Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-17-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Indianapolis, 12:35 pm

Tennessee at Pensacola, 6:35 pm

South Bend at Beloit, 11:05 am

Myrtle Beach vs. Augusta, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian (21.1 IP, 5.48 ERA, 7.32 FIP, 16 K, 7 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Walker Powell (22.1 IP, 3.22 ERA, 5.66 FIP, 24 K, 6 BB)

South Bend: RHP Caleb Horton (3.2 IP, 14.73 ERA, 14.33 FIP, 4 K, 3 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Michael Arias (15.2 IP, 5.74 ERA, 3.96 FIP, 24 K, 12 BB)

[Tim]

1 minute ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian (21.1 IP, 5.48 ERA, 7.32 FIP, 4 K, 2 BB)

Only two walks in 21 innings is really good, but only having 4 k's is awful!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

31 minutes ago, Tim said:

Only two walks in 21 innings is really good, but only having 4 k's is awful!

That’s because I looked at the wrong line on Fangraphs. Those are his big league Ks and BBs. He’s got 16 Ks and 7 BBs at AAA.

[Hrubes20]

A Horton start in the morning is fun.  Well, at least in theory.

[profisme]

Anyone else running into the "Oops we dropped the ball" page for the South Bend game from MLB.TV?

[Hrubes20]

Just now, profisme said:

Anyone else running into the "Oops we dropped the ball" page for the South Bend game from MLB.TV?

Yes.  I had to switch to my phone to watch the game.

Horton was fine in the 1st, despite allowing 3 hits and 2 runs.  2 of the 3 hits were seeing eye singles and there were 2 stolen bases that allowed the runners to score from 2nd.  Sitting 96-97.  

[profisme]

10 minutes ago, Hrubes20 said:

Yes.  I had to switch to my phone to watch the game.

Horton was fine in the 1st, despite allowing 3 hits and 2 runs.  2 of the 3 hits were seeing eye singles and there were 2 stolen bases that allowed the runners to score from 2nd.  Sitting 96-97.  

Thanks for the tip!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Alcantara and Davis are really really bumming me out, we've seen guys turn it on with warmer weather before, but each of them have an urgency that I don't know if you're gonna have the confidence in their profile in time.

[CubinNY]

4 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Alcantara and Davis are really really bumming me out, we've seen guys turn it on with warmer weather before, but each of them have an urgency that I don't know if you're gonna have the confidence in their profile in time.

It's so disappointing. Also, I just noticed that Bryce Ball was demoted back to SB. He was kind of a personal hopeful for me. 

[CubinNY]

Iowa game also not working through the computer. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Hrubes20 said:

Yes.  I had to switch to my phone to watch the game.

Horton was fine in the 1st, despite allowing 3 hits and 2 runs.  2 of the 3 hits were seeing eye singles and there were 2 stolen bases that allowed the runners to score from 2nd.  Sitting 96-97.  

Good recovery in the 2nd and 3rd for Horton.

It does feel like teams are running/stealing on him with ease.

[CubinNY]

Killian is doing ok in this outing, he just cannot throw enough strikes. 2 walks and HBP in the third. 

[CubinNY]

2 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Killian is doing ok in this outing, he just cannot throw enough strikes. 2 walks and HBP in the third. 

He got out of it without a run. But it was after a HR. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Alcantara true, but if Davis starts getting results pretty much the only thing I’d wonder about is his EVs. The fortunate thing with Davis is everything available freely to us looks good but the results 

Still too many GBs from Alcantara on top of whatever other struggles

Yeah, the Alcantara thing is about roster math, Davis is more about with every day/week that passes where he doesn't hit the ball with authority means this is increasingly likely who he is post-injuries.

[Hrubes20]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Good recovery in the 2nd and 3rd for Horton.

It does feel like teams are running/stealing on him with ease.

Agreed.  Both bases were stolen on Horton, not Opitz.  Huge jumps.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Strong outing from Arias: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K