Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-20-2009

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 4-0 Box Score

 

3B R. Freel 1/2, R, 2B (3)

PH/3B M. Camp 0/2, E (3, fielding)

CF S. Fuld 2/4, R, CS (4), PO (1B), Assist (3B)

1B B. Scales 1/3, R, 2 RBI, HR (4), HBP

LF J. Dubois 1/2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (8)

C C. Robinson 2/4, K

PH N. Spears 0/1

SP J. Samardzija 8 scoreless, 6 H, 6/4 K/BB, 7-9 GO-FO

RP B. Parker 1 scoreless, 2 H, 3-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 7-0 Box Score

 

2B T. Thomas 1/4, BB, 2 R, K

LF T. Wright 1/5, R, RBI, K

RF T. Colvin 1/4, R

1B D. Deeds 2/2, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (2), E (1, fielding)

3B J. Mota 2/3, R, RBI

SS D. Barney 1/3, BB, 2 RBI

PH R. Canzler 1/1

SP J. Papelbon 5.2 scoreless, 5 H, 2/1 K/BB, 8-7 GO-FO

RP A. Maestri 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, HBP, 3-2 GO-FO

RP M. Carrillo 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO

 

Daytona is on their All Star Break

 

Peoria won 5-3 Box Score

 

3B J. Harrison 2/4, RBI, 2B (16), 2 SB (14)

CF D. Macias 0/4, 2 RBI

DH J. Vitters 0/4, K

LF K. Burke 0/3, BB, Assist (2B)

1B R. Ridling 0/4, K

SS R. Flaherty 1/4, R, 3B (3)

RF N. Perez 2/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (12)

2B J. Lake 1/2, 2 R, K

SP C. Carpenter 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, 10-3 GO-FO

RP A. Cabrera 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 5-1 GO-FO

RP C. Huseby .2 scoreless, 1 H, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Boise lost their debut 14-8 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 3/5, 2 R, RBI, SB, 2 E (2, fielding , throw) - pro debut

3B G. Matheus 3/5, 2 RBI, K, CS (1), E (1, throw)

C M. Cerda 1/4, 2 RBI, K, 2 E (2, throw x 2), PB (1)

DH G. Rohan 0/5, K - pro debut

2B L. Watkins 1/2, 2 BB, R, SB (1), CS (1), E (1, throw)

RF JH Ha 1/3, R - pro debut

LF K. Soto 1/3, R, 2B (1)

SP J. Nagel 3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, WP, 6-1 GO-FO - pro debut

RP D. Nunez 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 won 6-5 in the bottom of the 13th Box Score

 

2B J. Rodriguez 1/7, R, 2 K

SS A. Alcantara 1/7, 2 K, SB (5), E (8, fielding)

3B J. Pena 1/6, BB, R, 2 K

RF X. Batista 0/6, 4 K

C C. Romero 0/4, 2 BB

PR/LF M. Pestana 0/0, CS (6)

DH Y. Fuenmayor 3/5, BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (2), CS (1)

1B Y. Astacio 1/5, 3 K, E (3, fielding)

SP R. Reyes 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 6-4 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 4-2 Box Score

 

SS V. Bieneme 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (2), 2 SB (9)

CF G. Robles 1/4, RBI, 2 K

DH H. Suarez 0/3, BB, 2 K

3B J. Altagracia 0/4, K

RF J. Gonzalez 0/4, 3 K

C R. Parra 1/3, K

2B C. Henry 0/2, BB, K

SP E. Martinez 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HBP, 4-7 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 4-2

 

The FSL North All Stars beat the FSL South All Stars 6-4 Box Score

 

SS S. Castro 4/4, R, RBI, HR (inside the park), CS

C R. Chirinos 0/3, BB, R

RP R. Searle 0 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 0/1 K/BB

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Jeff Samardzija (3-3, 4.27 ERA, 52.2 IP, 42 K/14 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Jeremy Papelbon (1-3, 3.97 ERA, 34 IP, 29 K/9 BB)

Peoria: RHP Chris Carpenter (3-3, 2.70 ERA, 63.1 IP, 55 K/30 BB)

Boise: RHP Jon Nagel - pro debut (2008 at Independence CC: 2-2, 2.86 ERA, 22 IP)

 

Nagel was the Cubs 2008 17th rounder and had Tommy John surgery last year right before he was drafted.

[Brian]

So is Carpenter going to be Carp? or is that too Cardinals?

[Guest]

3B Jordan Petraitis (Cubs 28th rounder) signed and he's up with Boise. IF Jose Made promoted from Boise to Peoria.

 

RHP Cody Shields sent back down from Boise to Mesa. RHP Mike Perconte down to Boise from Peoria.

[Guest]

The three players from Korea - pitcher Su-Min Jung, shortstop Hak-Ju Lee and outfielder Jae-Hoon Ha - will have the benefit of a translator in Hyun Choi. He will be especially helpful away from the field.

 

On the field, the three Koreans have already begun to pick up the baseball terms.

 

"Pretty much the way we go about the baseball aspect is using the international language (of the game)," Hawks hitting instructor Ricardo Medina said. "Hak-Ju Lee, for example, has been in the instructional league in Arizona. He's understanding the terms, so in a baseball aspect, he's pretty good."

 

...

 

John Contreras, a first baseman from the Dominican Republic who speaks English and Spanish, said he's noticed an interesting trend among the Korean players.

 

"They speak more Spanish than English," he said. "When we're talking in Spanish, they're picking up more of the Spanish words."

 

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Jae-Hoon Ha

[Guest]

By the way, the Boise Hawks still do video through their web site but since MiLB.com took over, it's no longer free. :(

[Guest]

Boise's media guide with a little blurb and pic of each player: http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2009/06/19/23/Hawksfanguide.source.prod_affiliate.36.pdf

[Guest]

MiLB.com preview of the Boise Hawks:

 

Boise Hawks

2008 Results: 43-33

2009 Manager: Casey Kopitzke

Things to look forward to: Franklin Font will begin the season as the Hawks interim manager until Kopitzke returns later in the month... Cubs Minor League field coordinator Dave Bialas also will join the staff. ... The Hawks will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Memorial Stadium in 2009. ... University of California standout Brett Jackson, who was selected with the 31st overall pick, could begin his career with the Hawks. The speedy outfielder was a First-Team All-Pac-10 selection this spring, hitting .321 with eight homers and 41 RBIs... Shortstop D.J. LeMahieu led LSU to the 2008 College World Series and could join Jackson in Boise. ... Matt Cerda and Logan Watkins were two of Chicago's top high school Draft picks in 2008. ... Venezuelan right-hander Larry Suarez has been compared to Carlos Zambrano. ... Arizona State product Ryan Sontag returns to the Hawks after converting from outfielder to pitcher.

[Guest]

Boise goes:

 

SS Hak-Ju Lee

3B George Matheus

C Matt Cerda

DH Greg Rohan

2B Logan Watkins

RF Jae-Hoon Ha

CF Jose Valdez

1B John Contreras

LF Kevin Soto

P Jon Nagel

[TruffleShuffle]

castro is 3-3 with a home run in the FSL all star game.

 

carpenter so far: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR.

[Guest]

Samardzija with 3 scoreless thus far. Iowa up 1-0.

 

Papelbon goes 5.2 scoreless. Tennessee up 5-0 in the 6th. Tony Thomas is 1/3. Tyler Colvin is 0/3.

 

In the FSL All-Star game, Starlin Castro is thus far 3/3 with a home run and 2 singles. Robinson Chirinos is 0/2 with a walk. Ryan Searle has yet to get in the game.

 

Chris Carpenter: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 10 GO-3 FO. Josh Vitters is 0 for 2. Josh Harrison is 2/2 with a double, Junior Lake is 1/1.

[TruffleShuffle]

Ryan Searle has yet to get in the game.

 

he got into the game. gave up 4 hits and a walk and then left.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Lee is 2 for 2 with a pair of singles and a SB, but has a fielding and throwing error at SS, which came on the same play.

[sporrer17]

Castro ended up 4/4 tonight with a HR and CS.

[craig]

After 7, bonus babies Lee, Cerda, and Watkins have combined for 5 errors and 4 hits.

[Guest]

Castro's HR was an inside-the-parker. He's the cover guy for MiLB.com. :) Not a shocker but he was the MVP of the all-star game.

 

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[Guest]

After 7, bonus babies Lee, Cerda, and Watkins have combined for 5 errors and 4 hits.

 

Looks like the final tally is 5 to 5. Watkins added 2 walks.

 

Lee was 3/5 and Ha was 1/3. Looks like Cliff Andersen was demoted from Peoria to Boise.

[Guest]

Also, Samardzija threw 8 scoreless though he did walk 4 guys (and struck out 6).

[TruffleShuffle]

wow nice D boise.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Shark with 8 full, 0 runbe 6 hits, 4 BB, 6 K. He usually follws up a good or decent outting with a poor one, so I expect him to ge tagged for about 8 in 3 innings next time out.

[Guest]

http://iowa.cubs.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090620&content_id=5441262&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

 

"I thought the center fielder was going to catch the ball," Castro said. "After that, I just put my head down and go. I knew I was going to score."

 

"It was a hard-hit ball," Revere said.

 

North skipper Jody Davis, who managed Daytona to last season's league title and now works as the Chicago Cubs Minor League catching coordinator, noticed the backspin on Castro's hit almost immediately.

 

"The center fielder tried to read it, but the backspin on it created the elevation," Davis explained.

 

South manager Jeff Smith of the Miracle put it in simpler terms.

 

"The kid crushed it," he said. "The ball was backspinning. The ball was just crushed.

 

"Ben got up as high as he could possibly get, but I don't think anybody realized how hard that ball was hit."

[Guest]

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Robinson Chirinos signing autographs.

 

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FSL North manager Jody Davis on the right.

 

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Starlin Castro slides in for his inside-the-park HR.

 

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Then celebrates his HR.

 

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And is awarded the MVP trophy for his efforts.

[Guest]

Tennessee turned a 5-4-3 triple play yesterday:

 

Knoxville News-Sentinel[/url]"]Carolina's Todd Frazier and Zach Cozart singled in the second and the brother of Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon escaped by getting Eric Eymann to tap a 2-2 pitch to third baseman Jonathan Mota.

 

Mota gloved the grounder, stepped on the bag and fired to Tony Thomas for a second out. The second baseman pivoted and relayed to first baseman Doug Deeds to get Eymann by a half-step.

 

"I always have to be ready and anticipate triple play," said Mota, who turned a pair in 2005 while playing for Class A Boise. "We got the ground ball in the right spot."

 

Said Papelbon: "That's like hitting the jackpot, probably the power ball. When you get that you have to be thinking things are going your way now."

 

"Highly unusual but in that circumstance that was about as routine a triple play as you will see," Tennessee manager and Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg said. "Always fun to watch and got us out of a jam."

[Guest]

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Logan Watkins

 

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Hak-Ju Lee

[TruffleShuffle]

i pictured logan watkins as being black too.

 

i did picture hak-ju lee as being asian, though.