Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-7-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at St. Paul, 7:07 pm

Tennessee at Rocket City, 6:35 pm

South Bend vs. Lansing, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Augusta, 6:05 pm

The ACL Cubs, DSL Cubs Blue and DSL Cubs Red have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Nick Neidert (39.2 IP, 4.31 ERA, 4.53 FIP, 32 K, 13 BB)

Tennessee: LHP DJ Herz (17 IP, 5.29 ERA, 3.88 FIP, 24 K, 16 BB)

South Bend: RHP Cade Horton (14.2 IP, 6.14 ERA, 3.86 FIP, 24 K, 5 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Michael Arias (27.2 IP, 3.58 ERA, 3.14 FIP, 43 K, 19 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[PackLandVA]

Cade with 3 Ks in the 1st inning for a south Bend.

[Hrubes20]

Rojas with a line drive 2B into the LF corner in his first full season AB.  His body really matured over the past year.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CubinNY]

Horton is overpowering to start the game. Made has a beautiful right-handed swing. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

14 minutes ago, Hrubes20 said:

Rojas with a line drive 2B into the LF corner in his first full season AB.  His body really matured over the past year.

Absolutely right, I didn’t think he’d be this big on the young end of 18.

[CubinNY]

I really love how Horton fills up the zone and goes right after the batters. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Horton: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K. Guessing he has one more inning in him.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

10 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Horton: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K. Guessing he has one more inning in him.

Likely final line: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K

ERA down to 4.58 which is impressive considering his first start. Guessing Tennessee by the minor league all-star break.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

lol another double for Madrigal, he has never had an IsoP above .120 at any level and it's getting close to .400 for this Iowa stint

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Rojas now 2/3 with 2 doubles 

[muntjack]

Wow, Horton carries himself so much like Kerry Wood. 

[Tim]

PCA with another dong. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jensen had a good first inning for Iowa, came back out for his second inning of work and had a rough time of it.

[Rex Buckingham]

4 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

lol another double for Madrigal, he has never had an IsoP above .120 at any level and it's getting close to .400 for this Iowa stint

Are we sure the AAA ball isn't juiced?

[CubinNY]

10 hours ago, muntjack said:

Wow, Horton carries himself so much like Kerry Wood. 

He reminds me more of Jake Arrieta than Wood. He use to do the mitt tap in his wind up like Jake, but I see he dropped that.

 

[CubinNY]

8 hours ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Are we sure the AAA ball isn't juiced?

never mind

Edited June 8, 2023 by CubinNY

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cade Horton's last two starts: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 19 K

Cade Horton's last three starts: 13 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 27 K (1.38 ERA, 18.69 K/9)

Overall at South Bend (five starts): 19.2 IP, 17 H, 10 ER, 5 BB, 34 K (4.58 ERA, 15.56 K/9)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Hrubes20]

2 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Cade Horton's last two starts: 9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 19 K

Cade Horton's last three starts: 13 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 27 K (1.38 ERA, 18.69 K/9)

Overall at South Bend (five starts): 19.2 IP, 17 H, 10 ER, 5 BB, 34 K (4.58 ERA, 15.56 K/9)

Since that disaster of a High A debut, his FIP is a laughable 0.10.  48.4% K rate and a 3.2% BB rate.  Please stay healthy.

[jumbo]

20 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

lol another double for Madrigal, he has never had an IsoP above .120 at any level and it's getting close to .400 for this Iowa stint

This is eveidence of how massive the gap is between AAA and MLB. Madrigal is a AAAA stud, but horsefeathers at the highest level