Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-18-11

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 8-7 Box Score

 

CF B. Jackson 2/5, 2 R, 2B (8), K, SB (5)

SS M. Gonzalez 1/3, 2 RBI, 2B (9), K

LF L. Montanez 0/3, 2 BB, 2 R, Assist (2B)

1B B. LaHair 1/4, BB, R, RBI, 2 K

3B S. Moore 2/4, 2 R, RBI, HBP

DH DJ LeMahieu 2/4, BB, RBI, 2B (6)

2B R. Flaherty 2/4, 2 RBI, 2 K

RF M. Spencer 1/3, R, RBI, K

C C. Robinson 2/4

SP A. Cabrera 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 3-5 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff)

RP R. Coello 2.2 perfect, 3 K, 3-1 GO-FO

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

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

 

Tennessee won 4-1 Box Score

 

SS J. Lake 2/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B 6), HR (5)

CF JH Ha 1/3, RBI, 2B (15), K

1B R. Ridling 2/4, R, RBI, HR (17), CS (2)

3B J. Vitters 0/4, K, E (23, fielding)

RF N. Samson 0/3, K, HBP

SP R. Searle 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 2 HBP, 8-3 GO-FO

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

 

Daytona won 4-3 Box Score

 

CF/LF E. Crawford 3/5, 2 RBI, SB (30)

2B L. Watkins 0/4, K

3B M. Cerda 2/4, RBI, SB (3), E (10, throw)

DH G. Rohan 1/3, 2 K, HBP

1B J. Bour 2/4

LF/RF A. Abreu 0/4, 3 K, Assist (2B)

RF M. Burgess 1/3, BB, R, 2B (22), Assist (Home)

PR/CF M. Szczur 0/0, R

SS E. Soto 1/3, 2 R

C C. Noble 1/4, K

SP C. Harman 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 BB, 6 K, WP, 3-2 GO-FO

RP A. Kurcz 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-2 GO-FO

RP K. Smit 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, HBP, 4-1 GO-FO

RP F. Batista 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Peoria won 5-4 Box Score

 

2B A. Alcantara 0/3, 2 BB, K, SB (8), CS (3), E (37, throw)

CF R. Silva 2/5, R

1B R. Jones 2/5, R, RBI

3B D. Geiger 3/5, 2 R, RBI, K

C M. Gibbs 2/3, BB, RBI, 2B (11)

DH J. Morelli 1/4, RBI, K

DH B. Klafczynski 1/3, BB, RBI

SP L. Liria 4 IP, 1 H, 3 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, Balk, 4-3 GO-FO

RP P. Francescon 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, WP, 5-2 GO-FO

RP R. Pichardo 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 4-0 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 8-2 Box Score

 

2B Z. DeVoss 2/4, BB, R, K

CF PC Chen 1/3, BB, R, K

PH K. Socorro 0/1, K

1B R. Cuneo 1/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (3), 2 K, E (1, fielding)

DH P. Hoilman 0/2, 2 BB, K

LF W. Contreras 0/3, 2 K

SS W. Darvill 0/2, 2 BB, K

RF O. Zapata 0/4, 2 K

SP B. Wells 3.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, HR, 2 WP, 6-0 GO-FO

RP K. Burke 3.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 3-1 GO-FO

RP C. Thomas 1 perfect, 1 K

 

AZL Cubs lost 5-4 Box Score

 

CF T. Martin 1/5, RBI, K, 2 SB (2)

2B M. Hernandez 1/4, BB, R, K, SB (9)

SS G. Amaya 0/3, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 E (12, fielding, throw)

RF J. Andreoli 1/4, PO (1B)

C N. Rosario 1/4, K

DH DY Kim 1/4, R, 2B (9), K

LF G. Schlecht 0/1, BB

LF KM Na 1/2, RBI, 2B (5)

SP G. Hicks .2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

RP JY Kim 4.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4-7 GO-FO, E (1, throw)

RP J. Pugliese 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-2 GO-FO

RP RP A. McKirahan .1 perfect, 2-0 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost Game 1 of their DH 3-2 in the 8th Box Score

 

2B/LF A. Gonzalez 0/4

SS F. Sanchez 0/3, BB, 2 K

SP G. Abreu 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 8-2 GO-FO, E (5, pickoff)

 

Game 2 of DSL Cubs 1's DH Suspended

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 7-6 Box Score

 

CF J. Baez 3/3, BB, 2B (12), SB (30), CS (9), Assist (Home)

SS C. Penalver 0/5, R, K, E (15, fielding)

3B J. Candelario 0/2, 2 BB, R, HBP, E (15, throw)

1B/RF X. Batista 2/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (11), E (6, pickoff)

SP P. Araujo 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, HR, WP, HBP, 4-2 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 5-3

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Alberto Cabrera (8-6, 5.91 ERA, 115.2 IP, 85 K, 63 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Ryan Searle (5-4, 3.07 ERA, 91 IP, 79 K, 45 BB)

Daytona: LHP Casey Harman (5-3, 2.51 ERA, 68 IP, 60 K, 8 BB)

Peoria: RHP Luis Liria (3-4, 3.97 ERA, 47.2 IP, 40 K, 12 BB)

Boise: RHP Ben Wells (3-3, 4.47 ERA, 56.1 IP, 38 K, 17 BB)

AZL Cubs: RHP Jin-Young Kim (4-2, 5.50 ERA, 36 IP, 25 K, 17 BB)

[BeerHere]

Anyone have any information on what Harmon throws? He's pitching well in Daytona at 22, love the K:BB ratio. Is he another soft-tossing lefty with control or does he have some projection left?

[Guest]

Graham Hicks got the start for Mesa. He must have a really low pitch limit right now since he didn't get out of the 1st, which makes me think he probably won't make it back to Peoria before the season is over.

[Guest]

Anyone have any information on what Harmon throws? He's pitching well in Daytona at 22, love the K:BB ratio. Is he another soft-tossing lefty with control or does he have some projection left?

 

Yeah, he's another soft tosser. Primarily works in the upper 80s but his FB has good sink to it.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Szczur with a night off after being pinch hit for yesterday. Anyone know if there's an injury or just a night off, or perhaps he's taken it upon himself to hunt down Keith Law.

[StarlinOnYou]

Searle continues to pitch well.

[toonsterwu]

Graham Hicks got the start for Mesa. He must have a really low pitch limit right now since he didn't get out of the 1st, which makes me think he probably won't make it back to Peoria before the season is over.

 

Good to see him back. He had been having a decent enough season in Peoria. Better for him to get fully healthy, see if he can get stronger/fill in a bit, and give Peoria another go in his age 22 season. He's one of the few lefties in the system with some projection left.

 

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Fairly curious how Rubi Silva does away from the MWL. Still not a huge fan of the discipline for the skillset, but enough people speak highly of how he looks in practice that I wonder if he is a possible takeoff/breakout type of guy.

 

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Ryan Flaherty's been swinging a better bat of late. Gun to my head, and I still have questions if he can actually make it as a starter. The more I think about it, the more I wonder why he couldn't be a 2nd division starter, provided he settles in at a spot. I buy his ability to make enough contact (say, .250 on a bad year, .270ish on a good year), he has a solid enough approach/eye at the plate, and he has big time power. A .260/.350/.450 guy could certainly be a 2nd division starter if the right opportunity presented itself.

[StarlinOnYou]

BJax - 2/4, 2 runs, 2B, SB.. .310 now @ AAA

[Thrilho]

Great day for Lake in the leadoff spot, 2-5 with a 2B and HR. His last game he went 2-5 with a HR in the 9th spot, then sat a game, then had the game today. Here's hoping he stays in the leadoff spot and has a good run. I'm still a big fan of his tools if he can cut down on the strikeouts.

 

Boise had a ton of walks today. I'm wondering if the young guys will take the recent quotes from Wilken about drafting "intelligent" players who get on base to heart and start taking more walks. DeVoss probably has that Rogers article taped up on his locker where Ricketts is raving over him. PC Chen is one guy down there who had a walk today and could stand to take a few more.

 

Evan Crawford also had a decent day, going 3-5 out of the leadoff spot. I mostly write him off because of his strikeout rate, but it improved significantly from May to July.

 

April 22% 13K / 58 AB

May 29% 31K / 108 AB

June 21% 19K / 92 AB

July 13% 12K / 91 AB

Aug 29% 13K / 44 AB

Total 22% 88K / 298

 

Last year he had 126 Ks in 486 ABs for 26% K rate, so there's some decent improvement there, particularly considering the .681 to .791 OPS bump. Not to mention the SB rate improvement.

 

Searle had a great looking game too. He's becoming very interesting again.

[jersey cubs fan]

That's a lot of very long games if they are all still in progress.

[Guest]

Yikes, Ben Wells.

 

Also, heard Blair Springfield crashed into the OF wall and was in a sling after the game. His season might be over.

[imb]

Szczur with a night off after being pinch hit for yesterday. Anyone know if there's an injury or just a night off, or perhaps he's taken it upon himself to hunt down Keith Law.

 

Maybe just still feeling the effects of the hand injury?

[Cubswin11]

Szczur with a night off after being pinch hit for yesterday. Anyone know if there's an injury or just a night off, or perhaps he's taken it upon himself to hunt down Keith Law.

 

Maybe just still feeling the effects of the hand injury?

Sounds like he's feeling the effects of being sucky mcksuckstein @klaw