Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-31-2008

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 8-1 Box Score

 

CF F. Pie 1/1, R, 3B (5) - Left early with a hand injury

LF M. Hoffpauir 1/3, BB

3B C. McGehee 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (23)

1B M. Craig 1/4, R, K

RF J. Kroeger 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 3B (3), Assist (2B)

SP J. Stanford 5 scoreless, 4 H, 6/2 K/BB, 4-5 GO-FO

RP J. Berg 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 8-1 GO-FO

RP C. Pignatiello 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 5-0 Box Score

 

RF D. Deeds 0/4

1B J. Fox 1/3, R, 2B (24), K, HBP

LF T. Colvin 2/4, 2 R, 2B (20), HR (9), 2 RBI, K

C W. Castillo 1/3, R, RBI, BB, E (2, throw), PB (10)

3B J. Lansford 2/4, 2 2B (12), 2 RBI

SP M. Holliman 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 4 K, 4 GO-6 FO, pickoff at first base

RP M. Avery 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 4 GO-3 FO

 

Daytona won 7-2 Box Score

 

2B T. Thomas 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (25), SB (29)

LF T. Wright 0/4, RBI, K, CS (2)

1B S. Clevenger 1/3, BB, 2B (12), K, SB (4)

3B M. Smith 1/4, 2 K

DH R. Canzler 1/4, R, RBI, HR (7), K

RF Y. Carter 0/4, 2 K

SS/3B J. Mota 1/4, R

SP M. Carrillo 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, HBP, 4-6 GO-FO

RP A. Harben 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO

RP J. Papelbon 2 perfect, 4/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO - 21.2 consecutive scoreless innings

RP J. Latham 1 perfect, 3-0 GO-FO

 

Peoria lost 3-2 Box Score

 

DH J. Harrison 1/4

SS N. Samson 1/3, E (25, fielding)

CF J. Wyatt 1/4, K

3B J. Rosa 0/4, K, E (25, fielding)

1B R. Ridling 0/4, K

LF B. Guyer 2/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (22)

RF E. Lara 2/4, RBI, SB (11), CS (8), Assist (2B)

2B J. Opitz 2/4, RBI, K, SB (3)

C L. Flores 0/3, BB, 2 K

SP K. Kreier 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 7-8 GO-FO

 

Boise won 7-6 in 13 innings Box Score

 

LF D. Rundle 1/6, R, 2B (9), RBI, BB, K

3B J. Vitters 1/7, R, 2B (11), RBI, 2 K

SS R. Flaherty 2/5, 3 R, 2B (4), 2 RBI, 2 BB, K, E (6, fielding)

1B S. Hoorelbeke 5/7, 2 RBI

DH R. Keedy 4/5, RBI, BB, K

2B M. Gonzalez 3/5, R, BB, K, SB (9), CS (4), E (7, throw)

SP I. Camacaro 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, WP, 5 GP-5 FO

RP M. Pawelek 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, HBP, 2 GO-1 FO - 6.2 consecutive scoreless innings

RP B. O'Donnell 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 GO-4 FO

RP D. McDaniel 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 B, 3 K, 1 GO-1 FO - as a pro: 16.2 scoreless innings

 

AZL Cubs won Game 1 of the DH 7-5 Box Score

 

2B S. Castro 2/3, E (8, throw), HBP

SS G. Matheus 1/3, E (2, throw), HBP

RF N. Perez 1/4, 2 R, HBP

3B J. Lake 0/2, BB, R, RBI, K, SB (9)

LF K. Soto 0/1, R, K, E (2, throw), HBP

CF T. Campana 1/2, RBI, K, SB (1)

C J. Guevara 1/2, RBI, PB (6)

PH J. Jones 0/1, K

SP C. Huseby 2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO

RP T. Matchulat 3.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, WP, HBP, 6-3 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs won Game 2 of the DH 2-1 Box Score

 

SS S. Castro 1/3, R, K

DH M. Cerda 1/3

LF J. Jones 1/3, RBI

RF N. Perez 0/3, 2 K

1B J. Contreras 0/2

2B L. Watkins 0/1, R, E (1, fielding)

3B J. Lake 0/1, BB, CS (2)

SP R. Searle 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, balk, 7 GO-4 FO - AZL: 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K

RP J. Peña 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 GO-1 FO

 

DSL Cubs won 6-4 in 11 innings Box Score

 

SP E. Infante 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 10 GO-2 FO

RP C. Galvez 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0 GO-1 FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 3-0 Box Score

 

SS C. Morales 0/4, K

RF J. Morelli 1/3, 2B (7), BB

SP R. Garcia 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 4 GO-7 FO - 16 years old; 35.2 IP: 6.06 ERA, 37 K/8 BB

 

Overall: 7-2

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: LHP Jason Stanford (AAA: 7-6, 4.76 ERA, 85 IP, 43 K/35 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Mark Holliman (Tenn & Iowa: 2-5, 5.19 ERA, 78 IP, 58 K/45 BB)

Daytona: RHP Marco Carrillo (6-6, 2.85 ERA, 110.2 IP, 66 K/31 BB)

Peoria: RHP Kevin Kreier (5-4, 3.97 ERA, 56.2 IP, 42 K/15 BB)

Boise: RHP Israel Camacaro (0-0, 6.15 ERA, 26.1 IP, 17 K/16 BB)

Mesa (game one): RHP Julio Pena (3-0, 2.84 ERA, 25.1 IP, 14 K/5 BB)

Mesa (game two): RHP Ryan Searle (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 IP, 5 K/0 BB)

 

As always, Mesa's starters are educated guesses.

[Guest]

Transactions:

 

Cubs sign LHP Jason Stanford out of the Mexican League, place him on Iowa's roster.

[Guest]

Rain delay in Daytona. :shock:

 

Although they look like they're about to get started.

[Outshined_One]

Chris Huseby got the start in Game 1 of the AZL Cubs' DH. So far:

 

2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB

[Guest]

Chris Huseby got the start in Game 1 of the AZL Cubs' DH. So far:

 

2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB

 

And no HBP. That's his final line. Maybe his control is fixed. :shock:

 

His only 3 outings of the season:

 

6/23: 0+ IP, 0 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP

6/27: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 0 K, 1 HBP

7/2: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3 HBP

[Guest]

Josh Vitters back in the Boise lineup, batting third and playing third base.

[Guest]

Iowa Bottom 1st

Felix Pie triples (5) on a fly ball to center fielder Christopher Frey.

 

Yay!!

 

Iowa Bottom 1st

Jason Stanford singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Christian Colonel.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Andres Torres replaces Felix Pie.

 

Iowa Bottom 2nd

Iowa Cubs Felix Pie left the game due to an injured hand/wrist.

 

Ugh...

[Guest]

Ryan Searle gets the start in game 2 for Mesa.

[Guest]

Vitters was 0 for 3 but just doubled. And Flaherty just doubled him in. Ryan is 2 for 3 with that double and a walk. Drew Rundle is 1 for 3 with another double too.

 

Pawelek went 1.2 IP: 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.

 

Last 4 outings: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K.

[Guest]

Ryan Searle is good in the U.S.: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K.

[Guest]

Boise wins the game on a Ryan Keedy RBI single to the CF that scored Ryan Flaherty.

 

And the umps let the Hawks celebrate before sending the runners back one base because the ball supposedly hit the ump on its way up the middle (you can't tell on the video). Awful. The game should be over. And Boise manager Tom Beyers finally ejected.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Aren't umpires part of the field of play? Why would you send runners back?

[Guest]

Dan McDaniel just threw a curve in the dirt that Mike Brenly whiffed on...it bounced through the wickets and hit the ump square in the family jewels.

 

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[sneakypower]

i think its safe to say this R. Garcia guy is under performing his FIP

[craig]

Cal, have we gotten any notes past from Az Phil or anybody on what kind of stuff/velocity Searle has?

[roadster]

Dan McDaniel just threw a curve in the dirt that Mike Brenly whiffed on...it bounced through the wickets and hit the ump square in the family jewels.

 

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Michael Brenly update for Vance...

[jersey cubs fan]

Tyler Colvin ends July with a line of .236/.301/.377 for the season. He was .237/.283/.392 for the month, and has been consistently incompetent month-to-month, with OPS of 696-682-661-675 (678 for season). I'm fairly certain this includes his big July 31.

 

I've been trying to stay patient with Colvin and checking his numbers at the end of every month. It's hard to come up with anything other than extreme disappoint at the utter lack of progress. This is a guy who many, or at least I, thought was a safe pick who would at least be decent even if he had little upside. Even the marginal upgrade in plate discipline has left him with a K/BB of 2.21/1.

[rawaction]

Tyler Colvin ends July with a line of .236/.301/.377 for the season. He was .237/.283/.392 for the month, and has been consistently incompetent month-to-month, with OPS of 696-682-661-675 (678 for season). I'm fairly certain this includes his big July 31.

 

I've been trying to stay patient with Colvin and checking his numbers at the end of every month. It's hard to come up with anything other than extreme disappoint at the utter lack of progress. This is a guy who many, or at least I, thought was a safe pick who would at least be decent even if he had little upside. Even the marginal upgrade in plate discipline has left him with a K/BB of 2.21/1.

 

Very discouraging. He hasn't put together anything more than a 3 or 4 game hot streak, then goes like 1 for 18. I am still willing to give him some more time, but expecting anything from him as far as ML success goes is probably not a good idea.

[jersey cubs fan]

Tyler Colvin ends July with a line of .236/.301/.377 for the season. He was .237/.283/.392 for the month, and has been consistently incompetent month-to-month, with OPS of 696-682-661-675 (678 for season). I'm fairly certain this includes his big July 31.

 

I've been trying to stay patient with Colvin and checking his numbers at the end of every month. It's hard to come up with anything other than extreme disappoint at the utter lack of progress. This is a guy who many, or at least I, thought was a safe pick who would at least be decent even if he had little upside. Even the marginal upgrade in plate discipline has left him with a K/BB of 2.21/1.

 

Very discouraging. He hasn't put together anything more than a 3 or 4 game hot streak, then goes like 1 for 18. I am still willing to give him some more time, but expecting anything from him as far as ML success goes is probably not a good idea.

 

Willing or not, I realize there's nothing to do but give him more time. I assume there won't be a promotion in his future, but, who knows.

[badnews]

Please don't mention Colvin's name again, I had that procedure from Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind where I had all memory of him and Tim Wilken saying he was like Alex Rios erased.

[sneakypower]

maybe he meant Armando Rios and it was just an unfortunate Freudian slip

[RedFlash]

Tyler Colvin ends July with a line of .236/.301/.377 for the season. He was .237/.283/.392 for the month, and has been consistently incompetent month-to-month, with OPS of 696-682-661-675 (678 for season). I'm fairly certain this includes his big July 31.

 

I've been trying to stay patient with Colvin and checking his numbers at the end of every month. It's hard to come up with anything other than extreme disappoint at the utter lack of progress. This is a guy who many, or at least I, thought was a safe pick who would at least be decent even if he had little upside. Even the marginal upgrade in plate discipline has left him with a K/BB of 2.21/1.

 

Very discouraging. He hasn't put together anything more than a 3 or 4 game hot streak, then goes like 1 for 18. I am still willing to give him some more time, but expecting anything from him as far as ML success goes is probably not a good idea.

 

Willing or not, I realize there's nothing to do but give him more time. I assume there won't be a promotion in his future, but, who knows.

 

At this point I am ALMOST WILLING to just say, call him the left handed version of Ryan Harvey, but without the talent. I like the pick when it was made, but---sighs---the Cubs continued to go with potential instead of production.

[badnews]

I didn't think anyone liked the pick considering it left Travis Snider and Hank Conger (my two faves at that spot) on the board. I knew Colvin was trouble when he was like #65 on Baseball America's big board and of all of Baseball America's collegiate All-Stars he had by far the crappiest BB/K ratio of them all and not even the power to remotely justify it.

 

I think my preferences ran

 

#1- Travis Snider

#2- Hank Conger

#3- Chris Marrero

#4- Chris Parmelee

#5- Kyle Drabek

 

I still consider it a mystery why on the earth the Astros would draft Max Sapp over Conger.

[RedFlash]

I didn't think anyone liked the pick considering it left Travis Snider and Hank Conger (my two faves at that spot) on the board. I knew Colvin was trouble when he was like #65 on Baseball America's big board and of all of Baseball America's collegiate All-Stars he had by far the crappiest BB/K ratio of them all and not even the power to remotely justify it.

 

I think my preferences ran

 

#1- Travis Snider

#2- Hank Conger

#3- Chris Marrero

#4- Chris Parmelee

#5- Kyle Drabek

 

I still consider it a mystery why on the earth the Astros would draft Max Sapp over Conger.

 

Well I did. I remember watching him play and thought of Mark Kotsay. Unfortunately, Colvin will prolly never make it pass AA. Another 1st rder that busted....