Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-14-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (Central Time):

Iowa vs Omaha, 7:08 pm

Tennessee at Montgomery, 6:35 pm

South Bend vs Beloit, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Lynchburg, 5:30 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Javier Assad (MLB: 4.1 IP, 12.46 ERA, 2.48 FIP, 5 K, 2 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Jordan Wicks (3.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2.13 FIP, 4 K, 1 BB)

South Bend: LHP Luke Little (4 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3.50 FIP, 4 K, 2 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Brody McCullough (3.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2.09. FIP, 5 K, 1 BB)

[Hrubes20]

Wicks always craps the bed when I watch him, but I will be tuning in again tonight.  I take full responsibility if it happens again.

[CubinNY]

I talked my son into going to the game tonight. Fired up. 

[craig]

Could be a nice night.  I'm fascinated by Little, and always rank him higher than most lists do.  Wild is wild, but a guy with overpowering stuff that nobody can drive is so interesting.  Would love to see him stack some games, and build into a guy who can sometimes slip 5-inning outings under his pitch count.   

Wicks is supposed to be a top-10 guy with stuff that profiles well.  Has been plagued by HR's and presumably fluky-high BABIP.  Would love to see him locate his stuff consistently enough to curtail the HR's, and stack some decent-BABIP luck for a stretch of games .  

I'm still interested in Assad as a useful pitcher.  Getting his location squared away at Iowa is good, and he may fill some anti-awful innings for us again, sooner or later.

Brody has gotten some favorable scouting reports.  Will be interesting to see if he can stack some excellent games for Myrtle.  Would be fun if so many guys were doing well that like Horton and Brody would earn promotions in May, Ferris could earn his way up, and maybe Franklin or Little could push a move up to replace Jensen.  

 

[Hrubes20]

2 minutes ago, craig said:

Brody has gotten some favorable scouting reports.  Will be interesting to see if he can stack some excellent games for Myrtle.  Would be fun if so many guys were doing well that like Horton and Brody would earn promotions in May, Ferris could earn his way up, and maybe Franklin or Little could push a move up to replace Jensen.  

 

If McCullough can pitch at 94 consistently, he's gonna be one to follow.  

[Hrubes20]

Cristian Hernandez with a 1st inning error to keep his error per game streak going.  

[CaliforniaRaisin]

15 minutes ago, Hrubes20 said:

Cristian Hernandez with a 1st inning error to keep his error per game streak going.  

But in the second:

 

[Hrubes20]

46 minutes ago, Hrubes20 said:

If McCullough can pitch at 94 consistently, he's gonna be one to follow.  

I think I've heard all 92s out of McCullough so far tonight, with one 94.  He throws strikes at least.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Haydn McGeary

 

[CubinNY]

Brice Ball has lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw him in person. 

[Hrubes20]

Ballesteros just hit a grand slam and pimped the every living crap out of it.  

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ballesteros grand slam

 

[CubinNY]

Wicks struck out Jones but Alendo could handle the pitch. I’ve seen him behind the plate in three games and every game his defense has been bad. 

[CubinNY]

Wicks walked the next batter.

[CubinNY]

Wicks struck out Driscoll 

[CubinNY]

2 walks. 

[CubinNY]

Nwogu with a line shot HR. Right center. Got out quick. 

[CubinNY]

6 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

How’s Wicks’ velo?

No gun. But they are mostly behind his fastball. 

[CubinNY]

He’s racked up 5 Ks in two innings. 

[CubinNY]

6 Ks. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Morel HR, we're over 50 PA now and his OPS is a hair under 1.400

[CubinNY]

Wicks gives up back to back HRs in the third. 

[CubinNY]

He’s getting hit hard in the third. They are pulling him. He was lights out for two innings. 

[CubinNY]

Aliendo with another passed ball. 

[Hrubes20]

7 hours ago, Hrubes20 said:

Wicks always craps the bed when I watch him, but I will be tuning in again tonight.  I take full responsibility if it happens again.

Sigh. It never fails.