Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-8-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (Central Time):

Iowa vs St Paul (game one), 1:00 pm

Iowa vs St Paul (game two), TBD

Tennessee vs Birmingham, 6:00 pm

South Bend at Quad Cities, 6:30 pm

Myrtle Beach vs Charleston, 5:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa (game one): RHP Adrian Sampson (4 IP, 6.75 ERA)

Iowa (game two): RHP Nick Neidert (3 IP, 3.00 ERA)

Tennessee: RHP Ben Brown 

South Bend: LHP Luke Little

Myrtle Beach: RHP Cade Horton (pro debut)

[Bertz]

What an awesome pitching day, even with Iowa being pretty lame.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Myrtle Beach PPD. Cade Horton’s pro debut will have to wait till Tuesday.

[CubinNY]

12 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Myrtle Beach PPD. Cade Horton’s pro debut will have to wait till Tuesday.

I will definitely watch this game. I’m really digging the mlb.tv app. I can switch between games at every level. 

[Bertz]

[CubinNY]

Sampson with control problems. He’s not doing much to improve his stock.

[CubinNY]

Sampson with control problems. He’s not doing much to improve his stock.

[CubinNY]

Why did the manager have Morel bunting there?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

why is Morel repeatedly squaring to bunt with 2 on and no out

[CubinNY]

Mervis with a two run single. He has a really long swing. I’d love to see if they could get him to be a little more compact. 

[CubinNY]

7 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

why is Morel repeatedly squaring to bunt with 2 on and no out

He was standing there looking at the third base coach for a while, like “are you sure?”

[CubinNY]

Sampson has walked 5 in 5 innings. 

[CubinNY]

The St. Paul announcer is annoying AF. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I believe Alex is using the Statcast data rather than St Paul’s hot gun.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Lots of good stuff in Arizona today, though Escobar left with an injury In his stateside-debut.

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Escobar playing 2B for EXST Cubs Red. However, Escobar left the game with a lower-body issue of some kind after crushing a ball off the LF fence in his very first AB in the bottom of the 1st inning (he had to hold up at 1st base on what otherwise certainly would have been an oppo-field double). He then limped off the field.   

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ben Brown: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Tim]

Ben Brown through 4ip with no hits, no runs, and six strikeouts.

 

 

(and four walks)

[CubinNY]

The pitcher for Birmingham has an incredible change up. 

[CubinNY]

Strump with a nice HR to left down the line.

Edited April 9, 2023 by CubinNY

[CubinNY]

PCA with a triple 

[jersey cubs fan]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

Strump with a nice HR to left down the line.

I didn’t get a Strump out of that guy 

[CaliforniaRaisin]