Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-20-12

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Score

 

Iowa lost 11-3 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 1/5, 4 K, SB (16), E (3, fielding)

RF J. Adduci 2/4, R, 3B (2), RBI, BB, K

1B G. Rohan 2/5, 2B (4), RBI, 2 K

LF D. Sappelt 1/5, SB (15), E (3, throw)

C B. Lalli 2/4, R, 2B (19), BB, K

SP T. Harris 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, WP, 5-1 GO-FO, 87-42 pitches-strikes

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

RP M. Hatley 0+ IP, 3 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 0 K, E (1, pickoff)

 

Tennessee won 5-1 Box Score

 

CF M. Szczur 0/5

SS L. Watkins 1/4, R, 2 K

CF JH Ha 2/3, R, BB, outfield assist at home

1B J. Bour 1/3, R, 2B (33), BB, K

3B J. Lake 2/4, R, 2B (24), 2 RBI, 2 K

RF R. Silva 2/4, K

SP N. Struck 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 7-6 GO-FO, 82-55 pitches-strikes; batting: 1/2, R, 2B (1)

RP T. McNutt 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona had the day off

 

Peoria lost 8-1 Box Score

 

2B Z. DeVoss 2/4, 2B (24), K, E (27, throw)

CF PC Chen 1/4, SB (31)

3B D. Geiger 0/3, BB, K

RF J. Soler 0/4, E (1, fielding)

C C. Krist 0/4, K, PB (5)

SS T. Saunders 2/4, K

LF B. Rademacher 1/3, 2B (5), RBI, K

SP J. Zeller 6 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, HR, 6-8 GO-FOm 86-68 GO-FO

RP W. Cruz 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 8-7 Box Score

 

DH G. Amaya 0/5, 2 K

2B S. Bruno 3/5, R, 2B (15), 2 BB, CS (6),E (15, throw)

3B J. Candelario 0/5, K, 2 E (19, fielding, throw)

1B D. Vogelbach 3/4, 2 R, HR (9), RBI, BB, E (1, fielding)

C-RF W. Contreras 1/4, RBI, 2 K, HBP, SB (3)

CF A. Almora 1/5, R, 2B (3), K

RF-LF X. Batista 1/2, 2 R, 2B (11), RBI, 2 BB

SS M. Hernandez 1/3, 2 R, HR (5), 2 RBI, BB

LF T. Martin 1/4, 2B (4), 2 RBI, 3 K - ejected in the 8th inning for arguing balls and strikes

SP I. Dickson 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 7-3 GO-FO

RP H. Ackerman 2.2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, HBP, 4-3 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs lost 5-1 Box Score

 

2B D. Lockhart 1/4, CS (3), E (12, fielding)

SS C. Penalver 2/4, R, K, SB (5)

CF S. Dunston 0/4, 2 K

C J. Marra 1/3, RBI, BB, K

LF Y. Balaguert 2/4, K, PO

3B D. Bote 1/2, BB

1B T. Gretzky 1/3, K, E (4, fielding)

SP P. Blackburn 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 6-1 GO-FO

RP R. Dolis 1.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, PW, 2-1 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 1 won 4-3 Box Score

 

CF J. Emeterio 0/5, 2 K

2B A. Gonzalez 2/3, R

SP H. Perez 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 5-3 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 3-2 Box Score

 

2B B. Flete 0/4, R, E (18, fielding)

1B M. Malave 0/4

LF R. Marcano 0/4, K, E (1, fielding)

SS L. Acosta 0/3, 2 K, E (22, throw)

SP D. Torrez 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, HR, 9-4 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 2-5

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Chris Rusin (4.59 ERA, 5.30 FIP, 133.1 IP, 87 K, 52 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Nick Struck (3.48 ERA, 3.82 FIP, 137 IP, 108 K, 38 BB)

Peoria: RHP Joe Zeller (2.83 ERA, 4.04 FIP, 41.1 IP, 18 K, 10 BB)

Boise: RHP Ian Dickson (5.58 ERA, 4.61 FIP, 50 IP, 40 K, 20 BB)

AZL Cubs: RHP Duane Underwood (13.50 ERA, 9.12 FIP, 3.1 IP, 3 K, 3 BB)

[Guest]

Peoria 1B Paul Hoilman out for the rest of the season. Of all the ways to get hurt, he dislocated his finger trying to bunt.

[davell]

Wonder if they'll move Vogelbach up?

[El Duderino]

Wonder if they'll move Vogelbach up?

 

They already moved that one 22-year old that was mashing in the AZL up.

[Guest]

Wonder if they'll move Vogelbach up?

 

No. Boise is likely to make the playoffs and as El Duderino mentioned, Jacob Rogers was bumped up.

[Guest]

FYI, Chris Rusin might be called up to start tomorrow for the Cubs.

[Cubswin11]

FYI, Chris Rusin might be called up to start tomorrow for the Cubs.

He's listed as the probable starter on ESPN for tomorrow, fwiw

[Gilby]

Peoria faces Shaun Marcum tonight.

[CubsWin]

Daytona has the day off.

Ha! Whatever...

[rawaction]

Jorge Soler, 0-3 having seen 4 pitches.

[El Duderino]

The Hawks are facing Snidely Whiplash again.

[El Duderino]

Vogelbomb.

[davell]

Sweet.

[ctcf]

Niceeeeee

[ctcf]

davell, toonster, raisin, etc

 

What are your thoughts on Sholders' season to date and his future as a prospect?

[Quakers]

davell, toonster, raisin, etc

 

What are your thoughts on Sholders' season to date and his future as a prospect?

 

1) With his size, weight, the only position he will be able to play is first base.

 

2) His foot work and glove work around first is pretty good.

 

3) His size limits his range. hard hits balls to his left will be a problem. Bunts will be a problem. he has issues with pop-ups.

 

4) When he makes contact, he can put a hurt on the ball. It has that nice crack. The ball jumps off his bat.

 

5) He is very patient. He walks a lot. He waits for his pitch, fastball. If he guesses right, good things happen.

 

6) He has problems with off speed stuff. When he misses he looks bad, and he strikes out a lot.

 

My best guess (and I am not a professional by any means) is that he is like Hoilman. His power will be intriguing, but he will hit his ceiling in Peoria, or Daytona. He should not hold up Vogelbach or any other top prospect.

[davell]

Quakers summed it up great. I think he'll be the new Rob Deer of minor league baseball. Tons of homers, tons of K's, horrible BA the higher up he gets, but a walk rate that keeps him in the lineup. Doubtful he ever becomes a guy we get excited about, other than the cool ass name. Hope I'm wrong though, he seems like a good kid.

[ctcf]

In other news, before tonight Dunston was having a pretty nice stretch of baseball.

[El Duderino]

Paul Blackburn, excellent.

 

Jeffrey Baez seems to be MIA for the DSL Cubs1 lately.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Daury Torrez refusal to issue walks continues to intrigue me. In 14 games and 74.2 IP, he's only issued 4, 3 of which came in a 5 start stretch between 6/26-7/20, and has yet to issue one in his 5 starts since.