Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-21-15

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 12-8 Box Score

 

Tennessee won game one 7-6 (12 innings) on an Albert Almora walk-off single Box Score

 

Tennessee PPD - Rain

 

Myrtle Beach lost 4-3 Box Score

 

South Bend lost 6-2 Box Score

 

Eugene won 7-6 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs had the day off

 

DSL Cubs lost 5-3 (11 innings) Box Score

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Contreras HR.

[Guest]

Javy playing 2B tonight

[Gravy]

Javy with a 3 run homer in the 2nd!! He is hot again!

[rawaction]

Javy with a 3 run homer in the 2nd!! He is hot again!

 

7 straight multi-hit games.

 

15-34, but with only 2 doubles, this 1 HR, 2 BBs, and 9 Ks.

[Quakers]

I was able to attend last night's game between Eugene and SK.

 

The Good, bad and ugly.

 

Good

 

Donnie Dewees - Seemed to be able to slap the ball through holes in the infield at will. Once on the paths he was aggressive, stealing 3 bases, He looked good in center. Great jumps on the ball and showed a strong arm.

 

Andrew Ely - Seemed to be able to slap the ball through holes in the infield at will.

 

Eloy Jimenez - He also had a few nice singles. (It seems that the whole Eugene team was playing small ball. He did have a nice sac fly when the situation called for it. I would have liked to seen him drive the ball with more authority, but I guess that will come with time. He seemed to have no desire to steal.

 

Alex Bautista - He made a fantastic diving catch in right field that even had the SK faithful buzzing with praise.

 

Bad

 

Ryna Kellogg - A big man. He looked tentative. Not much velocity...nibbling at corners. His defense did not help him. I thought they had him on a pitch count (and judging by the above post this appears to be true.) If this is the best he can do, then I am not impressed, but I do not think he was.

 

Adbert Alzolay - He pitched better than his stats would indicate. A two run HR and he was roughed up in his last inning of work.

 

Ugly

 

Vimael Machin - He had a rough start defensively at third. A couple of wild throws. But later on, once he settled down, he actually showed a very strong accurate arm and superior range. He is just up from Arizona, so I attributed his early miscues to jitters. He looked over matched at the plate though.

 

The post game fireworks were canceled due to the extremely dry conditions in the area. Intelligent choice by the management, but a bummer none-the-less.

[Quakers]

Seems to me that the small ball approach was not always the case for the Cubs SS team. I am not certain if it is a reflection of philosophy or just what this team is capable of.