Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-19-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Indianapolis, 12:08 pm

Tennessee vs. Mississippi, 6:00 pm

South Bend vs. West Michigan, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach vs. Columbia, 6:05 pm

DSL Cubs Blue vs. DSL Angels, 10:00 am

The ACL Cubs and DSL Cubs Red have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Ben Brown

South Bend: RHP Brody McCullough

[CaliforniaRaisin]

First good start at high-A tor Brody McCullough: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K.

Alcántara is 2/2 with 2 singles and Ballesteros has an RBI double so far.

[Jason Ross]

Brady looked really good today.  Glad to see him continue to be interesting.  

 

Ben Brown looks real solid today so far.  We'll see how the game finishes, but punched out 2 in the first.

[Tryptamine]

16 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

First good start at high-A tor Brody McCullough: 4.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K.

Alcántara is 2/2 with 2 singles and Ballesteros has an RBI double so far.

Keep building that hype train. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Alcántara now 3/3 with a double but…

 

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[Jason Ross]

3 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Can confirm; he looked awesome today.  When the fastball command is on, Ben Brown can be as good as any RHP in the MiLB.  More consistency is needed, but there's a special arm there.  I think when they're both on, Horton probably edges out Brown, but Brown's right there with him.  

[CubinNY]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

More than nice!

[Hrubes20]

2 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Alcántara now 3/3 with a double but…

 

horsefeathers.

[Tryptamine]

3 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Alcántara now 3/3 with a double but…

 

I'm never openly believing in anything again.

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4 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Ferris properly peeved at being pulled after 3.2 

Ugh, Kenyi Pérez let in Ferris’ run. Was hoping the scoreless outing would stand even after Jacob was pulled.

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Man, he’s firmly putting himself back on the prospect-radar

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

lol

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

7 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

4 Ks in 1.1 for Luke Little…I’m too lazy to check but seems he’s been rolling since coming back from the developmental list

He was followed by a shutout inning from Brailyn Marquez. I didn’t expect him back at all let alone out of the low minors gfh 

Was thinking the same thing about Little. Since coming off the developmental list: 8.1 IP, 14 K, 4 BB, 3.24 ERA. All 3 runs and half the walks came in one blow-up outing.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cristian Hernández homer (4)

 

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[JD94]

39 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

He will be in AAA in no time. 

[CubinNY]

11 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

lol

 

That kid has a lot of Javy Baez in him.

[CubinNY]

Roederer seems like a good trade sweetener to get a better prospect in a week or so. 

[Jason Ross]

1 hour ago, CubinNY said:

Roederer seems like a good trade sweetener to get a better prospect in a week or so. 

I would doubt he holds much trade value currently for a trade or move any needles other than a last second throw in.  I think his story is really cool; he's made himself interesting recently, but the 174 PA's he has this year as a ~24 year old in AA are the first 170 PA's he's had that are interesting since 2019.  He'll need to be on a 40-man next year or he'll be Rule V eligible as well.  

[Tryptamine]

Hmm, there's a legit chance that PCA might be your opening day CFer. Of course knowing the Cubs, they'll let Tauchmann be that guy for the first 4-6 weeks then bring up PCA.