Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-17-2009

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 5-3 Box Score

 

CF M. Camp 1/5

3B/2B A. Blanco 2/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (11), HR (5), K

RF/1B M. Hoffpauir 1/4, BB, 2B (2), K, SB (1)

DH M. Craig 1/4, R

C C. Robinson 0/3, BB, 2 R

PH/3B N. Spears 1/1, CS (5)

1B S. Clevenger 1/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (10)

SS D. Barney 2/4

SP C. Fossum 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, HBP, 7-5 GO-FO

RP C. Lambert 1 perfect, 0-3 GO-FO

RP G. Reinhard 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/1 K/BB

RP J. Stevens 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2-1 GO-FO

RP B. Parker 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, HR, 1-2 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 3-2 Box Score

 

2B T. Thomas 0/3, BB, R, 2 K

CF J. Adduci 1/4, R, K

LF T. Wright 0/4

1B B. Lalli 2/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (23), K, E (6, fielding)

RF T. Colvin 2/4, 3B (5)

3B M. Smith 0/4

C W. Castillo 0/3, 2 K

SS S. Castro 2/2, BB, R, PO (2B)

PH R. Canzler 0/1

SP C. Carpenter 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4/3 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO

RP M. Carrillo 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO

RP D. Sasser .2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, HBP, 0-1 GO-FO

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

 

Daytona won Game 1 of their DH 3-2 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 0/4

2B N. Samson 1/3, BB, R

1B J. Opitz 2/4, R, 2B (16)

RF B. Guyer 1/3, BB, R, RBI

SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, 3 K

3B J. Vitters 3/4, RBI, 2B (5)

SP R. Searle 4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 6-5 GO-FO

RP H. J. Pina 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 0-4 GO-FO

RP L. Sommer .2 scoreless, 2 H, 0/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO

RP D. McDaniel .2 perfect, 1-1 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost Game 2 of their DH 13-0 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 1/2, BB, CS (13)

2B N. Samson 0/3

1B J. Opitz 0/3, K

RF B. Guyer 2/3

SS M. Gonzalez 0/3

3B J. Vitters 2/3

DH J. Jones 0/3, K

SP B. Muldowney 1.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 0/2 K/BB, HR, 2-3 GO-FO

RP H. Williamson 3.1 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 4/1 K/BB, HR, WP, 2-4 GO-FO

 

Peoria won 7-1 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 1/5, R, K

DH R. Flaherty 3/5, 2 R, RBI, HR (19), K

1B R. Ridling 1/4, R, RBI, 2B (31), K

RF K. Burke 2/2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (40), Assist (1B)

SS DJ LeMahieu 0/3, R, K, HBP

LF N. Perez 1/4, R, 2 RBI, 3B (4), K

C M. Brenly 1/4, RBI, E (2, throw)

2B J. Lake 0/3, BB, 2 K

3B D. Macias 0/4, 2 E (10, throw, fielding)

SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 3-13 GO-FO

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

 

Boise won 5-1 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 2/5, 2 R, K, 2 SB (2)

2B L. Watkins 2/2, BB, 2 R

1B J. Bour 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (7)

3B G. Rohan 1/3, K, HBP

LF R. Wagner 1/3, RBI

DH R. Jones 1/4, 2 K, CS (1)

RF JH Ha 0/4, 2 K

C M. Williams 0/4, 2 K

CF R. Davis 2/4, R, SB (7)

SP J. Nagel 3 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, WP, 3-4 GO-FO

RP J. Lansford .1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB

RP Y. Gonzalez 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs won 9-3 Box Score

 

CF F. Guzman 1/4, R, RBI, K

DH C. Thomas 1/4, BB, 2 R, 2 K, CS (1), PO (1B)

3B J. Petraitis 2/3, BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (3), 2 E (5, fielding, missed catch)

SS W. Darvill 1/5, RBI

C S. Burruel 0/0, BB

2B D. Kemp 3/4, 2 R, RBI, 3B (5)

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

RP A. Spencer 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO

 

 

DSL Cubs 1 PPD: Rain

 

DSL Cubs 2 PPD: Rain

 

OVERALL: 6-1

[sandbergcubs]

heres some photos i have found of the cubs

 

http://www.photoshelter.com/c/mikejanesphotography/gallery/Daytona-Cubs-2009/G00005tdRyE2co90/?_bqH=eJxLygiu8AkpM_VzD8pyLDDz9S9PK_cvLTUsd863MjW2MjWwsnKP93SxdTcAAtOSlKBKV6PkfEsDtQCQaABINNW8rDSt2CIwNC1Szd0z3t3Rx8c1KBKbJgA.6SDd&_bqO=54&P_ID=P0000e7vufs8QUfY

[toonsterwu]

Daytona's a doubleheader today.

 

So far, it looks like the starters are Fossum/Carpenter at the top two levels, Bibens-Dirx and big Jon Nagel in Peoria/Boise. I'd guess Searle/Dolis as the two in Daytona, but not certain.

[Guest]

Iowa: LHP Casey Fossum

Tenn: RHP Chris Carpenter

Daytona: RHP Ryan Searle

Daytona: RHP Rafael Dolis

Peoria: RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx

Boise: RHP Jon Nagel

AZL Cubs: RHP Luis Liria

[Guest]

Vitters is 3/4 with a double in game 1 thus far.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Vitters is 3/4 with a double in game 1 thus far.

 

bout freaking time.

[TruffleShuffle]

3 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 5 GO/2 FO for carpenter so far.

[chattbaseball]

HR Ryan Flaherty! 3 straight games! It was opposite field again too. =D>

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Burke had an outfield assist at 1B. I'm going to assume he threw out a slow guy on a one hopper to him so it's more amusing to me.

 

Carpenter finishes with 5 IP, 2 1B, 1 ER, 4/3 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO.

[Wrigley Rat]

Bill Muldowney with a tough evening. He was taken out and Hank Williamson gave up 5 more runs.

1.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1 HR

[davell]

Castro went 2-2 with another walk tonight. Vitters went 5-7 over the doubleheader. Nice to see them both have a solid night. Hopefully it's the start of them finishing strong at their new levels.....Castro still has yet to K in AA and has 6 walks as well already, which is extremely promising. Considering we have heard glowing reports on him at Daytona, it honestly won't surprise me if he winds up close to the top 50 at the end of the year.

[toonsterwu]

Burke with 2 walks ... sweet.

 

Marcus Hatley has really settled down in the pen. I still think he has some Mike Wuertz in him. IIRC, low 90's fastball and a plus slider.

[ChiefsVoice]

Burke with 2 walks ... sweet.

 

Marcus Hatley has really settled down in the pen. I still think he has some Mike Wuertz in him. IIRC, low 90's fastball and a plus slider.

 

Burke has had 2 walks in each of our last four games. That's quite a stretch. And his OF assist was on a GREAT catch at the wall in right center. The base runner from first was already around second...

[TruffleShuffle]

Burke with 2 walks ... sweet.

 

his last 10 games:

 

33 AB, 13 R, 16 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB, 3 K. that's a BA near .500 and a terrific OBP. his overall line is .307/.402/.496/.898... even if this his third crack at the MWL (i really don't count the first try, there was no way he'd be able to handle MWL pitching as a raw 19 year old) that's very impressive. he may be our best prospect without anyone really knowing it.

[Guest]

33 AB, 13 R, 16 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB, 3 K. that's a BA near .500 and a terrific OBP

yeah, a .596 OBP is pretty "terrific". :D

 

Not to mention the .818 slugging.

 

That's a pretty sexy BB/K ratio, too. 10 game stretch caveats apply, but that's a heck of a stretch.

[ChiefsVoice]

Burke with 2 walks ... sweet.

 

his last 10 games:

 

33 AB, 13 R, 16 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB, 3 K. that's a BA near .500 and a terrific OBP. his overall line is .307/.402/.496/.898... even if this his third crack at the MWL (i really don't count the first try, there was no way he'd be able to handle MWL pitching as a raw 19 year old) that's very impressive. he may be our best prospect without anyone really knowing it.

 

in my biased opinion he is also the best defensive outfielder in the league too. Great arm. Strong and always accurate. deceptive speed. Takes great routes. Smart. Can also play CF or the corners.

[Guest]

Burke with 2 walks ... sweet.

 

his last 10 games:

 

33 AB, 13 R, 16 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB, 3 K. that's a BA near .500 and a terrific OBP. his overall line is .307/.402/.496/.898... even if this his third crack at the MWL (i really don't count the first try, there was no way he'd be able to handle MWL pitching as a raw 19 year old) that's very impressive. he may be our best prospect without anyone really knowing it.

 

in my biased opinion he is also the best defensive outfielder in the league too. Great arm. Strong and always accurate. deceptive speed. Takes great routes. Smart. Can also play CF or the corners.

Can he play an adequate center or a good one? Because if he'll be able to continue playing a good cf after adding bulk to his frame as he matures he goes up a whole lot in my mind.

[ChiefsVoice]

Burke with 2 walks ... sweet.

 

his last 10 games:

 

33 AB, 13 R, 16 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 12 BB, 3 K. that's a BA near .500 and a terrific OBP. his overall line is .307/.402/.496/.898... even if this his third crack at the MWL (i really don't count the first try, there was no way he'd be able to handle MWL pitching as a raw 19 year old) that's very impressive. he may be our best prospect without anyone really knowing it.

 

in my biased opinion he is also the best defensive outfielder in the league too. Great arm. Strong and always accurate. deceptive speed. Takes great routes. Smart. Can also play CF or the corners.

Can he play an adequate center or a good one? Because if he'll be able to continue playing a good cf after adding bulk to his frame as he matures he goes up a whole lot in my mind.

 

He played a good center for us for a good chunk of the season until Jackson got here. Jackson is faster but we don't lose much with Burke in center. The coaches love him out there too. I wouldn't be surprised to see Burke in a lot of top 10's this off season.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Vitters went 5-7 in the double header, so thats encouraging. Has that avg. up to a whopping .241

[craig]

Thanks for the observations on Burke the fielder, Nate. The idea that he runs good routes and has an accurate arm is really helpful, and that his CF defense was fairly good relative to the level. If he played good enough CF so that he could function as a utility OF who could be a #2 CFer in the majors, that could help him.

 

Obviously he's been on an incredible streak, with all the walks and lots of hits when he isn't walking.

 

He's always been a high-K guy, but this year even that is down. In past, I've kind of assumed that a guy who was K'ing in the 25-29% range in short-season/low-A probably has holes in his swing that would only be more badly exposed by better pitching. And I've kind of figured that usually once a K-guy, always a K-guy, and if you're a big K-guy you better hit a lot of HR's to balance it out. But with so many walks this season, and as many doubles, even without tons of HR's the overall package is excellent.

 

He has an awful lot of doubles relative to his modest number of HR's. You'd think he's physically strong enough to hit HR's eventually, if in fact he's got enough contact skill to be hitting .300. If he could maintain his present BB/K profile, and turn at least a few more of his doubles into HR's, he could be really serious guy.

 

Will be interesting to see how he finishes out this year. He may be due for a a relapse.

Edited August 18, 2009 by craig

[TruffleShuffle]

He has an awful lot of doubles relative to his modest number of HR's. You'd think he's physically strong enough to hit HR's eventually, if in fact he's got enough contact skill to be hitting .300. If he could maintain his present BB/K profile, and turn at least a few more of his doubles into HR's, he could be really serious guy.

 

a fair amount of that is luck - he has a .374 BABIP. minor league splits has his luck-neutral line at .276/.375/.456/.831 - still very good but quite as strong as his "real life" line. most guys who strike out close to 20% of their ABs aren't going to hit .300 but check out his progression this year:

 

2007:

MWL: 10.7 BB%, 30.0 K%

NWL: 9.3 %%%, 24.3 K%

 

2008:

MWL: 7.8 BB%, 24.1 K%

NWL: 10.0 BB%, 25.0 K%

 

2009:

MWL: 13.4 BB%, 18.6 K%

 

big strides in both areas. the only area he hasn't made a big jump forward is power, but hopefully that will come.

[UK1679666180]

Thanks for the observations on Burke the fielder, Nate. The idea that he runs good routes and has an accurate arm is really helpful, and that his CF defense was fairly good relative to the level. If he played good enough CF so that he could function as a utility OF who could be a #2 CFer in the majors, that could help him.

 

From what I've seen from him, he's similar to Guyer as far as a corner guy playing CF. I'm glad to see him in RF over Perez (who despite the arm strength-best in organization, lacks speed and takes awful routes). Him, Jackson, and Rundle is quite a defensive OF.

 

Burke is only an avg. runner, so his speed will always hurt as becoming a full-time CF'er.

[chattbaseball]

Thanks for the observations on Burke the fielder, Nate. The idea that he runs good routes and has an accurate arm is really helpful, and that his CF defense was fairly good relative to the level. If he played good enough CF so that he could function as a utility OF who could be a #2 CFer in the majors, that could help him.

 

From what I've seen from him, he's similar to Guyer as far as a corner guy playing CF. I'm glad to see him in RF over Perez (who despite the arm strength-best in organization, lacks speed and takes awful routes). Him, Jackson, and Rundle is quite a defensive OF.

 

Burke is only an avg. runner, so his speed will always hurt as becoming a full-time CF'er.

 

I don't think anyone has said Burke would become a full time CF'er. He is definitely a corner OF, but the comment was made above that he could be a utility OF that could essentially hold is own in CF if called upon. I guess it's not really an objective argument, and there's really no way to prove either way, but I would consider Burke's speed slightly above average for his frame and size. Just looking at the number, his 12 stolen bases aren't anything to write home about, but he's only been thrown out once. 92% isn't bad for a "power/middle-of-the-order" guy.

 

And going back to what Nathan said, what he may lack in speed, he makes up with his routes and arm strength.

[UK1679666180]

He runs down the at 4.23 to 1B from the LH'ed box, that's basically a 50 (avg.) runner.

[chattbaseball]

He runs down the at 4.23 to 1B from the LH'ed box, that's basically a 50 (avg.) runner.

 

I don't claim to be an expert on this, but speed out of the batter's box and speed in the outfield don't necessarily go hand-in-hand. I thought we were talking about in the outfield. Sure, he's not the prototypical center fielder that hits in the lead-off spot, but he won't ever hit in the lead-off spot.