Minor League Playoff Discussion & Boxes, 9-10-16

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Mills Cup Championship - Game 1 (best-of-5 series): Myrtle Beach lost 4-3 (12 innings) Box Score

 

LF C. Burks 0/5, R, B, 2 K

CF D. Dewees 1/2, R, 2B (1), 2 BB, 1 HBP

1B D. Bote 4/5, R, 2B (2), RBI, BB

DH I. Rice 1/6, RBI, K

RF Je. Baez 2/5, BB, 2 K, outfield assist at first base

SS A. Ely 2/4, 2B (2), RBI

3B J. Hodges 0/6, 3 K, E (1, throw)

SP E. Leal 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 4-1 GO-FO, 79-53 pitches-strikes

 

Game 3: South Bend lost the completion of the game suspended 9/9 4-3 (10 innings) to lose their series 2-1 Box Score

 

2B C. Sepulveda 1/5, 2 K

C PJ Higgins 1/4

1B M. Rose 0/5, 2 K

LF E. Jimenez 1/4, K

RF E. Martinez 0/4, K

DH T. Alamo 2/4, 2 R, 2 (2), RBI, K

SS I. Paredes 0/4

SP A. Alzolay 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 3-4 GO-FO, 74-46 pitches-strikes

RP P. Araujo 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 2-1 GO-FO

[craig]

Paredes-Martinez-Rose go 0-13, and Eloy only 1-4. South Bend loses in 10, 4-3.

 

Nice 84-55 season, but they're done.

 

Very fine record for a team that really only had Eloy as a high-end prospect.

[craig]

Myrtle goes down deep in extra innings.

 

Daury Torrez has an excellent game in relief, 4K's in 3 perfect innings. Offense-wise, that's a really weak roster, and other than Clifton not sure there's much very significant on the pitching-side, either. Still, when the big-league pitching staff normally carries 13 pitchers, the 6th starter and 12th/13th guys on the roster aren't always especially talented, but can still make a difference.

 

So who knows with guys like Morrison, Leal, Underwood, Torrez, or McNeil whether one of them might develop favorably and end up being a useful 12th/13th pitcher type guy.

 

Leal won't turn 22 till after spring training begins. I'll be curious to see whether the winter reports include any higher velocity compared to results 1-2 years past? His composite numbers are somewhat blah, but he's 39K/8BB/38 innings over his last ten starts. If we were to receive reports that his regular working fastball velocity has bumped up from upper-80's into low-90's now, and that he's now implemented an effective cutter to go along with improving change and slider, maybe he'd look more plausible as a 4th starter than he was perceived before.

 

Torrez supposedly throws fairly hard now that he's in relief this year, and his low-slot fastball might seem kinda tough on righties. His composite K-rate is way up (almost as many K's this year in relief as he had last year in twice as many innings). And he's finished pretty strong, with some notably good box-scores within the last month. (27K/5BB/19IP, 4-of-12 hits in one outing.)

 

Will be curious whether either Torrez or Leal get 40-man roster. Or Ryan McNeil.