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Anyone know if this will make Castro eligible for Super Two status?

Vitters is sporting a .291/.350/.445 line. Compared to last season, his Ks are up (22), but so are his BBs (8). Considering he's doing this in a league that's known for being pitcher-friendly, I'm happy to see his development coming along like this.

Box Scores Iowa won 4-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 3/4, BB, R, 2B (1) SS D. Barney 0/4, K, HBP RF B. Snyder 0/4, K 1B M. Hoffpauir 3/3, BB, 2 RBI, 2B (6) DH C. Robinson 0/4, K LF B. LaHair 0/3, BB, 2 K C W. Castillo 0/3, BB, R, K, 2 PB (3) 3B B. Scales 0/3, BB, R, K 2B M. Camp 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (5) SP T. Diamond 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 5/5 K/BB, 6-3 GO-FO RP J. Samardzija 2 scoreless, 1 H, 3/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/2 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 6-1 Box Score CF T. Campana 3/4 SS M. Gonzalez 0/4 LF T. Wright 0/4 C R. Chirinos 0/4 RF M. Spencer 1/3, R, RBI, HR (3) PH S. Clevenger 0/1, K 3B J. Vitters 1/2, 2 E (throw x 2) 3B J. Opitz 0/1, E (4, fielding) 2B/RF T. Thomas 0/2, HBP SP HW Chen 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2/4 K/BB, WP, 4-8 GO-FO RP D. Sasser 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0/1 K/BB, WP, 2-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales 2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO Daytona lost 8-3 Box Score CF B. Jackson 3/4, R, CS (4) 3B R. Flaherty 1/4, R, RBI, 2B (1) 1B R. Ridling 1/4, K, SB (1) RF K. Burke 1/4, RBI, 2 K 2B DJ LeMahieu 0/4, K DH N. Perez 0/3, BB SS J. Lake 0/3, BB, K, CS (4) SP A. Cabrera 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 7/2 K/BB, HR, 4-2 GO-FO RP J. Beliveau 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 3-1 GO-FO RP M. Perconte 2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 3/4 K/BB, Balk, 1-1 GO-FO Peoria won 10-5 Box Score SS HJ Lee 0/3, 2 BB, HBP, 2 E (10, throw, fielding) 2B L. Watkins 2/5, BB, R, CS (3), E (4, fielding) 3B M. Cerda 1/3, 2 BB, 3 R, K LF G. Rohan 1/4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B (9), 2 K, 2 HBP 1B J. Bour 2/3, 2 BB, R C J. Mota 2/4, 4 RBI, 2B (1) DH DJ Fitzgerald 2/5, R, RBI, K, SB (2) RF R. Jones 1/4, BB, R, RBI, 2B (7) CF J. Valdez 0/5, K SP K. McNutt 4+ IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 5/4 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO RP R. Morla 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 2-2 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 2.1 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Latham 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, WP, 1-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-2

What other dead weight? Besides, odds are Lou was gone once his contract was up after this year anyway if they didn't contend (ie - making it past the 1st round of the playoffs), so I doubt some epic tanking was necessary. Same goes for Hendry, too. At least an epic tanking would get us higher draft picks next June. True, though it's baseball, so it's not as imperative to get those spots. A tanking would generally just suck. If tanking nets the Cubs Anthony Rendon, it'd be worth the pain.

Tennessee is getting pounded 8-0 in the first game of their double header.

Peoria's recorded 6 errors so far and they're getting blown out 11-3 after 7 innings. Ugh.

Box Scores Iowa lost 2-1 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/2, BB, CS (1), HBP SS D. Barney 2/4, 2B (5), K RF J. Adduci 0/4, 2 K 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/3, BB, K 2B B. Scales 0/4, 2 K LF B. LaHair 1/2, BB, R, RBI, HR (3), K C C. Robinson 0/3, K SP J. Jackson 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, WP, 6-11 GO-FO RP E. Caridad 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HR, 3-2 GO-FO Tennessee lost Game 1 of their DH 8-2 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/3 SS S. Castro 2/3, R, 3B (5) LF T. Wright 0/3, Assist (3B) 3B R. Canzler 0/3 RF M. Spencer 2/3, R, RBI, HR (2) 2B/CF T. Thomas 0/3, K, E (6, throw) C S. Clevenger 0/2 PH/2B N. Samson 0/1 SP C. Carpenter 3.2 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 4 ER, 6/2 K/BB, WP, 2-3 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 2.1 scoreless, 3 H, 1/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Muyco 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee won Game 2 of their DH 5-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/3, BB, R, 2 K, SB (11) SS N. Samson 1/2, BB, R, RBI RF M. Spencer 1/2, BB, RBI, K LF T. Wright 1/2, BB, R, SB (2) 3B R. Flaherty 1/2, BB, R 2B/3B J. Opitz 1/3, R, 2 RBI, 2B (3), K 2B T. Thomas 0/1 SP A. Cashner 5.2 scoreless, 2 H, 8/3 K/BB, 8-1 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1.1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Daytona lost 4-1 Box Score CF B. Jackson 2/4, R, 2 K, 2 Assists (Home, 3B) RF K. Burke 1/4, K 1B R. Ridling 1/4 DH J. Vitters 1/3, BB 3B DJ LeMahieu 0/4, K C M. Brenly 1/4, K, PB (1) LF N. Perez 0/2, 2 K SS J. Lake 0/3, 2 K, E (10, throw) SP R. Dolis 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/4 K/BB, 8-3 GO-FO RP A. Shafer 3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 3-4 GO-FO Peoria lost 11-4 Box Score SS HJ Lee 0/4, BB, K, 2 E (8, throw, fielding) RF J. Valdez 1/4, R, 2 K, HBP, 2 E (6, throw, fielding) 3B M. Cerda 1/5, R, 2 K DH G. Rohan 2/5, 2 K C J. Mota 2/4, 2 RBI LF DJ Fitzgerald 0/4, R 1B R. Jones 1/4, RBI, 2B (6), E (3, fielding) CF F. Guzman 1/2, 2 BB, R SP N. Struck 2.1 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 0/4 K/BB, HR, 3-3 GO-FO RP J. Antigua 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/0 K/BB, HR, 6-4 GO-FO OVERALL: 1-4

Jackson has a good deal more power than his current output has shown. I think he has a pretty good shot of being a 20-25 HR hitter in his prime. He profiles more as a middle of the order type. My guess is the Cubs are batting him at #2 to work on contact and pitch recognition, but I could be wrong. Castro could be a leadoff type, but I'm not a fan of the idea since he's fairly aggressive at the plate, won't draw many walks, and has enough power to make me think he could be a #2 hitter more than anything else. However, this could also be the work of their respective managers who are merely filling out lineup cards the way they think appropriate. It's hard to know without inside information.

Box Scores Iowa won 9-5 Box Score CF/LF J. Adduci 1/5, R, K SS D. Barney 3/5, 2 R, 2B (4), SB (2) RF B. Snyder 1/5, R, 2 RBI, HR (2), 2 K 1B M. Hoffpauir 1/4, BB, 2 R, RBI, 3B (1), K 2B B. Scales 1/2, 3 BB, 2 R, SB (3) LF B. LaHair 3/5, R, 6 RBI, 2B (5), HR (2), 2 K C W. Castillo 1/4, BB, 2 K 3B M. Camp 0/3, BB, SB (4), E (4, fielding) SP JR Mathes 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HR, WP, 12-3 GO-FO RP J. Stevens 2 scoreless, 2 H, 4/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 2-1 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/4, 2B (5) SS S. Castro 3/5 LF T. Wright 0/4 C R. Chirinos 3/4 RF M. Spencer 2/3, RBI, 2B (2), K 2B T. Thomas 1/4, PO (1B) 3B R. Flaherty 0/2, BB PH S. Clevenger 0/1 3B J. Opitz 1/2 SP C. Muschko 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 8-7 GO-FO RP J. Muyco 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP R. Buchter 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB RP D. Cales 1 perfect, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona won 4-3 Box Score CF B. Jackson 1/3, 2 BB, R, SB (5) 3B M. Gonzalez 1/5, RBI, K RF K. Burke 0/5, 2 K 1B R. Ridling 1/5, R DH J. Vitters 2/4, R, 2B (8), K 2B DJ LeMahieu 1/4, RBI, K LF N. Perez 1/3, R, 2B (4), E (1, throw) C M. Brenly 3/4, RBI, 2B (1) SS J. Lake 0/3, BB, 2 K SP DE Rhee 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HBP, 10-2 GO-FO RP C. Rusin 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 5-1 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO Peoria won 9-6 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/4, BB, R, RBI, 2B (5), K, 2 E (6, fielding x 2) 2B L. Watkins 1/4, BB, R, K 3B M. Cerda 1/4, BB, R, 2B (3) LF G. Rohan 2/5, R, 2 RBI, K 1B J. Bour 1/3, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI DH DJ Fitzgerald 2/3, BB, R, K RF R. Jones 1/4, R, RBI, K CF J. Valdez 2/4, 2 K, SB (17), CS (5), Assist (3B) SP R. Whitenack 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, 10-2 GO-FO RP R. Morla 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-1

So, which player should we all get irrationally excited for this go-round, only to have the Cubs crush our hopes and pass on him?

Setting aside Nolasco's performance for a moment, I'm still pissed off at the fact that Nolasco, Mitre, and Pinto could have netted something better than Juan [expletive] Pierre at the time they were traded. None of those three were considered future aces, but all of them had value on the trade market beyond the return they got.

Yeesh, Raley vacillates between looking awesome and looking terrible. Today it was the latter.

Box Scores Iowa lost 3-0 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/4 SS D. Barney 2/4, 3B (1) RF M. Hoffpauir 0/3, BB 1B B. LaHair 1/3, BB 3B M. Smith 0/3, 3 K LF J. Adduci 1/3, K PH B. Snyder 0/1, K C C. Robinson 0/4, K 2B/LF M. Camp 1/2, BB 2B B. Scales 0/1, K SP M. Parisi 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, WP, 1-2 GO-FO RP M. Mateo 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP M. Atkins 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO Tennessee with an off day Daytona lost 7-3 Box Score 1B M. Gonzalez 0/4, K, SB (7) CF K. Burke 0/4, K DH R. Ridling 0/4, K 3B J. Vitters 1/2, 2 BB, 2 R, K, SB (4) 2B DJ LeMahieu 2/4, R PH N. Perez 0/1 SS J. Lake 0/4, 2 K SP B. Raley 3 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2/3 K/BB, HR, 3-4 GO-FO RP M. Perconte 3 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 3-4 GO-FO RP B. Beliveau 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4-2 GO-FO Peoria won 6-4 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/4, 2 R, RBI, 3B (2) 2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, RBI, 2B (1), SB (3) 3B M. Cerda 1/3, BB, E (3, fielding) 1B G. Rohan 1/4, RBI, 2B (8), 2 K DH J. Bour 1/4, RBI, 2 K C J. Mota 0/3, BB, R, K LF R. Jones 1/4, RBI, 2B (5), E (2, fielding) CF J. Valdez 1/4, R, 2 SB (16), E (4, fielding) RF F. Guzman 0/4, R, RBI, K SP SM Jung 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 2 WP, HBP, 5-7 GO-FO RP L. Suarez 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP J. Latham 1.2 scoreless, 2 H, 4-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 1-2

The day after the first 0-4 day of the season, the Cubs affiliates follow up with the first 4-0 day of the season. :D

Not much to report so far. Nagel had a good three inning outing, giving up only one hit and striking out four. Searle is now in to pitch for Peoria.

It's not like Nolasco has been anything special for the Marlins. :wink: ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)

Box Scores Iowa won 3-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/5, R, 3B (1) SS D. Barney 2/3, BB, RBI LF B. Snyder 0/3, BB, K RF M. Hoffpauir 0/4 3B B. Scales 0/4, K 1B B. LaHair 0/4, 2 K C W. Castillo 0/3, BB, R, 2 K 2B M. Camp 0/3, BB, R PH J. Adduci 0/1 SP C. Coleman 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, WP, 14-3 GO-FO RP E. Caridad 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP J. Samardzija .2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0/1 K/BB, HBP, 0-2 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter .1 perfect, 1-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 2-1 in the 13th Box Score CF T. Campana 2/6, RBI, K SS S. Castro 2/5, BB, R, 2 E (5, throw, fielding) LF T. Wright 1/4, BB, 2B (7) C R. Chirinos 1/5, BB, K RF M. Spencer 1/6, RBI, 3 K 2B T. Thomas 0/5, BB, R, 2 K 3B R. Flaherty 1/5, K PH R. Canzler 0/1 PH N. Samson 0/1 PH J. Opitz 0/1 SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 5-8 GO-FO RP D. Sasser 2 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 2 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO Daytona won 6-3 Box Score LF M. Gonzalez 1/4, BB CF B. Jackson 2/5, R, RBI 1B R. Ridling 1/5, R, 2 RBI, HR (4) 3B J. Vitters 1/4, K, SB (3), E (5, fielding) 2B DJ LeMahieu 1/4, R C M. Brenly 1/3 PH/RF K. Burke 0/0, BB, R PH N. Perez 0/1, K SS J. Lake 2/4, R, RBI SP C. Archer 4.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 5/2 K/BB, E (1, missed catch), HBP, 4-5 GO-FO RP D. Patton 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/2 K/BB, HBP, 2-1 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Peoria won 4-1 thanks to a Matt Cerda walkoff 3 run HR in the 9th Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/4, R DH L. Watkins 0/3, BB, K 3B G. Rohan 1/4, RBI, 2B (7) 1B J. Bour 1/4, 2B (9), E (3, fielding) PR J. Valdez 0/0, R LF DJ Fitzgerald 1/4, 3 K, 2B (1) C J. Mota 1/4, R, 2 K RF R. Jones 0/4, 2 K PH M. Cerda 1/1, R, 3 RBI, HR (1) CF F. Guzman 0/3 SP J. Nagel 3 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP R. Searle 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 4-3 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO OVERALL: 4-0! :D

Something's been kind of nagging at me lately. Brett Jackson has been hitting for a high average and his .120 IsoD has been an enormously good sign for his prospect status. His strikeouts are also down a smidge compared to last season. However, his power has been fairly lacking through almost 100 ABs. The FSL is notorious for putting a damper on power numbers, but he's had no home runs and only 7 XBHs. That makes me wonder. I know the power is there, but when will it show up?

My hope is, when Soriano eventually cools off, Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez get hot. However, for now, I will happily enjoy watching Good Soriano while he's around.

Seriously, he's one sexy beast.

It's not quite a consensus, but Pomeranz can make a strong case for it right now, especially since it seems he'd be willing to sign for slot. It doesn't seem like too big a reach unlike other Pirate first round picks. He's definitely a top 5 prospect though it seems like Jameson Taillon is firmly entrenches as the #2 prospect everywhere you look. Pretty much, although Taillon's reportedly looking for record-breaking money and a major league contract. Pomeranz seems to make more sense for the Pirates in terms of signability, although, given that they took Alvarez recently and gave him a dump truck full of money, who knows?

Unnecessarily sliding into 1B should do the trick!

It's not quite a consensus, but Pomeranz can make a strong case for it right now, especially since it seems he'd be willing to sign for slot.

Dusty used to pull this lazy type of lineup making too. Remember when Sosa was out, and Dusty replaced him with Trinnidad Hubbard, still batting 3rd? Ahhhhh, happy memories.

Doesn't the MWC actually have a good TV deal? I'm pretty sure they have their own channel and are under serious consideration for a BCS automatic bid.