Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-25-16

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 6-5 Box Score

 

CF J. Andreoli 2/4, 2 R, 3B (6), BB, K

SS M. Kawasaki 1/4, RBI, 2 K

RF M. Zagunis 2/5, R, HR (1), RBI, K, outfield assist at home

1B D. Vogelbach 2/4, R, HR (13), RBI, K

3B J. Candelario 1/3, R, HR (2), RBI, BB, K

2B L. Watkins 1/4, K

SP A. Warren 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2-4 GO-FO, 59-31 pitches-strikes

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

RP C. Black 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 6-4 Box Score

 

CF J. Hannemann 0/3, BB

3B C. Young 0/3, R, BB

2B I. Happ 3/4, 3 R, 2B (1), HR (1), 2 RBI

C V. Caratini 2/4, 2B (15), RBI, E (1, throw)

RF B. McKinney 0/4, RBI

LF B. Rademacher 0/2

SS C. Penalver 0/4, 2 K, E (16, pickoff)

SP D. Underwood Jr 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 3-3 GO-FO, 73-36 pitches-strikes

RP J. Nathan 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 0-2 GO-FO

RP D. Berg 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Myrtle Beach lost 8-1 Box Score

 

CF R. Crawford 0/5, K

SS G. Torres 1/3, BB

3B J. Vosler 1/3, BB

DH I. Rice 3/4, R, 2B (1)

RF Je. Baez 0/3, RBI, E (2, fielding)

LF C. Burks 0/4, K

SP J. Null 3 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2-4 GO-FO, 58-38 pitches-strikes

RP D. Maples 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 2-0 GO-FO

 

South Bend won 5-0 Box Score

 

2B C. Sepulveda 2/4, R

1B PJ Higgins 1/4, R

LF D. Dewees 1/3, 2B (11), RBI

DH E. Jimenez 1/4, R, HR (10), 3 RBI, K

3B J. Hodges 1/3, BB, K, E (11, throw)

RF E. Martinez 0/4, R

C T. Alamo 0/4, K

SP C. Bloomquist 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 10-1 GO-FO, 79-60 pitches-strikes

RP P. Araujo 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Eugene won 5-4 Box Score

 

CF DJ Wilson 0/3, R, BB, 2 K, SB (4)

SS A. Monasterio 3/4, 2 R, 2B (2), RBI, E (5, throw)

LF K. Mitchell 1/4, R< 2 K

DH J. Paniagua 2/4, RBI, K

3B W. Galindo 0/3, BB, 2 K, E (2, throw)

2B Y. Peguero 1/4, K

SP J. Paulino 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 8-2 GO-FO

RP E. De Los Rio 0.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 1-0 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs lost 6-1 Box Score

 

SS I. Paredes 1/3, BB, E (1, fielding) - pro debut

C M. Cruz 0/4, K

1B K. Zamudio 1/4, K

DH G. Polanco 1/4

3B R. Mejia 0/4, 3 K, 3 E (5, throw, throw, fielding)

LF Y. Matos 1/4, K, 2 outfield assists (at third base, at home)

SP J. Brink 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-0 GO-FO

RP A. Crow 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GO-FO

RP J. Leathersich 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 4-0 Box Score

 

CF J. Gutierrez 0/4, K, outfield assist at home

SS R. Narea 0/3, BB, SB (7), E (7, fielding)

LF J. Sierra 0/4

2B Her. Perez 0/2, BB, 2 K, E (4, pickoff)

SP J. Tejada 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 2 WO, 11-2 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 4-3 Box Score

 

3B F. Mejia 1/5, R, K

SS A. Ademan 3/5, CS (3)

C M. Amaya 0/4, R, BB, 2 K

LF A. Rodriguez 2/5, R, 2B (2), RBI, SB (4)

DH T. Rijo 1/3, 2B (4), 2 RBI, 2 K, HBP

SP A. Colorado 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K, 3-1 GO-FO

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Ian Happ HR.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Zagunis homered off of Jose De Leon.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

And Warren looks like crap for Iowa.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Eloy homer.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Eloy homer.

get him to Des Moines

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Eloy homer.

get him to Des Moines

 

They are in Dayton right now. I see no reason for a layover in Des Moines on his way to Miami.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Candelario also took De Leon deep.

[craig]

The Cubs full-season pitching is like kind of a vacuum. Underwood is bad, Clifton is wild, and nobody else matters hardly, I almost feel like.

 

But, some guys are doing well.

Three recent low-$$ non-high-round college guys who are doing well:

1. Casey Bloomquist (17th rounder, pitched excellent tonight)

2. Preston Morrison (started bad in April, but now has ERA below 3, and hasn't allowed a run in either of last two starts or in 3 of last 4. Has been scoring plenty of K's lately, and everybody else hits grounders, it seems..)

3. Zack Hedges, Myrtle Beach.

 

Do any of these guys have enough arm to be of any major-league interest, or are they all strictly organizational guys?

 

Does anybody know if Bloomquist has any fastball? I know Morrison is more an 84-87 type guy, but he's got the side-arm thing. Not much margin for error I don't suppose, and I'm guessing when he's off he'll get killed. But he's really grooved in relative to Midwest League, and he dominated in Eugene last year. I'd kind of enjoy seeing a totally non-standard gimmick pitcher like that actually have success. Or become a useful middle reliever or something.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Happ ended up going 3-4 with the homer and a double. It appears Gioskar Amaya was called up to Tennessee, as well.

 

Ian Rice went 3-4 with a double for Myrtle Beach.

 

Joe Nathan gave up a homer and struck a guy out in an inning of work.

[Tim]

Vogeldong, too, but not off De Leon.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Vogelbach homer.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Some of these leftovers can hit the ball, too!

 

The pitching, though. :(

 

Save us, Cease and Albertos.

[Little Slide Rooter]

And Warren looks like crap for Iowa.

 

I think it's more about stretching himself out to a progressively higher pitch count than getting guys out. In other words, for now it's more about quantity than quality for him.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Some of these leftovers can hit the ball, too!

 

The pitching, though. :(

 

Save us, Cease and Albertos.

 

Bah, who needs pitching prospects when you have Chris Bosio and a trash bin full of other teams' failures?