Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-9-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa threw a combined no-hitter and won 2-0 Box Score

 

CF I. Miller 1/4, 2 K

RF R. Ortega 0/4, K

C PJ Higgins 0/3, BB, 2 K

LF C. Maybin 0/4, 2 K

PH DJ Artis 0/0, BB, SB (1) - AAA debut

SP S. Miller 3 IP, 0 B, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 2-1 GO-FO

RP T. Nance 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-0 GO-FO

RP B. Wieck 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 0-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 10-5 Box Score

 

2B C. Morel 0/5, K

SS A. Weber 0/3, R, HBP, E (4, throw)

RF V. Vizcaino 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (1)

SP L. Lugo 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1-1 GO-FO

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

RP B. Leeper 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1-0 GO-FO

RP J. Gámez 1.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 0-2 GO-FO

 

South Bend PPD - Inclement Weather

 

Myrtle Beach lost 3-0 Box Score

 

2B Y. Santana 1/4, 2B (2)

SS E. Howard 0/4, 2 K

LF J. Nwogu 1/3, K

DH Y. Piñango 0/2, 2 K - ejected for arguing balls and strikes

PH-DH E. Hearn 0/1, K

3B L. Verdugo 0/3, 3 K, E (1, throw)

RF E. Americaan 1/3, 2K, 2B (1)

SP M. Espinoza 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 1-5 GO-FO

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CubsWin]

Even with the huge difference in competition between AAA and MLB, this was still unexpected:

 

Shelby Miller - 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K.

 

I mean, make up your mind, Shelby...

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Iowa 3 outs away from a combined no-hitter.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Iowa 3 outs away from a combined no-hitter.

 

They did it:

 

[Bertz]

Iowa 3 outs away from a combined no-hitter.

 

They did it:

 

 

5 Ks and a popup in two perfect innings from Wieck

[CaliforniaRaisin]

All boxes updated in the original post.

 

Reminder: With the new schedule this year, Mondays are off days for all Cubs full season affiliates. The whole organization is off tomorrow.

[TruffleShuffle]

uhhhhh ed howard seems to be striking out a lot.

[craig]

uhhhhh ed howard seems to be striking out a lot.

 

12/22 for Howard, 10/16 for Nwogu.

[Bertz]

uhhhhh ed howard seems to be striking out a lot.

 

12/22 for Howard, 10/16 for Nwogu.

 

Yeah the MB lineup is getting absolutely worked right now.

 

The more advanced guys are all really handling the strikezone well. Roederer has as more BBs than Ks, Strumpf and Amaya have equal numbers of both. Even Chris Morel, who's very much a free swinger, only has 3 KS in 22 PAs. A good week for the guys who have a path to Wrigley in the next ~15 months, and we should add Brennen Davis back likely this week.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Tbf Howard’s seen double digit pitchers so far and all but one are 3-7(!) years older than him this year. At least a few will be out of the level by summer, a couple of those probably could/should have been in High A already (Doxakis, Wilcox, White). The youngest pitcher he’s seen was drafted in 2018

 

Nwogu’s a little more worrisome. Under the old format he might have been in Eugene this year after the AZL last year but neither could happen

 

Yep, far more concerned about Nwogu - especially with the concerns surrounding his swing coming out of college.