Farming

A quick update and what’s been going on in the Tiger’s Minor League System. (with help from the prospect report)

Toledo
-Carlos Pena is hitting .389 in his rehab stint
-Matt Anderson continues to get hit. Opponents are hitting .308 against him. At least his 21/3 K/BB ratio is impressive, even if his .74 K/IP ratio isn’t.

Erie
-Preston Larrison was named to the Futures team
-Kenny Baugh continues to struggle. His last outing resulted in 8 earned runs on 9 hits in four and a third innnings

Lakeland
-3B Donald Kelly continues to get on base regularly. He has 31 walks and he’s hitting .359/.447/.473
-David Espinosa looks like a lost cause. He’s .231/.323/.344

West Michigan
-Jon Connolly finally failed to get a win. He gave up 2 earned runs in 6 innings on 9 hits, striking out 7.
-Joel Zumaya scattered 4 hits and 3 walks over 6 innings to get his 4th win. He allowed no earned runs and struck out 7

Oneonta
-Kody Kirkland, the PTBNL in the Randall Simon trade is raking. In 6 games he’s hitting .522/.593/.870