It Could Have Been Worse

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5-8 is a disappointing homestand. However, considering the virus and who we played, it could have been so much worse. Just be happy the rest of the division failed to take advantage.

Minor League Batting Stats

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AAA Batting Stats
Player	AB	BB	SO	XBH	H	BB/AB	SO/AB	BB/SO	XBH/H
Kerry Robinson	246	9	26	9	73	0.037	0.106	0.346	0.123
J.J. Furmaniak	234	17	57	23	66	0.073	0.244	0.298	0.348
Jon Knott	234	31	48	35	63	0.132	0.205	0.646	0.556
Josh Barfield	235	17	53	13	68	0.072	0.226	0.321	0.191
Ben Johnson	224	30	55	26	65	0.134	0.246	0.545	0.4
Bobby Scales	147	24	39	16	46	0.163	0.265	0.615	0.348
Michel Hernandez	150	21	19	7	42	0.14	0.127	1.105	0.167
Adam Hyzdu	101	25	31	11	25	0.248	0.307	0.806	0.44
Jesse Garcia	93	2	13	7	21	0.022	0.14	0.154	0.333
Tagg Bozied	43	1	4	6	12	0.023	0.093	0.25	0.5

Kerry Robinson is getting way, way too many at-bats. He shouldn't be on the team. Leading the team in plate appearances is outrageous.

A number of people seem to be in love with Furmaniak. Outside the cool name, he doesn't walk enough and he strikes out a ton.

Knott's getting older and has earned a shot. It's a shame that there is absolutely no room for him on the big league roster.

Josh Barfield still has yet to adjust to Triple-A. I'm hoping that's all there is to it.

Ben Johnson is showing good plate discipline and some solid power. That can also be said of Bobby Scales and Adam Hyzdu. I really don't understand why Hyzdu hasn't been able to put it together at the major league level.

Hernandez just doesn't have the power. He's got a hell of an eye at the plate, though. Bozied's numbers are the exact opposite.

Garcia sucks. He sucks a lot.

AA Batting Stats
Player	AB	BB	SO	XBH	H	BB/AB	SO/AB	BB/SO	XBH/H
Ronald Merrill	232	25	35	23	56	0.108	0.151	0.714	0.411
Paul McAnulty	230	24	52	23	67	0.104	0.226	0.462	0.343
Corey Smith	229	22	67	19	63	0.096	0.293	0.328	0.302
Kennard Jones	221	33	59	16	58	0.149	0.267	0.559	0.276
Greg Sain	198	17	45	13	48	0.086	0.227	0.378	0.271
Nick Trzesniak	163	21	43	15	45	0.129	0.264	0.488	0.333
Jason Clements	129	14	38	6	23	0.109	0.295	0.368	0.261
Casey Baker	116	16	32	8	26	0.138	0.276	0.5	0.308
Luke Carlin	94	12	14	7	29	0.128	0.149	0.857	0.241
Dustin Delucchi	91	13	22	5	26	0.143	0.242	0.591	0.192
Mike Richardson	86	16	33	4	16	0.186	0.384	0.485	0.25
Joe Gerber	34	5	13	4	12	0.147	0.382	0.385	0.333

Ronald Merrill has plate discipline to take a walk. He has the bat control and knowledge of the strike zone to keep his strikeout numbers low. He has good power. Unfortunately, he's 26 y/o and playing Double-A and can't seem to make regular contact.

Everyone on the team not named Smith or Sain have shown the ability to draw walks. Only McAnulty, Trzesniak and Gerber have shown any power to go along with that patience, though. And Gerber's only had 34 AB's.

The biggest issue I have is that the whole team is old. They don't have one hitter 22 y/o or younger. That's the biggest problem with the Padres farm system, actually. They're old.

Hi-A Batting Stats
Player	AB	BB	SO	XBH	H	BB/AB	SO/AB	BB/SO	XBH/H
Peeter Ramos	247	26	34	10	66	0.105	0.138	0.765	0.152
Fernando Valenzuela	241	28	36	22	77	0.116	0.149	0.778	0.286
Drew Macias	222	21	38	15	63	0.095	0.171	0.553	0.238
Juan Ciriaco	219	15	34	21	64	0.069	0.155	0.441	0.328
Brett Bonvechio	208	40	72	15	55	0.192	0.346	0.556	0.273
Steve Baker	201	10	43	20	71	0.05	0.214	0.234	0.282
George Kottaras	200	27	37	20	60	0.135	0.185	0.73	0.333
Brian Burgamy	198	19	37	17	58	0.096	0.187	0.514	0.293
Jordan Pickens	118	11	36	10	22	0.093	0.305	0.306	0.455
Michael Johnson	117	17	40	18	36	0.145	0.342	0.425	0.5
Andres Pagan	67	2	15	7	19	0.03	0.224	0.133	0.368
Skip Adams	55	7	14	4	15	0.127	0.255	0.5	0.267
Adam Bourassa	38	3	2	2	12	0.079	0.053	1.5	0.167
Matt Thayer	30	5	3	1	8	0.167	0.1	1.667	0.125
Craig Johnson	11	0	2	0	1	0	0.182	0	0

Ramos, Valenzuela, Bonvechio, Kottaras, Michael Johnson, Adams, and Thayer all have shown an ability to draw walks. Bonvechio, in particular, is piling them up. As seen with the Double-A club, only a couple of guys have the power to go along with patience at the plate. In this case, only Kottaras has the whole package.

The average age of the Lake Elsinore batters is 23. The median age is also 23. The ideal age for a Hi-A player is from 20-21. The farm system is old.

Lo-A Batting Stats
Player	AB	BB	SO	XBH	H	BB/AB	SO/AB	BB/SO	XBH/H
Brett Dowdy	226	24	36	16	64	0.106	0.159	0.667	0.25
Christopher Kolkhorst	225	41	37	13	59	0.182	0.164	1.108	0.22
Matt Bush	221	11	35	10	52	0.05	0.158	0.314	0.192
Lachlan Dale	218	19	82	23	46	0.087	0.376	0.232	0.5
Sean Kazmar	209	14	38	18	53	0.067	0.182	0.368	0.34
Tom Vincent	207	16	47	14	54	0.077	0.227	0.34	0.259
Peter Ciofrone	196	27	23	12	56	0.138	0.117	1.174	0.214
Yordany Ramirez	179	18	37	15	38	0.101	0.207	0.487	0.395
Colt Morton	151	24	39	17	43	0.159	0.258	0.615	0.395
Ruben Mora	74	9	15	3	14	0.122	0.203	0.6	0.214
Matt Lauderdale	73	10	15	8	25	0.137	0.206	0.667	0.32
Baudilio Figueroa	59	3	16	2	15	0.051	0.271	0.188	0.133
Brian Fryer	39	2	11	2	9	0.051	0.282	0.182	0.222

Patience is apparently harder to find at Low-A ball. Dowdy, Kolkhorst, Ciofrone, Ramirez, Morton, Mora and Lauderdale manage to reach the benchmark of one walk per ten at-bats. Of them only Ramirez and Morton have shown the ability to drive the ball regularly.

Yordany Ramirez seems to be the top prospect based on his internals and age (20), but his batting average is atrocious at .212. Morton's numbers are also good, but he's a bit old for Low-A.

Edit: Ramirez's outstanding internal numbers were apparently sample size flukes.

Average Age: 22. Median Age: 22. Old.