Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-7-12

[Outshined_One]

Writeup of the Peoria/Beloit game.

 

Sounds like Rosario and DeVoss were impressive.

[Wrigley Rat]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Hayden Simpson has just thrown a 1-2-3 inning, presumably his first ever.

 

Sweet.

 

Any velocity reports or something else we can pick at?

According to the D-Cubs announcers, Simpson was hitting upper 80s on radar gun in the stadium. That's progress for Simpson, although he still has a way to go.

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2012/4/7/2933579/cubs-minor-league-wrap-april-7

[dew1679666265]

I went to last night's Smokies/Lookouts game. Beeler looked pretty good even though he got hit a bit. He did seem to be able to keep the Lookouts hitters off balance enough that he didn't get hit really hard, but he did labor at points, letting guys get on base. AT&T Park didn't have any radar readings, so I have no idea what speeds he was throwing.

 

I don't know that Ridling and Bour will be any more than power bench bats, but both are big, impressive looking guys. Nate Samson isn't quite the slick fielder I expected to see given his less than impressive bat. He didn't really do anything bad with the glove, but he had a few opportunities to impress and didn't. Ha is really good in center, though. Made a few plays I thought for sure were over his head.