Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-10-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Omaha, 7:05 pm

Tennessee at Biloxi, 6:35 pm

South Bend at Lake County, 6:00 pm

Myrtle Beach vs. Fayetteville, 6:05 pm

ACL Cubs at ACL Reds, 8:00 pm

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

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

Probable Starters:

Tennessee: RHP Cade Horton

South Bend: RHP Grant Kipp (South Bend debut)

Myrtle Beach: RHP Luis Rujano

[CubinNY]

6 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

DSL games delayed again....Is it just me or is the weather more of a factor this year for that league?

The ocean is the hottest its ever been. I think temps for the water in the Carribean are close to 80-90. It's going to cause a lot of rain. 

[Tryptamine]

3 hours ago, TomtheBombadil said:

DSL games delayed again....Is it just me or is the weather more of a factor this year for that league?

It's like the days of the Daytona Cubs where it felt like there were multiple rain outs weekly. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cade Horton starting for Tennessee today.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I definitely got caught up in the hype lol

[Rcal10]

10 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

I definitely got caught up in the hype lol

Guess the sun times was wrong. Shocking!! Seemed odd. 

[Jason Ross]

The Biloxi stream is nearly unwatchable.  Thanks for the birds eye view....

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Shaw is in RF tonight, that's interesting

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Horton: 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R,  2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Rujano: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

[Jason Ross]

Just now, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Horton: 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R,  2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Rujano: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Horton struggled with consistency, but also was the recipient of horrible defense by both Nwogu and Roederer and some bad dinky hits in the 2nd.  Not his best, but the line looks worse than Horton deserved.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

22 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

Horton struggled with consistency, but also was the recipient of horrible defense by both Nwogu and Roederer and some bad dinky hits in the 2nd.  Not his best, but the line looks worse than Horton deserved.

Not sure I've seen two different outfielders overrun a ball on consecutive at bats before.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Shaw and Ballesteros both with HR

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Jason Ross]

22 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Not sure I've seen two different outfielders overrun a ball on consecutive at bats before.

Those two plays were horrendous.  I'll give them that maybe the Biloxi wind was being weird (there was a high pop the 2b seemed to really struggle with as well), but from the outside looking in...woof.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

38 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Shaw and Ballesteros both with HR

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

3 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Mason McGwire (4 IP, 6 Ks), Zhyir Hope (2/2 with a BB), and Carter Trice (2 2Bs) are having maybe their best pro games tn 

McGwire was more encouraging than his overall line too considering he was perfect through 2 with 4 Ks

 

Hope starting his pro career 6 for 16 with a HR and 5/4 BB/K definitely has my attention.

[Cubs420psd]

Early on, out of the Hernandez Brothers, Alexis seems to be the more interesting of the two by a decent margin.

 

Alexis 2023 ACL (so far)

135 PA   .336/.430/.543

 

Christian 2022 ACL 

175 PA   .261/.320/.357

 

Interesting when you consider Christian was the much higher rated prospect. Still early for both no doubt, but it just shows you how much of a crapshoot international prospects and their rankings can be.

 

Edited August 11, 2023 by Cubs420psd