JOT: Cubs Minor League Recap 4-25-13

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Iowa Cubs 9 @ Omaha Storm Chasers 3

Barrett Loux isn’t very good at baseball. He threw 4.2 innings, gave up 8 hits and walked 4. That’s almost 3 baserunners per inning. Esmailin Caridad walked 2 and struckout 3 over 2.1 innings. Cory Wade gave up 2 hits and a walk in .2 innings. Rafael Dolis got the save with 1.1 innings of work, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts.

I-Cubs pitchers gave up 10 hits, one of which was a home run, and walked 9 batters yet somehow gave up only 3 runs.

Logan Watkins was 0-2 with 2 strikeouts. He walked 4 times. The Cubs had 10 walks on the night.

Hide your children was 4-5 with a walk. Ryan Sweeney had the big night again going 4-5 with a triple and a home run. He walked and struckout also. Darnell McDonald was 2-5 and Edwin Maysonet was 2-4 with a walk.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos 1 @ Tennessee Smokies 2

Dallas Beeler threw 7 shutout innings and allowed 7 hits. He walked 1 and struckout 2. The right hander was selected by the Cubs in the 2010 draft in the 41st round. In 4 starts so far this season he’s thrown 31.1 innings and allowed only 17 hits. He’s struckout only 7, but also shown really good control in walking only 7. He’s been a bit BABIP lucky to date and doesn’t have the ability to strike a lot of batters out. He struckout 70 last season in 136 innings.

He made 9 starts for the Smokies in 2011 and returned there for the entire season last year. He’s now made 40 starts in AA so will probably see a promotion to Iowa at some point before too long.

Zach Rosscup allowed a walk, hit and a run in his inning while Brian Schlitter didn’t allow any hits or walks. He struck a batter out in 1 inning.

Ronald Torreyes had a great night as the leadoff hitter. He was 3-3 with a walk. He had a single, double and a triple. The rest of the Smokies combined for only 3 hits. Jae-Hoon Ha and Christian Villanueva were each 1-4. Ha struckout twice and Villanueva struckout once. Catcher Rafael Lopez was 1-3 with a double.

This week’s prospect profile will be Jae-Hoon Ha who deserves more attention than I’ve given him.

Lakeland Flying Tigers 3 @ Daytona Cubs 5

Zach Cates allowed 4 hits and no runs in 5 innings. He walked 1 and struckout 4. Yeiper Castillo struckout the side in the 6th. Austin Reed’s struggles continue. He gave up 3 hits and 3 runs in 1 inning pitched. He also walked 3. More on him in a moment. David Cales threw the final 2 innings, allow no hits or runs, walked 2 and struckout 4.

Austin Reed was a 12th round pick in 2010 and after a season as a starter, the Cubs move him to the bullpen in 2012. He wasn’t going to have any success as a starter considering he barely struck anybody out. He had a decent season in relief last year at Peoria, but so far this year he’s given up 15 hits in 7 innings. He’s allowed 9 runs, walked 6 and struckout 6.

Everybody in the Cubs lineup had a hit and they had 12 in total so let’s just stick with the guys who had more than 1. Javier Baez homered in the 1st inning and singled in his final at-bat. He struckout once and was picked off. Hopefully we’ll start to see him improve at the plate, but to be honest, I’m not concerned about that. I’m confident he’ll hit better, but the question is whether he’ll walk enough and strikeout less. Without improvements there, he’s going to struggle at some point. Maybe it’s this year. Maybe it’s next year, but he can’t continue to strikeout as much as he has to this point in his career and walk as infrequently as he has.

Chad Noble was 2-3 with a home run and a walk. Anthony Giantanti was 2-3 with a walk.

Kane County Cougars 4 @ Fort Wayne TinCaps 6

Lendy Castillo sucks. There. After 6 shitty innings by Castillo, Justin Amlung struckout 2 in an inning of work. Steve Perakslis gave up a hit in 1 inning. He also struck a batter out. Did I mention that Lendy Castillo is terrible? He is.

Pin-Chieh Chen was 1-4 with a walk. Dan Vogelbach was 0-4 with a walk and his 2nd stolen base of the year. Go figure.

Rock Shoulders, Marco Hernandez and Willson Contreras were each 1-3. Both Shoulders and Hernandez took a walk. Bijan Radenmacher was 2-4.

Lendy Castillo still sucks. In case I have not been clear, Lendy Castillo blows ass. Ass.

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  1. Notryno

    You’ve waited all year for my first round instant analysis, so here it is…

    12. OAK: DJ Hayden, CB, Houston – Kudos to OAK for getting the player they wanted AND getting a high 2. If Hayden is healthy, he’s the best DB in this draft. I like what OAK did here.

    18. SF: Eric Reid, S, LSU – I’m fine with player and I’m fine with the trade up, but not both. I know they wanted to hop CIN for the S they wanted, but I don’t think there’s much of a difference between Reid and Jonathan Cyprien. I would have preferred they take Datone Jones at 18 or Tank Carradine at 31 and and Cyprien at 34. Draft Carradine at 34, and all will be forgiven.

    20. CHI: Kyle Long, OL, Oregon – As with SF, I like the player but not the draft slot here. This looks to me like CHI unsuccessfully tried to drop into the early second and pick up an extra pick. If Long can overcome his deficiencies, no one will care that CHI overdrafted him. He might have the highest upside of any OL in this draft (including Fisher and Joekel), but he has a lot of work to do.

    26. GB: Datone Jones, 5T, UCLA – The three down lineman are what make the 3-4 go. You saw it first hand in SF this year: When Justin Smith went down, that defense went from top 5 to relatively porous. Datone Jones was the answer for SF and GB was smart enough to take him. He’s scheme diverse, and a 3-down player. Great pick.

    Today is the big day for teams, though. I only liked about 20 players in the first round, but there are a LOT of Day 2 values left.

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  2. Notryno

    And it cracks me up that everyone was shocked about Te’o slipping out of the first. It happens EVERY YEAR. ILB is the RB of defense. It’s undervalued right now.

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  3. Notryno

    My top 10 players remaining:

    1. Tank Carradine, DE, Florida St.
    2. Keenan Allen, WR, Cal
    3. Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise St.
    4. Jonathan Cyprien, S, Florida International
    5. Jesse Williams, DT, Alabama
    6. Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee
    7. Arthur Brown, LB, KSU
    8. Geno Smith, QB, WVU
    9. Zach Ertz, TE, Stanford

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  4. Notryno

    With SEA trading for Harvin and STL drafting Tavon Austin, I wouldn’t be at all shocked if SF drafted Tyrann Mathieu late tonight.

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  6. Notryno

    @ Berselius:

    Gotta love positional value. Why spend a first on a RB like David Wilson when you can get Alfred Morris in the 6th. The first round is for special RBs like TJ Yeldon now.

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  10. WaLi

    @ Notryno:
    I agree. It seems like CHI wanted to trade down, couldn’t, and got a good pick, but may be an overreach. There was a lot of talent available to them at that spot but hopefully Long will turn into a great OL.

    I read he was drafted by the White Sox. That’s crazy – an OL drafted to play baseball.

    Is there any disadvantage to him being taller (6’6″) as an interior linesman or do you expect him to move to the outside?

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  13. Notryno

    @ WaLi:

    His size won’t be a detriment at G, which is where he should start the season unless he works his ass off for the next few months. But CHI drafted him to be their LT. He needs experience and some work on his technique, but he has everything else he needs to be a great OT.

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    @ Berselius:

    I still can’t believe that selection. I think what happened is DAL was thinking about the 3 they picked up when they traded down when they went on the clock. They panicked and handed in the draft card they were going to use in the third.

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