Strong offensive day for the Mets prospects. Brandon Nimmo has now gotten a hit in all 4 games he's played in. Today was a RBI double off Seattle prospect Matt Anderson. He also drove in a second RBI via a 5th inning ground-out. Meanwhile, Matt Reynolds brought the lumber in today's game. With the game tied 5 - 5 in extra innings, Reynolds pulled a 2 run HR over the left field wall to give the Scorpions the lead.
Rob Whalen got the start in this one and struggled in the 2nd inning. He gave up 3 ER on 3 hits and 2 BB. In his other two innings of work, 2 IP, 0 H, and 3 K's.
| Scottsdale Scorpions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Roman Quinn | CF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .133 |
| Brandon Nimmo | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Dan Gamache | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Greg Bird | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .381 |
| Dante Bichette Jr. | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 |
| Tyler Austin | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Matt Reynolds | SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Kyle Higashioka | C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Daniel Carbonell | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 |
| Totals | 40 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | .243 | |
BATTING
2B: Nimmo (3, Younginer), Reynolds, M (1, Scott).
HR: Higashioka (1, 2nd inning off Bonilla, 1 on, 2 out), Reynolds, M (1, 10th inning off Klimesh, 1 on, 2 out).
RBI: Gamache (2), Higashioka 2 (2), Nimmo 2 (2), Reynolds, M 2 (2).
BASERUNNING
SB: Quinn 3 (3, 2nd base off Bonilla/Cantwell, 3rd base off Bonilla/Cantwell, 2nd base off Younginer/Cantwell), Higashioka (1, 2nd base off Klimesh/Cantwell).
CS: Bichette Jr. (1, 2nd base by Smith, B/Cantwell).
FIELDING
E: Nimmo (1, fielding), Carbonell (2, fielding).
Outfield assists: Quinn (Williams at 3rd base).
2B: Nimmo (3, Younginer), Reynolds, M (1, Scott).
HR: Higashioka (1, 2nd inning off Bonilla, 1 on, 2 out), Reynolds, M (1, 10th inning off Klimesh, 1 on, 2 out).
RBI: Gamache (2), Higashioka 2 (2), Nimmo 2 (2), Reynolds, M 2 (2).
BASERUNNING
SB: Quinn 3 (3, 2nd base off Bonilla/Cantwell, 3rd base off Bonilla/Cantwell, 2nd base off Younginer/Cantwell), Higashioka (1, 2nd base off Klimesh/Cantwell).
CS: Bichette Jr. (1, 2nd base by Smith, B/Cantwell).
FIELDING
E: Nimmo (1, fielding), Carbonell (2, fielding).
Outfield assists: Quinn (Williams at 3rd base).
| Surprise Saguaros | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Mallex Smith | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .167 |
| Rusney Castillo | CF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Nick Williams | LF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .150 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .353 |
| Patrick Kivlehan | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| Seth Mejias-Brean | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| Juan Perez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .600 |
| Pat Cantwell | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 40 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | .287 | |
BATTING
2B: Mejias-Brean (1, Cotham), Williams (1, Ogando).
HR: Kivlehan (2, 2nd inning off Whalen, 1 on, 0 out).
RBI: Kivlehan 2 (5), Smith, M (1), Turner 2 (2), Williams (3).
BASERUNNING
SB: Perez, J (1, 3rd base off Whalen/Higashioka), Turner (1, 2nd base off Whalen/Higashioka).
FIELDING
E: Turner (1, fielding).
2B: Mejias-Brean (1, Cotham), Williams (1, Ogando).
HR: Kivlehan (2, 2nd inning off Whalen, 1 on, 0 out).
RBI: Kivlehan 2 (5), Smith, M (1), Turner 2 (2), Williams (3).
BASERUNNING
SB: Perez, J (1, 3rd base off Whalen/Higashioka), Turner (1, 2nd base off Whalen/Higashioka).
FIELDING
E: Turner (1, fielding).
| Scottsdale Scorpions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Rob Whalen | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9.00 | |||
| Caleb Cotham | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| Ethan Stewart | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.70 | |||
| Adrian Sampson (BS, 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| Tyler Rogers | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Nefi Ogando (W, 1-0) | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| Totals | 10.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5.80 | |||
| Surprise Saguaros | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Lisalverto Bonilla | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9.00 | |||
| Matt Anderson | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| Burch Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| Madison Younginer | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| Robby Scott | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Carlos Gonzalez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Ben Klimesh (L, 0-1) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9.00 | |||
| Totals | 10.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4.11 | |||
Looks like Reynolds has some pop too. I don't know why there's this sentiment that his season was a fluke and he still has all this doubt. The guy might have struggled in 2013 while he was adjusting to pro ball but he was a 2nd rd pick in 2012. This shouldn't be such a surprise.
ReplyDeleteHe's a sleeper pick for a middle IF position next year.
@Michael S.
ReplyDeleteThe knocks against Reynolds come from a sabermetric point of view.
Reynolds has logged 286 Games in his minor league career so far. In his career so far he's posted a ISOlated power rate of only .089. His batting average is a career .240 on a reasonable .288 BABIP.
For just his 2014 AAA season, his BABIP rocketed up to a unsustainable .404 which, by sabermetric standards, dragged his batting average up as well to .333.
The reason it's deamed "unsustainable" is because, since 2000, only 9 players have been able to carry a BABIP over .350 in their careers and no one has a rate over .366.
Even if we assume Reynolds can hold a .350 BABIP rate, his batting average then falls to still respectable .284.
But if he regresses back to his career norm of .288 BABIP, his batting average is a much less impressive .235.
Advanced advanced stats aside, I can't believe his success in 3 different leagues all comes down to luck.
ReplyDeleteI would peg him as a .280-.300 hitter with a high OBP, speed (20 steals last year) and some pop. He has the makings of a solid leadoff or #2 hitter.
I agree. Everyone seems to want to treat this past season as a fluke, but his 2nd round selection and top college program suggest that he is something special. I can see the need to do it again, but scouts were quoted during the season as saying that he is better than Tejada now so why overlook him?
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