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Fitzpatrick or trade down, I hope.

He is back in the lineup for Game 2.

He did BP. I’m not sure I’d be happy if he came back sooner than today, to be honest.

One reason you might compare them is that they were linked together during their draft. After Jeff Hoffman had TJS, Conforto became the most popular Cubs pick in mocks and was normally considered the best college bat in the draft. Schwarber only gained steam in media in the days right before the draft.

https://www.thecubreporter.com/04252018/roll-through-riverview Nelson Velazquez, CF: 2-3 (K, 2B, 2B, 2 RBI)

Box Scores: Iowa lost 4-2 Box Score 3B T. Davis 2/4 1B E. Navarro 1/4, 2 K LF M. Zagunis 1/4 C C. Gimenez 1/3, R, K, HBP 2B C. Young 1/4, R, 3B (1), RBI CF J. Hannemann 0/3, 2 K SP D. Underwood Jr 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 4-3 GO-FO, 86-58 pitches-strikes RP C. Mazzoni 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-0 GO-FO RP J. Hancock 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee PPD - Rain Myrtle Beach lost game one 8-0 (7 innings) Box Score 2B-SS A. Monasteiro 0/3, K DH PJ Higgins 1/3 C J. Pereda 1/3, K, E (2, throw); defense: 0/1 CS 3B W. Galindo 0/3, K, E (5, fielding) 1B T. Alamo 1/2, 2B (3) SS A. Ademan 2/2 SP J. Paulino 4 iP, 12 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 6-2 GO-FO, 92-60 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach won game two 8-1 (7 innings) Box Score C PJ Higgins 1/3, R, 2B (3), 2 RBI, BB, K, E (1, throw) 3B W. Galindo 0/1, 3 BB DH J. Pereda 0/4 1B A. Upshaw 2/4, R, K SS A. Ademan 1/3, 2 R, BB, K, E (6, fielding) SP T. Miller 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 7-7 GO-FO, 89-53 pitches-strikes RP J. Romero 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GO-FO South Bend PPD - Wet Grounds

Miguel Amaya and Jhonny Bethencourt both hit 2 doubles and a home run today for South Bend to salvage a pretty crappy day on the farm. Amaya has an .847 OPS with a 16.7% K% and 13.3% BB% as a 19-year old catcher in full season A-ball.

Puig has a .500 OPS. Forsythe is at .507, Pederson .616 and Seager at .670. Wow.

Heh, Bauer pitched in 3 of Cleveland's losses in the World Series.

The top prospect in baseball.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 6-3 Box Score 1B E. Navarro 0/3, BB, CS (1) RF M. Zagunis 2/4, R, K, outfield assist at first base C T. Davis 3/4, R, 2 2B (4), RBI CF J. Hannemann 0/2, BB, E (1, fielding) SP A. Alzolay 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, balk, 2-4 GO-FO, 83-49 pitches-strikes RP R. Zastrynzy 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1-1 GO-FO RP R. Rosario 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 1-2 GO-FO RP S. Simmons 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee lost 4-2 Box Score 2B T. Giambrone 2/4, 2B (7), RBI 3B J. Vosler 0/4, 2 K RF E. Martinez 1/4 SS Z. Short 1/4, R, K, E (3, fielding) LF C. Burks 1/3, BB, K SP M. Rucker 5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 6-3 GO-FO, 86-53 pitches-strikes RP J. Norwood 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 4-1 GO-FO Myrtle Beach lost 2-1 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 1/3, R, BB, SB (3) C PJ Higgins 0/4, K; defense - 1/3 CS DH J. Pereda 2/3, RBI, BB, K 3B W. Galindo 1/3, BB 2B A. Monasterio 0/4 SS A. Ademan 0/2 SP K. Thompson 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 6-4 GO-FO, 85-53 pitches-strikes South Bend won 17-4 Box Score 2B J. Bethencourt 3/7, 2 R, 2 2B (3), HR (1), 3 RBI, 2 K 1B A. Filiere 2/5, R, BB, 2 K 3B Y. Peguero 0/5, R, BB, 2 K C M. Amaya 3/6, 3 R, 2 2B (5), HR (2), 3 RBI, K RF B. Hughes 3/4, 3 R, RBI, BB, SB (4) SS R. Narea 1/4, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2 K CF Z. Davis 1/3, 3 R, 3B (2), 3 BB SP E. Uelmen 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 8-3 GO-FO, 85-53 pitches-strikes RP M. Rodriguez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

https://www.thecubreporter.com/04242018/angels-give-cubs-plenty-nuthin-riverview

Yeah. That was against the Reds back in 2016. The umps said Price took too long to challenge it. Cardinals still didn’t make the playoffs.

Albertos got roughed up again too.

Ademan and Amaya, and to a lesser extent, Galindo and Wilson, get the headlines but there are a few other interesting younger guys at South Bend and Myrtle Beach holding their own. South Bend: Myrtle Beach.JPG[/attachment]

Here’s the link if you want to read about Gallardo, Lopez or Machado: http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2018/?list=int I like reading that Gallardo is considered to have good command and Machado is a strike thrower.

https://www.thecubreporter.com/04232018/bond-bullet-snatches-tie-jaws-victory-riverview Alexander Guerra 2/4 with a HR and a single. Jonathan Sierra 1/2 with a double and 2 walks.

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee lost 5-4 Box Score LF Je. Báez 1/3, 3B (1), BB 3B J. Vosler 2/4, 2 R, 2B (1), HR (4), RBI, K RF E. Martinez 2/4, R, HR (2), 3 RBI, K C I. Rice 1/4 CF C. Burks 0/4, 2 K SP O. de la Cruz 2.2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 1-2 GO-FO, 72-40 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach PPD - Inclement Weather South Bend lost game one of their doubleheader 2-1 (8 innings) Box Score CF C. Singleton 1/4, R, 2 K 2B J. Bethencourt 1/4, K, SB (1) 3B A. Filiere 0/2, K, HBP RF B. Hughes 0/2, BB, CS (3) C M. Amaya 0/2, BB; defense: 1/1 CS SS R. Narea 1/3 SP C. Abbott 7 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 6-4 GO-FO, 78-54 pitches-strikes South Bend lost game two of their doubleheader 9-2 (7 innings) Box Score SS Y. Peguero 0/3, K 3B A. Filiere 2/3, 2B (5), 2 RBI, K 1B M. Amaya 1/3, E (1, throw) DH J. Bethencourt 0/3, K RF B. Hughes 0/3, 2 K SP J. Albertos 1+ IP, 4 H, 8 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 2-0 GO-FO, 51-24 pitches-strikes - faced 6 batters in the 2nd inning RP E. de los Rios 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-1 GO-FO RP B. Clark 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 3-0 GO-FO, 47-29 pitches-strikes

Hello, Josh Tomlin.

Adam Wainwright, right elbow inflammation.

Any word on velo? Brendon Little: 1st inning: 92 FB, solid consistent location on FB and curve, sharp 10-5 breaker that he effective kept low getting a swinging K on a curve in the dirt to end the inning. 2nd inning: 90-92 FB, very much a carbon copy of 1st inning. HR was off of a FB at the top of the zone. Didn't seem to be hit all that hard but carried out to LF. Single was a high pop up that Brandon Hughes over ran. Another single was a high hopper over the mound that was booted by SS Narea. Another nice curve in the dirt for strike three to end the inning. Pitch count ran high this inning due to the two singles that very easily could've been errors. Cubs got a reliever up indicating they're very interested in protecting Little early in his development. 3rd inning: No velo readings given. Quick inning with 3 ground outs. Only had one pitch (a FB high and outside) that missed it's mark. First 2 GOs were to right handers off of FBs down and in that were rather weakly hit to the 3B. Little keeps the ball low in the zone consistently leading to a lot of balls hit on the ground. It's easy to see some Lester in him. The down and in FB likely doesn't have the cut that Lester's does, and the velocity is a tick or two lower, certainly lower than Lester in his prime. 4th inning: Announcers spent the inning chatting with the Lansing announcer (whose mic they never turned up) about cake, snacks, nicknames and movie references, but Little left a few pitches up and paid the price with a walk and another opposite field HR by Williams. But was otherwise around the plate. The only velocity they gave was an 88 mph FB from Little. May have been tiring as this was the most pitches he'd thrown in his professional career. Once again, Little ended the inning on a swing and a miss of a good curve in the dirt. 5th inning: First time pitching into the 5th since being drafted. Again 88 on the FB (only velo given). Not wild, but FB control not as good as in innings 1-3. A walk and two stolen bases set up the 4th run scoring on a GB to 3rd. Still throwing good curve balls. Thanks!