Minor League Stat Gazing
A quick look at how some of our minor leaguers are doing with less than a month to go on the minor-league season. My apologies in advance for any typos in the stats.
Iowa - AAA (70-52 1st place by 6 games)
(note: assuming they hang on, it's likely that most of the September call-ups will wait until the Iowa Cubs playoff run is over, although I think Koyie Hill will get called up immediately to give the Cubs a 3rd catcher.)
Name | Age | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | PA | HR | SB |
Micah Hoffpauir | 28 | .362 | .384 | .751 | 1.135 | 237 | 19 | 0 |
Jason Dubois | 29 | .323 | .417 | .715 | 1.132 | 218 | 22 | 1 |
Josh Kroeger | 25 | .305 | .374 | .520 | .894 | 412 | 13 | 9 |
Felix Pie | 23 | .289 | .332 | .478 | .810 | 276 | 8 | 7 |
Koyie Hill | 29 | .281 | .355 | .492 | .847 | 355 | 14 | 3 |
Pitchers
Name | Age | IP | K | BB | HR | ERA |
Justin Berg | 24 | 83 | 43 | 45 | 10 | 5.75 |
Randy Wells | 25 | 97.2 | 82 | 29 | 13 | 4.74 |
Michael Wuertz | 29 | 12.2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 4.97 |
Notes: Hoffpauir was just named PCL player of the week. Felix Pie was out with another injury to his hand for about a week but has recently returned. He has hit .359 over his last 10 games played. Justin Berg was acquired in the Matt Lawton trade to the Yankees in 2005.
Tennessee - AA (25-25 in the 2nd half, 7 GB in 2nd place; 52-68 overall)
Name | Age | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | PA | HR | SB |
Nate Spears | 23 | .303 | .398 | .437 | .835 | 406 | 6 | 5 |
Blake Lalli | 25 | .286 | .324 | .486 | .810 | 74 | 3 | 0 |
Welington Castillo | 21 | .291 | .353 | .430 | .783 | 175 | 4 | 0 |
Tyler Colvin | 22 | .247 | .307 | .410 | .717 | 516 | 12 | 7 |
Sam Fuld | 26 | .244 | .343 | .360 | .703 | 304 | 4 | 2 |
Pitchers
Name | Age | IP | K | BB | HR | ERA |
Greg Reinhard | 25 | 59 | 58 | 24 | 5 | 3.51 |
Donald Veal | 23 | 126.1 | 100 | 72 | 14 | 4.27 |
Jose Ceda | 21 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2.63 |
Casey Lambert | 22 | 21.1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2.95 |
Notes: Reinhard was acquired in the Jae-kuk Ryu deal last year from Tampa Bay. Spears was acquired from Baltimore with pitcher Carlos Perez for Corey Patterson. Lalli had a .913 OPS in 261 PA's for Daytona before being promoted and has played split duties between catching and first base. (UPDATE:) He was demoted back to Daytona yesterday. I have no idea what's wrong with Sam Fuld's legs. While never a burner, he'd steal 10 to 20 bases and keep it above 75%. He's been caught five times in AA with just 2 successful swipes.
Daytona - Hi-A (27-20 in 2nd half and tied for first; 62-55 overall)
Name | Age | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | PA | HR | SB |
Marquez Smith | 23 | .250 | .336 | .400 | .736 | 113 | 2 | 0 |
Tony Thomas | 22 | .265 | .317 | .408 | .712 | 426 | 7 | 20 |
Ryan Harvey | 23 | .231 | .309 | .394 | .703 | 182 | 6 | 1 |
Russ Canzler | 22 | .278 | .332 | .458 | .790 | 316 | 9 | 6 |
Pitchers
Name | Age | IP | K | BB | HR | ERA |
Jeremy Papelbon | 25 | 64.2 | 49 | 24 | 2 | 2.92 |
Marco Carillo | 21 | 115.2 | 71 | 33 | 9 | 2.88 |
James Russell | 22 | 30.2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3.82 |
Jordon Latham | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5.14 |
Blake Parker | 23 | 14.1 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5.02 |
Jay Jackson | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Notes: Carillo is now up in AA and has had one start where he threw five innings and gave up four runs. Russell got sent back to Daytona after putting up a 6.36 ERA in AA. Marquez Smith had an .838 OPS in Peoria in 241 PA's before being promoted with 14 HR's. Latham threw up a 1.93 ERA in Peoria before getting a promotion with 59 K's in 60.2 IP. Parker had a 1.33 ERA in Peoria with 51 K's in 47.1 IP and just 2 HR's allowed. He also had a brief emergency call-up to Iowa earlier in the season. Jay Jackson (full name is Randy Jackson) was the Cubs 9th round pick in the 2008 draft out of Furman University and struck out 37 in 24 IP in Peoria before being promoted. The righty now has 60 K's in his minor league career, against just 7 BB's and 4 HR's in 37 IP.
Peoria - A (25-25 in the 2nd half, 5.5 GB tied for 5th place; 55-63 overall)
Name | Age | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | PA | HR | SB |
Luis Bautista | 23 | .325 | .373 | .545 | .918 | 279 | 11 | 3 |
Brandon Guyer | 22 | .278 | .345 | .533 | .878 | 291 | 12 | 18 |
Jovan Rosa | 20 | .290 | .349 | .438 | .787 | 459 | 7 | 1 |
Rebel Ridling | 22 | .183 | .235 | .349 | .584 | 119 | 4 | 1 |
Josh Harrison | 21 | .241 | .279 | .259 | .538 | 61 | 0 | 4 |
Pitchers
Name | Age | IP | K | BB | HR | ERA |
Jake Muyco | 23 | 24.1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2.22 |
Notes: Ridling was drafted in the 25th round out of Oklahoma State in the 2008 draft and had a 1.061 OPS in 80 PA with 4 HR's for Boise before being promoted. Harrison, the Cubs 6th round pick this year, had a .971 OPS in Boise before being promoted and stole 12 bases along with 11 doubles in 144 PA's.
Boise - Short-Season A (31-23, 7 GB in 2nd place)
Name | Age | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | PA | HR | SB |
Drew Rundle | 20 | .300 | .387 | .567 | .954 | 141 | 5 | 2 |
Ryan Keedy | 22 | .366 | .455 | .488 | .943 | 203 | 2 | 0 |
Ryan Flaherty | 22 | .316 | .396 | .537 | .933 | 154 | 5 | 2 |
Josh Vitters | 18 | .337 | .373 | .512 | .847 | 185 | 4 | 0 |
Pitchers
Name | Age | IP | K | BB | HR | ERA |
Dan McDaniel | 20 | 22.1 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 0.40 |
Andrew Cashner | 21 | 5.2 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 12.71 |
Mark Pawelek | 21 | 24.2 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 6.20 |
Notes: Cashner has had three appearances for Boise; 1.2 IP with 4 BB/3 K, 1.0 IP with 5 BB/0 K, and 3.0 IP with 3 BB/2 K.
AZL Cubs - Rookie League (7-6 in the 2nd half, 3 GB in 4th place; 25-16 overall)
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