Minor League Roundup

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=33747:date=Apr 28 2009, 05:34 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2009, 05:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33611:date=Apr 27 2009, 09:22 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 27 2009, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33577:date=Apr 27 2009, 07:41 PM:name=stevestonescigar)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (stevestonescigar @ Apr 27 2009, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->and he just hit his second. We are gonna have to call him up. Even if it is just as a pinch hitter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If a corner OFer or 1B gets DL'd, I'm sure we will.
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I'm pretty much ready to throw Lee on the DL.
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I can get behind that . . . then I can cross my fingers that the Fox/Hoffpauir platoon will be able to replace Lee adequately. That'd be one thing that I'd love to be wrong about.

[Coach]

Fox went 2-4 with another HR and 2 more RBIs this afternoon.

[Clapp]

<!--quoteo(post=33747:date=Apr 28 2009, 04:34 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33611:date=Apr 27 2009, 09:22 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 27 2009, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33577:date=Apr 27 2009, 07:41 PM:name=stevestonescigar)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (stevestonescigar @ Apr 27 2009, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->and he just hit his second. We are gonna have to call him up. Even if it is just as a pinch hitter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If a corner OFer or 1B gets DL'd, I'm sure we will.
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I'm pretty much ready to throw Lee on the DL.
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He's ready to go already. Have you seen Fox play first base?

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=33764:date=Apr 28 2009, 07:11 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 28 2009, 07:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33747:date=Apr 28 2009, 04:34 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33611:date=Apr 27 2009, 09:22 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 27 2009, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33577:date=Apr 27 2009, 07:41 PM:name=stevestonescigar)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (stevestonescigar @ Apr 27 2009, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->and he just hit his second. We are gonna have to call him up. Even if it is just as a pinch hitter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If a corner OFer or 1B gets DL'd, I'm sure we will.
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I'm pretty much ready to throw Lee on the DL.
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He's ready to go already. Have you seen Fox play first base?
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I saw him play some 1B in Mesa. He wasn't impressive. But 1B is at the far end of the defensive spectrum (SS and C at the other). It's nice to have a GG at 1B, but I'd rather have someone who can hit. I'm not saying Fox or Hoffpauir are going to be great hitter MLB players. Maybe not even good. But Lee has been trending downward for quite a while now. He might be done.

[Ace]

Sure, when Ace says it...

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=33776:date=Apr 28 2009, 07:55 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Apr 28 2009, 07:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Sure, when Ace says it...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Just because I don't think they can replace Lee, doesn't mean I'm against seeing what could happen on a limited basis. A trial run, if you will.

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=33776:date=Apr 28 2009, 07:55 PM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Apr 28 2009, 07:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Sure, when Ace says it...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What was it that Ace said?

[Giff]

His numbers don't show it, but I feel like the last four or five days he was starting to look much better. He hit the ball on the screws numerous times but only had a few line outs to show for it. I don't know that he'll ever be an All-Star again, but I think it's incredibly premature to say things like "we're better off without him".

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=33782:date=Apr 28 2009, 08:06 PM:name=Giff)-->QUOTE (Giff @ Apr 28 2009, 08:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->His numbers don't show it, but I feel like the last four or five days he was starting to look much better. He hit the ball on the screws numerous times but only had a few line outs to show for it. I don't know that he'll ever be an All-Star again, but I think it's incredibly premature to say things like "we're better off without him".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
His struggles predate his slow start this season. He hit .266/.343/.390 in the second half of 2008. The BA and OBP aren't terrible (pretty average, really). But the SLG is awful.

[Giff]

<!--quoteo(post=33789:date=Apr 28 2009, 08:15 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2009, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33782:date=Apr 28 2009, 08:06 PM:name=Giff)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Giff @ Apr 28 2009, 08:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->His numbers don't show it, but I feel like the last four or five days he was starting to look much better. He hit the ball on the screws numerous times but only had a few line outs to show for it. I don't know that he'll ever be an All-Star again, but I think it's incredibly premature to say things like "we're better off without him".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
His struggles predate his slow start this season. He hit .266/.343/.390 in the second half of 2008. The BA and OBP aren't terrible (pretty average, really). But the SLG is awful.
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I understand that, but that was because the only time he ever pulled the ball was when he rolled over on an outside pitch twice a game. He's been much better so far at pulling the ball with authority, which is why I'm not too bothered by the start.

[Kid]

<b>April 28:</b>


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                   R  H  E
Iowa (13-7)        4  9  0
Nashville (11-9)   7  16 2
WP: Tim Dillard (4-0)
LP: J.R. Mathes (3-2)
SV: Chris Smith (3)
HR: Jake Fox (12)

Mathes: GS, 5.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER (4.76 ERA), 12 H, 0 BB, 1 K, HBP
Jake Fox: 2-4 (.446), 2B (8), 2 RBI (31), R, K, HBP
Andres Blanco: 2-4 (.343), 2B (5), RBI (9), K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                  R  H  E
Carolina (8-11)   7  10 1
Tennessee (9-9)   5  8  1
WP: James Avery (1-2)
LP: Casey Coleman (3-1)
HR: CAR - Juan Francisco (4); TEN - Kyle Reynolds (1), Ty Wright (1), Welington Castillo (1)

Coleman: GS, 5.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER (2.74 ERA), 7 H, 2 BB, 3 K
Reynolds: 1-3 (.091), RBI (2), 2 R, BB, K
Castillo: 2-4 (.189), 2 RBI (7), 2 R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->


<!--c1-->CODE<!--ec1-->                        R  H  E
Brevard County (11-6)   1  7  2
Daytona (9-8)           0  0  1
WP: Evan Anundsen (2-2)
LP: Stephen Vento (0-2)

Craig Muschko: GS, 4.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (4.70 ERA), 3 H, 0 BB, 4 K
Jose Pina: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (0.00 ERA), 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Dustin Sasser: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (1.59 ERA), 2 H, 0 BB, 0 K<!--c2--><!--ec2-->



Game 1:
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Cedar Rapids (9-8)   0  3  1
Peoria (8-8)         1  5  0 (F/7)
WP: Christopher Carpenter (1-1)
LP: Manuel Flores (1-2)
SV: Erik Hamren (4)

Carpenter: GS, 6.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (2.25 ERA), 2 H, 3 BB, 3 K
Hamren: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (4.70 ERA), 1 H, 0 BB, 0 K
Josh Harrison: 1-2 (.328), 2B (3), R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

Game 2:
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Cedar Rapids (9-9)   0  2  0
Peoria (9-8)         3  6  0
WP: Christopher Archer (1-0)
LP: Manuarys Correa (1-2)
SV: Kevin Kreier (1)
HR: PEO - Rebel Ridling (2)

Archer: GS, 5.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER (1.59 ERA), 1 H, 2 BB, 8 K
Ridling: 3-3 (315), 2 RBI (18), R
Josh Harrison: 2-3 (.344), RBI (7), R<!--c2--><!--ec2-->

[Clapp]

<!--quoteo(post=33790:date=Apr 28 2009, 07:19 PM:name=Giff)-->QUOTE (Giff @ Apr 28 2009, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33789:date=Apr 28 2009, 08:15 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 28 2009, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33782:date=Apr 28 2009, 08:06 PM:name=Giff)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Giff @ Apr 28 2009, 08:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->His numbers don't show it, but I feel like the last four or five days he was starting to look much better. He hit the ball on the screws numerous times but only had a few line outs to show for it. I don't know that he'll ever be an All-Star again, but I think it's incredibly premature to say things like "we're better off without him".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
His struggles predate his slow start this season. He hit .266/.343/.390 in the second half of 2008. The BA and OBP aren't terrible (pretty average, really). But the SLG is awful.
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I understand that, but that was because the only time he ever pulled the ball was when he rolled over on an outside pitch twice a game. He's been much better so far at pulling the ball with authority, which is why I'm not too bothered by the start.
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Yeah, and his stats look quite a bit better if the howling wind didn't hold up that flyball that ended up being dropped by Dickerson that would be on Waveland usually, and the double he hit off the wall in his last bat went 2 feet higher. Like you, I won't predict he can put up All-Star type numbers again but think he'll have a fine season. He's definitely turning on the ball more with authority like you were saying and driving the ball in the air. He's also yet to hit into a DP which is nice.

[Scarey]

Now boarding: the Chris Archer bandwagon. ALL ABOARD!

[Ace]

<!--quoteo(post=33946:date=Apr 29 2009, 02:52 AM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Apr 29 2009, 02:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Now boarding: the Chris Archer bandwagon. ALL ABOARD!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Haha. I love it. Everyone should have to pick one of the three pitchers received for DeRosa. I would also go with Archer if forced.

Haven't heard much about Stevens or Gaub.

[kbwsb]

Neyer doesn't agree with me or others as per Fox:

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Garrett Hawk, Nashville, TN: The Cubs are getting nothing out of Derrek Lee, and Jake Fox (AAA 1st baseman) is currently the hottest hitter in the entire minor leagues. I don't think Fox is going to have a long, productive career, but as a quick fix, shouldn't the Cubs go with the hot hand?

Rob Neyer: Not unless there's something physically wrong with Lee.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->