Minors Report for 7/1/10 (Ivan Nova; Brett Marshall; Josh Romanski; Jimmy Paredes)

Minor Leagues Report — By Tom K on July 1, 2010 10:56 pm

Well, at least Tampa started their game tonight…but didn’t finish it. Game suspended. ——————– Scranton:

Ivan Nova pitched seven strong innings, while Eduardo Nunez collected three hits and an RBI as Scranton took an 8-6 victory.

Nova allowed three of those runs on seven hits. He walked only two, but also didn’t strike out a batter. His GO/AO rate also wasn’t all that strong tonight, so it looks like he was off of his game..but still managed to go deep into it. Nova is now 6-2 in 15 starts with a 3.07 ERA (91 IP, 91 H, 32 BB, 64 K, 6 HR, 1.51 GO/AO ratio).

Nunez, who also stole two bases, is now hitting .313/.358/.416 on the season with 17 steals in 20 tries. He collected his 100th hit of the season.

Jesus Montero went 1-for-3 with a double, two walks, and a run batted in (.251/.318/.417), while Marcus Thames contributed a few hits. Thames should be ready to rejoin the big club shortly. —————————————— Trenton:

Trenton had to piece together their pitching a bit tonight, but managed to pull off a 4-1 victory.

Cory Arbiso, drafted in the 22nd round of the 2008 draft, started and went four innings, giving up one run on six hits. He walked nobody and struck out one. The 24-year old swingman is 0-1 on the season with a 3.89 ERA in 18 games (4 starts). Over 37 innings, he has allowed 37 hits while walking 10 and striking out 20. He has a 2.07 GO/AO ratio. JB Cox pitched two scoreless innings in relief to get the victory.

At the plate, Daniel Brewer went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI to raise his slash to .234/.320/.381. ——————————————- Charleston:

It was a pitching clinic today for Charleston as they swept a double-header by the scores of 4-2 and 4-1.

In Game 1, Brett Marshall pitched extremely well, going six innings while allowing two runs on four hits. He walked two and struck out six. This was Marshall’s first start for Charleston this season, after throwing a couple of rehab games for the GCL squad. Marshall (20) has a chance to be a top pitching prospect, but needs to stay healthy obviously. Tonight was a good first step.

In Game 2, it was all Josh Romanski. Romanski went five innings, allowing one run on six hits. He walked two and struck out eight. The 23-year old southpaw is now 2-2 with a 3.94 ERA for Charleston (6 starts, 32 IP, 35 H, 8 BB, 32 K, 3 HR). It was his second consecutive eight strikeout game. I am intrigued by this kid, once a good prospect for the Brewers’ organization who is coming off of an injury. You just never know with left-handed pitchers.

It wasn’t a great night for the hitting prospects, however. Slade Heathcott went 0-for-7 in the DH with a walk and a run scored, while JR Murphy went 0-for-5. Neil Medchill managed to hit a two-run home run, but was only 1-for-5 overall.

Jimmy Paredes hit well though. Paredes went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, two walks, and three runs scored. The 21-year old shortstop is now hitting a very respectable .283/.315/.393 with 17 doubles, three triples, four home runs, and 30 RBI. He has also scored 50 runs and stolen 27 out of 34. He had a rough April (.567 OPS) but has turned it up since then (.755 in May; .729 in June). With all of the talk about who is above him (Nunez) and who is below him (Culver), it should be noted that Paredes is a pretty darn good prospect in his own right. —————————————————— Lower Minors: Gary Sanchez raised his average to .424 on the season with a 2-for-3 day for the GCL Yankees…In that same game, 19-year old Kelvin Duran went 3-for-5 with a double and is now 6-for-18….Lefty Nik Turley, a 50th round pick in the 2008 draft, went 4 innings in this start. To show you how defense can be a bit shaky at levels like this, Turley has a 0.84 ERA in 10.2 innings this year. Sounds impressive – until you see that he has given up seven runs, only one of which has been earned….Chase Whitley continues his relief success with Staten Island. He saved his fifth game tonight, throwing two scoreless innings and striking out two. His line for the season: 6 games, 8.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K. Whitley recently turned 21 years old. He was drafted in the 15th round in this year’s draft. He is a big kid (6’4″, 220 pounds) who can dial it up into the mid-90s range (but sits more in the lower 90s). A bit of a projectable reliever. He’ll probably be given every chance to climb the ladder quickly…

Tags: Brett Marshall, Chase Whitley, Cory Arbiso, Daniel Brewer, Eduardo Nunez, Gary Sanchez, Ivan Nova, Jesus Montero, Jimmy Paredes, Josh Romanski, Kelvin Duran, Marcus Thames, Neil Medchill, Phil Hughes