Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-16-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs Omaha, 6:38 pm

Tennessee at Pensacola, 6:35 pm

South Bend at Quad Cities, 6:30 pm

Myrtle Beach vs Fredricksburg, 6:05 pm - on Marquee

ACL Cubs at ACL Reds, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Boston Red, 8:30 am

DSL Cubs Red vs DSL NYY Yankees, 8:30 am

 

Probable Starters:

 

Tennessee: RHP Javier Assad

South Bend: RHP Daniel Palencia

Myrtle Beach: RHP Porter Hodge

[Bertz]

Your periodic Owen Caissie update after getting on base 4x last night:

 

.244/.319/.401, 104 wRC+, 8.9% BB, 29.3% K

 

Since May 1st:

 

.293/.374/.496, 144 wRC+, 10.1% BB, 25.2% K

 

Still the 2nd youngest guy in the Midwest League (and the guy younger is hitting .077 through his first 7 games). He's not being quite as productive in June as he was in May, but the peripherals are all better so honestly I'd still chalk it as MoM improvement.

 

Speaking of guys from the Darvish trade, Yeison Santana is super interesting. He's actually been kind of great at SB, but there's just absolutely zero power there:

 

.323/421/.369, 11.5% BB, 14.1% K

 

It is early and power is streaky, so it might come, but he didn't hit a single dong in his repeat of MB either. He's reportedly fairly fast and pretty good at shortstop, but I'm not sure how playable it is to have zero power without being elite at something else.

[stitchface]

Your periodic Owen Caissie update after getting on base 4x last night:

 

.244/.319/.401, 104 wRC+, 8.9% BB, 29.3% K

 

Since May 1st:

 

.293/.374/.496, 144 wRC+, 10.1% BB, 25.2% K

 

Still the 2nd youngest guy in the Midwest League (and the guy younger is hitting .077 through his first 7 games). He's not being quite as productive in June as he was in May, but the peripherals are all better so honestly I'd still chalk it as MoM improvement.

 

Speaking of guys from the Darvish trade, Yeison Santana is super interesting. He's actually been kind of great at SB, but there's just absolutely zero power there:

 

.323/421/.369, 11.5% BB, 14.1% K

 

It is early and power is streaky, so it might come, but he didn't hit a single dong in his repeat of MB either. He's reportedly fairly fast and pretty good at shortstop, but I'm not sure how playable it is to have zero power without being elite at something else.

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oberkke01.shtml

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yovanny Cruz: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K