Random Cubs Musings: Minor League Edition

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Corey Black has hit 13 batters and thrown 14 wild pitches.

 

Dillon Maples has walked 19, hit 6, and thrown 11 wild pitches in 22 innings.

 

Mark Zagunis still has more walks than strikeouts (17.7% BB rate, 16.3% K rate).

 

Jeimer Candelario since being demoted to KC: .230/.274/.408. Christian Villanueva since being demoted to Tenn: .241/.307/.382.

 

Albert Almora at Tenn: .232/.255/.337.

[Guest]

kind of a funny twitter exchange between a few guys

 

Pierce Johnson ‏@Flowbro33 20m

@kschwarb12 still hitting wall scrapers I see

 

TREY LANG ‏@T23Lang 18m

@Flowbro33 @kschwarb12 that's all he does... #SchwarberSingles

 

Kyle Schwarber ‏@kschwarb12 14m

@T23Lang @Flowbro33 you know how it is. I just know my role. Singles and steal bases

 

Pierce Johnson ‏@Flowbro33 13m

@kschwarb12 @T23Lang #SpeedKills

 

TREY LANG ‏@T23Lang 11m

@Flowbro33 @kschwarb12 hahaha miss you guys for real!

 

Pierce Johnson ‏@Flowbro33 10m

@T23Lang @kschwarb12 miss you guys too!

 

Kyle Schwarber ‏@kschwarb12 8m

@Flowbro33 @T23Lang same guys finish strong

 

 

TREY LANG ‏@T23Lang 8m

@kschwarb12 @Flowbro33 no doubt, see y'all soon

[jersey cubs fan]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

[Guest]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

How many millions did he get in his bonus?

[Cubswin11]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

Was that the chick he was engaged to, then wasn't?

[jersey cubs fan]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

How many millions did he get in his bonus?

 

$3.9m, which is enough to give him the opportunity to move on from his high school girlfriend and not enough to keep her locked down in perpetuity.

[Guest]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

Was that the chick he was engaged to, then wasn't?

 

IIRC I think this is the one he was with a few weeks after he wasn't engaged. But I don't really pay close enough attention to know for sure.

[Guest]

He gets caught cheating and spends way too much trying to get her back before he realizes there are more girls.

[rawaction]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

How many millions did he get in his bonus?

 

$3.9m, which is enough to give him the opportunity to move on from his high school girlfriend and not enough to keep her locked down in perpetuity.

 

So stupid. Baseball groupies are the hottest. I used to work with this girl that dated a minor league baseball player that I never heard of. She was absolutely smoking. On her first day, she walks into the cafeteria we had and literally every single person in there (men and women) stopped and stared at her while she walked thru. About 5'8", blonde, perfect shape, gorgeous smile. The chick who was a glorified lunch lady (but halfway decent looking for a 50 year old chick) admitted to having a girl crush on her. A group of lesbians tried to hit on her every day (one trained her, the other 2 were a couple and he friend).

[JennieGarthAlgar]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

How many millions did he get in his bonus?

 

$3.9m, which is enough to give him the opportunity to move on from his high school girlfriend and not enough to keep her locked down in perpetuity.

 

So stupid. Baseball groupies are the hottest. I used to work with this girl that dated a minor league baseball player that I never heard of. She was absolutely smoking. On her first day, she walks into the cafeteria we had and literally every single person in there (men and women) stopped and stared at her while she walked thru. About 5'8", blonde, perfect shape, gorgeous smile. The chick who was a glorified lunch lady (but halfway decent looking for a 50 year old chick) admitted to having a girl crush on her. A group of lesbians tried to hit on her every day (one trained her, the other 2 were a couple and he friend).

 

What about this qualifies her as a "groupie" and not just a "girlfriend"?

[rawaction]

http://instagram.com/p/sGhkOoyqfI/

 

What will come first, him ditching her to improve his game or her ditching him for a better player?

How many millions did he get in his bonus?

 

$3.9m, which is enough to give him the opportunity to move on from his high school girlfriend and not enough to keep her locked down in perpetuity.

 

So stupid. Baseball groupies are the hottest. I used to work with this girl that dated a minor league baseball player that I never heard of. She was absolutely smoking. On her first day, she walks into the cafeteria we had and literally every single person in there (men and women) stopped and stared at her while she walked thru. About 5'8", blonde, perfect shape, gorgeous smile. The chick who was a glorified lunch lady (but halfway decent looking for a 50 year old chick) admitted to having a girl crush on her. A group of lesbians tried to hit on her every day (one trained her, the other 2 were a couple and he friend).

 

What about this qualifies her as a "groupie" and not just a "girlfriend"?

 

How did she become a girlfriend?

[JennieGarthAlgar]

Got it.

[bhogg]

Let's unpack the whole lesbian training the baseball whore thing. It has potential depending upon the hotness level of the lesbian.

[rawaction]

Let's unpack the whole lesbian training the baseball whore thing. It has potential depending upon the hotness level of the lesbian.

 

Not hot. Butchy. Blonde, white chick who acted like she wanted to be a black dude, but is now married to a black guy. Really weird.

[Clem Fandango]

Let's unpack the whole lesbian training the baseball whore thing. It has potential depending upon the hotness level of the lesbian.

 

Not hot. Butchy. Blonde, white chick who acted like she wanted to be a black dude, but is now married to a black guy. Really weird.

 

It must've been a gift from Zambrano

[Guest]

Let's unpack the whole lesbian training the baseball whore thing. It has potential depending upon the hotness level of the lesbian.

 

Not hot. Butchy. Blonde, white chick who acted like she wanted to be a black dude, but is now married to a black guy. Really weird.

 

It must've been a gift from Zambrano

lol

[Guest]

so, uh, this happened

 

Tyler Maun @tylerMaun

Here are the Jesus Montero facts per Boise's official scorer. Montero arrived in Boise for rehab assignment beginning FRI w/Everett.

 

Tyler Maun @tylerMaun

At the end of an inn. while coaching 1st base, M's cross-checker in the stands yelled, "Rapido! Rapido!" at Montero as he jogged off field.

 

Tyler Maun @tylerMaun

Cross-checker then apparently ordered ice cream for Montero in dugout. Montero attempted to go into the stands w/bat. Had to be restrained.

 

Tyler Maun @tylerMaun

Bizarre story. Montero was not ejected and not on Everett's active roster for the game. He remained in the dugout the rest of the night.

[Guest]

There are quite a few different accounts on Twitter of what happened. Wonder what really went down.

[ctcf]

What the hell was that scout thinking?

[Guest]

@SteveMims_RG: Talked to guy in Boise tonight, said Montero threw ice cream on Mariners crosschecker, spit on him and threatened with a bat in front row.

[ctcf]

@SteveMims_RG: Talked to guy in Boise tonight, said Montero threw ice cream on Mariners crosschecker, spit on him and threatened with a bat in front row.

 

That's been mentioned in every story I've seen so far.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

what in the [expletive]?

[ctcf]

Not feeling good about that scout's job security.

[Little Slide Rooter]

In terms of guys still in the minors (I know the others are still considered prospects,) what would our top ten be?

 

1. Bryant

2. Russell

3. Schwarber

4. Almora

5. Edwards

6. Johnson

7. Zas

8. Torres

9. Rivero

10. McKinney

 

Round out the 20 with some combination of Jimenez, Tseng, Underwood, Vogelbach, Zagunis, Vizcaino, Villanueva, Black, Hanneman, Paniagua,- and I wouldn't even know where to start with the other A pitchers: Blackburn, Torrez, Stinnett, Sands, Steele, Cease, Martinez, Skulina, Masek, Clifton

 

Maybe Dunston, Burks, Hernandez, Amaya with some back end consideration?

Do Candelario and Maples get the benefit of the doubt that they're not dead yet?

[JennieGarthAlgar]

1. Bryant

2. Russell

3. Schwarber

4. McKinney

5. Almora

6. Johnson

7. Edwards

8. Tseng

9. Rivero

10. Vizcaino