Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-2-2008

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 6-5 in 15 innings, box:

 

LF A. Torres 0/7, 5 K, E (1, throw) - talk about production from the lead off spot

CF F. Pie 1/7, 2B (10), 3 K, OF assist at home

1B M. Hoffpuair 2/7, R, 2B (10)

3B C. McGehee 2/6, 2B (19), 4 RBI, K - game-tying 2-RBI single in the 11th inning

C K. Hill 2/5, R, HR (5), RBI, BB, K

SP J. Berg 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 K/6 BB, 8 GO-2 FO, 93 pitches (46 strikes)

RP C. Pignatiello 0.1 IP, 0 H, 2 ER, 0 K/2 BB, 0 GO-1 FO, 16 pitches (8 strikes) - blown save in 9th inning

 

Tennessee won 6-5, box:

 

SS M. Camp 2/5, R, 2B (7), 3B (3), 3 RBI, E (9, fielding)

LF T. Colvin 0/3, RBI, BB

1B M. Craig 2/5, K

RF D. Deeds 4/5, 2 R, HR (7), 2 RBI - walk-off 2-run HR

2B N. Spears 3/4

SP D. Veal 5 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 0 K/1 BB, 6 GO-7 FO

RP M. Avery 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K/1 BB, 4 GO-2 FO

 

Daytona won 5-0, box:

 

C R. Chirinos 1/2, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K

LF T. Wright 3/3, 3B (1), 3 RBI, BB, SB (4)

2B T. Thomas 0/4, 2 K

SP M. Carrillo 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K/0 BB, HBP, 12 GO-8 FO

RP J. Ruhlman 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K/0 BB, 1 GO-1 FO

 

Peoria won 8-4, box:

 

3B M. Smith 2/4, 2 R, 2B (17), HR (13), 3 RBI, K, HBP

1B J. Rosa 1/4, R, 2B (24), RBI, BB, K

C J. Donaldson 1/5, E (7, throw)

LF B. Guyer 4/5, 3 2B (13), 2 RBI, CS (3)

RF D. Rundle 1/4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 K

SP R. Hernandez 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5 K/2 BB, 2 WP, 6 GO-3 FO

RP J. Mueller 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 K/1 BB, 2 GO-0 FO

 

Boise was blown away 13-0, box:

 

3B J. Vitters 1/3

SS R. Flaherty 0/3

1B R. Ridling 1/4

C C. Perez 2/3, E (1, throw)

SP M. Hatley 2.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 K/3 BB, WP, 4 GO-2 FO

RP M. Pawelek 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 K/1 BB, 2 GO-2 FO

 

Mesa won 7-6, box:

 

DH M. Cerda 0/2, 2 RBI, 2 BB, K - pro debut (4th rounder)

SB S. Castro 1/4, R, RBI, BB, K

3B J. Contreras 1/4, 2 R, HR (3), RBI

RF N. Perez 1/4, 3B (2), RBI, 2 K

LF J. Jones 2/3, 2 R, 2B (1), BB, SB (1)

CF K. Soto 2/4, R, RBI

SP C. Huseby 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 0 K/1 BB, 3 HBP, WP, 0 GO-1 FO

RP M. Sierra 4 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 K/1 BB, 6 GO-3 FO

RP T. Matchulat 2 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 1 K/1 BB, WP, 2 GO-1 FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 5-4, box:

 

SP H. Mayora 3.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6 K/3 BB, 1 GO-2 FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 3-2, box:

 

DH J. Morelli 1/3, 3B (2), RBI - 18 years old

SP R. Reyes 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 K/2 BB, 7 GO-4 FO

 

The Kangaroos won 14-11 at the MLB Australian Academy, box:

 

CF S. Williams 3/4, 4 RBI, 2 2B (5)

SP A. Spencer 3.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 5 K/5 BB, 3 WP, 2 GO-4 FO, 82 pitches (43 strikes)

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Justin Berg (Iowa & Tenn: 3-7, 5.42 ERA, 79.2 IP, 37 K/38 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Donnie Veal (4-5, 3.22 ERA, 89.1 IP, 67 K/48 BB)

Daytona: RHP Marco Carrillo (4-5, 3.29 ERA, 76.2 IP, 49 K/25 BB)

Peoria: RHP Robert Hernandez (0-0, 5.55 ERA, 24.1 IP, 23 K/6 BB)

Boise: RHP Marcus Hatley (0-1, 0.79 ERA, 11.1 IP, 11 K/5 BB)

Mesa: RHP Chris Huseby (0-0, 81.00 ERA, 0.2 IP, 0 K/7 BB) & RHP Miguel Sierra (0-0, 2.45 ERA, 7.1 IP, 3 K/3 BB)

 

Mesa's starters are just best guesses; as always, they're subject to rehabbers or prospects making their debut. I also wouldn't be surprised if Huseby is shut down soon.

 

Hernandez has had 3 good starts (16 IP, 1.69 ERA, 14 K/6 BB, 0 HR) and 2 bad starts (8.1 IP, 12.97 ERA, 9 K/0 BB, 5 HR).

[Guest]

With CF Felix Pie being taken off the Iowa DL, Iowa placed IF Joe Simokaitis on the 7-day DL.

 

Tennessee C Welington Castillo won't need surgery on his injured thumb and could be back as soon as this weekend.

 

Daytona RHP Hung-Wen Chen will be leaving the team soon for the Taiwan national team.

[Guest]

Marquez Smith just hit a 3-run HR. It might be me but when a 23-year old is putting up an .886 OPS through nearly 300 AB at low-A, it might be time for him to move up. Especially when there are some options at lower levels that could be called up (Rosa permanently to 3B, Ridling to Peoria 1B).

[Guest]

Another stellar outing from Chris Huseby: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 0 K, 1 BB, 3 HBP, WP. That actually lowered his ERA by 18 to 63.00. Mesa sure has gotten some fantastic control and innings logged by their starters the last two days.

 

AZL Mariners Top 1st

 

• Gabriel Noriega hit by pitch.
  
• Cesar Fuentes hit by pitch. Gabriel Noriega to 2nd.
  
• With Jharmidy De Jesus batting, wild pitch by Chris Huseby, Gabriel Noriega to 3rd. Cesar Fuentes to 2nd.
  
• Jharmidy De Jesus hit by pitch.
  
• Alfredo Mateo out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kevin Soto. Gabriel Noriega scores. Cesar Fuentes to 3rd.
  
• With Jonathan Arias batting, Jharmidy De Jesus steals (1) 2nd base.
  
• Jonathan Arias walks.
  
• Pitcher Change: Miguel Sierra replaces Chris Huseby.

[Guest]

Matt Cerda is making his pro debut by DHing and leading off for Mesa. He just struck out.

[Guest]

Sweet, Drew Rundle with a 2-run HR for Peoria. Chiefs up 6-2 in the 4th.

[Guest]

Sean Williams with another big game at the MLBAAP in Gold Coast, Australia. On the season, he's now at: 60 AB, .333/.403/.450, 13 K, 6 BB.

 

RHP Adam Spencer had a horrid outing that increased his ERA by 1.57. On the season, he's at : 22.2 IP, 4.37 ERA, 23 K/11 BB

[Guest]

Rough first inning for Robert Hernandez (3 H, 2 ER, 1 WP) but he recovers for a solid game: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5 K/2 BB, 2 WP, 0 HR.

[TruffleShuffle]

Marquez Smith just hit a 3-run HR. It might be me but when a 23-year old is putting up an .886 OPS through nearly 300 AB at low-A, it might be time for him to move up. Especially when there are some options at lower levels that could be called up (Rosa permanently to 3B, Ridling to Peoria 1B).

 

matt craig had basically that same OPS at tennessee at age 23 and he's still there. maybe they're doing the same thing with smith.

[sneakypower]

matt craig is the new brandon sing

[rawaction]

WTF happened to Huseby? I gotta assume he's hurt at this point.

[rawaction]

WTF happened to Huseby? I gotta assume he's hurt at this point.

[TruffleShuffle]

I gotta assume he's hurt at this point.

 

oh no, this again?

[Guest]

It'll be Pawelek's turn to start tomorrow, so between Mesa and Boise, we'll see Hill-Huseby-Pawelek go on thee consecutive days.

[craig]

I have a confession. I developed Steve Blass disease.... as a slow-pitch softball pitcher! And it wasn't physical. I pitched in unlimited arch men's leagues in Wisconsin for a couple of years, and with the rules at the time (3-ball 2-strikes, with strikeout even if you hit the second strike foul; balls don't need to go through strike zone to be strikes, rather the zone defined by whether the ball lands on the plate itself or on a mat that extended another 2 feet or so behind the plate) I had a couple of games in which I record double-figure K's in 7-inning games. (If you get a strike on the first pitch, then you can throw it with 25 feet of arch and hitters will still swing, often with little chance to do much since the downward velocity is pretty fast and the downward arc is so steep.)

 

But, I got Blass disease. Started to get too tricky, and try to do more with the ball, whether that be side-spins in the wind, or backspins, or more arch than I could really handle. Then, somewhat suddenly, I lost it. Trying to get back to original consistently good delivery, I started thinking and analyzing, from which ensued a downward spiral of compensate/correction attempts, which never succeeded. Once I started thinking too much, I couldn't just relax and let the ball go. The arm stroke lost any consistency, and I'm always trying to get it back, to compensate for what I'm doing wrong. Even when I have some good ones, the second I throw two bad balls back-to-back, the thought comes back "Are you losing it again? What are you doing wrong now, what were you doing right the first three innings that you're not doing this inning?" Obviously I'm no professional athlete like Blass or Hill. But I imagine that confidence stuff, and the thinking about control instead of just throwing the ball over the plate (or underhand lobbing the ball as was my case) just drives you nuts.

[Guest]

http://thecubreporter.com/2008/07/02/trying-read-waffle-iron

 

AZ Phil on Rich Hill and Chris Huseby's woes, Felix Pie's "argument" with Dave Keller and a little mention on today's AZL heroes, John Conteras and Vance's boy, Jehrico Jones. Also mentions that David Cales (24th rounder) is now at Mesa but $600,000 man Logan Watkins (21st rounder) has yet to arrive.

[Guest]

Tyler Colvin has drawn more walks (1) than Donnie Veal has surrendered (0). Of course Veal has given up 8 H and 4 ER through 2...yeesh.

[Guest]

Solid day at the office for Marco Carrillo: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K/0 BB. Daytona wins 5-0.

[jaydee]

So is Vitters playing tonight?

[CubColtPacer]

Doug Deeds hits a walkoff 2 run homer and Tennessee beats Huntsville 6-5.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

So is Vitters playing tonight?

 

Yes, he's at 3B and singled in his first at bat.

[Andrew Cashner]

So is Vitters playing tonight?

 

Yes, he's at 3B and singled in his first at bat.

 

Yep, and that makes his hitting streak up to 14 games.

[Guest]

Piggy and Iowa blows a 3-1 9th inning lead to send the game into extras. In the top of the 11th, Omaha scores 2 but here in the bottom of the 11th, Iowa has tied it back up at 5-5 on a 2-RBI single from Casey McGehee.

[E.J.]

I have a confession. I developed Steve Blass disease.... as a slow-pitch softball pitcher! And it wasn't physical. I pitched in unlimited arch men's leagues in Wisconsin for a couple of years, and with the rules at the time (3-ball 2-strikes, with strikeout even if you hit the second strike foul; balls don't need to go through strike zone to be strikes, rather the zone defined by whether the ball lands on the plate itself or on a mat that extended another 2 feet or so behind the plate) I had a couple of games in which I record double-figure K's in 7-inning games. (If you get a strike on the first pitch, then you can throw it with 25 feet of arch and hitters will still swing, often with little chance to do much since the downward velocity is pretty fast and the downward arc is so steep.)

 

But, I got Blass disease. Started to get too tricky, and try to do more with the ball, whether that be side-spins in the wind, or backspins, or more arch than I could really handle. Then, somewhat suddenly, I lost it. Trying to get back to original consistently good delivery, I started thinking and analyzing, from which ensued a downward spiral of compensate/correction attempts, which never succeeded. Once I started thinking too much, I couldn't just relax and let the ball go. The arm stroke lost any consistency, and I'm always trying to get it back, to compensate for what I'm doing wrong. Even when I have some good ones, the second I throw two bad balls back-to-back, the thought comes back "Are you losing it again? What are you doing wrong now, what were you doing right the first three innings that you're not doing this inning?" Obviously I'm no professional athlete like Blass or Hill. But I imagine that confidence stuff, and the thinking about control instead of just throwing the ball over the plate (or underhand lobbing the ball as was my case) just drives you nuts.

 

I'm the same way at SS on my softball teams. I'm going through Chuck Knoblauch disease right now. I'm thinking way too much when I make throws to first and I've got a bit of the yips right now. It's funny because any throw to anywhere else on the field, and it's a perfect strike, but that throw to 1st is giving me problems right now.