Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-22-13

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 5-2 Box Score

 

2B L. Watkins 1/3, R, 2B (3), 2 BB, SB (1)

3B I. Stewart 1/3, R, 2B (1), 2 RBI - rehab

RF R. Sweeney 1/4, SB (1)

CF B. Bogusevic 2/4, R, 2B (4)

1B B. Nelson 2/4, R, HR (3), 2 RBI, K

SP B. Raley 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5-1 GO-FO, 90-62 pitches-strikes

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

RP B. Parker 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 8-3 Box Score

 

LF M. Szczur 1/4, R, 2B (2)

2B R. Torreyes 0/3

DH A. Alcantara 2/4, 2 R, HR (4), 2 RBI, 2 SB (10)

3B C. Villanueva 1/4, R, RBI, E (1, throw)

RF R. Silva 1/4, R, 2B (5),

CF JH Ha 1/3, 2 R, 2B (5), BB, K

SP E. Jokisch 6.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 7-5 GO-FO, 95-61 pitches-strikes

 

Daytona won 7-4 Box Score

 

CF Z. DeVoss 0/3, 2 R, 2 BB, K

2B T. Saunders 1/4, R, RBI, 2 K

SS Ja. Baez 3/5, 2 R, 2B (4), RBI, K

RF J. Soler 0/5, R, RBI, K

1B D. Geiger 3/5, 3 RBI, K

SP A. Kirk 5+ IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, HR, 2-3 GO-FO

RP Z. Cates 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Kane County lost 9-6 Box Score

 

2B G. Amaya 2/5, R, K, E (4, missed catch)

1B D. Vogelbach 2/4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI

3B J. Candelario 1/4, R, 2 BB, K, E (4, throw)

DH R. Shoulders 0/2, R, 3 BB, K

SS M. Hernandez 2/4, 2 2B (4), 2 RBI, K

CF T. Martin 0/3

SP M. Heesch 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6-7 GO-FO

RP B. Smith 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 3-1

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Brooks Raley (17 IP, 1.91 FIP, 3.18 ERA, 17 K, 2 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Eric Jokisch (18 IP, 2.53 FIP, 1.00 ERA, 17 K, 3 BB)

Daytona: LHP Austin Kirk (13 IP, 4.82 FIP, 2.08 ERA, 8 K, 8 BB)

Kane County: LHP Michael Heesch (8 IP, 2.95 FIP, 3.38 ERA, 7 K, 3 BB)

[Guest]

Some recent extended spring training games from AZ Phil.

 

http://www.thecubreporter.com/04192013/big-gun-balaguert-satisfies-need-offense-fitch-park

 

http://www.thecubreporter.com/04202013/giants-throw-one-hitter-cubs-en-route-dh-sweep-indian-school-park

[mookie]

I'll be at the Dunedin game ready to get my Soler on!

[Little Slide Rooter]

Shoulders already with a walk. Did I mention I'm really starting to like him.

 

And Vogelbach with a single; I guess I have to wonder if Vogelbach becoming a singles hitter is a good sign; he has a high OBP and BA, so could it be that pitchers are afraid to throw him anything that he can drive, and he's adjusting to them by taking the bad pitches and hitting the good ones for singles rather than just sitting on fastballs and clobbering them when a pitcher is foolish enough to give him one.

[Cubswin11]

Would promoting Shoulders to Daytona sometime in June be a reasonable expectation if he remotely continues on his current pace?

[MWV]

I know they paid him overslot but Shoulders in the 25th round is starting to look like found money.

Here's hoping he keeps it up.

Interesting (in my opinion) side note: Theo and Co. drafted Shoulders in 2010 (20th round).

[davell]

Shoulders was a top 10 round talent. Fell due to signability concerns. Didn't think he'd sign for as little as he did(294k) and figured the only way we'd sign him was if we couldn't sign Vogelbach.

[Guest]

I know they paid him overslot but Shoulders in the 25th round is starting to look like found money.

Here's hoping he keeps it up.

Interesting (in my opinion) side note: Theo and Co. drafted Shoulders in 2010 (20th round).

 

Both Shoulders and DeVoss from that draft were previously drafted by the Red Sox.

[Guest]

@CubsDen: LHP Brian Smith 88-92.  CB 72-73  inconsistent break.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Shoulders was a top 10 round talent. Fell due to signability concerns. Didn't think he'd sign for as little as he did(294k) and figured the only way we'd sign him was if we couldn't sign Vogelbach.

 

As I recall, that draft was full of those overslots; Shoulders, Dunston, and Gretzky to name a few. I think Jensen might have been one. Of course Maples was the big one. There was also another pitcher that we werent able to sign. Rickey something? Then the league put the kibosh on that type of thing.

[davell]

VOGELBOMB

[davell]

John Arguello, of CubsDen, is at the KC game and chatted with Joe Boehringer about our prospects. He'll have a post up on it later.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Would promoting Shoulders to Daytona sometime in June be a reasonable expectation if he remotely continues on his current pace?

 

If he continues on his current pace, he'll be a Top 10 prospect.

[Little Slide Rooter]

VOGELBOMB

 

and a 2nd Shoulderwalk

[ctcf]

LOL 3 walks for Shoulders today. Ridiculous.

[Guest]

Arismendy with one single, two errors, three walks and four steals today for the weirdest cycle ever.

[Guest]

Jokish with another great start, too: 6IP, 0BB, 7K, 0R

[Guest]

ha! weird. MiLB took me to the box score from the 17th.

[ctcf]

Rock Shoulders has a 13/9 K/BB ratio after today. Candelario is at 9/11

[Little Slide Rooter]

Shoulders and Vogelbach making me hope that the NL adopts the DH in the next few years.

[ctcf]

Zach Mortimer of Baseball Prospectus:

 

Zach Mortimer @ZachMort

Has raw power; not sure he's more than an org+ guy. RT @breid4: @ZachMort What are your thoughts on Rock Shoulders' potential?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Translation: I have no [expletive] clue.

[ctcf]

Hahaha, most likely. It is important to remember that odds are this is Brian Dopriak revisited moreso than anything else. Still, it's been pretty damn fun so far.

[illiniguy]

Translation: I have no [expletive] clue.

A lot of guys probably haven't seen much of him yet.