Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-31-14

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 2-1 Box Score

 

LF R. Kalish 0/3, BB

CF M. Szczur 1/4, 2 K

SS A. Alcantara 0/4, 3 K

3B C. Villanueva 0/4, 3 K

RF B. Jackson 2/3, R, 3B (2), K, HBP

2B L. Watkins 0/2, BB, K, CS (1)

PH-SS Ja. Baez 0/1, K

SP C. Rusin 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 5-8 GO-FO, 86-51 pitches-strikes; batting: 0/2, E (2, pickoff)

RP M. Hatley 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 2-1 Box Score

 

LF J. Andreoli 0/4

3B K. Bryant 2/4, R, 2B (15)

DH R. Lopez 0/4

1B D. Geiger 1/3, 2B (8), RBI, BB

RF R. Silva 0/4

CF JH Ha 1/3

SP J. Pineiro 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 12-6 GO-FO, 87-55 pitches-strikes

RP A. Rivero 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona lost 4-3 Box Score

 

CF A. Almora 2/4, 2B (13), RBI, SB (4)

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

DH W. Contreras 1/4, R, K

3B J. Candelario 1/4

2B G. Amaya 0/3, BB

SS M. Hernandez 1/4, 2 RBI

SP F. Peña 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 10-2 GO-FO

RP J. Rorasio 1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Kane County lost 5-3 Box Score

 

CF J. Hannemann 2/5, R, 2B (4), K, SB (15)

2B D. Lockhart 2/5, R, 2 K

RF Y. Balaguert 2/4

DH C. Brockmeyer 2/3, RBI, HBP

SS C. Penalver 1/4, R, HR (1), RBI

LF S. Dunston 0/4, 2 K

SP J. Paniagua 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 10-1 GO-FO, 71-41 pitches-strikes

 

DSL Cubs won their season opener 10-0 Box Score

 

CF R. Caro 3/4, 3 R, 2 3B (2), 3 RBI, BB

SS F. Delarosa 1/5, RBI - appears to have recovered from that offseason car crash in the Dominican

LF L. Acosta 1/4, R, 2B (1), 2 K

C Y. Matos 02, R, RBI, 2 BB, K

2B A. Gonzalez 1/4, R, 2 RBI, 2 K

SP P. Araujo 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 4-1 GO-FO

 

VSL Cubs have the day off

 

OVERALL: 1-4

[Guest]

If the DSL Cubs roster on MiLB.com is to be believed, here are their big bonus signees from recent years in the DSL:

 

2013-14:

RHP Erling Moreno, Colombia - age 16 - $800,000 bonus

C Yohan Matos, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $270,000 bonus

 

2012-13:

 

SS Frandy De La Rosa, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $700,000 bonus

RHP Oscar de la Cruz, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $85,000 bonus

LHP Jose Morel, Dominican Republic - age 18 - $80,000 bonus

 

2011:

 

SS Luis Acosta, Dominican Republic - $1.1 million

LHP Christian Pieters, Curacao - age 16 - $350,000 bonus

RHP Pedro Araujo, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $100,000 bonus

 

2010:

 

SS Antonio Gonzalez, Dominican Republic - low 6-figure bonus

[muntjack]

In future news: Kris Bryant HR.

[rawaction]

Is it me or does Javy seem to turn a bunch of double plays? Just looking at boxscores, he seems to turn multiple per game. I don't really know what that means, but my assumption are hands and quickness are pretty legit and will play well at 2nd, which leads to reasoning why the Cubs may be projecting him there instead of 3rd which is probably a bigger hole and seems to be the more obvious place to play him with his size and bat.

[mul21]

Is it me or does Javy seem to turn a bunch of double plays? Just looking at boxscores, he seems to turn multiple per game. I don't really know what that means, but my assumption are hands and quickness are pretty legit and will play well at 2nd, which leads to reasoning why the Cubs may be projecting him there instead of 3rd which is probably a bigger hole and seems to be the more obvious place to play him with his size and bat.

 

I'd be inclined to stick him at 3B regardless just to keep him away from the potential of Matt Holliday destroying him trying to break up a DP going hard into 2nd.

[Guest]

I don't even see a reason not to skip Bryant at Iowa except maybe get him used to playing RF.

[Guest]

Just looked up Luis Acosta...god he is beyond awful.

[MWV]

Birmingham's starter tonight is Nick McCully. An argument could be made that he is the worst SP in the Southern League:

 

Year  Age  ERA   IP    WHIP  H9  HR9  BB9  SO9
2014  25  6.95  44.0  1.705 11.0 1.4  4.3  3.3

I shudder to think what harm Bryant might visit upon this poor fool.

[Gilby]

Bryant's wOBA is over .500.

[CubInOK]

Birmingham's starter tonight is Nick McCully. An argument could be made that he is the worst SP in the Southern League:

 

Year  Age  ERA   IP    WHIP  H9  HR9  BB9  SO9
2014  25  6.95  44.0  1.705 11.0 1.4  4.3  3.3

I shudder to think what harm Bryant might visit upon this poor fool.

He could shut down the MLB Cubs though.

 

ETA: I predict 0-0, 3IBB, RBI for Bryant against this guy tonight.

Edited May 31, 2014 by CubInOK

[TruffleShuffle]

statistical roundup for bryant:

 

leads SL in batting average: .347 (#2: .331)

leads SL in on base percentage: .452 (#2: .423)

leads SL in slugging percentage: .684 (#2: .509)

leads SL in OPS: 1.136 (#2: .908)

leads SL in HR: 17 (#2: 10)

leads SL in total bases: 132 (#2: 104)

leads SL in runs scored: 46 (#2: 36)

leads SL in hits: 67 (#2: 61)

leads SL in RBI: 47 (#2: 46)

tied for 2nd in walks: 32 (#1: 34)

tied for 7th in doubles: 14 (#1: 16)

tied for 15th in stolen bases: 7 (#1: 25)

[NOLA]

statistical roundup for bryant:

 

leads SL in batting average: .347 (#2: .331)

leads SL in on base percentage: .452 (#2: .423)

leads SL in slugging percentage: .684 (#2: .509)

leads SL in OPS: 1.136 (#2: .908)

leads SL in HR: 17 (#2: 10)

leads SL in total bases: 132 (#2: 104)

leads SL in runs scored: 46 (#2: 36)

leads SL in hits: 67 (#2: 61)

leads SL in RBI: 47 (#2: 46)

tied for 2nd in walks: 32 (#1: 34)

tied for 7th in doubles: 14 (#1: 16)

tied for 15th in stolen bases: 7 (#1: 25)

Pujols-esque

[rawaction]

He's going to be leading in walks by the end of the weekend. Maybe doubles if he ever keeps one on the other side of the wall.

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't even see a reason not to skip Bryant at Iowa except maybe get him used to playing RF.

 

$$$

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

If the DSL Cubs roster on MiLB.com is to be believed, here are their big bonus signees from recent years in the DSL:

 

2013-14:

RHP Erling Moreno, Colombia - age 16 - $800,000 bonus

C Yohan Matos, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $270,000 bonus

 

2012-13:

 

SS Frandy De La Rosa, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $700,000 bonus

RHP Oscar de la Cruz, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $85,000 bonus

LHP Jose Morel, Dominican Republic - age 18 - $80,000 bonus

 

2011:

 

SS Luis Acosta, Dominican Republic - $1.1 million

LHP Christian Pieters, Curacao - age 16 - $350,000 bonus

RHP Pedro Araujo, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $100,000 bonus

 

2010:

 

SS Antonio Gonzalez, Dominican Republic - low 6-figure bonus

 

So it's looking like both Jimenez and Torres will stay in AZ?

[Guest]

So it's looking like both Jimenez and Torres will stay in AZ?

 

Yeah, it does. I guess there's a chance Torres could go to Boise but that doesn't seem likely.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

So it's looking like both Jimenez and Torres will stay in AZ?

 

Yeah, it does. I guess there's a chance Torres could go to Boise but that doesn't seem likely.

Can't remember a guy skipping both the DSL and AZL. That'd be pretty crazy.

[Guest]

So it's looking like both Jimenez and Torres will stay in AZ?

 

Yeah, it does. I guess there's a chance Torres could go to Boise but that doesn't seem likely.

Can't remember a guy skipping both the DSL and AZL. That'd be pretty crazy.

 

Profar went straight to the NWL.

[TruffleShuffle]

based on the gamecast, bryant flied out to around the warning track in left-center in the first inning.

[Guest]

Almora double.

[imb]

Bryant works a 2-2 count and doubles to left

[TruffleShuffle]

so a fly out to the wall in left and a double to deep left. seems like this guy is pretty locked in right now.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

i might fap to this:

 

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

[ScrubMD]

Penalverbomb! ....is that a thing?

[Guest]

Javy with a day off and Alcantara at SS. Interesting to think about Alcantara as a Zobrist type that may not have a 150 game home on the field. Would work well in the potential scenario where Javy, Castro, and Bryant are all on the IF and right handed. Valbuena mitigates a large part of that utility for now, but worth keeping in mind as different options shake out.