Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-25-15

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Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Memphis, 6:05 p.m.

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

Myrtle Beach vs. Carolina, 6:05 p.m.

South Bend at West Michigan, 6:00 p.m.

Eugene vs. Salem-Keizer, 9:05 p.m.

AZL Cubs at AZLBrewers, 9:00 p.m.

DSL Cubs at DSL Brewers, 9:30 a.m.

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

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: LHP Drake Britton (53.1 IP, 4.39 ERA, 4.35 FIP, 31 K, 16 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Andres Santiago (36.2 IP, 4.42 ERA, 3.40 FIP, 23 K, 12 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Paul Blackburn (56 IP, 4.02 ERA, 2.93 FIP, 41 K, 14 BB)

South Bend: RHP James Norwood (8.1 IP, 5.40 ERA, 4.84 FIP, 8 K, 0 BB)

Eugene: LHP Carson Sands (23 IP, 6.26 ERA, 3.72 FIP, 14 K, 6 BB)

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Ian Happ with a single and BB so far in his South Bend debut.

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Gleybar Torres 3-4 with a double. So that's kind of like a baby aspirin to take the edge off a spinal tap.

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Javier Baez was 2 for 3 with a BB, 2B, BB and no Ks in his rehab in AZL.

 

Carson Sands had an up and down game: 5 innings,6 hits and 4 BBs, 3 runs -but 0 earned runs to go with 2 Ks.

 

2012 comp pick Paul Blackburn with a decent outing for Myrtle Beach: 5 1/3 with 4 hits, 4 Ks, 1 BB and 1 ER. Took the loss in a 1-0 game.

 

Corey Black has really been struggling of late at Tennessee. In his last 4 outings, he's gone 3 1/3 and given up 9 total ER.

 

Zac Rosscup finally gave up a run after 4 straight outings of dominance. In his 5 appearances since returning from injury, he has 4 1/3 IP, 2 hits, 2 BBs, 1 ER and 12 Ks.

 

AAAA Mike Olt with a 3-run dong for Iowa. His avg sits at about .260. Throw-in piece in a trade somewhere? Does he have ANY value to anyone??

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Javier Baez has not struck out through 3 AZL games. I'm actually mildly excited by this.

 

Corey Black's season is so strange to me. He was actually quite solid as a starter through the first third of the year and has absolutely fallen apart after being switched to reliever which is what the Cubs had likely envisioned him as in the first place.