Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-1-19

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 2-1 (10 innings) Box Score

 

Tennessee won 7-6 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach won 7-2 Box Score

 

South Bend won 2-1 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost their season opener 3-1 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs won their season opener 8-7 Box Score

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DSL opens too, Cubs carrrying two teams and it looks like Jose Lopez is the highest profile guy on an OD roster

Yup. Both pitchers, Gallardo and Machado are staying in ExST, at least for now, while Lopez (1.5 mill), Yohendrick Pinango (400,000) and Rafael Morel (850,000) are in the DSL.

 

Guys moving up from the DSL from last year are LHP Misael Garcia (18), LHP Luis Rodriguez (19), RHP Jorge Remon (18), RHP Benjamin Rodriguez (19), 2B Rochest Cruz (19), 3B Widimer Joaquin (18), SS-3B Pedro Martinez (18), SS Fabian Pertuz (18), CF Ricardo Verenzuela (19) and RF Carlos Morfa (18), along with some lesser players.

 

All of the above players spent only one season in the DSL except Rochest Cruz, Benjamin Rodriguez and Ricardo Verenzuela who spent two.

 

The youngest player amongst that group is Misael Garcia who turned 18 a month and a half ago, followed by Jorge Remon and Pedro Martinez who both have birthdates in 2001.

 

Switch-hitting 2B Reivaj Garcia, who spent all of last season in Mesa batting .302/.362/.355, is still the youngest stateside position player in the organization at 17. He won't turn 18 until August. The youngest stateside pitcher is LHP Joel Machado (who signed last year for $850,000). He turned 17 back on February 9th. Gallardo, who is also 17, is 2nd youngest. He'll remain 17 all season and doesn't turn 18 until September 6th.

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https://twitter.com/iowacubsgameday/status/1134923581383729154?s=21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

He’s ready:

[CubsWin]

It’s the year of the bounce back. Chatwood, Contreras, Heyward (to a certain extent so far), Bryant (expected), Kintzler, and dare I say... ALBERTOS!

[CubsWin]

He’s ready:

Don’t waste these bullets. Bring him up. Now.

[Regular Show]

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There's a video in the link of Alzolay getting his 8th strikeout of the game. He should be called up sometime soon.

[Jaxbro]

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There's a video in the link of Alzolay getting his 8th strikeout of the game. He should be called up sometime soon.

Plus he’s been the victim of a turd bullpen arm serving up a homer to cost him a victory. Knows what to expect with the big club already

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Cubs 2017 1st round draft pick out of SCF - Sarasota-Manatee, Little saw his first game action of the season after suffering a lat strain in his first "live" BP session the first week of Minor League Camp in March. And Little didn't miss a beat, either, easily retiring all six Giants he faced (P-2, F-8, K * F-9, 4-3, 5-3) on just 14 pitches. He displayed a 92-94 MPH FB, a plus-CV, and a CH, and he had command of all three of his pitches and threw all three pitches for strikes. In fact he was so efficient that after he finished his two innings, he was sent down to the bullpen to throw an additional 15 pitches (five FB, five CV, and five CH). So things are looking up for Little.

 

Prior to the Cactus League EXST game on Field #1, RHSP Keegan Thompson (on AA Tennessee 7-day IL since April 11th) threw a two-inning "sim" game on Field #5.

 

https://www.thecubreporter.com/06012019/cubs-have-little-show-2017-first-round-pick