Official Minor League News Thread

[Cav-Titan-Cub]

Get the kid up here, for good, and with some playing time for once.

[Cav-Titan-Cub]

Micah Hoffpauir last night:

3/3(2B), 1R, 2RBI

[Posey H8er]

Cubs minor leaguer suspended for drugs

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Chicago Cub minor league pitcher Starling Peralta was one of three minor leaguers suspended for 50 games Wednesday after testing positive under baseball's minor league drug program.

Kansas City Royals pitcher Juan Garcia and catcher Juan Fortuna and Peralta all tested positive for a metabolite of Boldenone.

Peralta, a 6-foot-4-inch, 180-pound right-hander from Nagua in the Dominican Republic, was 4-4 with a 6.92 earned run average in 15 games for the Cubs team in the Dominican Summer League.

A total of 26 minor leaguers have received 50-game penalties since July 25, and all but two tested positive in the Dominican and Venezuelan summer leagues. Prior to this year, baseball didn't announce suspensions in those two leagues because of legal issues.

[Gordon Bombay]

just think at what that earned run average would have been without the performance enhancers^^^

[The Sheik]

I was bored and decieded to do this...

AAA:
avg obp slg hr rbi bb k
Mich Hoffpauir .374 .398 .771 20 83 12 32
Felix Pie .289 .333 .333 8 43 14 37
Koyie Hill .278 .355 .488 14 55 36 65
era bb k whip
Kevin Hart 3.24 20 55 1.14
Jose Ascanio 5.32 21 45 1.37

AA:
avg obp slg hr rbi bb k
Jake Fox .298 .384 .578 21 68 36 57
Tyler Colvin .249 .310 .409 12 78 41 90
Sam Fuld .254 .352 .369 4 39 41 32
era bb k whip
Jose Ceda 2.92 12 31 1.38
Donnie Veal 4.27 72 100 1.55

Wanted to point out that Angel Guzman had a 3 inning rehab start last night, pitched a shutout, no walks.

High A:
avg obp slg hr rbi bb k
Tony Thomas .265 .317 .408 7 41 28 96
era bb k whip
Jeremy Papelbon 2.92 24 49 1.33

Peoria:
era bb k whip
Dae-Eun Rhee 1.80 16 33 1.10

Boise:
avg obp slg hr rbi bb k
Josh Vitters .339 .374 .514 4 27 10 32
Ryan Flaherty .319 .396 .553 6 19 17 26
Michael Brenly .315 .394 .391 0 10 10 22

Vitters has a 19 game hitting streak.

None of the pitchers are anything to brag about.

Carpenter has been solid, Cashner and Schafer have been awful as has Cubs bust Pawlek.

Flaherty has 14 errors.

[Cav-Titan-Cub]

Micah Hoffpauir last night:


2/3, 1 HR, 3 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB

[The Sheik]

Micah Hoffpauir last night:


2/4, 1 HR, 2 R, 1 RBI, HBP

bye bye Ward.

[SportsWorld]

Why the hell is Ward still on this team?

[The Sheik]

Lou has a man crush?

Oh BTW Vitters hit streak is at 20. He hasnt shown much power, not sure how that works with young players.

[SportsWorld]

Why the hell is Ward still on this team?

[Cav-Titan-Cub]

Why the hell is Ward still on this team?

An hour ago, I would've asked the same question.

[The Sheik]

Vitters hit streak at 23. Not sure where he is hitting in the lineup, but I dont like the fact that he isnt producing a lot of rbi's.

Brenley Jr. is raking in Boise. I know this is low A, but I like what Ive seen from him.

Flatherty has done well too.

[GYBE]

Navin (Pasadena, CA): Cubs 9th rounder Jay Jackson has 70 strikeouts and 13 walks in 45 innings at 3 levels (the highest being the FSL). What type of prospect is he and how excited should I be?

Kevin Goldstein: In all seriousness, get a little excited. He's showing above average velocity, breaking stuff and command, and people are wondering how he lasted until the 9th round. Total stud? No. But a way better prospect than where he was drafted.

[SportsWorld]

Vitters' hitting streak is at 25 now as he went 3-5 with 2 doubles yesterday.

[The Sheik]

Hit streak is 25:

BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K
.348 .386 .525 4 30 11 35

haha, you beat me to it SW.

P.S. - Cashner has blown.

In other news...Hoffpauir is PCL Jesus:

BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K
.365 .394 .767 23 88 14 39

[The Sheik]

Do you guys think Fuld will get a Sept. Call up? He has torn up AA the second half of the season, just like last year. Or is he just gonna take Pies spot in AAA?

[GYBE]

Fuld should go to AAA. Pie needs more major league AB's. He got hot after a bad start to the season.

[The Sheik]

End of the Year Report Boise:

Josh Vitters:
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K 2b
.328 .365 .498 5 37 13 45 25

Ryan Flaherty:
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K 2b
.297 .369 .511 8 26 24 51 19

Mike Brenley:
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K 2b
.325 .399 .429 1 18 14 28 10

Aaron Shafer:
W L ERA K BB WHIP
2 2 3.09 24 5 1.03

Christopher Carpenter:
W L ERA K BB WHIP
4 2 4.22 24 22 1.69

Andrew Cashner:
W L ERA K BB WHIP
1 1 4.96 16 19 2.33

Ryan Searle:(19 yr old aussie, pitched 26.1 innings)
W L ERA K BB WHIP
1 2 1.03 19 10 1.03

Dan McDaniel:(20 yr old righty, pitched 32.1 innings)
W L ERA K BB WHIP
2 0 1.67 45 17 .96

Jeffrey Beliveau:(21 yr old lefty, pitched 34 innings)
W L ERA K BB WHIP
2 1 2.60 51 28 1.53

Will do the others in coming days.

[GYBE]

I'll admit to not liking the Vitters pick initially, but I'm starting to come around.

The dude can freakin rake. Being able to hit that well at such a young age is almost always an indication of big league success. His bat speed and control are among the best in the minors and he just finished his first season. I'm thinking a 3rd base version of Howie Kendrick, with more power but a bit of a drop in average.

A-Ram's contract expires after 2011. He may not need to be re-signed.

[The Sheik]

End of the year report Peoria:

Luis Batista (24, 1B)
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K
.313 .361 .515 13 50 2164

Marquez Smith (23, 3B, called up to Daytona played 38 games)
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K
.295 .370 .508 14 49 35 65

Jovan Rosa (21, 1B)
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K
.293 .353 .443 7 81 40 127

Nate Samson (21, SS, called up to AAA for playoffs)
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K
.293 .365 .356 3 42 40 49

Dylan Johnston (21, OF)
BA OBP SLG HR RBI BB K
.288 .349 .524 15 50 22 87

Blake Parker (23, pitched between Peoria(47.1), Daytona(21.1), Iowa(3) with a 2.13 era 75 K & 30 BB)
W L ERA K BB WHIP
3 0 1.33 51 18 1.06

Dae-Eun Rhee (19, hasnt pitched since Jun. 29th)
W L ERA K BB WHIP
4 1 1.80 20 7 1.06

Jordan Latham (22, went on to pitch well at Daytona, collective ERA(77.1ip) of 1.98.
W L ERA K BB WHIP
4 2 1.93 59 17 1.05

Hung-Wen Chen (22, pitched between Peoria(71.1) and Daytona(56.2), collective era of 3.38,86k,25bb)
W L ERA K BB WHIP
2 4 3.15 44 12 1.11