Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-12-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 7-1 Box Score

 

SS D. Strange-Gordon 0/3, K, HBP

CF M. Hermosillo 0/3, BB, 2 K, outfield assist at second base

1B N. Martini 0/4, K

SP A. Sampson 5 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 3-4 GO-FO

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

 

Tennessee lost 7-1 Box Score

 

LF D. Hill 2/5, RBI

SS C. Morel 0/3, 2 BB, E (6, throw)

3B C. Strumpf 1/3, BB, K, 2B (4)

RF B. Davis 1/3, R, BB, 2B (3)

2B C. Sepulveda 1/4, K

SP E. Uelmen 5 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 4 HBP, 5-4 GO-FO

RP B. Hudson 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 3-0 GO-FO

RP C. Ueckert 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO

 

South Bend won 5-2 Box Score

 

RF E. Americaan 0/3, BB, 2 K, SB (6)

SS D. Zinn 1/4, R, RBI, K, SB (22)

1B T. Durna 1/4, R, RBI, K, 2B (6)

CF N. Velázquez 2/3, 2 R, BB, K, 2B (3), SB (4), CS (1), E (3, fielding)

DH Y. Perlaza 2/3, RBI, BB, K, SB (1), CS (3)

LF B. Beesley 2/4, R, 2 SB (4)

SP D. Casey 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HR, 1 WP, 5-5 GO-FO

RP E. Ramos 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Myrtle Beach won 8-1 Box Score

 

CF J. Weztel 1/4, 2R, BB, K, 2B (2)

2B F. Bautista 1/2, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, K

LF Y. Piñango 2/5, 3 K

1B M. Mervis 1/5, R, 2 RBI, K, HR (3)

DH J. Nwogu 0/4, R, BB, 3 K

SS A. Verdugo 1/3, R, 2 RBI, BB, K, HR (2), CS (1)

RF J. Sierra 1/3, BB, E (1, fielding)

C E. Hearn 1/4, RBI, 2 K, 2B (2)

SP R. Gallardo 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 10-2 GO-FO

RP D. Correa 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1-0 GO-FO

RP J. Estrada 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 0-0 GO-FO

[craig]

Gallardo question. Does anybody have current info on what kind of velocity he's got? CubsWin, you've got the milb TV capacity, yes? Do you or anybody else with that have any scoop for us?

 

My recall is that pre-Covid, he was kind of an 88-91 type guy, kinda Mills-type velocity. I'm thinking this spring from a Twitter video, or maybe it was from Az Phil, there was reference to one pitch that touched 95 or 96, perhaps? Not sure what if anything that might mean. 1. A guy can rear back and let it rip for the speed gun, with no control and nothing resembling the type of throws he makes in actual games when trying to get outs. 2. Everybody has some fluke velocity pitches. Anybody with median 90-91 velocity probably throws a 96 at least once. 3. Guys who have been kind of building with plenty of rest for 18 months sometimes are a lot stronger than a guy is after 30 pitches in a game, or after a month of pitching rotation work as Gallardo has now done. June pitching after 6-7 starts may not match the max-velocity displayed back in April.

 

So, I guess I'm just trying to ask what he's got velocity-wise now, a month into the season? Is he a guy who's routinely pitching 90-93, and can pop a 94-95 when he lets it rip? Or more typically in the 88-92 range, with the spot 94? Kind of in the Arrieta range, maybe a bit faster than Mills, a little slower than Trevor Williams? Or is he perhaps pretty regularly working fastballs in the 91-94 range, and a 95-96 will show up almost every game?

 

I realize of course that he's still only 19 and won't turn 20 till late in season. So it's possible that he's not at his career-max yet anyway. But just trying to figure whether he's a below-average-velo guy who'll need to be an artist and to develop some really special offspeed pitches? Or if his fastball is already perfectly average, and actually has a chance to be somewhat faster than the normal big-league rotation fastball. Plus with more control?