Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-20-15

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Round Rock, 7:05 p.m.

Tennessee vs. Mississippi, 6:05 p.m.

Myrtle Beach vs. Lynchburg (game one), 4:05 p.m.

Myrtle Beach vs. Lynchburg (game two), TBA

South Bend vs. West Michigan, 6:05 p.m.

Eugene at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

AZL Cubs vs. AZL Brewers, 9:00 p.m.

DSL Cubs at DSL Mets 2, 9:30 a.m.

VSL Cubs vs. VSL Tigers, 10:30 a.m.

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Dallas Beeler (44 IP, 7.57 ERA, 4.83 FIP, 38 K, 23 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Ivan Pineyro (66.1 IP, 3.53 ERA, 3.2 FIP, 62 K, 19 BB)

Myrtle Beach (game one): RHP Jen-Ho Tseng (46 IP, 4.70 ERA, 3.87 FIP, 30 K, 12 BB)

Myrtle Beach (game two): RHP Jonathan Martinez (55 IP, 2.62 ERA, 4.58 FIP, 28 K, 8 BB)

South Bend: RHP Erick Leal (55 IP, 2.62 ERA, 4.58 FIP, 28 K, 8 BB)

Eugene: RHP Oscar De La Cruz (2014 in DSL: 75 IP, 1.80 ERA, 2.89 FIP, 64 K, 19 BB)

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Zagunis 0-1 with 2BB and 2SB so far. Get that man up to AA!

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

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Great to see him get settled in at AA. Only 20 years old... :clapping:

[CubInOK]

I think he's starting to put on a show now.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

McKinney up to .299/.347/.467 at AA.

[Guest]

i'm heel turning on bryant

 

2016 - mckinney for LF, bryant stays at 3B, schwarbs at C

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[Guest]

also mckinney with another hit

[Guest]

i'm heel turning on bryant

 

2016 - mckinney for LF, bryant stays at 3B, schwarbs at C

I knew you'd see the light eventually!

[OleMissCub]

McKinney not good enough to play CF?

[Guest]

McKinney not good enough to play CF?

 

By all accounts he'd be really bad there. You can maybe squint and play him in RF if absolutely necessary, but LF is considered his primary future position by far.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

McKinney not good enough to play CF?

 

Zagunis.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

So Corey Black waited until he got put in the pen to start walking guys this year.

[ARCubsFan]

Ian Happ HR

[Guest]

Ian Happ HR

 

Off a rehabbing Hisashi Iwakuma.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Nice.

[davell]

McKinney needs to be turned into major league pitching.

[Little Slide Rooter]

McKinney is 98 on MLB.com's latest top 100, with Gleybar at 91 and Underwood at 100.

[muntjack]

And Schwarber is #41. Not sure about that list.

[Little Slide Rooter]

And Schwarber is #41. Not sure about that list.

 

Yeah, but in the case of guys who were already on the pre-season list, when those ahead of them are no longer eligible, they move up a spot. So for us alone, Soler, Bryant, and Russell have been bumped off the list since it was published. And I'm not sure how they determine who's added to the tail end: whether they have a preseason 100-200, or if they put a bit of thought into it.

 

With this in mind, according to them, our top 10 is:

 

1. Edwards (39)

2. Schwarber (41)

3. Almora (47)

4. Torres (91)

5. McKinney (98)

6. Underwood (100)

7. Johnson

8. Tseng

9. Jimenez

10. Stinnett

 

So on that note, even with Bryant, Soler, Russell, Baez, and Alcantara gaduated, we still have 6 Top 100 guys.

 

As for the top Cubs Top 30, Null, Lockhart, and most recently, Pineyro have replaced Soler, Bryant and Russell. And I have to think that some. Degree of thought went into that rather than some pre-season list, as I doubt that Null would have registered at that time.

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So on that note, even with Bryant, Soler, Russell, Baez, and Alcantara gaduated, we still have 6 Top 100 guys.

 

Holy shite

[ctcf]

 

So on that note, even with Bryant, Soler, Russell, Baez, and Alcantara gaduated, we still have 6 Top 100 guys.

 

Holy [expletive]

 

This is seriously cracking me up.

[Guest]

albert almora isn't actually a top 100 prospect

[Guest]

Neither is Edwards.