Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-8-2006

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Peoria was eliminated, losing 4-3: box score

 

2B V. Heredia 0/3, BB, 2 K, CS (1)

SS R. Chirinos 1/3, 2 R, RBI, BB

LF J. Valdez 2/3, 2B (1), RBI, HBP

1B R. Norwood 1/4, K

RF Y. Carter 0/2, 2 BB, 2 K, CS (1)

C M. Reed 0/3, BB, 3 K - 0/10, 7 Ks, 1 BB in playoff series

SP J. Estrada 7 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 5 K/4 BB, 7 GO-6 FO

RP J. Rayborn 1 IP, 2 ER, 1 H, 1 K/0 BB, 1 HR, 1 GO-1 FO

RP M. Avery 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/1 BB, 2 GO-1 FO

 

Boise loses 5-0: box score

 

SS M. Matulia 1/4, K

LF T. Colvin 2/4, 2B (1), SB (1), OF assist (at home)

1B R. Canzler 0/2, BB

RF A. Joseph 0/3

SP J Ceda 4.1 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 3 K/1 BB, 1 HR, 4 GO-6 FO

RP D. Downs 2.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/1 BB, 5 GO-3 FO

RP A. Francisco 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 K/1 BB, 3 GO-1 FO

Edited September 9, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[CaliforniaRaisin]

MWL First Round:

 

Game 1: Beloit won 2-0

Game 2: Peoria won 6-1, series tied 1-1

Game 3: Fri., Sept. 8, Peoria vs. Beloit, 6:30 pm CDT

 

NWL Finals

 

Game 1: Boise won 5-1, leads series 1-0

Game 2: Fri., Sept. 8, Boise vs. Salem-Keizer, 8:15 pm CDT

Game 3: Sat., Sept. 9, Boise @ Salem-Keizer, 9:05 pm CDT

Game 4 (if needed): Sun., Sept. 10, Boise @ Salem-Keizer, 7:05 pm CDT

Game 5 (if needed): Mon., Sept. 11, Boise @ Salem-Keizer, 8:35 pm CDT

 

Probable Starters:

 

MWL First Round - Game 3: RHP Jesse Estrada (7-1, 3.32 ERA) vs. LHP Alexander Smit (7-2, 2.99 ERA)

NWL Finals - Game 2: RHP Jose Ceda (1-0, 3.27 ERA; overall: 3-0, 3.52 ERA) vs. RHP Adam Cowart (10-1, 1.08 ERA)

 

Estrada: 95 IP, 61 K/28 BB

Ceda (Boise, Mesa & AZL Peoria): 46 IP, 63/22

 

Game Time Weather, Peoria, IL: 78°F, Sunny

Game Time Weather, Boise, ID: 85°F, Sunny - 20% chance of precipitation

[Outshined_One]

Giddy up! Go Chiefs and Hawks!!

[Mephistopheles]

This playoff game won't be online, will it?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

This playoff game won't be online, will it?

 

Audio will be available both both. Video is supposed to be available for Boise, although video from last night's game is still not yet up on their site. :?

[Mephistopheles]

New rule, I shouldn't be allowed to post before noon. I saw "Boise vs. Salem-Keizer" and took it as Boise at Salem-Keiz.

[Mephistopheles]

Chicago Cubs

 

Lefthander Donald Veal got off to a great start at Low Class A Daytona and was even better after moving up to the Florida State League, finishing the season with a 2.16 ERA in 154.1 innings with nearly twice as many strikeouts (174) than hits allowed (91).

 

Honorable Mention: Last year, righthander Sean Gallagher had the stats, but not the stuff. This year, he had both--gaining 2-3 ticks on his fastball, reaching Double-A, and compiling a 2.51 ERA in 164.2 innings with 171 strikeouts. With 16 home runs, catcher Jake Fox fell only five short of the Florida State League home run title, despite playing just 66 games at High Class A Daytona. While he scuffled at Double-A, catchers with power don't exactly grow on trees.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5504

 

apparently non-subscribers can read it

[Jon]

An update on Cherry:

While at West Tenn, Jaxx manager Pat Listach and pitching coach Mike Anderson began to report that Cherry’s fastball was topping out in the mid to upper 90s.

 

In only his second Iowa appearance, Cherry faced three batters and left with an injury to his middle finger – the result of a bone spur that would soon require surgery.

 

“I threw a fastball and at the extension point of it, I felt a pop. It was excruciating,” Cherry said.

 

Days later, Cherry flew to Chicago for X-rays and was told he needed surgery. He’s currently wearing a splint on the finger, which he was told he must carry for eight weeks after the operation took place.

.................

 

The injury couldn’t have come at a worse time, as Cherry says news had begun to spread that the Cubs were close to giving him a call up to Chicago days earlier.

 

“That was the word around town and through my agent,” Cherry admitted. “You don’t know that and can’t say it’s going to happen until it happens, but I’m pretty confident that with the way I was throwing, my time was going to come if I’d stayed healthy. We’ll see what happens next year.”

He plans on playing in either Puerto Rico or Venezuela.

[Mephistopheles]

I found this from a week ago on Mitch Atkins:

 

Ace Mitch Atkins, a right-hander who is 12-3 with a 2.36 ERA, skipped his Thursday start and threw on the side instead. He will make two more starts, beginning today, then pitch on normal rest for the playoff opener.

 

"It's an honor to start the first game of the playoffs, because that means they have confidence in you," said Atkins, a league All-Star whose ERA has been 2.28 or better in every month but June.

 

That success has been the result of consistently commanding his low-90s fastball, curveball and and changeup.

 

"I think there's still a lot to come from Mitch," said Lester Strode, the Cubs' minor-league pitching coordinator. "He's got a good pitcher's body, a loose arm and good arm strength for a 20-year-old kid. I see him being a definite major-league pitcher one day for the Chicago Cubs."

 

Atkins' emotionless approach seems to make him an ideal opening-game playoff pitcher.

 

"He's hard to read sometimes," Strode said. "You don't know if things bother him or not. You almost have to pull his teeth to get an answer sometimes.

 

"I think that's a positive when he goes out there to perform. He's calm, cool and collected. He keeps all the energy inside him, and when the bell rings he shows what he's made of."

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/082706/RYA_BAPF382N.W02.shtml

[otis89]

Go Chiefs! Go Hawks!

[Brian]

Go Ceda!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Starting lineups posted from my office!

 

Peoria:

 

2B Valerio Heredia

SS Robinson Chirinos

LF Jesus Valdez

1B Ryan Norwood

DH Alberto Garcia

3B Kyle Reynolds

RF Yusuf Carter

C Mark Reed

CF Davey Gregg

 

SP Jesse Estrada

 

Game Time Weather: 80 °F, clear.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Go Ceda!

 

Go Ceda Boise Hawks win....... :wink:

[Brian]

Go Ceda!

 

Go Ceda Boise Hawks win....... :wink:

 

:lol: I had to say that a couple of times to figure out what was going on.

[Outshined_One]

Peoria and Beloit knotted at 0 going into the bottom of the 3rd. No hits for either team so far.

[Outshined_One]

For those of you who might be interested, Chris Parmelee is batting 6th for Beloit. He has yet to get a hit in the series.

 

His stats in the MWL thus far: .227/.370/.273 with 1 2B in 22 AB. In the GCL: .279/.369/.532 with 8 HRs, 7 2Bs, and 4 3Bs in 154 AB.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Boise:

 

CF Matt Camp

SS Matt Matulia

LF Tyler Colvin

1B Russ Canzler

RF Alfred Joseph

3B Josh Lansford

2B Steve Clevenger

DH DJ Lewis

C Mario Mercedes

 

SP Jose Ceda

 

Game time weather: 83 °F, clear.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Peoria jumps ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the 4th, but leave the bases loaded.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

For those of you who might be interested, Chris Parmelee is batting 6th for Beloit. He has yet to get a hit in the series.

 

His stats in the MWL thus far: .227/.370/.273 with 1 2B in 22 AB. In the GCL: .279/.369/.532 with 8 HRs, 7 2Bs, and 4 3Bs in 154 AB.

 

Actually, Parmelee is getting his first ABs for the series today.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Aaaaaaand Estrada - who had thrown 4 no-hit innings up to this point - gives up a BB and two bloop singles as Beloit has tied the game. The Snappers have runners at second and third with one out.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ugh, Tarrence Patterson with a suicide squeeze. Beloit now leads it 2-1 in the middle of the 5th.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

And the Chiefs tie it right back up in the bottom of the 5th:

 

Davey Gregg singles.

Valerio Heredia sac bunt, Gregg to second.

Errant pickoff throw hits Gregg, Gregg advances to third.

Chirinos grounds out 5-3, Gregg scores (might have been a play at the plate but the third baseman juggled the grounder).

Jesus Valdez grounds out, 6-3.

 

Game tied at 2 after 5 innings.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Game's still tied 2-2 at the seventh inning stretch.

 

Jesse Estrada's night should be over: 7 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 4 BB, 4 K.

 

I have to head out for a bit, by the time I'll be back the game should be over. Go Chiefs!

[Outshined_One]

Despite getting one run in the 8th, Peoria falls short and is eliminated. :(

 

Peoria lost 4-3.

 

Boise is currently down 5-0 at the top of the 6th. Ceda went 4.1 and gave up 5 ER, striking out three.

 

Matulia is 1/2 and Colvin is 2/2 with a double. That's pretty much it for Boise.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Boise loses 5-0. Series tied at 1 as we shift to Keizer, Oregon for the final three games.

 

Adam Cowart went the distance for the shutout. Only Colvin (2 hits) and Matulia (1 hit) got hits for Boise.

 

Poor Chiefs. :(