Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-15-16

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 9-3 Box Score

 

RF S. Victorino 0/2, R, 2 BB

1B D. Vogelbach 1/3, 2B (7), RBI, BB

CF A. Almora 1/4, K

2B A. Alcántara 0/4, K

3B L. Watkins 1/4, 2 RBI

PH W. Contreras 0/1, K

SP A. Sanabia 1.1 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GO-FO, 56-34 pitches-strikes

RP S. Patton 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 12-4 Box Score

 

2B C. Young 1/4, R, RBI, HBP, SB (13)

CF J. Hannemann 1/4, 3 R, 2B (8), 2 BB, K, SB (17)

LF M. Zagunis 2/3, 3 R, 2B (6), 2 RBI, 2 BB

3B J. Candelario 2/4, 2 R, 2 2B (11), BB, K

RF B. McKinney 2/5, R, RBI

C V. Caratini 3/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K

SP D. Underwood Jr 3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 2-3 GO-FO, 72-34 pitches-strikes

RP J. Paniagua 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-3 GO-FO

RP D. Berg 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 4-0 GO-FO

 

Myrtle Beach won 8-5 Box Score

 

DH R. Crawford 0/4, R, BB, SB (5)

SS G. Torres 2/4, R, 2B (8), 2 RBI, BB

2B I. Happ 2/5, 2B (8), RBI, 3 K

3B J. Vosler 2/5, E (7, throw)

RF Je. Baez 2/4, 2 R, SB (13)

LF C. Burks 2/3, 2 R, 3B (2), HR (3), RBI, BB

SP J. Stinnett 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 7-2 GO-FO, 92-53 pitches-strikes

 

South Bend lost 7-6 Box Score

 

C PJ Higgins 1/4, R, BB, 3 K

CF D. Dewees 0/3, R, 2 BB

LF E. Jimenez 1/5, R, K

RF E. Martinez 1/2, R, 2B (5), RBI, 2 BB, SB (3)

1B T. Alamo 1/4, R, 2B (4), 2 RBI

3B M. Rose 0/4, RBI, K

SP R. Kellogg 4 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 1-6 GO-FO, 82-45 pitches-strikes

[davell]

2B and a 1B in first 2 AB's for Torres.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[Little Slide Rooter]

WTF is Alex Sanabia?

[CubsWin]

WTF is Alex Sanabia?

A guy they just signed.

[Little Slide Rooter]

WTF is Alex Sanabia?

A guy they just signed.

 

Looks like he's been all over the place, including a few big league cups of coffee, which were more Folgers than Starbucks.

[philosophizer75]

Got to see Myrtle Beach win today and I did my amateur write-ups on some of the guys.

 

Field Players

 

-Gleyber Torres - SS - (2-4, double, 2 RBI's, 1 BB)

-1st AB - Put a nice swing on a fastball away with a 1-1 count. Doubled to right-center. Showed good hustle to score on a single with two outs.

-2nd AB - Went 0-2 quick swinging at decent curveballs, clutched up on the third straight curve and smacked a 2 RBI single to left center.

-3rd AB - Down 1-2 early, fought off some good pitches, earned himself a walk.

-4th AB - Grounded out to 3B.

-5th AB- Emergency swing with 2 strikes at a curve he didn't seem to expect. Poked right at the SS for a quick-hop groundout.

 

-Defensive Plays - Didn't handle a decent one hop throw from catcher on a steal attempt with runners at the corners, which allowed a run to come in. Made the turn on double plays pretty smoothly a couple of times.

 

 

-Ian Happ - 2B - (2-5, double, 1 RBI, 3 K's)

-1st AB - Got down early, struck out swinging on off-speed pitch.

-2nd AB - Ripped a ball to center for a single.

-3rd AB - Crushed one that went off the wall in left center, got called a ground rule double, not sure why. 1 RBI.

-4th AB - Struck out swinging on a nice curveball.

-5th AB- Struck out swinging at a low 90mph fastball. Battled though.

 

-Defensive Plays - Had a chance to make the turn on a double play, lost his balance or something, terrible throw. Made a nice play on a high chopper up the middle. Made a slick sliding stop where he ranged from close to second all the way over behind the first baseman, throw was late.

 

-General Impression - His arm seemed very weak at least 3 times, although he showed pretty good defensive range. At the plate he had a refined approach, made solid contact consistently.

 

 

-Rashad Crawford - DH - (0-4, 1 BB)

-1st AB - 1-2 count, defensive swing on outside pitch, flew out to RF.

-2nd AB - Got down early, worked his way to a walk.

-3rd AB - Grounded out to opposite field(3B), was a sac-fly opportunity, didn't get the job done.

-4th AB - Good contact, right at the CF.

-5th AB- Flew out to RF.

 

-Defensive Plays - Was DH.

 

 

-Jason Vosler - 3B - (2-5)

-1st AB - Good contact, right at the CF.

-2nd AB - Down early, nice poke on a low fastball to center for a single.

-3rd AB - Worked count, chased low fastball and grounded out to 1B.

-4th AB - Nice poke on a 88mph fastball to left for a single.

-5th AB- Turned on a 92mph fastball but hit it right at RF. He was right on (almost early) the fastest pitch thrown the entire afternoon.

 

-Defensive Plays - Decent throw in the 3rd inning. Took a one hopper right off the chest later, rushed the throw and pulled the 1B off the bag. It was ruled an error, but if he hadn't pulled the 1B off the bag it probably would've been ruled an IF hit. His arm seemed at least field-able.

 

-General Impression - He is every inch of 6'2". He could probably bulk up a bit and add some muscle to enhance his power ability, but he doesn't seem to have the frame to get really huge.

 

 

Pitchers

 

-Jake Stinnett - SP - (6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K)

-Fastball - Didn't seem to be fooling the batters, but it had some run on it from time to time, may have been throwing two-seamers.

-FB Gun #'s -

-1st inning - 85 86 87 88 88

-5th inning - 85 86 86 85 86 88

-6th inning - 84 84 88

 

-Slider - Fooled some batters, he settled down at one point by throwing 3-4 in a row for strikes. seemed to be able to at least find the zone with it.

-SL Gun #'s -

-1st inning - 77 76 78

-5th inning - 76 74 77

-6th inning - 72 73 72

 

-Changeup - Kept it in the zone, didn't throw very many of them.

-CU Gun #'s -

-1st inning - 80 83

-5th inning - 81

 

-General Impression - Got pissed in the 1st after letting up a few hits, control went down and velocity went up. They scored the only 2 runs they got off him that inning. He settled down and got himself out of some trouble in the 2nd with a GIDP. He got better as the game went on, really settled into a grove after the 2nd.

 

 

-James Farris - RP - (1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K)

-Fastball - Moves a bit, two-seamer maybe.

-FB Gun #'s - 87 85 83 83 85 84 84

 

-Slurve - Threw it for strikes, moved well.

-SLV Gun #'s - 80 79 81 82

 

-General Impression - Hides ball on delivery. Gave up solid contact and a run, but got his job done in the 9th.

 

 

-Ryan McNeil - RP - (1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K)

-Fastball/Sinker - Some downward movement. Once his arm warmed up it wasn't clocked below 88mph.

-FB Gun #'s - 86 85 87 86 88 89 90 88 89 88 88 88 89 88 88 89 89 88 89

 

-Curveball- Deceptive

-SLV Gun #'s - 78 79 80 79

 

-General Impression - Came in with 1 out in the 7th and bases loaded. Got a GIDP to end the inning. He has a quick arm, and was effortlessly sitting in the upper 80's on his FB. He gave up and opposite field HR, but otherwise seemed really solid.

 

 

Other Players Notes

 

-Jeffrey Baez - RF - he surprised me with his speed considered he is pretty big, listed at 240. Stole a base and scored from second on a not-given single.

 

-Charcer Burks - LF - ripped a triple off the left-center wall. Hustled on the play. Also hit a HR to left center. Made solid contact.

 

-Cael Brockmeyer - C - absolutely demolished a pitch for a HR to left. Very unimpressive behind the dish. no good throws to second and let some balls past him.

[Tim]

Holy crap I hope that's a slow gun.

[craig]

Thanks much, philosopher.

 

Tim, I'd guess that is a somewhat slow gun. Phil said Vosler ripped the fastest pitch of the game, and that was only 92. Don't think there are ever A+ games on a normal gun where somebody isn't going higher than that. And it seems those speeds are also relative, in the order we'd expect: Farris

 

But clearly doesn't indicate that either Stinnett or McNeil are especially fast.

[philosophizer75]

It was pretty cool, I was sitting behind the plate a little off to one side. One section to my left was the scouting section, at least 3 guys for each team wearing cubs and orioles gear with their own radar guns and laptops and clipboards. I haven't ever really sat that close to any game where the players were getting paid, so that was a novelty to me.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It was pretty cool, I was sitting behind the plate a little off to one side. One section to my left was the scouting section, at least 3 guys for each team wearing cubs and orioles gear with their own radar guns and laptops and clipboards. I haven't ever really sat that close to any game where the players were getting paid, so that was a novelty to me.

Thanks for the detailed report! And I'm with Tim in hoping those readings for Stinnett and McNeil are from a slow gun.