Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-15-12

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 9-1 Box Score

 

RF D. Sappelt 0/3, R, 2 BB, K

2B A. Cardenas 4/5, R, 2B (14), 3 RBI

3B J. Vitters 1/5, 2B (28), RBI, 3 K, E (18, throw)

CF B. Jackson 0/4, BB, K

C W. Castillo 2/5, 2 R, K

SP C. Rusin 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, HBP, WP, 11-1 GO-FO, 88-49 pitches-strikes

RP J. Beliveau 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO

RP J. Jackson 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 6-1 Box Score

 

3B J. Lake 1/4, R, K, E (22, throw)

CF L. Watkins 2/4, K, SB (17)

RF JH Ha 1/4, K

1B J. Bour 1/3, RBI, BB

SP D. Beeler 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 12-2 GO-FO, 77-49 pitches-strikes

RP K. Rhoderick 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 2-0 GO-FO

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

 

Daytona won 4-3 on a walk-off Rubi Silva sac fly Box Score

 

LF J. Andreoli 1/3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB (33)

SS R. Torreyes 2/5, 2B (15), RBI

CF R. Silva 0/4, RBI, 2 K

3B M. Cerda 0/2, R, 2 BB, K

C M. Gibbs 2/4, R, RBI, K

SP R. Whitenack 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, HBP, 7-2 GO-FO

RP AJ Morris 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-2 GO-FO

 

Peoria lost 4-2 Box Score

 

2B Z. DeVoss 0/2, 3 BB, 2 SB (24), CS (10), PO

RF T. Easterling 1/4, BB, 2 K, CS (9)

3B D. Geiger 1/5, 2 K

SS Ja. Baez 3/4, 2B (5), 3B (4), CS (3), PO, E (11, throw)

LF O. Zapata 2/4, R, 2 K

CF PC Chen 1/3, RBI, BB, SB (20)

SP Z. Cates 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 2 HBP, WP, 10-0 GO-FO, 76-41 pitches-strikes

RP J. Antigua 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 5-4 Box Score

 

2B G. Amaya 0/0, HBP - left game after being hit in the head

PR-C L. Rymel 1/4, R, 2B (2)

SS M. Hernandez 1/3, R, K

DH S. Bruno 2/4, R, CS (2)

3B J. Candelario 1/3, R, RBI, BB, K, E (8, throw)

C-2B W. Contreras 0/3, BB, K

RF B. Rademacher 1/4, RBI

1B R. Shoulders 1/4, RBI

CF T. Martin 1/3, BB, CS (1)

SP F. Pena 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, HR, 5-4 GO-FO

RP W. Cruz 3+ IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP, WP, 5-1 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs and both DSL Cubs teams had the day off.

 

OVERALL: 2-3

 

DSL All-Star Game: NL All-Stars lost 6-3 Box Score

 

LF K. Encarnacion 1/1, R, BB

PH-DH R. Caro 0/1, BB, K

3B R. Alcala 1/1, R, 2B (1) - starter

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Chris Rusin (4.69 ERA, 5.43 FIP, 94 IP, 55 K, 34 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Dallas Beeler (3.99 ERA, 4.10 FIP, 94.2 IP, 45 K, 29 BB)

Daytona: RHP Robert Whitenack (6.67 ERA, 5.40 FIP, 27 IP, 17 K, 10 BB)

Peoria: RHP Zach Cates (3.38 ERA, 3.10 FIP, 13.1 IP, 11 K, 1 BB)

Boise: RHP Felix Pena (2.16 ERA, 3.53 FIP, 16.2 IP, 9 K, 8 BB)

[ctcf]

Javy triple #4

[Rizzo Smash]

Baez triple

[Guest]

11-game hitting streak for Baez.

[iowahawkeyes89]

Vitters with double 28 on the season, which ties his career high.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Vitters 3B, Baez 2B, and Brett Jackson has only Kd once through 3 innings and 2 ABs. It's a good day on the farm thus far.

[Ryno12]

Baez locked in, now 2-2.

[Guest]

Starting lineups for Tennessee and Jackson:

 

[RammyFanny]

Baez doubles, but is somehow out at second. Oh well, OPS at .987.

[Vinestal]

I guess Baez had a double but over slid the 2nd base bag and was tagged out

[Vinestal]

Baez just missing a HR for the cycle then...

[Guest]

Cates had a pretty poor outing, control-wise. 1 K/4 BB, 2 HBP in 4.2 IP. Disappointing.

[ctcf]

Don't look now, but so far today...

 

Robert Whitenack: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

[Mark_R]

I had a great time at the Iowa Omaha game today! Even got to spend an inning in the Iowa Cubs dugout! Saw josh vitters and asked him when he's going to get promoted to the bigs and he coyly smiled and said hopefully soon!

 

Will post some pics of the Iowa dugout and vitters when I get on my computer. All in all, a great time and bjax only struck out once!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Do we know why Arismendy Alcantara has been out for the past 3 games?

[Guest]

I had a great time at the Iowa Omaha game today! Even got to spend an inning in the Iowa Cubs dugout! Saw josh vitters and asked him when he's going to get promoted to the bigs and he coyly smiled and said hopefully soon!

 

Will post some pics of the Iowa dugout and vitters when I get on my computer. All in all, a great time and bjax only struck out once!

 

Awesome.

[davell]

No idea as to why Alcantara's out. but nothing will surprise me as far as the type of deals we make either. We could send off a solid prospect or two, with our major leaguers, to get the guys we really want back. Doubt it's the case here, since he's missed 3 games, but if I had to bet, I think we'll send a few of our own guys off over the next couple of weeks.

[TruffleShuffle]

Don't look now, but so far today...

 

Robert Whitenack: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

 

way to chinks it

[ctcf]

Don't look now, but so far today...

 

Robert Whitenack: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

 

way to chinks it

 

I blame myself.

[Guest]

Looks like the only 3 DSL All-Stars from the Cubs were positional players:

 

3B Roney Alcala - starter

LF Kevin Encarnacion

DH Robert Caro

[17 Seconds]

last 10 games for baez:.474/.487/.947

[craig]

Looks like the only 3 DSL All-Stars from the Cubs were positional players:

 

3B Roney Alcala - starter

LF Kevin Encarnacion

DH Robert Caro

 

Interesting and unexpected selections. Sometimes selections aren't all made based on stats. I wonder if Caro looks better in person than we'd guess based from his stats. Stats alone, he seems like a no-power guy. And he's almost 19 and has only just begun his career, so he obviously wasn't some guy that scouts were itching to sign the minute he turned 16. But I wonder if he looks like a serious defensive CFer or something?

[Guest]

Gioskar Amaya was HBP in the head in the top of the 1st and then pulled. Second straight night Vancouver has hit a Hawk in the head.

[craig]

Marco Hernandez has been on a bit of a hitting binge.

 

He's got his seasonal OBP past .250 now, and he's a robust .263 OBP now in Boise. He's lifted his Boise batting average up over .250, and his OPS over .650. Small steps, but getting past some of those nice round .250 and .650 numbers is refreshing progress. 8 errors in his 24 games, he's gotten some DH games so not sure how many he's defended, but his 8-errors reflects a reduced rate.