Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-22-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Score

 

Iowa won 1-0 Box Score

 

CF/LF J. Adduci 2/4, R, 2 K

SS D. Barney 2/4, K

3B B. Scales 0/3, K

1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3

RF B. Snyder 0/2, BB, 2 K

LF B. LaHair 0/3

C C. Robinson 0/3

2B M. Camp 1/3

SP A. Cashner 7 scoreless, 2 H, 7/0 K/BB, HBP, 11-3 GO-FO

RP B. Schlitter 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 10-8 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 1/4, BB, R, RBI

SS N. Samson 3/5, R, RBI, E (3, fielding)

LF T. Wright 2/3, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B (13), HR (8), Assist (3B)

RF M. Spencer 0/3

C R. Chirinos 4/4, 2 RBI, 3 2B (13), E (4, pickoff)

RF/1B R. Canzler 1/5

3B J. Vitters 0/4, R, 2 K, HBP

2B T. Thomas 2/3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (7), K

PH M. Smith 0/0, BB, R

SP C. Carpenter 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, WP, 10-1 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff)

RP R. Buchter .1 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 0/2 K/BB, WP, 0-1 GO-FO

RP D. Cales 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, HR, 2-2 GO-FO

 

Daytona won 6-1 Box Score

 

DH B. Jackson 2/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B (8), K

SS DJ LeMahieu 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (6), 3B (2)

2B R. Flaherty 2/5, RBI, 2 K, E (2, fielding)

1B R. Ridling 1/5, R, RBI

RF K. Burke 1/4, BB, R, K

3B J. Opitz 3/4, RBI, 2B (3)

CF J. Valdez 1/4, R, 2B (1), 2 K

SP R. Dolis 5.1 scoreless, 6 H, 6/0 K/BB, 6-3 GO-FO

RP A. Shafer 2.2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff)

RP L. Sommer 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3-0 GO-FO

 

Peoria lost 4-3 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 3/4, 2 R, PO (1B)

2B L. Watkins 1/2, BB, R, 2B (5), K

LF G. Rohan 3/4, 2 RBI, 2B (12)

RF N. Perez 0/4, RBI, K

DH DJ Fitzgerald 1/4

C J. Mota 0/4

1B R. Jones 3/4, 2B (8), E (5, missed catch)

3B C. Thomas 0/4, K

SP J. Antigua 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 5/3 K/BB, Balk, 5-1 GO-FO

RP L. Suarez 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO

RP J. Leverton 1.2 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 5-0 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 3-1

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Andrew Cashner (2-0, 1.50 ERA, 12 IP, 2 BB, 7 K; Iowa & Tenn: 5-1, 2.44 ERA, 48 IP, 15 BB, 49 K)

Tennessee: RHP Chris Carpenter (2-1, 4.05 ERA, 26.2 IP, 11 BB, 19 K)

Daytona: RHP Rafael Dolis (1-3, 2.31 ERA, 39 IP, 20 BB, 24 K)

Peoria: LHP Jeffry Antigua (1-2, 4.78 ERA, 37.2 IP, 17 BB, 31 K)

[RammyFanny]

Cash money day.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Cashner/Carpenter Day!

[ctcf]

Cashner is absolutely murdering the Sky Sox so far.

 

Also, Mike Stanton is a BEAST.

[Vinestal]

Cashner's perfect game broken up after 13 straight retired.

[ctcf]

Cashner's perfect game broken up after 13 straight retired.

 

Still faced the minimum through 5 IP though.

[ScrubMD]

Another scoreless inning and Cashner's ERA will be below 1.

[Vinestal]

Sounds like a spectacular play was made at the wall by the CF. Wind blowing out apparently. Last out of the inning and probably the end of the night for Cashner since he's at 100 pitches Edited May 23, 2010 by Vinestal

[ScrubMD]

Wunderkind!

[ctcf]

Cashner's (assumed) final line: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 HBP, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 11-3 GO-FO on 95 pitches.

 

That'll raise some eyebrows.

 

EDIT: That also leaves him with a current ERA of 0.95. Hot.

[Vinestal]

Been listening to the game on internet radio since it's free, a nice night indeed by Cashner

[Little Slide Rooter]

Cash must be a top 25 prospect by now. If he keeps it up, they need to make room for him in next years rotation.

[ctcf]

Good nights for Dolis and Jackson down in Daytona.

 

EDIT: As well as Lee who is 2/3 so far.

[ctcf]

Cashner is officially done.

[ScrubMD]

Cash must be a top 25 prospect by now. If he keeps it up, they need to make room for him in next years rotation.

 

If he keeps mowing people down for another month or so they should go ahead and find him a spot in this year's rotation.

 

Some of these young guys are making me hope for a fire sale before the end of the season. Our top minor league guys mixed with a couple good FA (even though there isn't much for next year) and I could be full blown excited about the Cubs again.

[ctcf]

Vitters is really the only dark spot on the farm tonight. 0/4 with 2 K's. Seems he's in a bit of a slump...

[rawaction]

Cashner's (assumed) final line: 7 IP, 2 H, 1 HBP, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 11-3 GO-FO on 95 pitches.

 

That'll raise some eyebrows.

 

EDIT: That also leaves him with a current ERA of 0.95. Hot.

 

Loving the 11-3 GB/FB ratio along with the K/BB ratio. You strike out 9 per 9 and cause the guys who put the ball in play to beat it into the ground, you are going to have a good game.

 

Cashner in AAA: 3-0, 19 IP, 13 hits, 2 ER, 2 BB, 14Ks, 0.95 ERA, 0.79 WHIP. FWIW, I was just looking at Strasburg's stats. DAMN! Make Cashner's line look pedestrian.

[StarlinOnYou]

What do you do with Cashner?

 

I imagine you can't send him to the rotation with the way things are now.

 

Is he really going to end up as the bridge to Marmol? I don't necessarily like that, but I am beginning to believe he's the best option.

 

Call up Cashner + Jackson.

 

CL - Marmol

8th - Cashner

7th - Grabow/Jackson/Marshall

[TruffleShuffle]

What do you do with Cashner?

 

leave him in AAA to keep building up his arm strength by going deep into ballgames.

[rawaction]

What do you do with Cashner?

 

I imagine you can't send him to the rotation with the way things are now.

 

Is he really going to end up as the bridge to Marmol? I don't necessarily like that, but I am beginning to believe he's the best option.

 

Call up Cashner + Jackson.

 

CL - Marmol

8th - Cashner

7th - Grabow/Jackson/Marshall

 

You let him stay in the minors all year, if need be. NO way do you put him in the pen at this point. But I'd imagine that decision is going to get tough if Lilly gets traded, Zambrano struggles again in the rotation, and Silva and Gorzo go back to being terrible.

[toonsterwu]

I still think, more than likely, that we will see Cashner in a 7th/8th inning role in late June/early July if the Cubs are remotely hanging around and the BP is an issue. If Jay Jackson, who I still expect to be up in early June, settles it down a bit, then that might change the equation.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Vitters is really the only dark spot on the farm tonight. 0/4 with 2 K's. Seems he's in a bit of a slump...

 

Hes like the minor league version of Soriano. One moment, hes carrying the team for a few weeks, thenhe goes through a phase where he cant buy a base hit, although Soris been pretty consistant lately.

[davell]

With the work that they've done with Cashner already to get his arm strength built up to this point, I really find it hard to believe they'll put him in the bullpen this year, especially after seeing how Shark has done after being yo-yoed around. Granted, Cashner has more talent in his right pinky than Shark does in his right arm, but still.......

 

I think the fact that they moved Jay Jackson to the pen is pretty telling as well, at least for this year.

[toonsterwu]

i don't want cashner up, but ...

 

if the cubs are still hanging around in late June/early July, and Cashner is nearing 100 innings at that point (say, 6 more starts at 6 innings each, which is close to what he's averaged), and the setup work still isn't solid, it's going to be, imo, awful tough for the Cubs to not ponder it, even if they ideally don't want it. I mean, Cashner would have approximately, what, 30-50 innings left without really having a huge jump in workload (he worked what, 100.1 innings reg season last year, and a few in AFL, so a target of 150 seems fairly reasonable). Would they really try pushing a lot more innings on him?

 

Certainly, maybe they push it to 150 or so and call him up in August or September, but I think there's a decent chance we'll see Cashner in the bigs this year.