2010 Minor League Roundup

[rok]

Maybe he can be a mid or late season call-up next year? It's selfish on my part, but I just need something to look forward to.

[Scarey]

To me, Archer is a total bonus. I didn't see him as a lock for the rotation before at all and now it looks like he could be a top of the rotation kind of guy. We still have Cashner, Jackson, and Carpenter who have huge potential as well as a younger crop of guys like McNutt, Rhee, Kirk, and Simpson.

I see Junior Lake is turning into a similar type of bonus type player. We already have some very good infield prospects like Lee, Flaherty, LeMahieu and Watkins. Lake could be better than any of those guys.

It really helps that these guys are turning the corner especially after guys like Vitters, Burke, Gaub, and Parker have struggled so much.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=110526:date=Aug 11 2010, 10:30 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Aug 11 2010, 10:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Maybe he can be a mid or late season call-up next year? It's selfish on my part, but I just need something to look forward to.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

The fact that he was moved up to AA so early this year definitely makes him a candidate to move up to the big leagues some time next season. I could definitely see him making the rotation out of spring training if he throws like he has been this year. I just hope he's given more time in the minors.

[willis]

It seems to me just reading box scores there are a lot of good arms at AA. I sit back and wonder which ones will have MLB careers. Sounds like Archer and Carp are the real deal. Just hope Carpernter keeps his name as Christopher because I can't have someone named Chris Carpenter on the cubs.

[rok]

Isn't Carpenter 25/26? He seems to have put together a few solid seasons in a row, so I'm kind of surprised that he isn't talked about more at least when we hear about potential call-ups, unless he doesn't have much upside.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=110535:date=Aug 11 2010, 10:54 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Aug 11 2010, 10:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Isn't Carpenter 25/26? He seems to have put together a few solid seasons in a row, so I'm kind of surprised that he isn't talked about more at least when we hear about potential call-ups, unless he doesn't have much upside.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

He'll be 25 in December. He has huge upside, but he has some control problems and has an injury history. If he stays healthy, I think he could be the Cubs third best pitcher behind Cashner and Archer.

[Coach]

Scarey, you dont seriously think all of these guys will make it do you?

[funkster]

Scarey, what's going on with McNutt? Haven't noticed his name in awhile...

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=110556:date=Aug 11 2010, 12:00 PM:name=Coach)-->QUOTE (Coach @ Aug 11 2010, 12:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Scarey, you dont seriously think all of these guys will make it do you?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Nope. We'd be extremely lucky if they did. They all project well though. I see it as a lottery, the more tickets you have the better chance you get for the jack pot.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=110570:date=Aug 11 2010, 12:28 PM:name=funkster)-->QUOTE (funkster @ Aug 11 2010, 12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Scarey, what's going on with McNutt? Haven't noticed his name in awhile...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I believe he had a blister on his throwing hand and had to take a few starts off. I'll need to double check that though.

EDIT: McNutt was taken out of a game early due to a blister on 7/20. He has made starts on 7/31 and 8/6 since then. In the two starts since being back from the blister he has thrown 11.0 innings, given up 5 hits, no walks, no runs, and 14 Ks. I don't think that blister is bothering him anymore.

[funkster]

It seems like he has some big upside as well.

[Kid]

<b>August 11:</b>


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                   R  H  E
Portland (46-73)   5  9  0
Iowa (67-51)       4  6  1
WP: Cesar Ramos (4-5)
LP: Jay Jackson (9-7)
SV: Adam Russell (8)
HR: IOW - Marquez Smith (8)

Jackson: GS, 6.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER (4.27 ERA), 6 H, 0 BB, 4 K, E (1), HBP; 1-1 (.308), SB (1)
Mitch Atkins: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (3.40 ERA), 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
Smith: 2-4 (.304), 3 RBI (28), R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                     R  H  E
Huntsville (24-21)   0  6  3
Tennessee (29-16)    2  4  0
WP: Rafael Dolis (3-2)
LP: Wily Peralta (0-1)
SV: Blake Parker (1)

Dolis: GS, 5.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (2.83 ERA), 5 H, 2 BB, 5 K, WP
Parker: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (1.35 ERA), 1 H, 0 BB, 4 K
Blake Lalli: 2-3 (.311), 2B (19), R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Tampa (28-15)     3  6  2
Daytona (29-16)   6  11 2
WP: Alberto Cabrera (6-4)
LP: Craig Heyer (6-3)
SV: James Leverton (4)
HR: TAM - Jack Rye (6)

Cabrera: GS, 5.2 IP, 2 R, 2 ER (3.63 ERA), 4 H, 1 BB, 8 K, WP
Jose Valdez: 2-2 (.239), 3 R, SB (12)
DJ LeMahieu: 2-4 (.307), 4 RBI (64), R, BB, E (12)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Beloit (22-21)   7  14 2
Peoria (20-23)   4  10 2 (F/11)
WP: Eliecer Cardenas (5-0)
LP: Steven Grife (3-3)
HR: PEO - Nelson Perez (8), D.J. Fitzgerald (5)

Marcus Hatley: GS, 1.2 IP, 3 R, 2 ER (10.38 ERA), 3 H, 2 BB, 0 K
Nicholas Struck: 6.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (3.20 ERA), 4 H, 1 BB, 6 K
Matthew Cerda: 2-4 (.274), 2B (16), RBI (61), BB, K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Tri-City (5-9)   3  6  4
Boise (4-10)     4  8  1
WP: Juan Yasser Serrano (5-1)
LP: Chad Bettis (4-1)
SV: Aaron Kurcz (5)

Serrano: GS, 5.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER (4.11 ERA), 3 H, 1 BB, 4 K
Richard Jones: 2-2 (.300), 2 R, 2 BB
Jesus Morelli: 2-4 (.246)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Cubs (18-22)      4  7  1
Brewers (25-15)   10 17 1
WP: Kevin Shackelford (1-1)
LP: Austin Reed (2-1)
HR: CHC - Dustin Geiger (1), Albert Hernandez (1); MIL - Maxwell Walla (2), Jody Gerut (2), Tyler Roberts (5)

Reed: GS, 2.2 IP, 6 R, 5 ER (2.63 ERA), 6 H, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP
Geiger: 2-4 (.253), 3B (1), RBI (10), R, K, E (6)
Xavier Batista: 2-4 (.211)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Cubs 1 (44-18)   4  8  3
Padres (23-36)   14 14 0
WP: Jose Tineo (2-0)
LP: Juan Corpas (1-4)
SV: Roderik Pichardo (10)
HR: SD - Alvaro Aristy (3)

Amaury Paulino: GS, 4.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER (2.17 ERA), 5 H, 1 BB, 6 K
Tineo: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (1.42 ERA), 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K, HBP
Marco Hernandez: 4-5 (.300), 2 2B (19), RBI (19), R, 2 SB (22), CS (11)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                    R  H  E
Yankees 1 (38-23)   9  8  2
Cubs 2 (15-47)      7  13 2
WP: Wilfi Bravo (2-0)
LP: Richard Leyba (2-3)

Santo Rodriguez: GS, 3.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER (0.53 ERA), 1 H, 2 BB, 2 K
Eduardo Gonzalez: 2-3 (.240), 2B (7), 3 RBI (17), R, 2 BB
Brian Inoa: 2-3 (.224), RBI (15), R, BB<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

[Ace]

Isn't the Southern League supposed to be an offensive-heavy league, and the Florida State league supposed to be a pitching-heavy league? Because it seems like every time one of our pitching prospects goes from FLA to Southern, their numbers improve. Which is the opposite of what you'd expect.

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=110724:date=Aug 12 2010, 07:10 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Aug 12 2010, 07:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Isn't the Southern League supposed to be an offensive-heavy league, and the Florida State league supposed to be a pitching-heavy league? Because it seems like every time one of our pitching prospects goes from FLA to Southern, their numbers improve. Which is the opposite of what you'd expect.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Southern league is a pitchers league too, but not to the extreme that the FSL is. When we have pitchers that move up and improve on their numbers against a more experience and slightly more hitter friendly league, that's just a credit to the pitcher.

I'm sure you know Ace but for others that don't, the PCL is the hitters league of all hitters leagues. Depending on the league, people should take stats into context.

[Kid]

<b>August 12:</b>


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                      R  H  E
Tennessee (30-17)     3  10 2
Chattanooga (21-25)   5  9  0
WP: David Pfeiffer (6-3)
LP: Christopher Carpenter (8-6)
SV: Jon Huber (14)
HR: TEN - Brandon Guyer (10, 11)

Carpenter: GS, 5.2 IP, 5 R, 4 ER (3.20 ERA), 6 H, 4 BB, 7 K, 2 WP
Guyer: 2-4 (.325), 3 RBI (46), 2 R, E (2)
Tony Campana: 2-4 (.331), K, SB (41)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Dunedin (19-27)   7  11 1
Daytona (30-16)   8  11 3
WP: Alex Maestri (3-1)
LP: Ross Buckwalter (1-4)
SV: James Leverton (5)
HR: DUN - Mark Sobolewski (6); DAY - Rebel Ridling (12)

Trey McNutt: GS, 3.0 IP, 6 R, 3 ER (3.09 ERA), 7 H, 2 BB, 6 K, HBP, E (3)
Ridling: 2-3 (.293), 2B (32), 3 RBI (66), 2 R, BB
DJ LeMahieu: 2-4 (.308), RBI (65), 2 R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Beloit (23-21)   2  5  1
Peoria (20-24)   0  4  0
WP: Pedro Guerra (1-0)
LP: Ronny Morla (4-3)
SV: Nelvin Fuentes (1)

Brett Wallach: GS, 6.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (3.84 ERA), 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K
Yohan Gonzalez: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (2.88 ERA), 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
George Matheus: 1-3 (.173), 2B (6)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Tri-City (5-10)   3  8  3
Boise (5-10)      6  8  1
WP: Matthew Loosen (1-1)
LP: Joshua Mueller (1)
SV: Andres Quezada (1)
HR: TC - Dustin Garneau (2)

Eduardo Figueroa: GS, 4.1 IP, 3 R, 3 ER (3.65 ERA), 7 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Loosen: 3.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (4.37 ERA), 1 H, 0 BB, 5 K, HBP
Pierre LePage: 2-4 (.325), R, SB (5)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Rangers (22-19)   6  15 5
Cubs (19-23)      7  11 2 (F/12)
WP: Jesse Ginley (1-1)
LP: Alexander Claudio (0-1)

Dallas Beeler: GS, 3.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER (3.60 ERA), 5 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Wes Darvill: 3-5 (.333), 2B (3), RBI (5), R, BB, K, SB (6)
Pin-Chieh Chen: 2-5 (.239), 2B (3), 2 RBI (7), 2 R, BB, K, 2 SB (6)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Reds (38-23)     4  6  2
Cubs 1 (46-17)   9  14 1
WP: Augusto Colinas (4-1)
LP: Eliezer Beard (5-2)
HR: CHC - Antoni Lugo (7)

Willengton Cruz: GS, 3.2 IP, 3 R, 2 ER (1.84 ERA), 2 H, 5 BB, 2 K, HBP
Colinas: 4.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (2.27 ERA), 2 H, 0 BB, 5 K
Carlos Montero: 3-4 (.275), 2 2B (14), 3 RBI (32), R, E (20)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                 R  H  E
Giants (42-21)   10 17 2
Cubs 2 (15-48)   6  14 5
WP: Keurin Feliz (7-0)
LP: Victor Salazar (3-2)
HR: SF - Jorge Lopez (1)

Salazar: GS, 2.2 IP, 4 R, 4 ER (6.55 ERA), 7 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Brian Inoa: 3-5 (.236), 2B (6), RBI (16), R, PO
Willson Contreras: 3-5 (.310), 2B (1), 3 E (10)<!--c2--><!--ec2-->