Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-24-13

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 5-4 Box Score

 

SS L. Watkins 0/3, BB, K

RF B. Bogusevic 1/4, R

CF D. Sappelt 1/3, R, BB, K

3B J. Vitters 1/2, 2 R, HR (3), RBI, 2 BB, K

1B I. Stewart 0/3, R, RBI, BB, 2 K

SP N. Struck 5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 2 K, 4-5 GO-FO, 106-61 pitches-strikes

 

Tennessee lost 6-2 Box Score

 

CF M. Szczur 1/4, 2B (8), BB, K, CS (4)

2B R. Torreyes 0/4, K

SS A. Alcantara 1/4, 2B (11), K

3B C. Villanueva 0/3, BB, K

RF R. Silva 2/4, 2 R, HR (8), RBI

SP Y. Castillo 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 8-2 GO-FO, 81-51 pitches-strikes; batting: 1/2, K - AA debut

RP T. McNutt 1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 3-0 GO-FO

RP K. Rhoderick 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 3-0 GO-FO

RP T. Zych 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 7-2 Box Score

 

CF Z. DeVoss 0/3, BB, K, HBP, CS (5)

LF J. Androeli 3/5, R, 2B (5), 2 SB (15)

SS Ja. Baez 2/4, R, 2 E (22, fielding, fielding)

RF J. Soler 1/3, R, BB, K, SB (4)

1B D. Geiger 2/4, 2 RBI

C C. Krist 0/3, BB, K, PB (1)

SP B. Wells 5+ IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 8-6 GO-FO

RP F. Del Valle 2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 0-4 GO-FO

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

 

Kane County won 8-1 Box Score

 

DH A. Almora 1/3, R, 2 BB, 2 K

1B D. Vogelbach 1/4, 2 R, BB

3B J. Candelario 1/5, R, K

RF R. Shoulders 0/3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K

SS M. Hernandez 1/5, RBI, 2 K

C Y. Cabezas 1/2, R, 3B (1), 3 RBI 2 BB

SP P. Johnson 6.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 5-4 GO-FO, 91-60 pitches-strikes

 

VSL Cubs had the day off

 

OVERALL: 1-3

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Nick Struck (35.2 IP, 5.39 FIP, 6.06 ERA, 19 K, 15 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Yeiper Castillo (at Daytona: 27 IP, 2.35 FIP, 2.33 ERA, 27 K, 4 BB)

Daytona: RHP Ben Wells (48 IP, 4.62 FIP, 4.13 ERA, 27 K, 17 BB, )

Kane County: RHP Pierce Johnson (40.2 IP, 2.49 FIP, 3.32 ERA, 45 K, 12 BB)

[ctcf]

Glad to see Castillo get the bump up to AA.

[pitchcs]

Glad to see Castillo get the bump up to AA.

 

How many more good starts until Johnson gets one?

[ctcf]

Ben Badler @BenBadler

Give me Soler RT @JFC_YourStupid Would Appel become #Cubs top prospect over Baez, Soler, and Almora?

[abohnhoff]

Ben Badler @BenBadler

Give me Soler RT @JFC_YourStupid Would Appel become #Cubs top prospect over Baez, Soler, and Almora?

 

Wow, thats some fairly high praise for Soler, especially since Appel is already projected to be a TOR type guy.

[RammyFanny]

To be fair, Badler's been a Soler fanboy for awhile now, going back to before he was signed. Not that he doesn't deserve a fanboy or two.

[Clem Fandango]

Didn't know where else to ask this, but I haven't been keeping up with much of the extended farm system outside of the top guys... who has been the biggest surprises/made the biggest strides this year so far? I noticed Alcantara's power and BB% is looking really good so far compared to previous years, but haven't looked into too many other guys.

[wekim81]

Didn't know where else to ask this, but I haven't been keeping up with much of the extended farm system outside of the top guys... who has been the biggest surprises/made the biggest strides this year so far? I noticed Alcantara's power and BB% is looking really good so far compared to previous years, but haven't looked into too many other guys.

For me its either Alcantara, Kyle Hendricks, or Willson Contreras.

 

Also really like Rosscup's K ratios, but he's just a lefty reliever.

[Guest]

Didn't know where else to ask this, but I haven't been keeping up with much of the extended farm system outside of the top guys... who has been the biggest surprises/made the biggest strides this year so far? I noticed Alcantara's power and BB% is looking really good so far compared to previous years, but haven't looked into too many other guys.

 

Willson Contreras has made the biggest strides thus far. Power up, massive improvement in patience and some relatively nice defensive reports.

[Guest]

Ben Badler @BenBadler

Give me Soler RT @JFC_YourStupid Would Appel become #Cubs top prospect over Baez, Soler, and Almora?

 

Wow, thats some fairly high praise for Soler, especially since Appel is already projected to be a TOR type guy.

 

I'd rate Soler ahead of Appel too.

[TruffleShuffle]

baez has almost as many errors this year as walks in his professional career. :x

[RammyFanny]

Soler walk, steal, and score in the 1st. Baez with a non-K out.

[RammyFanny]

Almora BB. Whoo.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'd lean toward Appel ahead of Soler, but either way is pretty defensible.

 

I think Soler's walk rate has got to be about 10% now. That's just studly.

[illiniguy]

Almora BB. Whoo.

Hopefully he's willing to walk and his rate so far was just him being a lot better than the competition.

[RammyFanny]

Almora with his first K, but it was a 10 pitch AB where he fouled off everything.

[TruffleShuffle]

almora has now doubled his walk total as a professional. \:D/

[gscool89]

2 walks for Almora tonight. \:D/ \:D/

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Congratulations to Kane County on becoming the most interesting team in the system. It's close, but Almora's two walks and Pierce Johnson's start tonight pulls it out for them.

[TruffleShuffle]

Congratulations to Kane County on becoming the most interesting team in the system. It's close, but Almora's two walks and Pierce Johnson's start tonight pulls it out for them.

 

i'm thinking pierce johnson shouldn't be too long for kane county. his bb/k ratio is really strong - would guess that he's been pretty unlucky on batted balls without doing the math.

[Guest]

I'm traveling. Can someone post the highlights for Johnsons start?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Can't complain about Yeiper's AA debut; 6 IP 0/7 BB/K 3 H 1 ER

[TruffleShuffle]

I'm traveling. Can someone post the highlights for Johnsons start?

 

don't know if he's done yet, but 6 ip, 5 h, 1 r, 2 bb, 8 k, 1 hbp, 1 wp, 87 pitches/57 strikes, 4 ground outs/4 fly outs.

[Guest]

Pierce really needs to be promoted to Daytona.