Eric Patterson to Iowa

[CaliforniaRaisin]

According to the Iowa box score and gamecast. And he hit a solo HR in his first AB at AAA.

[NCCubFan]

Congrats to last year's NSBB Minor League Player of the Year.

[Brian]

Congrats to Eric!

[Slugger_16]

Yay! Congrats to EPatt! :)

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is something seriously wrong with Fontenot?

 

and many hoorays for EPatt

[Mephistopheles]

I didn't realize hitting .260 in Doulbe A for a 23 year old was good enough for a midseason promotion. Decent walk totals, still too many strikeouts for the style of hitter that he is.

[Outshined_One]

Nothing but the best for him! If he gets hot and competes with Theriot/Fontenot next ST, all the better.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

OurSportsCentral[/url]"]Jackson, TN (August 19th)- Prior to the start of tonight's Southern League game between the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx and the Mobile BayBears, the Diamond Jaxx have made three roster moves. 2B Eric Patterson and LHP Carmen Pignatiello have been promoted to Triple-A Iowa and RHP Hugo Castellanos has been sent to the Diamond Jaxx from Iowa.

[biittner77]

I didn't realize hitting .260 in Doulbe A for a 23 year old was good enough for a midseason promotion. Decent walk totals, still too many strikeouts for the style of hitter that he is.

 

I think this move has more to do with injuries at Iowa then anything else. Fontenot must be hurt. They've actually put McGehee at 2nd a few times recently. If Gary Cates was Healthey he might have gotten this promotion instead of Patterson.

[NCCubFan]

They could have filled the void by sending Neifi Perez down from Chicago instead. :D

[NCCubFan]

The heated discussion on defense and OBP has been split into its own thread. Hopefully this thread can get back on topic.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Sweet, congrats EPatt. Sorry for your luck, Mr. Fontenot.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

BA Weekend Dish[/url]"]• Cubs second baseman Eric Patterson had an even better Triple-A debut than (Blue Jays' AAA catcher) Thigpen. Corey’s younger brother went 1-for-4 with a home run Saturday for Iowa. He drove in two runs in the Cubs 12-3 win against Fresno.