Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-4-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa PPD

 

Tennessee won 6-3 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 0/4, BB, R, SB (28)

2B T. Thomas 2/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (16), HR (6), SB (10)

RF M. Spencer 0/4, 4 K

LF B. Jackson 0/1

C R. Chirinos 1/3, 2 BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (9)

3B J. Vitters 1/4, R

LF/RF B. Guyer 2/4, 2B (11), 2 K

SS N. Samson 0/4, K, E (10, fielding)

PH R. Canzler 0/1, K

PH S. Clevenger 0/1

SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 5 scoreless, 3 H, 6/2 K/BB, 4-5 GO-FO

RP J. Papelbon 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2-1 GO-FO

RP A. Shafer 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5-1 GO-FO

RP R. Buchter 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona won 5-1 Box Score

 

SS DJ LeMahieu 1/4, R, K

2B R. Flaherty 0/4, RBI

C M. Brenly 2/3, R, 2 RBI, HBP

RF K. Burke 1/4, 2B (17)

1B R. Ridling 3/4, R, RBI

3B J. Lake 3/4, R, RBI, 2 2B (8), SB (9)

SP K. McNutt 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 4-6 GO-FO, E (1, fielding)

RP O. Martinez 1.1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO

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

RP A. Maestri 0 IP, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, WP, HBP

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

 

Peoria lost 5-3 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 1/4, BB, K, SB (21)

2B L. Watkins 0/5, K

DH M. Cerda 0/3, BB

LF G. Rohan 2/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (17), E (6, fielding)

1B J. Bour 1/3, BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (9)

CF JH Ha 0/4

RF N. Perez 3/4, RBI, 3B (2)

3B C. Thomas 0/4, 2 K

SP N. Struck 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, 5-7 GO-FO

RP F. Batista 2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO

RP Y. Gonzalez 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-2 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 6-2 Box Score

 

2B P. LePage 2/4, R, RBI, 3B (1)

3B B. May 0/4, RBI

DH M. Gibbs 1/4, 2 K

1B R. Jones 0/4, 2 K

SS W. Darvill 0/2, BB

CF KM Na 0/2

SP JY Serrano 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HR, 6-5 GO-FO

RP C. Rojas 2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 0-4 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs won 2-0 Box Score

 

DH V. Bieneme 1/4, K, CS (1), PO (1B)

2B PC Chen 1/4

1B R. Cuneo 2/4, R, 2B (4), K

C C. Noble 0/4, K

RF X. Batista 0/3, R, K

SS D. Harrington 0/3

SP L. Liria 4 scoreless, 3 H, 6/1 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO

RP C. Hams 3 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO

RP A. Jimenez 2 scoreless, 1 H, 5/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Both DSL teams with an off day

 

OVERALL: 3-2

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Jay Jackson (4-6, 3.63 ERA, 84.1 IP, 22 BB, 58 K)

Tennessee: RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (5-3, 3.47 ERA, 80.1 IP, 25 BB, 62 K)

Daytona: RHP Trey McNutt (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 3 IP, 4 BB, 6 K; Peoria & Daytona: 6-0, 1.87 ERA, 62.2 IP, 28 BB, 76 K)

Peoria: RHP Nick Struck (2-8, 4.34 ERA, 64.1 IP, 27 BB, 41 K)

Boise: RHP Juan Yasser Serrano (2-0, 5.11 ERA, 12.1 IP, 6 BB, 6 K)

AZL Cubs: RHP Luis Liria (0-0, 1.04 ERA, 8.2 IP, 4 BB, 11 K)

[davell]

B Jackson isn't playing today. McNutt had a very nice outing: 5.2 IP 4H 1R 1ER 1W 6K

[ddwyer]

Junior Lake continues his improved play:

3B J. Lake 3/4, R, RBI, 2 2B (8), SB (9)

 

After his slow start, he has greatly improved his hitting (and walking) in June and July. Since he is only 20 years old in Daytona, maybe there still is hope as a real prospect.

[Guest]

Junior Lake continues his improved play:

3B J. Lake 3/4, R, RBI, 2 2B (8), SB (9)

 

After his slow start, he has greatly improved his hitting (and walking) in June and July. Since he is only 20 years old in Daytona, maybe there still is hope as a real prospect.

I think there's a LOT of hope as a real prospect based upon his improved play, his age and his level.

 

However, he's still striking out way too much. He has a completely unsustainable babip propping up his numbers at this point.

[ScrubMD]

Really glad to see McNutt with a good performance in just his second start.

[CUBZ99]

I know he is not really a top prospect but, Michael Brenly is on fire. Over his last 10 games he is OPSing 1.303 and in June he OPSed 1.034. Don't know much about his receiving skills but those are some pretty impressive offensive numbers.

[Guest]

I know he is not really a top prospect but, Michael Brenly is on fire. Over his last 10 games he is OPSing 1.303 and in June he OPSed 1.034. Don't know much about his receiving skills but those are some pretty impressive offensive numbers.

I think he's a decent prospect. It's easy to write him off b/c he's Bob's son and was drafted in the late rounds, but he's shown he can play at every level he's been at. IMO his main problem is his age.

[Outshined_One]

I know he is not really a top prospect but, Michael Brenly is on fire. Over his last 10 games he is OPSing 1.303 and in June he OPSed 1.034. Don't know much about his receiving skills but those are some pretty impressive offensive numbers.

I think he's a decent prospect. It's easy to write him off b/c he's Bob's son and was drafted in the late rounds, but he's shown he can play at every level he's been at. IMO his main problem is his age.

 

I wouldn't worry so much about his age; catchers usually take longer to develop and tend to be a tad on the older side relative to their leagues. Brenly is a decent enough prospect that he could be a good backup some day. He grades out reasonably well defensively and won't be a slouch at the plate.

[craig]

Junior Lake ....

I think there's a LOT of hope as a real prospect based upon his improved play, his age and his level.

 

However, he's still striking out way too much. He has a completely unsustainable babip propping up his numbers at this point.

 

Agree and disagree. If doesn't work to have 57K/1HR ratios. When you whiff 30% of your AB, it's hard to be much of a prospect, especially if you don't offset that with a bundle of HR's. So it looks to first approximation that he's just a guy who doesn't have the god-given eye-brain-hitting gifts to hit fast-moving professional pitching. Most likely that won't be learned.

 

That said, his BABIP is not at all unusual, is it? A-ball BABIP's are routinely higher than in the majors. I think Lake's is around .330 or so? That's not in any way atypical for an a-ball player who has any kind of legs, I don't think.

 

He's up near .240 now, that's major improvement, and he's vaulted past the .600-level OPS-wise. But man, if you K all the time and just consistently miss the ball too often to hit it hard enough for HR's or XBH, it's hard to hope for too much. But, maybe he'll be the guy who does learn late. Everybody's different, so maybe he'll figure something out.