Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-16-11

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 6-2 Box Score

 

RF F. Perez 0/4, K

CF T. Colvin 0/4, 3 K

2B B. Scales 0/3, BB, R, 2 K

1B B. LaHair 2/4, K

C W. Castillo 2/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (6), E (2, throw)

3B S. Moore 0/3, RBI

LF T. Wright 0/4, K

DH M. Smith 1/4

SS J. Mota 3/4, 2B (9), PO (1B)

SP C. Coleman 5.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, HR, 8-1 GO-FO

RP B. Parker 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GO-FO

RP E. Caridad 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won Game 1 of their DH 4-3 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 0/3, BB, R, 2 K

2B/RF R. Flaherty 1/4, RBI

LF R. Ridling 2/3, BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (10), SB (2), CS (1), PO (1B)

1B S. Clevenger 1/3, 2B (12)

RF N. Perez 0/2, BB, R, K

3B J. Vitters 0/3, R

SS J. Lake 1/2, RBI

PH M. Spencer 1/1

2B M. Gonzalez 0/1

SP B. Raley 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 3-6 GO-FO

RP J. Beliveau 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 0-1 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee lost Game 2 of their DH 6-5 Box Score

 

3B J. Lake 2/4, 2 R, 2B (2), SB (3), E (5, throw)

SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, RBI, 2B (18), K, E (11, fielding)

RF R. Flaherty 2/4, RBI, 2 2B (17)

LF R. Ridling 0/3, 2 K

1B S. Clevenger 0/3

1B J. Vitters 0/0, E (17, fielding)

CF M. Spencer 2/3, 2 R, RBI, 2B (17), HR (11), E (3, throw)

2B N. Samson 1/2, BB, R, RBI, 3B (1), K

C L. Flores 0/2, RBI

LF N. Perez 0/1, K

SP N. Struck 5.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, HBP, 6-4 GO-FO

RP K. Smit 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, WP, 2-2 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 2-0 Box Score

 

2B M. Cerda 0/4, K

CF JH Ha 2/4

DH J. Bour 0/4

RF M. Burgess 0/4, K

C M. Brenly 1/3, K, 2 E (5, throw, missed catch), PB (5)

LF R. Silva 0/3

SP J. Lorick 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, HR, WP, 5-4 GO-FO

RP J. Serrano 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-2 GO-FO

RP M. Hatley 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Peoria lost 2-0 Box Score

 

CF M. Szczur 0/4

2B P. LePage 0/4

3B G. Rohan 1/4, K

1B R. Jones 0/4, K

C M. Gibbs 1/2, BB, 2B (5)

SS E. Soto 0/3, E (7, fielding)

DH B. May 0/3, K

LF KM Na 1/3

SP E. Jokisch 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 11-4 GO-FO

RP Y. Gonzalez 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GO-FO

 

Both DSL Cubs teams PPD

 

OVERALL: 1-4

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Casey Coleman (1-0, 2.31 ERA, 11.2 IP, 13 K, 7 BB)

Tennessee (game one): LHP Brooks Raley (3-5, 4.84 ERA, 61.1 IP, 35 K, 28 BB)

Tennessee (game two): RHP Nick Struck (1-0, 2.12 ERA, 17 IP, 12 K, 3 BB; overall: 7-2, 3.09 ERA, 67 IP, 59 K, 19 BB)

Daytona: LHP Jeff Lorick (4-1, 4.91 ERA, 55 IP, 29 K, 20 BB)

Peoria: LHP Eric Jokisch (7-0, 3.20 ERA, 56.1 IP, 46 K, 21 BB)

[Little Slide Rooter]

Rebel Ridling hit a walk off blast to clinh the 1st half championship for the Smokies. If only the big league team were capable of doing exciting things like that.

[TruffleShuffle]

vitters came into game 2 and immediately made an error playing 1b. seriously, 17 errors is pretty [expletive] awful in mid-june for a guy playing corner infield.

 

nick struck pitched pretty well but his defense folded in the 6th inning. wonder if he's got some potential as a back of the rotation guy? don't know much about his stuff.

[wekim81]

Headin to peoria tonight. Jokisch isn't much a prospect, is he? IS there anyone that you guys want an amateur scouting report on? I plan on sitting behind the dish to get a good luck at the pitching, whoever that might be tonight.

[toonsterwu]

vitters came into game 2 and immediately made an error playing 1b. seriously, 17 errors is pretty [expletive] awful in mid-june for a guy playing corner infield.

 

nick struck pitched pretty well but his defense folded in the 6th inning. wonder if he's got some potential as a back of the rotation guy? don't know much about his stuff.

 

I'm a lot more bullish on Struck than that. Fastball is supposedly topping out in the mid-90's (slight increase from last year numbers that I had), and have heard that his secondary stuff, change and slider, are both looking solid. Granted, that's off limited reports I have (3) so it is a SSS issue, but I think his ceiling could be a good mid-rotation arm.

[wekim81]

Not a ton of offense out of Peoria last night. Gibbs impressed me again tonight. Real quick release behind the plate, pretty strong arm - gunned down 3 guys from WIS trying to steal. Also hit a couple of balls real hard to right/right-center - one banged off the wall for a double, the other was ran down and caught at the wall. Another note - he sure is slow. Almost got thrown out at 2nd on his double.

 

Not a ton stood out otherwise. Jokisch doesnt throw hard. Per the Chiefs gun he was working at 84-87 all night, hitting 88 and 89 a couple times. Has a nice breaking ball though that got some swings and misses. Reliever Yohan Gonzalez threw harder, but was squared up and hit harder during his 2 innings of work. Showed a halfway decent slider.

[Brett]

vitters came into game 2 and immediately made an error playing 1b. seriously, 17 errors is pretty [expletive] awful in mid-june for a guy playing corner infield.

 

nick struck pitched pretty well but his defense folded in the 6th inning. wonder if he's got some potential as a back of the rotation guy? don't know much about his stuff.

 

I'm a lot more bullish on Struck than that. Fastball is supposedly topping out in the mid-90's (slight increase from last year numbers that I had), and have heard that his secondary stuff, change and slider, are both looking solid. Granted, that's off limited reports I have (3) so it is a SSS issue, but I think his ceiling could be a good mid-rotation arm.

 

If Whitenack hadn't gone down, who would you be more bullish on: Whitenack, Struck or Beeler?

[sneakypower]

can't have a much worse day than that on the farm, for the hitting side

[CubsWin]

vitters came into game 2 and immediately made an error playing 1b. seriously, 17 errors is pretty [expletive] awful in mid-june for a guy playing corner infield.

 

nick struck pitched pretty well but his defense folded in the 6th inning. wonder if he's got some potential as a back of the rotation guy? don't know much about his stuff.

 

I'm a lot more bullish on Struck than that. Fastball is supposedly topping out in the mid-90's (slight increase from last year numbers that I had), and have heard that his secondary stuff, change and slider, are both looking solid. Granted, that's off limited reports I have (3) so it is a SSS issue, but I think his ceiling could be a good mid-rotation arm.

 

If Whitenack hadn't gone down, who would you be more bullish on: Whitenack, Struck or Beeler?

Me personally, and I'm no scout, Whitenack.