Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-18-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Columbus, 1:08 pm
Tennessee at Birmingham, 4:00 pm
South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 1:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Columbia, 5:35 pm

Both DSL Cubs teams have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Adrian Houser (7.2 IP, 3.52 ERA, 3.24 FIP, 4 K, 1 BB)
Tennessee: RHP Matt Thompson (85 IP, 4.87 ERA, 4.70 FIP, 81 K, 53 BB)
South Bend: RHP Nick Hull
Myrtle Beach: RHP JP Wheat (12.2 IP, 7.11 ERA, 7.99 FIP, 8 K, 21 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cristian Hernández went 2/2 with 2 walks. It's only 27 PA but he has a .944 OPS at high-A.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The devs really need to release a patch for Jack Neely, the trade clearly glitched him and now he's the best reliever to ever live

[CaliforniaRaisin]

35 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

The devs really need to release a patch for Jack Neely, the trade clearly glitched him and now he's the best reliever to ever live

Meanwhile MLJ has a 6.48 ERA with the Yankees. 

[Bertz]

I understand that Neely's roster situation works against the urgency to get him up to MLB.  But man it feels like wasting the opportunity the next 6 weeks to see how ready he is would be a huge mistake.  Porter Hodge for instance went from debuting to firmly ensconsed in the circle of trust in that amount of time, and he's CLEARLY conquered AAA.

Also I was looking at roster stuff for next year, and Kilian and Keegan Thompson are both out of options after this year.  They, Kilian in particular, need to be up ASAP.  Drew Smyly hasn't pitched poorly enough to be cut but he probably needs to go to free up a roster spot for the kids.  

[CaliforniaRaisin]

5 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I understand that Neely's roster situation works against the urgency to get him up to MLB.  But man it feels like wasting the opportunity the next 6 weeks to see how ready he is would be a huge mistake.  Porter Hodge for instance went from debuting to firmly ensconsed in the circle of trust in that amount of time, and he's CLEARLY conquered AAA.

Also I was looking at roster stuff for next year, and Kilian and Keegan Thompson are both out of options after this year.  They, Kilian in particular, need to be up ASAP.  Drew Smyly hasn't pitched poorly enough to be cut but he probably needs to go to free up a roster spot for the kids.  

Yes, Kilian especially needs to be up ASAP since he has so little big league time. I feel like they have enough information on Keegan to make a sound roster decision this offseason.

[Tryptamine]

On 8/18/2024 at 11:10 PM, Transmogrified Tiger said:

The devs really need to release a patch for Jack Neely, the trade clearly glitched him and now he's the best reliever to ever live

Since his trade to the Cubs

6 2/3 IP 4H 1R 0ER 13K 1BB

17.55 K/9   

1.35 BB/9

.06 FIP, yes that's not a typo