Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-3-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Toledo (game one), 5:08 pm

Iowa vs. Toledo (game two), TBD

Tennessee vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 pm

South Bend vs. Wisconsin, 6:05 pm

Myrtle Beach at Down East, 6:00 pm

ACL Cubs vs. ACL Giants Orange, 8:00 pm

DSL Cubs Blue vs. DSL Tigers 1, 10:00 am

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

Probable Starters:

Tennessee: RHP Kohl Franklin (maybe?)

South Bend: RHP Brandon Birdsell

Myrtle Beach: RHP Luis Rujano

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[We Got The Whole 9]

South Bend has batted around in the 1st and Rivera has taken 2 walks in the inning.

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Birdsell: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Rujano: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K

[CubinNY]

The farm is looking good to end the year. However, what happened to Nwogu this year? He's awful. I'm kind of surprised he hasn't been released. 

[Hrubes20]

11 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Loving that exit velo from Melendez.  Hope with a very impressive first couple games as a pro. 

9 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Birdsell: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Rujano: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K

This is exactly the type of start I was hoping to see from Rujano.  

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm not sure what to make of Birdsell right now.  I've been hoping for more K's given he hasn't shown elite control, but that hasn't really shown through with consistency.  But he's clearly doing something that's repeatedly too much for A+ hitters given the results.  Add in the really weird extreme FB numbers that are paired with a low HR rate and maybe there's some contact management stuff going on?  Probably not repeatable that is across 3 further levels, but nonetheless strange.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

3 hours ago, CubinNY said:

The farm is looking good to end the year. However, what happened to Nwogu this year? He's awful. I'm kind of surprised he hasn't been released. 

Teams don't release higher draft picks after 3/4 of a bad season.