Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-14-11

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 9-1 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 0/4, 2 K

1B S. Moore 1/4, K, E (14, fielding)

RF B. Snyder 1/4, 2 K

1B B. LaHair 3/4, R, RBI, 2B (32), HR (32), K

2B DJ LeMahieu 1/4, K

DH M. Spencer 1/4, 2 K

3B R. Flaherty 0/4, 2 K

SS M. Gonzalez 0/3

C C. Robinson 1/3, K

SP C. Rusin 6 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 3 HR, Balk, 5-3 GO-FO

RP J. Berg 2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, HR, HBP, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 4-1 Box Score

 

CF JH Ha 0/4, K

3B J. Vitters 2/4, RBI

RF N. Perez 0/3, K

SS J. Lake 0/3, 2 K

SP L. Suarez 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, HR, 5-5 GO-FO

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

RP M. Hatley 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, HR, 3-0 GO-FO

RP J. Beliveau 1 perfect, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Daytona PPD

 

Peoria lost 8-2 Box Score

 

2B A. Alcantara 1/4, R

CF R. Silva 2/4, R, 3B (5)

1B R. Jones 1/4, RBI, 3 K, 2 E (10, fielding, missed catch)

3B D. Geiger 1/4, 2B (7), E (9, throw)

C S. Burruel 0/3, 3 K, HBP, PB (4)

DH B. Klafczynski 0/3, K

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

RP P. Levitt 2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, HR, 2-1 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 14-10 Box Score

 

2B Z. DeVoss 1/3, 2 BB, 3 R

LF PC Chen 3/3, BB, 3 R, 5 RBI, 3B (3), HR (2), 2 SB (17), CS (6)

RF R. Golden 2/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (3), 2 K

1B P. Hoilman 0/5, R, 3 K, E (4, missed catch)

3B W. Contreras 2/4, E (15, fielding)

CF O. Zapata 0/4, K, CS (2)

SS B. Zapenas 1/1, R

SP YL Wang 2.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 5 BB, 6 K, 1-0 GO-FO

RP S. McDonald 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, HR, WP, 4-1 GO-FO

RP C. Thomas 2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, HR, Balk, 2-2 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost a rain-shortened game 5-4 Box Score

 

SS F. Sanchez 0/1, BB, K

SS J. Ortega 0/1

SP G. Abreu 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, WP, 4-3 GO-FO

RP V. Salazar 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, WP, 3-0 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 6-2 Box Score

 

CF J. Baez 2/5, BB, 2 R, 2 2B (11), K

SS C. Penalver 1/4, R, SB (19)

3B J. Candelario 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (15), 2 K

1B D. Arcila 2/4, BB, K, CS (4)

RF X. Batista 0/4, K

 

OVERALL: 1-5

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Chris Rusin (5-3, 3.55 ERA, 106.1 IP, 76 K, 20 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Larry Suarez (1-1, 1.41 ERA, 32 IP, 40 K, 8 BB)

Daytona: RHP Angel Guzman (0-1, 3.64 ERA, 29.2 IP, 25 K, 4 BB)

Peoria: RHP Brett Wallach (3-7, 5.66 ERA, 98.2 IP, 78 K, 39 BB)

Boise: RHP Yao-Lin Wang (3-3, 2.67 ERA, 54 IP, 57 K, 12 BB)

[imb]

Wow, I didn't realize Suarez was all the way to Tennessee

[KingCubsFan]

Wasn't Yao-Lin Wang given a pretty big bonus?

Edit: Nevermind. Saw it in the other thread.

[Vanilla Ice]

Suarez's line at Tennessee is so sexy

[Cubswin11]

Wow, I didn't realize Suarez was all the way to Tennessee

I didn't realize he was only 22, seems like he has been in the system forever.

[Guest]

Wow, I didn't realize Suarez was all the way to Tennessee

I didn't realize he was only 22, seems like he has been in the system forever.

 

21 actually, he doesn't turn 22 til Christmastime.

[Cubswin11]

Wow, I didn't realize Suarez was all the way to Tennessee

I didn't realize he was only 22, seems like he has been in the system forever.

 

21 actually, he doesn't turn 22 til Christmastime.

I really would have guessed he was at least 24-25 without looking up his info. What's his ceiling? #2/3 starter? His age/numbers at AA are intriguing.

[toonsterwu]

I don't think anyone really has a clear idea of what Suarez's ceiling is. I mean, it's high (ceiling that is), but he just hasn't done enough to get a good gauge.

[Guest]

I don't think anyone really has a clear idea of what Suarez's ceiling is. I mean, it's high (ceiling that is), but he just hasn't done enough to get a good gauge.

 

Yeah, he throws hard and has a good slider but he has only thrown 79 innings in full season ball in his career and today is his 2nd career start in full season ball.

 

Suarez's line at Tennessee is so sexy

 

FYI, that's his stat line for the season between Peoria, Daytona and Tennessee. He's only thrown 4 innings at Tennessee.

[Guest]

Rusin is following up his best start of his career with a real clunker. He's give up 5 earned in 4.2 and served up 3 HR.

 

Daytona postponed in August. A real shocker.

[TruffleShuffle]

Suarez's line at Tennessee is so sexy

 

:?:

 

he had pitched 4 innings there coming into today.

 

also, suarez has allowed 5 earned runs and 5 home runs this year, which is a really neat trick.

[Guest]

4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 5-5 GO-FO, 66-39 pitches-strikes.

[Rob]

Didn't make it to the Peoria game today like I had planned to... instead I got to learn the difference between partial seizures and idiopathic head bobbing in my English Bulldog.

 

I may end up going tomorrow instead.

[sandbergcubs]

I don't think anyone really has a clear idea of what Suarez's ceiling is. I mean, it's high (ceiling that is), but he just hasn't done enough to get a good gauge.

 

Yeah i ws wondering what everyone was so excited about... He has allowed 6 HR in less than 40 innings? and 10 unearned runs to go along with the earnies.. So not as good a season as it looks just yet,

 

still there is hope, lets hope he can make something of himself.. Even if he is Zambranos cousin haha

[Little Slide Rooter]

Pretty awful day on the farm. I think Jeff Beliveau was the only somewhat notable performance of the day. Vitters had a pair of singles, so there's that too.

[videographer]

After attending a Peoria series last year, I made some notes on some of the players of interest. Here is what I thought of Larry Suarez:

 

"Big man, big rump. Pitches off a stiff front leg, like planting a pole vault. His knee locks into place and almost looks bent slightly backward. This will lead to more arm trouble in the future. He had trouble repeating his delivery as he fell off to the side every other pitch. He threw a 93/94 mph FB from the wind-up, but 89/91 FB from the stretch. For all his size, he is athletic, making a very quick pick-off move to 2nd to nail the runner."

 

After watching his success in the box scores this year, I have wondered if the Cubs fixed his front leg plant. I thought that was his biggest problem with his mechanics. If anyone has a chance to see Suarez pitch this year, I would be curious to know his follow through.