Minor League Discussion and Box 4-7-14

[ctcf]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central)

 

Iowa won 4-1 Box Score

2B Alcantara 1/4 3 K

SS Baez 0/3, 1 BB, 0 K

LF Vitters 0/1

LF Szczur 1/2

3B Villanueva 1/4, HR

SP Wada 6.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

RP Ramirez 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

RP Parker 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

 

Tennessee lost 3-2 Box Score

2B Bruno 0/4

LF Silva 0/4

1B Geiger 2/4, HR

SP Loosen 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

 

Daytona lost 5-4 Box Score

CF Almora 1/4

1B Vogelbach 1/3, BB

3B Candelario 2/4, 3B

C Contreras 1/4

SS Hernandez 0/4

2B Amaya 0/2

SP Zastryzny 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

RP Wang 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

RP Vizcaino 1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K

 

Kane County has the day off

 

 

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Tsuyoshi Wada

Tennessee: RHP Matt Loosen

Daytona: LHP Rob Zastryzny

Edited April 8, 2014 by ctcf

[rawaction]

Wada is the only Iowa Cub that hasn't pitched this season, so I'm guessing he gets the start tonight.

 

Wang and Zastryzny are the potential guys in Daytona.

[sneakypower]

Cubs Minor League Leaderboard:

 

Hitters - http://tinyurl.com/CubsMILB-H

Pitchers - http://tinyurl.com/CubsMILB-P

 

i only added to last year's, so some NP leftovers like Shoulders & Zych are still there

[ctcf]

Baez is back in the starting lineup and Bryant is taking the night off

 

Daytona is, shockingly, delayed by rain.

[ctcf]

Daytona set to start at 6:40 now. Iowa in delay, but says rain should move through quickly.

[Vinestal]

Baez hit a 1-2 pitch to the warning track in his first AB

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Baez hit a 1-2 pitch to the warning track in his first AB

 

Fooled me for a second.

[Vinestal]

Baez 2nd at bat was hit all the way to the wall in center, just missed it...

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Baez 2nd at bat was hit all the way to the wall in center, just missed it...

 

That's three deep fly balls in a row, and the PA before that was a HR. He's getting locked in.

 

 

Vitters appears to have been PH for. That's about right.

[Clem Fandango]

Baez 2nd at bat was hit all the way to the wall in center, just missed it...

 

That's three deep fly balls in a row, and the PA before that was a HR. He's getting locked in.

 

#warningtrackpower

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Vitters fell awkwardly fielding a fly ball and left the game. Of course.

[Guest]

Baez 2nd at bat was hit all the way to the wall in center, just missed it...

 

That's three deep fly balls in a row, and the PA before that was a HR. He's getting locked in.

 

 

Vitters appears to have been PH for. That's about right.

@TommyBirch Vitters walking back to the locker room with the Iowa Cubs trainer.Tough to see that after an injury riddled season last year

[Guest]

Apparently Javy hits a screaming liner right at 3B

[MWV]

Apparently Javy hits a screaming liner right at 3B

Baez 2nd at bat was hit all the way to the wall in center, just missed it...

Baez hit a 1-2 pitch to the warning track in his first AB

Nice to see the Ks ticking down, if only in a limited sample.

K rate drops from 50% to a robust 37.5%.

[ctcf]

Javy BB!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Villanueva had a 3-run HR earlier for Iowa.

[Guest]

Javy walk

[Guest]

Javy BB!

 

4 straight very hard hit balls AND a walk?

 

He's ready.

[Cubswin11]

It appears Javy may be ready to go on a Soriano like run with squaring up the ball so well and clearly seeing it well lately Edited April 8, 2014 by Cubswin11

[ScrubMD]

It seems Baez had about as good an 0 for 3 day as you can have.

[Guest]

Great pitching day from Iowa:

 

http://i.imgur.com/qRGiL2U.png

[Guest]

Good to see Ramirez bounce back

 

 

Crazy that I'm already pretty happy with what we have in our pen and we have at least 3 guys in Parker, Vizcaino, and Ramirez who could join the fun too.

[ctcf]

Tommy Birch ‏@TommyBirch 1m

Iowa Cubs manager Marty Pevey said OF Josh Vitters tweaked something around his knee. Said he's day-to-day. Didn't seem worried. #Cubs #PCL

[Thrilho]

Bad news: Zastryzny gave up 4 runs on 6 hits, including 5 doubles.

 

Good news: Most of the doubles appear to have been lined at Rock Shoulders, and who knows what kind of doubles he's giving up these days?

 

Also, 6 Ks, 5 ground outs, and only 2 outs through the air.

[Thrilho]

Other good news: Candelario 2-4 with a triple after hit a HR in his last game.