MLM Recap: Rob Brantly goes 3-4 with a double and walk for West Michigan

by David Tokarz on Jul 29, 2010 3:52 AM EDT in Detroit Tigers Minor League News

Andy Oliver got kinda lit up- he pitched 5 innings, giving up 5 earned runs on 7 hits and 3 walks while striking out 6. 2 of those 7 hits were home runs though. Casey Fien pitched 2 innings, striking out 3. Jeff Frazier was 2-4 with 2 homers and Casper Wells was 2-4 with a dinger of his own. Still looking for a bump in the walk rate from Casper...

AA: Altoona 6, Erie 3

Thad Weber allowed 6 earned runs in 6 innings of work. The damage was done on 8 hits (2 dingers) with 4 walks and 4 strikeouts. Kody Kaiser was 1-3 with a double and a walk, and Chris White was 1-3 with a double.

A+: Lakeland 7, Bradenton 6

Adam Wilk got knocked around. He went 3 innings, giving up 6 earned runs on 6 hits (2 homers) and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. Jared Gayhart faced 6 batters in 1.2 innings- he allowed a hit and struck 4 out. Bryan Holaday was 2-4 with a homer and a walk, while Francisco Martinez was 2-4 with a double.

A: West Michigan 16, Lake County 14

Man. I'm going to link to the game story for this one. Sad news about Soto leaving aside, this was a wild ride. The pitching was forgettable, so I won't mention it. The hitting... well, it was pretty freaking incredible. Rob Brantly was 3-4 with a double and a walk. Jamie Johnson was 1-3 with 3 walks and a triple, Tony Plagman was 3-6 and Jeff Rowland was 2-5 with a homer and a walk. I wish the Tigers would do this on occasion.

SS: Staten Island 1, Connecticut 0

Look up "hard luck loss" in the dictionary and you'll find Brennan Smith's name there. He went 8 innings, allowing 1 earned run on 6 hits (a solo homer causing the run), a walk and 6 strikeouts. And he took the loss. James Robbins was 2-4 and Ryan Enos was 2-3 with a double and a walk.

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Dombrowski

at what point do we hold dave dombrowski responsible for the lack of elite positional prospects. its been many years since we’ve had any position player that has given us anything to be excited about. you hear of other systems gushing about later round finds like desmond jennings or logan morrison, but we’ve been stuck waiting on wilkin ramirez to develop 4 of his supposed 5 tool ceiling. its exciting to have jacob tuner, andy oliver, and casey crosby – but injuries this year have shown how poorly dombrowski has scouted and drafted position players. and its not as thought he’s drafted players and traded them for big league talent. even the players in the miguel cabrera trade have been duds. there isn’t any hope on the horizon except for danny fields who is many years away and blocked by our (current) second best position player. i read these minor league reports and shake my head. its actually kind of depressing.

by Miguel And The Mud Hens on Jul 29, 2010 9:13 AM EDT reply actions