Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-27-10

[SouthSideRyan]

Yeah, but I wanted Lilly dealt before he could either get hurt or have a bad outing. I'm a worrier, basically......

 

Instead, all went well there, but Jay may have cost himself the chance, if Lilly does get dealt.

 

Was he really the most likely candidate for the job? I wouldn't have thought they had him at the head of the line even before this outing.

 

I have no idea who they'll pick. They seem to be following their plan to put Z back in the bullpen. Cashner probably would be determined to not be stretched out either. Marshall's certainly not going to move.

 

It will probably come down to one of Diamond, Jackson, Samardzija, or Atkins.

 

Atkins would be the dumbest choice of the 4, so I'll bet on that.

[Guest]

CubsWin is right regarding Albuquerque. It's already an extremely hitter-friendly park and apparently the conditions were just brutal for pitchers yesterday.

[nick23]

Yeah, but I wanted Lilly dealt before he could either get hurt or have a bad outing. I'm a worrier, basically......

 

Instead, all went well there, but Jay may have cost himself the chance, if Lilly does get dealt.

 

Was he really the most likely candidate for the job? I wouldn't have thought they had him at the head of the line even before this outing.

 

I have no idea who they'll pick. They seem to be following their plan to put Z back in the bullpen. Cashner probably would be determined to not be stretched out either. Marshall's certainly not going to move.

 

It will probably come down to one of Diamond, Jackson, Samardzija, or Atkins.

 

Atkins would be the dumbest choice of the 4, so I'll bet on that.

I would love to see what Diamond could do.

[Keener98]

Yeah, but I wanted Lilly dealt before he could either get hurt or have a bad outing. I'm a worrier, basically......

 

Instead, all went well there, but Jay may have cost himself the chance, if Lilly does get dealt.

 

Was he really the most likely candidate for the job? I wouldn't have thought they had him at the head of the line even before this outing.

 

I have no idea who they'll pick. They seem to be following their plan to put Z back in the bullpen. Cashner probably would be determined to not be stretched out either. Marshall's certainly not going to move.

 

It will probably come down to one of Diamond, Jackson, Samardzija, or Atkins.

 

Atkins would be the dumbest choice of the 4, so I'll bet on that.

 

And Samrdzija would be near as dumb, so that leaves Diamond and Jackson.

[ctcf]

Yeah, but I wanted Lilly dealt before he could either get hurt or have a bad outing. I'm a worrier, basically......

 

Instead, all went well there, but Jay may have cost himself the chance, if Lilly does get dealt.

 

Was he really the most likely candidate for the job? I wouldn't have thought they had him at the head of the line even before this outing.

 

I have no idea who they'll pick. They seem to be following their plan to put Z back in the bullpen. Cashner probably would be determined to not be stretched out either. Marshall's certainly not going to move.

 

It will probably come down to one of Diamond, Jackson, Samardzija, or Atkins.

 

Atkins would be the dumbest choice of the 4, so I'll bet on that.

 

And Samrdzija would be near as dumb, so that leaves Diamond and Jackson.

 

I'd honestly take Diamond at this point.

[CubsWin]

Yeah, but I wanted Lilly dealt before he could either get hurt or have a bad outing. I'm a worrier, basically......

 

Instead, all went well there, but Jay may have cost himself the chance, if Lilly does get dealt.

 

Was he really the most likely candidate for the job? I wouldn't have thought they had him at the head of the line even before this outing.

 

I have no idea who they'll pick. They seem to be following their plan to put Z back in the bullpen. Cashner probably would be determined to not be stretched out either. Marshall's certainly not going to move.

 

It will probably come down to one of Diamond, Jackson, Samardzija, or Atkins.

 

In the back of my head I was thinking Cashner has been getting a lot of 2 inning outings lately and may be preparing to be stretched out. But when I see he's only gone over 1 inning 4 times in the past three weeks. And last nights bad 2nd inning occured a day after an outing. I don't care that he only threw 2 pitches, you don't make a young arm come out on back to back outings and pitch past one inning the 2nd day.

Is that actually an industry standard or just your own thing? I've never heard that before.

[jersey cubs fan]

Is that actually an industry standard or just your own thing? I've never heard that before.

 

I don't think industry standard has anything to do with it, but there's no question it's stupid. They should either be throwing him for 2 innings at a time, or allowing him to go shorter with back to back days. Having him pitch on back to back days and extending him on the 2nd day is just reckless, especially for a team that is out of the race by a mile and a half.

[mul21]

What the hell has happened to Jay Jackson?

 

i'm sure the pointless 2 or 3 week shift to the bullpen benefited him greatly.

 

At this point I have trouble believing that's all that's wrong.

 

Is he nearing a new high in innings pitched?

[Guest]

He's at 112 IP right now, last year at this time he had thrown about 91.

[NCCubFan]

And his total for last year (his career high to date) was 127.

[Vanilla Ice]

I listed Lake as my most highly anticipated prospects this year so screw you guys

As did I