Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-26-13

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Do we know if Daury Torrez will be joining him or back in the DSL?

 

Torrez is in the US but sidelined with some sort of ailment. As the best pitching prospect the Cubs had in the DSL, if he were healthy, he would pitch in the AZL this summer.

 

Hopefully that the ailment is something along the lines of a stomach virus rather than arm related.

 

Doesn't sound like it's an arm injury since he's playing catch, but Torrez has yet to pitch this spring. Ryan McNeil was also shut down recently:

 

Arizona Phil[/url]"]Daury Torrez and Erick Leal were the only two pitchers from the Dominican Acdemy who were invited to make their U. S. debut at Minor League Camp in March (the others reported after the start of Extended Spring Training a couple of weeks ago). And while Leal (acquired from Arizona in the Tony Campa trade) is progressing nicely and has pitched in EXST games, Torrez was shut-down at the end of Minor League Camp and has yet to pitch in an EXST game. But it doesn't look like the problem is too serious because he is playing catch, he's participating in PFPs, and he's shagging balls during BP. BTW, Ryan McNeil was shut-down after his last outing (a week ago Monday), and (like Torrez) he is participating fully in all drills with the other pitchers.

 

If everybody is healthy, I would think the AZL Cubs starting rotation would probably be Torrez, Santana, Leal, C. Rodriguez, and A. Mejias.