Cubs Minor League Wrap -- August 27
by Josh Timmers on Aug 28, 2009 12:20 AM CDT
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PrintHak-Ju Lee and Jose Valdez were named to the Northwest League Post-season All-Star Team.
I think everybody needs some good news tonight and I'm glad to say I've got some tonight. So we're going to lead off with it.
Peoria Chiefs (37-22)
The Peoria Chiefs clinched a playoff spot tonight with a 2-1 victory over the Quad City River Bandits.
Starter Aaron Shafer got the win tonight with six shutout innings. He allowed four hits. He walked one and struck out two.
Kevin Kreier got his third save of the year with two shutout innings. Kreier allowed one hit, issued one walk and struck out three.
Center fielder David Macias went 2 for 4 and scored both runs. Third baseman Ryan Flaherty was 2 for 3 with a walk.
Because the first and second place teams in each half make the playoffs in the Midwest League, the Chiefs clinched a spot tonight. Their magic number to win the second half division title is three.
Iowa Cubs (68-65)
The Iowa Cubs kept their playoff hopes alive by taking a double-header from the Oklahoma City RedHawks by identical 2-1 scores.
In the first game, James Russell started and pitched five shutout innings. Russell allowed four hits, walked one and struck out seven.
David Patton got the win with an inning of relief. Patton didn't allow any runs or hits, but he did walk two. He did not record a strikeout.
Blake Parker allowed an unearned run in the ninth inning, but recorded his 19th save anyway. Parker didn't allow a hit. He walked one and struck out two.
The Cubs only had two hits in the first game, but one of them was a two-run home run in the sixth inning by shortstop Andres Blanco. It was Blanco's sixth home run this season for Iowa. Blanco was 1 for 3.
In the second game the Cubs scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh, including a game-winning RBI single by Andres Blanco again. Blanco went 2 for 4 with a double in the second game. Catcher Steve Clevenger was 2 for 3 with a run scored.
Esmailin Caridad started the second game and allowed one unearned run over three innings. He allowed two hits, walked no one and struck out five.
John Gaub got the win in relief. He walked two and struck out two in the one scoreless inning of relief he pitched.
Tennessee Smokies
Had the day off.
Daytona Cubs (26-32)
The Daytona Cubs tamed the Lakeland Flying Tigers, 8-5.
James Leverton started and picked up his ninth win. He went 5.1 innings and allowed four runs on seven hits, including a pair of two run homers. Leverton walked one and struck out five.
Henry Williamson was perfect in 2.2 innings of relief. He struck out five.
Right fielder Brandon Guyer did what we've been waiting for him to do for quite a while: he homered. The three-run home run was his first home run for Daytona (he had hit one for Tennessee) and he went 1 for 4.
Left fielder Jonathan Wyatt was 2 for 4 with two runs scored. First baseman Jake Opitz had a triple (but didn't score) in a 2 for 4 game. Shortstop Nate Samson went 1 for 2 with two walks. He scored twice and had two RBI.
Boise Hawks (30-36)
The Boise Hawks lost to the Spokane Indians, 4-2.
Yohan Gonzalez was very good in relief in this game, tossing three perfect innings from the fourth through the sixth. Gonzalez struck out three.
Left fielder Robert Wagner provided all the Hawks runs with a two-run homer. It was his fourth on the season. Wagner also doubled in a 2 for 4 game.
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More unjust?
Jose Valdez earns League-wide honors and Logan Watkins doesn’t
or
Jose Valdez links to his stats, but Hak-Ju Lee doesn’t.
I apologize. I’m a bit snarky today.
Except that it doesn't
link to our Jose Valdez’s stats, rather a pitcher in the Yankee organization with the same name. We have the same problem with Chris Carpenter, of course.
Watkins would have been a deserving pick, but Vincent Belnome for Eugene was even better than Watkins. Watkins sin was that he played the wrong position.
by Josh Timmers on Aug 28, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Blanco was 2-4 in second game
and our morning paper quoted the manager as saying he has the hottest bat on the team. The HR he hit was on a 3-0 count and he got the green light for the first time all season on that count. Will be glad to see him on the call-up.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
Agreed but I would like to have seen him up a week ago
when he might have helped.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Aug 28, 2009 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes
He has to be, unless he’s injured. He’s got to be on the roster all year. Right now he’s in his month of “rehab appearances.”
I mean, he was really injured and then re-injured himself in an early rehab appearance, but he was ready to come off the injured list two weeks ago. They’re just stashing him in rehab appearances right now.
Now whether he’ll actually play in a game or not, I don’t know. But stashing him at the end of the bullpen in September guarantees we get to keep him next season—and we can send him down to AA where he belongs.
by Josh Timmers on Aug 28, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, sure it does.
Patton has a good arm and might be a useful part of the 2010 bullpen.
Incidentally, use the “reply” link below a comment if you are replying to that comment. Helps thread the post better. Thanks.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I doubt it. He has been terrible
in the minors since his return to good “health”. Kind of a wasted season for him.
Smokies, I-Cubs in the Standings
The Smokies trail the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx by 1 game in the Southern League North 2nd Half race. The winner faces first-half champion Huntsville in the playoffs for the SL North title.
The I-Cubs are tied with the Nashville Sounds 2.5 games behind the Memphis Redbirds in the PCL American North race. The AAA Redbirds haven’t made the playoffs since 2000. The winner will very likely face the Albuquerque Isotopes in the playoffs for the PCL American Conference title.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
Later Callups This September?
It doesn’t look like the Chicago Cubs are going to be in any playoff chase on September 1, so I’m thinking Chicago won’t call up anybody from Iowa or Tennessee until those teams have either been mathematically eliminated in the regular season or get eliminated from the playoffs. The minor league regular season doesn’t end until September 7.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
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