Written by Al Ciammiachella

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Jesus Aguilar, 1B-KIN: 2-4, HR (4), RBI, R, K

With 3 HR and 7 RBI in his last 3 games, Aguilar is finding his power stroke for high-A Kinston. Big, Bad Jesus Aguilar had a .292/.370/.544 line with 19 HR and 69 RBI for Lake County. That performance earned him a promotion to Kinston at the end of July, a much more difficult hitting environment. BBJA started slowly in Kinston but has come on of late, and has a .262/.311/.524 line in his last 10 games for the K-Tribe. Those numbers don’t leap off the page, but Aguilar turned 21 on the last day of June this year, so he’s still a little young for the level. At 6’3”, 240lbs Aguilar is an imposing figure at the plate, and one of the few power-hitting corner infield prospects in the organization. There’s still some concern that his defense will limit him to a DH role, but as of now he’s playing a solid 1B.

 

Trevor Crowe, DH-AZL: 2-4, HR (2), 3 RBI, R, K, CS

Crowe has now played in two games for the Arizona League Indians, and has homered in both. Leading off and DH’ing, Crowe is 3-6 overall with the 2 HR, 4 RBI, a walk, 2 runs scored and is 1-2 in stolen base attempts. It’s probably too little, too late for Crowe to contribute this season, but it has to be a great feeling for him to finally get back on the field and face live pitching again.

 

• Nick Hagadone, RP-COL: 2 IP, 2 K. Hagadone’s #’s at AAA Columbus: 43 2/3 IP, 3.30 ERA, 49 K and 14 BB. As good as Raffy Perez has been this season, Hagadone could make him expendable as early as opening day next year.
• Zach Putnam, RP-COL: 2 IP, 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, K, BB. Putnam has given up 4 ER in his last 2 2/3 IP to raise his ERA to 3.88 on the season.
• Cord Phelps, 2B-COL: 1-3, RBI, BB, K. Phelps is 8^th in the IL in OPS with his .863 mark. I’d much rather see him up with the big club than Luis Valbuena right now.
• Jared Goedert, 3B-COL: 2-4, HR (10), 2B, RBI, R, 2 K. Goedert has 10 HR in 229 AAA at bats, and has a .819 OPS between AA and AAA. If not for a spring training injury that saw him start the season on the DL, he could have been an internal option for replacing an injured Travis Hafner.
• Steven Wright, SP-AKR: L (1-2), 7 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 7 K, BB. The knuckleballer had an outstanding start yesterday, but couldn’t get any support from his offense as the Aeros were shut out in Richmond.
• Karexon Sanchez, 2B-AKR: 1-1, 2 BB. The Aeros had just 5 baserunners yesterday (2 hits and 3 walks). Sanchez was responsible for 3 of those 5 baserunners.
• Toru Muratu, RP-KIN: W (2-2), 3 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 K, BB. Muratu came in to relieve a struggling Clayton Cook in the 3^rd and gave the Kinston offense a chance to come back and eventually win the game.
• Preston Gulimet, RP-KIN: S (33), 1 1/3 IP, H, 2 K. Gulimet leads the organization in saves, now two ahead of former teammate Cory Burns.
• Tyler Holt, CF-KIN: 1-4, 2 R, BB, SB, 2 K. Holt is hitting .289/.413/.368 in his last 10 games, with 7 BB and 3 2B.
• Adam Abraham, 3B-KIN: 2-5, 2 RBI, 2 SB. Abraham is 7 for his last 20, but I’m focusing more on the 2 SB yesterday than anything. Not the fleetest of foot, Abraham now has 5 SB on the season. Can’t imagine how he ended up with 2 in one game.
• Delvi Cid, RF-KIN: 1-3, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 R, BB. Cid is hitting just .195/.310/.259 on the season for Kinston.
• J.D. Reichenbach, SP-LCC: W (7-1), 6 UP, ER, 7 H, 3 K. Reichenbach has had a solid season for Lake County, going 7-1 with a 3.23 ERA. He doesn’t miss many bats (67 K in 94 2/3 IP) but makes up for it by getting a lot of groundballs (1.51 GO/AO). He was signed as a UDFA last June.
• Kyle Blair, RP-LCC: 2 IP, 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, K, BB. Blair has now had 4 outings out of the Lake County bullpen since returning from exile in Arizona. He’s thrown 8 innings, given up 2 ER and struck out 5 while walking 4.
• Dale Dickerson, RP-LCC: S (3), IP, 2 K, BB. A 16^th round draft pick in 2009, Dickerson is 2-2 with 3 saves and a 2.24 ERA out of the Captains bullpen.
• Ronny Rodriguez, SS-LCC: 2-4, 2B, R. Ro-Ro is hitting an impressive .361/.439/.722 in his last 10 games, with 2 HR, 5 2B and a 3B.
• Jose Ramirez, 2B-AZL: 2-4, 2B, RBI. The 18-year old Ramirez has an .809 OPS in 170 AB in the complex leagues. 

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