Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-8-2008

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 7-4 Box Score

 

CF F. Pie 1/5, R, K

1B M. Hoffpauir 3/5, 2 R, 2B (29), RBI

RF J. Kroeger 1/4, RBI

3B C. McGehee 1/4, RBI

C K. Hill 1/3, 3B (2), BB, K

SS A. Blanco 3/4, RBI

SP JR Mathes 3 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, HR, 2 WP, HBP, 4 GO-1 FO

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

 

Tennessee lost 4-0 Box Score

 

2B N. Spears 0/4, K

RF D. Deeds 0/4, 2 K

1B J. Fox 1/3 - broke up Chattanooga's no-hitter with no outs in the 8th inning

LF T. Colvin 0/3

C W. Castillo 1/3, 2 K

SP G. Johnson 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 7 GO-3 FO

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

 

Daytona won 7-3 Box Score

 

CF J. Adduci 3/5, R, 2B (17), RBI, SB (23)

LF T. Wright 1/4, 2 R, BB

C S. Clevenger 2/4, R, RBI

3B M. Smith 1/3, R, BB, K

1B R. Canzler 2/4, R, 2 RBI, K

2B R. Chirinos 2/4, 2 RBI, BB, K

SP H-W Chen 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 8 GO-2 FO

RP B. Schlitter 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 GO-3 FO - Cubs system debut (came over in Scott Eyre trade)

 

Peoria won 10-2 Box Score

 

SS N. Samson 1/5, RBI, K

3B J. Rosa 2/4, R, E (26, fielding)

1B L. Bautista 1/4, 2 R, 2B (19), K, SB (3)

LF B. Guyer 2/3, 3 R, HR (11), 3 RBI, BB, 2 SB (18), OF assist at second base

RF C. Andersen 0/3, R, K, HBP

DH R. Ridling 1/3, 2 R, 2B (6), 2 RBI, BB

C L. Flores 1/3, 3B (1), 2 RBI, BB

SP C. Coleman 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 9 GO-4 FO

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

 

Boise lost 9-6 Box Score

 

CF D. Macias 1/4, 2B (6), 2 RBI, K

LF D. Rundle 1/4, BB, K

SS R. Flaherty 2/5, 2 R, 2B (11), HR (5), RBI, K, E (12, throw)

RF K. Burke 1/5, R, RBI, K

C M. Brenly 2/4, R, BB, K - dad was in attendance

3B M. Gonzalez 2/4, R

2B D. Kemp 1/3, R, BB, K, SB (1)

SP C. Carpenter 3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, HR, 8 GO-1 FO

RP A. Cashner 3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, HR, WP, 5 GP-1 FO

 

AZL Cubs won 7-4 Box Score

 

C M. Cerda 3/4, 2 R, 2B (5), 3 RBI

C M. Reed 1/1 - rehab

DH J. Jones 2/5, R, 2B (6), RBI, K

RF N. Perez 1/4, 2B (7), RBI, BB, K

3B J. Contreras 1/3, 2 RBI, BB, K, E (7, fielding)

2B L. Watkins 0/4, 2 K

SP J. Antigua 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 2 GO-2 FO

RP O. Martinez 1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, WP, 0 GO-1 FO, E (1, pickoff)

RP Y. Gonzalez 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 3 GO-1 FO

RP C. Redmond 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 GO-2 FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 3-2 Box Score

 

SP A. Ruiz 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, WP, 4 GO-3 FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-2 Box Score

 

LF J. Morelli 0/4, BB, K

SP S. Peralta 2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 0 K, 4 GO-1 FO

RP Y. Veras 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

 

Overall: 3-5

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: LHP JR Mathes (6-4, 4.12 ERA, 111.1 IP, 54 K/27 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Grant Johnson (2-5, 5.93 ERA, 54.2 IP, 29 K/21 BB)

Daytona: RHP Hung-Wen Chen (4-4, 3.00 ERA, 111 IP, 72 K/21 BB)

Peoria: RHP Casey Coleman (2-2, 3.60 ERA, 35 IP, 31 K/7 BB)

Boise: RHP Chris Carpenter (2-0, 3.86 ERA, 11.2 IP, 10 K/9 BB)

Mesa: RHP Chris Huseby (0-0, 12.60 ERA, 5 IP, 4 K/9 BB)

 

I'm pretty sure RHP Andrew Cashner (0-0, 9.82 ERA, 3.2 IP, 5 K/9 BB) will piggy back with Carpenter for Boise today.

[Ryno is God 23]

It would be nice to see Carpenter and Cashner keep the BBs down today.

[Guest]

Board favorite Travis Snider was promoted to AAA yesterday despite only OPSing .818 at AA.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

116 K's in AA for Snider? Wow.

[UK1679666180]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: LHP JR Mathes (6-4, 4.12 ERA, 111.1 IP, 54 K/27 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Grant Johnson (2-5, 5.93 ERA, 54.2 IP, 29 K/21 BB)

Daytona: RHP Hung-Wen Chen (4-4, 3.00 ERA, 111 IP, 72 K/21 BB)

Peoria: RHP Casey Coleman (2-2, 3.60 ERA, 35 IP, 31 K/7 BB)

Boise: RHP Chris Carpenter (2-0, 3.86 ERA, 11.2 IP, 10 K/9 BB)

Mesa: RHP Chris Huseby (0-0, 12.60 ERA, 5 IP, 4 K/9 BB)

 

I'm pretty sure RHP Andrew Cashner (0-0, 9.82 ERA, 3.2 IP, 5 K/9 BB) will piggy back with Carpenter for Boise today.

 

Hey Polly.....

 

Who's pitching tomorrow and Sun. for Peoria against the Snappers?

[Guest]

Hey Polly.....

 

Who's pitching tomorrow and Sun. for Peoria against the Snappers?

 

Audy Santana tomorrow. Sunday, it's Lieber (if he's still at Peoria on Sunday) w/ Robert Hernandez.

[UK1679666180]

What's the report on Santana?

 

If Lieber pitches on Sunday, I doubt he'll be charting pitches tomorrow.

[Guest]

What's the report on Santana?

 

This was after he was a reliever in the NWL last year:

 

Santana works off an 89-93 mph fastball and a solid-average breaking ball. he attacked hitters when he came in out of the pen. He's got lots of arm strength and some room for projection.

 

21 years old now. Stats: http://firstinning.com/players/Audy-Santana-a/

[Guest]

Marc Huley[/url]"]I’ll See Your Moustakas and Raise You a Vitters

 

High school players Mike Moustakas and Josh Vitters, a pair of future Major League third basemen, were selected second and third overall in the 2007 amateur draft by the Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs, respectively. Both players struggled out of the gate when they began their pro careers but have turned things around as of late. Their current statistics look like this:

 

Moustakas .265/.329/.470 400 20 34-69 (Full season ball)

Vitters .325/.359/.515 169 9 9-34 (Short season ball)

 

 

Like Moustakas, Vitters began the 2008 season in the full-season Midwest League but he started slowly and his strength was sapped by injuries. When he finally got healthy, the Cubs demoted Vitters, 18, to Short Season Boise. Vitters is now hitting .335/.371/.523 with four homers in 155 at-bats. The step back is disappointing but he’s still very young and will get another shot at the Midwest League next season. The right-handed batter has had a lot of fun against left-handed pitching this year with a line of .417/.432/.639, compared to .311/.354/.487 against right-handers. Vitters appears to put a little too much pressure on himself with runners in scoring position as he is hitting just .222 in those situations.

 

It’s going to take some time but Vitters remains the Cubs’ third baseman of the future. The same can be said for Moustakas, who is more advanced than Vitters both offensively and defensively. However, he faces a roadblock by the name of Alex Gordon. Watching the two careers unfold is going to be a lot of fun. Who do you think will be the better player long term?

[UK1679666180]

Sounds intersting, obviously I have fallen behind on my Cubs' farm system.

[Guest]

Sounds intersting, obviously I have fallen behind on my Cubs' farm system.

 

Have you seen Peoria's Jovan Rosa play before? What are your thoughts on a 20-year old in the MWL being able to translate 36 doubles (and only 6 home runs) into more home runs?

[Guest]

Rain delay in Daytona...

[Outshined_One]

What's the report on Santana?

 

This was after he was a reliever in the NWL last year:

 

Santana works off an 89-93 mph fastball and a solid-average breaking ball. he attacked hitters when he came in out of the pen. He's got lots of arm strength and some room for projection.

 

21 years old now. Stats: http://firstinning.com/players/Audy-Santana-a/

 

Sounds about right, although the two times I've seen him this year, he's worked 88-91. His secondary stuff is pretty good, but he needs to do a good amount of work on his command and control.

[ChiefsVoice]

as far as i know, Lieber is not gonna rehab with us again...Santana, Hernandez, Kreier and PIna/Whitlock in Beloit. Kreier and Coleman are our 2 best by far right now.

[Guest]

No Vitters today.

[Rob]

No Vitters today.

 

He was listed in the lineup on milb.com until the middle of the 1st inning.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bad news in Boise: Flaherty with another error(12 on the year), and Carpenter got beat around and had control issues.

 

Cashner gave up an infield single and a pair of groundouts to get out of the 4th.

[Guest]

Check out Jeffry Antigua: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K. Nelson Perez walked today. :shock:

[RammyFanny]

Flaherty homered.

[Outshined_One]

Check out Jeffry Antigua: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K. Nelson Perez walked today. :shock:

 

Go Not Neifi go!

[Guest]

Bad news in Boise: Flaherty with another error(12 on the year), and Carpenter got beat around and had control issues.

 

Cashner gave up an infield single and a pair of groundouts to get out of the 4th.

 

Carpenter was going fine till that 4th inning when he gave up 3 out of his 4 runs: 3.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 8 GO-1 FO

 

Cashner was awful though his control was improved: 3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 5 GO-1 FO.

 

:|

[Guest]

I'm pretty sure Drew Rundle struck out looking on a pitch that would have been behind a right handed hitter. Minor league umps suck.

[Guest]

Jeffry Antigua and Yohan Gonzalez had good outings today. Mesa has 4 very interesting teenage Latin pitchers:

 

LHP Jeffry Antigua (age 18): 28 IP, 12 BB, 24 K, 3.21 ERA, .273 BAA, 2.93 GO-AO

RHP Yohan Gonzalez (age 18): 24 IP, 9 BB, 15 K, 2.63 ERA, .209 BAA, 2.10 GO-AO

RHP Larry Suarez (age 18): 9 IP, 5 BB, 8 K, 1.00 ERA, .172 BAA, 1.00 GO-AO

RHP Julio Peña (age 19): 31.2 IP, 7 BB, 23 K, 2.84 ERA, .209 BAA, 1.00 GO-AO

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Pie returned to the lineup for Iowa and went 1 for 5 with a K. Hoffpauir went 3 for 5 with a double, pushing his OPS over 1.100.

 

Schlitter made his debut for Daytona, 2 scoreless IP, 2 H(single and double), 1 K