Iowa Cubs 1 @ Memphis Redbirds 4
This will be short since the I-Cubs barely hit the ball last night.
Nick Struck went 6 innings, allowed 5 hits and 2 runs. He walked 2 and struckout none. Casey Coleman struckout the side in the 7th. Yoanner Negrin gave up 3 hits and 2 runs in an inning of work.
Logan Watkins was 1-2 with 2 more walks. Brad Nelson was 1-3 with a walk. Ryan Sweeney and Brian Bogusevic were each 1-4.
Montgomery Biscuits 4 @ Tennessee Smokies 3
Kyle Hendricks struckout 9 and walked only 1 over 7 innings. He gave up just 3 hits and a run. In his 3 previous starts this season he had struckout 6 and walked 6. The walks are a bit concerning for Hendricks, who was acquired along with Christian Villanueva for Ryan Dempster. At Daytona last year he walked just 18 batters in 147.2 innings. He’s not a strikeout pitcher, but with the kind of control he showed last year at Daytona, you don’t need to be.
Zach Rosscup struckout 3 and allowed a hit in his inning. Trey McNutt proved he was Cubs bullpen ready by giving up 3 hits and 2 walks in the 9th innings. He also gave up 3 runs.
Matt Szczur was 1-3 with a walk and Arismendy Alcantara was 0-3 with a walk. Jonathon Mota was 2-4 with a double and a home run.
Daytona Cubs 0 @ Dunedin Blue Jays 3
The Cubs had 0 runs on 4 hits so there won’t be much to talk about here either.
PJ Francescon allowed 5 hits and a run over 5 innings. He struckout 4 and walked 2. Yao-Lin Wang gave up 4 hits and a walk while surrendering 2 runs over 1.1 innings. Frank Del Valle struckout 4 and walked a batter in 1.2 innings of work.
In 8.2 innings pitched so far, Del Valle has an impressive 16 strikeouts. He’s also walked 7 batters so he’s been a little like Carlos Marmol. Neither his control or strikeout ability has been this high before. He’s generally thrown strikes and struckout a bit less than a batter an inning.
Ben Carhart was 2-3 with a double. John Andreoli was 1-3 and Matt Szczur was 1-4 with 2 strikeouts. Javier Baez was 0-3, but he did take a walk in his final at-bat. More of that, please.
Jorge Soler was 0-4. He’s returned to this place called Earth since returning from his suspension. He’s 1 for his last 13, but he’s still not striking out a lot. Has 9 strikeouts and 7 walks on the season.
Peoria Chiefs @ Kane County Cougars (Postponed)
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BerseliusQuote Reply
I went through trying to predict how the first round of the draft would go tomorrow night. This draft is the murkiest I can remember. Without trying to predict trades, here are my notable guesses…
3. OAK – Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah: If healthy, he’s one of the very few elite players in this draft. I think he is, and OAK solidifies their defense for the next decade.
20. CHI – Tyler Eifert, TE, ND: No OL of value available, but I really think they brought in the WCO to hide that deficiency. Eifert will help that offense evolve.
26. GB – Xavier Rhodes, CB/S, FSU: Someone might overdraft him based on measurables, but Rhodes seems like a perfect fit in GB. He needs to play press to be successful at CB, but I think GB uses him like they used Woodson.
31. SF – Datone Jones, 5T, UCLA: I really tried to get Tank Carradine to fall, but it didn’t happen.
NotrynoQuote Reply
Notryno wrote:
That would be awesome. Can only hope that he has the same kind of field awareness Woodson had.
BerseliusQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
Did Woodson retire? *forgot to pay attention*
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
He probably won’t for a few years. Still a really good DB to put somewhere into the secondary.
I was really tempted to give GB FSU OT Menelik Watson…
NotrynoQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
He’s a FA. Someone will pick him up after the draft. SF is one of the teams he visited.
NotrynoQuote Reply
@ Berselius:
(dying laughing)
I like to think I follow the Cubs pretty closely. I close my eyes for a couple days, and they’ve got 2 new starters? WTF is Julio Borbon? I heard Len and JD joking about his name and its similarity to a certain style of whiskey from Kentucky. And Cody Ransom? That asshole is 100 years old. I can get taking a flyer on a 27yo outfielder who has shown signs of promise in his career, but what the shit does the team get from starting a 37yo journeyman?
26.2cubfanQuote Reply
@ 26.2cubfan:
Borbon leads the team in average and OBP. Ransom leads the team in ISO, SLG, wOBA, wRC+ and WAR per PA. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Cody Ransom is so good he’s already tied for 4th with Nate Shiertholtz in fWAR. Borbon is 6th in fWAR.
dmick89Quote Reply
I see Matt Szczur was able to play two games yesterday, one for Daytona and one for Tennessee. That’s what I call Committed™.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
(dying laughing), if Barney’s HR hadn’t gone out of the park, he would have gotten on base for catcher’s interference.
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