Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-22-16

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 8-1 Box Score

 

Tennessee lost game one of a doubleheader 5-0 (9 innings) Box Score

 

Tennessee lost game two 6-5 (7 innings) Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach lost 7-4 Box Score

 

South Bend won 6-4 Box Score

[davell]

Eloy and EJM go back to back in the first.....

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Keep the power coming, Eloy!

[David]

holy horsefeathers eloy

 

the dongs are starting to remind me of our 2013-14 minors

[Thrilho]

And a walk for Eloy in the second AB. This is the part where the fear kicks in for the pitchers, Eloy shows he can take walks on pitch-arounds, and Cubs decide they don't want him facing MWL chumps anymore. Figure mid-end June call up if he maintains anything like his current stretch?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

And a walk for Eloy in the second AB. This is the part where the fear kicks in for the pitchers, Eloy shows he can take walks on pitch-arounds, and Cubs decide they don't want him facing MWL chumps anymore. Figure mid-end June call up if he maintains anything like his current stretch?

 

I'd leave him down there for awhile. His plate discipline still needs some work. And he's just 19. Let him get used to being a beast as the in-game power continues to manifest. Hope he starts being more selective. I'd be more inclined to move a guy like him up at a swifter rate when he gets older.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Dewees hit a homer, too.

[Thrilho]

And a walk for Eloy in the second AB. This is the part where the fear kicks in for the pitchers, Eloy shows he can take walks on pitch-arounds, and Cubs decide they don't want him facing MWL chumps anymore. Figure mid-end June call up if he maintains anything like his current stretch?

 

I'd leave him down there for awhile. His plate discipline still needs some work. And he's just 19. Let him get used to being a beast as the in-game power continues to manifest. Hope he starts being more selective. I'd be more inclined to move a guy like him up at a swifter rate when he gets older.

 

I wouldn't mind leaving him there a long time, I was wondering more about what will happen than what I would prefer. Like if he has flipped a switch, and pitchers really do start pitching around him and he's able to control the zone and draw some walks. All while holding down the strike outs.

 

After a 28% K rate in April, and a similar 27% K rate for 5/1-5/12, he's cut it to 18% for 5/13-5/21. Obviously, real small sample size but he's been seriously beasting over that short time that he's cut down on his Ks. And he's drawn 2 walks over that time frame for a walk rate to 5%. If he were to keep up a K rate around 18% and walk at ~6-7% while also continuing to beast with the power and hit .300+ for another month they might just decide they want to challenge him.

 

Or don't. I really don't care a bit about how quick Eloy moves, just excited about this run and wondering how they'll handle him.

 

Regarding Dewees, that's awesome. Would really be great if he could start hitting some HRs. Thanks to the 8 triples and 19 total XBHs, he's got a .184 Iso. But more HRs would definitely be a lot cooler. He hit 18 in 251 ABs his last year of college, so you'd think that some more are there. He did only have 6 HRs in 260 ABs between freshman and sophomore, and only hit his 7th today in 476 PAs with the Cubs. So maybe the 18 was some kind of fluke, but I'm hoping not.

 

This year he's played 30 of 37 games in center and last year it was 42 of 59 games. And they're pushing EJM to a corner, so you figure they like Dewees's chances there. With a pop gun arm, the ability to play center is a game changer. He's also been walking more, which is nice for a guy without much power. 8.2% BB vs 12.3% K and a .184 ISO this year is a nice improvement from 4.6% BB / 17.8% K / .110 ISO last year.

 

Also quite jacked about Candelario's day yesterday. Now up to a .163 ISO to go with his 14.9% BB% / 18.3% K%. Leads the Southern league with 15 doubles. He's also seemingly playing pretty good defense, with only 4 errors and improvements in both Fld% and RF from last year.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

And a walk for Eloy in the second AB. This is the part where the fear kicks in for the pitchers, Eloy shows he can take walks on pitch-arounds, and Cubs decide they don't want him facing MWL chumps anymore. Figure mid-end June call up if he maintains anything like his current stretch?

 

I'd leave him down there for awhile. His plate discipline still needs some work. And he's just 19. Let him get used to being a beast as the in-game power continues to manifest. Hope he starts being more selective. I'd be more inclined to move a guy like him up at a swifter rate when he gets older.

 

I wouldn't mind leaving him there a long time, I was wondering more about what will happen than what I would prefer. Like if he has flipped a switch, and pitchers really do start pitching around him and he's able to control the zone and draw some walks. All while holding down the strike outs.

 

After a 28% K rate in April, and a similar 27% K rate for 5/1-5/12, he's cut it to 18% for 5/13-5/21. Obviously, real small sample size but he's been seriously beasting over that short time that he's cut down on his Ks. And he's drawn 2 walks over that time frame for a walk rate to 5%. If he were to keep up a K rate around 18% and walk at ~6-7% while also continuing to beast with the power and hit .300+ for another month they might just decide they want to challenge him.

 

Or don't. I really don't care a bit about how quick Eloy moves, just excited about this run and wondering how they'll handle him.

 

Regarding Dewees, that's awesome. Would really be great if he could start hitting some HRs. Thanks to the 8 triples and 19 total XBHs, he's got a .184 Iso. But more HRs would definitely be a lot cooler. He hit 18 in 251 ABs his last year of college, so you'd think that some more are there. He did only have 6 HRs in 260 ABs between freshman and sophomore, and only hit his 7th today in 476 PAs with the Cubs. So maybe the 18 was some kind of fluke, but I'm hoping not.

 

This year he's played 30 of 37 games in center and last year it was 42 of 59 games. And they're pushing EJM to a corner, so you figure they like Dewees's chances there. With a pop gun arm, the ability to play center is a game changer. He's also been walking more, which is nice for a guy without much power. 8.2% BB vs 12.3% K and a .184 ISO this year is a nice improvement from 4.6% BB / 17.8% K / .110 ISO last year.

 

Also quite jacked about Candelario's day yesterday. Now up to a .163 ISO to go with his 14.9% BB% / 18.3% K%. Leads the Southern league with 15 doubles. He's also seemingly playing pretty good defense, with only 4 errors and improvements in both Fld% and RF from last year.

 

Yeah, I don't care too much about when they call him up. What the hell do I know about him and his development anyway? I'll be excited when they do call him, though. But, yeah, if he keeps at it like this for a significant period, then there is no point in keeping him down there. I just prefer for a raw prospect like him to dominate for a little while longer before we make a hasty decision.

 

It's very encouraging, though. And it is hard for me to temper my expectations for him. I just really want another super-beast, dong-masher after we graduated all the other ones.

[Thrilho]

Also, wanted to note that a big thing that's killed Candelario has been hitting from the left side. For 2016, he's got a .313/.400/.500 line in 48 ABs as a RH hitter and a .172/.308/.323 line in 99 ABs as a left handed hitter. Last year in AA, he had a .947 OPS in 43 ABs as a RHH vs .801 in 115 ABs as a LHH. At MB, it was flipped with a .628 as a RHH and .771 as a LHH. Previously, it was a pretty mixed bag.

 

So it doesn't look like there's evidence that he should be that bad from the left side. And the walk numbers look great from that side and power numbers are decent, it's just that it seems that's where his batting average woes are coming from. Hopefully he's working on something there, and yesterday was the first bit of evidence that he's cleaning it up as he hit the home run and one of the doubles as a lefty.

[Tim]

Somehow, Blackburn mystifies another team for six shutout innings.

[Thrilho]

Also Blackburn beasting again. Only 4 singles and no walks no runs through 6 IP, with 4 Ks. The GB rate wasn't crazy, at 5 GB to 7 FB, but not allowing an XBH is pretty cool. Only took him 83 pitches to get through 6. Now at a .96 ERA.

[Thrilho]

Another Eloy walk. Let that fear sink in MWL pitchers. Embrace it.