Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-24-16

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 8-3 Box Score

 

C W. Contreras 1/4, 2 R, HR (5), RBI, BB, 2 K

CF A. Almora 2/4, R, 2B (5), 3 RBI

1B D. Vogelbach 1/2, RBI, 2 BB

2B A. Alcántara 2/4, 2 R, 2B (5), RBI, K

SS M. Kawasaki 1/3, BB

SP R. Zastrzyny 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 9-1 GO-FO, 79-47 pitches-strikes; batting: 1/2, R, 2B (1)

RP G. Concepcion 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee had the day off

 

Myrtle Beach won 3-2 (14 innings) Box Score

 

CF R. Crawford 0/6, 2 K, SB (7)

SS G. Torres 2/6, R, 2B (11), 2 K

2B I. Happ 3/6, 2 R, HR (5), 2 RBI, K, E (6, fielding)

3B J. Vosler 0/4, K, HBP

RF Je. Baez 0/5, BB, K

SP T. Clifton 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 5-4 GO-FO, 87-54 pitches-strikes

RP D. Torrez 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 3-2 GO-FO

 

South Bend won 8-3 Box Score

 

2B A. Ely 2/3, 3 R, 2 2B (9), BB

C PJ Higgins 0/3, R

CF D. Dewees 1/4, RBI, K

LF E. Jimenez 1/4, R, HR (7), 2 RBI

3B J. Hodges 0/3, R, BB

RF E. Martinez 2/4, R, 2B (6), 2 RBI

DH T. Alamao 1/4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI, K

SP J. Steele 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 8-6 GO-FO, 96-55 pitches-strikes

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Ian Happ with a homer in the first, following a Gleyber single.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Oh horsefeathers, Eloy just hit another dinger.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

That's 7 on the season.

[TruffleShuffle]

this eloy stuff is starting to get exciting. he's leading the MWL in slugging, tied for second in home runs, second in OPS, and he doesn't turn 20 until after the season. top 50 prospect in mlb pretty easy, if he comes anywhere close to keeping this up.

 

meanwhile, tyler alamo didn't dong for his first 108 games as a professional, and now has donged in consecutive games. baseball is funny.

[CubsWin]

That's 7 on the season.

3 of them have come off today's pitcher Imani Abdullah. He hit 2 off of him on 5/19.

[CubsWin]

Alcantara with his 4th triple to drive in a run. That's his 13 extra base hit on the year. Wiry.

[CubsWin]

Jimenez has now equaled his HR total from last season in 16 less games and around 70 less at bats.

[davell]

Contreras HR

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[JennieGarthAlgar]

Man, how hard is it going to be to keep Jiminez? I would hope he only gets moved in a trade for Fernandez.

[Little Slide Rooter]

He's 19 years old and in low A, so it's not like there's any urgency to move him. Yeah, if he's going to land us somebody like Fernandez or Tehran, in which case he'd be a secondary or tertiary piece of the package, then fabulous. If not, it will be very easy to keep him.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Ugly outing from Steele. Speaking of which, I'm starting to lose track of the lower level pitching prospects. Can someone update me on who to be following in terms of Steele/Sands/Kellogg/Twomey, and I forget who else.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

He's 19 years old and in low A, so it's not like there's any urgency to move him. Yeah, if he's going to land us somebody like Fernandez or Tehran, in which case he'd be a secondary or tertiary piece of the package, then fabulous. If not, it will be very easy to keep him.

 

Love how causally you group Fernandez in with Teheran.

[Cubswin11]

He's 19 years old and in low A, so it's not like there's any urgency to move him. Yeah, if he's going to land us somebody like Fernandez or Tehran, in which case he'd be a secondary or tertiary piece of the package, then fabulous. If not, it will be very easy to keep him.

One of these is not like the other

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

This is even more off topic and almost certainly a hot take, but I'd rather trade for Teheran than Fernandez.

[Cubswin11]

This is even more off topic and almost certainly a hot take, but I'd rather trade for Teheran than Fernandez.

For what reason(s)? Acquisition costs for the two, Fernandez injury history, think there's something untapped in Teheran?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

- cheaper to acquire

- less expensive contract

- longer team control

- better injury history and extreme distrust that Fernandez's will make him worth the cost

- currently performing at a higher level

- belief that Teheran can be better/more sustainably good than he is even now

[Little Slide Rooter]

He's 19 years old and in low A, so it's not like there's any urgency to move him. Yeah, if he's going to land us somebody like Fernandez or Tehran, in which case he'd be a secondary or tertiary piece of the package, then fabulous. If not, it will be very easy to keep him.

 

Love how causally you group Fernandez in with Teheran.

 

Not sure what the hang up is. I'm not saying they're the same guy, but they're both young, stud pitchers with multiple years of team control. Fernandez is certainly the sexier option, but he hasn't pitched a full season since 2013. Teharen has, and some quite good ones. So yeah, one guy could potentially be a legend whereas the other is more likely to end up very good, but my point is I'd take either. Or both.

[David]

He's 19 years old and in low A, so it's not like there's any urgency to move him. Yeah, if he's going to land us somebody like Fernandez or Tehran, in which case he'd be a secondary or tertiary piece of the package, then fabulous. If not, it will be very easy to keep him.

 

Love how causally you group Fernandez in with Teheran.

 

Not sure what the hang up is. I'm not saying they're the same guy, but they're both young, stud pitchers with multiple years of team control. Fernandez is certainly the sexier option, but he hasn't pitched a full season since 2013. Teharen has, and some quite good ones. So yeah, one guy could potentially be a legend whereas the other is more likely to end up very good, but my point is I'd take either. Or both.

 

Teheran wouldn't cost anything resembling the package Fernandez would

[sneakypower]

This is even more off topic and almost certainly a hot take, but I'd rather trade for Teheran than Fernandez.

i'm almost totally on board with this, but with the slight apprehension that dealing with Dave Stewart so much may have badly altered Coppolella's idea of a 'fair return'

[Little Slide Rooter]

 

Love how causally you group Fernandez in with Teheran.

 

Not sure what the hang up is. I'm not saying they're the same guy, but they're both young, stud pitchers with multiple years of team control. Fernandez is certainly the sexier option, but he hasn't pitched a full season since 2013. Teharen has, and some quite good ones. So yeah, one guy could potentially be a legend whereas the other is more likely to end up very good, but my point is I'd take either. Or both.

 

Teheran wouldn't cost anything resembling the package Fernandez would

 

Precisely. But my point remains that either would cost multiple top prospects, Jimenez being among them. And it's a price I'd pay for either. Fernandez would simply cost a lot more of them. More importantly, Teheran is a realistic target. Fernandez is more of a pipe dream that we're going go share with 28 other teams. And as long as he's healthy and in a Marlins uniform, there will be no shortage of tumors linking them to all.

[David]

I would not give up any of our top prospects for Teheran, much less multiple ones.