Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-16-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Columbus, 7:08 pm
Tennessee at Birmingham, 7:00 pm
South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Columbia, 6:05 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Astros Orange, 10:00 am
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Pirates Black, 10:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Brandon Birdsell (25.1 IP, 4.97 ERA, 2.83 FIP, 27 K, 8 BB)
Tennessee: RHP Chris Kachmar (77.2 IP, 4.17 ERA, 3.96 FIP, 78 K, 30 BB)
South Bend: RHP Nick Dean (50.2 IP, 3.91 ERA, 3.40 FIP, 45 K, 10 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Jeral Vizcaíno (50 IP, 3.24 ERA, 4.16 FIP, 47 K, 25 BB)

[Bertz]

Brandon Birdsell sitting 95-96 in the first inning including a 97.2 at one point

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hearn also has a double.

Cristian Hernández is 3/4 with a triple.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Birdsell is probably done at 85 pitches: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR

Never mind - came out for the 6th and just gave up a one-out 2-run HR.

 

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

Matt Shaw came up a triple shy of the cycle but walked instead.

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[Bertz]

20 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

I like Ethan Roberts, but feels like one of these two, or even Keegan Thompson, ought to be up with the big league club right now instead.

[Bertz]

The Statcast AAA leaderboards are really fun now that Iowa is so loaded.

With most of the AAA slate for tonight done, Palencia's sitting with 3 of the 4 fastest pitches of the night, Brandon Birdsell has the 4th most swings and misses of any pitcher, and Matt Shaw's 109.5 MPH dong is the 5th hardest hit ball of the night

[CaliforniaRaisin]

45 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

 

[Bertz]

Daniel Palencia has generally been goof since he came off the IL in June, but over the last month:

8.1 IP, 3 BB, 16 K, 2.16 ERA, 1.10 FIP, 99.5 MPH average fastball

 

Edited August 17, 2024 by Bertz

[WhyCantWeWin]

14 hours ago, Bertz said:

I like Ethan Roberts, but feels like one of these two, or even Keegan Thompson, ought to be up with the big league club right now instead.

I had forgotten Roberts was on the team, might as well call up Neely and add him to the 40 man since hes rule 5 eligible