Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-29-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa at St. Paul, 7:07 pm

Tennessee vs Birmingham, 6:15 pm

South Bend vs. Lake County, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Augusta, 6:05 pm

ACL Cubs at ACL Brewers Gold, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Mets 1, 10:00 am

DSL Cubs Red vs DSL Pittsburgh Black, 10:00 am

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian

Tennessee: LHP DJ Herz

South Bend: LHP Wade Miley

Myrtle Beach: RHP Tyler Santana

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Gilby]

100 mph with a side of yips

[mias_tisg]

Kilian has 12 walks/9 strikeouts in his last 11.1 innings

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[PackLandVA]

DJ went 5 innings of 1 hit/1R ball with 5 Ks but also 4 BBs. First win in AA.

[PackLandVA]

Devers goes 5 in relief with 3 hits allowed, 1 BB and 6 Ks.

 

In 21+ innings so far in A+, he has 3/15 BB/K and only 1 run allowed. Not a bad start.

[Bertz]

Devers goes 5 in relief with 3 hits allowed, 1 BB and 6 Ks.

 

In 21+ innings so far in A+, he has 3/15 BB/K and only 1 run allowed. Not a bad start.

 

Yeah he's one of the funnest breakouts in the entire system. I don't keep a running list of top prospects, and at this point I'm waiting for the TDL, but he's gotta be top 15 or 20 in the system at this point.

[CubinNY]

Mervis (keeps autocorrecting to Merica) is the real deal. The Cubs may have their new 1st baseman. I hope he gets some time with the big club this fall.

[Bertz]

Mervis (keeps autocorrecting to Merica) is the real deal. The Cubs may have their new 1st baseman. I hope he gets some time with the big club this fall.

 

Yeah I'm getting here too. I could see him not getting any time this September for purely roster-management reasons (the 40 man is fairly tight), but I'm getting pretty comfortable with the idea of not adding a dedicated 1B this winter despite how horrible this year's production has been.

 

IMO add at 3B, either directly or by adding an OFer to push Morel there full time, and let Wisdom/Mervis own 1B. Feels free to add someone who could play some 1B if needed, e.g. Joey Gallo, but don't go get a dedicated 1B like Josh Bell.