Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-17-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Columbus (game one), 4:38 pm
Iowa vs. Columbus (game two), TBD
Tennessee at Birmingham, 6:30 pm
South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Columbia, 5:35 pm
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Tigers 2, 10:00 am

DSL Cubs Blue have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa (game one): RHP Connor Noland (19.2 IP, 2.75 ERA, 3.05 FIP, 17 K, 4 BB)
Iowa (game two): RHP Riley Thompson (77.2 IP, 6.72 ERA, 5.23 FIP, 71 K, 40 BB)
Tennessee: RHP Jimmy Endersby (15.2 IP, 2.87 ERA, 4.11 FIP, 11 K, 6 BB)
South Bend: RHP Jaxon Wiggins (15.1 IP, 5.28 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 13 K, 9 BB)
Myrtle Beach: TBD

[JBears79]

Why has Connor Noland not been getting more hype? I know he's not an overpowering arm or anything but he's had a great season

[Bertz]

28 minutes ago, JBears79 said:

Why has Connor Noland not been getting more hype? I know he's not an overpowering arm or anything but he's had a great season

His fastball sits 90 MPH.  Guys like that have to continually prove it because the margin for error is so small.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Rex Buckingham]

Who was it that said Shaw was overmatched at AAA?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

9 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Who was it that said Shaw was overmatched at AAA?

He had been.

 

That pitch was demolished. 

[Bertz]

Because of positional flexibility, the Iowa Cubs can run a Top 100 prospect out at any position on the diamond once Horton's healthy.  They could deal two of Triantos/Caissie/Alcantara and that would remain true.

There's a lot of reasons to expect 2025 to be much better than 2024, but that's arguably the biggest one.

[Bertz]

Matt Shaw's 3rd hit if the day has his OPS up to .925 as I type this

[Tim]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

If you average out that pitcher and Mo, they come out to an average sized athlete

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wiggins had a rough first but righted the ship for a solid outing.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cam Smith 2/4 with 2 singles and no strikeouts.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[JBears79]

4 hours ago, Bertz said:

His fastball sits 90 MPH.  Guys like that have to continually prove it because the margin for error is so small.

Fair enough. He's an interesting BOTR guy to me at this point

[CubinNY]

9 hours ago, JBears79 said:

Fair enough. He's an interesting BOTR guy to me at this point

Interesting BOTR pitcher is an oxymoron. 

Edited August 18, 2024 by CubinNY

[JBears79]

7 hours ago, CubinNY said:

Interesting BOTR pitcher is an oxymoron. 

Lol it kinda is