Iowa Cubs 4 @ Memphis Redbirds 6
The I-Cubs out-hit the Redbirds 11 to 7, but a big 5-run 3rd inning was more than enough to drop Iowa to 31-35.
Iowa had four players with two hits each. John Andreoli was 2-5 with a double, 2 RBI, a run scored and 2 strikeouts. Kristopher Negron was also 2-5 with a double, 2 strikes and a run scored. Now that Albert Almora and Willson Contreras are in Chicago, Dan Vogelbach is about the only other position prospect who might have much of an impact in Chicago this season. Vogelbach was 2-5 with an RBI and strikeout. Matt Murton has been passed over for a promotion a couple of times, but he keeps hitting. He was 2-5 with an RBI.
Drew Rucinski pitched 5 innings and allowed 6 hit runs on 6 hits. He walked a batter while striking out 3 and gave up a home run. Felix Pena pitched 2 innings and struckout 3. He didn’t allow any hits or walks. C.J. Edwards pitched an inning, gave up a hit and struckout the side.
Edwards had back to back outings on June 9th and June 12th in which he gave up 4 hits and 6 runs over 1.1 innings. He walked 3, gave up a home run and struckout 1. He had been doing semi-decently until then. His walk rate was terrible, but he had an excellent strikeout rate. Unless Edwards improves that walk rate, he probably doesn’t have much of a future in MLB.
Tennessee Smokies 8 @ Jackson Generals 9
A 7-run 2nd innings put the Smokies in an 8-2 hole that eventually became 9-3 before they rallied for 5 runs in the 6th and 7th.
Every player except one in the lineup had a hit.
- Bijan Rademacher: 2-5, double, 2 runs scored, strikeout
- Carlos Penalver: 1-5, double, RBI, run scored, strikeout
- Victor Caratini: 2-5, RBI, run scored, 2 strikeouts
- Kelly Dugan: 1-4, walk, RBI, 2 runs scored
- Billy McKinney: 3-4, double, walk, RBI, 2 runs scored
- Ben Carhart: 2-5, RBI, 2 strikeouts
- Daniel Lockhart: 1-4, RBI
- Trey Martin: 1-4
Tyler Skulina kind of sucked. He didn’t make it through 2 innings. He pitched 1.2 innings, gave up 5 hits, walked 3, surrendered a home run and gave up 7 runs. Stephen Perakslis pitched 4.1 innings giving up 4 hits and 2 runs. he struckout 3. R.J. Alvarez and Nick Sarianides combined for 2 innings and 5 strikeouts.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 2 @ Potomac Nationals 1 (Game 1)
Gleyber Torres was 2-3 with a home run, RBI and 2 runs scored. He and Ian Happ are perhaps the most intriguing prospects in the minor leagues to watch as of now. Speaking of Happ, he was 2-2 with 2 doubles, a walk and an RBI in this one.
Trevor Clifton pitched 2.1 innings, allowed a hit, walked 3 and struckout 2. He was lifted early so he could pitch in the all-star game. James Pugliese picked up the win in relief by pitching 3 innings and allowing 1 hit and 1 run. he walked a batter and struckout 1. Ryan McNeil pitched the 7th for 6th save. He allowed a hit and struckout a batter.
Myrtle Beach Pelicans 4 @ Potomac Nationals 0 (Game 2)
Gleyber Torres was 1-3 with a walk. After a really slow start, Torres has turned it around and is having a good season. Ian Happ was 2-4 with a double and a run scored. Gioskar Amaya was 2-2 with a double, walk, and an RBI. Jason Vosler doubled in 4 trips to the plate, scored a run, drove one in and struckout. Erick Castillo was 2-3 with a strikeout.
Erick Leal got the win in the second game with 6 strong innings. It was maybe his best start of the season. He threw 6 innings, allowed 5 hits and no runs. He walked 2 and struckout 7. Leal struckout 7 back on April 16th, but he does not strikeout that many. His strikeout rate prior to the game was under 5.
Daury Torrez pitched a clean 9th.
Lake County Captains 6 @ South Bend Cubs 4
South Bend got an early 3-0 lead, but fell behind 4-3 in the 7th. They’d tie it in the 9th only to lose in 10.
Eloy Jimenez was 2-5. Jesse Hodges was 3-3 with a run scored. South Bend’s problem was that they only had 2 extra base hits, though both were home runs. Ian Rice was 1-4 with a home run, 2 RBI, a walk, a strikeout and a run scored. Donnie Dewees was 1-4 with a home run, RBI and run scored
Kyle Twomey threw 5.2 innings, allowed 4 hits and 3 runs. Only 2 of the runs were earned. He walked 3 and struckout 6. John Williamson blew the save. He allowed 2 hits, a walk and a run in an inning of work. Greener Eregua dropped to 1-3 after 3.1 innings of relief. He allowed 2 hits, 2 walks and 2 runs. He struckout 3.
Boise Hawks 1 @ Eugene Emeralds 2
The Emeralds improved 2-0 by beating their former affiliate in 11 innings.
Andruw Monasterio (SS) was 1-3 with a double and 2 walks. Chris Peters (1B) was 3-4 with a double and a strikeout. Matt Rose (DH), Yeller Peguero (2B) and Robert Garcia (RF) were each 1-4. Rose walked, drove in a run and struckout twice while Peguero and Garcia each doubled. Garcia also struckout once.
Bryan Hudson pitched 5 innings, allowed 2 hits, he walked a batter and gave up a run. To the surprise of no one who has paid attention struckout only 2. Is there some summer camp in high school that focuses on striking out as few hitters as possible that I’m not aware of? I guess the answer to my own question is yes. It’s the Cubs minor league system.
Michael Knighton pitched 2 innings, allowed no hits or runs. He didn’t walk or strikeout anybody. M.T. Minacci threw 2 innings, allowed a hit and no runs. He struckout one. Tommy Nance picked up the win with 2 innings of work. He allowed 2 hits, walked a batter and struckout 2.
Yonathan Perlaza (2B) was 1-4 with a double and a strikeout. Jonathan Sierra (RF) was 2-2 with 2 walks. Richard Nunez (1B) was 2-4 with a double and an RBI. Orian Nunez (3B) was 1-4 with a double and a strikeout. s a
Jesus Tejada pitched 5 innings, allowed 4 hits, walked 2, gave up 2 runs and struckout 1. Of course he only struckout 1!
Bryan Molina blew the save and took the loss after pitching 1.2 innings and allowing 2 hits and 5 runs. None of the runs were earned. He walked a batter, but the defense screwed him over. Aneuris Rosario pitched the final 1.1 innings and struckout a batter.
Fidel Mejia (3B) was 2-4 with a double, 2 runs scored and a strikeout. Luis Diaz (DH) was 1-4 with a double, RBI and 2 strikeouts. Miguel Amaya (C) was 0-2 with 2 walks and a run scored. Tony Rijo (RF) was also 0-2 with 2 walks and he struckout once.
Hector Garcia threw 6 solid innings. He gave up 6 hits, walked nobody and allowed only an unearned run. He struckout 3. Good for the 4.5 K/9 strikeout rate the organization aims for. Way to go, kid!
Fauris Guerrero blew the save and picked up the win. He gave up 5 hits, walked 2 and gave up 2 runs. He struckout 2. Jhon Romero picked up his 3rd save by striking out 2 in an inning of work.
Comments
Happy Father’s Day to all who dared to procreate.
And, apparently, to Grandpa Rossy, from his son:
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/06/19/184946030/anthony-rizzo-writes-fathers-day-card-for-david-ross?partnerId=as_mlb_20160619_62915166&adbid=744530436999700482&adbpl=tw&adbpr=241544156
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Way to understate it.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Apparently, Hatch threw a 5-hit shutout in the College World Series, striking out seven. Do you think the Cubs will be able to fix his issues missing bats in the future?
ceruleanQuote Reply
That Shields trade is looking very good for the Padres. Do the White Sox have any recourse now that they’ve discovered he has a torn effectiveness ligament?
ceruleanQuote Reply
From a site I happened into from bbref about the Yankees selling one of their superfluous power arms:
Learn from mistakes? To the organization, this idea is not only false, but simply asinine.
ceruleanQuote Reply
haha yeah fortunately the injuries have been limited only to their infield, outfield, and catcher. they really dodged a bullet.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
cerulean,
The Yankees are only 3.5 out of the wild card and are .500. How many of those teams have become sellers at the deadline since they added the wild card? How many since they added the second wild card? As of right now, I also don’t think the Yankees will be selling anything.
dmick89Quote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Luck favors the prepared.
ceruleanQuote Reply
If the Yankees did sell, I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried to package Carlos Beltran with one of their relievers.
dmick89Quote Reply
God forbid an injury happen to Clayton Richard. But for serious, nobody else get hurt please.
I prefer Carlos Voltron.
http://www.theonion.com/article/struggling-mets-combine-to-form-carlos-voltron-2563
Rice CubeQuote Reply
dmick89,
The only Yankees team to make the playoffs in the last three seasons had a worse win% than every Yankees team from 1993–2012. Circumstances change. That’s my point.
ceruleanQuote Reply
dmick89,
Also, I make distinctions between selling, rebuilding, blowing-everything-up, and tanking.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
They do, but I don’t expect them to behave any differently than the rest of the teams who have found themselves in the same position. There’s still several weeks before the deadline, but if they’re .500, they’re probably not going to be selling anything. I think I agree with what you’re saying for the most part. If the Yankees found themselves 8.5 out at the deadline this year, they’d be selling. This year is not like the year the guy was quoted from. I just don’t know if that’s going to happen. If they’re 3.5 out like they are now, i’d actually expect them to be buyers.
dmick89Quote Reply
cerulean,
Nothing is as simple as selling/buying, but the general idea is the same regardless of whether you’re blowing it up or tanking. The strategy doesn’t change a whole lot. Selling is rebuilding and so is blowing everything up and tanking. The Yankees won’t be tanking or blowing everything up because they really don’t have that opportunity to do so. They’ll either sell off a few pieces, do nothing (not unlikely) or be buyers.
dmick89Quote Reply
i was kind of worried about this, glad to hear it was for a good reason.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
https://twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/744581349353328640
Nothing official yet, but it doesn’t sound as if Fowler will need to go to the DL.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
My sense of these fine distinctions:
Tanking is fielding a team that costs as little as possible with immature talent to hopefully acquire more talent in the draft—strategically being cheap.
Rebuilding is investing in developing talent in lieu of developed talent—and it can be expensive to do so.
Blowing-up is actively selling a large proportion of the ML roster in a short period of time—regardless of spending.
So, you can rebuild without blowing a team up. You can blow a team up without tanking. You can tank without rebuilding. All of them are employed by every team at some point, and they often complement each other, but with the exception of tanking, they are theoretically independent of spending.
The Cubs did a slow-motion blow-up (four years), tightening the purse-strings because of debt and because it helped secure draft picks—which is a good portion of tanking, though they did not just field their AAA team—and rebuilt from the ground up. YMMV.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Tanking without rebuilding is like getting a good draft position but taking poor talent and/or not spending to develop the talent such that the on-field product never improves.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Well I think Josh has been whipping onions at him lately so hopefully nothing too serious happens
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
RC – I forgot how good that carlos voltron article was. Thanks for posting.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Login issue seems to be fixed? For me anyway
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
I don’t think that’s what the Cubs did at all, but I can see how you’d say that. In my opinion the Cubs clearly tanked for several years, but were unable to deal some of their higher paid players until their contracts were more manageable. Honestly, I don’t think there as many distinctions here as you so we’re going to disagree on this. Teams are limited in their rebuilding or buying by a lot of different things. The Brewers tried to do what the Cubs did, but put a prettier name on it than what the Cubs did. Getting back to the Yankees, they’re in a similar situation to what the Cubs were in when Theo took over. At the same time, they have an owner that expects to win immediately and probably will not approve of any direction that does not improve the Yankees now or in the very near future.
I had assumed the Yankees would not be in contention or anywhere near it and would be willing to make some deals, but I’m much less convinced now. The comment you quoted was dumb because, as you said, things change and the Yankees are in a different position than they were 8 years ago. Still, they probably aren’t going to be sellers if they’re as close to making the playoffs as they are now. There’s just no reason to think they’ll behave differently than other teams and most teams that close consider themselves contenders for better or worse.
The Yankees are more strapped for cash than they once were so I think any deal is going to have to include some salary relief on their part and a return that replaces that spot on the MLB roster. For example, Jorge Soler and a prospect for Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran. I didn’t think much at all about that deal or whether or not it’s fair. It’s just an example of what I think we’d see in a deal with the Yankees for Andrew Miller.
dmick89Quote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I’m not sure they’re entirely fixed. It’s a lot better than it was when we moved over here, but there are still some occasional issues. They are working on a solution.
dmick89Quote Reply
http://piratesbreakdown.com/2016/06/18/when-time-trade-andrew-mccutchen/
I’d love to have Andrew McCutchen on the Cubs, but not at the price the Pirates would ask or what they’d deserve.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Jorge Soler and a prospect for Beltran and Miller? Let’s do this.
ceruleanQuote Reply
dmick89,
“Slow-motion blow-up” is an intentional oxymoron.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Coghlan is leading off today, for some reason.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I mean, I get that it’s because he’s “replacing” Fowler, but is keeping the other players in their lineup spots really that important?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Yeah, I’d make that trade easily, but I think less of Soler than most people do. Almora and Happ for Miller and Beltran?
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I don’t get putting Coghlan in the leadoff spot either. I assumed Zobrist would be leading off.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Coghlan will lead off with a homer. (dying laughing)
ceruleanQuote Reply
dmick89,
Am I crazy in thinking that Vogelbach will be worth anything to an AL team? Or even an NL team in need of a first baseman?
ceruleanQuote Reply
Cardinals down 5-4 in the bottom of the 8th.
dmick89Quote Reply
cerulean,
No, he could be valuable. I always forget about him.
dmick89Quote Reply
12 games up.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I love this season.
dmick89Quote Reply
Cardinals lose five at home.
A now must travel to Wrigley Field.
SKQuote Reply
Before today’s games, the only team worse than the White Sox in the last 30 games was the Phillies (the only two teams not to reach double-digit wins with nine and eight wins respectively). I put the chances of Chris Sale demanding a trade at 20%.
ceruleanQuote Reply
And the Pirates are putting pressure on the Phillies for worst in the last twenty (five wins to four wins). The Phillers already lost, so the Bucs will have to have Taillon regress or waste a brilliant effort just to keep pace. I think that’s plausible.
ceruleanQuote Reply
SK,
Did you ever hear that Silvy rant? I think of it often.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Looks like contreras will catch Lackey tomorrow night. Makes sense as lackey probably calls his own game.
SKQuote Reply
cerulean,
Not sure. Will have to wait to listen once I’m on wifi that doesn’t block YouTube
SKQuote Reply
SK,
He’s a guy who can be easily upset so it kind of surprises me. I thought he’d catch tonight. Both should be pretty easy to catch since they both have really good control.
dmick89Quote Reply
My condolences for visiting China in the summer.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Just the Van Galder bus to ohare.
SK’s excellent adventure is coming to a close.
SKQuote Reply
SK,
Did you catch a 4th game in a row last night or was it the 3rd that you saw yesterday? Been several years since I went to 3 or more games in a row.
dmick89Quote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/pirates-cubs-game-thread-6-19-16/
dmick89Quote Reply