Down On The Farm 5/25/07

Here's a look at the Angels' Minor League Teams and top prospects.

AAA- Salt Lake
The Bees have a record of 26-22 and are in first place of the PCL Pacific North Division. The Bees just took 3 of 4 games from the Sacramento River Cats (Oakland A's). On Wednesday Joe Saunders outdueled a rehabbing Esteban Loaiza with 9 strikeouts in 6ip. Starting pitcher Kasey Olenberger won both of his starts this week and is tied for the league lead in wins with six. Nathan Haynes leads the PCL in batting average (.394) and on base percentage (.473).

AA- Arkansas
In a Texas League battle of last place clubs, the Travelers were swept by the Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros). The Travs are in last place of the Texas League North Division with a record of 18-28. Nick Adenhart had his worst outing of the year on Wednesday lasting only 2.2 innings while giving up 9 hits and 6 earned runs.

A- Rancho Cucamonga
The Quakes have won 5 out of 6 and are 24-23, 2 games out of first place. Relief pitcher Darren O'Day recorded 2 wins and a save this past week. Rancho is above .500 despite being last in the league in batting average (.226), on base percentage (.290), slugging percentage (.324) rbi (147) and ops (.615).

Player        Pos Age Lg  H/AB  AVG  OPS MISC
Nathan Haynes  OF 27 AAA 63/160 .394 1.073 13-sb, 32-rbi
Terry Evans    OF 25 AAA 57/174 .328 .914 6-hr 46-k
Matthew Brown  IF 24 AAA 42/140 .300 .843 3-hr
Brandon Wood   3B 22 AAA 34/145 .234 .733 5-hr 42-k
Jeff Mathis    C  24 AAA 35/143 .245 .645 27-k
Sean Rodriguez SS 22 AA  41/156 .263 .814 6-hr, 24-rbi
Bradley Coon   OF 24 A+  53/174 .305 .774 22-sb, 2-hr
Hank Conger    C  19 A   36/137 .263 .749 6-hr, 7-sb
Chris Pettit   OF 22 A   53/151 .351 .979 5-hr, 12-sb

Player          Pos Age Lg  IP  W-L  ERA MISC
Joe Saunders     SP 25 AAA 37.2 2-3 4.30 38k/10bb
Greg Jones       RP 30 AAA 19.1 2-0 6.05 1.91-whip
Jason Bulger     RP 28 AAA 19.1 1-1 2.79 28k/12bb
Kasey Olenberger SP 29 AAA 62.2 6-1 3.30 38k/12bb
Nick Adenhart    SP 20 AA  50.0 3-2 3.60 0-hr
Brok Butcher     SP 23 A+  60.0 3-2 1.50 40k/11bb
Stephen Marek    SP 23 A+  38.2 3-2 3.49 1.27 whip
Sean O'Sullivan  SP 19 A   56.0 3-3 2.57 1.34 whip
Douglas Brandt   SP 22 A   40.2 3-0 1.11 44k/7bb