Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-31-23

[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 Caleb Kilian (99 IP, 3.73 ERA, 4.58 FIP, 77 K, 29 BB)
Tennessee: RHP Brandon Birdsell (13.1 IP, 4.05 ERA, 5.15 FIP, 14 K, 2 BB)
South Bend: RHP Grant Kipp (11.2 IP, 7.71 ERA, 6.14 FIP, 16 K, 6 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Jackson Ferris (48 IP, 3.19 ERA, 3.40 FIP, 65 K, 29 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Brennen Davis back to Iowa 

[Mont]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Brennen Davis back to Iowa 

Iowa can use his bat to replace Canario to the Cubs.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Ferris upended by walks again 

[CubinNY]

38 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Ferris upended by walks again 

Damn it. Teach them to throw strikes 🪧 

[craig]

milb box scores shows Luke Little having pitched 0.2 yesterday.  Was that true, or was it actually Brendan Little or somebody else?  

I'm curious because if true, that's the first back-to-back of his career, a career in which only once before has he pitched with less than two days of rest between appearances.  

One of the challenges with minor league pitchers transitioning to the majors is that minor league starters work 6 day rotations instead of 5, and relievers work on 3 or 4-day rotation instead of every-other or back-to-back that big-leaguers throw.  

Obviously few minor-league relief callups get used in high-leverage spots, though.  So on a good team, some new un-trusted back-of-pen callup isn't going to be asked for much back-to-back or every-other-day usage.  

[Transmogrified Tiger]

4 minutes ago, craig said:

milb box scores shows Luke Little having pitched 0.2 yesterday.  Was that true, or was it actually Brendan Little or somebody else?  

I'm curious because if true, that's the first back-to-back of his career, a career in which only once before has he pitched with less than two days of rest between appearances.  

One of the challenges with minor league pitchers transitioning to the majors is that minor league starters work 6 day rotations instead of 5, and relievers work on 3 or 4-day rotation instead of every-other or back-to-back that big-leaguers throw.  

Obviously few minor-league relief callups get used in high-leverage spots, though.  So on a good team, some new un-trusted back-of-pen callup isn't going to be asked for much back-to-back or every-other-day usage.  

It was Luke

 

[Outshined_One]

I'm not super worried about Ferris losing a bit of control at this point of the season.  He's a super young guy who likely has never thrown this many pitches in a season before, so this sort of result is unsurprising.

[craig]

Thanks, Tiger, for confirm on Little back-to-back.  Very interesting!  

Pretty obviously reflects perspective transition from D+D to application.   

 

[Tim]

25 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

I'm not super worried about Ferris losing a bit of control at this point of the season.  He's a super young guy who likely has never thrown this many pitches in a season before, so this sort of result is unsurprising.

My only concern is that a sudden loss of command can point to an incipient injury.

[craig]

6 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

I'm not super worried about Ferris losing a bit of control at this point of the season.  He's a super young guy who likely has never thrown this many pitches in a season before, so this sort of result is unsurprising.

Wild has been the norm, not the recent exception.  Counting the HBP in addition to the BB, he's 37 wildman/59IP on the season.  More baserunners via wildman than via hits (37 wildman/34 hits/59IP).  That's 6 wildman/9IP for the season.    

Wildman/inning:

• May:  5/11
• June:  11/9
• July:  7/11
• August:  14/19

Seems pretty evident that wildman is a hinge on which his career will swing.  Sometimes guys get better, and hopefully he'l be one of them..  Lots of guys don't.  

Edited September 1, 2023 by craig