Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-11-12

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 5-1 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 2/5, RBI

RF B. Jackson 0/4, BB, 2 K

LF D. Sappelt 0/3, BB

1B A. Rizzo 0/4, K

C W. Castillo 3/3, BB, 3 R, RBI, 2B (2), HR (1), E (3, fielding)

SS A. Cardenas 1/3, BB, R, 3B (2)

3B J. Vitters 2/3, R, 2 RBI

SP C. Coleman 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 7-3 GO-FO

RP B. Parker 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 2-1 Box Score

 

2B L. Watkins 1/4, R, 3 K

DH JH Ha 1/4, K

LF R. Ridling 1/4, 2 K

1B J. Bour 0/3, RBI, K

SP T. McNutt 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, WP, 6-0 GO-FO

RP J. Antigua 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-2 GO-FO

RP K. Rhoderick 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, HR, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 7-1 Box Score

 

CF M. Szczur 0/2, 2 BB, SB (2)

2B R. Torreyes 0/4, 2 K

1B G. Rohan 2/4, K

SS A. Alcantara 0/4, 2 K, 2 E (5, fielding x 2)

LF R. Silva 3/4, R, 2B (3)

SP E. Jokisch 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, HBP, 8-4 GO-FO

RP B. Wallach 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 3-0 GO-FO

RP L. Suarez 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, WP, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Peoria won 5-3 Box Score

 

2B Z. DeVoss 2/5, R, 2B (2), 2 K

SS W. Darvill 2/4, BB, R, K

LF R. Golden 1/3, BB, K

CF PC Chen 0/4, 2 K

SP M. Jensen 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, WP, 9-2 GO-FO

RP YL Wang 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 0-3 GO-FO

RP A. McKirahan 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2-0 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 2-2

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Casey Coleman (0-1, 7.20 ERA, 5 IP, 5 K, 0 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Trey McNutt (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.2 IP, 3 K, 3 BB)

Daytona: RHP Matt Loosen (0-1, 81.00 ERA, 0.1 IP, 0 K, 4 BB)

Peoria: RHP Michael Jensen (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 IP, 2 K, 1 BB)

[ctcf]

Pretty intriguing pitching day. Here's hoping McNutt can continue to improve.

[biittner77]

Matt Loosen looking to improve his 81.00 era

[Named After Maddux]

Matt Loosen looking to improve his 81.00 era

Hopefully he can get it down to a very manageable 27.00 or even 18.00, but let's not get too carried away.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I can't help but notice Adrian Cardenas' line of .318/.292/.727. How can his OBP be that much lower than his avg?

[CubColtPacer]

I can't help but notice Adrian Cardenas' line of .318/.292/.727. How can his OBP be that much lower than his avg?

 

Two sacrifice flies combined with no walks.

[ctcf]

Nitpick: The Iowa game is sadly at 6:35 and not 12:10. And here I thought I'd be able to pay attention to that rather than class.

[Guest]

psst, the Cubs play at 1

[ctcf]

psst, the Cubs play at 1

 

Yes but I wanted to follow baseball.

[Guest]

The Smokies are on right now.

 

McNutt continues to rack up the strikeouts but also the walks and pitches. 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K. 71 pitches - don't think he's going to get past 5 today.

[Guest]

And Tennessee is facing one of the best prospects in baseball, James Paxton. They got 1 in the 1st thanks to 3 consecutive singles by Watkins (bunt), Ha (bunt) and Ridling, followed by a sac fly by Bour.

[ctcf]

The Smokies are on right now.

 

McNutt continues to rack up the strikeouts but also the walks and pitches. 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K. 71 pitches - don't think he's going to get past 5 today.

 

Came out in the 5th but left after giving up a leadoff single.

[toonsterwu]

It's far too early to reach any conclusions on anyone (I certainly wasn't too intrigued with Rhee last April), but here's hoping McNutt can start showing better command/control, because he seems to be continuing some of the same problems from last year.

[Guest]

It's far too early to reach any conclusions on anyone (I certainly wasn't too intrigued with Rhee last April), but here's hoping McNutt can start showing better command/control, because he seems to be continuing some of the same problems from last year.

 

Agreed but I do like seeing the strikeouts up and he's far less hittable than last season.

[ctcf]

What's Antigua's ceiling?

[toonsterwu]

What's Antigua's ceiling?

 

Well ... I thought he had a ceiling as a possible 4th starter, with 3 above average pitches, but now, he seems pegged for the pen. In the pen, he's at least a potentially good LOOGY, but if he jacks up fastball velocity a bit, maybe a bit more (not sure what early reports are saying).

[davell]

I would have said a decent 4/5 starter, until we decided to put him in the pen. Now I guess I'm hopeful of a setup guy, not a LOOGY. Think it was too soon to give up on him as a SP though, for sure.

[Guest]

What's Antigua's ceiling?

 

I'd say a 3/4 starter but apparently that ship has sailed.

[toonsterwu]

Antigua's coming through with a stellar outing so far (3 ip, 3 h, 1 bb, 3 K's, 1 R). The plus part is that it keeps us in the game. The negative part is ... (not a serious negative) that it sure makes me wonder about him as a starter.

[StarlinOnYou]

Vitters.. singles again. Ugh. .444 average however.

 

Jackson with a 9 pitch walk.

 

2-0 Iowa early.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

This is today's, right? Days are hard.

 

Vitters singled in his first at-bat, already extending his hit streak.

[TruffleShuffle]

so what if vitters is a guy who makes lots of contact but doesn't hit for much power, what can we hope he turns into? jeff cirillo with fewer walks? placido polanco without the defense?

[ctcf]

Castillo goes yard

[Guest]

Flipped back over to Iowa's gameday tab to see how Rizzo's AB went, got real excited when I saw Iowa had scored, then was disappointed to see that Castillo(a legit prospect in his own right) hit the HR. What is wrong with me?

 

 

In non-Iowa news, Szczur isn't doing much right now, but he seems to be exhibiting a lot more patience. 3 walks in 25 PA's for Daytona, after 5 walks in 175 PA's there last year.