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Woo!

That's just impressive out of Uehara.

I'll be pleased if the Cubs have the lead after this half inning.

That Jay at bat was brutal. You're up there to make contact.

Yeah, I said that when he first went down and it appeared to not be serious. Cease is probably shooting for 100 innings this year so missing ~4 starts definitely wasn't too bad.

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[tweet] [/tweet] Raisin, How about another Oregon State SP? Law in his final mock now has on Drew Rasmussen. I liked him a lot before he had TJS his sophomore year. He came back at the end of this year out of OSU's bullpen and was up to 98. It boils down to how confident you are with his health and recovery but I'd rather not take him in the first, though. I also like Jake Thompson out of OSU as a third rounder. The Cubs drafted him out of HS.

Both Stephen Bruno and Taylor Davis ended up pitching in Iowa's game two blowout loss.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 8-3 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 0/3, BB, K, CS (3) 2B S. Bruno 1/4, K, SB (4) LF M. Zagunis 2/4, R, 2B (12) 1B V. Caratini 1/3, R, 2B (16), RBI, K 3B J. Candelario 1/4, R, 2 K SP A. Brooks 6 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 8-2 GO-FO, 103-75 pitches-strikes RP D. Floro 2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 5-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 9-4 Box Score LF C. Burks 0/4, R, BB SS A. Ely 1/4, 2B (10), E (3, throw) 2B D. Bote 1/3, R, RBI, HBP 3B J. Vosler 1/4, RBI, 2 K C I. Rice 2/4, R, 2B (7), HR (8), RBI, K, PB (3) SP Z. Hedges 5.2 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 9-2 GO-FO, 105-71 pitches-strikes RP B. Markey 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GO-FO RP D. Maples 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO - AA debut Myrtle Beach won 6-1 Box Score 2B B. Flete 3/5, 2 R, 2 K, SB (3) 3B J. Hodges 3/5, 2 R, 2B (15), RBI RF E. Jimenez 1/4, HR (6), 2 RBI, K DH E. Martinez 0/3, RBI, K, HBP 1B M. Rose 0/2, 2 BB SS A. Monasterio 1/4 SP M. Rucker 4.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR, 4-5 GO-FO, 77-56 pitches-strikes RP D. Mekkes 1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO - high-A debut RP P. Araujo 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R< 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO South Bend lost 4-3 Box Score 3B Z. Short 2/5, 2B (12), K, CS (5) 1B A. Mineo 1/4, R, RBI SS I. Paredes 0/3, BB, K RF C. Pieters 1/3, R, 3B (4), RBI, BB, CS (3) C J. Pereda 0/2, 2 BB, K LF K. Mitchell 1/3, BB, K SP D. Cease 2 IP, 1 H, 1 E, 0 BB, 4 K, 2 WP, 0-0 GO-FO, 28-20 pitches-strikes RP T. Peyton 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 2-2 GO-FO, 72-41 pitches-strikes

I bet Minnesota/Cincinnati/San Diego/Tampa is digging Kyle Wright throwing over 120 stressful pitches in the rain against the best college baseball team in possibly decades.

Do you mean he'll be demoted to the Tennessee bullpen after today's start? I don't think so. I doubt anyone's harboring any illusions that he'll be anything besides a reliever if he has any success in the big leagues but he should continue the start in the minors because he desperately needs to log the innings.

He plays for UCLA's rival but man, do I love watching Nick Madrigal play. Would be great to see the Cubs pick him in 2018 but I imagine he'll be a top 10 pick despite his size.

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The Rockies are damn good but it'll be interesting seeing how they hold up down the stretch with 3-4 rookies in their rotation.

Agreed. The warning signs were all there in Iowa. Hopefully when Hendricks returns, Montgomery stays in the rotation.

Glad he was out at second but, geez, Addison. He must need more than just the one day off.

Sinkerball pitchers shouldn't give up this many XBHs.

He's out. That umpire should be embarrassed.

The Cubs should just clone Bryant and Rizzo.

Actually, the Cubs blew 1-0 and 2-0 leads the last two days. They're shaking things up today.

Fun fact: Theo and Jed saw Hoffman's best start of his junior year. They were going to draft him after that start, but he tore his elbow on the last pitch of that outing.

He had sugery on May 3rd.

Box Scores: Iowa lost game one 8-1 (7 innings) Box Score CF J. Hannemann 0/4, 2 K 2B-SS C. Young 0/4 RF M. Zagunis 1/3, R 3B J. Candelario 0/2, BB C V. Caratini 2/3, RBI LF J. Andreoli 1/2, 3B (4), RBI SP J. Paniagua 2.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GO-FO, 68-39 pitches-strikes RP A. Acevedo 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GO-FO Iowa lost game two 11-0 (7 innings) Box Score CF J. Hannemann 0/3, K SS C. Young 1/2, 2B (11) RF M. Zagunis 0/3, K 3B J. Candelario 0/3, K 2B-P-1B S. Bruno 1/3, K; pitching (!): 1.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 1-2 GO-FO LF B. Rademacher 1/2 SP Z. Rosscup 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 4-0 GO-FO, 42-34 pitches-strikes Tennessee won 5-3 Box Score LF C. Burks 2/5, 2B (11) SS C. Penalver 1/4, 2B (4), K 2B D. Bote 3/4, R, 2 RBI, K 3B J. Vosler 1/5 1B Y. Balaguert 2/3, 2 R, HR (5), 2 RBI SP D. Underwood Jr 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 11-4 GO-FO, 100-53 pitches-strikes; pickoff at second base Myrtle Beach won 3-2 Box Score DH B. Flete 2/4, R, HR (5), RBI C PJ Higgins 1/3, BB, CS (1), PB (8) RF E. Martinez 1/4, R, RBI 3B J. Hodges 0/1, BB, K, HBP 1B T. Alamo 1/4, K SS A. Monasterio 0/3, K SP J. Steele 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 1 HR, 4-2 GO-FO, 92-58 pitches-strikes RP K. Miller 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1-2 GO-FO South Bend won 5-3 Box Score 2B-3B Z. Short 0/4, BB, 2 K C A. Mineo 2/5, K 3B W. Galindo 0/0, R, BB - left game in the middle of the second inning after a play at third base 2B Y. Peguero 0/4 SS I. Paredes 2/4, 2B (13), RBI CF L. Ayala 0/4, 4 K, outfield assist at third base LF K. Mitchell 1/4, R, K, SB (7) 1B J. Pereda 0/3/, R, BB, 2 K SP E. Moreno 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 7-1 GO-FO, 58-31 pitches-strikes RP T. Miller 3 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3-1 GO-FO, 41-29 pitches-strikes DSL Cubs 1 won 4-3 on a walk-off Christopher Morel home run Box Score 2B L. Diaz 1/5, R, 2B (2), 2 K SS C. Morel 2/4, R, HR (1), RBI, BB, K, CS (2) - $800k bonus in 2015 LF C. Pacheco 1/3, RBI, BB, 2 K, CS (3) DH J. Jules 0/2, 2 R, BB RF A. Hinirio 0/4 3B Her. Perez 0/3, BB, K, E (2, throw) SP K. Arredondo 3 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 3-3 GO-FO RP K. Carreno 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HBP, 1-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 lost 10-6 Box Score CF R. Verenzuela 0/5, 4 K 2B O. Nuñez 1/5, R RF C. Alfonzo 2/4, 2 K, SB (1) SP E. Ferrebus 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 5-3 GO-FO

Just like that one Padres game. 11 baserunners via BB and HBP, only 3 hits.

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