Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-25-19

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 7-5 Box Score

 

Tennessee won 4-2 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach lost 3-2 Box Score

 

South Bend PPD - Rain

 

Eugene lost 6-3 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 2 beat AZL Cubs 1 8-3 Box Score

[CubsWin]

Man, Cory Abbott is on some kind of roll.

 

In the month of August: 5 G, 30.2 IP, 11 H, 6 BB, 40 K, 1.17 ERA, .107 BAA, 0.55 WHIP.

 

He's averaging 7 innings per start this month without exceeding his 100 pitch cutoff (one game was a rain-shortened affair in which he only went 3). He's led the Cubs system in Ks two years in a row now with BAAs of .223 last year and .214 this year along with nearly identical WHIPs (1.16 & 1.13), showing consistency of performance and durability.

 

The PCL has proven difficult for pitchers this season, especially Cubs pitchers, so no guarantees next season for Cory, but, at this point, he's arguably the Cubs 2nd or 3rd best pitching prospect behind Marquez and maybe Alzolay. He's still just a BOR candidate, but he seems like a pretty solid one.

[Hrubes20]

Man, Cory Abbott is on some kind of roll.

 

In the month of August: 5 G, 30.2 IP, 11 H, 6 BB, 40 K, 1.17 ERA, .107 BAA, 0.55 WHIP.

 

He's averaging 7 innings per start this month without exceeding his 100 pitch cutoff (one game was a rain-shortened affair in which he only went 3). He's led the Cubs system in Ks two years in a row now with BAAs of .223 last year and .214 this year along with nearly identical WHIPs (1.16 & 1.13), showing consistency of performance and durability.

 

The PCL has proven difficult for pitchers this season, especially Cubs pitchers, so no guarantees next season for Cory, but, at this point, he's arguably the Cubs 2nd or 3rd best pitching prospect behind Marquez and maybe Alzolay. He's still just a BOR candidate, but he seems like a pretty solid one.

 

I'm really digging that terrific walk rate over the past month or so.

[CubsWin]

Man, Cory Abbott is on some kind of roll.

 

In the month of August: 5 G, 30.2 IP, 11 H, 6 BB, 40 K, 1.17 ERA, .107 BAA, 0.55 WHIP.

 

He's averaging 7 innings per start this month without exceeding his 100 pitch cutoff (one game was a rain-shortened affair in which he only went 3). He's led the Cubs system in Ks two years in a row now with BAAs of .223 last year and .214 this year along with nearly identical WHIPs (1.16 & 1.13), showing consistency of performance and durability.

 

The PCL has proven difficult for pitchers this season, especially Cubs pitchers, so no guarantees next season for Cory, but, at this point, he's arguably the Cubs 2nd or 3rd best pitching prospect behind Marquez and maybe Alzolay. He's still just a BOR candidate, but he seems like a pretty solid one.

 

I'm really digging that terrific walk rate over the past month or so.

Yeah, he's around the plate a lot. Good control of all his pitches.

 

What's rare is when you pair that walk rate with such a low BAA. There may be some luck in there (though he's been doing that for the most part his entire career thus far), but what that pairing indicates to me (and the video backs this up) is that he's got great movement along with that good control.

 

He doesn't have the command that Hendricks does, though not many do, but he's got better velocity. If Abbott improves his already good control to command, he could be more than a BOR, but achieving that type of command is really difficult/rare.