NEWSLETTER
It was a quiet day in the minors yesterday. Just three Cubs’ affiliates were in action, with Tennessee being the sole full season league team to take the field.
But since Tennessee did take the field, Albert Almora had a multi-hit game. He now has at least two hits in every game going back to August 5, a streak of six games in a row. In that span has 14 total hits, including 5 doubles, 5 walks, and just one strikeout.
At hot streak is just a hot streak, but this sort of hot streak is what can happen when a guy who excels at making contact starts to consistently wait on pitches he can drive. Good things happen when a hitter squares up the ball, and for Almora the key is going to be finding those pitches he can square up and not settling for pitches that turn into weak grounders.
We’ve seen, quite a lot actually, what a non-productive Almora looks like. Now, arguably for the first time since he was drafted, we’re getting a look at the upside that led to the Cubs locking in on him early in the draft process and making him the first pick under the new front office. Since we have seen both extremes, now we wait and see on which side of that scale Almora settles for his career.
Scores From Yesterday
Iowa – It was an off day for Iowa.
Tennessee – This game got interesting late, but the Smokies came away with the 6-5 win.
Myrtle Beach – The Pelicans had the day off.
South Bend – South Bend was also off.
Eugene – Eugene had plenty of offense and some very good pitching as they won this contest 9-0.
Arizona – Arizona also won in a shutout, 6-0.
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Tomorrow's edition of the Top 40, ranks 40-31, includes:
3 Smokies
4 Pelicans
1 SB Cub
2 AZL CubsSix were previously unranked by me.
— Luke Blaize (@ltblaize) August 11, 2015
