Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-13-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Indianapolis, 6:38 pm

Tennessee at Birmingham, 7:05 pm

South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 pm

Myrtle Beach vs. Fredricksburg, 6:05 pm

ACL Cubs vs. ACL D-Backs Black, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue vs DSL Pirates Black, 10:00 am

DSL Cubs Red at DSL Pirates Gold, 10:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Nick Neidert (43.2 IP, 4.95 ERA, 4.68 FIP, 37 K, 15 BB)

Tennessee: LHP DJ Herz

South Bend: RHP Connor Noland

Myrtle Beach: RHP Grant Kipp (42.1 IP, 2.98 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 44 K, 19 BB)

ACL Cubs: LHP Drew Gray (2.2 IP, 3.38 ERA, 3.49 FIP, 7 K, 3 BB)

[Hrubes20]

Herz actually throwing strikes tonight. Not used to that.

[Hrubes20]

Jose Escobar making his ACL debut tonight! I thought he was going to miss most of the year with an injury of some kind. Unless it’s simply more ACL box score shenanigans.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Hrubes20 said:

Jose Escobar making his ACL debut tonight! I thought he was going to miss most of the year with an injury of some kind. Unless it’s simply more ACL box score shenanigans.

2 at bats and then pulled sound reasonable for a first game back from injury.

Scoreless 3 inning start for Gray.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Alexis Hernández on fire to start the season.

[craig]

Dom Hambley went 4 innings without a walk.  Nice outing for a wildman.  

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[craig]

17 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

That report has his velocity at only 90-92, and thats in his best game in 13 months.  Is that where his velocity is always at?  Or is it perhaps even softer when he's not feeling quite as great?  Or does he often overthrow to get more velo, so maybe he's cutting back to something softer that maybe he can locate a little better?  

Am I misremembering?  I thought two years ago when he was breaking out, that his fastball was considered excellent, and he was 93-95 then, plus with youth projection to perhaps get faster? 

Certainly when he was drafted, the scouting reports then weren't "projects to become a soft-toss 90-92 guy if things develop well."  

Hard to make it in the majors as both a soft-toss and command-challenged guy.  

Edited June 14, 2023 by craig

[CaliforniaRaisin]

6 hours ago, craig said:

That report has his velocity at only 90-92, and thats in his best game in 13 months.  Is that where his velocity is always at?  Or is it perhaps even softer when he's not feeling quite as great?  Or does he often overthrow to get more velo, so maybe he's cutting back to something softer that maybe he can locate a little better?  

Am I misremembering?  I thought two years ago when he was breaking out, that his fastball was considered excellent, and he was 93-95 then, plus with youth projection to perhaps get faster? 

Certainly when he was drafted, the scouting reports then weren't "projects to become a soft-toss 90-92 guy if things develop well."  

Hard to make it in the majors as both a soft-toss and command-challenged guy.  

He’s been consistently 91-94 in past years so I don’t think 90-92 is too out of the ordinary.

I’ve always gotten the impression it was the deception from his cross-fire delivery that allowed his fastball to play up.