Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-11-15

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 13-7 Box Score

 

Tennessee won 4-0 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach won 8-5 Box Score

 

South Bend won 7-4 Box Score

[ctcf]

Another solid day for Zagunis and McKinney ho-hum

[ctcf]

Baez went 1-2 with a K and TWO BBs

[sontensei]

Baez 2 walks? the world is going to end!

[Guest]

Once again, for the umpteenth time, can we stop pretending Baez doesn't walk at all?

 

Now Almora, that's different.

[Guest]

Baez's last 10 games: 42 PA, .285/.405/.400, 1 HR, 10 K, 5 BB

[ctcf]

McKinney is your Carolina League Player of the Week. He leads the league in pretty much every offensive category and is, I believe, still the youngest offensive starter there.

[Guest]

Carolina League OPS leaders

 

.976 (McKinney)

.919

.884

.870 (Rogers)

.851 (Zagunis)

.833 x2

.819

 

There are 6 players within 150 points of OPS of McKinney and 2 of those are his teammates. No one is within 55 points of him.

[ScrubMD]

He's the youngest player in the league and leads in OPS by a wide margin, and people expect him to be a solid major leaguer? Might want to be careful with those expectations, guys.

[Guest]

Once again, for the umpteenth time, can we stop pretending Baez doesn't walk at all?

 

Now Almora, that's different.

He heard me. Almora walked in his first PA.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Carolina League OPS leaders

 

.976 (McKinney)

.919

.884

.870 (Rogers)

.851 (Zagunis)

.833 x2

.819

 

There are 6 players within 150 points of OPS of McKinney and 2 of those are his teammates. No one is within 55 points of him.

 

Random fact; Jacob Rogers is older than 4 of our regular big league starters and 15 days younger than Anthony Rizzo.

[Proven Veteran]

Carolina League OPS leaders

 

.976 (McKinney)

.919

.884

.870 (Rogers)

.851 (Zagunis)

.833 x2

.819

 

There are 6 players within 150 points of OPS of McKinney and 2 of those are his teammates. No one is within 55 points of him.

 

Random fact; Jacob Rogers is older than 4 of our regular big league starters and 15 days younger than Anthony Rizzo.

Can we take a flyer on him?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Voglebach with a dong

[Schmidt]

Almora with BB #6

[KingCubsFan]

Any reports on Zagunis' defense? At what point does he surpass Almora?

[ctcf]

Any reports on Zagunis' defense?

 

This is a great question

[sneakypower]

Once again, for the umpteenth time, can we stop pretending Baez doesn't walk at all?

 

Now Almora, that's different.

bumping this to point out that Baez's 2.2 K/BB for May so far is best/lowest monthly rate of his entire playing career, if it holds up; it's worth getting excited about more that he might finally be developing some small command of the strike zone rather than the walks alone

 

also, he's at 73% contact for the month, and he hasn't ever topped 69% before (discounting A+ and lower where swing data isn't available)

[Guest]

Once again, for the umpteenth time, can we stop pretending Baez doesn't walk at all?

 

Now Almora, that's different.

bumping this to point out that Baez's 2.2 K/BB for May so far is best/lowest monthly rate of his entire playing career, if it holds up; it's worth getting excited about more that he might finally be developing some small command of the strike zone rather than the walks alone

 

also, he's at 73% contact for the month, and he hasn't ever topped 69% before (discounting A+ and lower where swing data isn't available)

 

and pretend he wasn't robbed of that one HR to make the slg slightly less worrisome.

[Guest]

Once again, for the umpteenth time, can we stop pretending Baez doesn't walk at all?

 

Now Almora, that's different.

bumping this to point out that Baez's 2.2 K/BB for May so far is best/lowest monthly rate of his entire playing career, if it holds up; it's worth getting excited about more that he might finally be developing some small command of the strike zone rather than the walks alone

 

also, he's at 73% contact for the month, and he hasn't ever topped 69% before (discounting A+ and lower where swing data isn't available)

 

and pretend he wasn't robbed of that one HR to make the slg slightly less worrisome.

Doesn't that also take away a strikeout?

[Guest]

Once again, for the umpteenth time, can we stop pretending Baez doesn't walk at all?

 

Now Almora, that's different.

bumping this to point out that Baez's 2.2 K/BB for May so far is best/lowest monthly rate of his entire playing career, if it holds up; it's worth getting excited about more that he might finally be developing some small command of the strike zone rather than the walks alone

 

also, he's at 73% contact for the month, and he hasn't ever topped 69% before (discounting A+ and lower where swing data isn't available)

 

and pretend he wasn't robbed of that one HR to make the slg slightly less worrisome.

Doesn't that also take away a strikeout?

 

i believe he hit a deep fly ball to the warning track on the next pitch

[Guest]

bummer

[Guest]

if that had gone out it would've been the ultimate i do whatever the [expletive] i want moment