Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-12-15

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 7-2 Box Score

 

Tennessee won 6-3 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach lost 5-0 Box Score

 

South Bend won 8-3 Box Score

[Guest]

Denorfia is rehabbing with Myrtle Beach today.

[NOLA]

It's going to be tough to get in the 4 Iowa games this week. There's 80-100% chances of heavy rain every day this week in NOLA.

[Gilby]

Russell just homered.

 

Almora has a double and a walk already as well.

[Guest]

Russell just homered.

 

Almora has a double and a walk already as well.

who is this almora and what has he done with the old one?

[Guest]

That means Almora has 3 walks on the season already. Wow.

[Proven Veteran]

That means Almora has 3 walks on the season already. Wow.

Let's redo the rankings.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

just keep up that 140 or whatever walk pace, and he'll be number 1 at the end of the year

[Sammys Boombox]

Russell just homered.

 

Almora has a double and a walk already as well.

 

Get out of my yard!

[ctcf]

Bryant is 0-3 with 2 Ks and is clearly broken.

[UMFan83]

Bryant is 0-3 with 2 Ks and is clearly broken.

 

Fixed. He just homered

[RammyFanny]

Bryant is 0-3 with 2 Ks and is clearly broken.

He promptly responds with a dong.

[TruffleShuffle]

Addison Russell seems to be doing okay as one of the youngest players in the PCL.

[Gilby]

Addison Russell seems to be doing okay as one of the youngest players in the PCL.

 

Yep. Killing the ball and hasn't struck out in his first 19 plate appearances.

[Guest]

Addison Russell seems to be doing okay as one of the youngest players in the PCL.

 

Yep. Killing the ball and hasn't struck out in his first 19 plate appearances.

 

Hitting .389 with a .352 BABIP. That'll do.

 

In other news, Torres had 2 more hits today, and Vogelbach went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Addison Russell seems to be doing okay as one of the youngest players in the PCL.

 

and hasn't struck out in his first 19 plate appearances.

 

That is a sexy, sexy stat.

[Vinestal]

I really wish they would bring Addison up when they bring up Bryant, I realize it'll prob be July or something though.

[Tryptamine]

I really wish they would bring Addison up when they bring up Bryant, I realize it'll prob be July or something though.

 

Short of them agreeing to a contract extension like Longo, I can't imagine he'd be up prior to late June/early July. It really is unfortunate because I think his impact would be both immediate and significant.

[TruffleShuffle]

i don't see the point of rushing addison russell. he's 21 years old, is the third youngest player in the PCL and has a half season under his belt above A-ball. he should probably spend at least half this season in the minors.

[mul21]

i don't see the point of rushing addison russell. he's 21 years old, is the third youngest player in the PCL and has a half season under his belt above A-ball. he should probably spend at least half this season in the minors.

 

Had he not gotten hurt, there was a chance, albeit small, that he saw the bigs last year. Him coming up soon wouldn't be a huge shock or really all that premature.

[CubsWin]

Addison sure looks ready right now, but it's just 4 games. It happens to be the first 4 games so it skews the perspective. I like this FO's approach to preparing their prospects for success once they reach the bigs. That said, if he hasn't cooled off by mid-to-late May, and there's a need for him in Chicago (an injury or poor performance by another starter), I wouldn't frown on the Cubs bringing him up.

[Guest]

i don't see the point of rushing addison russell. he's 21 years old, is the third youngest player in the PCL and has a half season under his belt above A-ball. he should probably spend at least half this season in the minors.

 

Had he not gotten hurt, there was a chance, albeit small, that he saw the bigs last year. Him coming up soon wouldn't be a huge shock or really all that premature.

 

Not small. It was expected.

[RammyFanny]

Gleyber <3

 

2-4 BB no K's.

[TruffleShuffle]

i don't see the point of rushing addison russell. he's 21 years old, is the third youngest player in the PCL and has a half season under his belt above A-ball. he should probably spend at least half this season in the minors.

 

Had he not gotten hurt, there was a chance, albeit small, that he saw the bigs last year. Him coming up soon wouldn't be a huge shock or really all that premature.

 

right, but he did get hurt, and missed almost half of last season. i mean, 70 games above A-ball is not a lot, and he walked only 9 times in 50 games with tennessee last year. xander bogaerts looked like just as good a prospect in 2012-13, certainly "looked ready," and he's been bad offensively in late 2013 and all of 2014. i prefer giving guys a full year in AA/AAA rather than bringing them up because they look like they've got it all figured out.

[SouthSideRyan]

i don't see the point of rushing addison russell. he's 21 years old, is the third youngest player in the PCL and has a half season under his belt above A-ball. he should probably spend at least half this season in the minors.

 

The point would probably be that we're giving regular playing time to Chris Coghlan and Mike Olt.