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Post by 2mileshighillini on May 22, 2021 22:03:52 GMT -5
Tyson Miller made his 2021 debut just now. Entered in the 8th. Down 7-1 Got 'em 1-2-3. Dropped big bender, on the corner. Strikes out 2. Generous strike 3 on an inside Slider to the leadoff man (Righty). K'd last batter with 93 mph cutter that sunk down and in on the Lefty. Alec Mills tentatively scheduled to toe the rubber tomorrow. Mills is not officially on the iCubs' roster. He's on a rehab assignment. Dakota Mekkes pitching for Tennessee now. He's all trim. It's a trip. Gets the win tonight (Smokies - 0 Wins from a Starter) by going 2 IP / 2 H / 0 R / 3 K. Threw strikes. Pitched effectively with infield in, after errant P/O attempt. Had a couple shots that were "at ems". Announcer says he started at Tennessee but didn't pitch. Then off to Iowa, before returning to Tennessee. 2021 Minors: (3 gm Iowa - 2 gm Tennessee) 1.04 ERA Cam Sanders (95-97mph) pitched dominant. Wait till you get ahold of this guy! Talk about colorful. His #'s in his best 2 games: 10IP / 2H / 1R / 14K Threw 5IP / 0H in the Opener - Threw first 4 Hitless innings tonight (Did have too many 3 ball pitches). His ERA appears a little high, because of his other 2 starts but 18.1 IP / 26K & all the antics in the world.
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Post by skokiejoe on May 23, 2021 10:36:28 GMT -5
May 22nd Report: Iowa(9-6) lost 7-1 www.milb.com/gameday/storm-chasers-vs-cubs/2021/05/22/649793#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649793 Tennessee(7-9) won 7-2 Weber 2-3 2b BB www.milb.com/gameday/shuckers-vs-smokies/2021/05/22/643045#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643045 South Bend(7-9) won 3-2 Davis 0-3 Strumpf OPS=.962 www.milb.com/gameday/dragons-vs-cubs/2021/05/22/643995#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643995 Myrtle Beach(7-10) lost 11-1 www.milb.com/gameday/pelicans-vs-hillcats/2021/05/22/649042#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649042
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Post by 2mileshighillini on May 23, 2021 11:16:00 GMT -5
The story of the year at South Bend has been Nelson Velazquez. Valazquez played a key role when Eugene ('18) and then South Bend ('19) won their Championships. Last night was his first 2021 game w/o an RBI (8 games), but he did get a hit. His (1-3 with a walk) lowered his BA to .519 (OPS 1.184) Between Davis, Strumph and Velazquez, there's something to watch at Four Winds Field. Speaking of something to watch: Ryan Jensen (#1 pick - 2019) pitched the other day at South Bend. Dayton (Reds), is the best hitting team in the League, although their best player was promoted. It was no match. Jensen came out throwing 98mph. He got it up to 103! LOL. Even the announcers claimed that that couldn't be correct. But the next pitch registered over 100 too. 11 up and 11 down w/o a ball leaving the infield, before the only hit (Line shot). Career high, 5 IP / 4 K / 10 Grounders - 1 Fly ball (out). Fastball after Fastball. Strike after Strike. All in the upper 90's.
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Post by skokiejoe on May 23, 2021 14:13:11 GMT -5
Brennen Davis just got his first hit a 3 run home run! So far 1-4 HR BB in two games
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Post by trav768 on May 23, 2021 18:06:25 GMT -5
Brennen Davis just got his first hit a 3 run home run! So far 1-4 HR BB in two games A 3-run homer, 2 walks, and now a stolen base for @brennendavis__ so far today. B7 | Cubs 3 - Dragons 2
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Post by batman66 on May 24, 2021 9:27:50 GMT -5
Tyson Miller made his 2021 debut just now. Entered in the 8th. Down 7-1 Got 'em 1-2-3. Dropped big bender, on the corner. Strikes out 2. Generous strike 3 on an inside Slider to the leadoff man (Righty). K'd last batter with 93 mph cutter that sunk down and in on the Lefty. Alec Mills tentatively scheduled to toe the rubber tomorrow. Mills is not officially on the iCubs' roster. He's on a rehab assignment. Dakota Mekkes pitching for Tennessee now. He's all trim. It's a trip. Gets the win tonight (Smokies - 0 Wins from a Starter) by going 2 IP / 2 H / 0 R / 3 K. Threw strikes. Pitched effectively with infield in, after errant P/O attempt. Had a couple shots that were "at ems". Announcer says he started at Tennessee but didn't pitch. Then off to Iowa, before returning to Tennessee. 2021 Minors: (3 gm Iowa - 2 gm Tennessee) 1.04 ERA Cam Sanders (95-97mph) pitched dominant. Wait till you get ahold of this guy! Talk about colorful. His #'s in his best 2 games: 10IP / 2H / 1R / 14K Threw 5IP / 0H in the Opener - Threw first 4 Hitless innings tonight (Did have too many 3 ball pitches). His ERA appears a little high, because of his other 2 starts but 18.1 IP / 26K & all the antics in the world. Why is Mekkes in AA. He spent the majority of 2018 and all of 2019 in AAA .
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Post by 2mileshighillini on May 24, 2021 9:41:56 GMT -5
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Post by skokiejoe on May 24, 2021 9:52:23 GMT -5
May 23rd Report Iowa(9-7) lost 7-5 Mills 1.2ip 5er 7h BB K www.milb.com/gameday/storm-chasers-vs-cubs/2021/05/23/649782#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649782 Tennessee(7-10) lost 7-3 Swarmer 5ip 0er 0h 2BB 9K www.milb.com/gameday/shuckers-vs-smokies/2021/05/23/643047#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643047 South Bend(8-9) won 5-4 Davis 1-1 HR 3RBI's 3BB 1SB www.milb.com/gameday/dragons-vs-cubs/2021/05/23/643996#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643996 Myrtle Beach(8-10) won 8-3 www.milb.com/gameday/pelicans-vs-hillcats/2021/05/23/649040#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649040
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Post by skokiejoe on May 24, 2021 10:34:20 GMT -5
Prospect Status:
1. Brailyn Marquez - Still getting ready in Arizona 2. Brennen Davis - Played two games for South Bend. 1-4 HR 3BB 3RBI's 1SB 3. Miguel Amaya - AA .226/.382/.665 Slow start 4. Cristian Hernandez - Will play in the DSL league this year 17 years old 5. Ed Howard Myrtle Beach 19 years old 7 day IL .222/.311/.571 I do not know what the injury is. 6. Kohl Franklin Myrtle Beach on the 7 day IL Has not pitched yet I do not know what the injury is 7. Christopher Morel - Tennessee AA .188/.203/.609 8. Ryan Jensen South Bend 23 years old 1-1 era 3.75 WIP 0.75 9. Chase Strumpf South Bend 23 years old .343/.442/.899 10. Reginald Preciado 18 years old Will play in the AZL 11. Owen Caissie 18 years old in Will play in the AZL 12. Cole Roederer 21 years old South Bend .218/.353/.644 13. Yohendrick Pinango 19 years old Myrtle Beach .234/.300/.644 14. Keegan Thompson - With the Cubs 15. Cory Abbott Iowa 25 years old 1-1 5.28 15.1ip WIP 1.50 16. Riley Thompson 24 years old 60 Day IL 17. Burl Carraway 21 years old South Bend 5ip ERA 5.40 WIP 2.00 18. Kevin Made 18 years old Will play in the AZL 19. Yeison Santana 20 years Myrtle Beach .167/.254/.454 20. Rafael Morel 19 years old Will play in the AZL
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Post by trav768 on May 24, 2021 16:16:56 GMT -5
Cubs Sign Tyler Ladendorf to a Minor League Deal
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Post by trav768 on May 25, 2021 21:36:23 GMT -5
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Post by Clark Street on May 25, 2021 22:06:25 GMT -5
After falling behind 7-0, the South Bend Cubs had two six-run innings to win 12-10.
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Post by lajoiesghost on May 26, 2021 8:47:16 GMT -5
Wow, that was quite the brawl. I haven't seen one like that for awhile. Usually it's just chest puffing, hoping your team mates hold you back, but this was actually serious punches thrown and taking guys to the ground.
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Post by skokiejoe on May 26, 2021 10:17:36 GMT -5
May 25th Report Iowa(9-8) lost 17-6 www.milb.com/gameday/saints-vs-cubs/2021/05/25/649781#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649781 Tennessee(7-11) lost 4-0 www.milb.com/gameday/smokies-vs-lookouts/2021/05/25/645031#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=645031 South Bend(9-9) won 12-10 in a wild game that had a brawl and 3 6 run innings. Davis OPS=1.611 Velazquez OPS=1.210 www.milb.com/gameday/tincaps-vs-cubs/2021/05/25/643994#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643994 Myrtle Beach(9-10) won 5-3 www.milb.com/gameday/pelicans-vs-red-sox/2021/05/25/648903#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=648903
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Post by batman66 on May 26, 2021 10:23:09 GMT -5
Wow, that was quite the brawl. I haven't seen one like that for awhile. Usually it's just chest puffing, hoping your team mates hold you back, but this was actually serious punches thrown and taking guys to the ground. Going to be a lot of suspensions from that one. I couldn't tell who it was, but one of the Cubs players was throwing punches like crazy. They also play Fort Wayne the next 5 days !
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Post by 2mileshighillini on May 26, 2021 15:10:15 GMT -5
One of the most insane games ever.
1) Ft Wayne jumps all over the Cubs Starter with 6 runs in the 1st and cruises into the 6th with a 7 run lead.
2) The weather begins to change. Winds swirl. Mostly blowing straight out, but shifting to blow out to left. Rain comes. Sometimes heavy, sometimes light, sometimes stopping. Sometimes, all 3 during an AB.
3) After surrendering just 1 Hit, Ft Wayne removes their Starter. The top 7 hitters in South Bend's lineup are 0-14. Shit Happens!
4) South Bend scores 6 in the 6th, highlighted by line shots, a booming Brennan Davis 2 Run Homer and a freakish wind blown 2 Run Homer by Nelson Valazquez (who continues to go nutz - If you haven't seen Valazquez, he is a brick house). Folks, we have us a ballgame.
5) Ft Wayne stretches the lead back to 3 in the top of the 7th, as South Bend can't stop them, but they leave 'em loaded.
6) In the bottom of the 7th (down 3), Delvin Zinn gets an infield single by beating the Pitcher to the bag. Zinn finds it amusing. He then steals 2nd (He hasn't been caught this year), but is left there when Davis' fly ball lands in the glove of the CF. As Zinn is joggging around 3rd, the Pitcher says something. Zinn turns to look and then touches home. Zinn then goes at the Pitcher and calls him out of the Dugout. 3rd Base Coach restrains Zinn and the game continues. If you don't know, Zinn is a physical specimen who normally is the loveable prankster.
7) Fort Wayne comes to the plate in th 8th and the leadoff hitter is 0-2 in the count. The Pitcher buzzes the tower. The batter wipes the mud off his uni and then proceeds to strikeout. He isn't happy. Frustrated, he yells at the Pitcher while the Catcher is throwing the ball to the 3B. The Catcher tells him to get the fuck out of the way and get his sorry ass back in the duguout. Uh oh!
8) The Catcher and Batter have a tug of war and the benches empty before the pushing even begins.
9) Baby, I've seen my share of tussles, but this was a grab your popcorn, Sharks vs Jets Street Fight! A Fort Wayne guy uses a ball as a weapon and fires it into the SB gang. Full blown punches. Players chasing offenders, seeking revenge and getting it. Guys being pummeled after falling to the ground. Multiple players squaring off, in a no holds barred free for all.
10) Look for Delvin Zinn to get suspended. He jumped into the frey, from his SS position. He didn't just throw a punch or two, he flat out landed haymakers. Also, DH Yonathan Perlaza (A Sherman Tank) went ballistic and totally landed a couple of shots of his own. Also, a player/coach in a warmup jacket went hog wild and ran through the scrum, chasing an offender (FW had several). He caught him and landed punch after punch while the other guy was sprawling on the grass. Then, he gets blind sided by someone who didn't like seeing his buddy getting pummeled.
11) That chilled that, but the game had to continue. The (2) umps had no idea what just happened and not a haymaking player is thrown out on either team. Just the SB Pitcher, Catcher & the FW Batter, along with the SB Manager (who might have been the warmup jacket wearing guy who went MMA on the guy on the ground).
12) Ft Wayne's next 2 hitters also strikeout and South Bend came to bat and immediately, the entire bench was on the rail. Not a seat on the bench. Davis begins the 8th with a shot that maybe could have been caught but in the wind and rain, it lined over the LF's head. The bench smells blood. The crowd is drunk as fuck. South Bend rallies with HBP, SBs, Walks and Hits. Ft Wayne walks in the first 2 runs, followed by a Go-Ahead Single by the Catcher's replacement (of course it was the replacement who got the big hit and the bench went ballistic) and then Zinn (who shouldn't even be in the game) absolutely destroys a ball down the line and off the wall into the corner, scoring 2 more. The Cubs have a 3 run lead!
13) Playing in muddy, grass stained uniforms and soaking wet from their hair to their socks, South Bend completes the comeback in a game that none of them will ever forget. You know the beers were flowing all night! 14) With the restructuring of the Minor Leagues, the Leagues no longer have a President. MLB is in charge here and New York will get the SB tapes and make decisions.
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Post by trav768 on May 26, 2021 17:07:00 GMT -5
Best clip I found of last night's brawl.
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Post by skokiejoe on May 26, 2021 21:47:25 GMT -5
May 26th Report: Iowa(9-9) lost 4-3 Megill struggled .1ip er 0h 2BB www.milb.com/gameday/saints-vs-cubs/2021/05/26/649780#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649780 Tennessee(8-11) won 11-3 Morel continues to struggle OPS=.580 www.milb.com/gameday/smokies-vs-lookouts/2021/05/26/645027#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=645027 South Bend(10-9) won 5-3 Davis 0-3 K OPS=1.271 www.milb.com/gameday/tincaps-vs-cubs/2021/05/26/643991#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643991 Myrtle Beach(10-10) won 6-5 www.milb.com/gameday/pelicans-vs-red-sox/2021/05/26/648902#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=648902
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Post by skokiejoe on May 28, 2021 8:59:56 GMT -5
May 27th Report: All 4 teams lose Iowa(9-10) loses 4-2 Morgan with the Blown Save www.milb.com/gameday/saints-vs-cubs/2021/05/27/649797#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649797 Tennessee(8-12) lost 8-7 in 10 innings www.milb.com/gameday/smokies-vs-lookouts/2021/05/27/645024#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=645024 South Bend(10-10) in a rain shorten 5+ inning game Davis 1-3 www.milb.com/gameday/tincaps-vs-cubs/2021/05/27/643989#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643989 Myrtle Beach(10-11) lost 4-1 www.milb.com/gameday/pelicans-vs-red-sox/2021/05/27/648901#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=648901
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Post by skokiejoe on May 29, 2021 9:50:46 GMT -5
May 28th Report: Iowa(9-11) loses 4-0 6 in a row! Mills 4ip 2er 5h BB 5K www.milb.com/gameday/saints-vs-cubs/2021/05/28/649798#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=649798 Tennessee(9-12) won 5-4 www.milb.com/gameday/smokies-vs-lookouts/2021/05/28/645020#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=645020 South Bend(10-11) lost 6-0 Davis 1-4 www.milb.com/gameday/tincaps-vs-cubs/2021/05/28/643990#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=643990 Myrtle Beach(11-11) won 10-9 www.milb.com/gameday/pelicans-vs-red-sox/2021/05/28/648900#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=648900
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