Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-13-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 7-6 Box Score

 

SS D. Barney 3/5, 2 R, RBI, K, E (1, fielding)

3B B. Scales 2/3, 2 RBI, 3B (1), K, HBP

RF M. Hoffpauir 1/5, R, 3 RBI, HR (2), E (1, fielding)

LF J. Dubois 0/5, 3 K

1B B. LaHair 2/4

C W. Castillo 0/4, K, PB (1)

CF J. Adduci 0/3

PH B. Snyder 0/1

2B/CF M. Camp 1/4, R, 2B (2)

2B M. Smith 1/1, 2 R, HBP

SP JR Mathes 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 6-5 GO-FO

RP B. Schlitter 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO

RP J. Stevens 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 5/2 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Tennessee with an off day

 

Daytona lost 4-2 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 1/3, BB, R, 2B (1), CS (1), PO (1B)

2B DJ LeMahieu 2/4, RBI

RF K. Burke 0/3, BB

3B J. Vitters 1/3, BB, R, 2B (3), SB (1), E (3, throw)

DH M. Brenly 1/4, K

1B M. Gonzalez 1/4, 2B (1), K

PH N. Perez 0/1

SP DE Rhee 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HR, 3-3 GO-FO

RP L. Sommer 1.2 scoreless, 3 H, 3-2 GO-FO

RP R. Dolis 4 IP, 2 R, 2 R, 0 ER, 3/4 K/BB, HBP, 5-3 GO-FO

 

Peoria won 1-0 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 0/4, E (1, throw)

2B L. Watkins 0/4, 2 K

3B M. Cerda 3/3, BB, R, 2B (2)

LF G. Rohan 0/4, 2 K

1B J. Bour 1/3, RBI

C J. Rosa 0/4, 2 K

DH R. Jones 1/3, 2B (1), K, PO (2B)

CF J. Valdez 1/3, K, SB (5), E (1, fielding)

SP R. Whitenack 6 scoreless, 4 H, 1/0 K/BB, 15-2 GO-FO

RP J. Beliveau 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/2 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO

RP J. Latham 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO, E (1, missed catch)

 

OVERALL: 1-2

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP JR Mathes (0-1, 9.00 ERA, 5 IP, 1 BB, 5 K)

Daytona: RHP Rafael Dolis (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 IP, 0 BB, 5 K)

Peoria: RHP Robert Whitenack (1-0, 7,20 ERA, 5 IP, 0 BB, 3 K)

[chattbaseball]

I love these 10:35 games in DAytona! Gives me something to look forward to at work! Go Cubs!

[toonsterwu]

dae-eun rhee is currently listed as the pitcher. Guess they are rotating.

[chattbaseball]

Rhee 3 up 3 down in the first.

 

JAckson and Burke line out in the first.

[chattbaseball]

Rhee gives up a quick HR to start the 2nd...

[toonsterwu]

decent outing for rhee. only 4 hits over 3.1, with no walks. 2 runs, 1 being the solo shot (Sommer let in an inherited runner) Jackson is 0/1 with a walk. Gotta love the K/BB he's shown so far.

 

Well, Rhee's done. I thought Dolis might come in, but Sommer's on. Although this could be because it's the middle of the inning.

[Guest]

Actually, DaytonaCubs.com didn't list anyone so I went with Dolis since he'd have been on standard rest. Whoops.

 

Glad to see Rhee get the start.

[chattbaseball]

Listening to the announcer, the D-Cubs are hitting the ball on the nose. Just right at people. Maybe that's a good sign, and hopefully they'll start to find the holes.

[toonsterwu]

6 hits. 2 runs. baby steps. The two players whose strike zone discipline was often questioned (Brett and Josh) each have a walk.

 

LeMahieu is on a nice little roll. Dolis came in and has 3 scoreless, with 3 K's, giving up 2 h, 2 bb. Definitely looks like they are rotating, and that Sommer came in only because it was the middle of the inning.

[Guest]

I'm definitely not a fan of having 7 starters at Daytona (Dolis, Cabrera, Rusin, Archer, Raley, Rhee and Searle and hopefully Bristow will be activated soon to make 8) while there are a couple of roster-fillers in Tennessee's rotation.

[toonsterwu]

I'm okay with it for now, because guys like Dolis and Rhee aren't going to go, say, 6 innings. When Bristow is ready, I would imagine something has to happen (guess is Dolis goes up to Tenn).

 

I imagine the Cubs are putting Leverton in the pen although I haven't seen anything definitive about that.

[TruffleShuffle]

whitenack is having a good game - 6 ip, 4 hits (all singles), 0 r, 0 bb, 1 k, 15 GO/2 FO. he had a 67% GB rate last year, according to firstinning, so maybe that's his thing. if he can get that walk rate down, the lack of k's may not really matter.

 

peoria's offense, meanwhile, continues to be awful.

[Guest]

Jackson and Vitters were both 1/3 with a 2B and BB. Jackson's K/BB to start the year is 4/7, and he's 5 for his last 11 with 4 walks.

[TruffleShuffle]

matt cerda was 3-3 with a walk for peoria... he seems to be the only guy there who's hitting well. he was supposed to have a pretty advanced bat, but didn't hit much in arizona and then only played 7 games with boise last year. it seems they've pulled the plug on the catcher experiment, as he's been playing mostly 3B for peoria.

[wekim81]

Love seeing that plate discipline out of Brett Jackson.

[Guest]

Jackson and Vitters were both 1/3 with a 2B and BB. Jackson's K/BB to start the year is 4/7, and he's 5 for his last 11 with 4 walks.

Wait -- Vitters walked?

[Outshined_One]

Over on Sickels' site, I came across this blog which had a report on the Peoria game. It's a good read, plus the guy has plenty of observations about Cubs prospects on his blog.

[toonsterwu]

Yeah, timh had a nice little writeup of the game. Makes Rosa sound like a solid enough defensive catcher (considering the experience), which if true, is an exciting thing to follow. Also sounds like Latham has his stuff of 2 years ago, which if true, is rather exciting. Still a part of me that wishes that he would get tried as a starter (had a usable change out of JC, IIRC), but I'll take what I can out of him after the lost year.

 

The one thing I am very curious about is Hak-ju Lee's arm strength.

 

Matt Cerda seems to have more pop than I gave him credit for ... but uh ... saying the obvious here, but it still seems somewhat unlikely to me that he makes it up as a 3rd baseman.

 

Curious if anyone knows about Welington's reactions behind the plate so far this year (has anyone seen him). He's gunned out a couple runners, IIRC.