Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-15-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Omaha, 5:05 p.m.

Tennessee vs. Rocket City, 1:00 p.m.

South Bend at Fort Wayne, 12:05 p.m.

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

 

Complex league teams have the day off

 

South Bend: RHP Anderson Espinoza

Myrtle Beach: RHP Daniel Palencia

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Myrtle Beach is on Marquee again tonight:

 

[Bertz]

 

I'm so all in on him. He's really horsefeathering fun

[Bertz]

Chase Strumpf in August (through 3 PAs today) is hitting .296/.380/.500. the K's are back up (30%), but he'd been controlling the strike zone for a while. It's good to see him actually hitting. Plenty of guys have a lot of swing and miss while they're hot and do more grinding when they're cold.

[TarzanJoeWallis]

What in the hell is Myrtle Beach wearing? They look like spring break t-shirts.

[Bertz]

[Bertz]

 

12 up 12 down with 7 strikeouts now

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[JeffH]

Doesn't exactly seem like a merit promotion. A corresponding MB-to-SB promotion? Herz?

[Bertz]

[craig]

Doesn't exactly seem like a merit promotion. A corresponding MB-to-SB promotion? Herz?

 

Good thinking, Jeff, whether Herz going up or somebody else.

 

Hodge has funny stat line. His K/BB seems better than actual results. His overall K/BB/IP looks solid. Ignoring his first 3-walk start, he's been 31/6/26 K/BB/IP. I'd have thought that would be pretty good for a 20-year-old prospect. But he's given up 5 HR over those same 26 innings, so something seems vulnerable. Plus when he isn't K/BB/HR-ing them, his BABIP is like .370. Maybe that's reflective of bad luck; but perhaps not?

 

I'm not always sure how to process guys with good K/BB but who also seem hittable. One explanation is small-sample bad luck. Converse can be that good breaking balls support the K's. But hangers can also support high HR-allowed, and real pitchers, especially young ones, often mix a bunch of hangers in with the good ones. Another explanation is the control/command distinction. May have enough control to make walks look OK, while still throwing a lot of whackable strikes. A third is aggression and risk-allowance. Many big-league pitchers will rarely challenge and will nibble even with 3 balls, rather than throw a whack-it strike and take your chances. I imagine some younger, inexperienced pitchers might be more willing to be aggressive and to throw a whack-it strike rather than putting a guy on base. Who knows with Hodge. But hopefully he'll get better, and the decent K/BB profile will carry up while the whackability hits+HR's profile will decline over time?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Chase Strumpf in August (through 3 PAs today) is hitting .296/.380/.500. the K's are back up (30%), but he'd been controlling the strike zone for a while. It's good to see him actually hitting. Plenty of guys have a lot of swing and miss while they're hot and do more grinding when they're cold.