Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-16-19

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 1-0 Box Score

 

LF-2B T. Giambrone 1/4, R, HR (13), RBI, K, SB (9)

RF M. Zagunis 0/3, BB, K

2B Ro. Garcia 0/4, 2 K

CF I. Happ 0/4, K, E (3, fielding)

SP A. Mills 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, 8-5 GO-FO, 89-57 pitches-strikes

RP T. Barnette 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GO-FO

RP D. Hultzen 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 0-1 GO-FO - 2019 season debut

RP D. Mekkes 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 3-2 Box Score

 

SS V. Machin 1/4, R, K

C PJ Higgins 1/4, E (7, throw)

DH J. Pereda 2/4, 2B (6), RBI, SB (2)

SP L. Lugo 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 8-2 GO-FO, 89-59 pitches-strikes

RP J. Stinnett 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO

 

Myrtle Beach lost 5-4 Box Score

 

2B C. Sepulveda 1/5, BB, 2 K

C M. Amaya 1/4, R, BB

SS A. Ademan 0/3, 2 BB

3B L. Reynolds 0/5, E (7, fielding)

CF J. Herron 2/3, RBI, 2 BB, K, CS (4)

SP E. Leal 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1-1 GO-FO, 78-46 pitches-strikes

RP R. Lawlor 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1-0 GO-FO, 55-33 pitches-strikes

 

South Bend won 4-3 Box Score

 

RF B. Davis 2/4, R, 2B (3)

SS A. Weber 1/4, R, RBI

1B T. Durna 1/4, K

DH J. Sierra 2/3, RBI

CF C. Roederer 0/4

3B C. Morel 1/3, R, 2B (10), BB, K, 2 SB (7)

SP P. Remy 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 4-6 GO-FO

RP J. Albertos 0+ IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K - left game with blister

RP E. Roberts 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GO-FO

 

Eugene lost 4-0 Box Score

 

CF F. Kelli 0/3, BB, 2 K, E (1, throw), E (1, throw)

SS L. Vázquez 1/4, K

DH Y. Perlaza 2/3, 2 2B (2), BB, K

1B R. Mejia 0/4, 2 K

RF E. Americaan 0/4, 2 K, outfield assist at third base

2B Re. Garcia 0/3, 3 K

SP Y. Perez 4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2-2 GO-FO, 64-34 pitches-strikes

RP J. Estrada 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 2-2 GO-FO, 54-36 pitches-strikes

 

DSL Cubs 1 and 2 had the day off

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Brennen Davis double

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Danny Hultzen to Iowa!!

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Danny Hultzen to Iowa!!

 

Awesome news. If he flourishes there might not be a need to trade for that elusive LHRP. At least not the ones that barely move the needle.

[Regular Show]

Danny Hultzen to Iowa!!

 

Awesome news. If he flourishes there might not be a need to trade for that elusive LHRP. At least not the ones that barely move the needle.

 

We still need a good consistent LHRP. I wouldn't count on Hultzen just yet. Think of him as more of a late season addition/bonus. How he bounces back from being used 2 out of 3 days is important. The Cubs know they have to be careful with his injury history.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Danny Hultzen to Iowa!!

 

Awesome news. If he flourishes there might not be a need to trade for that elusive LHRP. At least not the ones that barely move the needle.

 

We still need a good consistent LHRP. I wouldn't count on Hultzen just yet. Think of him as more of a late season addition/bonus. How he bounces back from being used 2 out of 3 days is important. The Cubs know they have to be careful with his injury history.

 

Yeah, he's already a great story but you almost have to treat him like the Cubs are currently treating Brandon Morrow.

 

I do get what We Got The Whole 9 is saying and agree with him - Hultzen might remove the need for a Tony Watson-level relief pitcher. He just doesn't eliminate the need for a top-end reliever if you really want to try to win a WS this year.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Please don’t be an injury.

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Please don’t be an injury.

 

According to the comments, it was announced on the broadcast that this was top allow him to pitch in the ASG.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Please don’t be an injury.

 

According to the comments, it was announced on the broadcast that this was top allow him to pitch in the ASG.

 

Good. I wonder if he will get promoted to AAA after the ASB. The Cubs like giving players the ASG before promoting them but Tyson Miller deserves a promotion more than Cory Abbott and there are only so many spots in the Iowa rotation.

 

But they’ve already promoted the most obvious guy from high-A so I think Miller is in Iowa next week (and Alzolay in Chicago).

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yunior Perez starting for Eugene, working 96-98 in the first.

 

Signed in the same IFA class as Brailyn Márquez and José Albertos, got a $600k bonus just like Brailyn.

[Tryptamine]

I think they move Davis along relatively slowly. I'd guess it's 50/50 he sees A+ at all this year.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jeremiah Estrada should be starting at this level.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I think they move Davis along relatively slowly. I'd guess it's 50/50 he sees A+ at all this year.

 

Agreed. If he does see A+, it’s probably a cup of coffee.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Craig Brooks finally promoted to AAA.

[Bertz]

I think they move Davis along relatively slowly. I'd guess it's 50/50 he sees A+ at all this year.

 

Agreed. If he does see A+, it’s probably a cup of coffee.

 

Yeah, even if he keeps up what he's been doing so far I wouldn't want him up at MB before August.

 

A few years later than we wanted but it's really getting so that you can see the "wave after wave" of pitching. Every affiliate except MB has at least one very exciting guy, and every affiliate has several arms to like. I think this is the best the minor league pitching has been since like ~2010 when Cashner, Archer, McNutt, and Jay Jackson were all in the system at once.