Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-6-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (Central Time):

Iowa vs Columbus, 4:07 pm

Tennessee vs Birmingham, 6:00 pm - opening night

Myrtle Beach vs Charleston, 6:05 pm - opening night

South Bend starts April 7th.

Probable Starters:

Iowa: LHP Roenis Elías

Tennessee: RHP Ryan Jensen

Myrtle Beach: RHP Grant Kipp

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

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10. Tennessee Smokies (Cubs, Double-A)
Several players who won the 2022 Midwest League championship at High-A South Bend have made the jump to Tennessee, led by outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong (No. 27), the Cubs' top prospect and the consensus best defender in the Minors. Jordan Wicks, Ben Brown, Daniel Palencia and Porter Hodge give the Smokies one of the deepest rotations around. Outfielder Owen Caissie offers some of the best raw power in the system and catcher Miguel Amaya had a strong spring as he put 2021 Tommy John surgery further behind him.

 

[CubinNY]

14 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

 

Third in the division again. It's good to see Pittsburg getting some love. My 2nd favorite team. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Morel walk and then 2 batters later, Velázquez HR to dead center. 2-0 Iowa.

Here is video:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cristian batting 9th.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Mervis grand slam, off a lefty

[Hrubes20]

Mash Mervis grand slam. Off a lefty again. He’s seen almost exclusively lefties so far.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

112.6 EV on the Mervis grand slam

 

[CubinNY]

2 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

112.6 EV on the Mervis grand slam

 

Nice

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Davis HR to dead center

[CubinNY]

Davis with a HRto dead center 

Edited April 6, 2023 by CubinNY

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Brennen homer! 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Estrada velocity up today, doing this in 35° temps

 

[CubinNY]

Duffy not looking sharp in this inning 

[CubinNY]

4 walks in a row

[CubinNY]

Wheels have kind of came off in the 8th. Went in with a three run lead, now trailing by three. 

[CubinNY]

I-Cubs with 2 in the top of 9. Two outs Morel up. 

[CubinNY]

Lol, Morel drove in two with a single. 

[CubinNY]

Gun might be hot, but Rodriguez clocked 101 MPH heater

[CubinNY]

Game over. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

12 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Lol, Morel drove in two with a single. 

 

[Bertz]

Manny Rodriguez sitting 98 that outing.  His velo coming all the way back for good would be pretty fun

[Bertz]

Ryan Jensen is shoving through 4.  1 walk to 5 Ks and a ton of groundballs

[Hrubes20]

15 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Ryan Jensen is shoving through 4.  1 walk to 5 Ks and a ton of groundballs

5 hits allowed and 4 were ground balls. Was pretty efficient as well (especially for him) with 61 pitches in his 4 innings.