Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-15-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Columbus, 6:05 pm
Tennessee at Biloxi, 6:05 pm
South Bend at Peoria, 7:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs Columbia, 5:35 pm
ACL Cubs vs. ACL Rockies, 1:00 pm
DSL Cubs Blue vs DSL Cubs Red , 10:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Dan Straily (33.2 IP, 6.42 ERA, 7.51 FIP, 31 K, 20 BB)
Tennessee: RHP Matthew Thompson (44 IP, 3.89 ERA, 5.22 FIP, 42 K. 27 BB)
South Bend: RHP Nick Dean (19 IP, 1.42 ERA, 3.89 FIP, 13 K, 1 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Juan Bello (38.1 IP, 3.52 ERA, 3.93 FIP, 46 K, 18 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Lot better second pro start for Will Frisch: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Fernando Cruz went 1/2 with a double and 2 walks.

Ludwing Espinoza (2023 big bonus) went 3/4 with 3 singles.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cristian with 2 more doubles so far today (and his out was a “sharp flyout”). The OPS is up to .874.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

39 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Cristian with 2 more doubles so far today (and his out was a “sharp flyout”). The OPS is up to .874.

And now he homered (his 3rd). The doubles were his 13th and 14th of the season.

OPS up to .895.

 

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[CubinNY]

6 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Hugs noted?

[Jason Ross]

3 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Hugs noted?

No one online has mentioned one. But considering the name and lack of roster fit there's a possibility it's a trade.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Bigge hitting 100

[Jason Ross]

Tommy Birch, one of closest in covering the Iowa Cubs just reposted Cohen's tweet. Which is interesting...he's usually the first to report an injury. And he seems to be agreeing with Cohen; no obvious reason for the pull.

I'm keeping a bit of an eye here. There just a wee bit of smoke. Might just be a nagging injury or a callup, too. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

8 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

Tommy Birch, one of closest in covering the Iowa Cubs just reposted Cohen's tweet. Which is interesting...he's usually the first to report an injury. And he seems to be agreeing with Cohen; no obvious reason for the pull.

I'm keeping a bit of an eye here. There just a wee bit of smoke. Might just be a nagging injury or a callup, too. 

Birch is out right now because he’s on paternity leave but he got the info:

 

[Tryptamine]

2 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Cristian with 2 more doubles so far today (and his out was a “sharp flyout”). The OPS is up to .874.

After his imminent promotion, if he keeps going anywhere near this, he's going to pop back up on a lot of top 100 lists

[Outshined_One]

9 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

After his imminent promotion, if he keeps going anywhere near this, he's going to pop back up on a lot of top 100 lists

I'm mostly intrigued to see what the defensive reports will have to say about him.  The Cubs aren't exactly flush with MIF prospects at the moment, and it'd be awesome to find out he could stick at SS long term.

[Tryptamine]

4 hours ago, Outshined_One said:

I'm mostly intrigued to see what the defensive reports will have to say about him.  The Cubs aren't exactly flush with MIF prospects at the moment, and it'd be awesome to find out he could stick at SS long term.

I thought they had been mostly positive, but maybe I'm imagining that

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Tryptamine said:

I thought they had been mostly positive, but maybe I'm imagining that

Nah, you aren’t imagining it. I’ve heard good things about his defense too.