Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-9-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs St Paul, 2:07 pm

South Bend at Quad Cities, 1:00 pm

Tennessee and Myrtle Beach have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian (2.1 IP, 30.86 ERA, 27.24 FIP, 1 K, 1 BB)

South Bend: RHP Brandon Birdsell (pro debut)

[PackLandVA]

Looks like 2022 Fifth Round pick Brandon Birdsell will get his first professional start for South Bend this afternoon.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Good pro debut:

Pertuz homer.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Birdsell did not allow a ball to leave the infield, 4 K, 2 GB, 3 pop ups

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CubinNY]

Bote with grand slam. Seiya had single before him with a Mervis walk

Edited April 10, 2023 by CubinNY

[Irrelevant Dude]

For anyone who has been watching the Iowa games, is there any reason for optimism with Brennen Davis thus far?  Based almost entirely on box scores, it certainly isn't the start I hoped to see him get off to.

[Bertz]

10 hours ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

For anyone who has been watching the Iowa games, is there any reason for optimism with Brennen Davis thus far?  Based almost entirely on box scores, it certainly isn't the start I hoped to see him get off to.

Haven't watched, but from GameDay and his stats nothing scary is happening.  There were a couple non-competitive ABs that first weekend, but on the whole he's just underneath the ball.  K's are a bit elevated, but the swinging strike rate and the walks are both healthy, so it's mostly just a deep counts deal.

He's hit a ton of pop-ups and weak fly balls.  I'll worry about it when it's gone on longer but for right now it's just a bad weak.  Kind of like Bellinger it's not a great start but I'm more encouraged by some of the under the hood stuff Tham I am discouraged by the topline results.