Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-30-2006

[CaliforniaRaisin]

RUSS CANZLER! HOMERUN #16...OFF THE SCOREBOARD! He now has the record for most HRs in a season by a Boise Hawk, breaking Todd Greene's mark of 15 in 1993. He also has the NWL lead in HRs again.

 

Boise up 2-0 after 4.

[Outshined_One]

Carrillo is getting HAMMERED: 3 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 1 K

 

:(

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ceda's 5th:

 

Groundout, 6-3.

K looking.

BB on 4 pitches.

K swinging on 3 pitches

 

5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 HBP, 1 BB, 6 K. This is Ceda's longest outing of the season (anywhere, including AZL Peoria, AZL Mesa and Boise). I don't think he'll be out there for the 6th, Boise has Jeremy Papelbon up in the pen. Either way, I have to go now, hopefully Boise/Ceda keep it up.

 

Boise up 2-0.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Iowa wins 3-2.

[Flames24Rulz]

Iowa wins 3-2.

 

And Nashville is losing 6-4 right now...hopefully it will be a great night for Iowa in terms of the standings.

[Brian]

I know it's a small sample but if my quick calculations are correct. Epatt is at .386 in Iowa.

[the splendid splinter]

It sounds like Colvin hit a grand slam and looks like Tri City is losing its game. It sounds like Colvin has lost quite a few home runs this season to funny weather conditions and large ball parks like Vancouver but he still has 8 which isnt bad and seems to hit them when they count.

[the splendid splinter]

Canzler is 1st in the league with 58 rbis and Colvin is 3rd with 48 rbis and missed the 1st two weeks of the season.

[Flames24Rulz]

Peoria won 8-7 in 11! The Chiefs sent it to extras in the bottom of the 9th on an RBI single by Kyle Reynolds. YUSUF won the game with a walkoff single in the bottom of the 11th :)

 

Boise won 9-0. Ceda, Papelbon, Kopach, and Roquet combined to throw a 5-hit shutout. As mentioned earlier, Canzler hit his 16th homer of the season, a 2-run shot, and Colvin hit his 8th homer of the year, a grand slam.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Canzler is 1st in the league with 58 rbis and Colvin is 3rd with 48 rbis and missed the 1st two weeks of the season.

 

Canzler has had a hell of a season (league rank in parenthesis):

 

.270/.326 (meh)/.563 (3rd)/.889 (5th), 16 HR (1st), 19 2B (1st), 4 3B (3rd, Colvin's 1st), 39 XBH (1st), 58 RBI (1st).

 

Between Canzler, Colvin, Joseph and some others, Boise has a great offense (2nd best in the NWL in most stats). And Pawelek-Muldowney-Ceda should be a good rotation. Of course, Salem-Keizler is 50-18, and are 8-2 against the Hawks, so the things will be stacked against Boise all the same.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ceda in the Cubs system: 21 IP, 2.14 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, .145 BAA, 31 K, 9 BB, 1 HR.

 

Overall: 44 IP, 3.68 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, .195 BAA, 62 K, 22 BB, 2 HR.

 

Not bad. :)

[CoolHandLuke]

Where do you think Ceda ranks in the top 30 prospects?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Where do you think Ceda ranks in the top 30 prospects?

 

I don't know much about his breaking stuff (I'll watch the game video from Boise's web site sometime tomorrow...hopefully will learn more from that). He is 19, does have a mid-90s FB and is missing a lot of bats...probably somewhere 10-15.

[Brian]

Where do you think Ceda ranks in the top 30 prospects?

 

I don't know much about his breaking stuff (I'll watch the game video from Boise's web site sometime tomorrow...hopefully will learn more from that). He is 19, does have a mid-90s FB and is missing a lot of bats...probably somewhere 10-15.

 

Best Hendry trade since Dlee? (or was Barrett after that one?)

 

That's less about Ceda's quality and more about Hendry's move's.

 

 

(and if it was the best since that, the Neifi trade overtakes it anyways :D)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Cubs acquired Barrett a few weeks after they acquired Lee.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It sounds like Colvin hit a grand slam and looks like Tri City is losing its game. It sounds like Colvin has lost quite a few home runs this season to funny weather conditions and large ball parks like Vancouver but he still has 8 which isnt bad and seems to hit them when they count.

 

Oh wow, Tyler Colvin's grand slam was of the inside-the-park variety (the OFs collided).

 

Colvin has hit a HR in each of the last 3 games.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Max Lance (Special to MLB.com)[/url]"]Cahill, Rodriguez no-hit AZL Cubs

 

Athletics hurlers completely shut down visitors in 5-0 blanking

 

Arizona League Athletics pitchers Trevor Cahill and Henry Alberto Rodriguez had 5.40 and 8.38 ERAs respectively coming into Wednesday. Try telling that to the Cubs' though, as the duo combined on a no-hitter.

 

Cahill threw four perfect innings and Rodriguez didn't allow a hit in the next five in the A's 5-0 victory over the visiting Cubs.

 

Cahill struck out seven without walking a batter. He fanned two in the first, one in the second and two in the third and fourth before exiting the game before the start of the fifth.

 

He lowered his ERA to 3.00 with the A's (14-13).

 

Rodriguez (5-2) picked up where Cahill left off. He struck out seven and walked one batter in the fifth and one in the sixth before retiring the final 11 straight hitters to pick up the win.

 

He brought his strikeout total to 59 in 43 2/3 innings of work this year, which is third-best in the Arizona League.

 

Carlos Morales, Gabriel Ortiz and Walter Correa all had two hits and one RBI apiece for the A's.

 

Christopher Huseby (0-2) was charged with the loss for the Cubs (11-16) allowing one run on one hit -- a solo shot by Morales in the first -- over three innings, striking out four without walking a batter.

[the splendid splinter]

Lansford and Camp have been pretty good at times, but the player that has glued this Boise club together since the Baez injury has been Matulia who's batting over 250 now, raising his avg almost 90 points in the last month and giving this club an everyday SS.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Idaho Statesman[/url]"]Canzler set a club record Wednesday night with his 16th home run of the season as the Hawks inched closer to division title with a 9-0 thrashing of the Spokane Indians in front of 3,477 fans at Memorial Stadium.

 

"I try not to think about it too much," Canzler said. "We still have seven of the most important games of the season coming up.

 

"I'd trade all this in for a championship in a minute."

 

...

 

With the two-run shot, Canzler, a 6-foot-2, 210-pounder from Conyngham, Pa., eclipsed former Northwest League MVP and current San Francisco Giant Todd Greene's 1993 club mark of 15 home runs.

 

On the season, Canzler is leading the league in home runs, RBIs (58), doubles (19) and extra base hits (39).

 

Hawks manager Steve McFarland has been impressed with Canzler's accomplishments.

 

"In my time here, we've had some guys put up power numbers," he said. "... All of a sudden there's Canzler. He really is putting up better numbers than them."

 

Tyler Colvin sparked a five-run fifth inning with an inside-the-park grand slam and starter Jose Ceda worked five near-perfect innings on the mound to give the Hawks their fourth straight win.

 

In his second start with the Hawks this season, Ceda (1-0) allowed just one hit through five scoreless innings. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound right-hander, who was dealt from the San Diego Padres organization to the Chicago Cubs earlier this summer, struck out six, walked one batter and hit another.

 

"He pretty much set the tone," McFarland said.

[snoodmonger]

The Idaho Statesman[/url]"]Canzler set a club record Wednesday night with his 16th home run of the season as the Hawks inched closer to division title with a 9-0 thrashing of the Spokane Indians in front of 3,477 fans at Memorial Stadium.

 

"I try not to think about it too much," Canzler said. "We still have seven of the most important games of the season coming up.

 

"I'd trade all this in for a championship in a minute."

 

...

 

With the two-run shot, Canzler, a 6-foot-2, 210-pounder from Conyngham, Pa., eclipsed former Northwest League MVP and current San Francisco Giant Todd Greene's 1993 club mark of 15 home runs.

 

On the season, Canzler is leading the league in home runs, RBIs (58), doubles (19) and extra base hits (39).

 

Hawks manager Steve McFarland has been impressed with Canzler's accomplishments.

 

"In my time here, we've had some guys put up power numbers," he said. "... All of a sudden there's Canzler. He really is putting up better numbers than them."

 

Tyler Colvin sparked a five-run fifth inning with an inside-the-park grand slam and starter Jose Ceda worked five near-perfect innings on the mound to give the Hawks their fourth straight win.

 

In his second start with the Hawks this season, Ceda (1-0) allowed just one hit through five scoreless innings. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound right-hander, who was dealt from the San Diego Padres organization to the Chicago Cubs earlier this summer, struck out six, walked one batter and hit another.

 

"He pretty much set the tone," McFarland said.

 

6'4", 250lbs...and 19-years-old? That's a big kid. Does he have weight control issues?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The Idaho Statesman[/url]"]Canzler set a club record Wednesday night with his 16th home run of the season as the Hawks inched closer to division title with a 9-0 thrashing of the Spokane Indians in front of 3,477 fans at Memorial Stadium.

 

"I try not to think about it too much," Canzler said. "We still have seven of the most important games of the season coming up.

 

"I'd trade all this in for a championship in a minute."

 

...

 

With the two-run shot, Canzler, a 6-foot-2, 210-pounder from Conyngham, Pa., eclipsed former Northwest League MVP and current San Francisco Giant Todd Greene's 1993 club mark of 15 home runs.

 

On the season, Canzler is leading the league in home runs, RBIs (58), doubles (19) and extra base hits (39).

 

Hawks manager Steve McFarland has been impressed with Canzler's accomplishments.

 

"In my time here, we've had some guys put up power numbers," he said. "... All of a sudden there's Canzler. He really is putting up better numbers than them."

 

Tyler Colvin sparked a five-run fifth inning with an inside-the-park grand slam and starter Jose Ceda worked five near-perfect innings on the mound to give the Hawks their fourth straight win.

 

In his second start with the Hawks this season, Ceda (1-0) allowed just one hit through five scoreless innings. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound right-hander, who was dealt from the San Diego Padres organization to the Chicago Cubs earlier this summer, struck out six, walked one batter and hit another.

 

"He pretty much set the tone," McFarland said.

 

6'4", 250lbs...and 19-years-old? That's a big kid. Does he have weight control issues?

 

That's roughly Zambrano sized.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

No sign of weight problems yet, but it certainly is possible down the road.

[Brian]

Should we be getting excited about Canzler?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scout.com[/url]"]Fleita was on hand for Huseby’s Aug. 20 start in Mesa against the Rangers, when he allowed a run and one hit to 11 batters faced in three innings.

 

“He was throwing in the low to mid 90’s,” Fleita said. “He’s got a good arm and a good body. He throws a lot of strikes and has a real good future, which is about as good as you could sum it up. He’s 6’8” and very athletic.”

[snoodmonger]

The Idaho Statesman[/url]"]Canzler set a club record Wednesday night with his 16th home run of the season as the Hawks inched closer to division title with a 9-0 thrashing of the Spokane Indians in front of 3,477 fans at Memorial Stadium.

 

"I try not to think about it too much," Canzler said. "We still have seven of the most important games of the season coming up.

 

"I'd trade all this in for a championship in a minute."

 

...

 

With the two-run shot, Canzler, a 6-foot-2, 210-pounder from Conyngham, Pa., eclipsed former Northwest League MVP and current San Francisco Giant Todd Greene's 1993 club mark of 15 home runs.

 

On the season, Canzler is leading the league in home runs, RBIs (58), doubles (19) and extra base hits (39).

 

Hawks manager Steve McFarland has been impressed with Canzler's accomplishments.

 

"In my time here, we've had some guys put up power numbers," he said. "... All of a sudden there's Canzler. He really is putting up better numbers than them."

 

Tyler Colvin sparked a five-run fifth inning with an inside-the-park grand slam and starter Jose Ceda worked five near-perfect innings on the mound to give the Hawks their fourth straight win.

 

In his second start with the Hawks this season, Ceda (1-0) allowed just one hit through five scoreless innings. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound right-hander, who was dealt from the San Diego Padres organization to the Chicago Cubs earlier this summer, struck out six, walked one batter and hit another.

 

"He pretty much set the tone," McFarland said.

 

6'4", 250lbs...and 19-years-old? That's a big kid. Does he have weight control issues?

 

That's roughly Zambrano sized.

 

It's not so much his size, it's his size and age that struck me as surprising. If it's not a problem, great. I was just surprised he's so big at such a young age.