Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-29-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Memphis, 6:35 pm

Tennessee at Rocket City (game one), 12:05 pm

Tennessee at Rocket City (game two), TBD

South Bend vs Great Lakes, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Augusta, 5:05 pm

 

South Bend: RHP Danny Palencia

Myrtle Beach: RHP Porter Hodge

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

 

[Jaxbro]

Canario with a 1st inning 2-run shot

[Bertz]

 

 

 

Wow! Assumed it was gonna simply be Heyward coming back and someone like Menez getting DFA'd.

[Bertz]

Canario with a 1st inning 2-run shot

 

Followed up with two singles, a walk, and a stolen base. If my math is right he raised his AA OPS about 120 points this game

[muntjack]

Thought I'd have to wait until July or September to see Velazquez. I've been a big fan for a while and this is easily the most exciting news of the season so far. Hope Kilian isn't far behind.

[Bertz]

Myrtle Beach only scored one run today, so I assume they were playing in the eye of a hurricane, or pitch black, or on some sort of dwarf planet with 10x Earth's gravity

[CubinNY]

Heck yeah, but does this mean no Suzuki on Andy Pettitte bobblehead night (June 10)?

The cubs remind me of the last year I played mens senior league baseball. We had like 40 guys on the team but we’re never sure which 9 or 10 would show.

Edited May 30, 2022 by CubinNY

[CubinNY]

Canario with a 1st inning 2-run shot

He’s on the 40 man roster, I think. So he may be in the bigs by August.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

Owen Caissie has a 151 wRC+ for May. Closing in on 100 on the season (after having a -1 wRC+ in April)

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Canario with a 1st inning 2-run shot

He’s on the 40 man roster, I think. So he may be in the bigs by August.

 

He’ll need to get his batting average over .200 at AA first.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Brendon Little across last year and this year at AAA: 20 G, 28 IP, 25 H, 7 R, 35/15 K/BB, 2 HR

[Bertz]

After getting on base 4x last night, Owen Caissie has his batting line up above league average:

 

.242/.307/.398, 102 wRC+

 

In May it's:

 

.316/.386/.544, 162 wRC+

 

And still the 3rd youngest hitter in High A.

 

Jordan Nwogu is much more quietly coming on. Similar to Caissie he's a smidge over league average for the year, but in the last two weeks:

 

.333/.405/.533, 158 wRC+, and most exciting of all 16.2% K rate

[Transmogrified Tiger]

PCA 2 SB

 

[Hrubes20]

PCA 2 SB

 

 

It definitely was time. Hopefully Alcantara gets some CF time now.

[CubinNY]

The Cubs seem to have a surplus of promising outfield prospects. I wonder if they will exchange one or two for some starting pitching.