Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-13-2006

[Chris]

ha ha, Clay was just teasing the fans

[CubsMinorLeagueReport]

wooohooo rapada comes back with a K to end the inning.

 

by the way, Shaver in relief of Hagerty has been dynamite! 4.2 IP nothing given up 0BB, 8K.

[CubsMinorLeagueReport]

rapada will be replaced by Thomas Atlee.

[Chris]

JAXX WIN!

[Flames24Rulz]

Harvey hits a 2 run homer!

 

Daytona trailing 7-3 in the 8th.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hagerty, 1.1IP, 1H, 3R, 1ER, 4BB, 2K 15.00 ERA.

 

Ouch

 

Plus the 2 HBP, this is not good for Hagerty, if there was speculation of Veal being at Daytona to start the year, it is far fetched, but someone might go up to Daytona (not necessarily Veal) to make room for a certain young lefty from Utah @ Peoria.

 

Shaver has been perfect for 2.2 since Hagerty left, 4 K's, 4 groundouts. He was pretty much perfect pitching long in Hagerty's other start, too. Could just pop him in Hagerty's spot. Or Blasko. Or I suppose they could give Weber a shot, although he seems perhaps over his head in A+.

 

Veal seems way wild for A-, can't see it making much sense to bump him up. Billek doesn't seem very good, struggling again tonight as a flyball pitcher with no K-stuff. Atkins and Blackford seem too young and raw to fit for a jump to A+. I don't really see anybody who's advanced enough and having success at Peoria to merit a promotion. I suppose Yepez might be the closest thing.

 

Harvey with two more K's in his first two AB. He's got 10 K's thus far in 19AB. I know for years the hope has been that with some coaching or shortening his swing or something or other he might be salvagable.

 

But given his arm, I wonder if it might not be a favor to him to consider moving him to the mound sooner rather than later. There had been talk that pre-draft he was viewed as having very high-round potential as a pitcher.

 

I know it's not going to happen, and they'll let him whiff away his career for at least this year and next regardless, he's that strong when he occassionally does hit it. But it's pretty tough to see him ever hitting.

 

Hopefully Shaver will keep the spot warm for Blasko and Blasko will return to his 2003 form.

[CubsMinorLeagueReport]

Game is Final in Daytona

 

PB 7

Daytona 4

 

Harvey hit his 2nd HR of the game in the 9th

[cubweiser03]

Hagerty is awful right now as a SP.

[Brian]

Hagerty is awful right now as a SP.

 

Well with that control he is pretty much awful at everything to do with baseball.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I feel bad for Luke. He's really a nice guy, but I think it is the end of line for him.

[UBlink]

I feel bad for Luke. He's really a nice guy, but I think it is the end of line for him.

 

Unless he comes back 10 years from now as The Rookie.