Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-5-21

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Indianapolis (game one), 11:35 a.m.

Iowa at Indianapolis (game two), TBD

Tennessee at Rocket City, 2:35 p.m.

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

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

 

All complex league teams have the day off

 

Iowa: RHP Joe Biagini

South Bend: LHP Jordan Wicks (pro debut)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wicks:

 

[TruffleShuffle]

wicks is done after the first inning, only threw 14 pitches.

[craig]

Tom or others, do you have scouting info on Porter Hodge? Big kid, 20, obscure Utah high school background. His ERA for the season looks blah.

 

But he's been inconsistent.

 

After a disastrous first appearance for Myrtle, he's stacked 3 variably good outings. 14K/4BB/7H/10IP.

6'4" 230 listing doesn't make a guy a power pitcher, but it would be fun to hypothetically end up with him emerging as a big, strong, power-pitching strike-throwing rotation guy.

[UK]

Tom or others, do you have scouting info on Porter Hodge? Big kid, 20, obscure Utah high school background. His ERA for the season looks blah.

 

But he's been inconsistent.

 

After a disastrous first appearance for Myrtle, he's stacked 3 variably good outings. 14K/4BB/7H/10IP.

6'4" 230 listing doesn't make a guy a power pitcher, but it would be fun to hypothetically end up with him emerging as a big, strong, power-pitching strike-throwing rotation guy.

 

He's never been a power pitcher in the era for that. He's 90-94 sitting in the low 90s, marginal slider with a fringy change.