Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-13-19

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 5-2 Box Score

 

Tennessee won 6-1 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach won 8-0 Box Score

 

South Bend had the day off

 

Eugene in progress Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 1 had the day off

 

AZL Cubs 2 had the day off

 

DSL Cubs 1 lost 5-4 Box Score

 

DSL Cubs 2 won 10-7 Box Score

[Hrubes20]

I believe Jack Patterson gets his 2nd start at Tennessee tonight, making it the rare night where all affiliates have a starting pitcher worth monitoring.

[Cubswin11]

[Brian]

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[Hrubes20]

Alzolay with 2 hits allowed, 0 BBs and 5 Ks through 3 shutout innings. Great bounce back effort so far.

 

Russell with a HBP and another bomb. Maybe a team this offseason would still trade something for him if he keeps mashing at AAA? Haha, who am I kidding. Everyone mashes at AAA this year.

[Brian]

2 K and a solo homer given up in the 4th.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Marquez 5 IP 0 ER 4:0

[CubsWin]

Marquez 5 IP 0 ER 4:0

Yep, he has taken quite the step forward in his development this season. Definitely not the same pitcher he was when he started the year. It's great to see. That's 5 great starts in a row, and you can probably go back 7 games to see where his progression really started. It doesn't seem like a flash in the pan. Something clicked. Since the calendar flipped to July, he's walked way fewer batters, allowed way fewer hits and struckout a lot more guys than in the first 3 months of the season.

 

Since July 1st: 7 starts, 37.1 IP, 20 H, 5 ER, 1 HR, 11 BB, 49 K, 1.21 ERA, 0.83 WHIP.

 

It's really remarkable what he's done since the end of June. It looks for real. Let's hope it continues...

[CubsWin]

Man, Kohl Franklin has yet to have a bad start this season.

 

3 innings, no hits, no earned runs, 1 BB, 5 Ks tonight. He's yet to allow more than 1 ER in a start this season.

[Hrubes20]

Well the pitching sure didn't disappoint yesterday. A recap:

 

Alzolay - 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 Ks (69 pitches)

 

Patterson - 5.2 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 8:2 GO/FO ratio (94 pitches)

 

Marquez - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (64 pitches)

 

Franklin - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 Ks (43 pitches)

 

 

Miguel Amaya has a 127 wRC+ as a 20 year old in High A, while playing the most demanding defensive position. That's for the entire season. He's sitting on a 140 wRC+ over the past 2 months (170 PAs). He's at a stupid 167 wRC+ since June 29th (123 PAs). He honestly still should be in everyone's conversation for best prospect in the system.