Minor League Discussion & Boxes 6-18-13

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Score

 

Iowa won 7-0 Box Score

 

2B L. Watkins 2/5, 2 R, BB

CF B. Bogusevic 2/3, R, RBI, BB, K

C S. Clevenger 1/5, R, RBI, K - rehab

RF D. Sappelt 3/5, R, 2B (8), 3 RBI, SB (2)

3B J. Lake 1/5, K, SB (8)

SP N. Struck 6.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 12-4 GO-FO, 88-54 pitches-strikes; batting: 0/2

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

 

Tennessee had the day off

 

Daytona won 14-8 Box Score

 

RF J. Andreoli 3/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, SB (21)

CF Z. DeVoss 2/6, 2 R, 3B (4), RBI

SS Ja. Baez 1/5, R, HR (14), 4 RBI, BB, 2 K, E (27, fielding)

1B D. Geiger 2/4, R, 2 RBI, BB, K

C C. Krist 1/4, 2 R, HBP

2B T. Saunders 3/5, 2 R, 2B (5), HR (2), 4 RBI

LF T. Easterling 2/5, R, K

SP K. Burke 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 5-3 GO-FO

RP YL Wang 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 4-1 GO-FO

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

 

Kane County had the day off

 

Boise lost 9-2 Box Score

 

LF S. Dunston 2/3, R, BB

SS C. Penalver 1/4

CF K. Encarnacion 1/3, RBI, BB, K, CS (2)

DH J. Dore 1/2, 2B (1), 2 BB

3B D. Lockhart 0/4, E (1, throw)

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

SP T. Lang 4 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP, 6 WP, 3-3 GO-FO, E (1, throw)

RP C. Martinez-Pumarino 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs won 10-9 Box Score

 

SS F. De LA Rosa 1/4, 2 R, RBI, BB, K, SB (2) - first pro hit

3B A. Paula 0/4, K, HBP

LF-1B Jo. Paniagua 0/3, R, BB, K, HBP

CF J. Emeterio 0/2, 2 RBI, 2 BB

SP J. Hernandez 3 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 3-2 GO-FO

 

VSL Cubs had the day off

 

OVERALL: 3-1

 

MWL West lost 6-5 Box Score

 

DH D. Vogelbach 2/2, R, 2B (1), RBI, BB

RF B. Rademacher 0/2

PH-DH R. Shoulders 0/2, K

RP T. Scott 0.2 IP, 0 HH, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO, 11-7 pitches-strikes

RP N. Dorris 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 0-1 GO-FO, 3-2 pitches-strikes

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Nick Struck (62.2 IP, 5.83 FIP, 6.46 ERA, 35 K, 33 BB)

Daytona: LHP Kyler Burke (21 IP, 3.91 FIP, 2.57 ERA, 19 K, 7 BB)

Boise: RHP Trey Lang (2012 at AZL Cubs: 13.2 IP, 2.98 FIP, 3.29 ERA, 11 K, 2 BB)

 

Kane County all-stars: LHP Nathan Dorris, RHP Felix Peña, OF Bijan Rademacher, RHP Tayler Scott, 1B Rock Shoulders & 1B Dan Vogelbach

[ctcf]

Raisin what do you see Lang's ceiling as?

[Guest]

I hate all these all star breaks.. i need full almora/soler/baez days, damnit.

[Guest]

Raisin what do you see Lang's ceiling as?

 

Well, when he's on, he has a nice 92-94 mph FB and a good slider but no third pitch so his ceiling is probably a late inning pen arm. He's immensely raw since he's a position player convert and he's got pretty poor control, so he's going to take a long time.

[Guest]

@JesseSanchezMLB: Source: Cuban pitcher Armando Rivero expected to make his pro debut this week with #Cubs Class-A Kane County. He's been at Extended Spring.

[Little Slide Rooter]

@bour41: Me and the Hooner are leaving az to rejoin the team today! can't wait to get this second half started

 

Don't care either way about Bour, but I'll assume that the Hooner would be Jae Hoon Ha, so that adds yet another worthwhile prospect to Tennessee.

[ctcf]

"Hooner" is officially my favorite nickname in the Cubs system.

[Little Slide Rooter]

It's the Hooner, which is even better and redneckyer.

[Guest]

Soler officially on the Daytona 7-day DL (shin).

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Pfft.

[rocket]

Just found out now that I'm going to the Midwest League All Star Game tonight. I don't follow the minors all that closely, so which Cubs prospects that will be there are the ones to really watch for? And also what other top prospects should I take note of?

[Named After Maddux]

Just found out now that I'm going to the Midwest League All Star Game tonight. I don't follow the minors all that closely, so which Cubs prospects that will be there are the ones to really watch for? And also what other top prospects should I take note of?

 

Dan Vogelbach, Tayler Scott, and Rock Shoulders off the top of my head. Pena is a hard throwing RHP that can get a little erratic and Nathan Dorris (LHP) is there as well.

 

Outside of Cubs, Byron Buxton (OF), Carlos Correa (SS), and lance McCullers (RHP) will also be there and are top prospects.

[Guest]

Just found out now that I'm going to the Midwest League All Star Game tonight. I don't follow the minors all that closely, so which Cubs prospects that will be there are the ones to really watch for? And also what other top prospects should I take note of?

 

Cubs All-Stars

 

LHP Nathan Dorris - reliever with pretty decent numbers but is old at 22, not much of a prospect

RHP Felix Pena - swingman with good control and decent stuff that I saw, very old for the Midwest league at 23

OF Bijan Rademacher - College draftee last year with good numbers, but is probably just a guy as he gets to higher levels

RHP Tayler Scott - South African SP, has some decent stuff but isn't striking anyone out

1B Rock Shoulders - Overslot draftee putting up big numbers, future 1B/DH

1B Dan Vogelbach - 2nd round pick with huge power, best prospect of the group

 

 

As for other Midwest League guys, Byron Buxton(Cedar Rapids CF) possibly the best prospect in Baseball, but I'm not overly familiar with what other big time prospects will be there.

[Guest]

If I were going, I'd be kind of annoyed that neither of our two best players at that level aren't at the game, but it's understandable in Almora's case, at least.

[sneakypower]

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130605&content_id=49688824&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb

 

Buxton, Correa, Vogelbach, McCullers are the most interesting names; pitching got decimated due to injuries (Tyrell Jenkins, Taylor Guerreri, Robert Stephenson)

[rocket]

I do know Vogelbach, so I'm excited to see him. I'm no Pinghitter but I'll try to post some of my impressions later tonight

[sneakypower]

yeah let us know what you seen

[Guest]

Just found out now that I'm going to the Midwest League All Star Game tonight. I don't follow the minors all that closely, so which Cubs prospects that will be there are the ones to really watch for? And also what other top prospects should I take note of?

 

Dan Vogelbach, Tayler Scott, and Rock Shoulders off the top of my head. Pena is a hard throwing RHP that can get a little erratic and Nathan Dorris (LHP) is there as well.

 

Outside of Cubs, Byron Buxton (OF), Carlos Correa (SS), and lance McCullers (RHP) will also be there and are top prospects.

 

Pena is normally 88-91 so he's not really a hard thrower.

[Guest]

Hoping I can finally make it out to KC next week.

[Guest]

JavyBB

[New York Cubs Fan]

JavyBB

 

#1 Cubs prospect, top 5-10 in baseball if this recent trend is legit.

[sports1]

JavyBB

 

#1 Cubs prospect, top 5-10 in baseball if this recent trend is legit.

 

Don't see why it's not legit. BTW - Is Vitters hurt? I haven't heard much about him this year. Not that there's much to report just curious.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Yao-Ling Wang pitching great this year out of the pen. Would like to see Rosscup bumped to Iowa and Wang to Tenn.

[TruffleShuffle]

el grande salami for baez.

 

tim saunders also hit one... don't see two grand slams twice in many games, certainly not in the FSL.