Future Redbirds

The following 15 players were released from the cardinals minor league camp this morning:

1. Dennis Dove – RHP
2. Mike Ferris – 1B
3. Will Groff – OF
4. Chris Grossman – C
5. Eric Haberer – LHP
6. Gerard Haran – C
7. Steven A. Hill – RHP
8. Brandon Johnson – 2B
9. Marcus Markray – LHP
10. Jose Ramirez – OF
11. Christian Reyes – C/1B
12. Robert Sanzillo – C
13. Jared Schweitzer – IF
14. Ray Silva – RHP
15. Scott Thomas - C

Mike Ferris was the #60th overall pick in the blasphemous 2004 draft. The bat never materialized. Dove’s only calling card was velocity and while it almost got him to the bigs, control and shoulder concerns as well as better prospects matriculating up the system made him an unneeded part. I wouldn’t be shocked to see someone like the Tigers pick him up. I haven’t heard of all of these catchers and the Steven A. Hill is not to be confused with Steve Hill the C/LF/1B prospect who played in QC last year. The only one that surprises me is Haberer given that the Cardinals have little in the way of left-handed relief prospects. The DPR follows.

Memphis 7, Las Vegas 2

• Blake Hawksworth with the win- 4 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB , 3 K’s
• Nick Webber 2 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER
• Zach Zuercher 1 IP, 1 K
• Jonathan Mikrut 2 IP, 1 hit, 3 K’s
• Colby Rasmus 1-for-3 with a walk
• Josh Phelps 2-for-2 with 2 runs
• Rico Washington 3-for-4 with a HR, 3 RBIs and a walk
• Amaury Marti 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs

Springfield 1, Jacksonville 8

• Fernando Salas 2 perfect innings
• Brandon Dickson 3 IP, 5 runs (4 earned)
• Pete Parise 1 perfect inning
• Ken Maiques 1 inning, 1 hit, 1 BB
• Mark Hamilton 1-for-2, with 2 BB’s and an RBI
• Luke Gorsett, James Rapoport and Casey Rowlett had the other Springfield hits

Palm Beach 8, Inland Empire 0

• Kyle Mura 3 perfect innings with 4 K’s was the winner
• Jai Chul Chung 2 perfect innings with 4 K’s
• Kris Honel 2 innings, no hits, 1 BB, 1 K
• Cardoza Tucker 2 scoreless innings, 2 hits, 1 BB, 1 K
• Tyler Henley 2 hits, including a triple and an RBI
• Daryl Jones doubled, tripled with 2 strikes to right-centerfield and had two RBIs
• Steve Hill had an RBI double
• Isa Garcia 2-for-2
• Donovan Solano tripled and scored two runs
• Jonathan Edwards 1-for-3 with a double

Quad Cities 7, Great Lakes 5

• Brian Broderick 3 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 BB, 3 K’s
• Wayne Daman 2 IP, 1 hit, 1 unearned run, 0 BB, 2 K’s
• Matt North 2 IP, 3 ER’s
• Logan Collier 2 IP, 1 ER
• All nine starters had at least one hit
• D’Marcus Ingram 2-for-5
• Charlie Pelt 1-for-3 with two runs scored, a double and a walk
• Beau Riportella had a pair of triples and 2 RBIs
• Jose Garcia had a 3-run HR