Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-29-23

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (All Times Central):

Iowa at Toledo, 5:35 pm
Tennessee vs. Biloxi, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Fort Wayne, 5:35 pm
Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Riley Thompson (62.2 IP, 5.03 ERA, 6.14 FIP, 60 K, 40 BB)
Tennessee: TBD
South Bend: RHP Tyler Santana (80.2 IP, 4.13 ERA, 4.35 FIP, 70 K, 33 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Koen Moreno (64 IP, 2.81 ERA, 5.23 FIP, 71 K, 52 BB)

[Jason Ross]

Shaw promoted to AA.

[UMFan83]

^^^ Hell yeah.  Tweet:

 

 

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Great news. Really interested in seeing how he responds when his aggressiveness is exploited. Looks like a major win of a pick. 

 

 

[JBears79]

20 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Great news. Really interested in seeing how he responds when his aggressiveness is exploited. Looks like a major win of a pick. 

 

 

He had a 13% walk rate at Maryland. Hopefully, that continues at AA and the fact that he was ultra aggressive at A+ was because he is just better than that level

[WhyCantWeWin]

Happy to see the FO isn't pointlessly holding him down. He was absolutely crushing A ball, we might see him next year at this rate. 

[Jason Ross]

14 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

He had a 13% walk rate at Maryland. Hopefully, that continues at AA and the fact that he was ultra aggressive at A+ was because he is just better than that level

His ultra aggressive nature was on display at Maryland.  He takes walks, but the Big 10 just isn't a very good baseball conference.  He's capable of letting uncompetitive pitches go, but he's hyper aggressive on pitches in and around the zone.  His bat to ball skills are strong, so he's never really been forced to consistently decide on those kinds of pitches.  The better the competition the more competitive the "bad" pitches get.

Edited August 28, 2023 by 1908_Cubs

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Brennen Davis home run 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Josh Rivera also homered for South Bend

[Hrubes20]

No Shaw in his first game at AA is a bit of a letdown today.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Koen Moreno has really been coming on strong recently; he's gotten the walks down since June. 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K today.