Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-25-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Louisville, 6:05 pm

Tennessee vs Chattanooga, 6:15 pm

South Bend vs Peoria, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Kannapolis, 5:30 pm

ACL Cubs vs ACL A’s, 12:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue vs DSL Baltimore Black, 10:00 am

DSL Cubs Red at DSL Pittsburgh Gold, 10:00 am

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Luke Farrell

Tennessee: RHP Ryan Jensen

South Bend: LHP DJ Herz

Myrtle Beach: Luke Little

[Bertz]

It's temporary because I'm interested in seeing whether this new delivery is really such a difference maker, but I'm actually much more interested in it being Ryan Jensen day than DJ Herz day.

 

Actually between Jensen and Roederer both of my top two storylines are at Tenn right now.

[Bertz]

Out of 178 qualified hitters in High A this year, only 24 of them are in their age 20 or younger seasons. Yohendrick Pinango has been the 9th best hitter among that group, while Owen Caissie has been 11th

 

Only 2 guys in their age 19 or younger seasons are qualified, and Caissie is 2nd of those two

[Bertz]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DJ Herz racked up 10 Ks in 4.2 scoreless.

 

PCA leading off, down to a .175 batting average and .600 OPS in 40 high-A AB.

[Bertz]

Ryan Jensen 2.0 with another strong outing. 3 scoreless with one walk and two strikeouts.

 

While the control is clearly much improved, the strikeouts and groundballs are down since he came back. Hopefully that's just him getting used to the new delivery, and not a permanent tradeoff. I'm happy to trade one of those for the control gains, but not necessarily both.

[Bertz]

[We Got The Whole 9]

Mervis dong, also has a double. Tripled to deep center the other day too. Man's on a mission.

[UK]

Opponents have a .467 OPS against Herz this year.

 

I mentioned Crook in the minor league musings thread, it should be noted that he has started the last 2 games at 1B.