Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-13-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs Buffalo, 6:38 pm

Tennessee vs Biloxi (game suspended on 7/12), 6:15 pm

Tennessee vs Biloxi, TBD

South Bend at Peoria, 6:35 pm

Myrtle Beach vs Fayetteville, 6:05 pm

 

All rookie league teams have the day off

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Cam Sanders

Tennessee: RHP Chris Clarke

South Bend: RHP Kohl Franklin

Myrtle Beach: LHP Luke Little

[Hrubes20]

Caissie still rolling. His post-April numbers (228 PAs) now sit at .313/.395/.493, 10.5% BB, 23.2% K, which is good for a 147 wRC+. This is almost solely as a 19 year old in High A ball.

[Bertz]

Caissie still rolling. His post-April numbers (228 PAs) now sit at .313/.395/.493, 10.5% BB, 23.2% K, which is good for a 147 wRC+. This is almost solely as a 19 year old in High A ball.

 

I'm curious to see how much time he gets this year at Tenn. And to be very clear, the question (health permitting) is not "will he see Tenn" it's "how much time will he spend there."

 

Pinango probably gets the bump imminently, both because he's approaching 100 games at the level and has performed admirably, and also because they need to free up a slot for Alcantara.

[Tryptamine]

If Caissie gets a bump to AA and continues hitting, there is no excuse for him not to be in the top 100.

[muntjack]

He is #91 on Fangraphs.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Nice

 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Can anyone see the ball on that Made HR?

[Bertz]

Franklin starting to develop is fun. The peripherals are still fairly mediocre, but there's been progress there as well.

 

Do we know if he still has the monster upper 90's fastball he had in spring training? Or has this improved performance come from him pulling back on velo to help his command?

[CubinNY]

Great night on the farm.

[Bertz]

Kevin Made is now hitting better than Kevin Alcantara, which doesn't make him a better prospect but the gap is probably smaller than we acknowledge

 

PCA's up to .269/300/.529 at South Bend. The walk and K numbers are not where they need to be, but they've been working their way there the last week or so

 

I've mentioned before but Yonathan Perlaza is maybe my favorite of the third tier bats in the system. Like a lot of others he had an April to forget but turned on the production once we hit May. Since May 1st he's hitting .276/.369/.493, with a 12.4% walk rate and 21.3% K rate. Now that he's a strict corner outfielder it's not the most exciting profile, but average contact + average power + primo patience + a primo groundball rate is generally a recipe for a good hitter. Particularly given that he's a true switch hitter (his splits are pretty modest). There aren't any perfect comps, but something like like Eduardo Escobar with more walks? Perlaza probably has a bit more juice in the bat, and significantly more patience, but he's also a tier lower on the defensive spectrum.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Franklin starting to develop is fun. The peripherals are still fairly mediocre, but there's been progress there as well.

 

Do we know if he still has the monster upper 90's fastball he had in spring training? Or has this improved performance come from him pulling back on velo to help his command?

 

Looks like he topped out at 98: