Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-27-23

[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

ACL Cubs at ACL Rockies, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue vs. DSL Pirates Gold, 10:00 am

DSL Cubs Red at DSL Guardians Blue, 10:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Adrian Sampson

Tennessee: RHP Chris Kachmar

South Bend: RHP Cade Horton (43 IP, 4.19 ERA, 3.33 FIP, 60 K, 12 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Luis Rujano (30 IP, 3.00 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 34 K, 21 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Tim]

That's fun with the position players. I'm hoping some of those guys get to MB or SB after a quick tuneup in AZ.

[Hrubes20]

I was just thinking to myself that the draftees very well could start debuting tonight.  

[Jason Ross]

Horton looks back tonight.  Through 2: 28 pitches, 21 strikes, 3 K's, 0 anything else.  Up to 98mph.  

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Rojas grand slam

[Jason Ross]

29 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Rojas grand slam

Rojas has top-20/30 (or better) in baseball upside.  We're a ways a way still, just 150 PA's into his career in the states, but there's something there.  

Edited July 28, 2023 by 1908_Cubs

[Jason Ross]

Horton finished 4IP, 5K's, 0BB, 0H, 1 HBP.  50 pitches - 37 strikes.  Cruised.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Hrubes20]

Shaw and Rivera with infield pop outs to start their pro careers. Busts!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Matt Shaw double

Josh Rivera triple

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Canario with his first 2023 AAA homer 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Several ACL debuts for 2023 draftees

Bateman 1/3, BB, SB

Shaw 1/3, 2B, BB, K, SB, CS

Rivera 2/4, 3B

Bowser 1/3, BB, SB, 2 K

Kalmer 1/3, 2B, BB, K

[Cubs420psd]

Nice to see Horton bounce back.

 

I feel good for Canario as well, hopefully as he gets further away from the injury his power stroke slowly comes back.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Tryptamine]

11 hours ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Mervis has dropped the GBs and raised the FBs in AAA…Not so much tn with 2 GBs and a K in 4 PAs, and it could be better since he’s still down big in FBs from last year, but beats the below stuff earlier 

His FB% is down, but his ld% is drastically up and his gb% is fairly similar. I don't see an issue.