Marlins Prospect Report: 8/3/2011

Your daily Marlins Minor League report…

Double-A Jacksonville (in 6-2 win over Montgomery)

Nothing extremely special took place in the Jacksonville’s victory over Montgomery. Although Kyle Skipworth again struggled at the plate, something that’s not the least bit unusual for him. Aside from going 0-2 at the plate, he dropped his average down to .198 for the year. He’s got plenty of work to do but only being 20 years of age means he’s still got some time. There were, however, a few bright spots which you’d obviously expect from the winning team. The intriguing and heartwarming story of newly-turned pitcher Chris Hatcher was displayed again tonight. The right-hander, who’s been enjoying a fine season on the mound struck out two batters in an inning of work while not walking anybody. In addition, former Tigers pitcher Zach Simons struck out three in two innings of relief while not allowing a batter to reach base via the base on balls.

High-A Jupiter (in 6-1 loss to St. Lucie)

Fortunately for the Marlins, despite their farm being amongst the emptiest in the game, there have been quite a few bright spots. One of which is outfielder Kyle Jensen who despite being 23 years of age and in High-A has put on quite a showing this season with the bat. In 361 at-bats on the year he sports a .313/.389/.548 line and has even belted 21 home runs. He strikes out way too much and is basically all bat, thus he isn’t that much of a prospect. It’s unclear what the Marlins ongoing plans for him will be, but we know he can hit, which most hitters in the organization cannot say.

Low-A Greensboro (in 1-0 loss to West Virginia)

Wow, that’s a tough one to lose. I guess it’s a good thing that minor league scores and records mean absolutely nothing. It really wasn’t a bad day for the Greensboro hitters. Marcell Ozuna collected two more hits, Christian Yelich one and same goes for Mark Canha. Good day’s for the three best hitters on the Grasshoppers. Robert Morey, a right-handed starter with fringe stuff fared out well too, pitching seven scoreless striking out basically a batter per inning while only walking one.

Transactions:

Bryan Evans assigned to Double-A Jacksonville from High-A Jupiter

Evan Reed, who was acquired along with Omar Poveda in the Jorge Cantu trade back in ’10 has been assigned to High-A Jupiter from Double-A Jacksonville, in a corresponding move.

A.J. Battisto also assigned to High-A Jupiter from Double-A Jacksonville

Holden Sprague assigned to Low-A Greensboro from Low-A SS Jamestown

Nathan Woods and Thomas Peale assigned to Low-A SS Jamestown from the GCL and Greensboro respectively

Injury Updates:

Dallas Poulk has been activated from the 7-day DL and re-assigned to High-A Jupiter