Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-9-14

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 9-6 Box Score

 

Tennessee PPD - Rain

 

Daytona lost 3-1 Box Score

 

Kane County alost 3-2 Box Score

 

Boise lost 16-3 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs lost 3-2 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs lost 4-3 Box Score

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Hopefully we get another low-walk game from Pierce. His numbers are becoming less vomit inducing. 3.86 BB/9 since returning to AA after the injury. 41/17 K/BB over 39.2 IP during that time frame. He still needs to cut the walks down some more, but the last start has me encouraged. He's had a lot of trouble finding the zone early in his starts, though.

[Guest]

Almora is back in Tennessee's lineup today after his injury scare yesterday.

[Vinestal]

Almora is back in Tennessee's lineup today after his injury scare yesterday.

Thx for the update, was worried he had pulled a hamstring

[ScrubMD]

Field not looking good in TN

[waffle]

was at the Boise Hawks game last night. Not a top notch effort.

 

The Volcanoes starter, Reyes, seemed to really keep the Hawks off balance while he was in there. Lots of check swings, lots of called strikes. Liked what I saw.

 

The Hawks starter, Trevor Graham really labored. Seemed like every pitch he threw went somewhere he wasn't expecting. Lots of stuff in the dirt. His only plus pitch seemed to be his charge which when he could control it, seemed pretty wicked. Did not look like a big league pitcher out there at all.

 

At the plate Marra was the hitting star. Just looks GOOD up there. Seems to have a really good approach. Many of the other Hawks were swinging at the pitcher's pitch with expected results. I also like Flete up there.

 

Flete looks great in the field, MOSTLY. He did boot one ball badly that eventually cost a couple of runs.

 

The other player that I liked alot was Jeremy Null. Lots of bad swings. They just were not picking up on what he was throwing. His control seemed a work in progress but the Volcanoes did not look at all comfortable up there against him.

 

Zagunis did not make much of an impression at all. Looks shorter than listed 6' to me. Looked pretty good at the plate.

 

For a team with quite a few players hitting well last night they mostly looked over matched.

[Clem Fandango]

Field not looking good in TN

 

This time of year it rains nearly the same time every day. It's like clockwork.

 

And it's hot as [expletive]. It's fine right now. If the game got delayed because of poor field conditions before it's because they were late getting the tarp on. As long as they get the tarp on the field, they'll play ball. It's nice and sunny out right now.

 

Also that tarp smells like the butthole of a rotten catfish

[TruffleShuffle]

tennessee rained out.

 

iowa start has been pushed to 8:15 central due to a rain delay. should be fine to start then, though.

[Quakers]

At boise's game

[CubInOK]

I see Iowa scores 2 runs in the 1st, but I'm sad that Soler and Bryant did nothing (Bryant struck out.)

[Vinestal]

Bryant HR

[gscool89]

38

[Sammy Sofa]

http://gifatron.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/george-costanza-gives-up.gif

[Guest]

TIL Mel Rojas has a son in the Pirates minor league system

[Hairyducked Idiot]

TIL Mel Rojas has a son in the Pirates minor league system

 

I learned that last week when a fake tweeter sent him to us for James Russell

[Vinestal]

They intentionally walked Bryant to load the bases then Soler filed out to the warning track

[gscool89]

RT @BoiseHawksRadio: Final line for Maples - 2 1/3 IP 8 R 5 H 5 BB 5 WP 1 K

[TruffleShuffle]

i hope dillon maples invested that bonus money wisely.

[gscool89]

http://www.bleachernation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mike-olt.jpg

[TruffleShuffle]

dillon maples: 2.1 ip, 5 h, 9 r, 5 bb, 1 k, 5 wp. not so good! boise is down 15-1 in the fourth inning.

 

in happier news, jeferson mejia has pitched well (4 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 2 bb, 5 k). eloy jimenez hasn't played since august 4th, for some reason.

[Quakers]

My god...what an awful game. 16 - 1 now. Maples was awful. Wild pitches, walks, and very hitable when in the zone.

 

Malave is awful defensively at first.

[gscool89]

http://www.bleachernation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mike-olt.jpg

 

x2

[Geech]

I kind of want Mike Olt to fail horribly now that he's back in Iowa so I can feel better about the good performances of our prospects there.

[treebird]

I kind of want Mike Olt to fail horribly now that he's back in Iowa so I can feel better about the good performances of our prospects there.

 

absolutely. even if olt only hits .250, i'm going to spend the whole offseason worrying that that means i should lop 110 points off bryant's projected average.

[Guest]

@billazbbphotog: Marcelo Carreno w/ 2 inn for AZL #Cubs. RHP was acquired from Det in 2012 as PTBNL in Jeff Baker deal; missed all of 2013. FB 91.