Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-1-13

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 9-3 Box Score

 

Tennessee won 2-1 Box Score

 

Daytona PPD - Rain

 

Kane County won 6-2 Box Score

 

Boise lost 5-1 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs lost 3-2 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs at DSL Nationals, 9:30 AM

 

VSL Cubs won 2-1 Box Score

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: RHP Barret Loux (74.2 IP, 3.76 FIP, 4.34 ERA, 74 K, 44 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Kyle Hendricks (120.1 IP, 2.63 FIP, 1.87 ERA, 97 K, 25 BB)

Daytona: RHP Corey Black (at high-A Tampa: 82.2 IP, 3.27 FIP, 4.25 ERA, 88 K, 45 BB) - Cubs system debut

Kane County: RHP Tayler Scott (104 IP, 4.18 FIP, 4.33 ERA, 52 K, 44 BB)

Boise: RHP James Pugliese (47 IP, 2.63 FIP, 2.30 ERA, 38 K, 8 BB)

AZL Cubs: LHP Anthony Prieto (21 IP, 5.15 FIP, 4.29 ERA, 17 K, 12 BB)

[Cubswin11]

Black almost certainly profiles as a reliever once he gets to MLB, right?

[Guest]

Black almost certainly profiles as a reliever once he gets to MLB, right?

 

Yes.

[abuck1220]

baez hitting .227 over his last 10...still has an OPS of 1.047 in that span. in those ~50 PAs, he's walked/k'ed/homered 30 times.

[mul21]

Will Hendricks see Iowa this year or will they wait on that for next year?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

The elusive Kyle Hendricks. Wonder what he does today.

[wekim81]

that time for tennessee/b'ham should be 11A, correct?

[Guest]

that time for tennessee/b'ham should be 11A, correct?

 

Oops. Yeah. I corrected the OP.

[rawaction]

baez hitting .227 over his last 10...still has an OPS of 1.047 in that span. in those ~50 PAs, he's walked/k'ed/homered 30 times.

 

That's just stupid.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Baez is doing all this with a .200 BABIP going into today.

[KingCubsFan]

Baez is doing all this with a .200 BABIP going into today.

Of course it's low. Everything he hits goes out of the park.

[muntjack]

What do you know? Baez single in his 1st AB.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Matt Szczur isn't a thing anymore. Very reasonable target for clearing up a 40-man spot this offseason, if we need to.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Matt Szczur isn't a thing anymore. Very reasonable target for clearing up a 40-man spot this offseason, if we need to.

 

The question is if he was ever really a thing.

 

And holy [expletive], Javy. A single, wtf is that?

[Guest]

It was an infield single.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Kyle Hendricks had a turbulent 4th inning, but escape giving up a single run. Been himself otherwise. 6 IP, 1 ER, 1/4 BB/K.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Baez finishes 1-for-4 with a single, a ROE, no Ks. Scored the walk-of run on a bases-loaded infield single.

 

Inexplicably, Tennessee plays "Go Cubs Go."

[Guest]

 

Inexplicably, Tennessee plays "Go Cubs Go."

 

The Cub Way.

[MWV]

Baez finishes 1-for-4 with a single, a ROE, no Ks. Scored the walk-of run on a bases-loaded infield single.

 

Inexplicably, Tennessee plays "Go Cubs Go."

THey used to do this in Peoria, as well (when the Chiefs were the Cubs affiliate, of course). I imagine they do it throughout the system; David's remark may be much less facetious than it seems.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I guess technically it's being played before tonight's Cubs game, so "The Cubs are gonna win today" at least makes some sense.

[jersey cubs fan]

Matt Szczur isn't a thing anymore. Very reasonable target for clearing up a 40-man spot this offseason, if we need to.

 

I was golfing in Cape May last week and the starter noticed my Cubs hat and asked how I was liking "their guy". I hemmed and hawed trying to remember who he was talking about and said, "oh the outfielder". He's a thing there, apparently. But that's about it.

[rawaction]

To be fair to Szczur, the last time I thought a high level college WR should give up playing baseball for the Cubs and try his hand at the NFL, that player started on his way to becoming the Cubs ace.

 

Plus, I don't think he's that bad. In a prolonged slump now, but he was a respectable/usable .292/.360 (avg/OBP) in the first half for Iowa. Of course he has no power to speak of, but the Cubs have kept Borbon on the roster so....

[Guest]

Szczur is at Tennessee.

[rawaction]

Szczur is at Tennessee.

 

Yeah, I know. I don't know why I put Iowa. Actually yes I do. I was going to say something about him possibly showing power in Iowa.