Outshined_One

Yeah, he's Juan's cousin.

The top of this draft should have one of the strongest groups of college players in awhile. Tryptamine mentioned Anthony Rendon, who suffered an unfortunate ankle injury a few weeks back, but should be healthy and ready to go next season. Essentially, he's been one of the best hitters in college baseball history and probably would have been taken over Bryce Harper had he been eligible this year. There's also a really nice group of college pitchers in Gerrit Cole, Matt Purke, Sonny Gray, and Taylor Jungmann. I don't know a whole lot about the HS end of things, although that stuff tends to be in flux year to year.

Pft, Mitch Atkins could have done that.

Starlin Castro is one sexy man.

That was a gift from the Giants. Wow.

Mateo's release point for his FB and slider are the exact same place on MLB.com. Me likey.

Marcos Mateo being thrown to the wolves here. Go get 'em, rook.

How has his movement looked? Is he having a night where his pitches are running all over the place because there is so much movement or is he just wild? How about his velocity? To me it just looked like he didn't have much control. Velocity-wise I don't remember seeing him hit above 91, but I could have easily missed it if he did. MLB.com says he never got higher than 91 on the gun.

Box Scores Iowa lost 13-3 Box Score CF S. Fuld 2/4, R, 2 3B (7) SS D. Barney 2/4, RBI RF B. Snyder 0/4, PO (1B), Assist (Home) 1B B. LaHair 1/4, R, 2B (27) 2B B. Scales 2/4, 2B (26) LF J. Adduci 1/4, R, RBI, SB (16) C C. Robinson 0/3, BB, 2 K 3B M. Camp 1/2, BB, RBI, 2B (13) PH M. Smith 0/1, K SP J. Samardzija 7 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 5/3 K/BB, 4-11 GO-FO RP S. Maine 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP D. Cales .2 IP, 5 H, 7 ER, 1/2 K/BB RP J. Muyco .1 scoreless, 1 H, 0-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 7-1 Box Score CF B. Guyer 2/4, 3 RBI, 2 K, CS (2) LF B. Jackson 1/3, 2 R, 3B (3), SB (13) 3B R. Canzler 2/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (23), 3B (3), K C R. Chirinos 1/3, RBI, 2B (24), K, HBP RF M. Spencer 2/4, R, K SS J. Mota 1/4, 3 K 2B N. Samson 1/4, 2 R, K PH M. Gonzalez 0/1, K SP C. Archer 7 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 8/2 K/BB, HR, 5-5 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2-1 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 1 scoreless, 1 H, 0/1 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO Daytona lost 8-3 Box Score SS DJ LeMahieu 2/5, 2B (20) 2B R. Flaherty 1/4, R, RBI, K DH R. Ridling 1/5, R, K RF K. Burke 1/3, BB, RBI C M. Brenly 1/4 1B J. Opitz 3/4, RBI LF G. Rohan 0/4, 2 K 3B J. Lake 2/4, R, K, E (36, throw) SP DE Rhee 3 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2/3 K/BB, 6-1 GO-FO RP C. Siegfried 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP D. Patton 2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP M. Perconte 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 0-2 GO-FO Peoria lost a rain-shortened game 6-2 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/3, R, 2 K, E (30, fielding) 2B L. Watkins 0/3, K, E (13, fielding) DH DJ Fitzgerald 2/3, R, RBI, 3B (5) 1B J. Bour 0/3, K RF JH Ha 1/3, 2B (9) 3B M. Cerda 1/2, BB LF N. Perez 0/3, 2 K CF A. Giansanti 0/0, 2 BB, Assist (Home) SP SM Jung 1.1 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 1/6 K/BB, Balk, HBP, 1-2 GO-FO RP D. Keefe 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 8-1 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 4-1 Box Score CF O. Zapata 0/4, BB, 2 K 2B G. Amaya 3/4, RBI, 2B (6), E (20, throw) SS M. Hernandez 1/4, R RF D. Arcila 1/4, K RP A. Colinas 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 10-3 Box Score 3B W. Contreras 1/3, 2 BB, R, RBI PH/DH J. Casilla 0/1 2B J. Rodriguez 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (4), PO (2B) Boise and AZL Cubs with an off day OVERALL: 3-4

They're entertaining, imo. Plus, Fred has eerily encyclopedic knowledge of them in person.

I don't care if it's Chirinos, Castillo, Robinson, Clevenger, or Brenly. I want Hill gone next year.

Here's a puff piece on 49th rounder Bryce Shafer.

His RBI single was on an 0-2 changeup about a foot outside. Great success!

7 BBs in 5 IP for Zambrano? Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaantastic.

It's LSD night in San Francisco. Jerry Garcia died 15 years ago today. Apparently Bill Walton will be in on the SF broadcast. Hopefully it'll make for some fun times.

To be blunt, it's not a good option. This team needs all the help it can get on offense, but I really don't see where that saved money could go to help the offense aside from 1B (unless Ramirez leaves).

Some combination of LaHair, Canzler, Hoffpauir, and Snyder probably could yield replacement level production out of 1B. However, that's not much of an upgrade from Lee this season, if at all.

Box Scores Iowa lost 7-4 Box Score CF J. Adduci 0/4, BB, RBI, K SS D. Barney 2/5, RBI 2B B. Scales 1/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (6), K 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/5, R, 2B (32), 2 K RF T. Wright 0/5, K LF B. LaHair 1/3, BB, RBI C W. Castillo 0/3, BB, R 3B M. Camp 1/2, 2 BB, R, 2B (12) PH B. Snyder 0/0, BB PH M. Smith 0/1, K SP HW Chen 4 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR, 2 WP, 3-6 GO-FO RP J. Muyco 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, HR, 2-3 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter 2 scoreless, 3 H, 2/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP J. Stevens 1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB Tennessee won 16-6 Box Score CF T. Campana 3/5, BB, 3 R, RBI, 2B (19), SB (40), PO (1B) RF B. Jackson 2/4, BB, R, 2 RBI 3B R. Canzler 2/4, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2B (22), HR (17), K 1B M. Spencer 3/4, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B (12), E (4, missed catch) C S. Clevenger 2/4, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI, HR (2) LF B. Guyer 3/4, R, 4 RBI, 2 2B (27) 2B T. Thomas 2/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (26), 2 K SS M. Gonzalez 2/5, R, RBI SP C Muschko 6.2 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 1/3 K/BB, HR, HBP, 12-7 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 4-2 GO-FO Daytona won 4-2 Box Score CF J. Valdez 1/4, R, 2 K 3B DJ LeMahieu 2/3, BB, R 2B R. Flaherty 0/4, RBI, K 1B R. Ridling 1/4, K RF K. Burke 0/4, 2 K C M. Brenly 0/4, K LF G. Rohan 1/3, R, 2B (3) SS J. Lake 1/3, K SP R. Whitenack 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, 9-5 GO-FO RP J. Beliveau 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP A. Maestri .1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB RP J. Leverton 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 6-4 Box Score SS HJ Lee 0/4, BB, 2 K 2B M. Cerda 1/4, BB, R, K LF DJ Fitzgerald 1/4, BB, K, CS (5) Assist (2B) 1B J. Bour 2/3, BB, K, HBP DH JH Ha 2/5, R, RBI RF N. Perez 2/5, 2 R, 2B (14), K CF A. Giansanti 2/5, 3 RBI, E (1, fielding) SP F. Batista 3.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 4/2 K/BB, HR, 3-3 GO-FO RP J. Antigua 3.1 scoreless, 1 H, 4/1 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO Boise lost 2-1 Box Score SS E. Soto 0/3, BB, K 2B P. LePage 0/4, 2 K, E (5, throw) RF/LF J. Morelli 1/4, RBI, CS (2), PO (1B) LF R. Cuneo 1/3, 2B (2) 3B D. Harrington 0/2, K C M. Gibbs 0/3, K DH A. Alcantara 2/3, SB (4), PO (1B) SP B. Ebinger 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 7/0 K/BB, HR, 4-3 GO-FO RP C. Greathouse 3.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 10-4 Box Score DH V. Bieneme 1/4, K, SB (12) SS W. Darvill 0/4, 2 K 2B PC Chen 2/4 3B D. Geiger 2/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (5) C C. Noble 1/2, 2 BB, RBI SP H. Ackerman 2 scoreless, 3 H, 1/3 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO RP A. Sosa 1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 0/3 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO RP A. Jimenez 1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO RP B. Shafer 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/2 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP J. Rodriguez 1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost Game 1 of their DH 5-4 Box Score CF O. Zapata 0/3, BB, K 2B/SS G. Amaya 3/4, 2 R SS M. Hernandez 0/0, HBP RF D. Arcila 1/2, BB, R, K, E (5, fielding) DSL Cubs 1 won Game 2 of their DH 3-0 Box Score CF O. Zapata 0/2, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 SB (17) 2B/SS G. Amaya 1/4, 2 K, CS (7) SS M. Hernandez 0/1 RP R. Diplan 3 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-6 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-5 Box Score 2B J. Rodriguez 1/5, RBI, K 1B G. Jimenez 0/1 OVERALL: 3-6

A friend of mine worked for the Newport Gulls and saw Brandon May in person. According to him, May should have a good enough bat to get him to the majors, but he has periodic issues with making contact and defense. Still, he really liked the Cubs taking him in the 36th round.

The box score for the pitchers reads like something out of AAA earlier this season. Their performance wasn't exactly unexpected.

I think Lee has a pretty good shot of cracking the Top 5 among that group, especially considering the fact that BA has been really, really high on him (to the point where I think they'll name him the Cubs' top prospect).

Box Scores Iowa won 9-6 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/3, 2 BB, R, K, SB (18) SS D. Barney 1/5, R RF B. Snyder 1/4, R, K 1B M. Hoffpauir 4/4, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 2B (31), HR (20) 2B B. Scales 1/3, BB, 2 R, 2B (25) LF J. Adduci 0/2, 2 RBI C C. Robinson 1/4, 3 RBI, 2B (7) 3B M. Camp 1/2, 2 BB, R, RBI, HR (1), E (13, throw) PH B. LaHair 0/1, K PH T. Wright 0/1 SP JR Mathes 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 10-6 GO-FO RP J. Gray 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 13-3 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/4, BB, R, SB (39) RF B. Jackson 2/3, 2 BB, 3 R, RBI, HR (4), K 3B R. Canzler 0/1, 2 BB, R, HBP, E (13, fielding) PH M. Spencer 0/1, K C S. Clevenger 1/3, 2 BB, 3 R, RBI LF B. Guyer 3/5, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR (9), 2 SB (21) 2B T. Thomas 2/5, R, 3 RBI, 2B (25), HR (9), E (14, fielding) SP C. Rusin 6 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HBP, 9-2 GO-FO RP K. Smit 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO RP A. Shafer .1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB RP B. Parker 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Peoria won 4-0 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/3, BB, R, K, SB (30) CF L. Watkins 0/2, 2 BB, K 2B M. Cerda 1/3, BB, RBI 1B J. Bour 2/4, R, RBI DH B. May 2/4, R, 2B (1) LF N. Perez 0/4, RBI RF JH Ha 1/3, RBI SP R. Searle 6.2 scoreless, 4 H, 8/1 K/BB, 7-5 GO-FO RP S. Grife 2.1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO Boise lost 15-4 Box Score RF C. Huseby 0/2, R, K 2B A. Alcantara 2/5, 2 RBI, 2B (3), K DH P. LePage 1/4, R, 2 K 1B R. Jones 1/4 3B D. Harrington 2/4, RBI, K LF R. Cuneo 1/3, BB, R, RBI, HR (1) SS E. Soto 0/4, 2 K C M. Gibbs 0/3, BB, 2 K CF KM Na 0/3, BB, R, 2 K, Assist (2B) SP D. Fitzgerald 2 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-2 GO-FO RP E. Jokisch 2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 3 HR, 2-3 GO-FO RP M. Loosen 2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Latham 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 2-0 GO-FO RP A. Kurcz 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 10-2 Box Score SS W. Darvill 2/4, BB, 3 R, K, 2 SB (5), HBP 2B PC Chen 3/5, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2B (2) DH R. Golden 1/3, RBI, K PR/DH V. Bieneme 0/3, K 3B D. Geiger 1/3, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (4), K 1B S. Burruel 0/1 LF B. Springfield 0/5, 3 K C C. Romero 1/1, BB, R PH/C C. Noble 1/2, BB, R SP L. Liria 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 8/1 K/BB, WP, 4-2 GO-FO RP M. Perez 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 5-4 GO-FO Daytona and the DSL teams with an off day OVERALL: 4-1

Here is a more detailed explanation on the Boise forfeit.

So...what the heck happened in Boise that caused a forfeit?

He stole home for that SB, to boot.