Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-31-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Columbus (resumption of game suspended on 5/30), 12:08 pm

Iowa vs. Columbus (game two), TBD

Tennessee vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 pm

South Bend at Fort Wayne, 5:35 pm

Myrtle Beach vs. Salem, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: TBD

Tennessee: LHP Jordan Wicks (41.1 IP, 2.40 ERA, 3.64 FIP, 48 K, 11 BB)

South Bend: RHP Cade Horton (10.2 IP, 8.44 ERA, 5.41 FIP, 15 K, 4 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Michael Arias (22.2 IP, 4.37 ERA, 3.34 FIP, 37 K, 17 BB)

[CubinNY]

Good pitching day. 

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3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K for Horton

[Hrubes20]

17 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K for Horton

I'm really shocked they let him go out for the 4th.  Ended up throwing 73 pitches, which I believe is easily his season high.

4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 Ks.  He was flat out filthy tonight.

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[CubinNY]

Watching the Smokies.  PCA is in another world with his defense. I wonder once he gets moved up to AAA how long he’ll stay there. 

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[CubinNY]

12 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

3 hits on the night. 

[squally1313]

I know it's a bit of cherry picking to look at his season numbers immediately after a 3 hit, HR night, but man...all of a sudden he's almost improving on his high A numbers as a 21 YO in AA. Granted, still has a way to go to get back to his single A numbers, but then again those numbers would make him the best player in baseball, so probably not the most realistic path to success. But comparing AA to high A, seems like the walk rate is better, the K rate is better, his HR rate is slightly above where it was last year, SBs are similar. 2Bs and 3Bs are down, but hard to maintain the 15 triples/year pace he was on in high A. Just really encouraging looking ahead to 2024. 

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