Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-26-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at Louisville, 12:05 pm

Tennessee vs Chattanooga, 1:00 pm

South Bend vs Peoria, 1:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Kannapolis, 12:05 pm

 

All rookie league teams have the day off

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian

Tennessee: RH Peyton Remy

South Bend: RHP Manuel Espinoza

Myrtle Beach: RHP Richard Gallardo

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

 

 

 

[Bertz]

 

2nd dong of the day

[Jaxbro]

Canario with a pair of HRs

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Darius Hill is now over 80 PA at Iowa and he's hitting over .390, I really don't know what to do with that.

[muntjack]

Canario with a pair of HRs

 

Guy seems like he is Soriano-level streaky

[Bertz]

Canario with a pair of HRs

 

Guy seems like he is Soriano-level streaky

 

He and Nelly are so similar. Feels like one of them ought to get traded prior to opening day '23

[We Got The Whole 9]

Ho hum, another homer and a double for Slaughter.

 

Caissie has a 7 game hit streak, 4 straight multi-hit, and only 3 Ks in the streak.

[We Got The Whole 9]

*Canario very clearly jacks a bomb to left field*

 

*Cameraman oscillates between center and right-center before finally capturing the ball clearing the left field fence*

 

Do you even baseball, bro?

[UK]

Darius Hill is now over 80 PA at Iowa and he's hitting over .390, I really don't know what to do with that.

 

Trade Ortega for an organizational piece and use him as an utility OFer or as a starter until the next option is better than Heyward.

[Tim]

Darius Hill is now over 80 PA at Iowa and he's hitting over .390, I really don't know what to do with that.

Remind yourself of the .441 BABIP

[Tim]

I understand that Iowa is pretty much full right now for 1B/DH/COF types, but they've got to get Mervis up there sometime soon, right?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Darius Hill is now over 80 PA at Iowa and he's hitting over .390, I really don't know what to do with that.

Remind yourself of the .441 BABIP

 

Sure a fair amount of it is probably good fortune, but in the minor leagues a lot of BABIP "luck" is a reflection of being too good for the level. Maybe not in this case to the same degree that a guy with a .250 BABIP in low A may not have the hit tool, but still. Even if you hacked off 70 points he'd still have a .360ish wOBA. Plus regardless of luck, hitting .390+ for 3+ weeks is remarkable on its own.

[Tim]

Darius Hill is now over 80 PA at Iowa and he's hitting over .390, I really don't know what to do with that.

Remind yourself of the .441 BABIP

 

Sure a fair amount of it is probably good fortune, but in the minor leagues a lot of BABIP "luck" is a reflection of being too good for the level. Maybe not in this case to the same degree that a guy with a .250 BABIP in low A may not have the hit tool, but still. Even if you hacked off 70 points he'd still have a .360ish wOBA. Plus regardless of luck, hitting .390+ for 3+ weeks is remarkable on its own.

He's definitely been hitting the crap out of the ball. Given the COF profile and the lack of another carrying tool such as power, he's going to have to continue that to be valuable. The 4.x% walk rate is also not ideal, though guys often don't walk much when they're hitting that well.

 

Let's just say I would be happier having him in the lineup right now than Heyward. At least we can still dream on Hill.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I understand that Iowa is pretty much full right now for 1B/DH/COF types, but they've got to get Mervis up there sometime soon, right?

 

The last time I verbalized that thought he had that crummy series against Miami and a few of their top prospects(5 for 26, 2B, 9/1 K/BB), but yeah we're at 150 PA of 1.000+ OPS with his peripherals being better than they were at South Bend. If he's not going there out of the all-star break at the latest then something has gone wrong IMO.

[Bertz]

I understand that Iowa is pretty much full right now for 1B/DH/COF types, but they've got to get Mervis up there sometime soon, right?

 

I'm 100% ready to move on from Rivas. Jared Young is probably never going to be a thing, but dump Rivas, get Young up here to make sure, and backfill Young at Iowa with Mervis.