Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-23-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 6-0 Box Score

 

SS D. Barney 2/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B (2)

2B M. Camp 4/5, RBI, 2B (4)

RF B. Snyder 2/5, RBI, CS (1)

1B M. Hoffpauir 0/5

3B B. Scales 1/5, K

LF B. LaHair 2/3, R, HBP

C C. Robinson 1/4, 2B (2)

CF/LF J. Adduci 1/4, R, RBI

PH/CF S. Fuld 1/1, R

SP JR Mathes 8 scoreless, 5 H, 3/0 K/BB, 18-3 GO-FO

RP B. Schlitter 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 16-7 Box Score

 

CF B. Guyer 2/4, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B (4), SB (7), HBP

SS S. Castro 3/4, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2B (6), 3B (4), HBP

3B J. Opitz 0/1

LF T. Wright 3/5, BB, 2 R, 7 RBI, 2 HR (3), K, Assist (2B)

C R. Chirinos 1/4, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (4)

RF R. Canzler 1/5, R, K

2B T. Thomas 1/4, BB, R, 2B (3), K

3B/SS N. Samson 1/4, BB, R, RBI

SP C. Muschko 6 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 3-7 GO-FO

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

RP D. Cales 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 5-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 11-3 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 0/3, BB

SS DJ LeMahieu 1/4, BB, R, K, E (2, throw)

RF/CF K. Burke 0/3, 2 BB, R, 2 E (2, fielding, throw), Assist (Home)

3B J. Vitters 1/4, R, 2 K, HBP

DH M. Spencer 2/5, RBI, 2B (2), K

C M. Brenly 2/3, BB, RBI

LF N. Perez 1/4

SP B. Raley 2.2 IP, 12 H, 11 R, 8 ER, 3/4 K/BB, WP, 1-2 GO-FO

RP L. Sommer 4.1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB, HBP, 8-2 GO-FO

RP M. Perconte 2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-4 GO-FO

 

Peoria lost 5-1 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 1/4, K

2B L. Watkins 0/4, R, K

3B M. Cerda 0/3, BB, 2 K

DH G. Rohan 1/4, K

1B J. Bour 0/2, 2 BB

LF R. Jones 0/4, 2 K

CF J. Valdez 0/3, BB

RF F. Guzman 0/3, BB, SB (1)

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

RP L. Suarez 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4-2 GO-FO

RP J. Beliveau 2 scoreless, 1 H, 5/1 K/BB

 

OVERALL: 2-2

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP JR Mathes (1-2, 8.44 ERA, 16 IP, 2 BB, 10 K)

Tennessee: RHP Craig Muschko (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 12 IP, 5 BB, 9 K)

Daytona: LHP Brooks Raley (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 9.2 IP, 3 BB, 12 K)

Peoria: RHP Robert Whitenack 2-0, 2.77 ERA, 13 IP, 0 BB, 5 K)

[illiniguy]

Experts, how excited should I be for Brooks Raley?

[Guest]

ho-hum.

 

Castro 1-1 with another triple.

[Guest]

Experts, how excited should I be for Brooks Raley?

Not very as of the first inning today.

[TruffleShuffle]

raley is supposed to be pretty polished with a ceiling of a #3/4, but he doesn't really have plus pitches. he got drilled in the first inning tonight (5 hits, 6 runs (3 earned), 1 bb, 2 k).

 

some people said during the offseason that castro doesn't have plus speed, so i'd like to know how that can be true when he has 4 triples already.

[Guest]

Castro HBP in his second PA.

 

BJax walked and Vitters K'd in their first PA's.

[TruffleShuffle]

awful start for raley: 2.0 ip, 8 h, 9 r, 4 er, 3 bb, 2 k. lots of unearned runs because kyler burke has 2 errors (and an OF assist).

[illiniguy]

ho-hum.

 

Castro 1-1 with another triple.

He's gotta be getting called up soon, right?

[TruffleShuffle]

raley is still in the game for some reason, and has now allowed 11 runs, 12 hits and 3 walks in 2.2 innings. awesome stuff.

[RammyFanny]

Starlin 2/3. Triple and single I believe.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Is Matt Spencer worth tracking? Hes only played 5 games, but hes doing very well for himself. Hes 2-3 with a 2B tonight. How great would it be if the throw in for Aaron Miles turned out to be worth a damn?

[Ryno12]

Starlin adds a double, just a HR short of the cycle now. 3/4 and a HBP. Tenn is scoring at will.

[Guest]

Starlin 2/3. Triple and single I believe.

 

He added a double for funsies. He has at least 2 hits in 9 of his last 10 games.

[Guest]

At this point, Starlin Castro probably is one of the top 10 prospects in baseball.

[TruffleShuffle]

tennessee is absolutely wailing on carolina - it's 16-5 in the 6th inning.

 

guyer - 2-3 (double, single), 3 runs, 2 rbi, 1 bb, 1 hbp

castro - 3-4 (triple, double, single), 3 runs, 3 rbi, 1 hbp

ty wright - 3-4 (single, 2 homers), 2 runs, 7 rbi, 1 bb

chirinos - 1-2 (homer), 2 runs, 2 rbi, 2 bb

[17 Seconds]

such a boner for castro right now

[Little Slide Rooter]

At this point, Starlin Castro probably is one of the top 10 prospects in baseball.

 

Hes hitting .426 with a 1.159 OPS. Hes got to be.

 

His night is over though, as Optiz has been put in for him. I hoe nothings wrong, or he hasnt been traded for a mediocre reliever. I know the Smokes are up 16-5, and they might want to giv him the rest of the night off, but hes a homer away from the cycle, and dont managers like to give guys the oportinity to finish the job?

[Reaper]

At this point, Starlin Castro probably is one of the top 10 prospects in baseball.

 

Really? Under 100 ABs of domination elevates him to that level? I do love how he has responded to the prospect hype, but every player goes through highs and lows throughout a full season.

[Outshined_One]

Experts, how excited should I be for Brooks Raley?

 

So-so. He was a two-way player in college and had some decent stuff as a LHP, so there were some thoughts that he'd sharpen his command and improve his stuff by becoming a full-time pitcher. He's been decidedly inconsistent since the transition, but there's some hope he could be a middle of the rotation type of pitcher. His ceiling is halfway decent.

 

Tonight...well, yeah, not good.

[TruffleShuffle]

At this point, Starlin Castro probably is one of the top 10 prospects in baseball.

 

Hes hitting .426 with a 1.159 OPS. Hes got to be.

 

His night is over though, as Optiz has been put in for him. I hoe nothings wrong, or he hasnt been traded for a mediocre reliever. I know the Smokes are up 16-5, and they might want to giv him the rest of the night off, but hes a homer away from the cycle, and dont managers like to give guys the oportinity to finish the job?

 

at this point we have five (castro, cashner, the jacksons, vitter), maybe six (hak-ju lee) prospects who shouldn't be dealt unless we get a very good player in return.

[TruffleShuffle]

At this point, Starlin Castro probably is one of the top 10 prospects in baseball.

 

Really? Under 100 ABs of domination elevates him to that level? I do love how he has responded to the prospect hype, but every player goes through highs and lows throughout a full season.

 

he hit really well all of last year, including a very strong showing as the second-youngest player in the arizona fall league. he has to still be one of the youngest hitters in the southern league and continues to rake. the three editors of the BA prospect handbook ranked him at 13, 16 and 29th best prospect in baseball, and obviously he's not moving down anyone's list at this stage. by midseason i'd expect some of the guys ahead of him to not be rookies any more (heyward, matusz, escobar, neftali feliz, maybe guys like strasburg, carlos santana, pedro alvarez) so assuming he continues to play very well, he'd almost certainly have to be considered a top 10 prospect.

[Little Slide Rooter]

When was the last time that we had a position player prospect that people were as excited about as Castro? He seems more hyped than Pie was, and I wsnt really following the farm that closely when C Patt was coming up.

[CubsWin]

Both SSs Lee and Castro were removed from their games today. Awaiting word as to why...

 

Oh, and Beliveau needs to be promoted. He already had 96.2 IP at Peoria last season and did well. He's 23 and including tonight's game, he's pitched 9.1 innings, allowed 5 hits, 2 earned, 5 walks and struckout 20. I think that's good enough, don't you?

[Reaper]

At this point, Starlin Castro probably is one of the top 10 prospects in baseball.

 

Really? Under 100 ABs of domination elevates him to that level? I do love how he has responded to the prospect hype, but every player goes through highs and lows throughout a full season.

 

he hit really well all of last year, including a very strong showing as the second-youngest player in the arizona fall league. he has to still be one of the youngest hitters in the southern league and continues to rake. the three editors of the BA prospect handbook ranked him at 13, 16 and 29th best prospect in baseball, and obviously he's not moving down anyone's list at this stage. by midseason i'd expect some of the guys ahead of him to not be rookies any more (heyward, matusz, escobar, neftali feliz, maybe guys like strasburg, carlos santana, pedro alvarez) so assuming he continues to play very well, he'd almost certainly have to be considered a top 10 prospect.

 

I guess we will see how he performs in the long haul. He can hold his own with the bat for a SS. Can he play D? Hopefully he isn't Ronny Cedeno with the glove - lots of promise and no consistency. I won't read too* much into his error totals as some of those fields look like the surface of the moon.

 

Graduating to the Top 10 via absence of elite prospects speaks more to the nitpicking of what defines a "prospect" vs comparing Castro to his peers (service time)- to which we will ultimately be evaluating his performance..

 

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Edited April 24, 2010 by Reaper