Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-13-18

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 9-3 Box Score

 

LF M. Zagunis 0/4

RF B. Rademacher 1/4, R, RBI, K, E (1, throw)

1B C. Gimenez 1/4, 2 K

2B D. Bote 0/3

3B R. Court 0/3, HBP

SP L. Farrell 5 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 4-4 GO-FO, 88-61 pitches-strikes

RP B. Markey 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 2-1 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee won 6-5 (11 innings) Box Score

 

SS Z. Short 1/5, R, BB, 3 K

CF-LF C. Burks 1/5, R, 2B (2), RBI

1B J. Vosler 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, 2 K, HBP, SB (1)

RF E. Martinez 1/4, BB, K

3B J. Hodges 2/4, RBI, BB (extra innings IBB)

SP T. Hatch 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 6-2 GO-FO, 82-47 pitches-strikes

RP C. Brooks 1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 2-0 GO-FO

RP D. Mekkes 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GO-FO (2 IBB in extra innings)

 

Myrtle Beach lost 6-4 Box Score

 

2B A. Monasterio 0/4, BB, 2 K, SB (1)

C PJ Higgins 1/4, R, 2B (1), BB

1B T. Alamo 1/4

DH J. Pereda 1/4, 2 RBI

LF K. Mitchell 1/4, 2 R, 2 K, SB (3)

SS A. Ademan 1/3, 2 RBI, K, CS (3)

SP T. Miller 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 0-3 GO-FO, 76-43 pitches-strikes

 

South Bend won 6-5 Box Score

 

CF C. Singleton 0/5, 2 K

3B J. Bethencourt 4/5, 3 R, 2B (1)

2B J. Young 3/5, 2 R, 3B (2), RBI, K

1B M. Amaya 0/4, K

RF B. Hughes 2/4

SS R. Narea 0/3, BB

SP J. Assad 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3 WP, 2-6 GO-FO, 78-50 pitches-strikes

RP B. Clark 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 5-1 GO-FO, 42-28 pitches-strikes

RP M. Rodriguez 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0-0 GO-FO

[davell]

Hatch with a solid outing of 5 3 0 0 2 3, with a 6/2 GB ratio.

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Today:

RHPs Fernando Calderon, Yan de la Cruz, Jose M. Gonzalez, Junior Marte, and Benjamin Rodriguez (all five recent arrivals from the Cubs Dominican Academy) threw "live" BP on Field #4 prior to the start of the Cactus League game on Field #6. Marte has pitched in both the AZL and the Northwest League in prior seasons (2015-17), but the other four are making their U. S. debut this year at Extended Spring Training.

 

Yesterday:

RHP Chi-Feng Lee tossed 2.1 IP of shutout ball in the intrasquad game, retiring the last seven men he faced after surrendering a lead-off single. Lee was signed as an 18-year old IFA out of Taiwan in 2016 but missed the last two seasons with a right elbow injury, so he will be making his debut in the AZL this summer.

 

All 11 of the position-players who arrived at the Cubs Mesa facility this week played in the intrasquad game, including infielders Reivaj Garcia ("Reivaj" is Javier spelled backwards), Josue Huma, Orian Nunez, Henrry Pedra (and that is indeed Henrry with two "r's"), Herson Perez (Henderson's older brother), Fabian Pertuz, and Luis Verdugo, and outfielders Jose Alonso Gaitan, Carlos Pacheco, Ruben Reyes, and Luis Ubiera.

 

Pertuz (from Colombia) and R. Garcia and Verdugo (both from Mexico) were signed by the Cubs as 16-year old IFAs last Summer and are attending Extended Spring Training without having played in the DSL (although Pertuz and Verdugo did attend AZ Instructs post-2017), Gaitan, Huma, O. Nunez, Pacheco, Pedra, Herson Perez, and Ubiera have all played in the DSL (Gaitan, Huma, and Pacheco attended AZ Instructs post-2017 and O. Nunez attended AZ Instructs post-2016 and post-2017 as well as Extended Spring Training last year but he will be making his debut in the AZL in 2018, but the other three are making their U. S. debut at EXST), and Reyes has spent two seasons in the AZL (he did not play in the DSL) but he was not invited to Minor League Camo this year, instead reporting directly to EXST.

 

LHPs Riger Fernandez and Didier Vargas (both just arrived from the Cubs Dominican Academy) threw "live" BP on Field #4 Wednesday morning prior to the intrasquad game. Both Fernandez and Vargas attended post-2017 AZ Instructs last Fall but did not pitch in any games there, so when they appear in an EXST game, it will be their U. S. game debut.