Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-2-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Indianapolis, 6:05 p.m.

Tennessee at Rocket City, 6:35 p.m.

South Bend vs. Lake County, 6:05 p.m.

Myrtle Beach vs. Lynchburg, 6:05 p.m.

ACL Cubs vs. ACL Rockies, 8:00 p.m.

DSL Cubs Blue vs DSL Rays 2, 11:30 a.m.

DSL Cubs Red at DSL Phillies White, 11:30 a.m.

 

South Bend: RHP Max Bain

Myrtle Beach: RHP Manuel Espinoza

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DJ Herz is being promoted to South Bend and Joe Nahas to Tennessee amongst a host of player movement to get Tennessee’s Covid-infected roster back to a normal size for their game today. Still waiting on a few of the announcements.

[Hrubes20]

DJ Herz is being promoted to South Bend and Joe Nahas to Tennessee amongst a host of player movement to get Tennessee’s Covid-infected roster back to a normal size for their game today. Still waiting on a few of the announcements.

 

Good stuff on Herz!

[craig]

Wow, good on Nahas getting to AA already too. Those 2020 UDFAs are making up for the slower start by the high ceiling guys this year. Nahas is surprisingly young, 21 all season, and is among the system leaders in IP, throws multiple pitches, played a bunch of roles...He’s another one in the system I like more than most despite not having anything really obvious going on, seems like one of those sum of his parts players/prospects in the org

 

Tom, have we gotten scouting info on Nahas?

 

Are you concerned about his mongo HR-rate, or is that fluke or not a concern? 13HR/78 IP, yikes.

 

I've mentioned before, but I'm never quite sure how to process minor-league HR rates. High ones are ALWAYS a concern. But *if* a guy is working on a developmental pitch, which is true for every minor leaguer, maybe the developmental changeup or curveball he's going to hang a few, which end up HR's. That may not mean that 2-5 years from now he'll be hanging those pitches as often or that the HR's will be as problematic future? But major leaguers hang them too, and get punished; so too many hangers minors might be a portent of too-many-hangers in majors too.

 

How many HR's are off fastball? If the fastball doesn't have enough life, and gets whacked when it isn't located perfectly, that's a worry sign.

 

Don't know enough about Nahas to understand why he gives up so many thus far.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DJ Herz is being promoted to South Bend and Joe Nahas to Tennessee amongst a host of player movement to get Tennessee’s Covid-infected roster back to a normal size for their game today. Still waiting on a few of the announcements.

 

Anderson Espinoza and Burl Carraway headline the names going to AA:

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

There are 4 Espinozas to go along with 17 Vizcainos in the system, are we sure it's Anderson getting promoted

[CaliforniaRaisin]

There are 4 Espinozas to go along with 17 Vizcainos in the system, are we sure it's Anderson getting promoted

 

[TruffleShuffle]

caissie hit his first home run at myrtle beach.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

caissie hit his first home run at myrtle beach.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

No Preciado but Quintero and Alcantara are back in the lineup

 

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Chris Morel making yet another start in CF, is 3/4

 

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Made’s K:BB is at 45:5 with a 1.59 GO/AO through 207 PAs.

 

Luis Vazquez picked up a couple hits, BB’d, and K’d in 4 PAs

 

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Hah, Quintero went 0/3 with 3 Ks

 

Another view of the Triantos’ homer:

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

58% of Triantos' Ks came in 3 games. Dude is really exciting. Love that swing.

[PackLandVA]

. Edited September 3, 2021 by PackLandVA

[PackLandVA]

caissie hit his first home run at myrtle beach.

 

 

 

Caissie’s swing looks at first likes it’s gonna be long and loopy, and then….SNAP, he whips the barrel head through the hitting zone. He looks like he has really quick hands.