A Cub pitching prospect shines....for the Cubs

It's good to see the Cubs a pitching prospect they received in a trade for a change after watching Chris Archer develop for the Rays and Casner continue to develop for the Padres. I can't fault them for trying with Garza and was surprised he didn't provide enough return on the king's ransom the Cubs paid to get him and Rizzo at least provided a piece of the puzzle in the everyday lineup, but still.....



Baseball America Prospect Report
Compiled by Baseball America   April 12, 2014

PITCHER OF THE DAY: Corey Black, rhp — Double-A Tennessee (Cubs)There are several pitchers who could easily have been the choice, but the former Yankee prospect—traded for Alfonso Soriano—pitched five no-hit innings in his second Southern League start to get the nod as PoD today. He did not figure in Tennessee's 6-5 win over Chattanooga, but did enough to nose out Archie Bradley (Triple-A Tucson, Diamondbacks); Vince Velazquez (high Class A Lancaster, Astros), and Rafael De Paula (high Class A Tampa, Yankees), other very worthy candidates.

HITTER OF THE DAY: Austin Wilson, of — Low Class A Clinton (Mariners)Wilson, the toolsy 2013 second-rounder from Stanford, was 4-for-5 and knocked in three runs as the LumberKings beat the TinCaps of Fort Wayne 7-1. In his past two games, Wilson is 7-for-9 with a homer and five RBIs. Others in the picture include low Class A Greenville's Manuel Margot (Red Sox), who homered for the third time in the past three games, and low Class A Dayton 1b Sebastian Elizalde (Reds), who was 3-for-5 with a homer.

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Among the Poco Gigantes, Gary Brown continues his good start and Mac Williamson and Ryder Jones continue to struggle. The pitchers bring more encouraging news with Derek Law adjusting well to AA and Keury Mella doing good work in Low-A. Cody Hall gets lit up and Aldaberto Mejia is scuffling a bit at AA, the "seperator" level. It's where the men get sepated from the boys as far as prospects go.  So we continue to watch and wait to see who separates themselves from the pack of prospects.

SF		AAA		Brown, Gary CF		3		0		1		3		.317
SF		HiA		Williamson, Mac DH		4		0		1		0		.200		2B (2)
SF		LoA		Jones, Ryder SS		5		1		3		3		.207		2 2B (3)

SF		AA		Hall, Cody		1		2		3		3		2		0		9.00
SF		AA		Law, Derek		1.1		0		0		0		0		2		0.00		W (1-0)
SF		AA		Mejia, Adalberto		1		2		1		1		0		1		6.00
SF		AA		Osich, Josh		1.1		0		0		0		1		1		3.38
SF		HiA		Agosta, Martin		3		2		2		1		2		3		3.00		L (0-1)
SF		HiA		Okert, Steven		1		1		0		0		1		2		0.00
SF		LoA		Mella, Keury		5		1		1		1		4		7		1.69		W (2-0)