Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-11-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 4-1 Box Score

 

CF S. Fuld 0/4, BB, R, K

SS D. Barney 2/5, 2B (11)

2B B. Scales 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (15)

LF J. Dubois 0/4, BB, R, 2 K

RF B. Snyder 1/3, BB, R

C W. Castillo 0/3, RBI, K, HBP, E (4, throw)

1B B. LaHair 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (13)

3B M. Smith 2/4, E (1, fielding)

PH/1B M. Hoffpauir 0/0, BB

SP J. Samardzija 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO

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

RP J. Gaub 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO, E (2, pickoff)

RP B. Schlitter 2 scoreless, 1 H, 5-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 7-3 Box Score

 

CF/RF B. Guyer 2/4, BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (3)

SS N. Samson 2/5, 3B (1), E (4, fielding)

LF T. Wright 0/5, 2 K, E (4, throw)

C R. Chirinos 0/3, BB, R

RF/1B M. Spencer 2/3, BB, 3 R, RBI, HR (7)

DH R. Canzler 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (6), 2 K

3B J. Vitters 1/4, R, RBI

2B T. Thomas 0/3, BB, K, SB (5)

SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 8/2 K/BB, HR, 2-7 GO-FO

RP L. Sommer 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO

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

 

Daytona is off on their All Star break until 6/14

 

Peoria won 5-1 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 1/4, R, RBI, 3 K, SB (17)

2B L. Watkins 1/4, 2B (7)

3B M. Cerda 1/3, BB, R, RBI, 2 K

DH G. Rohan 0/4

1B J. Bour 2/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (4), K

LF DJ Fitzgerald 1/4, 2B (6), 2 K

RF JH Ha 0/3, BB

SP K. McNutt 5 scoreless, 3 H, 7/1 K/BB, 1-6 GO-FO

RP R. Morla 3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HR, 3-2 GO-FO

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

 

DSL Cubs 1 won 8-5 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-6 in the 12th Box Score

 

OVERALL: 4-1

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Mitch Atkins (4-2, 2.63 ERA, 48 IP, 15 BB, 33 K)

Tennessee: RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (4-2, 2.85 ERA, 60 IP, 17 BB, 43 K)

Peoria: RHP Trey McNutt (4-0, 1.81 ERA, 49.2 IP, 22 BB, 53 K)

[davell]

Samardzija started for Iowa tonight. :-))

 

Personally, I think he's not ever going to be anything other than POSSIBLY a middle innings guy at his best, but it is an absolute joke that the Cubs continue to yo-yo him around as much as they have.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Through 5 IP, McNutts line: 0R, 3H 1BB 7K

[davell]

Through 5 IP, McNutts line: 0R, 3H 1BB 7K

 

Final line for him.

[Outshined_One]

Apparently Jeff Samardzija is back to starting for Iowa, as he started and went 4 IP today.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Apparently Jeff Samardzija is back to starting for Iowa, as he started and went 4 IP today.

 

Interesting. with Jackson, Diamond, Coleman, Atkins, and Mathes, Iowa seemingly has a complete rotation. I wonder what those crazy kids are up to.

[Outshined_One]

I'm continuing to wonder if anyone knows what the hell they're doing with the farm system.

[scarey]

Peoria's hitters are starting to come around. If Fitzgerald, Rohan, and Bour could develop some home run power, we might have some decent prospects on our hands. Good to see Watkins, Cerda, and Lee's lines are starting to look decent.

[sweetpeteman]

Peoria's hitters are starting to come around. If Fitzgerald, Rohan, and Bour could develop some home run power, we might have some decent prospects on our hands. Good to see Watkins, Cerda, and Lee's lines are starting to look decent.

 

 

Bour has homerun power. The one he hit tonight was to deep left-center and made it out by a good distance. He just needs to be able to use it.

 

Lee had a good first AB before K-ing, and didn't look too bad in any of his AB's. The ump was inconsistent all night (ask the Loons' third-baseman Ruggiano, who probably would have been tossed if the ump had been looking at him after either of his strikeouts). Lee's single was a line drive to right with two on.

 

Webster (Loons' pitcher) had them guessing for the first couple of innings and made a couple of the batters look really bad before the bottom of the third. The Chiefs' took more pitches that inning and let Webster get himself in trouble.

 

McNutt pitched well, I can't give you speed numbers, the park gun wasn't active. He usually got ahead of hitters, but couldn't seem to finish them quickly. The only hard hit ball was in the first, a deep line drive to right that turned out to be only a long single.

[NCCubFan]

I'm continuing to wonder if anyone knows what the hell they're doing with the farm system.

What's there to wonder about? We KNOW they're clueless.

[Bruce Miles]

They needed somebody to start because Atkins is coming today.

[Illini Iceman]

They needed somebody to start because Atkins is coming today.

 

Link?

 

just kidding - who is going down?

[Bruce Miles]

They needed somebody to start because Atkins is coming today.

 

Link?

 

just kidding - who is going down?

 

They haven't said, but I imagine Russell would be the one to get sent down.

 

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4215

[Guest]

They needed somebody to start because Atkins is coming today.

 

Thanks, Bruce. That's a shame if Russell is going down.

[Guest]

They needed somebody to start because Atkins is coming today.

 

Thanks, Bruce. That's a shame if Russell is going down.

Russell going down was probably just a matter of time. When Grabow comes back, I doubt they'd go with four lefties in the pen.

[craig]

Bour has homerun power. The one he hit tonight was to deep left-center and made it out by a good distance. He just needs to be able to use it.

 

Thanks, pete. Any impression of whether he's got any agility defensively at 1B? Is there a chance he could actually play 1B, or at the big-league level would he be pretty much limited to DH?

 

Bour is a huge guy, right? He lists at 6'4", 250. He just turned 22 two weeks ago, so while he's not young, it's not like he's really old either. If he improved enough to go step by step, to begin A+ at 22 next year, AA at 23, that wouldn't be grossly age-inappropriate.

 

I think it's all about the HR power, and the defense, with him. In 200 AB he's got 34K/29BB. So he seems to be one of the best contact hitters we've got, 17% K-rate is excellent for a power hitter. If a guy can sustain 17K/14walks/100 AB for a career, he's got a chance to be very good... if he shows some power and can play a position. 4 HR/200 AB, that's not very good. But if he could double that and project more as a 20HR guy down the road, you might have a really nice bat.

 

Not likely at all, of course. He only hit 4 last year too, in 237 AB. So HR's are probably not now part of his game, and probably never will be, especially against better pitching. But with that size and that contact ability, I'm keeping my eye on him a little bit. If he could start lifting the ball for some HR's, I'll start to get interested.

[CubsInNC]

Bour has homerun power. The one he hit tonight was to deep left-center and made it out by a good distance. He just needs to be able to use it.

 

Thanks, pete. Any impression of whether he's got any agility defensively at 1B? Is there a chance he could actually play 1B, or at the big-league level would he be pretty much limited to DH?

 

Bour is a huge guy, right? He lists at 6'4", 250. He just turned 22 two weeks ago, so while he's not young, it's not like he's really old either. If he improved enough to go step by step, to begin A+ at 22 next year, AA at 23, that wouldn't be grossly age-inappropriate.

 

I think it's all about the HR power, and the defense, with him. In 200 AB he's got 34K/29BB. So he seems to be one of the best contact hitters we've got, 17% K-rate is excellent for a power hitter. If a guy can sustain 17K/14walks/100 AB for a career, he's got a chance to be very good... if he shows some power and can play a position. 4 HR/200 AB, that's not very good. But if he could double that and project more as a 20HR guy down the road, you might have a really nice bat.

 

Not likely at all, of course. He only hit 4 last year too, in 237 AB. So HR's are probably not now part of his game, and probably never will be, especially against better pitching. But with that size and that contact ability, I'm keeping my eye on him a little bit. If he could start lifting the ball for some HR's, I'll start to get interested.

 

He does have some natural lift to his swing. I had taken video last week of the pitchers and hitters, but sadly it didn't turn out well enough to be able to use and post. Bour didn't have to make any spectacular plays at first, but from what I saw he doesn't have good wheels to get to the bloop pops behind first, but who of us at 6'4" 250 would? The other thing that was noticed, by my wife, was that he kinda did the loner thing from the rest of the team. He and Nelson Perez kinda seemed like they were "too good" for the team. Any idea on the scouting reports on them in terms of attitude/make up?