Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-19-11

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa PPD: Rain

 

Tennessee won 6-2 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 0/1, 2 BB, R, K, HBP, SB (6)

3B R. Flaherty 1/3, BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (2)

2B DJ LeMahieu 0/5, 3 K

1B J. Vitters 1/5, RBI, 2B (5)

LF R. Ridling 2/5, RBI, 2 K

SS N. Samson 2/3, R, RBI, 2 2B (4), HBP

SP R. Dolis 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GO-FO

RP T. Harris 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, HBP, 6-2 GO-FO

RP L. Sommer 2.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GO-FO

RP D. Cales .1 perfect, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Daytona won 4-3 Box Score

 

SS J. Lake 0/4, RBI, 2 K

3B M. Cerda 0/5, K

RF JH Ha 4/5, R, RBI, HR (2), 2 CS (5), PO (1B)

1B J. Bour 1/3, BB, 2B (4), 2 K

DH W. Castillo 2/3, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B (3)

LF M. Burgess 2/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (3), K

C M. Brenly 1/4

CF E. Crawford 1/3, BB, K

2B L. Watkins 1/4, K

SP A. Kurcz 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 4-2 GO-FO

RP J. Lorick 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-0 GO-FO

RP J. Latham 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K, WP, 2-0 GO-FO

RP F. Batista 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO

 

Peoria PPD: Rain

 

OVERALL: 2-0

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-1, 10.80 ERA, 10 IP, 11 K, 0 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Rafael Dolis (1-0, 1.80 ERA, 10 IP, 10 K, 2 BB)

Daytona: RHP Aaron Kurcz (1-0, 5.19 ERA, 8.2 IP, 6 K, 3 BB)

Peoria: LHP Austin Kirk (0-1, 3.86 ERA, 7 IP, 8 K, 4 BB)

[Little Slide Rooter]

Iowa and Peoria have both been postponed.

[BeerHere]

Rusin left after 2 1/3

[seattlecub]

Rusin? I thought it was Dolis

[CubsWin]

Jae-Hoon Ha with his 2nd HR in as many days. This could get interesting...

[CubsWin]

Rusin? I thought it was Dolis

Indeed, Dolis out after 2.1 IP. Hope he's alright.

[CubsWin]

Flaherty with a 2B, a walk and 2 RBI. Dude's raking.

 

Vitters with another 2B and a RBI.

[BeerHere]

Rusin? I thought it was Dolis

Indeed, Dolis out after 2.1 IP. Hope he's alright.

Dolis. My bad.

[TruffleShuffle]

seemed like dolis was struggling with his command (26 balls, 21 strikes), but hadn't allowed a hit and only three walks in 2.1 innings. hardly seems like enough to get pulled, so must be a physical issue of some sort.

[ctcf]

Wow Ha is just tearin it up down there. 4-5 today.

[craig]

The box score shows Ha getting caught stealing twice and getting picked off. A CS and a pickoff were the same play, after getting picked he ran for 2nd and got thrown out The other CS may have been a hit-and-run or something, since Bour struck out on the same play.

 

That kid can hit. I'm hoping he's not a terrible baserunner.

[Guest]

Dolis left the game with lower back spasms. Doesn't appear serious and he should be able to go for his next scheduled start. Apparently he was looking good during the time he was out there. Will post links when I get on a computer.

[NCCubFan]

Dolis left the game with lower back spasms. Doesn't appear serious and he should be able to go for his next scheduled start. Apparently he was looking good during the time he was out there. Will post links when I get on a computer.

I was at the game. He was looking good (a couple walks but no hits allowed) but appeared to be holding his back after one of the walks (consistent with the back spasms report). The trainer and pitching coach came out, followed shortly by the manager, and he was taken out of the game.

[Guest]

BenBadler

 

At #Cubs AA game, Ryan Flaherty battered another ball to CF in the first, this time off the wall for an RBI double

 

BenBadler

 

Josh Vitters smokes a 2B off a brk ball into the LCF gap. Doing a lot of swinging in this series, but it is a heck of a swing

 

BenBadler

 

Cubs RHP Rafael Dolis issued two four-pitch walks in the first. Also escaped w no runs, was hitting top end of 91-96 regularly

 

BenBadler

 

Not clear why yet, but Cubs RHP Rafael Dolis left with some type of injury. Didn't appear to be in any pain, throwing 96

 

BenBadler

 

Update on #Cubs RHP Rafael Dolis: Left game with lower back spasm. Slipped on one of his pitches & tweaked it. Prob won't miss next start

[Guest]

http://www.thecubreporter.com/2011/04/19/angels-outfield-and-angel-mound-diablo-park

 

Angel Guzman, Jon Nagel, Justin Bristow and Su-Min Jung got in rehab appearances today down in Arizona.

 

Guzman struggled to throw his fastball for strikes, but he had good velocity (92 MPH) on his heater, and both his change-up and curve looked OK. He allowed one run (earned) in one inning of work (16 pitches – 8 strikes), issuing a lead-off walk, with the run coming around to score after a stolen base and two ground outs.

[ctcf]

http://www.thecubreporter.com/2011/04/19/angels-outfield-and-angel-mound-diablo-park

 

Angel Guzman, Jon Nagel, Justin Bristow and Su-Min Jung got in rehab appearances today down in Arizona.

 

Guzman struggled to throw his fastball for strikes, but he had good velocity (92 MPH) on his heater, and both his change-up and curve looked OK. He allowed one run (earned) in one inning of work (16 pitches – 8 strikes), issuing a lead-off walk, with the run coming around to score after a stolen base and two ground outs.

 

I'm pretty pumped just to hear he's throwing with velocity.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Is there room for one more on the JH Ha bandwagon?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Am I the only one here who thinks that its time for Flaherty to be given the bump to Iowa? He might not be the most exciting of the Smokies studs, but Iowa doesn't have much going on in terms of middle infielders, and more importantly, unlike Vitters, Jackson,and Lamahieu who are in the 22-23 age range, Flaherty is going to be 25 in July, and that might not seem like a huge difference, but in minor league baseball years, its a pretty big one. I'd be all for giving him the bump and trying him out at 2B.

[Guest]

Flaherty was as horrible in AA last year as he has been great at AA this year. It's April 20th, how about we wait until he has more than 130 PA's of a .760 OPS to declare that he's mastered the level.

[BeerHere]

Is there room for one more on the JH Ha bandwagon?

I had to bribe my way on. For a potentially better investment though, how about joining me on the Rubi Silva bandwagon?

.381/.409/.548 while slugging .957. He's 21 in low A ball.

 

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=RF&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=600975

[Guest]

Between Jackson, Ha, Szczur and Silva, the Cubs are suddenly very deep at center field.

[Outshined_One]

Between Jackson, Ha, Szczur and Silva, the Cubs are suddenly very deep at center field.

 

Just wait until the Cubs draft Jackie Bradley, George Springer, or Mikie Mahtook.

[TruffleShuffle]

Is there room for one more on the JH Ha bandwagon?

 

only if you're jumping on it because he's one of the younger players in his league and has shown excellent hitting skills and defensive ability, not because he's been hot for two weeks.