2010 Minor League Roundup

[Rappster]

<!--quoteo(post=109209:date=Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Archer has been called "legit" by BP - if his performance left any question.

I have never seen a pitcher perform so dominantly for such a long stretch. He's had like 10 consecutive absolutely dominating performances, 6 of which have come as a 21 year old in AA. If he were a "name" prospect in the Yankees system, we'd be hearing about him daily.

Now, that said, his WHIP has been very good (not great) due to the high walk numbers, and he's only going 5ish innings in his starts (33 innings pitched in 6 AA starts). He's got some room for growing, but he's the best pitching prospect in our system right now, hands down.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Cool beans...I'll take him.

[biggz]

<!--quoteo(post=109209:date=Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Archer has been called "legit" by BP - if his performance left any question.

I have never seen a pitcher perform so dominantly for such a long stretch. He's had like 10 consecutive absolutely dominating performances, 6 of which have come as a 21 year old in AA. If he were a "name" prospect in the Yankees system, we'd be hearing about him daily.

Now, that said, his WHIP has been very good (not great) due to the high walk numbers, and he's only going 5ish innings in his starts (33 innings pitched in 6 AA starts). He's got some room for growing, but he's the best pitching prospect in our system right now, hands down.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

So, you're saying the DeRosa trade may not have been a complete abortion?

[Ace]

<!--quoteo(post=109217:date=Aug 1 2010, 11:40 AM:name=biggz)-->QUOTE (biggz @ Aug 1 2010, 11:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=109209:date=Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Archer has been called "legit" by BP - if his performance left any question.

I have never seen a pitcher perform so dominantly for such a long stretch. He's had like 10 consecutive absolutely dominating performances, 6 of which have come as a 21 year old in AA. If he were a "name" prospect in the Yankees system, we'd be hearing about him daily.

Now, that said, his WHIP has been very good (not great) due to the high walk numbers, and he's only going 5ish innings in his starts (33 innings pitched in 6 AA starts). He's got some room for growing, but he's the best pitching prospect in our system right now, hands down.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

So, you're saying the DeRosa trade may not have been a complete abortion?
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I like Vanilla Sky.

And the answer to your question is yes. Incidentally, many at the time of the deal said that Archer was the centerpiece, even if he was the least well known. The description of him at the time reminds me a whole lot of this new Wallach kid, actually.

[biggz]

<!--quoteo(post=109220:date=Aug 1 2010, 11:12 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Aug 1 2010, 11:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=109217:date=Aug 1 2010, 11:40 AM:name=biggz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (biggz @ Aug 1 2010, 11:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=109209:date=Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Aug 1 2010, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Archer has been called "legit" by BP - if his performance left any question.

I have never seen a pitcher perform so dominantly for such a long stretch. He's had like 10 consecutive absolutely dominating performances, 6 of which have come as a 21 year old in AA. If he were a "name" prospect in the Yankees system, we'd be hearing about him daily.

Now, that said, his WHIP has been very good (not great) due to the high walk numbers, and he's only going 5ish innings in his starts (33 innings pitched in 6 AA starts). He's got some room for growing, but he's the best pitching prospect in our system right now, hands down.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

So, you're saying the DeRosa trade may not have been a complete abortion?
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I like Vanilla Sky.

And the answer to your question is yes. Incidentally, many at the time of the deal said that Archer was the centerpiece, even if he was the least well known. The description of him at the time reminds me a whole lot of this new Wallach kid, actually.
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Even though I'm a movie buff, I still haven't seen it. I like Crowe's work, though.

And good shit.

[funkster]

I find it interesting that on other Cubs message boards people have been "meh" on the Lilly deal because they consider Wallach an "Archer type". How is that a bad thing?

[Kid]

<b>August 1:</b>


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                        R  H  E
Iowa (60-47)            9  14 1
Oklahoma City (57-49)   5  8  1
WP: Jay Jackson (8-6)
LP: Guillermo Moscoso (7-4)
HR: IOW - Brad Snyder (16, 17); OKC - Matthew Brown (8)

Jackson: GS, 6.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER (4.19 ERA), 6 H, 3 BB, 8 K, HBP
Snyder: 3-5 (.307), 2B (26), 5 RBI (79), 2 R, K
Matt Camp: 3-4 (.288), R, PO<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
West Tenn (15-21)   4  10 1
Tennessee (22-14)   6  4  4
WP: Kyle Smit (1-0)
LP: Jarrett Grube (2-4)
SV: Marcos Mateo (4)
HR: TEN - Brandon Guyer (8), Matthew Spencer (12)

Rafael Dolis: GS, 3.1 IP, 2 R, 1 ER (3.60 ERA), 4 H, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 WP
Smit: 2.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP
Blake Lalli: 2-3 (.307), R, BB, E (5)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Bradenton (18-16)  
Daytona (25-10)     (PPD)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Peoria (17-16)   10 12 1
Beloit (15-18)   7  10 1
WP: Nicholas Struck (6-8)
LP: Sam Spangler (0-1)
SV: Ronny Morla (3)
HR: PEO - Jae-Hoon Ha (4), Nelson Perez (7), Matthew Cerda (3)

Marcus Hatley: GS, 0.2 IP, 3 R, 3 ER (40.50 ERA), 3 H, 2 BB, 0 K
Ha: 3-5 (.294), 3 RBI (25), R, K
Hak-Ju Lee: 3-4 (.291), 2B (16), RBI (33), 2 R, BB, K, SB (28), E (29)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Vancouver (3-2)   5  10 3
Boise (2-3)       6  13 2
WP: Aaron Kurz (2-1)
LP: Jacob Brown (1-3)

Austin Kirk: GS, 4.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER (3.00 ERA), 4 H, 2 BB, 7 K
Alvaro Ramirez: 3-4 (.376), RBI (22), R, BB, K
Pierre LePage: 2-4 (.354), 2B (12), RBI (23), R, E (4)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Athletics (18-15)   9  11 1
Cubs (15-17)        7  12 1
WP: Argenis Paez (4-1)
LP: John Gaub (0-1)
SV: Andres Avila (2)
HR: OAK - Ramon Soto (1)

Gaub: GS, 0.1 IP, 4 R, 3 ER (81.00 ERA), 1 H, 2 BB, 1 K
Austin Reed: 3.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (0.52 ERA), 2 H, 1 BB, 5 K
Anthony Giansanti: 3-5 (.333), RBI (18), 2 R, K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

[funkster]

Jay Jackson hasn't been very good lately.

[Destined]

Nice debut for Kyle Smit.

[rok]

I guess Casey Coleman was called up today. Not sure who was sent down though. Pretty mediocre stats from this character: 10-7, 4.07 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4470

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=109327:date=Aug 2 2010, 04:01 PM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Aug 2 2010, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I guess Casey Coleman was called up today. Not sure who was sent down though. Pretty mediocre stats from this character: 10-7, 4.07 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4470<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He was the Cubs minor league player of the year last year. He has a good WHIP and doesn't give up a whole lot of home runs. I don't understand why his ERA is so high this year, but I don't think it reflects his true ability.

He might struggle in the big leagues though.

Oh, and Silva to the DL was the move to get him up.

[Kid]

<b>August 2:</b>


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                        R  H  E
Iowa (61-47)            5  10 1
Oklahoma City (57-50)   3  5  1
WP: Austin Bibens-Dirkx (3-0)
LP: Derek Holland (5-2)
SV: David Cales (2)
HR: IOW - Jason Dubois (12), Welington Castillo (12)

Bibens-Dirkx: GS, 5.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER (1.89 ERA), 3 H, 2 BB, 4 K
Castillo: 2-4 (.256), 2B (17), RBI (56), R, K
Micah Hoffpauir: 3-4 (.256), RBI (76), R, K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                     R  H  E
Tennessee (22-15)    3  10 3
Montgomery (19-18)   4  9  1 (F/10)
WP: Dane De La Rosa (8-2)
LP: Blake Parker (0-1)
HR: TEN - Brett Jackson (3), Russ Canzler (16)

Christopher Carpenter: GS, 7.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER (3.21 ERA), 5 H, 1 BB, 8 K
Jackson: 1-3 (.290), RBI (14), R, BB, 2 K, E (1)
Matthew Spencer: 4-4 (.279), 2B (10), R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->



Game 1:
<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Bradenton (18-17)   1  9  1
Daytona (26-10)     2  2  0 (F/8)
WP: Alex Maestri (2-1)
LP: Craig Hansen (0-1)

Brooks Raley: GS, 5.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER (4.29 ERA), 9 H, 0 BB, 3 K
Maestri: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (3.00 ERA), 0 H, 0 BB, 4 K, WP
Mark Reed: 1-2 (.246), R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

Game 2:
<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Bradenton (19-17)   4  7  0
Daytona (26-11)     3  9  0 (F/7)
WP: Casey Erickson (5-2)
LP: Chris Siegfried (2-6)
SV: Noah Krol (25)
HR: BRD - Quincy Latimore (12); DAY - Michael Brenly (5)

Siegfried: GS, 2.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER (4.05 ERA), 5 H, 0 BB, 3 K
David Patton: 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (5.29 ERA), 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K
DJ LeMahieu: 2-4 (.291), 2B (18), 2 RBI (60)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Peoria (17-17)   5  10 4
Beloit (16-18)   7  11 2
WP: Miguel Munoz (9-5)
LP: Brett Wallach (6-1)
SV: Eliecer Cardenas (5)

Wallach: GS, 4.1 IP, 5 R, 3 ER (3.84 ERA), 8 H, 3 BB, 4 K, WP
Justin Bour: 2-4 (.282), 2B (21), RBI (63), R, BB
Matthew Cerda: 2-5 (.276), 2B (15), 3B (6), 2 RBI (57), R, 2 E (12)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Boise (2-4)      3  6  3
Tri-City (4-2)   4  7  0
WP: Josh Hungerman (4-3)
LP: Matthew Loosen (0-1)
SV: Craig Benningson (7)

Loosen: GS, 4.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER (4.76 ERA), 6 H, 1 BB, 1 K, WP, E (1)
Eduardo Figueroa: 4.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER (3.10 ERA), 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP
Jesus Morelli: 2-4 (.262), 2B (12), RBI (18), R, K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->



Game 1:
<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->               R  H  E
Reds (15-18)   6  11 2
Cubs (15-18)   4  12 3 (F/12)
WP: Carlos Contreras (2-3)
LP: Cody Hams (1-1)

Ryan Hartman: GS, 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 1 H, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP
Drew Poulk: 3-5 (.271), 2 2B (4), 2 RBI (6), R, BB, K
Robert Maddox: 2-6 (.250), RBI (19), R, K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

Game 2:
<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->               R  H  E
Cubs (15-19)   3  3  5
Reds (16-18)   9  9  1 (F/7)
WP: Ismael Guillen (2-2)
LP: Yao-Lin Wang (1-1)
HR: CIN - Juan Silva (3)

Wang: GS, 2.1 IP, 6 R, 0 ER (2.57 ERA), 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Wes Darvill: 1-3 (.375), R, BB
Pin-Chieh Chen: 1-3 (.209), RBI (3), K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Cubs 1 (38-14)      7  10 1
Orioles 1 (17-35)   2  5  2
WP: Luis Villalba (2-3)
LP: Juan Guzman (2-5)

Villalba: GS, 6.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (2.40 ERA), 3 H, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP
Engel Santana: 2-4 (.274), 3B (5), 2 RBI (26)
Gioskar Amaya: 2-4 (.247), RBI (24), 2 R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Orioles 2 (22-29)   12 11 1
Cubs 2 (13-40)      8  10 8
WP: Israel Sosa (3-3)
LP: Wladimir Telles (0-3)
HR: CHC - Gabriel Jimenez (1)

Gilberto Abreu: GS, 1.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER (4.26 ERA), 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Jimenez: 2-4 (.245), 2 RBI (17), R
Jose Casilla: 2-3 (.264), 3B (1), 2 R, BB, E (6)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

[Coach]

<!--quoteo(post=109194:date=Aug 1 2010, 01:18 AM:name=Destined)-->QUOTE (Destined @ Aug 1 2010, 01:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->LaHair!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->IowaCubs

Congrats to Bryan LaHair, who was named Pacific Coast League Player of the Week!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[ColoradoCub]

<!--quoteo(post=109336:date=Aug 2 2010, 05:18 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Aug 2 2010, 05:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=109327:date=Aug 2 2010, 04:01 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Aug 2 2010, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I guess Casey Coleman was called up today. Not sure who was sent down though. Pretty mediocre stats from this character: 10-7, 4.07 ERA, 1.20 WHIP
http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/4470<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He was the Cubs minor league player of the year last year. He has a good WHIP and doesn't give up a whole lot of home runs. I don't understand why his ERA is so high this year, but I don't think it reflects his true ability.

He might struggle in the big leagues though.

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Understatement of the week?

[Kid]

<b>August 3:</b>


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                        R  H  E
Iowa (61-48)            1  6  0
Oklahoma City (58-50)   5  9  1
WP: Michael Kirkman (11-3)
LP: J.R. Mathes (8-8)
HR: OKC - Matthew Brown (9)

Mathes: GS, 5.0 IP, 5 R, 5 ER (5.46 ERA), 7 H, 3 BB, 4 K, HBP
Jake Muyco: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 2 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Micah Hoffpauir: 2-4 (.259), 2B (28), R, K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                     R  H  E
Tennessee (22-16)    2  8  1
Montgomery (20-18)   3  8  0
WP: Jake McGee (3-7)
LP: Christopher Rusin (3-7)
SV: Dane De La Rosa (2)

Rusin: GS, 5.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 4 H, 3 BB, 4 K
Nate Samson: 2-4 (.274), 2B (6), RBI (18)
Blake Lalli: 1-3 (.306), BB, 2 K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Bradenton (20-17)   11 17 1
Daytona (26-12)     5  12 2
WP: Brian Leach (5-8)
LP: Robert Whitenack (0-1)
HR: BRD - Quincy Latimore (13); DAY - David Macias (2)

Whitenack: GS, 4.0 IP, 6 R, 5 ER (11.25 ERA), 8 H, 2 BB, 4 K, 2 WP
DJ LeMahieu: 3-4 (.295), R
Junior Lake: 2-3 (.261), 2B (13), RBI (39), BB, 2 E (35)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Peoria (17-18)      1  3  0
Wisconsin (17-20)   5  10 2
WP: Maverick Lasker (7-4)
LP: Ryan Searle (5-6)
SV: Matt Costello (1)

Searle: GS, 5.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER (4.46 ERA), 5 H, 3 BB, 3 K
Steven Grife: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (4.01 ERA), 2 H, 0 BB, 3 K, BK
Jae-Hoon Ha: 1-3 (.294), R, 2 SB (9)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Boise (2-5)      0  2  0
Tri-City (5-2)   3  8  2
WP: Chad Bettis (4-0)
LP: Eric Jokisch (2-3)
SV: Bradley McAtee (1)
HR: TC - Chandler Laurent (4)

Jokisch: GS, 4.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER (6.50 ERA), 4 H, 0 BB, 4 K
Dustin Fitzgerald: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (3.93 ERA), 2 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Alvaro Ramirez: 2-4 (.384), 2B (8)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Cubs (15-20)      3  9  1
Indians (17-18)   5  8  0
WP: Jose Lopez (2-1)
LP: Luis Liria (1-2)
SV: Ryan Gardner (5)
HR: CLE - Henry Dunn (2)

Liria: GS, 3.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER (2.73 ERA), 5 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Marcos Perez: 4.1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER (1.42 ERA), 3 H, 0 BB, 6 K
Brian Shields: 2-4 (.309), 2 RBI (13), 2 Ks<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Padres (19-30)   1  10 1
Cubs 1 (39-14)   3  6  0
WP: Jose Tineo (1-0)
LP: Uber Paz (1-1)
SV: Roderik Pichardo (9)

Starling Peralta: GS, 5.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (2.17 ERA), 3 H, 0 BB, 4 K
Oliver Zapata: 2-3 (.264), R, BB, CS (8)
Gioskar Amaya: 2-4 (.253), RBI (25)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Cubs 2 (13-41)      3  3  3
Yankees 1 (32-21)   4  7  3
WP: George Ibabel (2-1)
LP: Richard Leyba (2-2)
SV: Wilfi Bravo (2)

Jose Arias: GS, 5.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER (6.00 ERA), 5 H, 1 BB, 2 K
Willson Contreras: 1-3 (.200), 3B (1), 2 R, BB, SB (1), 2 E (5)
Jose Casilla: 0-2 (.258), 2 BB, K, SB (11), CS (6)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

[Ace]

Rough debut for Wallach.

And I think I asked around before, but is Chris Rusin a guy we should be paying attention to?