Cubs Minor League Wrap - August 21

by Josh Timmers on Aug 22, 2009 1:34 AM CDT in Minor Leagues

Everyone lost tonight except, well you can probably guess who the only winning team was tonight.

Iowa Cubs (64-62)

The I-Cubs were battered by the Portland Beavers, 8-1.

David Patton made a rehab start tonight for the I-Cubs, but it didn't go as well as the Big Z's did yesterday. Patton got the loss by allowing two runs over his 2.1 innings pitched. He gave up two hits, walked two and struck out one.

Shortstop Andres Blanco went 3 for 4 with three doubles. Matt Camp went 2 for 4 with a double. Second baseman Darwin Barney went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Barney was 6 for 16 in the four-game series in his hometown.

Tennessee Smokies (28-27)

The Smokies were spotted by the Chattanooga Lookouts, 5-3.

Casey Coleman gave up all five runs tonight in his five inning start. Coleman was touched for seven hits, he walked two and struck out four.

Right fielder Tyler Colvin was 1 for 2 with a double, a stolen base and two walks. That makes two games in a row Colvin has had two walks. Shortstop Starlin Castro went 2 for 4 with a stolen base.

Daytona Cubs (22-31)

The D-Cubs offensive woes continued as they were beaten by the Brevard County Manatees, 6-1.

Starter Jay Jackson pitched well, but didn't get any help. Jackson went five innings and allowed four runs, but only one of the four runs was earned as the D-Cubs made three errors tonight. Jackson surrendered seven hits. He didn't walk anyone and struck out seven.

Left Fielder Marwin Gonzalez went 2 for 3 with a triple and a walk. He scored once.

Peoria Chiefs (33-20)

The Chiefs are unstoppable right now as they cut down the Clinton LumberKings, 7-3 for their fifth win in a row.

Starter Alberto Cabrera picked up the win by going five innings and allowing three runs on three hits and three walks. He struck out eight.

Erik Hamren was perfect in the final two innings to collect his seventh save. Hamren struck out two.

Right fielder Kyler Burke hit home run #13 tonight, a three-run home run in the third inning. Burke was 1 for 4.

Center fielder Brett Jackson went 2 for 5 with a stolen base. Jackson had an RBI and scored once.

Second baseman Ryan Flaherty tripled tonight in a 2 for 4 game. Flaherty also walked once. He had one run scored and one RBI. First baseman Rebel Ridling was also 2 for 4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored.

Shortstop Junior Lake went 2 for 4 with a double and two runs scored.

Boise Hawks (28-32)

The Hawks scored twice in the top of the tenth inning, only to see the bullpen unable to hold a lead. The Hawks lost to the Yakima Bears, 4-3 in ten innings.

Starter Robert Whitenack turned in a very good start, allowing only one run on three hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out two.

Second baseman Logan Watkins went 2 for 3 with a walk. He scored once and had one RBI. Shortstop Hak-Ju Lee was 1 for 2 with three walks. He scored once.

AZL Cubs

Lost to the Athletics, 10-9 in 12 innnings.

This game had some weather-related delays.

Dae-Eun Rhee pitched tonight. I unfortunately missed his earlier start last weekend where he threw two shutout innings. Tonight he was rocked for three runs in two-thirds of an inning.

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Coleman gave up a slam

to the opposing pitcher.

Not sure why Cabrera started. Usually he is a ‘one inning’ style reliever. He and Hamren are two of the three on the team with a WHIP over 1.5, Marcus Hatley being the third. None are over 1.6. Nice to see Lake join the party.

by tim815 on Aug 22, 2009 7:23 AM CDT reply actions

sidebar that would get mocked as a fanshot

the only people that would know/care read this anyway.

Players drafted through the June draft go through Arizona. When ready, they go to Idaho or wherever. Players from Latin America will oftentime start in the Dominican Summer League and get bumped to Arizona when they are good enough.

How does it work for Korean players, etcetera? I’ve heard we have an outpost (?) in Austrailia or somesuch. Are there games there, or is it just a training facility? Do they stay down under until they are ready to go to Arizona?

As I am into my second year on BCB, I am concerning myself with minutae far more than I should. Want proof? My Excel file of Minor Leaguers in our system includes both DSL teams. (Our DSL2 team is wretched. Reaallyyy bad.) And no, I don’t want Josh to waste everyone’s time by shooting us scores from the DSL. Gomez went 2-4 and Maldonado struck out three. Definitely let them get to Idaho before you tell us how they did. :) Those of us who want to can find out easily enough.

by tim815 on Aug 22, 2009 7:44 AM CDT reply actions

There is an

Australia Baseball Academy that is run by MLB and the Australian Baseball Federation. The Cubs don’t run one by themselves. But they sent Lee there (along with Ryan Searle and some other Australians) last season to get their feet wet before they made the big move to America. I thought that Ming and Ha went there too and maybe they did, but I didn’t find any record of them there.

Yes, your question caused me to google this, and sure enough, there’s a website that’s got all the info. It seems to be run very much along the lines of an extended Spring Training, except that they keep stats. They’ve got four teams (naturally enough named the Roos, the Crocs, the Koalas and the Dingoes) Lee played in five games there last year—or at least five games where they kept score. I imagine they have a lot of scrimmages where they don’t.

This season, the Cubs have two players down there. The Korean outfielder Dong-Yub Kim and the Taiwanese right-handed pitcher Yao-Lin Wang

by Josh Timmers on Aug 22, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions