Outshined_One

Ehhhhh...Short Season A is usually the starting point for most guys drafted out of college. I may be mistaken, but I believe all of the Cubs' HS draftees are currently down in Mesa while almost all of their college guys have started out in Boise. Colvin, Samardzija, Lansford, Clevenger, Muldowney, Kopach, Camp, Canepa, Papelbon, and so on are all college draftees. The only college guy who hasn't played at Boise this season for the Cubs is Ryne Malone, who started his season at Mesa. Colvin's level of competition isn't that far behind him in termsof player quality, which is rather promising given his numbers. I would like to see him pushed up to Peoria soon, given he could stand to face guys at a higher level.

The AZL has moved to 7:00 PM games for the rest of the season. It's how things work out there; first half is 10:30 AM, second half is 7 PM.

Box Scores Iowa lost 11-6 Box Score CF F. Pie 1/3, BB, R, 2B (19), K, Assist (3B) 2B M. Fontenot 0/4, K 3B C. McGehee 1/4, R, RBI RF/LF M. Restovich 1/3, BB, 2 R, K SS/RF B. Coats 1/3, BB, R RF L. Montanez 0/1 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/4 C G. Soto 2/4, 2B (16), K SP A. Guzman 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 3-10 GO-FO RP W. Chavez 2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR, 1-2 GO-FO (The Jose Macias trade comes full circle!) West Tenn lost 3-2 Box Score CF C. Walker 0/3, BB, K 2B E. Patterson 1/3, BB 3B R. Lewis 0/4, RBI, K 1B B. Sing 0/4, 2 K C J. Fox 1/4, 3 K RF M. Negron 1/4, R, K PH S. Moore 0/0, BB SP JR Mathes 7 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 1/2 K/BB, HR, 14-6 GO-FO RP I. Pavlik 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO Daytona won 10-9 with 4 runs in the 9th Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/4, BB, R, SB (22), E (2, throw) SS J. Mota 2/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (5), K 1B M. Craig 0/5 RF R. Harvey 4/5, 4 R, 6 RBI, 4 HR (16) (That last one was a walkoff in the 9th. Yeowza!) C J. Muyco 1/4, 3 K SP C. Perez 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 7-7 GO-FO Peoria won 4-3 Box Score CF D. Gregg 2/4, R, K, SB (23), Assist (Home) 3B R. Malone 0/2, 2 BB DH J. Valdez 1/3, BB, R, RBI, K 1B R. Norwood 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (13) 2B R. Chirinos 1/4, R, 2B (26), K SS K. Reynolds 1/3, BB, K, CS (5) RF Y. Carter 0/3, RBI, K LF A. Garcia 0/3, 2 K C M. Reed 0/3, 2 K SP J. Samardzija 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/3 K/BB, HR, 12-2 GO-FO, E (1, throw) RP M. Avery 1 hitless/scoreless, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Boise lost 5-3 Box Score RF M. Camp 1/2, BB, R, SB (8), HBP CF T. Colvin 3/4, R 3B J. Lansford 1/4, R, RBI 1B R. Canzler 2/4, RBI, K LF DJ Lewis 0/4, RBI, K 2B S. Clevenger 1/4 DH E. Puello 0/4 C M. Mercedes 0/3, K, Pickoff Throw (3B) SP F. Jimenez Angulo 5.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5/3 K/BB, WP, 2 Balks, HBP, 8-2 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4/1 K/BB, HR, HBP, 4-0 GO-FO Mesa won 4-3 Box Score 2B L. Rosario 0/4, 2 K CF D. Rundle 0/4, BB, 2 K, CS (3) LF C. Andersen 0/4, 4 K SS M. Gonzalez 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 2B (4) DH C. Gilbert 1/4, K 1B L. Murphy 4/4, R, RBI, 2B (3) SP J. Renshaw 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5/1 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO -Wondering where all the other outs went? CS: Benitez (3, 2nd base by Renshaw/Vanderhook), Posluszny (2, 2nd base by Renshaw/Vanderhook), Vogel (2, 3rd base by Renshaw/Vanderhook), Jacobo (1, home by Renshaw/Vanderhook). RP R. Dolis 3 scoreless, 1 H, 4/1 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO RP J. Castillo 2 scoreless, 2 H, 1/1 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-3

He's a 21 year old holding his own at AAA. The age appropriate level for some one like Pie is in the Florida State League, where I believe the average age is ~21.5 years old. Plus, he's still performing relatively well at AAA (.272/.330/.411) despite his recent slump, where his average plummeted. In May, he went .230/.304/.372, in June he went .222/.287/.343. Considering he lost half a season last year due to that bone bruise along with the unexpected bump up to AAA, I'm willing to give him plenty of slack. Anybody who ever said this guy projected to be a prototypical leadoff hitter didn't know what he was talking about; he's a five tool outfielder who projects to hit for pretty good power (20-30 HRs) as he continues to fill out his frame. The guy is a middle of the lineup hitter, plain and simple. His IsoD (.058) could stand to improve, but it's right in line with his career numbers. Plus, on the Cubs, that number would put him ahead of Pagan, Neifi, Cedeno, Pierre, Jones, Bynum, and Blanco. Whether or not that's a good thing or a sad thing is your call. He probably won't be ready until Mid-2007 at the earliest (imo), but more time in AAA should help him significantly. He still has to work on his base stealing and also could use some more coaching to help get his patience up a tick to around major league average (which I want to say is about .065). It's hard to radically change a guy's walk profile, but it is possible to make minor improvements upon it. Dusty vehemently denied it. Whether or not it was real or an act is anyone's guess.

How about addition by subtraction via cutting Rusch and Neifi?

Motorboating can make a man exhausted.

of course, whether that happens or not remains to be seen. I'm pretty much at the point where I hope none of the promising young players are called up to this team. I'd rather not see what Clines, Sarge, and Baker can do to Eric Patterson and Felix Pie.

I'm going to keep ragging on him to improve that IsoD just because I can. :P Still, considering how badly he started out the year, he's been playing balls to the wall since then.

3/3 with a walk so far today. :D

Because this team is horrible and has no shot at the playoffs, much less a .500 record whatsoever? Because Neifi is nothing more than an overrated piece of trash who doesn't deserve anything resembling the contract Hendry foolishly threw at him? Let Cedeno work through his struggles. If he still is playing horrible at the end of the year, boohoo, play some one with even a vague future in his place like Ryan Theriot instead. Neifi Perez is terrible. He's one of the worst players in the history of the game for crying out loud! I don't care how hot he is or if looking upon his visage cures all known diseases; the man shouldn't be starting over anyone with even a mediocre ceiling.

BOYCOTT WRIGLEY FIELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way ahead of you kid-o. I haven't gone to a single game all year, much less bought any Cubs merchandise.

If Dusty's back in 2007, I will give thought to giving up on this team altogether. It will show that this organization has no commitment to winning a World Series, no commitment to improving the organizational philosophy, and a complete blindness when it comes to the competency and accountability. As long as the monkeys sell out Wrigley every year, they could care less. I'm tired of empty excuses. I'm tired of random double switches that make no sense. I'm tired of this organization claiming every castoff and piece of absolute trash they pick up is gold. I'm tired of missing out on big name free agents like Miguel Tejada, Vlad Guerrero, Carlos Beltran, and just about everyone else. I can't take much more of this, needless to say.

96 mph fastball on the noggin-knocker, from what I heard. :shock:

Cue horse and pony images.

The season is lost. Frankly, we should continue trotting this guy out every fifth day for the rest of the season no matter how bad he is. I don't care about his current effectiveness or whatever, but if he can't turn in a good start or two by the end of the season, then he can be shipped out. This team gains NOTHING by starting Rusch or Phil Norton or any other overrated schmuck in his place.

I love how the camera immediately went to Larry when Brenly was talking about Hill's struggles after the first.

While his numbers have declined at AAA, I really like Brad Snyder. If the Cubs were to deal with the Indians, I'd really like to see him included in a package.

Seconded. The faster we get this thing over with, the sooner we can get to trading and whatnot!

Box Scores Iowa won 6-4 Box Score 2B M. Fontenot 2/4, R, 2B (25) 3B C. McGehee 1/4, R, 3 RBI, HR (7) RF/LF M. Restovich 1/3, BB, R, K CF/LF/RF B. Coats 2/4, 2 R, K, SB (13) PH L. Montanez 0/1, K 1B M. Hoffpauir 0/2, BB, R C J. Reyes 0/4 CF F. Pie 0/1 SP JK Ryu 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4/2 K/BB, HR, 6-8 GO-FO RP C. Rapada 1 scoreless, 1 H, 0/2 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO West Tenn won 5-0 Box Score CF C. Walker 2/3, BB, 2B (15), K, CS (15), HBP 2B E. Patterson 2/5, 2 RBI, 3B (8), K 3B S. Moore 0/5, 3 K 1B B. Dopirak 1/4, BB, K RF M. Negron 1/4, BB, R, K LF R. Lewis 1/5, R, 2B (11), 3 K PH B. Sing 1/1, R, RBI, SB (1) SP F. Baez 2.2 perfect, 3-5 GO-FO (Ejected in the 3rd for throwing behind P Homer Bailey) RP L. Holdzkom 3.1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/2 K/BB, HBP, 6-3 GO-FO RP T. Atlee 2 hitless/scoreless, 1/2 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO Daytona lost Game 1 of the DH 12-6 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (4), K 2B J. Simokaitis 0/4 1B/3B M. Craig 0/2, BB, R RF R. Harvey 1/3, R, K SS J. Mota 0/3, K, 2 E (9, fielding x2) SP M. Holliman 4 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3/4 K/BB, 5-4 GO-FO RP A. Mendez 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 2 HR, 2 WP, HBP, 3-0 GO-FO Daytona won Game 2 of the DH 3-2 Box Score CF S. Fuld 1/2, 2 BB, R, 2B (19) 2B J. Simokaitis 1/3, BB 1B M. Craig 2/3, R, K DH R. Harvey 0/3, K SS J. Mota 2/3, E (10, fielding) SP R. Bicandoa 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 7/1 K/BB, HR, 6-3 GO-FO Despite scoring 4 in the 9th, Peoria lost 6-5 Box Score CF D. Gregg 1/5, 2 RBI, K 3B R. Malone 0/4, BB, K LF J. Valdez 1/4, R, 2B (19) 1B R. Norwood 1/3, R, HBP 2B R. Chirinos 1/2, BB, R, RBI, K SS K. Reynolds 1/3, BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (11) RF Y. Carter 0/3, BB, R, CS (1) SP S. Taylor 7 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 2 HR, 11-9 GO-FO Boise won 13-8 Box Score RF M. Camp 2/5, BB, 3 R, RBI, SB (7) CF T. Colvin 5/5, BB, 3 R, RBI, 2B (10), 3B (2), SB (6), Assist (3B) DH J. Lansford 0/5, R, 2 RBI, 2 K 1B R. Canzler 2/5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (11), 2 K, SB (3) LF DJ Lewis 0/4, BB, E (4, fielding) 2B S. Clevenger 2/5, 2 RBI, 2B (5), K 3B E. Puello 2/4, BB, R, RBI C M. Mercedes 2/5, 2 R, RBI, 3B (1), PB (3) SP K. Kopach 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0/4 K/BB, 2 WP, 2 HBP, 5-5 GO-FO Mesa lost 3-2 Box Score 2B V. Heredia 1/4, BB, K, 2 SB (17), E (8, missed catch) CF D. Rundle 1/2, BB, CS (2), HBP C C. Perez 0/4, K, PB (3) LF C. Andersen 2/3, BB, R, K, SB (4) 3B M. Gonzalez 1/4, R, RBI, 2B (3), K SS F. Tirado 0/4, E (1, fielding) SP T. Parker 4 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1/0 K/BB, HBP, 7-3 GO-FO RP M. Carrillo 2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO RP O. Bernard 2 scoreless, 1 H, 1/2 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 4-3

Let me guess, hitting on 15 with the dealer sporting a six?

Linebrink's been rumored to be on the move...

There are about 400 inappropriate things I could say about that picture.

Box Scores Iowa lost 4-3 in the 12th Box Score 2B M. Fontenot 0/5, BB, 3 K 3B C. McGehee 1/6, K RF M. Restovich 0/5, K CF B. Coats 1/5, R, 2B (15) 1B M. Hoffpauir 2/4, BB, R, RBI, 2 K C G. Soto 1/5, RBI, 2B (15), E (8, throw) PH L. Montanez 0/1, RBI PH J. Reyes 0/1 SP R. O'Malley 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0/1 K/BB, 7-14 GO-FO RP C. Rapada 1 hitless/scoreless, 2/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO West Tenn won 6-4 Box Score CF C. Walker 2/5, R, RBI, 3 K, CS (14) 2B E. Patterson 1/5, R, 2B (21), K LF R. Lewis 1/4, BB, R, 3 RBI, HR (2), K, SB (11) 1B B. Dopirak 2/3, BB, RBI, 2B (9), K 3B S. Moore 2/4, R, RBI, HR (15), 2 K C J. Fox 0/4, K RF/1B B. Sing 0/2, 2 BB, R, K PH M. Negron 0/1, K SP J. Mateo 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 5-8 GO-FO RP T. Atlee 1 hitless, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, 2 WP, 1-1 GO-FO RP E. Campusano 2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 4/0 K/BB In the continuation of a game suspended on 7/21, Daytona lost 8-3 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/3, BB, RBI, K SS/2B J. Simokaitis 1/4, R, K SS J. Mota 1/2 DH M. Craig 2/3, R, 2 RBI, 2B (24), HR (11) RF R. Harvey 2/3, R, 2 2B (16), K SP P. Norton 2.2 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1/2 K/BB, HR, 4-2 GO-FO RP G. Johnson 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 3-5 GO-FO Game 2 of the Daytona DH PPD: Rain Peoria won 11-4 Box Score CF D. Gregg 0/4, K RF J. Valdez 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (18), K, Assist (1B) DH R. Norwood 2/5, 2 R SS R. Chirinos 2/5, R, 2 2B (25) 2B R. Malone 3/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (10), K LF A. Garcia 3/4, R, 5 RBI, 2B (16), HR (3) 1B M. Reed 0/4, BB, 2 R, K SP J. Santo 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 5-10 GO-FO Boise won 5-4 Box Score CF M. Camp 3/4, BB, RBI LF T. Colvin 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (9), SB (5) 3B J. Lansford 0/5, K 1B R. Canzler 1/5, R, 2 K RF A. Joseph 3/4, RBI, 2 2B (9) DH DJ Lewis 1/5, R, 2 K, SB (2) 2B S. Clevenger 3/4, BB, R, 2 RBI SP M. Pawelek 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 2 WP, HBP, 2-5 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 2.2 scoreless, 2 H, 5/1 K/BB, WP, 1-2 GO-FO Mesa PPD: Rain OVERALL: 3-2

Sandberg > Morgan

Bit of a head-scratcher, but whatever. Maybe we can con some one into taking Neifi.