Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-12-2008

[Guest]

In a surprise to absolutely no one, Daytona's postponed.

 

Jay Jackson and 2 Cubs games in one day? I don't know if I can handle tomorrow...

 

Casey Coleman in Peoria. Andrew Cashner and Chris Carpenter for Boise. Not a bad day tomorrow.

 

Why do I feel like I've never heard of Coleman?

 

He was drafted a couple months ago like Jackson, several rounds later(I want to say 15th or 16th).

 

15th round pick out of Florida Gulf Coast. Low 90s FB, slider and change. Already up in Peoria which isn't bad for a guy who was also a full time shortstop.

[Guest]

Vitters got an RBI single to get that hit streak up to 19 games.

[Guest]

And Vitters gets a double. He's 2 for 5.

[imb]

that's what i like to see, get a solid .335 season under his belt and start the push up the ladder in 2009

[Guest]

Knoxville News-Sentinel[/url]"]Angel Guzman pitched three pain-free scoreless innings against Birmingham in his first major league rehabilitation start for Tennessee but the pitching-poor Smokies frittered away a six-run lead and fell to the Barons 10-8 at Smokies Park on Tuesday night.

 

Guzman was so much better than his Southern League teammates. He threw 43 pitches, 32 for strikes.

 

"I'm feeling pretty good," Guzman, who had Tommy John (ligament replacement) surgery 11 months ago. "I was trying to get all my pitches together. I thought I had pretty good stuff keeping the ball down and throwing strikes."

 

Guzman was clocked at 95 mph and his first 13 pitches were fastballs.

 

"That's my game plan," he explained. "I think that I'm a power pitcher and I always try to establish my fastball as much as I can. If they don't get a good wood on it, I'm going to keep throwing it."

 

Guzman has done everything he can physically to be part of the Cubs' plans this season, not next.

 

"I worked really, really hard during the offseason," he said. "I think it is paying off. I came back and I feel way stronger than I used to be."

 

Pitchers who have had major reconstructive surgery usually require more than a year to recover and oftentimes experience "spaghetti arm." Their velocity can vacillate with each start as they build arm strength.

 

The 6-foot-3 Venezuelan, who made two rehabilitation starts for Class A Daytona before coming to Tennessee, said he has had no such problem.

 

"Thank God, no," he said, smiling.

 

:)

[Guest]

BA's Short Season Daily Dish[/url]"]Prospect Nuggets

 

The Boise offense won the battle against Wilfredo Boscan (Rangers) and his strong Spokane pitching staff. Shortstop Ryan Flaherty (Cubs) stayed on his blistering streak by going 2-for-5 with a home run and a stolen base, while third baseman Josh Vitters (Cubs) is on a tear of his own after a 2-for-5 night. Boise got the best of Boscan, who came on in relief to cough up six runs (five earned) on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Oh come on, I went to Boise's box score so I could make a big deal that Flaherty went one game without an error, and sure enough, he committed number 14 last night.

[Guest]

Oh come on, I went to Boise's box score so I could make a big deal that Flaherty went one game without an error, and sure enough, he committed number 14 last night.

 

Rob (Bloomington, IL): Ryan Flaherty already has 14 errors at SS. Is he a 2B or a 3B down the line?

 

Kevin Goldstein: I like Ryan Flaherty quite a bit, but if he had two errors I'd still tell you he's a second baseman in the end.

 

(Isn't that our Rob?)

[Rob]

Oh come on, I went to Boise's box score so I could make a big deal that Flaherty went one game without an error, and sure enough, he committed number 14 last night.

 

Rob (Bloomington, IL): Ryan Flaherty already has 14 errors at SS. Is he a 2B or a 3B down the line?

 

Kevin Goldstein: I like Ryan Flaherty quite a bit, but if he had two errors I'd still tell you he's a second baseman in the end.

 

(Isn't that our Rob?)

 

You don't own me! Nobody owns me!