Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-16-15

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 6-4 Box Score

 

Tennessee had the day off

 

Myrtle Beach won 6-0 Box Score

 

South Bend lost 3-1 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs lost 3-2 Box Score

 

VSL Cubs won 5-4 Box Score

[ddwyer]

Looks like another good game for Underwood - 7 innings, 2 hits, 1 BB and 4 SO.

Zagunis with single, double, walk and 3 RBI's. The guy just keeps hitting and taking walks.

[CubsWin]

The curious case of Chris Pieters continues.

 

First off, Pieters is left-handed so we should expect him to be a bit odd.

 

Secondly, he's a baseball player from Curacao, so that makes him even more unique. (I had to look it up. It's a small island nation just off the northern coast of Venezuela.)

 

Thirdly, he has been one of the worst Cubs prospect pitchers, statistically speaking, I've had the privilege of following.

 

He was a member of the not-so-prized Cubs 2011 IFA class (the last one of the Hendry regime) and signed for $350,000 (not an unsignificant amount). At 6'3", he had a big arm, but, like a lot of 16-year-olds, he was raw. The Cubs were about to find out how raw. In 77.1 IP over 3 seasons, Pieters has walked 119 guys. That's almost exactly twice as many men as he struck out (119/61). Last season, he had a WHIP over 3, and ERA over 11 and for every 3 Ks he got, he walked 5.

 

And this year, it's even worse...sort of. This year his strikeout to walk ratio is 2:5. He has 6 Ks and 15 walks. Except this year, that's as a batter.

 

The Cubs figured, hey, athletic southpaw with major control problems? Sounds like a CFer to me. I mean, they're trying to emulate the Cardinals in so many other ways (hopefully not in the hacking department), why not follow what they did with Rick Ankiel.

 

Chris Pieters currently has an OBP of .466. He can hit for crap, batting just above the Mendoza line, but that's to be expected. Not because this is his first season as hitter, but because everything else has been wacko-koo-koo-bird with this guy, why should his slash line (.211/.466/.237) be any different.

 

I'll be keeping a close eye on Mr. Pieters development. Not because I think he will ever be any good, but because I can't wait to see what happens next.

[jersey cubs fan]

Secondly, he's a baseball player from Curacao, so that makes him even more unique. (I had to look it up. It's a small island nation just off the northern coast of Venezuela.)

 

There's not much unique about being a baseball player from Curacao.

[Guest]

At the VERY least, how have you not heard about it a thousand times because of Andruw Jones?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Our very own Randall Simon was also from Curacao.

[jersey cubs fan]

At the VERY least, how have you not heard about it a thousand times because of Andruw Jones?

Not to mention it's half the reason The Netherlands has a national baseball team that participates in all the tournaments.

[Guest]

Our very own Randall Simon was also from Curacao.

 

Yeah. When he played I was like "oh he's from where andruw jones is from"

[Guest]

Our very own Randall Simon was also from Curacao.

 

And Andrelton Simmons.

[Guest]

Our very own Randall Simon was also from Curacao.

 

And Andrelton Simmons.

 

And Profar, IIRC

[Guest]

And WSR favorite, Wladimier (sp?)

[CubsWin]

Secondly, he's a baseball player from Curacao, so that makes him even more unique. (I had to look it up. It's a small island nation just off the northern coast of Venezuela.)

 

There's not much unique about being a baseball player from Curacao.

Awesome. Exactly what I was going for. Thank you, JCF.

[wvcbxl]

Secondly, he's a baseball player from Curacao, so that makes him even more unique. (I had to look it up. It's a small island nation just off the northern coast of Venezuela.)

 

There's not much unique about being a baseball player from Curacao.

 

Current professionals born in Curaçao by level:

MLB: 4 (Jansen, Profar, Schoop and Simmons)

AAA: 3

AA: 3

A: 9

Short&rookie: 4

DSL: 15

And about 4 more in Independent Leagues/Japan/Mexico.