Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-14-2009

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa, Tennessee, Daytona, and Peoria with the day off.

 

Boise lost 3-2 Box Score

 

CF J. Valdez 0/4, K

2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, K, SB (5)

DH B. Jackson 0/2, BB, 2 K, HBP

RF JH Ha 0/4, K

LF B. Davis 1/4, K

3B G. Rohan 0/4, 2 K

SS G. Matheus 1/3, BB, R, K, E (8, fielding)

1B J. Petraitis 0/3, K

C M. Williams 0/2, BB

SP R. Whitenack 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4/4 K/BB, WP, 4-1 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs won 14-5 Box Score

 

SS/2B R. Bautista 1/6, R, RBI, 2B (2), 2 K

2B B. Springfield 0/2, BB, R, RBI, K

SS W. Darvill 0/2, E (1, throw)

3B R. Wagner 3/5, 2 R, RBI, HR (2), K

C R. Jones 2/3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR (7), PB (3)

RF J. Morelli 1/3, BB, 3 R, HBP

1B C. Thomas 1/4, R, RBI

LF G. Cook 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (1), 2 K, HBP

SP J. Pena 3 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO

RP L. Liria 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 5-4 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-4 in the 10th Box Score

 

OVERALL: 1-3

[Guest]

Robert Whitenack got the start for Boise on getaway day at Vancouver. Incidentally, game time temps in Vancouver today was 64. The expected high tomorrow in Boise for their game against Yakima will be 102.

 

AZL Cubs: RHP Luis Liria (with the AZL Cubs: 0-0, 6.00 ERA, 3 IP, 2 K/1 BB; with AZL and DSL Cubs: 1-0, 3.30 ERA, 30 IP, 34 K/13 BB)

[Guest]

Richard Jones with 2 HRs today. 7 in the short AZL season.

[TruffleShuffle]

reading up on him, he strikes me as a lefthanded jake fox. major league power, somewhat shaky discipline, questionable whether he can stick behind the plate.

[Guest]

Daytona News-Journal[/url]"]Relief pitcher Hank Williamson was sent back to the D-Cubs after a brief stint filling in at Triple-A Iowa. Williamson pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowed just one hit and struck out five in his only appearance for the I-Cubs.

[Outshined_One]

5th rounder Wes Darvill made his debut for the AZL Cubs tonight. Good to see him on the active roster.

[craig]

reading up on him, he strikes me as a lefthanded jake fox. major league power, somewhat shaky discipline, questionable whether he can stick behind the plate.

 

Yup. Left-handed, though! (heh heh).

 

Thing about Fox is that while he's first and foremost a fastball hitter, he has gotten more passable versus breaking balls. I wonder whether Jones has or ever will have the ability to handle breaking stuff?

 

He's got 15 K in 47 rookie-league AB's, that's Harvey-esque. If he's getting aced by the low-speed-limited-breaking-balls of rookie league, there's a good chance he'll get wiped out in leagues where most guys have at least some kind of a breaking pitch. I won't be surprised if he goes to Peoria (or Boise) and looks pretty bad. Kind of like what happened with ridling last year, or Fitzgerald thus far this year.