Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-1-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 2-1 Box Score

 

CF S. Fuld 0/2, 3 BB, SB (1)

SS D. Barney 2/4, BB

RF B. Snyder 0/3, 2 BB, K, SB (3)

1B M. Hoffpauir 0/3, K, HBP

3B B. Scales 0/4, 2 K

DH B. LaHair 1/3, BB, K

C W. Castillo 0/3, BB, 2 K

LF J. Adduci 0/4, K

2B M. Camp 2/4, R, SB (3)

SP J. Jackson 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 2-10 GO-FO

RP M. Atkins 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO

RP B. Schlitter 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3-0 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee won 4-2 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 0/2, 3 BB, R, K, 2 SB (10), CS (4), PO (2B)

SS S. Castro 1/4

LF T. Wright 1/4, RBI

RF M. Spencer 0/4, 2 K

C S. Clevenger 1/4, 2 K

2B R. Flaherty 0/4, K

3B N. Samson 2/4, R, RBI, K

PH R. Canzler 1/1, R, 2 RBI, HR (1)

PH J. Opitz 0/1, K

SP A. Cashner 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/3 K/BB, WP, 6-5 GO-FO

RP D. Cales 1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO

RP A. Maestri 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-2 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 7-5 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 1/4, BB, R, RBI, K

2B DJ LeMahieu 0/5, K

RF K. Burke 1/5, R, 2B (7), 2 K

DH R. Ridling 2/4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR (3)

3B J. Vitters 1/3, R, RBI, K, E (4, throw), HBP

1B M. Gonzalez 2/4, K

LF N. Perez 0/2, BB, R, RBI, K

SS J. Lake 0/3, BB, K, E (8, throw)

SP R. Dolis 4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2/3 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO

RP A. Shafer 2.2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB, WP, 2-3 GO-FO

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

 

Peoria won 3-2 Box Score

 

RF J. Valdez 2/4, R, SB (14)

SS L. Watkins 2/4, R, K

3B M. Cerda 0/4, R, K

LF G. Rohan 0/4, RBI, K

1B J. Bour 1/3, RBI, HBP

DH DJ Fitzgerald 1/3, RBI, K

C J. Mota 0/3

CF F. Guzman 1/3

SP J. Antigua 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 6/0 K/BB, HR, HBP, 6-4 GO-FO

RP L. Suarez 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO

RP J. Leverton 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 2-2

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Jay Jackson (2-2, 2.35 ERA, 23 IP, 6 BB, 16 K)

Tennessee: RHP Andrew Cashner (1-1, 3.33 ERA, 24.1 IP, 7 BB, 29 K)

Daytona: RHP Rafael Dolis (1-1, 0.90 ERA, 20 IP, 6 BB, 12 K)

Peoria: LHP Jeffry Antigua (0-1, 4.82 ERA, 18.2 IP, 11 BB, 13 K)

[Guest]

I love todays.

[Vinestal]

... decent start from Cashner tonight

[TruffleShuffle]

starting pitchers are done, with mostly good results:

 

jay jax: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, 2 GO/10 FO

cashner: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 5 K, 6 GO/5 FO, 97 pitches/57 strikes

dolis: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 8 GO/3 FO

(shafer: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2 GO/3 FO - been very good in long relief this year)

antigua: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 6 GO/4 FO

[davell]

Not much of note on the hitting sides of things. Castro is 1-4, B Jax went 1-4 with a walk, Vitters went 1-3 with an RBI, and Rebel Ridling hit two homers for Daytona. Lee didn't play today in Peoria.

 

Solid day on the mound though for sure.

[toonsterwu]

That was an ugly GO/FO ratio for Jay, and the flyballs were clearly a concern entering the year. 2/10 and 2 long balls to boot. Otherwise, solid.

 

Solid effort from Cashner. A month in, the development of Andrew Cashner into a legitimate starting prospect and erasing a bunch of questions has to be the biggest Cubs storyline for me. Castro's nice, but his high status and expectations were out there. Cashner's ability to start was a bigger question mark and he's answered it so far (obviously, Castro's great start is a top storyline as well).

 

That might've been Jeffry Antigua's best start of the year. Just a fantastic outing on paper. Will be curious if anyone has reports on stuff.

 

I might be stretching for positives, but hey, 3 game hitting streak for Kyler. One step at a time.

 

He hasn't gotten much attention, but Aaron Shafer has settled into a pen role and so far, has had an excellent start. 1-0, 2 unearned runs, 12 h, 2 bb, 19 K's in 18.2 innings.

 

So, I'm really in a storyline mode as I type this. My top 5 storylines (off the top) would be:

 

1. The development of Andrew Cashner as a starting prospect.

2. Starlin Castro's great start.

3. Brett Jackson's discipline.

4. Young arms stepping forward and filling in the gap behind the big 3, led by the emergence/progress of Struck/McNutt/Cabrera/Dolis/Raley.

5. Offensive struggles from some of our top prospects (Hak-ju Lee, Logan Watkins, DJ LeMahieu, Kyler Burke, Ryan Flaherty).