BB: D-3 Players in minor leagues/MLB

[OshDude]

Recent additions to the masterlist are NDFA pitchers Reese McCulley (Linfield, no link yet), Spencer Shelton (Piedmont) and Ryan Demmin (Oshkosh).

The masterlist is approaching the max-character point, like it has in the past. But this time it's getting to the point where we'll lose a lot of info with any change I make. Any suggestions on how to break up the post or change the layout to save space are appreciated.

I plan to create a sticky post with D3 MiLB alums (the guys without links at the bottom of the master). I think I'd need Jim's, Ralph's or Pat's help turning it into a sticky under national topics, but that shouldn't be a problem.

There's a great chance someone has a better idea.

[D-BAT]

Memorable callup to Bucs for emotional Kratz (EMU)
30-year-old catcher learns of promotion at Triple-A All-Star Game

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100714&content_id=12257372&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[RSSmith]

Is Dave Filak injured?  He hasn't pitched since July 6.

[CrashDavisD3]

Wayde Kitchens RHP Chapman '09 a D3 3 time All-American is pitching for
Oakland County Cruisers(Michigan) in the Frontier League. Wayde is 4-1 with
a 3.02 ERA in 50.2 innings with 59 strikeouts

http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/localsports/07-18-2010-wild-things-oak-county-game

[OshDude]

Montclair LHP Michael Vitale is the newest addition to the list above.

[ECSUalum]

Shawn Gilblair CanAm League stats with Worcester Tornadoes:

Season Team                      W L ERA  G GS SHO SV   IP       SO BB  H
2010 Worcester Tornadoes     0 1 2.10 23 0    0     0  34.1     32 10 27

[CCIWFAN6]

D3 player getting some love from Baseball America

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2010/2610440.html

[magicman]

Is Dave Filak injured?  He hasn't pitched since July 6.

I wondered about that as well, since he had decent efforts in his first 2 starts at Danville. His 3rd start on July 6th lasted only 1 inning and he only gave up a solo home run in that inning and they took him out, leading me to believe he must have been injured in some way. Especially after he didn't pitch for over 3 weeks after that start.  He finally was back on the mound in a relief appearance on July 29th, where he gave up 1 run in 1 inning on a walk, a wild pitch, a balk and a passed ball.

Last night, he again came on in relief, with Danville clinging to a 2-1 lead over the Bluefield Orioles entering the top of the 7th, and threw 2 scoreless innings. He struck out 4 and walked 2, while holding them hitless. Danville scored 5 times in the bottom of the 8th to win 7-1. The write up of the game stated that Filak threw 2 hitless inning, his longest outing since being injured on July 6th. No mention of what the injury was though. He lowered his ERA to 2.25 and has now pitched 12 innings and allowed only 3 earned runs. He has 14 strikeouts, given up 6 hits and 8 walks. His WHIP is 1.17 and if he can cut down on his walks that figure would improve significantly. He only had 19 BB in 67 innings this year at Oneonta, so to have 8 in 12 innings at Danville is a little out of whack

On another note, fellow New York State D3 pitcher Dan Jurik from St. John Fisher, who was also drafted by the Braves was recently moved from the Gulf Coast League Braves and joins Filak on the Danville Braves. Jurik was off to a fine start with the Gulf Coast League Braves having appeared in 9 games, with 6 starts. He owned a 3-0 record and had an ERA of 2.20 in 28.2 innings of work. He allowed only 7 earned runs and had a WHIP of 0.98 with 27 strikeouts.

Jurik's 1st start at Danville was on July 31st and found him on the short end of a 4-0 loss. He gave up 4 runs in 6 innings. Both guys have had a decent beginning to their professional careers. Hopefully they will both continue to improve.     

[lordcharles]

Magicman-thanks for the updates!  Hope both of these guys continue their success!

[CrashDavisD3]

Wayde Kitchens RHP Chapman('09) wins his 5th for the Oakland County Cruisers in the Frontier League
http://frontier.bbstats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=19867

67 IP 70 SO 2.55 ERA  .204 OAVG

[WLCALUM83]

What's up with Dan Remanowsky (Otterbein)? Last this poster checked he hadn't  pitched for a while--was put on the 7-day DL, after that  ?

[BigPoppa]

Hamline (2009) Dan Kaczrowski was promoted to Double A today.

[CCIWFAN6]

Another great week by Alvernia's Zach Lutz gets recognized....

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2010/2610479.html

[OshDude]

A few updates, assuming we all know the day-to-day news of the four currently active big leaguers:
Jordan Zimmermann is making the last of his rehab starts in Triple-A before reportedly heading back to the Washington rotation on or around Aug. 20. Not that it matters, but Zimmermann is 0-2 with a 2.10 ERA in seven rehab starts, spanning four levels. The rest of his rehab line: 25.2 IP, 19 H, 4 BB, 22 K, .207 OBA. Take away an ugly start at Hagerstown (5 IP, 6 ER, 2 HR) and he would have 0 ER in 19.2 IP. I know you can't do that, but it's meant to show that he's been the old JZ for the most part.

Zach Lutz is back to crushing Double-A pitching after missing a couple of weeks on the DL. In his past 10 games Lutz has 7 HR, 16 RBI, 13 R, 4 2B while batting .350 with a 1.410 OPS. Overall Lutz is batting .280 with 16 HR and 37 RBI with a .985 OPS in 51 games for three teams.

Yazy Arbelo has been on a tear, hitting .436 in his last 10 games with 5 HR, 17 RBI and a 1.361 OPS. He has a current double-digit hitting streak as well.

Arbelo's former Keystone teammate Eric Groff has fallen off his approximately one RBI/game pace after driving in two in the past 10 games. He still has 32 RBI in 45 games.

Vinny Rottino is making a case to get back to The Show. At Double-A Rottino is hitting .285 with 6 HR, 56 RBI, 17 SB, 1 CS, a 39:38 K:BB ratio and a .363 OBP in 89 games.

Casey Lawrence is 5-1 with a 1.90 ERA in 11 games (nine starts). He also sports a 41:7 K/BB ratio with 37 H allowed in 50 IP.

Cole Kimball is 6-1 with 10 saves and a 2.71 ERA at two levels. Kimball has given up 42 hits and struck out 78 in 66.1 innings overall. He's notched all of his four saves at Double-A during the past three weeks.

James Wood is out for the year with an injury.

The Dodgers granted Jack Taschner free agency after they designated him for assignment. He was last seen in the WI State League last week, pitching in the last game of the Oshkosh Giants' season.

Veteran OF Archie Gilbert has 10 HR, 46 RBI, 53 R, 28 2B, a 52:44 K/BB ratio and 25 SB in 97 games.

Andrew Pevsner has given up a run in one of his 11 relief appearances. He has a 1.76 ERA.

Ryan Demmin has two saves and a 1.76 ERA with 15 K's in 15.1 IP, all in relief.

Playing every day at 3B in Single-A, Frank Pfister has 21 2B, 6 HR and 40 RBI in 94 games.

Kenny Moreland has a 3.16 ERA at the Single-A level with a 56:10 K/BB ratio in 82.2 IP (13 starts).

When he finds playing time Sean Killeen has produced, hitting .500 with a 1.261 OPS in 16 AB's while playing roughly every other day since a promotion to Single-A.

Ryan Flannery is sixth in the SAL with 14 saves. He's also holding batters to a .219 average and has 58 K's in 66.2 IP. Flannery gave up his first HR in his 66th inning.

Corey Hamman is holding his own after a promotion to Triple-A, where he's 1-1 with a 2.49 ERA in 18 games of short relief. At Triple-A Hamman has 22 K's and 5 BB in 25.1 IP.

Ryan Cavan is now playing 2B, but he's still hitting, banging out 28 2B, 11 HR and 52 RBI to go along with 68 R in 110 games.

Veteran reliever Joe Bateman is once again putting up great numbers one call away from the big leagues. Bateman is 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA in Triple-A. In 43 games Bateman has 48 K's and a .204 OBA in 60.2 IP. You'd think a RHP who holds Triple-A righty swingers to a .174 AVG would get a shot, even if he's 30 years old.

Despite a rough July and August, reliever Kurt Yacko is 6-4 with a 3.65 ERA and has 61 K's in 56.2 IP. Opponents are hitting .233 against Yacko on the year.

Reliever Dan Remenowsky has been on the DL since late June, but he was lights-out until then, striking out 60 in 39.1 IP and holding a 2.75 ERA.

Another season, another banner season for veteran reliever Scott Chiasson. Again it was for Los Tigres of the Mexican League. Chiasson ended the regular season tied for numero tres with 24 saves. He also had a 2.67 ERA and a .200 OBA in 48 games and 57.1 IP.

Chuck Huggins has had several shaky starts lately but is still 7-3 with a 3.67 ERA and a .239 OBA on the year at High-A.

Blake Maxwell is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA in six games at Double-A.

After cruising at Triple-A, reliever Jeff Gogal is now cruising at Double-A. At Triple-A Gogal held a 0.00 ERA in 3.2 IP. Overall Gogal has a 1.23 ERA with 28 K's in 29.1 IP, most of which came in the FSL. But wherever he's worked, he's done his job well. Hitters are clunking along at a .194 average against Gogal.

[badgerwarhawk]

I saw Tauscher pitch in DODGER stadium a couple of weeks ago in a 13 inning 3-2 DODGERS win over the Padres.  He was yanked after facing two hitters who had back to back hits and he failed to record an out.