Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-17-15

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs. Memphis, 7:08 p.m.

Tennessee at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m.

Myrtle Beach at Potomac, 6:05 p.m.

South Bend at Lansing, 6:05 p.m.

Eugene vs. Hillsboro, 9:05 p.m.

DSL Cubs vs. DSL Rangers 2, 9:30 a.m.

VSL Cubs at VSL Rays, 10:30 a.m.

 

AZL Cubs have the day off

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Dallas Beeler (58.1 IP, 6.33 ERA, 4.58 FIP, 50 K, 25 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Pierce Johnson (28.2 IP, 1.26 ERA, 3.56 FIP, 19 K, 13 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Daury Torrez (83 IP, 3.80 ERA, 3.43 FIP, 58 K, 13 BB)

South Bend: RHP Michael Wagner (19.1 IP, 2.33 ERA, 3.89 FIP, 17 K, 8 BB)

Eugene: RHP Preston Morrison (1.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2.51 FIP, 1 K, 0 BB)

[PackLandVA]

Daury outpitches Lucas, and Chesny goes 4-4. MB leads Potomac 5-2 late.

[Vinestal]

Chesny 5-5 snoozefest my ass.

[PackLandVA]

Gleybar with a nice night, going 3 for 5 with two doubles for South Bend.

 

Pierce Johnson goes 6.2 innings, allowing 1run (HR), 6 hits, 5 Ks and 2 BBs for the Smokies. Corey Black gets the final out of the inning (K) with 2 on.McKinney with the collar so far in 4 ABs.

 

Christian Villanueva with a couple of DONGS for Iowa in their blowout so far.

[mike2482]

Chesny 5-5 snoozefest my ass.

 

Is Chesny someone we should be excited about? He is always hitting, but it seems like it's only singles. Does he just have a highs BABIP, or is he just leg out grounders?

[Vinestal]

Chesny 5-5 snoozefest my ass.

 

Is Chesny someone we should be excited about? He is always hitting, but it seems like it's only singles. Does he just have a highs BABIP, or is he just leg out grounders?

I'm excited about him. He gets on base at an incredible pace and can play all over the field. A guy like that has a lot of value. We'll see if he continues to do it as he climbs the latter.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Chesny 5-5 snoozefest my ass.

 

Is Chesny someone we should be excited about? He is always hitting, but it seems like it's only singles. Does he just have a highs BABIP, or is he just leg out grounders?

 

I really don't know what to make of this one. He's 22 in and between A/A+ he's at .336/.403/.404. Not much power to speak of, and doesn't walk much. It's tempting to make the obvious small, gritty, white guy comps. But in their age 22 seasons:

 

Ryan Theriot (A) .252/.335/.313

Tony Campana (RK/A-) .267/.340/.267

 

Sam Fuld is a realistic comp. His first year pro, he was 23 at A: .300/.377/.433.

 

At age 22, Stephen Bruno hit .362/.436/.478, but only played 19 games. His only full season was the next year when he hit .276/.346/.393 at AA.

 

After getting overly ambitious with Dustin Pedroia, who hit .305/.384/.426. 5HR At AAA, I came to a man who I perhaps despised more than Jim Edmonds in his heyday: David Eckstein. At age 22 at A, he hit .301/.407/.426. He had more power and more walks. But if a slightly poorer man's David Eckstein is Chesney Young's ceiling, I would be very Ok with that.