Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-31-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs. Louisville (game suspended 6/30), 7:08 p.m.

Iowa vs. Louisville, TBD

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

South Bend at Quad Cities, 6:30 p.m.

Myrtle Beach at Augusta, 5:05 p.m.

ACL Cubs at ACL Athletics, 1:00 p.m.

DSL Cubs Red at DSL Cubs Blue, 9:30 a.m.

[Tim]

Myrtle Beach:

 

Herz with a really solid start: 5IP, 9K, 0BB, 1HRA, 2H, 1R

Made with a double and a triple (and no k's)

Nwogu and Howard with ugly 3K games, tho

 

Tenn:

 

Davis has walked & gotten plunked; no k's

Morel with a hit & walk; no k's

[Tim]

Keegan went 3IP, 0H, 4K, 1BB, 0R

 

Not a bad start to getting stretched.

[CubsWin]

Keegan went 3IP, 0H, 4K, 1BB, 0R

 

Not a bad start to getting stretched.

Piggy-back that with Steele's last AAA start and you get:

 

8 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K.

 

That'll work. We haven't seen much piggy-backing in the majors, but I don't see a clear downside to the idea. Am I missing a good reason not to one guy start and pitch 4-5 innings and follow him up with another that finishes the game off?

[JeffH]

That's kind of what I expect. Even if they shut Alzolay down to limit his innings and give him a mental break, there will be only one rotation spot open. Hendricks-Davies-Mills-Arrieta-The Piggybackers