Padres MiLB, September 9, Players of the Day; Playoff Edition

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Padres MiLB, September 9, Players of the Day; Playoff Edition

Playoffs!

Hitter(s) of the Day

Blake Tekotte (Low-A): 2-4, R, BB

Cedric Hunter (AA): 2-3, 2 2B, 2 BB – hat tip: Bob

Pitcher(s) of the Day

Simon Castro (Low-A): 6.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR

Brad Brach (Low-A): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 HR

Ernesto Frieri (AA): 6.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

Fort Wayne won 3-1 and San Antonio and Lake Elsinore each lost by one 1-0 in 11 innings for San Antonio, and 6-5 for Lake Elsinore.

Simon Castro and Brad Brach and two other pitchers combined for a 2-hitter.

Frieri get zero love as a prospect. He has only allowed 125 hits in 147 innings (regular season plus Wednesday’s playoff game) and has a 7.6 K/9. On the down-side, he has a 3.97 BB/9. I’m not sure he’s a future starter, but I like him a lot as a reliever.

Tagged as: Blake Tekotte, brad brach, Cedric Hunter, Ernesto Frieri, Padres, Prospects, simon castro

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Bob
9:32 am on September 10th, 2009
No love for Cedric hunter 2-3 with 2 doubles and 2 walks
Peter padresrundown.com
10:20 am on September 10th, 2009
Wow! Somehow I missed that. Thanks, Bob. Updated.
websoulsurfer websoulsurfer.com
4:21 pm on September 10th, 2009
Hunter was the only Missions player to get a hit wasn’t he?
LynchMob
10:43 am on September 11th, 2009
September 10th
by Kevin Goldstein

A name you should know

Simon Castro, RHP, Padres (Low-A Fort Wayne)
Thursday’s stats: 6.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K
I was talking to a scout on Tuesday and we started talking about the best pitchers we saw in the Midwest League this year. Detroit’s Casey Crosby (who got shelled last night) was the first to come to mind, but both of us agree the Castro deserves to be in the argument for number two, and he certainly showed why in the Wizards playoff opener. A 21-year-old Domincan with serious heat and plus command, he finished the year with a 3.33 ERA, but the numbers that really stand out are the 157 strikeouts against just 37 walks in 140 1/3 innings.

… and I assume when Peter gets around to today’s post that Wynn Pelzer will be a Pitcher of the Day
Mark fantasybaseballhotstove.blogspot.com
2:41 pm on September 11th, 2009
Anyway you toss the dice (starting or relief), I hate pitchers that walk a lot of hitters. That’s killed Carlos Marmol this year who also has been dominant with opponents batting average.
LynchMob
3:45 pm on September 14th, 2009
Orioles decide to shut down rookie lefty Matusz

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AvOCoRIy4HCPJ7XUPtLQS48RvLYF?slug=ap-orioles-matusz&prov=ap&type=lgns

… an interesting parallel to Latos.