Outshined_One

The DSL is so hard to evaluate in terms of who has talent and who doesn't, especially when based on stats. You'd think that posting a .324/.405/.459 line as a 19 year old would get someone like Albert Hernandez on the map, but he's back in the DSL this season. OF Jesus Morelli, who put up very good numbers last season, hasn't done much with the AZL Cubs. Starlin Castro and Junior Lake put up decent, but not particularly noteworthy numbers in the DSL. It's disappointing to see those three not do well, but, at the same time, it's hard to get worked up over it when you're talking about different strike zones and the like that can be found in the DSL.

From the looks of it, the Cubs are trying him out at starter for the time being. He's been working hard on a third pitch (changeup) in part because his slider has been inconsistent this season. Since the Cubs are being careful with him after his oblique strain, his pitch counts and inning counts are down since I think he's still around the 80-85 pitch mark for his outings. I don't know if he's advanced enough to help the Cubs this year out of the pen, though. If his slider's inconsistent and his change is still developing, he'd pretty much be a one trick pony at this point.

Box Scores Iowa won 4-3 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/4 2B A. Miles 0/4, 3 K, E (2, fielding) 1B M. Craig 1/3, BB, K LF B. Scales 0/4, 2 K C C. Robinson 2/4, 2 R, 2B (15), K 3B N. Spears 1/4, R, 2 E (9, throw x 2) RF M. Camp 2/3, BB, R, RBI, Assist (1B) SS D. Barney 2/4 SP E. Caridad 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 7/2 K/BB, 1-9 GO-FO RP J. Waddell 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 5-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 3-2 in the 10th Box Score SS J. Mota 2/5, R, RBI, 3B (1) CF J. Adduci 1/5, R, K 3B M. Smith 1/3, RBI, 2B (25), K RF T. Colvin 2/5, K LF T. Wright 0/4 1B R. Canzler 0/3, BB 2B T. Thomas 0/3, K C W. Castillo 1/2, 2 BB, R PH D. Deeds 0/1 SP A. Cashner 6 scoreless, 1 H, 5/0 K/BB, 11-2 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2-1 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 1 perfect, 1-2 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO Daytona lost 8-2 Box Score CF T. Campana 2/5, RBI, PO (1B), Assist (3B) SS S. Castro 1/4, RBI, 2B (16) RF B. Guyer 3/4, K, SB (14) C R. Chirinos 0/3, E (6, throw), PB (6) 3B J. Vitters 1/4, 2 K 1B J. Opitz 0/4 LF J. Harrison 2/3, BB, R, 2B (3) 2B M. Gonzalez 1/4, R DH J. Jones 0/3, K SP H. Williamson 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3/3 K/BB, WP, 2-4 GO-FO RP D. McDaniel 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/2 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Peoria with an off day. Boise lost 8-6 Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/2, BB, RBI DH L. Watkins 1/5, R, K CF B. Jackson 3/5, 2 R, 2B (1), 2 K 1B J. Bour 1/3, BB, R, 2 RBI RF JH Ha 2/5, R, RBI, K, SB (3), PO (2B) 3B G. Rohan 1/4, BB, R, K C M. Williams 1/3, BB, RBI, K PH R. Jones 0/1, K 2B G. Matheus 1/4, RBI, K LF J. Valdez 3/4, K, E (5, throw) SP J. Whitlock 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, WP, 2-2 GO-FO SP L. Suarez 2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, HR, 2 WP, 2-3 GO-FO RP J. Lansford 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/3 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 2-1 (11 innings) Box Score CF F. Guzman 0/3, BB, K, Assist (Home) SS W. Darvill 0/4, 2 K 1B/LF R. Wagner 1/4, K 3B J. Petraitis 0/4, K, E (2, fielding) RF J. Morelli 0/4, 2 K DH B. Springfield 0/3, BB, R, 2 K, SB (4) PH/1B C. Thomas 2/2, RBI, 2B (4) 2B R. Buatista 0/3, 3 K SP SM Jung 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP C. Rusin 3 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB, 7-1 GO-FO RP T. Matchulat 2.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 2 WP, 2-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 PPD: Rain DSL Cubs 2 lost 11-8 Box Score OVERALL: 4-2

As memory serves me, the fine was for the Cerda signing. Considering he got a contract from the Cubs and also considering Dail and Pruitt have not signed elsewhere yet, I'm guessing something else happened with them.

It happened this year to the Yankees.

The next Milton Bradley. Does anyone know if BJ Ryan has pitched at all yet? Doesn't look like it, but he's on Mesa's roster.

Box Scores Iowa lost 7-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/3, 2 BB, Assist (2B) DH J. Dubois 1/2, 2 BB, R, 2 RBI, HR (10) C S. Clevenger 0/3, BB 1B B. Scales 1/4, K PH/2B N. Spears 3/3, 2B (17) 3B M. Camp 0/4, K, 2 E (5, fielding x 2) SS D. Barney 0/4 SP JR Mathes 3 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 0/1 K/BB, HBP, 3-6 GO-FO RP J. Russell 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 1-4 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP J. Waddell 1 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO Tennessee with an off day. Daytona won 5-2 in the 11th Box Score LF T. Campana 2/6, R, RBI, E (3, fielding) SS S. Castro 2/5, E (29, fielding) CF B. Guyer 2/5, BB, R, RBI, 2 SB (13) C R. Chirinos 0/1, 5 BB 1B J. Opitz 1/5, RBI DH J. Vitters 2/5, R, 3B (2), SB (1) 3B J. Harrison 1/4, BB, R, RBI 2B M. Gonzalez 3/5, R, RBI, 3B (2), E (10, fielding) SP R. Searle 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 11-4 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 2.2 scoreless, 2 H, 3/1 K/BB, 2-3 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/0 K/BB, WP, 1-1 GO-FO Peoria lost 6-0 Box Score CF D. Macias 1/2, 2 BB, CS (4) LF D. Fitzgerald 1/4, K 1B R. Ridling 0/4, E (10, fielding) DH K. Burke 0/4, 3 K C M. Brenly 1/4, 2 K 3B J. Rosa 1/4, K SS J. Lake 1/3, BB, K 2B R. Flaherty 0/4 SP A. Shafer 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, HBP, 5-8 GO-FO Boise won 4-3 Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/4, 2 R, 2 K, SB (13), E (12, fielding) 2B L. Watkins 1/4 CF B. Jackson 2/3, BB, RBI, E (2, throw) 1B J. Bour 1/4, K, E (1, throw) DH JH Ha 1/4, R C R. Jones 0/4, 3 K 3B G. Rohan 3/4, R, 2 2B (7) LF R. Davis 0/4, 2 K, E (2, fielding) RF J. Valdez 1/3, 2 RBI, 2B (2), SB (10) SP J. Antigua 4.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, 3-6 GO-FO RP D. Nunez 2.1 scoreless, 3/0 K/BB, 1-3 GO-FO AZL Cubs with an off day. DSL Cubs 1 lost 3-2 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 14-9 Box Score OVERALL: 2-4

Notes from the games so far: Aaron Miles was 1/5 with a double. Call him up!!1 Coleman got roughed up for Tennessee: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 4/6 K/BB Castro: 1/3 with a double; Vitters: 1/2 with a BB Fitzgerald, Flaherty, and Perez all had doubles for Peoria. Probable starter for Boise tonight: Robert Whitenack Sorry I'm behind on box score updates; studying for the bar exam's been killing me. After next Wednesday, things will be back to normal!

Box Scores Iowa won 5-4 Box Score 3B A. Miles 1/5, 2B (3) 1B M. Craig 1/4, R LF J. Dubois 1/4, R, 2B (17), K, E (6, throw) RF B. Scales 0/1, 3 BB, 2 R C C. Robinson 0/3, BB, PB (5) SS D. Barney 1/3, BB, RBI, K SP M. Atkins 6 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, HBP, 6-7 GO-FO RP J. Russell 1 scoreless, 1 H, 0/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO RP G. Reinhard 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 7-5 Box Score SS N. Samson 1/5, R CF D. Deeds 1/5, 2 K 3B M. Smith 0/4 PH J. Adduci 0/1 RF T. Colvin 2/5, 2 R, K LF T. Wright 1/3, BB, R C W. Castillo 2/4, 2B (7), E (5, catcher interference) 2B T. Thomas 1/3, BB, RBI SP C. Coleman 4 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4/6 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona won 3-2 in a rain-shortened game Box Score CF T. Campana 1/2, CS (8) SS S. Castro 1/3, 2B (15) RF B. Guyer 0/2, BB, R, K DH R. Chirinos 1/2, BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (11) 1B J. Opitz 1/3 3B J. Vitters 1/2, BB, E (6, throw) 2B M. Gonzalez 0/2, BB, K LF J. Harrison 0/3 SP S. Leverton 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 6-4 GO-FO Peoria won 6-5 Box Score CF D. Macias 1/3, 2 BB, R, CS (3) DH D. Fitzgerald 1/3, BB, R, RBI, 2B (1), HBP 1B R. Ridling 1/5, RBI RF K. Burke 2/5, R, 2 K SS R. Flaherty 3/5, R, 2B (15) 3B J. Rosa 3/4, R, RBI, K, HBP 2B J. Lake 1/5, R, K LF N. Perez 2/4, 3 RBI, 2B (14), K SP J. Beliveau 4.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 4/3 K/BB, HR, 8-1 GO-FO RP C. Huseby 3 scoreless, 1 H, 3/1 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO Boise lost 3-2 Box Score DH HJ Lee 2/5, RBI, K, SB (12) 2B L. Watkins 1/5, R, 2B (5), K C R. Jones 0/4, K 1B J. Bour 2/3, BB RF JH Ha 0/4, 2 K 3B G. Rohan 2/4 LF R. Davis 0/4 SS G. Matheus 0/4, 2 K CF J. Valdez 2/3, R, SB (9) PH B. Jackson 0/0, BB SP R. Whitenack 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HR, 8-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 6-2 Box Score CF F. Guzman 1/5, 2 R, 2B (1), SB (14), 2 CS (3), Assist (3B) SS W. Darvill 4/5, 3 RBI, K, SB (1) 3B R. Wagner 1/4, RBI, 3B (3), HBP 1B J. Petraitis 1/5, R, RBI, HR (1), 3 K 2B B. Springfield 1/3, 2 K RF J. Morelli 1/2, BB SP L. Liria 3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, HBP, 4-1 GO-FO RP J. Pena 4 scoreless, 3 H, 4/1 K/BB, 3-4 GO-FO Both DSL teams with the day off. OVERALL: 4-2

A new Five Guys opened up near my parents' place in Chicago. Holy God is it awesome.

Despite his ERA and WHIP, Zimmerman has actually pitched really well this season. 86 IP, 84 Ks, 28 BBs, and 9 HRs given up. What's killed him are the 89 hits, which may in part be a result of him having a AA-level defense behind him.

The jokes write themselves with him.

His lack of power is kind of curious, though. The 12/10 K/BB is welcome and strangely amusing, given his reputation when he was drafted.

Enjoyably boring game. Good win.

Alright Gregg, there's your baserunner. Now get the third out already.

I love the fact that Reed Johnson's gameday picture is the one with him sporting the Amish beard.

Box Scores Iowa won 2-1 Box Score 3B A. Miles 1/3, BB, RBI, 2B (2), SB (1), CS (1), PO (1B), E (1, fielding) 1B M. Craig 1/3, BB, K C S. Clevenger 2/4, RBI RF B. Scales 0/2, BB SS M. Camp 2/3, R, 2B (7), SB (12) PH J. Dubois 0/1, K PH C. Robinson 0/1 SP C. Fossum 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 2-9 GO-FO RP J. Berg 2 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 5-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/1 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 5-4 Box Score SS J. Mota 0/5, K CF J. Adduci 0/4, BB, SB (21) 3B M. Smith 1/5, 2 K LF T. Wright 1/4, BB, R, RBI, HR (6), K, SB (5) RF D. Deeds 1/3, 2 BB, R, RBI, HR (4) 1B R. Canzler 0/3, 2 BB, R, K, SB (2), E (4, fielding) C W. Castillo 2/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (7), K, E (4, throw) 2B T. Thomas 1/3, BB, R, 2B (20), K, 2 SB (10) 2B N. Samson 0/1 SP J. Jackson 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 7/4 K/BB, 2 HR, 7-1 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman .1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/1 K/BB RP M. Carrillo 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona won 3-0 Box Score LF T. Campana 2/5, R, 2B (6) SS S. Castro 1/5, K, E (28, throw) CF B. Guyer 1/4, 2 R, RBI, 3B (3), HBP C R. Chirinos 0/2, 3 HBP 1B J. Opitz 0/4, RBI, K DH J. Vitters 0/4, RBI 2B M. Gonzalez 1/4 3B J. Harrison 2/3, CS (1), HBP SP C. Carpenter 5 scoreless, 1 H, 9/3 K/BB, WP, HBP, 3-3 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) RP D. Sasser 1.1 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP D. Cales .2 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB Peoria lost 9-2 Box Score CF D. Macias 0/4, E (7, fielding) 2B R. Flaherty 0/4, 2 K 1B R. Ridling 3/4, 2B (23), K, E (9, throw) RF K. Burke 0/2, 2 BB, RBI, Assist (Home) 3B J. Rosa 0/4, K C M. Brenly 1/4, K SS J. Lake 0/4, 2 K, E (26, throw) LF D. Fitzgerald 1/4, R, RBI, HR (1), K SP C. Archer 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 5-3 GO-FO RP A. Cabrera 1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 1/1 K/BB, HBP, 4-0 GO-FO, E (3, fielding) RP R. Buchter 1.1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Boise won 3-2 in the 11th Box Score SS HJ Lee 1/5, R, K 2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, SB (6) CF B. Jackson 1/4, BB, R, RBI, PO (2B) DH J. Bour 1/4, BB, RBI RF JH Ha 2/4, RBI, CS (4), PO (1B) 1B G. Rohan 0/4 C M. Williams 0/4, K 3B G. Matheus 0/2, 2 BB, E (9, fielding) LF J. Valdez 1/3, BB, SB (8), CS (4), PO (1B) SP T. Mitchell 4.2 scoreless, 3 H, 4/0 K/BB, 8-2 GO-FO RP J. Lansford 2.1 perfect, 5-2 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/2 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 6-4 Box Score CF F. Guzman 1/5, R, K 2B W. Darvill 0/4, RBI 1B R. Wagner 2/4, R, 3B (2) DH C. Thomas 1/4, R, K RF J. Morelli 1/3, R, K, SB (5), HBP 3B J. Petraitis 3/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (1), E (1, fielding) SS R. Bautista 1/4, RBI, K SP C. Rojas 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO RP D. Encarnacion 4 scoreless, 1 H, 2/3 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 10-5 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost a rain-shortened game 11-4 Box Score OVERALL: 6-2

Not his best outing, but I'm glad Z managed to have a decent 5th to finish up.

44th Rounder Frank DeJiulio turned down the Cubs' offer - Link

With no game thread up, thought I'd post this. Olsen scratched for tomorrow. The rest of the series will go Stammen-Zimmerman-Mock for the Nationals.

Box Scores Iowa lost 4-1 Box Score 3B/2B A. Miles 1/4, 2B (1), K CF/3B M. Camp 0/4, K LF J. Dubois 1/4, K 1B B. Scales 2/3, RBI, CS (3), PO (1B) PH M. Craig 0/1 C C. Robinson 1/4, K SS D. Barney 1/4, 2B (2), K, E (2, throw) SP J. Ascanio 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 2 HBP, 9-6 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 2 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 1 perfect, 2-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 5-4 Box Score 2B T. Thomas 0/3, HBP CF J. Adduci 0/4 3B M. Smith 1/3, R, HBP, SB (4) RF T. Colvin 0/4, K LF D. Deeds 2/4, 2 R, RBI, HR (3), K SS N. Samson 1/4, RBI PH T. Wright 0/1 RF R. Canzler 0/1 SP HW Chen 6 scoreless, 2 H, 5/3 K/BB, 2-9 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 0-0 GO-FO Daytona lost 8-4 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/3, 2 BB, R, SB (33), Assist (Home) SS S. Castro 2/5, R, 2B (14), CS (8), E (27, fielding) RF B. Guyer 2/3, 2 BB, SB (11) 1B R. Chirinos 1/4, BB, K DH J. Opitz 0/3, BB, RBI, 3 K 3B J. Vitters 2/5, RBI, K LF J. Harrison 3/5, R, RBI, 2B (2), 3B (1), 2 SB (2) SP R. Dolis 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3/2 K/BB, WP, Balk, 4-5 GO-FO RP H. Williamson 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 2 WP, 2-0 GO-FO RP L. Sommer 2.2 scoreless, 4 H, 3/0 K/BB, WP, 2-2 GO-FO Peoria lost 9-0 Box Score 2B D. Macias 2/5, K, E (6, fielding) DH R. Flaherty 1/4, K 1B R. Ridling 1/3, HBP CF K. Burke 1/4, 2B (31), K, E (4, fielding) 3B J. Rosa 1/4, 2 K C M. Brenly 1/4, K RF N. Perez 1/3, BB, E (11, fielding), Assist (Home) SS J. Lake 0/3, K LF D. Rundle 1/3, K, SB (2) SP J. Bristow 5 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 5/0 K/BB, HR, HBP, 6-4 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 3 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/1 K/BB, HBP, 2-3 GO-FO Boise won 6-0 Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/5, R, RBI 2B L. Watkins 1/4 CF B. Jackson 0/3, BB, 2 K C R. Jones 0/4, RBI, K RF JH Ha 2/3, 2 R, 2B (7), HBP 1B J. Bour 0/3, BB, 2 K DH G. Rohan 2/4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (5), HR (2) 3B G. Matheus 1/4, R LF R. Davis 2/4, RBI, K SP R. Hernandez 4 scoreless, 2 H, 3/3 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO RP D. Nunez 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/2 K/BB AZL Cubs won 3-1 Box Score CF F. Guzman 1/3, BB, R, K, SB (13), CS (1) SS W. Darvill 2/4, R, 2B (1), K, 2 E (5, fielding, throw) 3B R. Wagner 0/3, BB, R, RBI 1B C. Thomas 1/4 RF J. Morelli 1/4, RBI, 2 K 2B B. Springfield 0/3 2B R. Bautista 0/1 DH G. Cook 0/2, BB, K SP M. Sierra 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 3-6 GO-FO RP C. Hams 4 scoreless, 4 H, 5/0 K/BB, HBP, 6-1 GO-FO RP A. Spencer 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-1 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 won 10-7 Box Score OVERALL: 3-5

Striking out in 1/4 of his ABs at Boise won't help.

Sweet.

Thanks for this!

"That was about as routine as brushing your teeth at night!"