Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-6-15

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 6-0 Box Score

 

Tennessee won game one 2-1 (7 innings) Box Score

 

Tennessee won game two 4-1 (7 innings) Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach lost game one 5-4 (7 innings) Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach won game two 4-2 (7 innings) Box Score

 

South Bend lost 4-3 Box Score

[Guest]

I'll be at the Iowa game again tonight. Hoping to see another Javy-bomb!

[Guest]

JJ Cooper says Almora is coming off the DL today.

[Guest]

Tennessee is going up against Robert Stephenson, who promptly walked Hannemann, Schwarber, Vogelbach, and Rademacher to give up a run. Almora flew out in his first PA.

[JeffH]

Concepcion has been promoted to AA Tennessee, so he won't be starting for Myrtle Beach.

[ctcf]

Do you guys think Frank Batista could be a good/useful major league reliever?

[ctcf]

Stephen Bruno with 3 errors in game 1 tonight

[Guest]

Almora 2 for 3, Schwarber with 2 walks

[ctcf]

Beeler doing his best impression of a dumpster fire right now.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Do you guys think Frank Batista could be a good/useful major league reliever?

 

He's been bouncing between AA-AAA with solid numbers for over 3 years now, so somebody does not.

[Guest]

Baez is 6 for his last 20 with a 2B and HR (plus the one overturn), 1 walk, 2 Ks

[ctcf]

Baez is 6 for his last 20 with a 2B and HR (plus the one overturn), 1 walk, 2 Ks

 

Went 1-3 against Graverman tonight too

[ctcf]

javy k :(

[toonsterwu]

Do you guys think Frank Batista could be a good/useful major league reliever?

 

Issue with Batista prior to this year, despite minor league success, was that his stuff was very pedestrian. IIRC, it was above average slider? (maybe curve), with a fastball that topped out low 90's. I mean, that's Joe Borowski-ish stuff. Granted, that's more than enough to succeed in the bigs (the famous Italian, Alessandro Maestri, was a power arm with a power slider ... who has powered himself to wherever he is, but not with us). Now ... I have no idea if his stuff has improved, and to be quite honest, I'm somewhat intrigued. Not a ton, as he is 26 in AA with a good breaking ball, but I'm curious if the fastball might've ticked up or if he picked up a better change-up (or something else). At the end of the day, gut feeling is that he's probably a polished arm succeeding against younger talent, but it's a strong enough start to at least pique some interest.

[ctcf]

Carl Edwards Jr. struck out the side tonight.

[ScrubMD]

Edwards Jr. Carl K's all 3 batters he faced. He's back, bring him up.

[treebird]

i'm going to call him carl sjunior every single time

[Guest]

Yesterday at extended spring training: http://www.thecubreporter.com/05052015/cubs-use-their-bats-their-heads-sweep-dbacks

 

Eloy Jimenez hit a homerun and a triple and Yohan Matos hit an inside the park HR. Justin Steele went 3 and didn't give up an earned run. Also:

 

Prior to the Cactus League EXST game, RHPs Dylan Cease (2014 TJS), Erling Moreno (2014 TJS), Jose Zapata (post-2013 cervical fracture), and Trey Masek (2014 shoulder surgery) pitched in a five-inning "sim" game on Field #3. Cease and Moreno worked three innings (45 pitches each), Zapata pitched two innings (30 pitches), and Masek threw one inning (15 pitches).