Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-18-2009

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 2-1 Box Score

 

3B A. Miles 1/3, BB, RBI, 2B (2), SB (1), CS (1), PO (1B), E (1, fielding)

1B M. Craig 1/3, BB, K

C S. Clevenger 2/4, RBI

RF B. Scales 0/2, BB

SS M. Camp 2/3, R, 2B (7), SB (12)

PH J. Dubois 0/1, K

PH C. Robinson 0/1

SP C. Fossum 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 2-9 GO-FO

RP J. Berg 2 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 5-1 GO-FO

RP B. Parker 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 5-4 Box Score

 

SS J. Mota 0/5, K

CF J. Adduci 0/4, BB, SB (21)

3B M. Smith 1/5, 2 K

LF T. Wright 1/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (6), K, SB (5)

RF D. Deeds 1/3, 2 BB, R, RBI, HR (4)

1B R. Canzler 0/3, 2 BB, R, K, SB (2), E (4, fielding)

C W. Castillo 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (7), K, E (4, throw)

2B T. Thomas 1/3, BB, R, 2B (20), K, 2 SB (10)

2B N. Samson 0/1

SP J. Jackson 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 7/4 K/BB, 2 HR, 7-1 GO-FO

RP A. Maestri 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO

RP J. Ruhlman .1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB

RP M. Carrillo 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO

 

Daytona won 3-0 Box Score

 

LF T. Campana 2/5, R, 2B (6)

SS S. Castro 1/5, K, E (28, throw)

CF B. Guyer 1/4, 2 R, RBI, 3B (3), HBP

C R. Chirinos 0/2, 3 HBP

1B J. Opitz 0/4, RBI, K

DH J. Vitters 0/4, RBI

2B M. Gonzalez 1/4

3B J. Harrison 2/3, CS (1), HBP

SP C. Carpenter 5 scoreless, 1 H, 9/3 K/BB, WP, HBP, 3-3 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff)

RP D. Sasser 1.1 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO

RP D. Cales .2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB

 

Peoria lost 9-2 Box Score

 

CF D. Macias 0/4, E (7, fielding)

2B R. Flaherty 0/4, 2 K

1B R. Ridling 3/4, 2B (23), K, E (9, throw)

RF K. Burke 0/2, 2 BB, RBI, Assist (Home)

3B J. Rosa 0/4, K

C M. Brenly 1/4, K

SS J. Lake 0/4, 2 K, E (26, throw)

LF D. Fitzgerald 1/4, R, RBI, HR (1), K

SP C. Archer 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO

RP A. Cabrera 1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 4-0 GO-FO, E (3, fielding)

RP R. Buchter 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO

 

Boise won 3-2 in the 11th Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 1/5, R, K

2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, SB (6)

CF B. Jackson 1/4, BB, R, RBI, PO (2B)

DH J. Bour 1/4, BB, RBI

RF JH Ha 2/4, RBI, CS (4), PO (1B)

1B G. Rohan 0/4

C M. Williams 0/4, K

3B G. Matheus 0/2, 2 BB, E (9, fielding)

LF J. Valdez 1/3, BB, SB (8), CS (4), PO (1B)

SP T. Mitchell 4.2 scoreless, 3 H, 4/0 K/BB, 8-2 GO-FO

RP J. Lansford 2.1 perfect, 5-2 GO-FO

RP R. Sontag 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs won 6-4 Box Score

 

CF F. Guzman 1/5, R, K

2B W. Darvill 0/4, RBI

1B R. Wagner 2/4, R, 3B (2)

DH C. Thomas 1/4, R, K

RF J. Morelli 1/3, R, K, SB (5), HBP

3B J. Petraitis 3/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (1), E (1, fielding)

SS R. Bautista 1/4, RBI, K

SP C. Rojas 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO

RP D. Encarnacion 4 scoreless, 1 H, 2/3 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 won 10-5 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost a rain-shortened game 11-4 Box Score

 

OVERALL: 6-2

[Tony Thomas]

Iowa: Casey Fossum 1-2, 9.00

Tennessee: Jay Jackson 4-4, 3.36

Daytona: Christopher Carpenter 1-1, 2.25

Peoria: Christopher Archer 3-3, 2.30

Boise: Tarlandis Mitchell 0-0, 6.75

AZL: Don't know

[Little Slide Rooter]

Jackson, Carpenter, and Archer=good day for pitching.

[hotshot13422]

Jackson, Carpenter, and Archer=good day for pitching.

 

and Fossum!!!

[Tony Thomas]

Jackson, Carpenter, and Archer=good day for pitching.

I also think that Tarlandis Mitchell has a lot of upside.

[Wrigley Rat]

Transactions:

B.J. Ryan officially assigned to Mesa Cubs.

Bieneme Vismeldy assigned to DSL Cubs1 from DSL Cubs2.

Gregori Gonzalez assigned to DSL Cubs2 from DSL Cubs1.

Willengton Cruz assigned to DSL Cubs2 from DSL Cubs1.

Jadel Mendez assigned to DSL Cubs2 from DSL Cubs1.

***Not official yet, but John Gaub is supposed to be activated as soon as today.***

Edited July 19, 2009 by Wrigley Rat

[CubColtPacer]

Oops..posted in the wrong thread before.

 

Carpenter is now through 5. A little control problems (3 walks and a HBP) but still pretty dominant:

 

5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K

 

It's been a weird game in Daytona. Carpenter has hit 1, and the opposing pitcher (who isn't terrible with his control) has hit 5 batters including Chirinos all 3 times he has come to the plate so far.

[Wrigley Rat]

6 guys hit in today's Daytona game (which is only in the 5th inning). 5 of those guys are Cubs players (Chirinos has been hit three times by the same pitcher). I'd love to find out how intentional those were!

[Wrigley Rat]

Oops..posted in the wrong thread before.

 

Carpenter is now through 5. A little control problems (3 walks and a HBP) but still pretty dominant:

 

5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K

 

It's been a weird game in Daytona. Carpenter has hit 1, and the opposing pitcher (who isn't terrible with his control) has hit 5 batters including Chirinos all 3 times he has come to the plate so far.

You beat me by 2 minutes! :)

[Wrigley Rat]

Ty Wright, Doug Deeds, and Welington Castillo all homer in the same inning. Tennessee up 5-1 in the 5th inning.

[TruffleShuffle]

Oops..posted in the wrong thread before.

 

Carpenter is now through 5. A little control problems (3 walks and a HBP) but still pretty dominant:

 

5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K

 

It's been a weird game in Daytona. Carpenter has hit 1, and the opposing pitcher (who isn't terrible with his control) has hit 5 batters including Chirinos all 3 times he has come to the plate so far.

 

fire up the chris carpenter bandwagon. i'm officially on board. by the way, daytona pitchers struck out 17 batters tonight! :shock:

 

jay jax is probably done - 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 2 HR, 5 GO/1 FO

[Wrigley Rat]

Our minor league system needs a catching instructor who can teach our catchers how to throw runners out attempting to steal a base. Just about all across the board, our catchers do a bad job at that. 4 SB's today against Clevenger. Here is the CS/SB records for our minor league catchers (impressive stats are bolded; depressive stats are italicized):

 

Name SB/CS CS%

Iowa:

Jake Fox 2/1 33%

Mark Johnson 17/5 23%

Steven Clevenger 18/4 18%

Christopher Robinson 46/8 15%

Tennessee:

Steven Clevenger 6/8 57%

Welington Castillo 25/23 48%

Blake Lalli 2/1 33%

Mark Reed 7/1 13%

 

Daytona:

Luis Flores 11/8 42%

Robinson Chirinos 49/17 26%

Mark Reed 28/5 15%

 

Peoria:

Michael Brenly 43/29 40%

Mario Mercedes 21/9 30%

Luis Flores 20/3 13%

 

Boise:

Alvaro Sosa 10/5 33%

Richard Jones 2/1 33%

Matt Williams 10/3 23%

Matthew Cerda 6/0 0%

 

Mesa:

Alvaro Sosa 0/1 100%

Jose Guevara 3/2 40%

Juan Medina 9/2 18%

Richard Jones 12/2 14%

Matt Williams 5/0 0%

 

Dominican 1:

Carlos Romero 15/14 48%

Yonan Fuenmayor 17/6 26%

Jose Vigay 15/3 17%

 

Dominican 2:

Miguel Gonzalez 31/11 26%

Ricardo Parra 16/3 16%

Hector Suarez 60/7 10%

 

For me, these statistics do a couple things. First of all, Michael Brenly moves up my prospect chart a bit since his defensive numbers are solid. (I have never given him much credit as a prospect since he was drafted so late and it looked to be as a favor to his dad.) "Defensive specialists" like Luis Flores and Chris Robinson lose credibility with their numbers (combine Daytona and Peoria for Flores). Luckily for Robinson, he has hit this year but Flores isn't hitting or defending all that well. Mark Reed seems to be worthless, but is still on the young side and we still need catchers in the upper minors so he has stuck around.

 

If I have to guess which catcher(s) get(s) protected for the Rule V Draft this off-season, I would have to say Welington Castillo is a lock due to his excellent defense and offensive projectibility (and his previous high ratings). I would also say that Steve Clevenger gets put on since he is left-handed, hits well historically, and has solid defensive numbers. I would venture to guess that Chris Robinson does not get protected this off-season due to his past trouble offensively, his poor defensive numbers, and the fact that there aren't enough spaces on the 40-man roster for everyone. Perhaps the Cubs try to include him in a trade before 40-man rosters are finalized.

 

I realize that pitchers need to learn how to hold runners on better as well, but I can't quantify that, so...

 

I left errors and passed balls off these lists in order to focus on catcher CS%, but feel free to check out those numbers for yourself if you are interested: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/

[Little Slide Rooter]

Oops..posted in the wrong thread before.

 

Carpenter is now through 5. A little control problems (3 walks and a HBP) but still pretty dominant:

 

5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 9 K

 

It's been a weird game in Daytona. Carpenter has hit 1, and the opposing pitcher (who isn't terrible with his control) has hit 5 batters including Chirinos all 3 times he has come to the plate so far.

 

fire up the chris carpenter bandwagon. i'm officially on board. by the way, daytona pitchers struck out 17 batters tonight! :shock:

 

jay jax is probably done - 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 2 HR, 5 GO/1 FO

 

Archer wasnt bad either. in 5 IP, he gave up 3 runs, 2 earned with 5 Ks. Justin Berg, who Im starting to pay attention to went 2 IP giving up just a BB, and Blake Parker also gave up just a BB in his inning. The I Cubs are tied 1-1 after 9. Pretty good pitching day overall.

[Wrigley Rat]

So here's a fun story:

Aaron Miles is rehabbing in Iowa. In the six rehab starts prior to today, he managed to bat at a .227 average (1 walk & 5 hits in 22 AB's). During today's game, Aaron managed to get a double and a walk in his 4 plate appearances, BUT after his walk he got picked off first, and after his double he got thrown out at third trying to stretch it into a triple. He also had a fielding error today. I guess it's not so much a fun story as it is a disappointing one. Time to get someone else to take him off of our hands.

[ctcf]

Wow is Carpenter looking good!