Jackson Williams News

Nothing like a piece of actual, honest-to-Bonds news to get folks riled up. Bengie Molina was not offered arbitration yesterday, so the Giants will not receive any draft pick consideration when another team signs him.

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Post-season victories for both Connecticut and San Jose included these individual highlights on the Giants ' farm: Ari Ronick had 5.1 scoreless IP; Paul Oseguera allowed just 1 R in 6.0 IP; Brock Bond reached base four times; Mike McBryde had three hits; and Johnny Monell homered while collecting two hits in the same inning.

New Britain - Retirement homes are louder than the Defenders' clubhouse was late Sunday afternoon, despite the notable achievement of the inhabitants.

Not too many highlights from the farm system today: Garrett Broushuis led a shutout effort with six scoreless innings on six hits and a walk in a CT 1-0 win; David Maroul, up in Fresno to fill in the roster, hit a grand slam in a Fresno win; Darren Ford ...how about his second half? 3-for-6 today with a double and triple; C.J. Ziegler went 4-for-5 ...

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Ramon Ortiz had another fine start, this time with 2 ER in 7.0 IP; Eddy Martinez-Esteve had four hits, including a double; Jackson Williams homered and doubled; and Thomas Neal and Tyler Graham both homered while reaching base twice.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Clay Timpner homered and doubled among his three hits; Buster Posey also homered while reaching base twice; Kevin Frandsen had three hits; Jackson Williams had a couple XBH; Tyler Graham had a HR among his two hits; and Kyle Nicholson allowed 2 ER in 6.0 IP.

Monday's stats: 3-for-5, 2B, RBI , K With a .326/.428/.540 batting line at High-A San Jose, Posey was clearly ready for a new challenge for some time, and a two-level jump occurred as the Giants wanted to leave defensive specialist Jackson Williams at Double-A to work on his offense.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm include two pitching performance along with a host of good hitting lines as each of the Giants four full-season affiliates scored at least seven runs.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Joe Martinez had 6.0 scoreless IP in his fifth rehab appearance; Brock Bond and Thomas Neal both reached base four times; and Buster Posey and Conor Gillaspie each homered while having three hits.

Once again, the highlights from the Giants ' farm seem to be taking a holiday, but I'll mention these three: Brett Pill homered and doubled; Bustery Posey had two hits, including a double, while playing his first game behind the plate in over a week; and Rafael Rodriguez reached base three times while having his first multi-hit game.

Norwich - Bobby Felmy's two-out single in the eighth inning scored Brandon Crawford to give the Connecticut Defenders a 2-1 victory over the Harrisburg Senators Thursday night and a sweep of their Eastern League doubleheader at Dodd Stadium.

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As the Giants work to sign this year's top draft pick, high school pitcher Zach Wheeler, last year's first-rounder might be making a big move soon.

Hitting highlights: Ben Copeland homered while reaching base three times; Thomas Neal also homered while reaching base three times; Josh Mazzola was a third Giant to homer while reaching base three time; and Conor Gillaspie had three hits plus a walk.

Highlights: Tim Alderson makes his fourth start in the upper minors; John Bowker reaches base twice in both games of a doubleheader; Adam Witter has his 4th HR; Paul Oseguera has 10 K in his second start of the year, albeit against younger competition.

The highlights today come mostly from the lower minors, with one highlight from the upper minors coming from a prospect often maligned by commenters on this site.