Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-20-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (Central Time):

Iowa at Buffalo (game one), 4:35 pm

Iowa at Buffalo (game two), TBD

Tennessee vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 pm

South Bend at Great Lakes, 5:05 pm

Myrtle Beach vs. Augusta, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: LHP Roenis Elías (7.2 IP, 3.52 ERA, 4.42 FIP, 6 K, 3 BB)

Iowa (game two): RHP Riley Thompson (8 IP, 4.50 ERA, 5.55 FIP, 8 K, 2 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Jordan Wicks (6.1 IP, 5.68 ERA, 6.32 FIP, 11 K, 4 BB)

South Bend: LHP Luke Little (7.2 IP, 1.17 ERA, 3.43 FIP, 8 K, 4 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Grant Kipp (6.2 IP, 5.40 ERA, 7.67 FIP, 5 K, 7 BB)

[Tim]

Three really fun starters, a useful depth starter, and Grant Kipp. Kipp shall be referred to in this manner until he has fewer walks than innings pitched.

[Hrubes20]

Here's hoping Caissie is back in the lineup again tonight.  Hasn't played since Sunday.

[Hrubes20]

Morel with a solo opposite field bomb that he had no business hitting out of the park.  When Wisdom inevitably comes back to earth, he needs to be playing everyday in the bigs.

Mervis just missed going back to back, but flew out to the track deep in right center.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 minute ago, Hrubes20 said:

Morel with a solo opposite field bomb that he had no business hitting out of the park.  When Wisdom inevitably comes back to earth, he needs to be playing everyday in the bigs.

Mervis just missed going back to back, but flew out to the track deep in right center.

 

[Hrubes20]

Holy balls.  Mervis didn't miss anything in his next AB.  That had to have gone 450+ for a 2-run bomb.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

4 minutes ago, Hrubes20 said:

Holy balls.  Mervis didn't miss anything in his next AB.  That had to have gone 450+ for a 2-run bomb.

 

[CubinNY]

PCA not in the lineup again tonight 

[CubinNY]

Wasting ABs in AAA

[Bertz]

Not playing for a week appears to have had no impact on Nelly?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jordan Wicks gave up a leadoff home run and then allowed only one more base runner the rest of the way (assuming he’s done): 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR

[CubinNY]

13 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Jordan Wicks gave up a leadoff home run and then allowed only one more base runner the rest of the way (assuming he’s done): 5 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR

Yes, he looked really good. Amaya is 2/3 with a SB. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

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[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

Yes, he looked really good. Amaya is 2/3 with a SB. 

It's been a long while, but Amaya hit well in his limited first exposure to AA and he's on the 40 man.  Gotta wonder how long they'll keep him in Tennessee when he's running a 1.000+ OPS with near 1:1 K/BB

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Great night for Riley Thompson:

 

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[CubinNY]

11 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

It's been a long while, but Amaya hit well in his limited first exposure to AA and he's on the 40 man.  Gotta wonder how long they'll keep him in Tennessee when he's running a 1.000+ OPS with near 1:1 K/BB

Aliendo has been the primary catcher. Amaya has been mostly DHing. When he has caught, it hasn't been pretty. Aliendo is no great shakes either, he kicks the ball around with his glove like a hockey goalie batting pucks away from the net.  

[Bertz]

I'm sure the answer is no, and it probably should be, but I wonder if there's any thought to calling up Thompson with Taillon out.  If you piggybacked him and Assad and kept each guy to 10-15 batters I bet it would be pretty effective.  And like Thompson's not going to have a ton of bullets available this year anyway, probably topping out around 100 IP?  There's not really much opportunity cost if you think he'll be effective.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

2 hours ago, CubinNY said:

Aliendo has been the primary catcher. Amaya has been mostly DHing. When he has caught, it hasn't been pretty. Aliendo is no great shakes either, he kicks the ball around with his glove like a hockey goalie batting pucks away from the net.  

They've both caught 6 games each, which is a setup that could easily continue at Iowa considering the lack of meaningful prospects there.  Not trying to say Amaya should be on the cusp of being a big league catcher, but with his clock running I think you need to consider being aggressive in challenging his bat so you know what you have.