Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-8-2008

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 8-2 Box Score:

 

CF F. Pie 1/5, R, SB (6)

1B M. Hoffpauir 0/3, BB, 2 K

LF J. Dubois 1/3, 2 R, HR (13), RBI, BB

C K. Hill 2/4, R, HR (8), 3 RBI

PH-LF J. Kroeger 1/2, R, HR (11), 2 RBI

SP J. Berg 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 6 GO-4 FO

RP C. Pignatiello 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Ejections: Hitting coach Von Joshua

 

Tennessee won 5-2 Box Score:

 

SS M. Camp 3/4, R, K, CS (8)

CF-LF T. Colvin 1/4, 3B (5), RBI, 3 K

C W. Castillo 1/3, R, HBP

3B J. Lansford 2/4, R, 2B (7), 2 RBI, CS (1)

SP M. Holliman 4 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 2 GO-4 FO

RP M. Avery 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 3 GO-3 FO

 

Daytona won 8-5 Box Score:

 

2B T. Thomas 2/5, R, 2B (22), 3B (4), RBI, 2 K

CF J. Adduci 1/4, 2 R, 2B (16), BB, K, SB (15)

C B. Lalli 3/3, R, 2B (26), 2 RBI, BB - promoted to AA after the game, 237 AB at Daytona: .333/.381/.532/.912

LF J. Mota 1/5, R, 2B (6), 2 RBI

RF Y. Carter 2/4, R, 2 2B (12), RBI, SB (7)

SP B. Muldowney 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 4 GO-6 FO

RP B. Parker 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GO-1 FO

 

Peoria and Boise with the day off.

 

Mesa won 6-3, box:

 

2B S. Castro 1/4, R, HR (1), 3 RBI, K

DH M. Cerda 0/3, BB

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

SS J. Lake 1/3, R, 2 RBI, SB (2), PO

1B S. Hoorelbeke 2/4, R, RBI, K

SP O. Martinez 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 3 GO-0 FO

RP J. Antigua 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 5 GO-1 FO: on season 5.00 GO-AO

RP M. Sierra 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 5 GO-2 FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-6 Box Score

 

SP H. Mayora 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, balk, 4 GO-0 FO - 30.2 IP: 1.47 ERA, 38 K, 9 BB, .233 BAA - age 19

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 10-6 Box Score

 

CF M. Pestana 3/3, R, 3B (1), 2 RBI, HBP, OF assist at home - 109 AB: .321/.424/.394, 18 BB, 11 K - age 18

SP R. Reyes 3.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6 GO-0 FO - 32.2 IP: 0.83 ERA, 41 K, 9 BB, .198 BAA - age 19

 

OVERALL: 4-2

 

MLBAAP: Rained out

Edited July 9, 2008 by Outshined_One

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Justin Berg (Iowa & Tenn: 3-7, 5.21 ERA, 84.2 IP, 41 K/44 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Alex Maetri (Tenn & Daytona: 5-4, 4.04 ERA, 89 IP, 76 K/30 BB)

Daytona: RHP Billy Muldowney (Daytona & Peoria: 4-1, 2.65 ERA, 54.1 IP, 43 K/15 BB)

Mesa: LHP Jeffry Antigua (0-2, 5.63 ERA, 8 IP, 6 K/2 BB), RHP Rogelino Carmona (0-0, 4.32 ERA, 8.1 IP, 3 K/2 BB) & RHP Oswaldo Martinez (0-1, 12.0 ERA, 3 IP, 3 K/2 BB)

[Guest]

Oswaldo Martinez gets the start for Mesa today and his control problems post-TJS continue: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K.

 

Last year in 20 innings, he walked 2. This year in 4 innings, he's already walked 5.

[Guest]

18-year old middle infielder Starlin Castro hit a 3-run HR for Mesa. It's not often that a Latin American teen IF plays daily for Mesa, and generally, most of those Latin IF guys are billed as defensive wiz, no offense types of guys. He's now OPSing .820 in his short time in the AZL.

[Guest]

http://baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=488

 

Henry (New Jersey): Your Future Shocks this year have been almost completely devoid of Cubs players, and the ones that do make it in are usually due to negative performance. This is a bad sign, right?

 

Kevin Goldstein: Bad system. If someone put up some big numbers, they'd make it. Here's some good news: Josh Vitters was a late cut in today's Ten Pack -- he's healthy, playing every day in Boise and raking. Music update: my girlfriend is now blasting Peaches.

 

Matt (Not afraid of CC): What do you make of Jeff Samardzija? He walks guys, gives up the gopher ball, and doesn't strike guys out. Yet he throws gas, gets groundballs, and is a bulldog on the mound. My question is do you see anything that he could do this year that could get him into the top 100?

 

Kevin Goldstein: Into the Top 100? He needs to stop giving up the gopher ball and start striking guys out, no? I don't see that happening.

 

Brad (RF Bleachers): Kevin, if you were considering trading a top player to the Cubs for prospects, who would you want? Do guys like E-Pat and Colvin have much value these days?

 

Kevin Goldstein: Not a ton, and that's their biggest problem right now. The Cubs WANT to make moves right now, and now with C.C. gone they are looking at Burnett and Harden, but they just don't have the minor league bullets that other teams have to fire at teams.

 

Matt (Cube Farm): How does Josh Vitters compare to Braun/Gamel defensively(3B)? Is "average" his defensive ceiling? As a Cubs fan, it's really exciting to see him hit the ball well, but he doesn't walk that much. Does that say something about his eye, or is it common for the younger players to be overly aggressive and develop more patience later on? It seems that being more selective can only help you. (Follow up: Do the guys in Seattle teach their players not to walk? It's ridiculous!!!)

 

Kevin Goldstein: I do think he'll be a solid but unspectacular defensive third baseman, which is WAY more than Braun or Gamel -- those guys are both in the lawn ornament category over there. Don't worry about the walks -- there is no guarantee that they will come, but he's one of those guys who does need to learn how to lay off some pitches, because in high school, he could hit anything, anywhere. The one guy he might remind me most of offensively might be, as strange as this sounds, Howie Kendrick.

[Guest]

Daytona in a rain delay. Holliman starting for the Smokies, not Maestri. Maestri was placed on the 7-day DL.

[TruffleShuffle]

Brad (RF Bleachers): Kevin, if you were considering trading a top player to the Cubs for prospects, who would you want? Do guys like E-Pat and Colvin have much value these days?

 

Kevin Goldstein: Not a ton, and that's their biggest problem right now. The Cubs WANT to make moves right now, and now with C.C. gone they are looking at Burnett and Harden, but they just don't have the minor league bullets that other teams have to fire at teams.

 

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[NCCubFan]

Brad (RF Bleachers): Kevin, if you were considering trading a top player to the Cubs for prospects, who would you want? Do guys like E-Pat and Colvin have much value these days?

 

Kevin Goldstein: Not a ton, and that's their biggest problem right now. The Cubs WANT to make moves right now, and now with C.C. gone they are looking at Burnett and Harden, but they just don't have the minor league bullets that other teams have to fire at teams.

 

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And to think we got another solid pitcher (Gaudin) as a bonus.

[Outshined_One]

I'm curious to see what the corresponding moves will be with Donaldson and Patterson gone.

[Jon]

I'm curious to see what the corresponding moves will be with Donaldson and Patterson gone.

Hopefully it will give Luis Bautista a chance to show what he can do.

[dlocks]

I'm curious to see what the corresponding moves will be with Donaldson and Patterson gone.

Hopefully it will give Luis Bautista a chance to show what he can do.

 

Does anyone else think that Donaldson was included in the deal based on how Wellington Castillo has progressed recently? Or is it just me? Its not like Donaldson was putting up good numbers at all anyways, but still.........

[Jon]

I'm curious to see what the corresponding moves will be with Donaldson and Patterson gone.

Hopefully it will give Luis Bautista a chance to show what he can do.

 

Does anyone else think that Donaldson was included in the deal based on how Wellington Castillo has progressed recently? Or is it just me? Its not like Donaldson was putting up good numbers at all anyways, but still.........

My first thought when I heard that Donaldson was included in the trade is that Hendry was selling low, but based on the rest of the package, I don't think that was the case. I'm not sure Castillo played much of a role in Jim's thinking, though. With Soto, he's probably not thinking about a future starting catcher. Hendry probably saw a chance to trade a struggling young prospect to a guy who didn't undervalue him and jumped on it, especially when it allowed him to keep more valuable trade chips.

[NCCubFan]

I'm curious to see what the corresponding moves will be with Donaldson and Patterson gone.

There should actually be two openngs for a position player at Iowa, since the Cubs will need to call up an outfielder, most likely Hoffpauir, to replace Murton (unless they decide to go with 13 pitchers the rest of this week until Soriano is activated after the break).

[TruffleShuffle]

even the minor league teams are winning today... everything's coming up cubs!

[dlocks]

Nice to see Castillo back after a brief stent on the DL.

[Guest]

All boxed updated.

[wvcbxl]

What did Von Joshua do to get ejected?

[Guest]

What did Von Joshua do to get ejected?

 

Hitting Coach Von Joshua was ejected from Tuesday night's game and was suspended for two games by the PCL for allegedly "spraying" home plate umpire Dan Bellino during a face-to-face argument. Joshua stayed in the clubhouse for game two of last night's double-header and will sit out tonight's game to serve his suspension.

 

I'm guessing as hitting coach, he was also a base coach and got into an argument with the umps.