Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-1-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Toledo, 6:38 pm

Tennessee vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 pm

South Bend vs. Wisconsin, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Down East, 6:00 pm

ACL Cubs at ACL White Sox, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue vs. DSL Tigers 1 (game one), 9:00 am

DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Tigers 1 (game two), TBD

DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Orioles Orange, 10:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian (82.1 IP, 4.15 ERA, 5.09 FIP, 61 K, 27 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Walker Powell (77.2 IP, 4.06 ERA, 5.19 FIP, 69 K, 16 BB)

South Bend: RHP Luis Devers (28 IP, 6.75 ERA, 6.26 FIP, 21 K, 21 BB)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Nick Hull (68.1 IP, 3.82 ERA, 3.72 FIP, 68 K, 28 BB)

[Rex Buckingham]

All (non-DSL) games start after the deadline. Wonder if that's true across the league

Edited August 1, 2023 by Rex Buckingham

[Jason Ross]

Whoops, should have been in here.  Cade Horton, promoted to AA.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Shaw batting second at SS, Rivera batting fifth at 3B for South Bend. They sandwich Triantos and Ballesteros in a fun lineup (that should only get more fun when Alcántara comes back).

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Shaw triples in his first South Bend at bat. Triantos then homers.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Aliendo and Caissie with homers for Tennessee.

Christian Franklin with a HR for South Bend.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Owen Caissie with his second homer of the game. Leads the SL with 20 and is OPSing .943 at 21.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Moisés Ballesteros up to an .878 OPS as a 19-year old in high-A.

[JD94]

Kilian 6 scoreless with 6K’s tonight 

[chopsx9]

1 hour ago, JD94 said:

Kilian 6 scoreless with 6K’s tonight 

Didn't he give up a run in the 1st?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[JD94]

7 hours ago, chopsx9 said:

Didn't he give up a run in the 1st?

I don’t know. Just posted his line I saw on Twitter. 

[CubinNY]

Good night on the farm. 

[JBears79]

South Bend is gonna be fun to watch these last few weeks

[We Got The Whole 9]

Moises is such a load. Your knees will thank you if you're able to cut some of that fat, young man.

 

Fun night for the farm's young hitters.

 

Triantos now with a 130 and a measly 10% K rate!

[Cubs420psd]

8 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Thank you for all the video highlights, I'm not on Twitter so it's nice to have these all in one spot.

[We Got The Whole 9]

6 minutes ago, Cubs420psd said:

Thank you for all the video highlights, I'm not on Twitter so it's nice to have these all in one spot.

Raisin is the horsefeathers. 

[Jason Ross]

Kevin Alcantara posted online that he's headed to Mesa.  Probably for rehab, should be back shortly if all goes well.

[Tryptamine]

2 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Moises is such a load. Your knees will thank you if you're able to cut some of that fat, young man.

 

Fun night for the farm's young hitters.

 

Triantos now with a 130 and a measly 10% K rate!

Triantos recovering some of that 2021 hype after a pretty down 2022 would be significant for the farm. He was on the verge of being on a number of top 100 after 2021. Now if they can only find him a position where his defense doesn't completely suck. 

Edited August 2, 2023 by Tryptamine

[Transmogrified Tiger]

12 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Triantos recovering some of that 2021 hype after a pretty down 2022 would be significant for the farm. He was on the verge of being on a number of top 100 after 2021. Now if they can only find him a position where his defense doesn't completely suck. 

This is the thing I'm most interested in, because a 130 wRC+ with a near 1:1 K/BB in A+ at age 20 is excellent, but the 11 errors in 40 games at 2B are not inspiring confidence he's staying on the infield.  Still a good prospect either way, just a matter if you're dreaming on him being Jeff Cirillo or Michael Brantley.

[Tryptamine]

9 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

This is the thing I'm most interested in, because a 130 wRC+ with a near 1:1 K/BB in A+ at age 20 is excellent, but the 11 errors in 40 games at 2B are not inspiring confidence he's staying on the infield.  Still a good prospect either way, just a matter if you're dreaming on him being Jeff Cirillo or Michael Brantley.

If I remember right, he doesn't have a great arm which probably means left field. That bat is a lot less exciting in LF than it would be if he could someone how make himself tolerable at 2B

[CubinNY]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

If I remember right, he doesn't have a great arm which probably means left field. That bat is a lot less exciting in LF than it would be if he could someone how make himself tolerable at 2B

get him in the "taking ground balls lab" this winter. 

[Jason Ross]

1 hour ago, Tryptamine said:

If I remember right, he doesn't have a great arm which probably means left field. That bat is a lot less exciting in LF than it would be if he could someone how make himself tolerable at 2B

He's got a cannon for arm.  He was clocked at over 90mph in HS,.  It's not that his arm is the issue, he's short and squatty and his issue at 3b, as well as 2b, is his movement.  Not a great profile for the OF.

Edited August 2, 2023 by 1908_Cubs