Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-13-19

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 11-5 Box Score

 

Tennessee lost game one 6-1 (7 innings) Box Score

 

Tennessee lost game two 4-1 (7 innings) Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach won 11-1 Box Score

 

South Bend won 3-0 Box Score

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jonathan Sierra HR (2).

[CubsWin]

Marquez's ERA down to 2.52 after 5 scoreless with 4 hits, 6 Ks and just 1 walk.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Very solid

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Saturday: https://www.thecubreporter.com/05112019/d-js-choice-music-not-liking-riverview

 

RHP Erich Uelmen (on Myrtle Beach 7-day IL) got the start for the Cubs and worked 3.1 IP (61 pitches - 69% strikes), allowing one run on three hits (two singles and a double). He didn't issue any walks, he struck out four (three swinging), and he induced the A's hitters who did make contact to repeatedly pound his pitches into the ground (6/0 GO/AO).

 

Today: https://www.thecubreporter.com/05132019/trio-triples-and-tater-help-cubs-upend-dbacks

 

Prior to the game on Field #5, RHP Keegan Thompson (on AA Tennessee 7-day IL since April 11th) threw "live" BP on Field #6.

 

2. Brennen Davis, RF: 1-4 (K, F-7, HR, L-8, R, RBI)

4. Fabian Pertuz, 3B: 1-3 (3B, K, BB, P-4, R, CS)

6. Luis Verdugo, SS: 0-2 (F-9, BB, F-9, R)

[CubsWin]

When was the last time the Cubs had a better trio of starting pitching prospects than Marquez, Miller and Abbott?

 

I'm not saying they're great, just that the Cubs minor league pitching has been bad for so long I can't remember the last time they've had 3 starting pitching prospects equally as good...

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That's good news on Thompson, Navin. Any idea what his injury was/is?

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When was the last time the Cubs had a better trio of starting pitching prospects than Marquez, Miller and Abbott?

 

I'm not saying they're great, just that the Cubs minor league pitching has been bad for so long I can't remember the last time they've had 3 starting pitching prospects equally as good...

 

McNutt, Maples, and Cashner

That's a pretty good trio for comparison. I can't think of a better one right now. The problem is they weren't all good at the same time.

 

Cashner was a high draft pick (late 1st rounder) and put up good numbers for the Cubs in the minors but was traded before Maples put up good numbers. McNutt had a dominant start to his career with an excellent first 128 innings in his 1st two seasons, but he lacked the pedigree as a 32nd round pick and fell off in 2011, again before Maples was good. Also, Maples didn't really put up good numbers like Marquez, Miller and Abbott until 2017 after he became a reliever.

 

Still, if we are going just by touted potential, that would qualify.

 

Interesting side note: Trey McNutt is back in the minors this season after not pitching since 2016. At age 29, he's a reliever in the A's organization at the AA level.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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That's good news on Thompson, Navin. Any idea what his injury was/is?

 

No idea.

[CubsWin]

He's been out so long, I keep forgetting about Alzolay. We have to wait and see how he performs in AAA, but maybe the question is when was the last time the Cubs had a quartet of pitching prospects as good as Marquez, Miller, Abbott and Alzolay...

[CaliforniaRaisin]

That's good news on Thompson, Navin. Any idea what his injury was/is?

 

AZ Phil doesn't know either:

 

K-DUB: I don't know what Keegan Thompson's injury was, and Yovanny Cruz was shut-down at the end of Minor League Camp because he was fully-stretched-out to five innings and 75-80 pitches with the South Bend squad and the Cubs wanted to go back to square-one with him since he won't be pitching at Eugene until mid-June. (They did the same thing with Eduarniel Nunez). But I don't know why Cruz hasn't been pitching in EXST games.

 

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