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Could be a lot of things. The "trots", a trade or possibly a promotion. He's hit .338/.416/.506 in July, and .330/.415/.462 since the Carolina League all-star break (a span of around 120 plate appearances). He's at 400 PAs for the year. Maybe seeing what he can do in AA allows the Cubs and, perhaps more importantly, other teams to gain another level of scouting prior to the trade deadline. Obviously it was related to trade talks but a prospect isn't going to get promoted to another level in the minors an hour before his game.

Box Scores: Iowa won 6-2 Box Score Tennessee has the day off Myrtle Beach won 9-5 Box Score South Bend won game one 9-8 on an Albert Mineo walk-off single (7 innings) Box Score South Bend won game two 9-2 (7 innings) Box Score Eugene won 7-6 (12 innings) Box Score AZL Cubs lost 7-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 won 5-1 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 won 1-0 Box Score

horsefeathers Aroldis Chapman. Also, a top 30 prospect is an overpay for two months of him. But mostly, horsefeathers a guy who choked his wife and fired gunshots at her.

Gleyber Torres was in the initial Myrtle Beach starting lineup. Not in the revised lineup.

Oscar De La Cruz can't seem to hit 5 innings yet on his 75 pitch count but he's probably still ready for South Bend. 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K

Oh man, I'll go even further and be okay with parting with Happ if necessary. I'd love acquiring two controlled pitchers Archer/Colome on top of Montgomery. On the other hand, Shelby Miller for Ian Happ feels like a massive overpay. I can't imagine the DBacks would want less for Miller. If they'd take Caratini or Cease or something like that I'd be thrilled. Miller IS still young and talented, but he's been affected by a short stay in an awful organization. What do you think the Cubs were offering the Braves for him? We know they weren't willing to go as high as Soler, but I suspect Happ+ (or Torres, or Eloy) was the approximate deal. Getting him off the new Orioles could be an easy coup, even with someone like Happ. Shelby Miller is certainly not worth that much right now after the half season he's had, no matter how young he is. He'd be intriguing as a buy low candidate. Giving up Happ is not buy low.

Oh man, I'll go even further and be okay with parting with Happ if necessary. I'd love acquiring two controlled pitchers Archer/Colome on top of Montgomery. On the other hand, Shelby Miller for Ian Happ feels like a massive overpay.

Maybe don't throw 239 straight fastballs to Lucroy and give up a home run, you ass.

Box Scores: Iowa lost 5-1 Box Score CF J. Andreoli 1/4, 2B (13) 2B L. Watkins 0/4, 2 K LF M. Zagunis 1/3, 3B (4), BB 3B J. Candelario 2/4 SP D. Rucinski 4 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 7-1 GO-FO, 83-52 pitches-strikes Tennessee lost 8-5 Box Score RF C. Coghlan 1/3, 2 RBI, BB - rehab LF J. Soler 1/3, RBI, BB, K - rehab 3B C. Young 1/3, RBI, BB 2B I. Happ 0/4, 2 K SS C. Penalver 0/3, R, BB SP Z. Hedges 6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 10-4 GO-FO, 87-61 pitches-strikes - Tennessee debut RP J. Paniagua 1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach won 6-4 Box Score CF C. Burks 0/5 22 A. Ely 2/3, R, 2B (3), BB, K 1B Y. Balaguert 2/4, R, 2 2B (12), 3 RBI, K DH I. Rice 0/2, R, 2 BB RF Je. Baez 1/4, R, E (5, fielding), outfield assist at second base 3B J. Hodges 2/3, R, 2B (1), BB SP J. Martinez 5.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 2-5 GO-FO, 84-51 pitches-strikes RP R. McNeil 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-0 GO-FO South Bend won 4-3 Box Score 2B C. Sepulveda 1/4, R C PJ Higgins 1/4, 3B (1), RBI, K, E (7, throw) CF D. Dewees 2/4, R, K, SB (17) RF E. Jimenez 0/4 DH A. Mineo 1/4, RBI, 3 K SS A. Monasterio 1/3, R, BB, SB (3) 1B M. Rose 2/4, 2B (3), RBI, E (6, fielding) SP C. Bloomquist 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 12-1 GO-FO, 73-49 pitches-strikes RP J. Norwood 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GO-FO Eugene won 5-4 Box Score LF R. Garcia 1/5, R, 3 K 2B Y. Peguero 1/2, R, 2 BB 1B C. Pieters 1/3, R, RBI, BB, SB (13) 3B W. Galindo 1/4, RBI, K RF K. Mitchell 1/4. 2 RBI, K CF DJ Wilson 1/3, R, 2B (5), RBI, BB, CS (6) SP O. De La Cruz 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 2-2 GO-FO, 75-48 pitches-strkes RP W. Short 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs won 3-2 Box Score SS I. Paredes 3/4, R, 2 2B (8), 2 RBI, K 1B G. Polanco 1/4, RBI, K DH M. Cruz 0/4, 2 K 3B R. Mejia 1/4, K, E (11, fielding) LF Y. Matos 0/4, 2 K, CS (1) SP J. Marte 4.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 4-3 GO-FO RP Y. Gomez 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 5-0 GO-FO RP H. Cammack 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 0-1 GO-FO - pro debut (2016 16th rounder) DSL Cubs 1 and 2 had the day off

Zach Hedges didn't start for Myrtle Beach Saturday because he got called up to Tennessee.

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horsefeathers off, Dodgers.

Box Scores: Iowa lost game one of a doubleheader 6-4 (9 innings) Box Score Iowa lost game two 5-2 (7 innings) Box Score SP T. Cahill 4 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 3-3 GO-FO, 73-48 pitches-strikes Mississippi won 3-0 Box Score RF C. Coghlan 1/3, 2B (1), BB LF J. Soler 0/3, BB, 2 K Myrtle Beach won 9-0 Box Score South Bend PPD - Rain Eugene won 11-4 Box Score AZL Cubs won 7-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 lost 6-3 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 won 12-8 Box Score

Hahahaha. Got Calcaterra to vouch that it wasn't me: [tweet] [/tweet]

He was only expected to play Wednesday and then rejoin the big league team for Friday's game.

Box Scores: Iowa PPD - Memphis had travel Issues Tennessee won 2-1 Box Score Myrtle Beach won 6-3 Box Score South Bend won 4-3 (10 innings) on a Carlos Sepulveda walk-off single Box Score Eugene won 8-5 (11 innings) Box Score AZL Cubs had the day off DSL Cubs 1 lost 8-1 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 6-4 Box Score

When did that happen? In other news, I would kill for some Tourchy's right now. Not sure but it's on their website. It opened last Halloween in Austin. It's going to open this Halloween in LA.

[expletive]. My brother lives in Portland. I went to visit him and nearly OD'd on delicious gourmet donuts like these. If you don't want to eat a donut covered in Froot Loops, then you're a communist. There. I said it. You can come to Denver for those and Denver is awesome. Coming to LA in October too. But yeah, this trade is awesome and Seattle is awesome.

Depends on what they do with Blackburn's vacated spot in the Tennessee rotation. They could move Martinez up from MB and Morrison up from SB.

While Eugene was celebrating clinching a playoff spot, here's how Jose was told he was promoted: [tweet] [/tweet]

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Box Scores: Iowa lost 5-4 Box Score Tennessee lost 5-3 Box Score Myrtle Beach lost 9-4 Box Score South Bend lost 3-1 Box Score Eugene won 8-7 Box Score AZL Cubs lost 5-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-6 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost game one of a doubleheader 7-6 (10 innings) Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost game two 2-0 (7 innings) Box Score

Eugene pitchers walked 17 and struck out 7 tonight. Pedro Araujo gave up 4 ER today after giving up 2 the whole season.

Box Scores: Iowa lost game one of a doubleheader 5-0 (7 innings) Box Score Iowa won game two 6-3 (7 innings) Box Score Tennessee lost 8-2 Box Score Myrtle Beach had the day off South Bend won 7-5 Box Score Eugene won 4-0 Box Score AZL Cubs won 7-6 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 lost 5-1 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-1 Box Score