Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-25-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 17-6 Box Score

 

SS S. Alcántara 1/1, 2B (2) - pulled from game minutes after Nico's injury

RF R. Ortega 1/4, R, RBI, BB, K, 2B (3)

C J. Lobatón 2/4, R, RBI, BB, 2 K, 2B (3)

CF I. Miller 2/4, R, RBI, K, 3B (1), PB (1)

SP C. Abbott 4 IP, 7 H, 10 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 7 K, 2 HR, 1 WP, 4-3 GO-FO, E (1, missed catch)

RP D. Mekkes 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-1 GO-FO

RP T. Miller 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 4-0 Box Score

 

RF D. Hill 0/4, 2 K

C M. Amaya 1/3, BB, K

SS A. Weber 0/3, BB, 2 K

2B C. Morel 1/4

SP E. Uelmen 5 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 3-4 GO-FO

RP C. Ueckert 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-0 GO-FO

 

South Bend won 12-10 Box Score

 

SS D. Zinn 3/5, R, 2 RBI, SB (14)

LF C. Roederer 1/5, R, 2 RBI, 3 K, 2B (5)

CF B. Davis 2/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, K, HR (2), 2B (1), SB (2)

2B C. Strumpf 0/3, R, K, HBP, SB (2)

RF N. Velázquez 1/3, 2 R, 3 RBI, BB, K, HR (2), E (2, fielding)

DH Y. Perlaza 0/4, K

SP M. Bain 0.2 IP, 3 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 0-0 GO-FO

RP B. Hughes 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-0 GO-FO - ejected after massive brawl

 

Myrtle Beach won 5-3 Box Score

 

CF E. Americaan 2/5, R, SB (3)

2B F. Bautista 0/5, 2 K

LF Y. Piñango 2/4, R, BB, 2B (5), SB (1)

1B M. Mervis 2/5, 2 R, RBI, HR (2)

C E. Hearn 1/5, 3 K

3B F. Pertuz 1/4 - season debut

SS R. García 1/2, 2 BB, K

SP R. Gallardo 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 7-0 GO-FO

RP J. Albertos 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GO-FO

[Bertz]

The bats are breaking Bain's back this evening rather than vice versa

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The bats are breaking Bain's back this evening rather than vice versa

 

34 pitches, 5 runs and didn't get out of the first.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Brennen Davis just hit homer #2.

[Tim]

Brennen Davis just hit homer #2.

Also, Nelson Velazquez.

[Tim]

Oof Cory Abbott

 

10 runs is not good.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[Bertz]

Pinango up to .250/.320/.368. Not amazing but that's a league average-ish line and he's only 19

 

Nelson Velazquez is up to .484/.500/.710, though he's only been playing for a little over a week

 

Amaya's at .232/.389/.304 with 12 BBs and 13 KS. Power is inherently streaky, so as long as this outage doesn't last another month+ I think there's more good than bad here

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[We Got The Whole 9]

 

 

Right hook landed hard... yet the dude didn't even flinch and kept his head up and kept swinging...

 

Crazy fight though.

[CubsWin]

Not to put a damper on things, but both Davis' and Velazquez's HRs were wind blown affairs. A storm was coming thru South Bend, and the wind was howling out. Off the bat, they both looked like outfield pop ups. The launch angle must have been 50 degrees at least, especially Velazquez's. Credit them with power enough to get up into the jet stream.

 

The fight was pretty clearly instigated by Fort Wayne, but some Cubs were throwing punches once it got underway. Suspensions coming. I couldn't tell which Tin Cap threw the baseball at the Cubs, but whoever it was is an absolute coward. At least he didn't throw it as hard as he could. The Cubs manager was thrown out for arguing that not enough Tin Caps were being ejected (3 Cubs to 1 from Fort Wayne) given their instigation. He wasn't involved in the fighting.

 

The best part was the Cubs got the last laugh. The fight occurred in the top of the 8th. The Cubs scored 6 in the bottom half to take the lead 12-9. The celebration after the win was a little more spirited than usual, you might imagine...

Edited May 26, 2021 by CubsWin

[CubsWin]

South Bend reliever, Samuel Reyes, was selected by the Cubs in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft, and after watching him pitch tonight it's clear why. The guy has a plus curveball. I lost count how many strikes he got on it (both swinging and looking). Once again, no velo reports from the announcers, so I can't tell how hard his FB is, but it didn't look overpowering.

 

One velo report was given on lefty Brandon Hughes. The converted OFer has put up a very nice stat line thus far (10.1 IP, 7 H, 4 BB, 15 K, 1.74 ERA, .184 BAA). He's seems to be a 2-pitch reliever FB/CB. Despite AZ Phil clocking Hughes at 96 in Mesa, the South Bend announcer's only velo report was 91. 96 was what he "touched" in spring training, not necessarily where he sat. The 91 tonight could've been a 2-seamer. It was also raining pretty hard at the time. Regardless of the mph, Hughes struckout both batters he faced. He likely would've faced more, but the Tin Caps batter shouted at Hughes (it's unclear whether Hughes said something to him first or at all) and the brawl ensued. Hughes was ejected thereafter.

[CubinNY]

South Bend reliever, Samuel Reyes, was selected by the Cubs in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft, and after watching him pitch tonight it's clear why. The guy has a plus curveball. I lost count how many strikes he got on it (both swinging and looking). Once again, no velo reports from the announcers, so I can't tell how hard his FB is, but it didn't look overpowering.

 

One velo report was given on lefty Brandon Hughes. The converted OFer has put up a very nice stat line thus far (10.1 IP, 7 H, 4 BB, 15 K, 1.74 ERA, .184 BAA). He's seems to be a 2-pitch reliever FB/CB. Despite AZ Phil clocking Hughes at 96 in Mesa, the South Bend announcer's only velo report was 91. 96 was what he "touched" in spring training, not necessarily where he sat. The 91 tonight could've been a 2-seamer. It was also raining pretty hard at the time. Regardless of the mph, Hughes struckout both batters he faced. He likely would've faced more, but the Tin Caps batter shouted at Hughes (it's unclear whether Hughes said something to him first or at all) and the brawl ensued. Hughes was ejected thereafter.

Going to be a crazy few days in South Bend.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

South Bend reliever, Samuel Reyes, was selected by the Cubs in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft, and after watching him pitch tonight it's clear why. The guy has a plus curveball. I lost count how many strikes he got on it (both swinging and looking). Once again, no velo reports from the announcers, so I can't tell how hard his FB is, but it didn't look overpowering.

 

One velo report was given on lefty Brandon Hughes. The converted OFer has put up a very nice stat line thus far (10.1 IP, 7 H, 4 BB, 15 K, 1.74 ERA, .184 BAA). He's seems to be a 2-pitch reliever FB/CB. Despite AZ Phil clocking Hughes at 96 in Mesa, the South Bend announcer's only velo report was 91. 96 was what he "touched" in spring training, not necessarily where he sat. The 91 tonight could've been a 2-seamer. It was also raining pretty hard at the time. Regardless of the mph, Hughes struckout both batters he faced. He likely would've faced more, but the Tin Caps batter shouted at Hughes (it's unclear whether Hughes said something to him first or at all) and the brawl ensued. Hughes was ejected thereafter.

 

Looks like the batter was mad about a pitch up and in earlier:

 

[Hrubes20]

Cayne Ueckert officially has my attention. He was listed as one of the big velo gainers this offseason and it's certainly shown up in the results. 10.2 IP over 7 appearances in A+ and AA (after only seeing Rookie ball in 2019) and he has yet to allow a run, while striking out 16 and walking only 2. Only allowed 3 hits as well.