Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-19-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

Iowa vs. Louisville, 6:08 pm
Tennessee vs. Rocket City, 6:00 pm
South Bend at West Michigan, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Columbia, 5:05 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Giants Black, 12:30 pm - game should be streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/@SFGiantsComplexStreams/streams
DSL Cubs Blue vs DSL Giants Black, 10:00 am
DSL Cubs Red at DSL Pirates Black, 9:00 am
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Pirates Black (makeup of 7/17 game), TBD

Probable Starters:

Iowa: TBD
Tennessee: TBD
South Bend: RHP Luis Devers (41.2 IP, 5.62 ERA, 5.08 FIP, 39 K, 25 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Drew Gray (17.2 IP, 5.60 ERA, 4.68 FIP, 23 K, 18 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Christian Franklin with a homer in his last at bat yesterday and his first at bat today. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It’s the ACL but Brennen looks healthy:

https://twitter.com/ballskwok/status/1693031045493317684?s=46&t=W37ISIrjUHdGm-Y3K3j6Aw

[We Got The Whole 9]

Double and a triple for PCA, 0 Ks in 4 PA 

 

Moises went deep again 

Edited August 20, 2023 by We Got The Whole 9

[craig]

Nice for Brennen.  Probably been a couple of years since a 3-hit game, or one with two XBH.  

[CubinNY]

18 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Double and a triple for PCA, 0 Ks in 4 PA 

 

Moises went deep again 

Aside from PCA, the Cubs have so many really, really interesting positional prospects each with a huge flaw that may doom them. If Ballesteros could get close to Schwaber shape the sky is the limit.