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BA's midseason Cubs top 10: 1. Ian Happ 2. Gleyber Torres 3. Eloy Jimenez 4. Mark Zagunis 5. Jeimer Candelario 6. Oscar De La Cruz 7. Dylan Cease 8. Trevor Clifton 9. Duane Underwood Jr 10. Eddy Martinez Rising: Rob Zastryzny and Dan Vogelbach Falling: Billy McKinney and Pierce Johnson Graduating: Willson Contreras and Albert Almora Injured: Oscar De La Cruz and Ryan Williams

Box Scores: Iowa won 7-2 Box Score Tennessee lost 12-0 Box Score Myrtle Beach lost 8-7 (11 innings) Box Score South Bend lost 4-2 Box Score Eugene won 9-7 Box Score AZL Cubs won 5-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 1 lost 5-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 5-0 Box Score

So apparently Dylan Cease hit 103 mph earlier in the start he left with an injury (confirmed reading, not a stadium scoreboard).

Rob Zastryzny left the Iowa game with an undisclosed injury.

I don't disagree that Pomeranz is good. My only problem is I thought Espinoza would net a player with a more established track record who wasn't close to his career max IP totals. That being said, the odds are stacked in favor of Boston winning this trade.

Keith Law's midseason rankings: 26. Gleyber Torres 27. Ian Happ 29. Eloy Jimenez Averaging BA, BP and Keith Law: 29: Gleyber Torres 37.67: Eloy Jimenez 38: Ian Happ

Scheduled Games (All Times Central): Iowa vs. Las Vegas, 7:08 p.m. Tennessee at Montgomery, 7:05 p.m Myrtle Beach vs. Frederick, 6:05 p.m. South Bend at Clinton (game one), 5:05 p.m South Bend at Clinton (game two), TBA Eugene at Tri-City, 9:15 p.m. AZL Cubs vs. AZL Royals, 9:00 p.m. DSL Cubs 1 vs. DSL Pirates, 9:30 a.m DSL Cubs 2 at DSL Orioles 2, 9:30 a.m. Probable Starters: Iowa: TBD Tennessee: RHP Brad Markey Myrtle Beach: RHP Trevor Clifton South Bend (game one): RHP Preston Morrison South Bend (game two): TBD Eugene: LHP Jose Paulino

Never mind - he pitched a second inning. Single, GIDP, ground out. 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K. Optimistically could see him in South Bend by August.

Sorry for quoting myself. 1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K. Defense behind him committed two errors. Have to imagine he's done for the night.

Oscar De La Cruz is alive and starting for the AZL Cubs!

Kyle Twomey to the South Bend DL. Don't know why.

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Scheduled Games (All Times Central): Tennessee vs. Chattanooga, 11:05 a.m. Myrtle Beach vs. Frederick, 6:05 p.m. South Bend at Clinton, 6:30 p.m. Eugene at Tri-City, 9:15 p.m. AZL Cubs at AZL White Sox, 9:00 p.m. DSL Cubs 1 at DSL Rangers 1, 9:30 a.m. DSL Cubs 2 vs. DSL Rojos, 9:30 a.m. Iowa has the day off Probable Starters: Tennessee: RHP Paul Blackburn (92.1 IP, 2.83 ERA, 3.47 FIP, 60 K, 22 BB) Myrtle Beach: RHP Jeremy Null (53.1 IP, 4.73 ERA, 4.02 FIP, 35 K, 10 BB) South Bend: RHP Preston Morrison (81 IP, 2.44 ERA, 2.85 FIP, 73 K, 22 BB) Euguene: LHP Bryan Hudson (17 IP, 3.18 ERA, 6.05 FIP, 8 K, 12 BB)

Given how mediocre Stinnett and Sands have been, how bad Steele has been and how Cease got hurt again, it's especially annoying seeing the Cubs' top second round target, Jack Flaherty, doing well in the Cardinals system. Whatever, Flaherty is a pitcher too.

It apparently looked like Cease was pointing to his shoulder when talking to the trainer.

Pedro Araujo this season: 1 ER in 27.1 IP at South Bend and Myrtle Beach with 32 K & 6 BB.

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee lost 4-0 Box Score 3B C. Young 2/3, BB DH I. Happ 0/4, 2 K 1B V. Caratini 0/3, HBP RF B. Rademacher 0/4, 2 K SS C. Penalver 0/4, 2 K SP C. Richard 3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4-2 GO-FO, 43-28 pitches-strikes - rehab RP B. Matusz 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2-2 GO-FO, 63-41 pitches-strikes RP RJ Alvarez 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GO-FO Myrtle Beach had the day off South Bend had the day off Eugene had the day off AZL Cubs had the day off DSL Cubs 1 lost 9-8 Box Score LF J. Jules 1/4, R, BB, K SS Y. Perlaza 1/5, R, RBI, K, SB (7), E (5, fielding) RF J. Sierra 1/2, R, RBI, 2 BB, HBP, SB (6) CF J. Gutierrez 1/4, R, BB, K, E (3, throw), 2 outfield assists (at first base, at third base) DH Hen. Perez 1/4, R, K 2B O. Nuñez 1/3, R, RBI, BB, K, CS (5) SP Y. Perez 3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 4-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 9-4 Box Score 3B L. Diaz 2/5, 2 R, 2B (4), 2 RBI, BB SS A. Ademan 1/4, 2 R, BB, E (9, throw) 2B F. Mejia 3/5, 2B (8), RBI LF A. Rodriguez 0/3, RBI C M. Amaya 1/5, 2B (7), K CF Y. Cuevas 1/5, R, HR (3), 3 RBI, K SP F. Carrera 6 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 8-4 GO-FO

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If there the case, imagine how crappy Cardinals pitchers really are without Molina.

Hopefully he won't need surgery. Now if only we'd get news on Oscar De La Cruz too.

Assuming you're not considering Willson in your rankings, I'm almost there too. And BP ranked him #1 in the Cubs system in their midseason top 50 rankings.

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From BA's biggest midseason risers and fallers in the top 100:

Box Scores: Iowa had the day off Tennessee won 7-6 Box Score 2B I. Happ 0/4, K C V. Caratini 2/3, 2 R, HR (3), 3 RBI, HBP RF B. McKinney 2/4, R, RBI, outfield assist at home DH B. Rademacher 1/4, K SP JH Tseng 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6-3 GO-FO, 85-58 pitches-strikes RP J. Paniagua 2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 3-1 GO-FO RP J. Nathan 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-2 GO-FO, 12-7 pitches-strikes Myrtle Beach won 5-1 Box Score LF C. Burks 1/4, RBI, BB, K CF R. Crawford 2/5, 2 R, HR (3), 3 RBI, K, SB (17) SS G. Torres 2/5, 2B (18), RBI, 2 K, SB (17) DH I. Rice 1/4, BB, 3 K 3B J. Vosler 1/4, BB, 2 K RF Je. Baez 1/5, 3B (2), K SP J. Martinez 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 2-1 GO-FO, 80-52 pitches-strikes RP P. Araujo 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 2-1 GO-FO - 1 ER in 27.1 IP at South Bend and Myrtle Beach w/ 32 K & 6 BB RP R. McNeil 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO South Bend lost 10-3 Box Score SS A. Monasterio 0/4, 2 K, HBP, E (1, throw) C PJ Higgins 0/4, RBI, BB CF D. Dewees 0/5, 2 K RF E. Martinez 0/3, RBI, 2 BB, K, SB (6) DH A. Mineo 0/3, BB, 2 K 3B J. Hodges 1/3, R, BB, K SP R. Kellogg 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 7-5 GO-FO, 85-53 pitches-strikes Eugene lost 7-4 Box Score CF DJ Wilson 1/4, 2B (2), 2 RBI, BB, K, CS (3) SS Y. Peguero 0/2, BB, K, HBP DH M. Rose 0/3, BB 3B W. Galindo 0/4 LF K. Mitchell 1/4, 2 R, 2B (4), SB (6) RF C. Myers 1/4, R, RBI, 2 K - Eugene debut SP D. Cease 4.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 1-5 GO-FO - left game due to undisclosed injury RP J. Brink 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GO-FO RP E. De Los Rio 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO AZL Cubs had the day off DSL Cubs 1 lost 12-4 Box Score CF J. Jules 0/3, R, 2 BB, 2 K SS R. Narea 1/3, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 2 SB (12) 2B Y. Perlaza 1/5, RBI, 2 K LF J. Sierra 1/5 DH H. Perez 2/4, R, 2B (3), RBI, K 3B O. Nuñez 1/3, 2B (8), BB SP A. Bonalde 2.1 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 WP, 2-2 GO-FO DSL Cubs 2 won 11-4 Box Score 3B L. Diaz 2/5, R, CS (8), 2 E (6, throw, throw) SS A. Ademan 1/5, R, 3B (1), RBI DH F. Mejia 2/4, R, 2B (7), RBI, BB LF A. Rodriguez 1/5, 2 R C M. Amaya 3/5, R CF Y. Cuevas 3/5, 2 R, 2B (4), 2 RBI, SB (9), CS (5) RF T. Rijo 0/2, 2 K, 2 E (4, fielding, fielding) SP E. Ferrebus 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 3-6 GO-FO