Alburquerque Isotops 1 @ Iowa Cubs 4
Chris Rusin made his 3rd start of the season for the I-Cubs on Sunday. He had his best start of the year. He had allowed 7 runs (6 earned) over his previous 11 innings of work while striking out only 6 and walking 6. On Sunday he threw 7 innings, allowed just 4 hits and a run while striking out 4 and walking no one.
Zach Putnam got the 2-inning save and didn't surrender any hits or runs. He walked 1 while striking out 3.
The Cubs had just 6 hits and Brian Bogusevic was the only Cub with more than one. He was 2-4 with a run scored. Brett Jackson got the day off and Bogusevic started in CF and led off. Darwin Barney filled in for Logan Watkins. Barney was 0-1 with a strikeout and 3 walks.
Ian Stewart began his rehab at Iowa and was 0-3 with a walk and 2 strikeouts.
Brad Nelson, Darnell McDonald and Luis Flores were each 1-4. Chris Rusin added a hit in 3 plate appearances.
Chattanooga Lookouts 3 @ Tennessee Smokies 7
Dae-Eun Rhee is off to an interesting start. He walked 3 and struckout only 1 in his first start last week, but allowed just 2 hits and a run in 4.1 innings. On Sunday he threw 6 innings, allowed just a single hit and no runs or walks while striking out 3. He's allowed just 3 hits in 10.1 innings, but has gotten a little lucky as far as BABIP goes. Better to be lucky than unlucky.
Rhee was once a prospect who had a high ceiling, but was derailed with injuries very early in his career. He either never fully recovered or simply didn't have the stuff to make it as a lot of people though.
Zach Rosscup strukcout 3 and walked 0 in an inning of work. He did allow 2 hits and a run though. Kevin Rhoderick allocked 2 hits and 2 runs while walking 1 and striking out 1 in an inning of work. Brian Schlitter struck out a batter and allowed a hit in his inning.
Jae-Hoon Ha was 3-3 with a double and a walk. LF Rubi Silva and 2B Ronald Torreyes also had multi-hit games. Torreyes was 2-3 with a walk and Silva was 2-4 with a strikeout.
Torreyes came of the DL on Friday and has 4 hits and 3 walks in 9 plate appearances. He was the best player the Cubs got in return from the Reds for Sean Marshall after the 2011 season (they also got Travis Wood). The guy can hit, but got off to a slow start in High A last season. He did turn it around late in the season and ended up with a respectable line.
He's just 20 years old and already in AA so he's very young for the level. He might be the youngest position player in the Southern League. Among players with 17 at-bats (qualifed hitters), Arismendy Alcantara is the 2nd youngest player and Torreyes is younger than him, as well as the player above Alcantara.
I'll have a prospect profile for Torreyes next week. I think Myles may have overlooked Torreyes in his prospect rankings.
Alcantara and Matt Szczur were each 1-4. Alcantara struckout once and Szczur struckout twice. Szczur stole his 5th base of the season. Jonathon Mota was 2-4.
Daytona Cubs 3 @ Tampa Yankees 1
Zach Cates walked 3 and struckout 4 in 6 innings of work. He allowed 4 hits and a run. Austin Reed pitched the next 2 innings and allowed 3 hits, no runs, no walks and struckout 2. Peacekeeper Frank Del Valle got his 2nd save and struckout the side in the 9th.
Stephen Bruno, Dustin Geiger and Micah Gibbs were each 2-4. One of the hits for Gibbs was a double. The only other hits in the Cubs lineup belonged to Ben Carhart (1-4) and Javier Baez (1-4). Each player doubled.
Kane County Cougars @ Wisconsin Timber Rattlers double header postponed
Comments
So . . . Nick Struck is getting his shot this year.
AndCountingQuote Reply
The Dodgers asked Ted Lilly to accept a minor league assignment and he told them to stick it.
GWQuote Reply
Fun fact: the Cubs had two blown saves today.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Now they have more blown saves (4) than saves (3).
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
@ GW:
So we should bring him back to be the #3 starter. Even if his skills have severely deteriorated, his position on the team would remain the same.
SVBQuote Reply
I feel like Jae Hoon Ha doesn’t get enough love on the prospect list….
Just sayin’
SVBQuote Reply
@ SVB:
I wonder who throws harder at this point: Lilly or Camp.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
@ SVB:
I wouldn’t mind because I liked him a lot. Not sure he has anything left in the tank, though. (He also has 12M left on his contract).
GWQuote Reply
New comic (yes, I’m going to go talk to a psychiatrist soon).
http://obstructedview.net/comics/ode-on-a-balk.html
joshQuote Reply
@ GW:
He only needs to have more in the tank than Rusin or Feldman, right? And if he won’t take a minor league assignment, then the Dodgers would have to trade him or release him outright? I’d trade them our current starting 2b for Lilly. One doesn’t want to be in the minors and the other should be. Sounds even.
SVBQuote Reply