T-5th 55-49 4.0 any runs, falling to Chattanooga, 3-0. RHP Josh Smith was effective, R H E LOB Billings 17-20 3rd 2-1 T-1st 19-21 5.0 throwing all eight innings, allowing eight hits, thre earned runs, and Pensacola 0 6 0 7 AZL Reds 12-16 T-2nd 2-2 3rd 14-18 4.0 struck out four. Smith threw 108 pitches with 80 of them being strikes Chattanooga 3 8 0 4 OVERALL RECORD 238-248 He did not get much offensive help as four Pensacola players recorded one hit, and only C Yovan Gonzalez had two. Gonzalz finished 2-for- J. Smith: (L) 8.0ip, 8h, 3r/er, 4k 3, while INF Zach Vincej, OF Sean Buckley, INF Juan Perez, and OF Y. Gonzalez: 2-3 TODAY'S SCHEDULE Beau Amaral, finished with one hit each. The Blue Wahoos continue B. Amaral: 1-3 Louisville vs Toledo --- 7:05 p.m. the series with Chattanooga tonight at 6:15 where newly acquired LHP Pensacola at Chattanooga --- 7:15 p.m. Cody Reed is scheduled to debut. TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHER: LHP Cody Reed (0-0, HNP) Daytona vs Fort Myers --- 7:05 p.m. Dayton vs South Bend --- 7:00 p.m. DAYTONA TORTUGAS - FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE (A) Billings at Missoula --- 9:05 p.m. The Tortugas were nearly no-hit and lost to the Fort Myers Miracle last vs Fort Myers, L 4-0 AZL Reds at AZL Dodgers --- 10:00 p.m. night, 4-0. INF Taylor Sparks was the lone Tortuga with a hit, going R H E LOB 1-for-3 and breaking up the no-hitter with an infield single in the sev- Fort Myers 4 10 0 9 *All Times Eastern enth inning. Sparks hustled out of the box and beat out a groundball to Daytona 0 1 2 5 the first baseman after his toss to the pitcher went high and wide. LHP AROUND THE FARM Seth Varner got the start and drew the loss after throwing 4.2 innings, S. Varner: (L) 4.2ip, 8h, 3r/2er, 2bb, allowing eight hits, three runs (two earned), two walks, and struck out 7k A GIANT TRADE seven. The bullpen combined for 4.1 innings of relief, allowing just two T. Sparks: 1-3, bb Last night, the Reds acquired RHP Keury Mella and INF hits, one run (unearned), one walk, and three strikeouts. Adam Duvall from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for RHP Mike Leake. Mella, the Giants’ top prospect, will be as- TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHER: RHP Jackson Stephens (9-5, 3.35) signed to Daytona, while Duvall will be assigned to Louisville. Mella is 21 years old and is 5-3 this season with a 3.31 ERA DAYTON DRAGONS - MIDWEST LEAGUE (A) for Advanced-A San Jose. Duvall, 26, is hitting .281 with 26 The Dragons fell down 5-0 by the third inning and fell to Fort Wayne, at Fort Wayne, L 8-4 home runs and 80 RBI this season for Triple-A Sacramento. 8-4. The Dragons conluded the road trip with a record of 1-5 and have R H E LOB In 28 career MLB games, Duvall is hitting .192 (14-for-73) now lost 11 of 12 on the road. LHP Junior Morillo got the loss after Dayton 4 7 5 3 with three home runs and five RBI. lasting five innings, allowing nine hits, six runs (five earned), two walks, Fort Wayne 8 11 1 9 and struck out five. From the plate, OF Jimmy Pickens went 2-for-3 THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK with a triple, a RBI, and scored a run, while OF Aristides Aquino went J. Morillo: (L) 5.0ip, 9h, 6r/5er, 5k Acquired from Kansas City in the Johnny Cueto trade, LHPs 2-for-4 with a triple, a RBI, and scored a run. INF Cory Thompson J. Pickens: 2-3, 3b, rbi, r Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb, and Cody Reed, are get- went 1-for-4, but scored two of the Dragons’ runs. INF Gavin LaValley A. Aquino: 2-4, 3b, rbi, r ting started with their new clubs. Lamb made his debut for and C Garrett Boulware each went 1-for-4 in the game. Triple-A Louisville on Wednesday and threw five innings, TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHER: RHP Jake Paulson (3-3, 2.96) allowing six hits, three earned runs, three walks, and struck out eight; however, he drew the loss in the game. Finnegan BILLINGS MUSTANGS - PIONEER LEAGUE (R) at Missoula, W 6-3 started last night for the Bats and threw three innings, allow- The Mustangs came from behind twice in last night’s game and scored ing four hits, two earned runs, and struck out four. He did four runs in the seventh inning to beat Missoula, 6-3. RHP Carlos R H E LOB not receive a decision, but the Bats earned the win. Reed is Machorro relieved starter LHP Jacob Constante and got his first win Billings 6 11 0 6 expected to make his debut tonight for Double-A Pensacola. of the season after throwing a great game. He lasted 3.1 innings, al- Missoula 3 4 1 6 Reed is 7-7 with a 2.53 ERA on the year. lowing just one hit and struck out two. Offensively, the Mustangs were J. Constante: (ND) 3.2ip, 3h, 3r/er,2k lef by INF Hector Vargas and INF Kevin Franklin. Vargas went 2-for- MLB.COM REDS TOP PROSPECTS 5 with a home run, a double, three RBI, and scored a run. Franklin H. Vargas: 2-5, hr, 2b, 3rbi, r 1. OF Jesse Winker (PNS) went 2-for-4 with a home run, a RBI, and scored a run. Eight starters C. Machorro: (W) 3.1ip, h, 2k 2. RHP Robert Stephenson (LOU) recorded a hit and every starter reached base at least one time. 3. LHP Amir Garrett (DAYA) 4. C Tyler Stephenson (BIL) TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHER: RHP Tanner Rainey (1-0, 6.04) 5. RHP Keury Mella (DAYA) AZL REDS - ARIZONA LEAGUE (R) 6. RHP Nick Travieso (DAYA) vs AZL Padres, W 7-1 7. INF Alex Blandino (DAYA) The AZL Reds put on an offensive show last night, plating seven runs 8. INF Blake Trahan (BIL) and recording 12 hits in their 7-1 win over the AZL Padres. Three AZL R H E LOB 9. LHP Cody Reed (PNS) Reds had three hits in the game, including INF James Vasquez (3- AZL Padres 1 7 4 11 10. RHP Antonio Santillan (AZL) for-3), INF Blake Butler (3-for-5), and INF Alberti Chavez (3-for-5). AZL Reds 7 12 1 12 Vasquez, Butler, and OF Raul Wallace each recorded a triple in the game. Chavez led the team with two RBI, but Butler, Wallace, and C A. Rodriguez: (W) 3.2ip, 5h,1r/0er, 5k Jake Turnbull had one as well. RHP Antonio Santillan got the start A. Chavez: 3-4, 3b, 2rbi and threw 2.2 innings, allowing two hits, a walk, and struck out four. J. Vasquez: 3-3, 3b, r RHP Adrian Rodriguez got the win after tossing 3.2 innings, allowing five hits, one run, and struck out five. TODAY’S PROBABLE PITCHER: TBA ORGANIZATIONAL STATISTICS 2015 TEAM STATISTICS TEAM BATTING AVG AB R H HR BB SO SB CS Billings .281 1408 201 395 22 102 278 42 24 AZL Reds .269 1106 163 298 18 73 282 42 13 Louisville .262 3500 406 917 51 332 706 65 31 Dayton .247 3487 428 863 43 306 785 96 33 Daytona .243 3289 411 799 60 284 835 116 46 Pensacola .242 3198 351 775 48 347 747 60 29 TEAM PITCHING W-L ERA H CG SHO SV HR BB SO Dayton 55-49 3.30 950 2 6 21 44 250 763 Daytona 55-47 3.34 857 2 8 34 30 336 735 AZL Reds 14-18 3.56 259 0 1 9 10 120 280 Pensacola 43-58 4.00 849 2 5 31 56 371 688 Louisville 52-55 4.11 985 1 6 32 72 374 706 Billings 19-21 4.49 363 0 3 10 29 187 315 2015 HITTING LEADERS 2015 PITCHING LEADERS BATTER CLUB AVG G AB R H HR RBI PITCHER CLUB W-L ERA IP H BB SO Butler, Blake RED .379 24 87 16 33 1 13 Bautista, Wendolyn RED 3-0 1.14 31.2 31 9 39 Garcia, Kevin BIL .345 33 116 16 40 0 12 Boyles, Ty BIL 3-2 1.88 48.0 41 14 36 Bell, Brantley BIL .339 30 121 18 41 0 23 Adleman, Timothy PNS 6-8 2.38 113.2 98 38 87 Trahan, Blake BIL .326 34 141 27 46 1 13 Mahle, Tyler DAY 11-5 2.41 116.0 107 16 105 Vasquez, James RED .317 26 82 9 26 4 20 Rodriguez, Adrian RED 5-2 2.60 34.2 34 5 33 Falu, Irving LOU .298 87 326 48 97 3 39 Garrett, Amir DAY 7-6 2.74 102.0 91 45 104 Blandino, Alex DAY .296 77 291 44 86 7 34 Astin, Barrett PNS 6-5 2.84 111.0 98 35 89 Stephenson, Tyler BIL .292 29 106 17 31 0 8 Strahan, Wyatt DAY 6-7 2.87 119.0 122 42 94 Wallace, Raul RED .282 28 103 12 29 2 10 Antone, Tejay DAY 5-8 3.03 116.0 125 19 79 Iribarren, Hernan LOU .274 77 277 39 76 1 21 Smith, Josh PNS 6-7 3.26 105.0 100 20 89 HOME RUNS RBI WINS SAVES Ervin, Phillip DAY 12 Elizalde, Sebastian DAY 65 Mahle, Tyler DAY 11 Weiss, Zack PNS 17 Rodriguez, Yorman LOU 10 Ervin, Phillip DAY 54 Stephens, Jackson DAY 9 Muhammad, El’Hajj DAY 14 Elizalde, Sebastian DAY 9 O’Grady, Brian DAY 43 Stephenson, Robert LOU 8 Adcock, Nate LOU 11 Skipworth, Kyle PNS 9 Rodriguez, Yorman LOU 41 Varner, Seth DAY 8 Diaz, Jumbo LOU 8 Sparks, Taylor DAY 9 3 others tied at 39.