Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-31-11

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 7-2 Box Score

 

Tennessee won 2-1 Box Score

 

Daytona lost 7-0 Box Score

 

Peoria lost 8-4 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 1 PPD

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 9-8 Box Score

 

OVERALL: 3-2

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Casey Coleman (at Chicago: 2-4, 7.25 ERA, 36 IP, 25 K, 26 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Nick Struck (at Daytona: 6-2, 3.42 ERA, 50 IP, 47 K, 16 BB)

Daytona: RHP Dae-Eun Rhee (1-0, 2.66 ERA, 23.2 IP, 23 K, 14 BB)

Peoria: RHP Hayden Simpson (1-1, 4.05 ERA, 40 IP, 36 K, 15 BB)

[ctcf]

Pretty damn interesting day between the pitching schedule and recent promotions.

[imb]

Simpson's almost striking out a batter/inning. That is ... much better than I assumed.

[toonsterwu]

I am very curious about Dae-Eun Rhee today. He's had two very solid outings in a row, being effective in getting ground balls.

[ctcf]

Simpson's almost striking out a batter/inning. That is ... much better than I assumed.

 

Same here. I did a double take when I saw that line.

[toonsterwu]

When you factor in that he's doing this at no where near his normal velocity (even if you think he's more of a low 90's guy, that's still a marked difference from some of the mid-upper 80's reports out there), I think there's enough to be pleased about with his first season.

[Guest]

Rhee: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 1 BB, 1

HBP, 6-2 GO-FO.

 

Hak-Ju Lee is on Charlotte and is 0/2 with a K so far.

 

Simpson couldn't get out of the 1st: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 37 pitches.

[JockJones]

Rhee: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 1 BB, 1

HBP, 6-2 GO-FO.

 

Hak-Ju Lee is on Charlotte and is 0/2 with a K so far.

 

Simpson couldn't get out of the 1st: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 37 pitches.

 

Good to see Simpson keep improving his K/9 numbers. :roll:

[TruffleShuffle]

Rhee: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 1 BB, 1

HBP, 6-2 GO-FO.

 

Hak-Ju Lee is on Charlotte and is 0/2 with a K so far.

 

Simpson couldn't get out of the 1st: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 37 pitches.

 

don't forget simpson's two wild pitches!!!

 

also, rhee got beat up in the 5th inning and gave up 4 runs before being lifted.

[Guest]

Rough 5th for Rhee:

 

Line single to LF

Soft pop up single (what the hell??) to 1B

RBI line single to CF

Bunt single to the P

Error on a missed catch on a pickoff at 3B - run scores

RBI ground out, 4-3.

Ground out, 1-3.

Rhee lifted, Ebinger serves up a double.

 

Turns a strong 4 innings into a crappy 4.2 inning performance.

[scarey]

Rough 5th for Rhee:

 

Line single to LF

Soft pop up single (what the hell??) to 1B

RBI line single to CF

Bunt single to the P

Error on a missed catch on a pickoff at 3B - run scores

RBI ground out, 4-3.

Ground out, 1-3.

Rhee lifted, Ebinger serves up a double.

 

Turns a strong 4 innings into a crappy 4.2 inning performance.

 

I can live with this. I don't care that it turned into what looks like a mediocre start, he pitched well and ran into an unlucky inning. I'm extremely excited to see how well he's doing this year, especially his ground ball rate which I assume means he's throwing his crazy split finger/change up and throwing it effectively.

[questionmarkgrace]

Simpson couldn't get out of the 1st: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 37 pitches.

 

 

Ugh. Thats about as bad of a line that a first round pick can possibly put up. I know mono is difficult to get over and what ever else he went through but if thats the case send him back to extended spring training until he is ready.

[toonsterwu]

While Huntsville isn't the most impressive squad (to say the least), it still was a nice start for Struck in AA. Especially love the fact that he threw 95 pitches (haven't been checking his pitch count in A+, but I gotta imagine this was one of his heavier workloads of the year?).

 

Larry Suarez's 3 shutout looks intriguing enough, but my expectations for him haven't been high in a long time. Easy to forget, though, that he's only 21 and this is only his 2nd extended look at full season.

[Thrilho]

Rough 5th for Rhee:

 

Line single to LF

Soft pop up single (what the hell??) to 1B

RBI line single to CF

Bunt single to the P

Error on a missed catch on a pickoff at 3B - run scores

RBI ground out, 4-3.

Ground out, 1-3.

Rhee lifted, Ebinger serves up a double.

 

Turns a strong 4 innings into a crappy 4.2 inning performance.

 

I can live with this. I don't care that it turned into what looks like a mediocre start, he pitched well and ran into an unlucky inning. I'm extremely excited to see how well he's doing this year, especially his ground ball rate which I assume means he's throwing his crazy split finger/change up and throwing it effectively.

 

 

Agreed, definitely a promising outing. And he finished up strong with two ground outs after the four straight singles and run-allowing error. His next start is going to be one of the more interesting things in the next week.

 

Larry Suarez also had a nice outing with 3IP 0H 0ER 1BB 5K in his second outing at Peoria. In his first one he had a line of 2IP 3H 0ER 0BB 3K, and in the only EXST game I could find he went 3.1 IP 1H 7K.

 

He's still only 21, but I haven't seen much on the velocity he's throwing with now. The only thing I could find on his injury was "unknown-type injury." Does anyone know what he's coming back from or what he's throwing these days?

[Guest]

Rough 5th for Rhee:

 

Line single to LF

Soft pop up single (what the hell??) to 1B

RBI line single to CF

Bunt single to the P

Error on a missed catch on a pickoff at 3B - run scores

RBI ground out, 4-3.

Ground out, 1-3.

Rhee lifted, Ebinger serves up a double.

 

Turns a strong 4 innings into a crappy 4.2 inning performance.

 

I can live with this. I don't care that it turned into what looks like a mediocre start, he pitched well and ran into an unlucky inning. I'm extremely excited to see how well he's doing this year, especially his ground ball rate which I assume means he's throwing his crazy split finger/change up and throwing it effectively.

 

 

Agreed, definitely a promising outing. And he finished up strong with two ground outs after the four straight singles and run-allowing error. His next start is going to be one of the more interesting things in the next week.

 

Larry Suarez also had a nice outing with 3IP 0H 0ER 1BB 5K in his second outing at Peoria. In his first one he had a line of 2IP 3H 0ER 0BB 3K, and in the only EXST game I could find he went 3.1 IP 1H 7K.

 

He's still only 21, but I haven't seen much on the velocity he's throwing with now. The only thing I could find on his injury was "unknown-type injury." Does anyone know what he's coming back from or what he's throwing these days?

 

I don't know what injury Suarez was rehabbing but he did miss the first few weeks of April. Suarez was throwing the mid-90s gas at ExST.

[Little Slide Rooter]

As far as the guys that matter, looks like Nick Struck and Rafeal Dolis were the only guys who did anything worthwhile yesterday.

[Thrilho]

I don't know what injury Suarez was rehabbing but he did miss the first few weeks of April. Suarez was throwing the mid-90s gas at ExST.

 

Thanks Raisin. I didn’t have a lot of hope left for Suarez, but if he keeps up this performance level with that kind of velocity he could be worth following. For the record, I did try to post that message before I saw the Suarez one from toonster, but the it had to go in for admin review.

 

I wouldn’t normally waste a post making that distinction, but I thought making a post on relatively off the beaten path guy would be a good way to break in with the first post. Instead, it posted a while later and it looked like I just grabbed his Suarez post and looked up the guy’s first couple outings, which wouldn’t have a lot of value.

 

I’ve actually been a lurker here for about 5 years, checking out the boxes for all the minor league teams every day and getting some good information from you guys. So looking forward to finally posting something.

[Guancous]

Congratulations on graduating from lurking!

[SouthSideRyan]

Congratulations on an outstanding username.

[Guest]

Congratulations on an outstanding username.

Much better than SideShowBob or SouthSideRyan, etc. :D