Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-14-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs Buffalo, 6:38 pm

Tennessee vs Biloxi, 6:15 pm

South Bend at Peoria, 6:35 pm

Myrtle Beach vs Fayetteville, 6:05 pm

ACL Cubs at ACL Brewers Gold, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Cubs Red, 10:00 am

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian

Tennessee: RHP Ryan Jensen

South Bend: LHP DJ Herz

Myrtle Beach: RHP Richard Gallardo

ACL Cubs: RHP Michael Arias and/or RHP Koen Moreno

[CaliforniaRaisin]

As Kilian struggles with his control again:

 

[Bertz]

 

Canario was at a 96 wRC+ coming into the night, so after this dong and subsequent walk he should finally be in the black offensively at Tenn.

[Bertz]

As Kilian struggles with his control again:

 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Since Tom didn’t mention the actual number, Gallardo racked up 13 Ks. Not sure why he’s in Myrtle Beach still.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[craig]

Pitching is strange. Gallardo had given up 19 runs over his previous 4 starts and 18 innings, and then just like that he pulls out an outing like this. His previous season-high for K's was 7. What a weird world.

 

Would be cool if there was some adjustment that unleashed a game like tonight, as Tom observed. This one gets his ERA down under 4, and his hits has slipped under innings, 80 hits in 81.2 IP.

 

Espinoza at South Bend isn't a glamour prospect, and he's been getting hit hard a lot lately. Part of me thinks his rotation spot could be given to Devers even if Wicks didn't get promoted. But, I'm not the development guy. It's always possible that if Gallardo or Espinoza have a stretch of games that weren't great statistically, perhaps there was developmental purpose and they were trying something? Beats me.