Outshined_One

Isn't Jordan Danks in the White Sox system?

I never realized it until you asked...but the answer as it relates to pocketing draft picks appears to be no. :-s

Box Scores Iowa won 14-12 Box Score CF S. Fuld 2/3, 2 BB, 4 R, 2 SB (13) SS D. Barney 2/4, BB, 3 R, RBI, 3B (3) RF B. Snyder 2/4, R, 4 RBI, 2 2B (24), 2 K, Assist (1B) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/4, R, 3 RBI, 2B (26), HR (16) 2B B. Scales 0/4, BB, 2 K LF B. LaHair 1/3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (25), Assist (Home) C W. Castillo 1/4, R, 4 RBI, HR (11), K 3B M. Camp 0/4 PH J. Dubois 0/0, RBI LF T. Wright 0/1 SP J. Jackson 5 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 1/3 K/BB, 2 HR, 4-9 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO RP C. Zambrano 1 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 2-0 GO-FO RP A. Bibens-Dirkx 1 scoreless, 2 H, 0/1 K/BB, 0-3 GO-FO RP J. Stevens 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3-0 GO-FO Daytona won 7-5 Box Score SS DJ LeMahieu 2/5, R, RBI, K, SB (14) 2B R. Flaherty 2/4, BB, R, K DH M. Brenly 1/4, BB, RBI, K RF K. Burke 1/4, R, 3B (4), K, HBP 1B R. Ridling 2/5, R, RBI, K LF G. Rohan 1/3, BB, R, 2 K 3B J. Lake 2/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (12) SP B. Raley 6.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HR, 8-7 GO-FO RP M. Perconte 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 3-0 Box Score 2B V. Bieneme 2/4, 3 R, 2 SB (10) 1B R. Cuneo 1/2, 2 RBI, K 3B D. Geiger 0/3 SS D. Harrington 0/3, K C C. Romero 0/3 DH M. Camarena 0/3, 2 K SP M. Hatley 2 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 5-0 GO-FO RP H. Mayora 3 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 6-1 GO-FO RP A. Reed 3 scoreless, 2 H, 3/0 K/BB, HBP, 4-2 GO-FO RP C. Hams 1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 4-2 Box Score CF O. Zapata 1/4, K 2B G. Amaya 1/4, R, K, SB (15) SS M. Hernandez 0/3, BB, R, SB (14), E (14, missed catch) RF D. Arcila 2/4, R, 2 RBI SP L. Villalba 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, WP, 3-6 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 13-6 Box Score 1B G. Jimenez 1/5, RBI, 3 K, E (10, fielding) PH/DH J. Rodriguez 0/1 Tennessee, Peoria, and Boise with an off day OVERALL: 4-1

E4 now.

Oh, Theriot.

He's also been a headache in the clubhouse. Link I want no part of him.

Zambrano's apology

BA has a subscriber-only puff piece on Hak-Ju Lee. There's not much of note in the article, but here's a quote.

He could just be talking about winning percentage as a way of selling this trade to Diamondbacks fans. However, if wins and losses were indeed serious considerations in making this trade, he should be fired on the spot.

The PTBNL is apparently Tyler Skaggs, not the Angels' top prospect but the 40th pick in Anaheim's 2009 draft. That makes a former first and second round pick from that draft plus Rafael Rodriguez and Saunders. Apparently Arizona likes Skaggs and Corbin more than most, so they may be viewed as the centerpieces of the deal. Link

My guess is that Siegfried is going to stay in the rotation (probably not in McNutt's spot ultimately though). Siegfried pitched 4.0 innings last week, being "stretched out" for today's start. He's had a nice season and the Cubs have always seemed high on him (starting him in the past when he was clearly overmatched). Over Cabrera, a healthy McNutt, Raley, Rhee or Rusin? I hope not. Maybe the Cubs figure a promotion is imminent? I could see Rusin going up to AA in the near future.

Box Scores Iowa lost 6-5 Box Score SS M. Camp 1/4, BB, SB (9), PO (1B) 2B B. Scales 1/4, BB, 2B (22), K CF/RF B. Snyder 0/5 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3, BB, R RF/LF T. Wright 3/4, R, SB (2) LF B. LaHair 1/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (14) C W. Castillo 0/4 3B M. Smith 1/3, BB, R, 2B (16), K, E (7, fielding) SP J. Samardzija 6 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 7/5 K/BB, 0-10 GO-FO, E (2, pickoff) RP M. Atkins 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HR, 2-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales .1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 10-5 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/4, BB, R, RBI, 2B (15), CS (17) RF B. Jackson 1/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB (8) 3B R. Canzler 1/4, BB, K, E (10, fielding) C R. Chirinos 1/3, BB, R, RBI, PB (4) LF B. Guyer 3/5, 2 R, 2B (20), SB (15) SS M. Gonzalez 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (8), SB (6), E (18, throw) 2B T. Thomas 1/5, R, 4 RBI, HR (8), K PH M. Spencer 0/1 PH N. Samson 0/1, K SP R. Dolis 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/3 K/BB, WP, HBP, 5-2 GO-FO RP O. Martinez 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2/0 K/BB, 6-1 GO-FO RP J. Muyco 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 0-2 GO-FO Peoria won 6-5 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/4, BB, R, RBI, K, SB (25) CF L. Watkins 1/4, K 2B M. Cerda 3/5, 3 RBI, K 1B J. Bour 1/4, BB, E (13, fielding) DH DJ Fitzgerald 2/4, BB, R, 3B (4), K LF N. Perez 1/5, R, RBI, HR (6), 3 K, Assist (2B) RF JH Ha 1/3, BB, R, Assist (2B) SP N. Struck 5 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, HR, 2 HBP, 10-4 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, WP, 3-1 GO-FO RP D. Keefe 1 scoreless, 0 H, 3/1 K/BB Boise lost 4-3 Box Score 2B P. LePage 2/4, 2 R DH M. Szczur 1/3, 2 RBI, 2B (9) 1B R. Jones 2/4 LF J. Morelli 0/4, 2 K SS A. Alcantara 0/4, K C J. Vigurs 1/3, BB, PB (3) 3B W. Darvill 0/3 PH E. Soto 0/1, K CF KM Na 0/2, BB, Assist (Home) SP M. Loosen 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 3-4 GO-FO RP A. Kirk 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won Game 1 of their DH 19-2, a completion of a suspended game Box Score CF O. Zapata 0/4, 2 BB, 2 R, K, E (3, fielding) SS G. Amaya 0/5, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI PH/DH D. Arcila 1/4, R, RBI, K 2B J. Rodriguez 0/1 2B M. Hernandez 2/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, CS (10) RP R. Garcia 3 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 3-4 GO-FO RP A. Paulino 3 scoreless, 1 H, 3/2 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won Game 2 of their DH 7-0 Box Score CF O. Zapata 2/3, R, HBP, 2 SB (12) SS G. Amaya 1/2, R, SB (14) 2B/SS M. Hernandez 2/4, R, 2B (14) RF D. Arcila 0/3, BB, RBI, K RP R. Diplan 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO RP A. Colinas 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 6-5 in the 10th Box Score 1B G. Jimenez 1/5, 2 R SP J. Castro 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 2-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs and Daytona with an off day OVERALL: 5-2

Also, this seems relevant.

Turner and Porcello would most certainly be off the table, even if the Cubs kicked some cash Detroit's way. Other than that, their farm system is pretty barren. Andrew Oliver. Good call, although I wasn't really high on him when he was drafted. He has a really good FB, but his offspeed stuff needs some work. I'm a bit skeptical. Still, I'd take him in a trade involving Lilly.

Inge's career numbers. I don't think the Tigers would mind moving him off of third for A-Ram.

I wouldn't do a Lilly for Joseph deal straight up. At this point, I'm pretty much of the opinion that, if the Cubs can't land a Top 100 prospect or a package of decent prospects for Lilly, they shouldn't bother trading him and instead pocket the inevitable draft picks.

Junior Lake with his 6th HR today. He also has 2 Ks. ETA: Aaaaaaaaaaand he hits his 7th HR.

Turner and Porcello would most certainly be off the table, even if the Cubs kicked some cash Detroit's way. Other than that, their farm system is pretty barren.

Jacob Turner and Rick Porcello are the two players in their system I'd kill to have. Turner would have to be a PTBNL since he can't be traded until some time in August due to the fact that he signed less than a year ago. Otherwise, their system is pretty nondescript. Quite frankly, I don't think that package could net either of those players unless the Cubs kicked some serious money to the Tigers, especially considering Ramirez's $16m 2012 option would kick in when he got traded.

Starlin Castro's slash line against the Cardinals this season: .526/.526/.737/.1.236. :shock: I like.

Box Scores Iowa won 14-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 2/6, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B (10) SS D. Barney 0/6 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/4, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B (25), HR (15), K RF B. Snyder 3/5, 3 R, RBI LF T. Wright 3/5, 3 R, RBI C W. Castillo 3/5, 4 RBI, 2 2B (16), K, PB (6) 3B M. Smith 2/4, BB, R 2B M. Camp 2/5, R, RBI SP C. Coleman 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0/2 K/BB, 8-7 GO-FO RP HW Chen 3 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 3-3 GO-FO RP J. Gray 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost Game 1 of its DH 7-6 Box Score CF T. Campana 3/4, 2 R, SB (33) SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, R 3B J. Vitters 0/1, BB, K, SB (2), HBP PR/RF B. Jackson 0/1, K RF/3B R. Canzler 0/2, 2 BB, R, K C R. Chirinos 1/3, BB, R, 4 RBI, HR (14), K 1B M. Spencer 0/4, 2 K LF B. Guyer 0/3, 2 K 2B N. Samson 0/3, E (14, throw) SP J. Papelbon 4 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2/0 K/BB, HR, 6-3 GO-FO RP M. Parisi 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/3 K/BB, WP, HBP, 3-0 GO-FO RP A. Shafer .1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee won Game 2 of its DH 4-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/4, 2 K LF B. Jackson 1/3, BB, RBI 3B R. Canzler 0/4, 3 K, E (9, throw) RF M. Spencer 2/3, 2 R, 2B (8), K C S. Clevenger 2/3, RBI, CS (5) SS M. Gonzalez 1/3, RBI 2B T. Thomas 1/2, BB, 2 R, RBI, HR (7) SP C. Archer 6 scoreless, 1 H, 5/4 K/BB, 10-2 GO-FO RP M. Mateo 1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO Daytona won 6-1 Box Score 2B DJ LeMahieu 0/4, BB, K 3B R. Flaherty 2/4, BB, R C M. Brenly 2/3, 2 BB, R RF K. Burke 1/5, RBI 1B R. Ridling 1/4, RBI PH/1B J. Opitz 0/1 LF G. Rohan 1/4, R SS J. Lake 2/4, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR (7), 2 K SP C. Siegfried 5 scoreless, 3 H, 4/0 K/BB, 9-1 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, HR, 3-1 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 1.2 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO RP D. Patton 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Peoria won 4-3 Box Score SS/CF L. Watkins 1/5, 2 K 2B M. Cerda 0/4, BB, R DH DJ Fitzgerald 1/4, R, 2B (13), 2 K 1B J. Bour 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (17), 2 K RF JH Ha 1/4, R, 3B (2), K LF N. Perez 1/4, RBI, K SP J. Antigua 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO RP SM Jung 3.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 7/0 K/BB, 2 HR, 1-3 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 2 scoreless, 2 H, 0/1 K/BB, 4-0 GO-FO RP R. Morla 1.1 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO Boise lost 8-2 Box Score CF KM Na 0/2, BB, K, HBP, E (1, fielding) 2B P. LePage 1/3, BB, R, SB (3) RF M. Szczur 1/3, BB, R 1B R. Jones 1/4, 2 RBI, 3B (2) LF J. Morelli 0/2, 2 BB SS A. Alcantara 0/4, 2 K DH C. Huseby 0/3, BB, K C M. Gibbs 0/4 3B W. Darvill 0/4, K SP JY Serrano 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 4/0 K/BB, HBP, 7-3 GO-FO RP A. Sosa .2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/2 K/BB AZL Cubs won 7-6 Box Score 2B V. Bieneme 1/5, R, 3B (2), 2 K 1B R. Cuneo 2/4, BB, R, RBI, 3B (3), 2 K, E (2, fielding) 3B D. Geiger 2/3, BB, 2 R SS D. Harrington 0/4, RBI, K, E (8, fielding) C C. Romero 1/4, RBI, 2B (1) LF B. Springfield 0/4, K SP J. Bristow 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 2 WP, 0-2 GO-FO RP H. Ackerman .1 IP, 0 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, WP, HBP RP YL Wang 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB, WP, 6-0 GO-FO RP C. Richardson 3 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, WP, 2-4 GO-FO Both DSL teams with the day off OVERALL: 5-2

Will he even pitch in the AFL? I get the sense he'll be in instructs and make his professional debut in Peoria next season. The way I see it, if the Cubs had gone Golden-Gibbs-Simpson as their 1-2-3, I don't think Simpson would have gotten much consideration for the Cubs' Top 10 following the draft. While Wilken gushed about him and some of the post-draft stuff on Simpson was fairly positive, the vibe on him leading up to the draft and when he was drafted was not the sort of thing you'd like to see in the Cubs' Top 10. The way I saw it, people were putting him in their Top 10 lists mostly because he was a first round pick and because of Wilken's track record. Those aren't necessarily bad reasons, but I don't like evaluating a prospect in that respect. Right now, my Top 7 is pretty much set in stone and looks like: Brett Jackson, Hak-Ju Lee, Jay Jackson, Josh Vitters, Chris Archer, Trey McNutt, and Chris Carpenter. After that, I'd probably put Rhee at 8 and Golden at 9. I'm not totally comfortable with those two in those spots, but it works. At #10...I have absolutely no idea who to put there.

Please keep to the topic at hand. I'd think of adding RHP Aaron Kurcz to the bullpen and give consideration to putting Matthew Szczur in the OF. Both have done well for themselves.

I'd put Pierre LePage and maybe Reggie Golden into that discussion. I could see Golden getting a few games in at Peoria at the end of the season. Also, with Golden signed, I'm seriously considering putting him ahead of Simpson on my Top 10. Heck, even before news of Simpson's mono came out, I was debating doing it.

Jon Nagel's back from the dead and pitching in Mesa. He was pitching okay down in Peoria earlier in the season and looked like he could have been intriguing, but got sidelined with an injury. With any luck, he's back on track.