Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-5-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs. Indianapolis, 7:08 p.m.

Tennessee at Montgomery, 6:35 p.m.

South Bend vs. Peoria, 6:05 p.m.

Myrtle Beach at Columbia, 6:05 p.m.

ACL Cubs at ACL White Sox, 8:00 p.m.

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

DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Mets 2, 9:30 a.m.

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Keegan Thompson

[We Got The Whole 9]

Bummer that Killian's start was washed out. Too bad they didn't hold him out.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Deichmann scratched. Hopefully a promotion!

[Bertz]

 

 

IIRC Bain has had troubles pitching with men on, which has led to a lot of blow up innings (much like Jensen). I wonder if the idea is to get as many reps as possible out of the stretch to address that, and then I wonder if that's what Jensen is also going to work on on the development list.

[craig]

Mesa Cubs are losing 10-5 in the 7th. But Mena is 4/4, pulling his average up to .247, and his OPS to .673. Hasn't shown much power, but his K-rate is not worrisome. Would be fun if he'd stack some success for a while, and come out of the season looking like he's still a legit prospect, too.

 

Anybody know what's up with Santana the SS from the Darvish deal. I see a Santana in the boxes sometimes, but not consistently. Has he been somewhat hurt, or something? I'd almost like to hope that there's some non-lasting reason why he's been so ineffective this season.