Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-16-12

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 9-1 Box Score

 

2B B. DeWitt 1/4, 2B (2)

C B. Lalli 0/4, 3 K

1B A. Rizzo 1/4, 2B (17)

3B J. Vitters 4/4, R, 2B (16)

CF B. Jackson 1/4, 2B (15), 3 K

SP C. Rusin 3.1 IP, 9 H, 8 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2-2 GO-FO, 80-50 pitches-strikes; batting: 0/1

RP J. Jackson 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, HR, 2-2 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee won 2-1 Box Score

 

CF JH Ha 0/4

2B L. Watkins 1/4, K, SB (13)

SS J. Lake 0/3, R, BB, SB (6)

1B J. Bour 0/2, 2 BB, K

DH R. Ridling 1/3, R, HR (8), RBI, BB, 2 K

3B M. Cerda 0/3, K

SP E. Jokisch 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, HR, 9-4 GO-FO, 82-51 pitches-strikes

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

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

 

Peoria was suspended in the 4th (down 5-2) Box Score. The game will resume on Sunday.

 

Boise lost 7-4 Box Score

 

CF S. Dunston 0/3, HBP, PO

2B G. Amaya 1/4, R, 3B (1), 2 K

SS M. Hernandez 0/3, RBI, K

C W. Contreras 1/4, R, HR (1), RBI, E (1, throw)

1B R. Shoulders 1/4, R, HR (1), RBI, 2 K

3B J. Candelario 0/3, 2 K

LF X. Batista 0/2, R, BB, 2 K

DH DY Kim 1/3, 2B (1), K

SP J. Pugliese 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 6-5 GO-FO

RP A. Paulino 2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 0-3 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 3-1 Box Score

 

CF Je. Baez 1/2, R, BB, HBP, 3 SB (4), CS (1)

DH F. Sanchez 2/4, K, SB (3)

SP C. Rodriguez 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 5-3 GO-FO

RP J. De La Cruz 3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 2-1 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 4-3 Box Score

 

LF R. Marcano 1/4, R, BB, K

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

SS A. Gonzalez 1/1, RBI, 2 BB, SB (1)

SP L. Padron 3 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3-2 GO-FO

RP C. Pieters 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 5-0 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 1-4

 

FSL North All-Stars lost 6-3 Box Score

 

SS A. Alcantara 0/1, K

LF N. Perez 1/3, 2B (1), RBI, BB, K

DH G. Rohan 0/3, 2 K

SP A. Kirk 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 GO-FO, 15-8 pitches-strikes

[sporrer17]

Random observation, but Micah Gibbs has had a power surge this year (SSS, yes). He's got 4 HRs in 60 ABs this year. In 450 previous ABs in the minors, he had 2. What's his upside? Is he a guy with some power? Catchers with power are nice commodities. How is he as a fielder?

[davell]

Gibbs is a defensive catcher, thought to have 10ish homer pop, if things turned out right. I'd say there's a pretty decent chance he winds up as a major league backup at some point. The current power is probably an aberration, unless we hear he's made major changes.

[ctcf]

Boise Hawks Radio ‏@BoiseHawksRadio

The .@BoiseHawks are the only team in the entire NWL without a '12 Draft pick. .@Cubs have not assigned one as yet.

 

I kinda find that surprising for some reason. Is that a result of how much young pitching the Cubs went with early on and the desire to protect arms?

[El Duderino]

Boise Hawks Radio ‏@BoiseHawksRadio

The .@BoiseHawks are the only team in the entire NWL without a '12 Draft pick. .@Cubs have not assigned one as yet.

 

I kinda find that surprising for some reason. Is that a result of how much young pitching the Cubs went with early on and the desire to protect arms?

 

Bruno tweeted that he's going to Boise after a little time in AZ. Same thing, for Johnson, I believe. I think they're just getting guys acclimated before sending them to Boise.

[Guest]

Boise Hawks Radio ‏@BoiseHawksRadio

The .@BoiseHawks are the only team in the entire NWL without a '12 Draft pick. .@Cubs have not assigned one as yet.

 

I kinda find that surprising for some reason. Is that a result of how much young pitching the Cubs went with early on and the desire to protect arms?

 

It's because no one has "officially" signed per the Cubs yet. There will be a handful of guys who will join Boise shortly, like Bruno and the seniors who have signed.

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Chris Rusin (3.81 ERA, 5.18 FIP, 75.2 IP, 42 K, 23 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Eric Jokisch (1.40 ERA, 3.98 FIP, 25.2 IP, 10 K, 9 BB)

Peoria: LHP Gerardo Concepcion (7.50 ERA, 5.74 FIP, 42 IP, 23 K, 26 BB)

Boise: RHP James Pugliese (2011 in the AZL: 4.62 ERA, 4.32 FIP, 39 IP, 32 K, 12 BB)

 

Daytona Cubs taking part in the FSL All-Star game:

 

LHP Austin Kirk (starter)

SS Arismendy Alcantara

OF Nelson Perez

DH Greg Rohan

OF Matt Szczur (injured)

[RammyFanny]

Nice to see Baez's OBP about .100 points higher than his BA, even if it's aided by some HBP.

[abohnhoff]

Nice to see Baez's OBP about .100 points higher than his BA, even if it's aided by some HBP.

 

I love Baez's OBP strategy: stare at your homerun over the scoreboard, cuss at the pitcher rounding the bases, promptly get hit in the back the next at bat!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Having fun perusing this link, Baseball America top-100s since 1990:

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/all-time.html

 

With all the talk about Soler/Almora/Baez being top-50 next year, here's the other times the Cubs have had (at least) three top-50 guy:

 

1990

14. Mike Harkey

22. Ty Griffin

44. Earl Cunningham

70. Rick Wilkins

72. Derrick May

 

2001

2. Corey Patterson

17. Juan Cruz

22. Hee Seop Choi

37. Ben Christiansen

68. Carlos Zambrano

73. Luis Montanez

 

2002

2. Mark Prior

6. Juan Cruz

40. Hee Seop Choi

45. David Kelton

48. Bobby Hill

68. Nic Jackson

80. Carlos Zambrano

[davell]

Check Boston out in Theo's era(and no I haven't looked myself) but they're better to compare than our old regimes.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Check Boston out in Theo's era(and no I haven't looked myself) but they're better to compare than our old regimes.

 

No doubt. When I look at the Cubs' list, I just can't help but think how bad our organization must have been at development. Then I look at the difference in attitude between Epstein (working hard for every possible little edge) vs. Hendry/MacPhail (just sort of doing whatever they've always done), and it's not hard to see why. I'm really curious what we're going to get out of the guys that Hendry drafted but Epstein and Co. get a chance to develop.

 

That said, the Theo-Era Red Sox only had three top 50 guys one time:

 

2008.

4. Clay Buchholz

13. Jacoby Ellsbury

40. Lars Anderson

64. Justin Masterson

73. Jed Lowrie

94. Micheal Bowden

96. Ryan Kalish

[davell]

I wonder if there's a noticeable difference in Boston's success ratio in developing hitting versus pitching? Top 100 guys is probably too SSS to figure that out too. All I know is reading those articles about what's going on up in Boise makes me soooo much more confident that these guys actually have a plan, instead of whatever it was Hendry's mom and pop group were doing(or not doing).

[El Duderino]

@peoriachiefs

 

Clinton has the early 2-0 lead tonight. One out single vs. Concepcion, error by Baez, Balk on Concepcion, double by Yepez. 1r earned,.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Concepcion really is going to threaten to finish the season with more R than IP.

 

I want to believe the whole "he'd dominate if we let him throw his best pitches," but it sounds like coach BS.

 

 

This one might be rained out though. Looking ominous.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Three more in the second against Concepcion. Solid singles all over the place, a walk or two.

[RammyFanny]

Just pretend that he was essentially an advanced payment for getting dibs on Soler, and it'll feel better.

 

I have no clue of the validity on that, but every time he gets lit up...that's what i''ll think.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Baez with a crushed double down the line on the first pitch he saw.

 

Goldstein and the other guy talked about him a bit on the BP prospects podcast this week. Said that he doesn't have any sort of approach and is just in "see ball, hit ball" mode, but that's fine for now because he's too young to need an approach. It'll come later.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

In the interest of fairness, I'll mention that Concepcion had a 1-2-3 third.

[Named After Maddux]

Baez with a crushed double down the line on the first pitch he saw.

 

Goldstein and the other guy talked about him a bit on the BP prospects podcast this week. Said that he doesn't have any sort of approach and is just in "see ball, hit ball" mode, but that's fine for now because he's too young to need an approach. It'll come later.

 

The approach isn't that much of an issue because of the new organizational philosophy of not swinging at balls out of the zone. I have no problem if he's swinging at balls in the zone and laying off pitcher's pitches. Plus he's going to get preached for several years about good strike zone management.

[El Duderino]

In the interest of fairness, I'll mention that Concepcion had a 1-2-3 third.

 

i wonder how many 1-2-3s he's actually had.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Vitters, Jackson back-to-back doubles.

 

Baez bases loaded sac fly, robbed of a hit by a diving catch.

[RammyFanny]

Peoria's facing a first baseman with the first name "Ji-Man".

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Rizzo faces the extreme shift, bloops a double to shallow left. He cannot be stopped by any known methods.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Vitters 2-for-2 now. I noticed that going into today he had a .289 BABIP. That definitely seems a bit low, but I guess it might just be part of his approach. It was .290 last year in AA.

 

Brett Jackson brettjacksoned. Brettjackson is now a verb for striking out swinging.