Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-1-18

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 6-0 Box Score

 

Tennessee (game one) PPD - Rain

 

Tennessee (game two) PPD - Rain

 

Myrtle Beach in progress Box Score

 

South Bend lost 10-3 Box Score

 

Eugene in progress Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 1 in progress Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 2 in progress Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 4-1 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 2-1 (10 innings) on a walk-off Widimer Joaquin single Box Score

[CubsWin]

Unless milb.com had a glitch, P Yunior Perez played 2B last night. Could be a position switch, a one time thing or a mistake. Still no confirmation if Carlos Morfa is actually being turned into a catcher or not.

[CubsWin]

Andy Weber went 0-5 last night so presumably Cole Roederer will have multiple base hits tonight...

[Hrubes20]

Is TCR not working again for anyone else? I want to see if AZPhil has posted anything and can't access the page.

[CubsWin]

Is TCR not working again for anyone else? I want to see if AZPhil has posted anything and can't access the page.

Yup. It was up and working last night, but not right now. What are you specifically looking for from AZ Phil?

[CubsWin]

I tend to dismiss later round collegiate draft picks like Zack Short (17th), Matt Swarmer (19th), Trent Giambrone (25th) and last but not least, David Bote (18th) as organizational roster filler, but lately the Cubs scouting and developmental staff have, once again, been surprising me. That brings me to 2017 15th rounder Jared Young.

 

It's likely Young isn't the greatest defensive 2B. While he was named 3rd team All-American at 2B in his junior season at Old Dominion, he's always been a bat first guy. He was drafted as a 2B and played there throughout his college career (except for some time on the mound in his freshman year at Minot State). He also played 2B almost exclusively in his first pro season in Eugene. (He did start and complete one full 9-inning game at SS for the Emeralds, but oddly, never had one defensive chance during that game.)

 

This season, however, he's rotated between 1B, LF and DH. That's likely due to a combination of factors. The South Bend Cubs didn't really have a 1B and had several solid defensive MIFs in Rafael Narea, Jhonny Bethancourt, Yeiler Peguero and Christian Donahue.

 

Of course, Myrtle Beach is also solid in it's middle infield with everyday starters Ademan at SS and Monasterio at 2B along with Peguero who was promoted to High-A in mid-May. So Young, who is a much more agile defender at 1B than Tyler Alamo, is mostly playing 1B/LF with some DH in order to get his superior bat in the line-up.

 

He's produced a slash of .315/.374/.510 with 16 doubles, 6 triples and 13 HRs in two leagues considered fairly pitcher friendly this season. He's also shown development. After a terrible month of May (.229/.288/.352 with 24 Ks in 119 PAs), he hit .340/.393/.570 in June and .455/.480/.682 in July with 16 Ks in 137 PAs before being promoted to Myrtle Beach. Since the promotion, he's kept right on going, hitting .321/.396/.462 with 14 Ks and 8 BB in 91 PAs.

 

He might not be able to handle SS, but has shown the versatility to play 2B, 1B and LF thus far. He just turned 23 on July 9th so he's slightly above age appropriate but as a college draftee, that's pretty much on schedule, especially if he starts next season in AA.

 

All that said, is it time to consider Jared Young next in line to David Bote? His bat seems clearly superior to Zack Short and Trent Giambrone already though those guys have the ability to play SS.

Edited August 2, 2018 by CubsWin

[CubsWin]

Something...interesting is happening in Salt Lake City tonight. Shhh...

[Jaxbro]

Something...interesting is happening in Salt Lake City tonight. Shhh...

In Des Moines, please no Maples

[CubsWin]

Andy Weber went 0-5 last night so presumably Cole Roederer will have multiple base hits tonight...

And sure enough, Roederer leads off the game with a triple and later scores, then follows that up with a HR!

[CubsWin]

Something...interesting is happening in Salt Lake City tonight. Shhh...

In Des Moines, please no Maples

Yes, thanks for the catch!

[Jaxbro]

Something...interesting is happening in Salt Lake City tonight. Shhh...

In Des Moines, please no Maples

Yes, thanks for the catch!

Zastryzny gives up a single in the 8th

[CubsWin]

Something...interesting is happening in Salt Lake City tonight. Shhh...

In Des Moines, please no Maples

No Maples, but Zastryzny gives up a hit in the 8th.

 

Great game from Mills. His best in a while.

 

6 perfect with 4 Ks. Inspired by his brief call up?

[ScrubMD]

Andy Weber went 0-5 last night so presumably Cole Roederer will have multiple base hits tonight...

And sure enough, Roederer leads off the game with a triple and later scores, then follows that up with a HR!

 

When I was in high school, we played this team in football that had identical twin brothers - one was an amazing receiver and the other was nothing special. Every once in awhile, the crappy twin would have a great game and the good one wouldn't do much. Everyone was pretty sure they were switching jerseys on those games to catch teams off guard, but it was never proven.

 

So, I guess my question is...do they look alike?

[CubsWin]

Andy Weber went 0-5 last night so presumably Cole Roederer will have multiple base hits tonight...

And sure enough, Roederer leads off the game with a triple and later scores, then follows that up with a HR!

 

When I was in high school, we played this team in football that had identical twin brothers - one was an amazing receiver and the other was nothing special. Every once in awhile, the crappy twin would have a great game and the good one wouldn't do much. Everyone was pretty sure they were switching jerseys on those games to catch teams off guard, but it was never proven.

 

So, I guess my question is...do they look alike?

Well, they are on separate teams, so it's possible they've never been seen in the same room together...

[Jaxbro]

Something...interesting is happening in Salt Lake City tonight. Shhh...

In Des Moines, please no Maples

No Maples, but Zastryzny gives up a hit in the 8th.

 

Great game from Mills. His best in a while.

 

6 perfect with 4 Ks. Inspired by his brief call up?

Mekkes gave up a single as well so a 2 hitter for Iowa

 

Mills is like so much of the pitching in the farm in AAA and AA, occasionally trots out there and throws a gem making you think they are turning the corner. But more often than not the performances are meh

[davell]

DJ Wilson’s 2/4 with a double and walk...Gutierrez continues to hang in there for Myrtle Beach...Richan had another strong outing...South Bend for Christopher Morel in 2019 is seeming likely, maybe even a callup this year?...Roederer’s having a badass loud game, Davis more quietly having a solid one

 

Morel to SB this year? He's hitting now, which is great. But, he went .165/.172/.220 in 91 AB's for Eugene, with no walks and 29 K's...... Feel he's definitely heading back there to have success, before hitting A Ball. Feel confident he sees SB at some point next year though.

[UK]

DJ Wilson’s 2/4 with a double and walk...Gutierrez continues to hang in there for Myrtle Beach...Richan had another strong outing...South Bend for Christopher Morel in 2019 is seeming likely, maybe even a callup this year?...Roederer’s having a badass loud game, Davis more quietly having a solid one

 

Wilson has quietly had a good month, based on his tools, I think he can be a 4th/5th OF'er/Pinch-runner/defensive replacement, which is more than I could say for the rest of the SB team last year.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

https://twitter.com/billazbbphotog/status/1025083188484292608?s=21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DJ Wilson’s 2/4 with a double and walk...Gutierrez continues to hang in there for Myrtle Beach...Richan had another strong outing...South Bend for Christopher Morel in 2019 is seeming likely, maybe even a callup this year?...Roederer’s having a badass loud game, Davis more quietly having a solid one

 

Morel to SB this year? He's hitting now, which is great. But, he went .165/.172/.220 in 91 AB's for Eugene, with no walks and 29 K's...... Feel he's definitely heading back there to have success, before hitting A Ball. Feel confident he sees SB at some point next year though.

 

I can see it. He nearly made SB this spring. He's doing well now and if he keeps it up all summer and into fall instructs, a jump to South Bend to start 2019 wouldn't be unheard of (you'd basically be pretending like his stint in the NWL never happened).