Future Bees: Week of May 25-31, 2010
Hi Bees fans!
This is the first installment of our new weekly blog feature “Future Bees” where we take a look at what’s happening with the other teams in the Angels Farm system and highlight some of the players who could find themselves in a Bees uniform in the near future.
Record:
19-29, 4th place in North Division, 9.5 games back.
Week:
3-4 — Month: 9-19 — L10: 4-6 — Streak: W2
Highlights
One-Run Wonders: The Travelers ended
the month of May with two straight one-run victories over Corpus Cristi behind
solid pitching performances from Jeremy Thorne, Michael Anton and the relief
core of Robert Fish, Jeremy Haynes and Jordan Walden.
New Addition: After tearing up the
California League with High-A Rancho Cucamonga (.346, 42 RBI in 46 games),
outfielder Roberto Lopez was promoted to Arkansas on Saturday. He is
one-for-six in two games for the Travelers.
Top Performers
Jeremy Thorne: In his start on Sunday,
Thorne pitched seven stellar innings of one-run ball and earned the win against
Corpus Cristi.
Jeremy Moore: Had a seven-game hitting
streak snapped on Monday after going 10-for-33 (.333) during that span.
Jordan Walden: After a terrible April
in which he had an ERA of 12.15 and a WHIP of 2.40, Walden has regained his
form in May, lowering his ERA to 4.79 after only allowing one earned run on the
month.
HIGH-A RANCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES
Record:
29-23, 3rd place in South Division, 6.0 games back.
Week: 5-2 — May: 18-11 — L10: 6-4 — Streak: W1
Highlights
Walking the Line: The Quakes pitchers escaped danger multiple times on Monday after allowing 12
baserunners to reach by walks. Despite the wild night, starting pitcher Tyler Chatwood and Co.
were able to prevent San Jose from capitalizing on the opportunities.
April Showers, May
Flowers: Rancho has come on strong in May after faltering out of the gates
in 2010, led by Chatwood who is 5-0 with a 1.35 ERA for
the month and second baseman Alexi Amarista.
Top Performers
Matt Shoemaker: Pitched a complete-game on Saturday surrendering one run on four hits while
striking out 12, this after getting hit around in his previous start in which
he gave up five runs in four innings of work.
Alexi Amarista: Amarista has been on a tear this week, with six multi-hit games in seven games,
including a four-hit showcase on Monday where he finished a homer short of the
cycle. This week he is 15-for-30 (.500) with a homerun, eight RBI, four doubles
and four stolen bases raising his batting average to .351.
Record: 33-18, 1st place in Western Division, 2.0
games up.
Week: 6-1 — Ma
y: 23-6 — L
10: 9-1 — S
treak: W6
Highlights
Walk-off!: G
oing
right along with the walk-off theme in the Angels organization this week, the Kernels
took a 2-1 deficit into the bottom of the ninth, tied it on a Casey Haerther
sac fly and walked-off with the win on a Luis Jimenez RBI single that scored
Mike Trout.
Come back Kernels: In
Sunday afternoon the Kernels came back from a 4-1 deficit when Rattlers pitcher
Jake Odorizzi walked the bases loaded to get into trouble, and eventually gave
up a two-run double to Mike Trout that put the Kernels on top for good 5-4.
Top Performances
Mike Trout: Trout continues his beat down of Midwest League pitching going 11/28 (.392) at
the plate with six runs, three stolen bases and three RBI for the week. He
currently leads the MWL in batting average (.362), OBP (.442), runs (42), hits
(71) and stolen bases (26); is second in triples (6) and OPS (.988); and is
third in slugging (.546) and total bases (107).
Garrett Richards: In two impressive starts covering 12 innings, Richards did not allow an earned
run, only surrendering six hits while striking out 14 and earning wins in both
decisions. On Monday afternoon, Richards struck out seven consecutive batters,
running his strikeout total for the day to 11.
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Superb infomraiton here, ol’e chap; keep burning the midnight oil.