Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-16-19

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 13-4 Box Score

 

Tennessee lost 8-3 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach had the day off

 

South Bend had the day off

 

Eugene won 8-1 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 2 beat AZL Cubs 1 16-6 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 5-2 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 5-3 Box Score

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yovanny Cruz is alive!

 

Started for AZL Cubs 2: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO, 10-2 GO-FO.

 

Hopefully he can get stretched out and get a few starts for Eugene this season.

[CubsWin]

Yovanny Cruz is alive!

 

Started for AZL Cubs 2: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO, 10-2 GO-FO.

 

Hopefully he can get stretched out and get a few starts for Eugene this season.

Yes, I was very happy to see this.

 

I'd love to see what Cruz, Albertos, Estrada and Correa could do if they'd just stay freakin' healthy!

[CubsWin]

Jeez, talk about hot and cold.

 

On July 5th, Cuban catcher Alexander Guerra was hitting .111/.250/.333 after having gone 0-for his last-12, striking out 6 times in 13 PAs. Since then, he's gone 12-for-28 (.429) with 2 walks, 2 singles, 1 double, 2 triples and 7 HRs with 20 RBI over his last 7 games raising his season line to .273/.355/.855.

 

Now, he's doing this as a 22-year-old in the AZL, so prospect-wise it doesn't mean much, but, damn man, make up your mind! Do you want to be good? Or bad?

 

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[Hrubes20]

That's 6 straight terrific outings for Kohl Franklin. 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks

[Bertz]

The Duane Underwood conversion to relief looks like it's bearing fruit. He converted May 31st and his first appearance sucked, but since June 1st:

 

13 Gs, 19 IP, 15 H, 5 BB, 0 HR, 25 K

 

1.89/2.11 ERA/FIP

 

I dont have anything on his groundball rate since the switch, but given how the ball is flying in AAA this year I'd imagine it's strong as well.

[squally1313]

The Duane Underwood conversion to relief looks like it's bearing fruit. He converted May 31st and his first appearance sucked, but since June 1st:

 

13 Gs, 19 IP, 15 H, 5 BB, 0 HR, 25 K

 

1.89/2.11 ERA/FIP

 

I dont have anything on his groundball rate since the switch, but given how the ball is flying in AAA this year I'd imagine it's strong as well.

 

Baseball needs a loaner program. Send Miami some low A nobody and then tell them to pitch Underwood for 6 weeks to see what he's got and then send him back to us.

[Donzo]

The difference this year (and it's really not an every year thing) is Underwood is doing it as a reliever. There's been a lot of discussion about how good he could be as a reliever. And, he hasn't been this good, at least not in a long time.

 

Franklin's development is encouraging... The Cubs are building some pitching.

[CubsWin]

The Duane Underwood conversion to relief looks like it's bearing fruit. He converted May 31st and his first appearance sucked, but since June 1st:

 

13 Gs, 19 IP, 15 H, 5 BB, 0 HR, 25 K

 

1.89/2.11 ERA/FIP

 

I dont have anything on his groundball rate since the switch, but given how the ball is flying in AAA this year I'd imagine it's strong as well.

 

Baseball needs a loaner program. Send Miami some low A nobody and then tell them to pitch Underwood for 6 weeks to see what he's got and then send him back to us.

Somebody get on the horn to Manfred. This is way better than the 3-batter rule.