Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-2-11

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 15-5 Box Score

 

CF L. Montanez 1/5, R, RBI, 3B (7)

SS M. Gonzalez 3/4, R, RBI, K, HBP, 2 E (4, throw x 2)

RF B. Snyder 0/1, K

C M. Mercedes 1/2, BB

DH/RF S. Moore 0/3, BB, K

3B DJ LeMahieu 3/4, RBI, CS (5)

LF R. Flaherty 0/4, 4 K

1B/RF/P M. Spencer 1/4, R, E (2, throw)

2B M. Smith 1/4, R, RBI, 2B (16), K

C/1B C. Robinson 3/4, R, RBI, 2B (14)

SP A. Cabrera 5 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 2 HR, 6-6 GO-FO

RP C. Smith 1.1 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GO-FO

RP K. Smit .2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee won 3-2 Box Score

 

CF JH Ha 0/3, 2 K, HBP

RF N. Perez 0/0, BB

LF R. Ridling 1/4, R, K

1B J. Vitters 0/3, BB, K

SS J. Lake 1/3, BB, R, 3B (2), SB (18)

2B N. Samson 1/4, RBI, 2 K, E (9, fielding)

SP R. Searle 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, HBP, 12-1 GO-FO

RP HW Chen .1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO

RP J. Beliveau 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO

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

 

Daytona lost 15-4 Box Score

 

CF L. Watkins 1/5, R, 2B (14), K

2B M. Cerda 2/4, BB, R, E (17, fielding)

1B G. Rohan 1/4, BB, R, 2 K

LF A. Abreu 1/4, RBI, 2 K

RF M. Burgess 1/2, 2 BB

SS E. Soto 0/4, K

C C. Noble 1/4, 2B (2)

SP C. Harman 3.2 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 HR, HBP, 5-2 GO-FO

RP B. Ebinger 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GO-FO

RP Y. Negrin 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-1 GO-FO

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

 

Peoria won 4-2 Box Score

 

DH T. Easterling 0/4, 2 K

CF R. Silva 1/4, R, 3B (7), 2 K

3B D. Geiger 1/3, RBI, 2B (10), K

1B R. Jones 0/3, BB, 3 K

2B A. Alcantara 1/4, R, K

LF J. Morelli 1/4, R

SS K. Socorro 1/3, RBI

C S. Burruel 0/3, 2 K, PB (6)

SP L. Liria 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 3-4 GO-FO

RP C. Thomas 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 3-2 Box Score

 

LF Z. DeVoss 0/3, BB, K

CF KM Na 1/4, R, 2 K

C R. Lopez 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (6), K

1B R. Cuneo 1/4

DH P. Hoilman 0/4, 3 K

RF R. Golden 0/4, 2 K

SS W. Darvill 0/2, 2 BB, 2 K, E (17, throw)

2B B. Zapenas 1/3

SP B. Wells 7 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, HR, HBP, 14-1 GO-FO

RP K. Burke 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, HBP

 

OVERALL: 2-3

[imb]

Any word on Sczur?

[Rob]

Vitters with another walk tonight.

 

Lake too.

 

@#$& the heck?

[toonsterwu]

intriguing start for Luis Liria - 6ip, 3 h, 2 bb, 2 R, 9 K, 3:4 GO/FO so far.

 

Cerda's error led to 7 unearned. Ugh. If he could be decent defensively at 2nd, he'd have a better shot, but right now, looks like a system guy, despite his age (only 21).

 

So far, the typical Ben Wells start (7:0 GO/FO through 3). If the secondary pitches come around and get more consistent ...

[TruffleShuffle]

cerda won best defensive 3b in his league. i don't know how he is at 2b but i can't imagine that he's abysmal there if he's good at 3b.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Both Szczur and Baez out of their lineups. Makes me a bit nervous, but if there were any big injuries,we'd have heard about them by now. Right?

[toonsterwu]

cerda won best defensive 3b in his league. i don't know how he is at 2b but i can't imagine that he's abysmal there if he's good at 3b.

 

The reports on Cerda at 2nd are below average. It's part of the reason why the Cubs haven't given him a ton of work there. I haven't seen enough to get a good feel for why he's below average (simply haven't seen him enough when he has played 2nd) - you would think that, physically, he has enough range to handle the position.

[toonsterwu]

uh oh ... sure sounds like Beeler got hurt again. Anyone hear anything? Came in and was suddenly replaced.

 

On the plus side, Thomas had a solid 2 innings of work.

 

Ben Wells with a solid start: 7 ip, 3 h (1 solot shot), 2r, 0 bb, 1 hbp, 5 K's, 14:1 GO/FO.

 

Searle with a nice start as well: 6 ip, 2 h, 1 unearned run, 3bb, 4K's, 2 WP, 1 HBP, 13:1 GO/FO.

[TruffleShuffle]

that relief pitcher we got in the fukudome trade fuckin sucks.

[toonsterwu]

I didn't really think Smith would stick that long with us (that is more than this year), in all honesty. He's a decent arm, but we have enough decent upper level middle relief arms. I guess I could see him back next year, but there are enough options that it really isn't needed. Abreu was the lottery ticket gamble (and I don't like Abreu either ... still, the deal was for Fukudome).

[Guest]

uh oh ... sure sounds like Beeler got hurt again. Anyone hear anything? Came in and was suddenly replaced.

 

On the plus side, Thomas had a solid 2 innings of work.

 

Ben Wells with a solid start: 7 ip, 3 h (1 solot shot), 2r, 0 bb, 1 hbp, 5 K's, 14:1 GO/FO.

 

Searle with a nice start as well: 6 ip, 2 h, 1 unearned run, 3bb, 4K's, 2 WP, 1 HBP, 13:1 GO/FO.

 

Wells has a 26/3 GO/FO in his last 2 starts. Nice to see him finish strong and go deep into a game like that.

[toonsterwu]

As a total side note, I've heard enough positive stuff on the potential of his slider to think that he has the potential to be a TOR type guy, but to be fair, right now, Wells projects more as a workhorse type, middle of the rotation arm. Slider has to be more consistent, he has to harness the sinker a bit better, as he gets some high pitch counts when he can't do that, and a 3rd pitch has to develop (is it a splitter or a change, off the top, I want to say splitter, but others seem to say change). But with that movement on the sinker, if he has a plus slider and a solid change, we could be looking at something special. Here's hoping ...

[TruffleShuffle]

how many top of the rotation guys are also extreme sinkerballers? maddux definitely allowed more grounders, and brandon webb was an extreme ground ball guy, but i can think of a lot more of the derek lowe/chien ming wang/aaron cook types. the extreme ground ball guys who were also aces had plus/plus-plus command and also good K rates.

 

but really, if wells turns into derek lowe or even aaron cook, that's just fine with me.