Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-31-10

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost Game 1 of its DH 11-10 Box Score (Continuation of suspended game)

 

CF S. Fuld 0/3, 2 BB, 2 R, SB (14)

SS D. Barney 1/1, R

M. Smith 2/4, 2 R, RBI, 2B (18), 3B (1)

2B B. Scales 2/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (23), 2 K, SB (6)

1B M. Hoffpauir 1/1, R, 2 RBI, 2B (27)

RF B. Snyder 1/4, RBI, 3B (6), 2 K

LF T. Wright 2/5, R, 2 RBI, HR (1)

LF/1B B. LaHair 1/3, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (15)

PH/C R. Chirinos 1/5, RBI, K

3B/SS M. Camp 0/4

PH J. Adduci 0/1, K

PH/2B J. Mota 0/1

RP J. Samardzija 5 IP, 9 H, 11 ER, 8/5 K/BB, HR, WP, 3-4 GO-FO

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

RP J. Gray 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Iowa won Game 2 of its DH 8-6 Box Score

 

CF/LF J. Adduci 2/4, 2 R, RBI, SB (18)

3B M. Smith 3/4, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR (16)

RF B. Snyder 1/4, K

LF J. Dubois 2/3, BB, R, RBI

1B B. LaHair 1/4

C C. Robinson 3/4, R, 2B (9)

2B J. Mota 1/4, 2 K

SS M. Camp 0/4, R, RBI, SB (13)

PH B. Scales 0/0, RBI

PH T. Wright 0/1, K

SP HW Chen 5 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 5/2 K/BB, HR, 3-7 GO-FO

RP L. Sommer 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 1-1 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee lost 5-0 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 0/4, 2 K

SS M. Gonzalez 0/4, E (24, fielding)

LF B. Guyer 0/4, 2 K

3B R. Canzler 0/4, K

RF M. Spencer 0/2, BB, K

C S. Clevenger 1/3, K, PB (2)

2B T. Thomas 0/3, K

PH N. Samson 0/1

SP C. Archer 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 5-4 GO-FO

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

RP K. Smith 1 scoreless, 1 H, 0-3 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 2-1 in the 10th Box Score

 

SS J. Lake 1/5, 2 K

3B DJ LeMahieu 0/4, BB

DH R. Flaherty 1/4, BB, K

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

RF K. Burke 0/4, 2 K

C M. Brenly 1/4, 2B (15), K

2B J. Opitz 1/4, R, 2B (11), K

CF E. Crawford 1/3

LF J. Valdez 1/3, BB, RBI, 2 K, 2 SB (14)

SP R. Whitenack 6 scoreless, 4 H, 3/0 K/BB, 10-5 GO-FO

RP C. Lambert 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, WP, 1-1 GO-FO

RP M. Perconte 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO

RP J. Beliveau .2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Peoria won 10-9 in the 10th Box Score

 

SS HJ Lee 1/5, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (22)

2B L. Watkins 3/5, BB, 2 R, 2B (15), K

3B M. Cerda 0/4, BB, 2 R, HBP

1B J. Bour 4/6, 2B (30), RBI, K

RF JH Ha 3/5, R, RBI, 2B (12), K

DH DJ Fitzgerald 0/4, BB, RBI, K

LF N. Perez 2/5, R, 3 RBI, HR (10), K

CF A. Giansanti 2/5, R, 2B (8)

SP F. Batista 4.1 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 4 HR, 7-3 GO-FO

RP R. Morla 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 6-2 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 5-3 Box Score

 

2B PC Chen 1/4, BB, K

SS E. Soto 1/3, K, HBP

PR/SS A. Alcantara 1/1, R

DH R. Jones 2/5, R, K, CS (2)

1B M. Gibbs 1/4, R, RBI, K, E (5, fielding)

RF J. Morelli 2/4

LF C. Shields 2/4, RBI, E (1, fielding)

C J. Vigurs 0/2, 2 BB, K

3B D. Harrington 1/4, K

CF KM Na 0/2, BB, K

PH P. LePage 0/1

SP JY Serrano 3 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HR, 2-5 GO-FO

RP T. Mitchell 2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO

RP C. Rojas 3 scoreless, 0 H, 6/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO

RP A. Sosa 1 scoreless 0/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 2-4

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa (game one): RHP Jeff Samardzija (11-2, 3.23 ERA, 100.1 IP, 89 K, 60 BB)

Iowa (game two): RHP Hung-Wen Chen (2-3, 5.70 ERA, 42.2 IP, 33 K, 10 BB; overall: 10-9, 3.79 ERA, 140 IP, 91 K, 33 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Jeremy Papelbon (1-2, 5.80 ERA, 68.1 IP, 55 K, 15 BB)

Daytona: RHP Robert Whitenack (2-1, 3.04 ERA, 26.2 IP, 22 K, 7 BB; overall: 10-8, 4.57 ERA, 130 IP, 85 K, 57 BB)

Peoria: RHP Frank Batista (2-4, 4.02 ERA, 62.2 IP, 58 K, 20 BB)

Boise: RHP Juan Yasser Serrano (5-2, 4.25 ERA, 59.1 IP, 42 K, 16 BB; overall: 6-2, 4.04 ERA, 62.1 IP, 43 K, 16 BB)

[Guest]

With Mesa's season over, these players have been promoted to Boise: RHP Alvaro Sosa, RHP Dallas Beeler, CF Cody Shields, C Chad Noble and IF Pin-Chieh Chen. Also, rehabbing RHP Tarlandus Mitchell was activated off the DL.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Damn, Shark got annihalated. 11 ER 9 H 5 BB 8 K

 

Marquez with a 2B and a 3B though. And for some reason, the box`score has Coleman as the starter with a line of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[TruffleShuffle]

damn looks like samardzija couldn't keep up that .237 babip forever

 

archer had a pretty poor start and frank batista got drilled (4 hr). at least whitenack has been good.

[Wrigley Rat]

Sorry if posted elsewhere - Arizona Phil:

 

Cubs 2009 5th round pick SS Wes Darvill (Canadian Junior National Team - Langley BC) is the most improved player, and 2B Ping-Chieh Chen is the best player down here who hasn't been promoted to Boise. (Darvill actually was demoted from Boise to AZL Cubs in July, at which point he started to play with confidence), and I would expect the Cubs to move them along together, just as they are doing with Hak-Ju Lee and Logan Watkins. Oddly, Chen has a shortstop's range and a strong arm, but it's scatter-gun so it plays better at 2B. while Darvill has a Ryan Theriot type arm that would probably be a better fit at 2B, but Darvill just plays better and with more confidence when he plays SS. Like Logan Watkins, Chen is a slap hitter and an outstanding bunter, but he needs to work on his base-stealing technique. Darvill looks like he might develop some power as his body matures (he's not there yet, but he's only 18), but he already can steal bases with ease. Both Darvill and Chen are very patient hitters (especially Darvill), and both are not afraid to go deep in the count and take a walk.

 

Another player who improved a lot during the course of the AZL season is 3B Dustin Geiger (Cubs 2010 24th round pick out of Merritt Island HS - Brevard County, FL). Drafted as a RF after playing 3B in HS, Geiger insisted on being allowed to remain at 3B before he would sign (he had accepted a scholarship to Central Florida and was expected to be a "tough sign"), and it looks like he knows himself pretty well. He has very good reactions to balls hit to 3rd base, and he has a plus-arm (a real cannon), too. If Josh Vitters could play 3B as well as Geiger does right now, the Cubs would not even be thinking about moving him to 1B. Geiger looks like he could develop HR power eventually, because he has plus-bat speed (he just needs to learn to elevate his swing a bit and maybe turn on inside pitches). He could really benefit from the coaching he'll get at the AZ Instructional League.

 

RHP Austin Reed (2010 12th round pick out of Rancho Cucamonga HS - Rancho Cucamonga, CA) is probably the top pitching prospect who finished the AZL season in Mesa. Reed's older brother Addison is the #1 starter at San Diego State and most scouts figured Austin would follow his brother to SDSU out of HS, but the Cubs enticed him with an over-slot bonus, and it looks like they got a good one. Reed has problems with his mechanics from time-to-time, but when he's got his release point & arm slot in the right places, he has electric stuff and is virtually unhittable. Looks like he might be another another Nick Struck.

http://www.thecubreporter.com/2010/08/30/azl-cubs-conclude-2010-season-victory

[Tryptamine]

Marquez Smith has two bombs thus far in game 2. He really needs to be one of those September call ups. He could be very Valuable in Aram's spot if Aram gets dealt next July.

[CubsWin]

damn looks like samardzija couldn't keep up that .237 babip forever

 

archer had a pretty poor start and frank batista got drilled (4 hr). at least whitenack has been good.

Samardzija's babip is unsustainably low, but I think tonight's performance has a lot to do with the stadium he was pitching in, too.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I think that Marquez Smith is officially the new Micah Hoffpauir/Jake Fox, though borderline age appropriate for a prospect.

[toonsterwu]

I think Micah and Jake had more raw power than Marquez.