Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-26-19

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Score:

 

Iowa won 7-2 (6 innings) Box Score

 

Tennessee lost 8-5 Box Score

 

Myrtle Beach lost 4-1 Box Score

 

South Bend lost game one 4-3 (7 innings) Box Score

 

South Bend lost game two 7-2 (7 innings) Box Score

 

Eugene lost 8-0 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 1 lost their season finale 10-3 Box Score

 

AZL Cubs 2 lost their season finale 2-1 Box Score

[CubsWin]

Finally! Marquez has a non-dominant, bad start. I was getting worried.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Finally! Marquez has a non-dominant, bad start. I was getting worried.

OTOH he had a rough 1st and settled down afterward. Could've been a lot worse.

[CubsWin]

The case of Tyson Miller's time in AAA has been frustrating and confusing. It's tough to make the case that his 215 innings in High A and AA were just lucky. And clearly the PCL is a known hitter's league that is now using the MLB baseball that stats suggest is juiced a bit, but he's been really, really bad since getting his promotion. Until tonight. Finally.

 

5 innings, 7 hits (one was an error on Robel Garcia that was called a hit), 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB and 6 K.

 

I don't know if his promotion coincided with a dead arm period, but his velocity has been down a couple ticks in Iowa (90-92) vs. earlier in the year (92-94). That may have had something to do with it. It seemed that when he struggled so badly early on, that he started adjusting his approach and pitch mix (and probably rightfully so). In tonight's game he seemed to be relying more on his off speed pitches whereas in AA, he was throwing more well placed FBs and it was working for him.

 

Maybe his FB just isn't good enough for the MLB and AAA level. Maybe he lost some velo on it for whatever reason, got knocked around and lost confidence in it. Maybe hes going thru a dead arm period and the velo will come back. (Iowa's broadcasts have the velocities on the screen for every pitch, but tonight's game was on the road and no velos were given while I was watching.) Whatever the case, he was better tonight. He was working quickly. Quicker than I remember. Almost too quickly. Maybe it was a way to get him to put his past struggles out of his head. (As Nuke Laloosh would say, don't think, just throw, Meat.)

 

Regardless of his struggles of late, I'm intrigued to see how Miller, Abbott and possibly Alzolay will do in AAA next season.

 

Every level's rotations should have some intriguing arms as well. It's possible AA will have Marquez, Patterson and Keegan Thompson. High-A could have Jensen, Riley Thompson, Sanders and Little. Low-A should have Franklin, McAvene, Clarke and Yovanny Cruz. Eugene might have Gallardo and Herz. Should be fun.

[Donzo]

Tyler Schlaffer RHP - The Kohl Franklin of 2020?

 

He's a lot smaller, isn't he? I remember thinking he looks like he's 15.

[Donzo]

The case of Tyson Miller's time in AAA has been frustrating and confusing. It's tough to make the case that his 215 innings in High A and AA were just lucky.

 

I don't know if his promotion coincided with a dead arm period, but his velocity has been down a couple ticks in Iowa (90-92) vs. earlier in the year (92-94).

 

Regardless of his struggles of late, I'm intrigued to see how Miller, Abbott and possibly Alzolay will do in AAA next season.

 

Every level's rotations should have some intriguing arms as well. It's possible AA will have Marquez, Patterson and Keegan Thompson. High-A could have Jensen, Riley Thompson, Sanders and Little. Low-A should have Franklin, McAvene, Clarke and Yovanny Cruz. Eugene might have Gallardo and Herz. Should be fun.

 

Miller definitely isn't throwing as hard as he did in April. He needs to be 92-95 to get it done in AAA and above. We'll see how he adjusts next year. He's still interesting to me.

 

Liking the starters next year. Marquez, of course, is the top guy. Myrtle Beach could have an interesting guy every night. Franklin will probably be my 2nd favorite to keep up with.