Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-9-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs Louisville, 6:38 pm

Tennessee vs Mississippi, 6:15 pm

South Bend at Wisconsin, 6:40 pm

Myrtle Beach vs Columbia, 6:05pm

ACL Cubs vs ACL Brewers Blue, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue at DSL NYY Yankees, 10:00 am

DSL Cubs Red vs DSL Mets 1, 10:00 am

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Matt Swarmer

Tennessee: RHP Chris Clarke

South Bend: RHP Dalton Stambaugh

Myrtle Beach: LHP Luke Little

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Strumpf with a HR

 

He is having the quietest .400 wOBA season I've ever seen. I feel like I never see him have a big game but the season line is plenty productive. Granted, the K rate is basically disqualifying, but you'd think we'd bring him up more often.

[JeffH]

Strumpf with a HR

 

He is having the quietest .400 wOBA season I've ever seen. I feel like I never see him have a big game but the season line is plenty productive. Granted, the K rate is basically disqualifying, but you'd think we'd bring him up more often.

 

The very definition of a non-prospect.

[Bertz]

Canario is slumping, but the fun thing is the strikeouts are still MIA. We probably won't be able to say for another month but it's really looking like he made a material change to his contact ability

[Bertz]

PCA with a walk and a dong so far. Not sure which of those two things I'm more excited about

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Nwogu, Piñango and PCA all with South Bend homers:

 

 

[JeffH]

PCA with a walk and a dong so far. Not sure which of those two things I'm more excited about

 

Please allow me to take care of that for you. It's the home run. It's always the home run.

[TruffleShuffle]

PCA with a walk and a dong so far. Not sure which of those two things I'm more excited about

 

some mets prospect guy on twitter has been saying that PCA is "billy hamilton with a better glove," which is such a bad comparison that i wouldn't even know where to begin.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

More Pedro Ramírez love:

 

[craig]

Thanks for Ramirez notes, Cal, really good. Key notes to me:

1. Helpful to get Phil's comments on his defense. Sounds like he's good, even if he doesn't project as a plus big-league defensive SS.

2. Phil's note that he has "plus" power left-handed. That's really encouraging to me, since when I see a 5'9" 2B in ACL, I wonder if we're talking a Madrigal wannabe. But if he's got power, that helps a ton. (Willie Mays listed at 5'10". Joe Morgan was 5'7" with 268 home runs. Freaks, obviously, but sometimes the short-stoke guys do pretty well.).

3. Juicy Jensen's suggestion that Pedro's speed is "70". I'm guessing Juicy is a little juicy and hyperbolic on that? Seems odd that a 70-speed guy would be only a 9SB/4CS guy in ACL, and 9SB/7CS in DSL last year? But Phil had his speed as "plus" also, so that's fun.

4. Phil's sense that his RH side isn't as jazzy as LH is helpful. May be a prompt to watch his splits moving forward.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

More Pedro Ramírez love:

 

 

Today must be Pedro Ramírez day on Twitter. Here’s video:

 

[UK]

His body type and swing remind me of a different #20.

[sneakypower]

i'm gonna need more clues than that

[JeffH]

Corey Patterson.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Corey Patterson.

 

There can’t be too many other 5’9” guys wearing number 20 who can swing lefthanded in Cubs history.

[sneakypower]

he had a very upright stance and a pronounced hitch in his swing

[We Got The Whole 9]

CPat is a funny case. Had seasons of 2.5, 5.0, and 3.8 fwar and barely eclipsed 10 fwar for his 10 year career lol

 

As something I just decided to look up: our history at CF is incredibad. Ian Happ is 10th in CF fwar. Dex is 16th and he played just 2 seasons lmao.

 

We haven't had a good CF over a significant period of time in my dad's lifetime (70 years)

 

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[JeffH]

Rick Monday is probably the best.

 

Save us, PCA!

[Tim]

CPat is a funny case. Had seasons of 2.5, 5.0, and 3.8 fwar and barely eclipsed 10 fwar for his 10 year career lol

 

As something I just decided to look up: our history at CF is incredibad. Ian Happ is 10th in CF fwar. Dex is 16th and he played just 2 seasons lmao.

 

We haven't had a good CF over a significant period of time in my dad's lifetime (70 years)

 

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The injury and Dusty trying to turn Corey into a slap hitter killed his career.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

CPat is a funny case. Had seasons of 2.5, 5.0, and 3.8 fwar and barely eclipsed 10 fwar for his 10 year career lol

 

As something I just decided to look up: our history at CF is incredibad. Ian Happ is 10th in CF fwar. Dex is 16th and he played just 2 seasons lmao.

 

We haven't had a good CF over a significant period of time in my dad's lifetime (70 years)

 

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The injury and Dusty trying to turn Corey into a slap hitter killed his career.

 

Don Baylor didn’t help either but the worst thing was probably the Cubs rushing him through the minors, skipping levels.

[Tim]

CPat is a funny case. Had seasons of 2.5, 5.0, and 3.8 fwar and barely eclipsed 10 fwar for his 10 year career lol

 

As something I just decided to look up: our history at CF is incredibad. Ian Happ is 10th in CF fwar. Dex is 16th and he played just 2 seasons lmao.

 

We haven't had a good CF over a significant period of time in my dad's lifetime (70 years)

 

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The injury and Dusty trying to turn Corey into a slap hitter killed his career.

 

Don Baylor didn’t help either but the worst thing was probably the Cubs rushing him through the minors, skipping levels.

Dusty, Don Baylor...oops. :D

 

I've heard a story about why he was rushed through the minors, but I'm trying to remember the details.