Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-5-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Toledo (resumption of game from 6/4), 12:08 pm
Iowa vs. Toledo, TBD
Tennessee vs. Birmingham, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. West Michigan, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Augusta, 6:05 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Reds, 8:00 pm

The DSL Cubs Blue and DSL Cubs Red have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Chris Clarke (39 IP, 5.08 ERA, 4.47 FIP, 30 K, 15 BB)
Tennessee: RHP Connor Noland (44.2 IP, 3.22 ERA, 3.16 FIP, 41 K, 15 BB)
South Bend: RHP Sam Armstrong (38.1 IP, 1.88 ERA, 3.31 FIP, 41 K, 11 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Mason McGwire (21.1 IP, 4.64 ERA, 6.10 FIP, 16 K, 19 BB)
ACL Cubs: LHP Miguel Cruz (9.1 IP, 10.61 ERA, 7.39 FIP, 15 K, 15 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Tryptamine]

9 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Pretty crazy that before today he was putting up a 137 wRC+ on a .207 babip. His FB% is crazy high so he's not going to carry a really high babip, but .207 is really low even in that scenario. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

He had 1 hit in his last 7 games with a 2:2 BBK. That's a lot of BIP leading to outs. Hope this gets him slugging again. Seeing him with a 20% K rate and a 300 ISO is such a huge win for us. I'm holding out hope still. 

[UMFan83]

Nick "0 barrels in Chicago this year" Madrigal:

 

 

[Bertz]

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=6/5/2024&gamePk=753137&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=playerBreakdown&sportId=11

Ethan Robert's touched 97 today?  Which is especially notable since while his rehab has gone well so far he has been lacking a little oomph on his fastball.  The confusing thing though is generally his fastball has been misclassified as a cutter, while today he is listed as throwing some of each?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Madrigal and Palencia both left the second Iowa game with injury.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Iowa's PBP guy mentioned that Madrigal's came after he got hit with a 97 mph fastball, though he didn't say where.

Palencia came in with 2 men on and went BB, K, BB, SF, BB, so that's not promising.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

This was against Drew Thorpe, the crown jewel prospect in both the Juan Soto and Dylan Cease trades last offseason.

[Bertz]

9 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

This was against Drew Thorpe, the crown jewel prospect in both the Juan Soto and Dylan Cease trades last offseason.

Literally shoulder high!

[CaliforniaRaisin]