Cubs Minor League Wrap--June 2

by Josh Timmers on Jun 2, 2009 11:35 PM CDT in Minor Leagues

I'm afraid I don't have any good news to report down on the farm, either.

I'm glad I didn't stick around for the end of the game tonight.

Iowa Cubs

The Iowa Cubs were silenced by the Nashville Sounds, 3-0.

Esmailin Caridad started and took the loss tonight. He pitched six innings and gave up three runs on five hits and a walk. Caridad fanned one.

The I-Cubs only managed four singles, and Caridad had one of them.

Tennessee Smokies

The losing streak has now reached ten games as the Smokies were shut out by the Carolina Mudcats, 1-0 in ten innings.

Starter Casey Coleman pitched on the high-wire tonight. He pitched 6.2 innings without allowing a run, despite giving up eight hits and five walks. Two double plays helped as did two strikeouts.

Jayson Ruhlman, recently promoted to then demoted from Iowa, picked up where he left off in Tennessee by throwing two perfect innings of relief. He struck out one.

Todd Blackford got the loss in relief when he allowed a solo walk-off home run.

The Smokies beat Iowa by hitting five singles. Left fielder Ty Wright had two of them in a 2 for 4 night.

Daytona Cubs

The Daytona Cubs were infiltrated by the Sarasota Reds, 6-1.

James Leverton saw his record fall to 2-6 when he allowed four runs in a four-inning start. He didn't get any favors from his defense, as three of the four runs were unearned. Leverton gave up three hits and three walks. He struck out three as well.

The Reds stopped catcher Robinson Chirinos' two-homer streak tonight. Chirinos went 1 for 1 with a walk, a hit batsman and a sacrifice fly that accounted for the Cubs lone run.

Center fielder Tony Campana went 2 for 4.

Peoria Chiefs

The Chiefs game was suspended after two innings with the score tied at one. The game will be finished tomorrow.

Josh Vitters' twelve home runs in the month of May is a Peoria Chiefs record for home runs in any month.

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Yuck

Ugly night all the way around.

by Allie on Jun 3, 2009 12:12 AM CDT reply actions

DSL Cubs & EXST

Throw another three losses on the pile:

DSL Cubs 1 lost 6-2

DSL Cub 2 lost 5-4

EXST Cubs lost 6-1

It’s not even like there were any particularly exciting happenings today, either.

Lee and Cerda doing well in EXST were nice and all, but it’s not like either tore the cover off the ball.

Tony Thomas broke his o-fer streak, but only with a 1/4. Casey Coleman’s line wasn’t exactly inspiring, either/

Starlin Castro added another hit and another walk to his name, but also committed another two errors.

Blah day.

by Outshined_One on Jun 3, 2009 12:56 AM CDT reply actions

The sad thing is

There really isn’t any Major League ready players in Iowa or Tennessee to help out in Chicago. The news is just not that good for the Cubs.

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Jun 3, 2009 7:08 AM CDT reply actions

Chiefs

So we roughed out the inning + they played, and stuck around for another hour or so downing a few beers and chatting with some fans.

I will say this, Chris Archer is for real. His fastball was clocked at 90 on the gun, but I can tell you it’s faster than that. He was throwing an off-speed pitch between 75 and 79, possibly a slider, and it was filthy. He had the Snappers looking silly, and clearly over matched. The one run Beloit scored was un-earned, just so you know. We’re going back on Thursday since we all get free tickets since it was suspended, so I’ll have more pictures and info then… it’s too bad Archer’s start got wasted though. I highly doubt they’ll pitch him today, and it’s supposed to rain all day again so I doubt that happens anyway.

One last thing… MiLB umps are idiots. They let the game go on in a straight DOWNPOUR for almost 20 minutes. I couldn’t believe it… that’s when the Cheifs made the error that cost the run… the ball had to soaked. We were yelling at the umps asking if they wanted a boat, or if we should load up the ark, just in case. I just can’t believe they let it go on as long as they did before calling it.

by lswaidz on Jun 3, 2009 9:21 AM CDT reply actions

Archer

that’s the only good news we got all day. Thanks.

by Josh Timmers on Jun 3, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions

Who held the Peoria monthly HR record before Vitters?

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)

Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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by SackMan on Jun 3, 2009 11:48 AM CDT reply actions

Dave Heath

11 home runs in August 1983.

by Raisin on Jun 3, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions

I was hoping the name of that player would be note worthy.

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)

Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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by SackMan on Jun 3, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions

FWIW...

… Peoria was an Angels affiliate in 1983. Here are Dave Heath’s career minor league numbers — he never played in the majors.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jun 3, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions

It has nothing to do with Heath

but there was few organizations worse to be in during the 70’s and 80’s than the Angels. After free agency started, they just weren’t interested in you unless you were 30. Tom Brunansky, Brian Harper, Dickie Thon, Ken Landreaux—If you were any good in the Angels organization, you could expect to get traded somewhere for a veteran.

The funny thing is, they were producing some good players. But none of it stopped until Gene Autry got really old and Tim Salmon came around.

by Josh Timmers on Jun 3, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions