Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-23-12

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 8-3 Box Score

 

Tennessee lost 8-6 Box Score

 

Daytona lost 8-7 Box Score

 

Peoria lost 11-0 Box Score

 

OVERALL: 0-4 :(

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Brooks Raley (at Tennessee: 3.51 ERA, 3.45 FIP, 48.2 IP, 29 K, 12 BB) - AAA debut

Tennessee: RHP Nick Struck (4.09 ERA, 4.30 FIP, 50.2 IP, 37 K, 19 BB)

Daytona: LHP Frank Del Valle (4.18 ERA, 4.31 FIP, 28 IP, 20 K, 4 BB)

Peoria: RHP Jose Rosario (4.37 ERA, 3.05 FIP, 47.1 IP, 44 K, 17 BB)

[BeerHere]

I fail to see the logic in promoting Raley from Peoria to Iowa. When did that happen?

[davell]

I fail to see the logic in promoting Raley from Peoria to Iowa. When did that happen?

 

It didn't. Raley was in Tennessee for over a year.

[Guest]

I fail to see the logic in promoting Raley from Peoria to Iowa. When did that happen?

That was a typo on my part - he was at Tennessee and was bumped up to Iowa yesterday. I fixed my post.

[El Duderino]

Brett Jackson in the lineup, batting 6th.

[rawaction]

29-pitch 1st inning for Raley, over 1/2 of them out of the strikezone

 

1 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

[El Duderino]

Brett Jackson first AB: 3 pitch K

[PriortoTheoIhadWood]

Brett Jackson first AB: 3 pitch K

 

Is it way too soon to start referring to him as "this fuckin guy?"

 

He needs a vacation or something.

 

Also, welcome to the PCL Señor Raley.

[sneakypower]

he's still comfortably a top-3 prospect in our system; why would we do that?

[El Duderino]

Brett Jackson first AB: 3 pitch K

 

5 pitches this time. Progress?

[BeerHere]

I fail to see the logic in promoting Raley from Peoria to Iowa. When did that happen?

 

It didn't. Raley was in Tennessee for over a year.

Good god I need some coffee.

[Cubswin11]

Brett Jackson first AB: 3 pitch K

 

5 pitches this time. Progress?

This is getting ridiculous, I know he's always had decently high K rates in the minors but he's at an insane K rate right nwo. He almost has to be either hurt or working on changing/fixing something in his swing and/or approach.

[PriortoTheoIhadWood]

I'm still willing to blame the back + a funk.

[rawaction]

BRETT PUT THE BALL IN PLAY!!! Singled in the 6th. That was 2 batters after a RIZZO BOMB!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Rizzo 2-4 with his league leading 16th HR

Vitters and Jackson each have a hit.

Raley's AAA debut did not go very well

That is all

[ctcf]

Rizzo #16

[ctcf]

Vitters with a double. 2-3 with a K on the day.

[ctcf]

Fun #'s: In 2011 at AAA, Rizzo had 26 HR in 93 games/356 AB. This year he has 16 in 44 games/168 AB.

[PriortoTheoIhadWood]

Fun #'s: In 2011 at AAA, Rizzo had 26 HR in 93 games/356 AB. This year he has 16 in 44 games/168 AB.

 

He loves him some PCL.

 

Good to see the Vitters get a couple of hits, and good to see that one of them is a double. He really needs to get his line up, and also get rid of that Jeff Baker-esque LH/RH split of his.

[El Duderino]

Fun #'s: In 2011 at AAA, Rizzo had 26 HR in 93 games/356 AB. This year he has 16 in 44 games/168 AB.

 

He loves him some PCL..

 

There's some truth to this, but Iowa ain't no Tucson.

[rawaction]

Sappelt with a nice current little 6-game stretch.

 

7-23, with a couple doubles and walks. .304/.360/.391. He continues to put the ball in play pretty well, now needs some luck and to get that little power stroke he showed early in the year back.

[Cubswin11]

Sappelt with a nice current little 6-game stretch.

 

7-23, with a couple doubles and walks. .304/.360/.391. He continues to put the ball in play pretty well, now needs some luck and to get that little power stroke he showed early in the year back.

I was hoping he'd be the guy to get called up over Campana when we traded Byrd to get the majority of starts in CF. If/when we trade Soriano/Dejesus or one gets hurt hopefully he's the next guy in line to get called up and see some starts in the OF.

[Guest]

There has to be something physically wrong* with Jackson

 

*I don't necessarily mean injury, but his timing or something in his swing has to be way, way off.

[rawaction]

Jackson put the ball in play again, grounding out to 2B. Hopefully something is clicking. He missed the first 4 pitches he swung at today (not including missing on a bunt attempt), but now has made contact with the last 2 he has swung at. Hey, I'm grasping at this point!