Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-19-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at St. Paul, 7:05 p.m.

Tennessee vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 p.m.

South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 p.m.

Myrtle Beach vs. Charleston, 5:05 p.m.

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: TBD

Tennessee: RHP Javier Assad (27.1 IP, 4.94 ERA, 4.84 FIP, 7.57 K/9, 3.29 BB/9)

South Bend: RHP Ryan Jensen (22.1 IP, 6.05 ERA, 6.03 FIP, 10.48 K/9, 4.84 BB/9)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Richard Gallardo (26.1 IP, 4.78 ERA, 3.76 FIP, 7.52 K/9, 2.73 BB/9)

[Hrubes20]

 

4 top 100z while the farm system totally definitely sucks...Standards are finally high with this dumb loser org and of course even that’s been warped into a binary be the obvious best or sell everything mentality

 

Can't wait for the first-hand reports of him in game action. Probably from the DSL, but that's perfectly fine.

[CubsWin]

Kohl Stewart taken out after 1 batter (walk). Wonder how serious the injury is.

[Bertz]

Kohl Stewart taken out after 1 batter (walk). Wonder how serious the injury is.

 

On Twitter they said his hand was bleeding. Assuming it's a bad blister or nail situation.

[Bertz]

Steamer Projections for Brennen Davis are up to .245/.311/.418, which is a slightly better than league average line (101 wRC+). That's way up from the .199/.248/.320 he was projected for coming into the year.

 

Him being a league average bat already is probably aggressive, but he's on track to be at a point where you plan that he'll the MLB CFer for the bulk of next year. Figure he stays at Tenn for another ~6 weeks, and then closes the last third of the season at Iowa. No major trip ups, and he's a good ST away from opening the season with the team.

[Tim]

Steamer Projections for Brennen Davis are up to .245/.311/.418, which is a slightly better than league average line (101 wRC+). That's way up from the .199/.248/.320 he was projected for coming into the year.

 

Him being a league average bat already is probably aggressive, but he's on track to be at a point where you plan that he'll the MLB CFer for the bulk of next year. Figure he stays at Tenn for another ~6 weeks, and then closes the last third of the season at Iowa. No major trip ups, and he's a good ST away from opening the season with the team.

I think that's a bit aggressive. I don't think he'll get to Iowa this year unless he picks up at Tenn quite a bit over those six weeks.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Steamer Projections for Brennen Davis are up to .245/.311/.418, which is a slightly better than league average line (101 wRC+). That's way up from the .199/.248/.320 he was projected for coming into the year.

 

Him being a league average bat already is probably aggressive, but he's on track to be at a point where you plan that he'll the MLB CFer for the bulk of next year. Figure he stays at Tenn for another ~6 weeks, and then closes the last third of the season at Iowa. No major trip ups, and he's a good ST away from opening the season with the team.

Just don't force him into the leadoff spot right away. Put him at the bottom of the order and let him build some comfort for a while. Too many mentions of him being the leadoff CF of the future.