Mariners Minor League Game Action Recap for August 24
News: Ryan Divish reports that D.J. Peterson will miss at least six weeks after his jaw surgery, and it may be two-step surgery. Divish quotes Jack Zduriencik as saying: “He was scheduled to play in the Arizona Fall League so we’ll have to re-evaluate that.”
Divish also reports that Mike Zunino (Talk40 #1) is likely to report to Tacoma for a rehab assignment by mid-week.
He's been catching bullpen sessions and taking batting practice.
AAA -- Tucson 6, Tacoma 4 -- Box
The Padres got five in the 7th off of Hector Noesi and Brian Moran (Talk40 #35) to take command.
Nate Tenbrink (26intheMix) got his 14th homer of the year, and Franklin Gutierrez had a pair of doubles.
Abraham Almonte (26intheMix) was hitless, but had a walk and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, our man Ji-Man Choi (Talk40 #19) is struggling with AAA. Only one hit in his first 24 PAs.
AA -- Chattanooga 7, Jackson 4 -- Box
The weird and wonderful world of Jabari Blash (Watch List). No Blash Splash, but 0-for-0 with four walks.
Chris Taylor (Talk40 #28) had two more hits and a stolen base. He leads the organization in hits with 156. With 35 steals, he trails only Jamal Austin (37). His 78 walks also lead the system.
High-A -- Inland Empire 7, High Desert 5 -- Box
The 66ers opened up a lead with three unearned runs off of Stephen Landazuri (Talk40 #24), whose line was otherwise interesting: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K.
Jordy Lara had three hits, and Jabari Henry (26intheMix) added a triple.
Low-A -- Beloit 7, Clinton 4 -- Box
Tyler Pike (Talk40 #14) has been coming back from some injury time with some short outings. Saturday's wasn't bad: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K.
Dario Pizzano (26intheMix), Brock Hebert (26intheMix) and Martin Peguero (Watch List) each had a double plus a single.
Short Season-A -- Everett 5, Tri-Cities 1 -- Box
Well now ... a victory.
Tommy Burns was the man on the mound with a nice line: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K.
Austin Wilson had a double and a single. Let's check out his progress:
- June: 7 G | .111/.172/.148
- July: 28 G | .238/.322/.352
- Aug.: 16 G | .298/.355/.596
I would call that moving in the right direction.
Rookie -- Pulaski 7, Elizabethton 6 -- Box
Give this game ball to Profit Isaiah! Isaiah Yates (Talk40 #39): 3-for-4 with a double and two two-run homers. And his second bomb, in the 8th, changed the scoreboard from 6-5 Twins to 7-6 Mariners.
Yates in August: .308/.400/.508. And, since he was drafted out of high school at 17, he doesn't turn 19 till next week.
His K% went up this year, but he's still flashing some interesting upside.
Looking Ahead
Happy Taijuan Day! Taijuan Walker (Talk40 #2) for Tacoma in Tucson.
[FYI: Tucson was a temporary home for the Padre club, formerly in Portland, which will move to a new ballpark in El Paso next year.]