Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-15-12

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 11-10 in the 13th Box Score

 

RF T. Campana 3/4, R, RBI, HR (1), SB (6), CS (2)

CF B. Jackson 1/5, 2 BB, R, 3 K

1B A. Rizzo 3/7, R

DH A. Cardenas 4/7, RBI

3B J. Vitters 0/2

SP R. Wells 2.1 IP, 8 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, HR, 1-1 GO-FO

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

RP S. Maine 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 4-2 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 5-4 Box Score

 

SS E. Soto 2/4, BB, 2 2B (2), K

2B L. Watkins 1/1, 3 BB, R

CF JH Ha 0/4, K

1B J. Bour 0/4, K

LF R. Ridling 1/4, R, 2B (2), 2 K

RF M. Burgess 0/3, BB, K

SP N. Struck 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 5-6 GO-FO

RP M. Hatley 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, HR, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 2-1 in the 12th Box Score

 

DH M. Szczur 1/5, R

2B R. Silva 2/3, BB, 2B (5), K

3B G. Rohan 0/4, BB

SS A. Alcantara 1/5

LF J. Andreoli 2/5, 2B (1)

SP A. Kirk 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 11-7 GO-FO

RP AJ Morris .2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2-0 GO-FO

RP C. Harman 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GO-FO

RP L. Suarez 1.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-2 GO-FO

 

Peoria won 5-3 in the 11th Box Score

 

2B Z. DeVoss 2/5, BB, R, 2 RBI, 3B (1)

CF PC Chen 1/5, R, RBI, CS (1), Assist (2B)

SS M. Hernandez 1/5, R, 2 K

LF O. Zapata 2/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (1), HR (1), K, Assist (3B)

SP W. Cruz 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, WP, 7-3 GO-FO

RP L. Liria 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP, 1-2 GO-FO

RP A. McKirahan 1.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GO-FO

RP YL Wang 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-1 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 1-3

[El Duderino]

am I the only one who starts singing soundgarden songs every time I go in one of these threads?

[Splendid Splinter]

am I the only one who starts singing soundgarden songs every time I go in one of these threads?

 

 

Which one?

[El Duderino]

am I the only one who starts singing soundgarden songs every time I go in one of these threads?

 

 

Which one?

 

Well, the obvious one, which leads to others.

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Randy Wells (1-0, 5.25 ERA, 12 IP, 7 K, 3 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Nick Struck (1-1, 2.25 ERA, 12 IP, 15 K, 3 BB)

Daytona: TBD

Peoria: LHP Willengton Cruz (0-2, 12.46 ERA, 4.1 IP, 2 K, 3 BB)

 

It should be Austin Kirk's turn in the rotation but Daytona still has it listed as TBD.

[PriortoTheoIhadWood]

What kind of arm are we talking about here for Cruz? I remember him being vaguely interesting.

 

Also, any updates on the other, younger (? maybe) Baez? Upon a GOogle seems like he's an XST guy.

[davell]

Cruz is another guy to dream on. Very projectable, has room to add velo, needs much better command. Like Liria and Peralta, except he's a lefty. Jeffry Baez IS in EXST, my guess is he'll start off in Mesa.

[ctcf]

Campana showing off his Camp Bussy results with a leadoff HR

[El Duderino]

Campana showing off his Camp Bussy results with a leadoff HR

 

:shock:

[ctcf]

Valbuena with a grand slam. Rizzo, Cardenas 2-2

[Hairyducked Idiot]

The Vitters days off/batting 8th (even when a DH means a real hitter is ninth) are getting on my nerves. But there's probably a good reason.

[ctcf]

Holy crap Randy Wells is terrible.

[Guest]

Austin Kirk with a strong outing.

[Outshined_One]

Cruz with a much better outing this time around.

[Guest]

Wow, Randy Wells was wretched today.

[Guest]

Cruz with a much better outing this time around.

Being shown up by Liria, though.

[Guest]

Brett Jackson just struck out against Aaron Heilman. I'm officially worried about his ability to make contact against awful pitchers!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Struck was kind of sucky going 5.0 with 3 H 2 ER 4 BB 1 K

[Outshined_One]

Lots of free baseball today. Kind of unusual to see.

 

Good to see Zapata have a strong debut with Peoria.

[PriortoTheoIhadWood]

Cruz with a much better outing this time around.

Being shown up by Liria, though.

 

Liria was the guy I remember getting talk last year. He has a change up?

 

I wonder what Vitters is doing when he's out. He's not injured so it must be some coaching time. Easy contact is a great skill to have, especially at his size and age.

[pitchcs]

I get so happy when I come in here and there are key player stats at the top. Thanks O_O.

[HossmanGT]

Brett Jackson just struck out against Aaron Heilman. I'm officially worried about his ability to make contact against awful pitchers!

 

As much as I like Jackson, I'm pretty much convinced he's going to strike out ~30% of the time as a big leaguer. If that's the case, what's the best we could reasonably hope for in terms of a projected batting average? Even with the high strikeout rate in the minors, he's surprisingly been able to put up pretty strong batting averages at each level.

[Little Slide Rooter]

John Andreoli sure does get on base alot. .517 OBP. Doesnt seem to have much power though.

 

I wonder if there's any legitamacy to Valbenas early numbers or if it's just the PCL working it's magic? With he and Cardenas rakng down there, DeWitt could be on borrowed time.