Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-1-12

[davell]

Geiger has a double, 2 HR and 8 RBI today.

[El Duderino]

@Kevin_Goldstein

 

Nope. RT @ZacDeFran: @Kevin_Goldstein anything special with Cubs Dustin Geiger?

[El Duderino]

Looks like rule-fiver Lendy Castillo is making a rehab start in Daytona. Guessing Whitenack will piggyback.

 

Christian Villanueva not playing today.

[El Duderino]

Torreyes 1/2 with a walk. Cannot be stopped.

[Guest]

Vitters walk.

[Guest]

Almora's back in the lineup, so I guess he's ok.

[El Duderino]

Almora's back in the lineup, so I guess he's ok.

 

phew.

 

Doesn't look like whitenack's pitching today. hope he's ok.

[Cubswin11]

Vitters walk.

6 BB over his last 10 games, \:D/

[Guest]

Almora's back in the lineup, so I guess he's ok.

 

And is 2 for 2 with a SB.

 

Johnson's debut: Single, GIDP, Single, flyout

[Wrigley Rat]

Sorry if this has been covered already but does anyone know what teams our new prospects slot into and when they will be making their debuts?

 

edit: I should clarify, I mean Villanueva, Chapman, Hendricks, Brigham....

 

Villanueva and Hendricks have been assigned to Daytona. Brigham to Tennessee, and Chapman to Iowa to start.

 

One odd side effect of the Villanueva bump was Cerda going back to AA. One would think he's not that important anymore to have to move back up.

All transactions have been posted in the Transactions sticky. There were quite a few today and yesterday!

[El Duderino]

I wonder why Carlos Martinez-Pumarino is still in AZ.

[squally1313]

#umpshow in Daytona.

 

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150997266562781&id=136796367780

[El Duderino]

Almora 3/4, Soler 1/3

 

Torreyes had his 5th straight multi-hit game

[Shilzzz]

bruno bomb

[Shilzzz]

word is vitters and brett jackson expected to be called up within the month

[Rizzo Smash]

Vitters HR

[Rizzo Smash]

2 homers for Greg Rohan in his Iowa debut

[pitchcs]

2 homers for Greg Rohan in his Iowa debut

 

 

Wow....is there actually a chance this guy starts on the ML roster next year?

[Guest]

2 homers for Greg Rohan in his Iowa debut

 

 

Wow....is there actually a chance this guy starts on the ML roster next year?

 

If he does, something will have gone very wrong. Rohan is 26 and only made AA for the first time a month ago, plus he's a 1B only type defender.

[Guest]

Almora's back in the lineup, so I guess he's ok.

 

phew.

 

Doesn't look like whitenack's pitching today. hope he's ok.

Daytona doesn't announce starters until morning of, so I normally just go with whose turn it is from the last time through. Since Castillo was bumped up, it's likely Whitenack was just pushed back a day.

[Shilzzz]

yeah on the broadcast they said, iirc, whitenack goes tomorrow

[pitchcs]

2 homers for Greg Rohan in his Iowa debut

 

 

Wow....is there actually a chance this guy starts on the ML roster next year?

 

If he does, something will have gone very wrong. Rohan is 26 and only made AA for the first time a month ago, plus he's a 1B only type defender.

 

 

Depending on what he does at AAA, his numbers are decent...it just seems like they're fast tracking him because he is so old. So I'm just thinking if he doesn't make the big leagues next year, maybe the year after, he probably never will.

[Guest]

2 homers for Greg Rohan in his Iowa debut

 

 

Wow....is there actually a chance this guy starts on the ML roster next year?

No.

[Little Slide Rooter]

After doing so well out of the pen since the move, the past 2 games, Jay Jackson's given up 9 runs in his last 2 games, 1 inning each with 2 K and 2 BB.

[El Duderino]

Candelario just missed an opposite-field HR. Very high off the wall.

 

Vogelbach with his 2nd hit. Kind of a gift double that probably should have been a single.

Edited August 2, 2012 by El Duderino