Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-10-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Nashville, 6:35 pm
Tennessee at Montgomery, 6:35 pm
South Bend at Dayton, 6::05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Kannapolis, 6:05 pm
ACL Cubs vs ACL Dodgers, 8:00 pm

Both DSL teams have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Brandon Birdsell (at AA: 74.1 IP, 3.63 ERA, 4.09 FIP, 65 K, 13 BB) - AAA debut
Tennessee: RHP Matt Thompson (58 IP, 4.97 ERA, 5.45 FIP, 59 K, 41 BB)
South Bend: RHP Nick Dean (36.1 IP, 2.48 ERA, 3.62 FIP, 28 K, 6 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Juan Bello (53 IP, 3.74 ERA, 4.11 FIP, 57 K, 22 BB)
ACL Cubs: LHP Miguel Cruz (22 IP, 9.82 ERA, 7.90 FIP, 28 K, 34 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Bello was strong for 5 innings but gave up 3 in the 6th (1 by Sam Thoresen in relief) to really dirty up his line

[We Got The Whole 9]

Birdshelled

[Bertz]

I know the scouting reports say Birdsell's got a plus fastback but I was still expecting it to be 93.something when he got in front of tracking.  But no he was 94.8 and topped 96 a handful of times.  Good stuff even though he got hit around a bit.

[mul21]

13 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

That's a weird looking short arm delivery.

[Bertz]

I haven't updated my little Christian Franklin on base bonanza fun fact in a few days.

Starting with 6/19 he's played 19 games.  Here are the number of times he's reached base by number of games

0x - 1

1x - 2

2x - 7

3x - 5

4x - 4

I assume Triantos and Shaw are heading directly from the Futures Game to Iowa and Franklin simply must join them.

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

I haven't updated my little Christian Franklin on base bonanza fun fact in a few days.

Starting with 6/19 he's played 19 games.  Here are the number of times he's reached base by number of games

0x - 1

1x - 2

2x - 7

3x - 5

4x - 4

I assume Triantos and Shaw are heading directly from the Futures Game to Iowa and Franklin simply must join them.

I really like his potential as a lead-off man.