Minor League Discussion & Box, 5-1-24

[Bertz]

I knew Moises was off to a good start but hadn't realized how much of a tear he's on until I just looked.   What a stud

 

[Cubs420psd]

50 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I knew Moises was off to a good start but hadn't realized how much of a tear he's on until I just looked.   What a stud

 

What are the chances he can stick at catcher? 

 

Either way that is a super intriguing bat.

9 walks to 9 strikeouts is impressive anywhere, especially for a 20-year-old at AA.

 

Edited May 2, 2024 by Cubs420psd

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He better start getting some real national love, position be damned. He's hitting like a monster.

[Bertz]

This is very much cherry picking, but Sam McWilliams in outings where he's faced 10 or fewer batters:

6 G, 15.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1 HBP, 1 HR, 27 Ks, 2.35 ERA, 8.6% BB, 46.5% K

His fastball is averaging 96 MPH over 3ish inning outings.  I think he might legitimately be a thing once they start shortening him up to 1-2 inning bursts.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

14 minutes ago, Bertz said:

This is very much cherry picking, but Sam McWilliams in outings where he's faced 10 or fewer batters:

6 G, 15.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 1 HBP, 1 HR, 27 Ks, 2.35 ERA, 8.6% BB, 46.5% K

His fastball is averaging 96 MPH over 3ish inning outings.  I think he might legitimately be a thing once they start shortening him up to 1-2 inning bursts.

It is cherry picking, but even if you take the logic to a further degree of accuracy I think it holds up.  That strips out his two bad outings where he gave up 10 runs.  But, if you only look at the first 10 hitters of those outings:

3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4/1 K/BB

2+ IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0/1 K/BB, HR

 

So your new total for the season facing 10 or fewer hitters: 20.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 31/7 K/BB, 1 HBP,  2 HR

[CaliforniaRaisin]

2 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

It is cherry picking, but even if you take the logic to a further degree of accuracy I think it holds up.  That strips out his two bad outings where he gave up 10 runs.  But, if you only look at the first 10 hitters of those outings:

3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4/1 K/BB

2+ IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0/1 K/BB, HR

 

So your new total for the season facing 10 or fewer hitters: 20.1 IP, 11 H, 8 R, 31/7 K/BB, 1 HBP,  2 HR

He has some good stuff. If he hadn't struggled there a week or two ago, I assume he'd have been up instead of Brewer.

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Hendricks is dominating AA hitters like it's 2013 again