Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-16-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 5-3 Box Score

 

CF S. Fuld 2/3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (13), 3B (8)

LF T. Wright 1/4, RBI, E (1, fielding)

RF B. Snyder 2/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (29), HR (20), 2 K

1B M. Hoffpauir 0/4, BB, K

2B B. Scales 0/4, K

C R. Chirinos 1/4, R, RBI, HR (2)

3B M. Smith 2/3, BB, R, RBI, HR (10), E (8, fielding)

SS M. Camp 0/2, 2 BB

PH J. Adduci 0/1, K

PH B. LaHair 0/1

SP J. Samardzija 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 7-6 GO-FO

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

RP D. Cales 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO

RP S. Maine 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 8-2 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 0/5, 2 K, CS (19)

RF B. Jackson 0/4, K

LF B. Guyer 3/4, 2 R, 2B (28), 3B (6)

1B M. Spencer 0/2, BB, RBI

C S. Clevenger 1/4, 2B (14), E (4, throw)

2B T. Thomas 2/4, RBI

SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, K, E (21, missed catch)

3B N. Samson 2/4

SP R. Dolis 3.2 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 3/4 K/BB, WP, 7-0 GO-FO, E (2, throw)

RP J. Papelbon 2.1 scoreless, 4 H, 5/0 K/BB, WP, 0-2 GO-FO

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

 

Daytona lost 5-3 Box Score

 

SS J. Lake 0/4, 2 K

2B DJ LeMahieu 3/4, R, 2B (23)

3B R. Flaherty 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (27), 2 K

1B R. Ridling 0/4, RBI, 2 K

RF K. Burke 2/3, BB

C M. Brenly 0/4, CS (1), PO (1B)

DH J. Opitz 0/4

LF J. Valdez 1/1, CS (5)

CF E. Crawford 2/4, R, 3B (1), K

SP A. Cabrera 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3/3 K/BB, HR, WP, 8-3 GO-FO

RP J. Beliveau 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO

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

 

Peoria won 4-0 Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 0/3, BB, R, K

2B L. Watkins 1/3, BB, 2B (12), 2 K

3B M. Cerda 0/4, RBI, E (14, throw)

DH J. Bour 0/4, 2 K

RF JH Ha 3/4, R, K

LF N. Perez 1/4, R, K

1B B. May 0/3, BB, K

CF A. Giansanti 2/4, R

SP SM Jung 3 scoreless, 3 H, 1/0 K/BB, 0-8 GO-FO

RP J. Antigua 5 scoreless, 3 H, 7/0 K/BB, WP, 4-4 GO-FO, E (3, throw)

RP R. Morla 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 7-3 Box Score

 

2B P. LePage 0/4, E (6, fielding)

DH R. Jones 1/4, K

LF J. Morelli 1/4, CS (3)

1B R. Cuneo 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (4)

3B D. Harrington 0/1, BB, R, HBP

C J. Vigurs 1/4, 3 RBI, 2B (4), E (3, missed catch), PB (7)

SS E. Soto 1/3, E (6, throw)

CF KM Na 0/3, 2 K

SP JY Serrano 5 scoreless, 1 H, 6/1 K/BB, 3 WP, HBP, 2-7 GO-FO

RP J. Latham .1 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 1 ER, WP, HBP, 1-0 GO-FO

RP E. Rice 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs won 5-2 Box Score

 

SS W. Darvill 1/3, 2 BB, 2 R

2B PC Chen 2/4, BB, R, K, CS (6)

DH D. Geiger 2/4, R, RBI, K

C C. Romero 2/3, RBI, HBP, SB (1)

3B V. Bieneme 1/4, 2 K

SP A. Reed 4 perfect, 4/0 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO

RP J. Zeller 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO

RP TA Wang 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 5-0 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 4-1 Box Score

 

CF O. Zapata 0/3, BB, R

2B G. Amaya 1/3, BB

SS M. Hernandez 1/3, BB, RBI

RF D. Arcila 0/3, K

RP A. Colinas 2.1 scoreless, 2 H, 3/0 K/BB, HBP, 2-1 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 1-0 Box Score

 

3B W. Contreras 1/4, E (12, throw)

2B J. Rodriguez 0/4, 2 K

LF J. Casilla 0/4, 2 K, Assist (Home)

RF G. Jimenez 2/4, K

 

OVERALL: 3-5

[Guest]

Iowa: Jeff Samardzija

Tennessee: Rafael Dolis

Daytona: Alberto Cabrera

Peoria: Su-Min Jung

Boise: Juan Yasser Serrano

AZL Cubs: Austin Reed

[davell]

Some solid pitching outings today anyway with Antigua, Reed, and Serrano all evidently looking great. Not much on the hitting side other than Ha giving a 3-4 day. Same with LeMahieu, who has quietly upped his BA to .313 somehow. Of course, there is literally zero power coming with it, so I don't guess he's projecting as anything other than a backup middle infielder at this point. But, I guess the power can still come on a little later for him.

[CubsWin]

Some solid pitching outings today anyway with Antigua, Reed, and Serrano all evidently looking great. Not much on the hitting side other than Ha giving a 3-4 day. Same with LeMahieu, who has quietly upped his BA to .313 somehow. Of course, there is literally zero power coming with it, so I don't guess he's projecting as anything other than a backup middle infielder at this point. But, I guess the power can still come on a little later for him.

He's probably not ever going to be somebody who hits for 20-25 HRs, but he just turned 22 a month ago, he's 6'4" 185 lbs, so he can fill out that frame. Colvin was 6'3" 190 lbs while in the minors before he added his supposed 20 in muscle over the off season. As a 22-year-old at AA, Colvin's SLG was .425. LeMahieu slugged .384 as a 20/21 year old and is slugging .387 so far this season.

 

I'm not comparing Colvin's power with LeMahieu, just their similarity in frame and that improvement in power can and often does occur after the age of 22.

 

What I like about LeMahieu is that he hit .323 last year and is hitting .313 so far this season. The guy can hit. If he can improve his OBP a touch, and develop 8-12 HR capability, I'd take that from my secondbaseman. As of right now, not including the Cubs prospects at SS, he is the best Cubs 2B prospect and a respectable one at that.

[CubsWin]

Nice bounce back performance from Austin Reed. He had barely been hittable in his first 8 outings allowing just 2 ER in 21.1 IP, but then got hammered last time out. As an 18 year old, you'd like to see if he's got the ability to come back mentally strong and 4 perfect innings with 4 Ks answers that question unequivocally.

 

Do the early returns on this draft's lower round selections (5-16) seem better than normal and surprisingly good or am I missing historical perspective here? I realize its a small sample size, I'm just comparing early returns.