Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-26-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Memphis, 7:05 pm

Tennessee at Rocket City, 6:35 pm

South Bend at Peoria, 6:35 pm

Myrtle Beach at Fredricksburg, 6:05 pm

DSL Cubs Blue vs DSL Cubs Red, 10:00 am

ACL Cubs have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian (76.2 IP, 4.34 ERA, 5.17 FIP, 59 K, 25 BB)

Tennessee: TBD

South Bend: RHP Brody McCullough (12.1 IP, 6.57 ERA, 4.86 FIP, 12 K, 4 BB)

Myrtle Beach: LHP Jackson Ferris (31 IP, 3.19 ERA, 2.95 FIP, 40 K, 16 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Eeyore]

I'd love to see Thompson get back to form. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Rough night for Jackson Ferris who got pitch counted in the first.

K
Weak IF single
BB
BB
WP - run scores
BB
K
BB - run scores

Final line: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K - 38 pitches (16 strikes)

[Hrubes20]

44 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Rough night for Jackson Ferris who got pitch counted in the first.

K
Weak IF single
BB
BB
WP - run scores
BB
K
BB - run scores

Final line: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K - 38 pitches (16 strikes)

No fastball command tonight. Kept missing by just a little bit.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

5 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Perlaza’s in RF tn and just let a Luken Baker line drive past for a stand up double 

It uh hasn't been a great series for Perlaza in the field

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Caissie and Triantos have homers 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Aliendo and Beesley joined Caissie with homers for Tennessee. Beesley is up to a 1.075 OPS at Tennessee in 116 AA plate appearances.

[Cubs420psd]

Keegan Thomson....Ouch.

 

what happened my guy?

 

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Ballesteros - bad body and defense and all - has to get some prospect love this offseason, right? Gonna be going into AA at 20 coming off of a season where he likely drew more walks than times struck out (currently at 54:50) with a well-below league average strikeout rate (14.7). Currently running a 20 HR/40 2B pace per 600 PA and a 143 over the two levels played at. The kid has raked.

Edited July 27, 2023 by We Got The Whole 9

[Cubs420psd]

42 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Ballesteros - bad body and defense and all - has to get some prospect love this offseason, right? Gonna be going into AA at 20 coming off of a season where he likely drew more walks than times struck out (currently at 54:50) with a well-below league average strikeout rate (14.7). Currently running a 20 HR/40 2B pace per 600 PA and a 143 over the two levels played at. The kid has raked.

If it ends up he can catch the kid is very interesting.

[Tim]

54 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Ballesteros - bad body and defense and all - has to get some prospect love this offseason, right? Gonna be going into AA at 20 coming off of a season where he likely drew more walks than times struck out (currently at 54:50) with a well-below league average strikeout rate (14.7). Currently running a 20 HR/40 2B pace per 600 PA and a 143 over the two levels played at. The kid has raked.

 

11 minutes ago, Cubs420psd said:

If it ends up he can catch the kid is very interesting.

If he ends up at DH, the bat is very interesting.

[Outshined_One]

Ballesteros is one of those prospects that makes me grateful the DH is universal now.  I always felt as if guys like Schwarber and Vogelbach lost a significant amount of trade value simply because half the teams in MLB had nowhere to put them.

[JBears79]

3 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

Ballesteros is one of those prospects that makes me grateful the DH is universal now.  I always felt as if guys like Schwarber and Vogelbach lost a significant amount of trade value simply because half the teams in MLB had nowhere to put them.

I agree/ I think Ballesteros' bat has a chance to be special. What he's doing right now at his age is impressive. I still have some hope he can stick at catcher and play 1B but the bat is what will carry him.