BA has Rizzo 1st, Gyorko and Decker in Hot Sheet

[aztecron]

Nice to see some of our boys get recognized for their hot starts.

www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2011/2611613.html

[aztecryan]

And James Darnell was left off, due to his lack of extra base hits...which he promptly responded with 2 home runs last night, including a 440 foot bomb to left center. The Padres have at least one player in the top five of the entire minor leagues in the categories of OPS, HR's, RBI's and batting average.

[cvtower]

I can only wonder how long before one of them gets called up to the Padres this season. Any type of offense is all the SD needs to get back to winning games.

[aztecryan]

Jaff Decker with 2 homers tonight and 7 RBI's, and it's only the sixth inning...
web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2011_04_23_sanaax_mroaax_1&t=g_box&did=milb

[aztecron]

Apr 23, 2011 17:35:46 GMT -8 aztecryan said:

Jaff Decker with 2 homers tonight and 7 RBI's, and it's only the sixth inning...
web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2011_04_23_sanaax_mroaax_1&t=g_box&did=milb

I saw that this morning. Has to be tempered by the 19 MPH from LF to RF though. I've learned this year to read the weather at the bottom of the box scores. I'd never done that before. I started that today after San Antonio's second game of 20 or more runs in two weeks.

I read where Jed Hoyer and staff adjust stats by park for all minor leaguers. I'd love to learn how they do that.

[aztecryan]

Account for the wind in the road games. Midland is a much more hitter friendly environment than the Wolff, San Antonio's home ballpark. Decker's only hitting .476 there with a couple homers. The Missions can really swing the bat. Fun team to watch.

[AztecBill]

Last year San Antonio was the worst hitting team (Batting Average) in the Texas League. That was due in part to their ball park which, like Petco Park, is a huge pitchers park.

2010 Texas League Team Hitting

Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG	OPS
NW Arkansas	140	4697	770	1368	291	37	132	712	2129	486	817	152	70	.364	.453	.291	.817
Midland	140	4719	646	1247	239	42	74	593	1792	525	1022	126	49	.341	.38	.264	.721
Springfield	140	4717	721	1245	248	34	146	660	1999	544	1065	78	28	.35	.424	.264	.774
Frisco	139	4753	573	1225	215	41	68	510	1726	440	977	91	44	.324	.363	.258	.687
Tulsa	139	4619	611	1182	245	28	105	566	1798	455	960	104	53	.329	.389	.256	.718
Corpus Christi	140	4700	548	1195	194	31	89	508	1718	441	1030	96	55	.321	.366	.254	.687
Arkansas	140	4534	535	1124	167	36	84	476	1615	399	952	123	81	.313	.356	.248	.669
San Antonio	140	4695	605	1150	212	33	93	566	1707	566	1006	62	45	.331	.364	.245	.694

This year The Missions are rocking as the best hitting team in the league, so far. They are leading by a wide margin.

2011 Texas League Team Hitting

Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG	OPS
San Antonio	16	594	129	201	54	5	32	125	361	76	120	10	6	.415	.608	.338	1.023
NW Arkansas	14	468	76	130	25	5	15	70	210	56	90	17	5	.357	.449	.278	.806
Frisco	16	543	75	150	18	5	17	69	229	36	111	14	3	.336	.422	.276	.757
Tulsa	16	532	87	141	23	6	20	80	236	56	107	7	6	.337	.444	.265	.781
Arkansas	14	451	63	117	24	6	11	59	186	52	119	26	7	.337	.412	.259	.75
Springfield	16	552	79	143	31	2	16	74	226	66	134	9	2	.346	.409	.259	.756
Midland	16	551	84	140	31	8	18	76	241	74	109	8	3	.35	.437	.254	.787
Corpus Christi	16	560	79	138	31	2	13	73	212	48	105	28	5	.306	.379	.246	.685

A team OPS above 1.000. WOW. They must have stole all the hits the Padres should be getting. They are averaging almost 10 more bases per game than the 2nd best team.

It isn't totally where they have been playing since their pitching is 3rd in the league in ERA.

[aztecryan]

They will get a very stiff test tonight in the form of Martin Perez, one of the top prospects in baseball.

[aztecron]

Thanks, Ryan and Bill. Great stats and explanations.

[aztecryan]

Rizzo hits his seventh long ball of the season. 26 RBI's for him. Anytime, Ron. I'm excited to see some of these farm guys producing. Gives me some hope.

[aztecron]

Apr 25, 2011 18:34:38 GMT -8 aztecryan said:

Rizzo hits his seventh long ball of the season. 26 RBI's for him. Anytime, Ron. I'm excited to see some of these farm guys producing. Gives me some hope.

Absolutely, I'm with you on this.

[AztecBill]

Apr 26, 2011 8:22:20 GMT -8 aztecron said:

Apr 25, 2011 18:34:38 GMT -8 aztecryan said:

Rizzo hits his seventh long ball of the season. 26 RBI's for him. Anytime, Ron. I'm excited to see some of these farm guys producing. Gives me some hope.

Absolutely, I'm with you on this.

I created the linked spreadsheet below because I was tired of trying to find out information about Padres minor leaguers.

[url=https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmuNh35tujuBdHNiNS1MSWFSX3VYejZPTDQ0VnFWUmc&hl=en&authkey=CMXJg_IJ#gid=0
]Padres Minor League Players[/url]

[aztecryan]

Nice, Bill. Thanks for that.

[AztecBill]

Apr 29, 2011 16:31:09 GMT -8 aztecryan said:

Nice, Bill. Thanks for that.

The links on the right don't work with a straight double click. Click once and wait for a line to display and click that to display their MiLB page. PM me any errors or omissions. The age on the right is calculated from their Birthdate. So it automatically adds .01 every 3.65 days.

[aztecron]

Apr 29, 2011 16:38:07 GMT -8 AztecBill said:

Apr 29, 2011 16:31:09 GMT -8 aztecryan said:

Nice, Bill. Thanks for that.

The links on the right don't work with a straight double click. Click once and wait for a line to display and click that to display their MiLB page. PM me any errors or omissions. The age on the right is calculated from their Birthdate. So it automatically adds .01 every 3.65 days.

This is awesome, Bill, much appreciated.

[aztecmusician]

Good news on the farm for the Pads, it has been a long time since they had a full stable of good hitting prospects.

[aztecryan]

Anthony Rizzo will be the starting first baseman for the Padres next season, Jaff Decker has a chance to be the starting left fielder. Also think Blake Tekotte will be a valuable guy off the bench with the ability to steal bases, hit for average and play excellent defense.

[AztecBill]

May 2, 2011 10:56:50 GMT -8 aztecryan said:

Anthony Rizzo will be the starting first baseman for the Padres next season, Jaff Decker has a chance to be the starting left fielder. Also think Blake Tekotte will be a valuable guy off the bench with the ability to steal bases, hit for average and play excellent defense.

What do you think of Cody Decker? He just turned 24. So he is a little old for "AA" but he is rocking after having hit 28 HR and 35 Doubles for LE last year.

.290 .330 .719 1.049

His 11 home runs leads The Texas League. 2nd place only has 8 HRs.

He is blocked by Rizzo. But at 24 they may promote him before Rizzo if they feel they really need a 1B. He is sure hitting a lot better than Kyle Blanks. Cody has 5 home runs in his last 6 games.

[aztecron]

Question for Ryan, Bill or anyone else for that matter. I have been looking at Gyorko's offensive stats and comparing them to other current MLB players from their minor league days.

Do you think a comparision to Longoria (A+ level offensive stats at this point) are comparable? Is Gyorko's bat similiar to Longoria's with continued growth and development? I have no clue to Gyorko's defense, but I wouldn't compare most anybody to Logoria's defense as he's the man at 3B.

I've seen Rincon before and really like him, too. But, Gyorko's bat has me intrigued.

[aztecryan]

Longoria is a bad comparison to almost anyone. He's probably one of the top 10-20 players in all of baseball. Gyorko has an advanced bat, it's just not in that category (Not many are, so that's not a slight to him)...his defense has been much better than anticipated, but the key for him will be to hit in AA, as is the case with almost everyone in the Cal League. I think between Gyorko, Rincon and Darnell, someone will end up playing third for the Padres not named Chase Headley. Might just be another two seasons though.