Minor League Discussion & Box, 5-1-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Omaha (game one), 12:08 pm
Iowa vs. Omaha (game two), TBD
Tennessee vs. Biloxi, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Lansing, 10:05 am
Myrtle Beach at Salem, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: LHP Justin Steele (rehab assignment)
Tennessee: RHP Brandon Birdsell (13.2 IP, 5.93 ERA, 5.03 FIP, 16 K, 8 BB)
South Bend: RHP Will Sanders (6.2 IP, 13.50 ERA, 5.91 FIP, 10 K, 6 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Luis Rujano (6.1 IP, 4.26 ERA, 2.16 FIP, 8 K, 2 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Early game lineup already out:

 

[squally1313]

Noon Steele start is a nice surprise

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Brett Bateman may need to make his way to Tennessee soon.  Very little power but he's not really being challenged, plus he's 21/24 SB in 52 pro games.

[squally1313]

Steele pretty mediocre through 3 (6 hits - 5 singles and a double, 3 earned runs, a wild pitch, but also 4 Ks and a walk), but probably most importantly he's thrown 62 pitches and is back out there for the 4th inning. 

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Steele pretty mediocre through 3 (6 hits - 5 singles and a double, 3 earned runs, a wild pitch, but also 4 Ks and a walk), but probably most importantly he's thrown 62 pitches and is back out there for the 4th inning. 

Welp, per gameday he threw one pitch in the fourth (a fly out) and then got pulled. Which is a little weird. 

[mul21]

4 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Welp, per gameday he threw one pitch in the fourth (a fly out) and then got pulled. Which is a little weird. 

I was watching.  Nothing weird and looked like that was the plan.  Not great but it's a first rehab start so I'm not worried about it at this point.

[sneakypower]

ONKC put one in the drink on 0-2 count i believe, off MLB quality LHP Daniel Lynch who had been cruising

[mul21]

4 minutes ago, sneakypower said:

ONKC put one in the drink on 0-2 count i believe, off MLB quality LHP Daniel Lynch who had been cruising

Can we not Tom up everything?  It took me 2 minutes to figure out who you were talking about.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Oof, turned on the I-Cubs game just in time to watch Brennen Davis drop a lazy fly ball.

[CubinNY]

2 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Can we not Tom up everything?  It took me 2 minutes to figure out who you were talking about.

due to my spelling challenges, I approve the shorthand.

[sneakypower]

8 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Can we not Tom up everything?  It took me 2 minutes to figure out who you were talking about.

life's a journey, not a destination

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 hour ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Brett Bateman may need to make his way to Tennessee soon.  Very little power but he's not really being challenged, plus he's 21/24 SB in 52 pro games.

Updating this since the game's over now and I don't have to do a bunch of napkin math: 92 PA, .352/.495/.465, 19/19 K/BB, 7/9 SB

[We Got The Whole 9]

31 minutes ago, mul21 said:

Can we not Tom up everything?  It took me 2 minutes to figure out who you were talking about.

Tom didn't start that one, I think I saw it last year. I kind of like it. 

[mul21]

5 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Tom didn't start that one, I think I saw it last year. I kind of like it. 

The Tom thing is just using weird ass language to make a point way more complicated than if you just used plain English so everyone understands what you're trying to say.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

47 minutes ago, sneakypower said:

ONKC put one in the drink on 0-2 count i believe, off MLB quality LHP Daniel Lynch who had been cruising

 

[Bertz]

2 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Have we gotten velo reports on him yet this year?  IIRC his scouting report coming out of the draft was that the fastball was a bit light but he does everything else you want.  And as we all know the Cubs have been able to coax some velo out of guys.

[Jason Ross]

38 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Good to see him turn and burn one off the lefty. It's one month into his Triple-A journey but he's really been hitting lefties well this year; a big jump from years past.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mason McGwire is back from the developmental list and starting for Myrtle Beach today.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Carl has settled in a bit at Iowa, his line since his 3 BB first outing: 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 7/3 K/BB, 0 HR

[Bertz]

He's not far off.  I feel like I want to see him go on a power binge, go through a slump, and come out of it.  At that point it's basically whenever the roster allows

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Mason McGwire is back from the developmental list and starting for Myrtle Beach today.

 

[JHBulls]

Justin Steele didn’t have much success today per the numbers, but it’s great to see him back pitching in game. 

[Bertz]

Maybe as notable had his first walk tonight as well