Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-24-22

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

 

Iowa vs St. Paul, 12:08 pm

Tennessee vs Rocket City, 6:15 pm

South Bend at West Michigan, 5:35 pm

Myrtle Beach vs Augusta, 6:05 pm

 

Probable Starters:

 

Tennessee: RHP Riley Thompson

South Bend: RHP Porter Hodge

Myrtle Beach: RHP Sam Thoresen

[CaliforniaRaisin]

You can watch South Bend for free tonight:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Matt Mervis ended up a triple shy of the cycle

 

 

[mul21]

Oooh, I love the nickname. I hadn't heard Mash Mervis yet.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Estrada goes K, K, GO in the 8th

 

Rodriguez goes IF 1B, K, K, GO in the 9th

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CubinNY]

Peaking into the SB game. Those innings go by fast with pitch clock. Hodge looks good. Down 2-0

[We Got The Whole 9]

SB hitters really played right into the hands of that 24 year old pitch to contact scrub

 

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

18-years old and doing this in pitcher-friendly Myrtle Beach

 

[Bertz]

18-years old and doing this in pitcher-friendly Myrtle Beach

 

 

It's absurd. Let's just assume he keeps this up for the rest of the season. That'd get him to about 150 PAs.

Since the start of 2010 here are the 18 or younger hitters with a wRC+ of more than 120 in full season A Ball with a minimum 150 PAs

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/minor-league?pos=all&level=4&lg=2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,12,13,15,16,17,18,30,32,33&stats=bat&qual=150&type=0&team=&season=2010&seasonEnd=2022&org=all&ind=0&splitTeam=true&players=&sort=24,1&filter=Age%7Clt%7C18,wRC%2B%7Cgt%7C120

 

(It doesn't show in this query but apparently Wander Franco and Vladito did it in High A which...holy horsefeathers)

 

First off, only 21 players in 12 years. But by my count 11 stars, 2 current prospects, 5 solid players, and 3 busts. Obviously let's see Moises keep this up for another month but he's doing incredibly special stuff.

[CubinNY]

18-years old and doing this in pitcher-friendly Myrtle Beach

 

I hope they encourage him to stay in Arizona this offseason and give him the Schwaber program. This kid is such an obviously good athlete.