Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-21-24

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Toledo, 5:35 pm
Tennessee vs. Pensacola, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. Beloit, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Caleb Kilian (21.2 IP, 2.91 ERA, 3.88 FIP, 16 K, 7 BB)
Tennessee: RHP Antonio Santos (50.2 IP, 3.91 ERA, 3.85 FIP, 59 K, 18 BB)
South Bend: LHP Drew Gray (65.2 IP, 4.93 ERA, 4.77 FIP, 77 K, 64 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Tyler Schlaffer (18.2 IP, 2.41 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 14 K, 6 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

It’s José Escobar’s 2nd already at Myrtle Beach:

Cam Smith had an RBI single and Alfonsin Rosario had an RBI double before that homer.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

103.8 EV

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Killian: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Gray: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

29 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

Cam Smith hit a HR (#2)

 

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[We Got The Whole 9]

Keep piping them right down the middle, Daniel. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Both of those Smith HR's appear to be fastballs in the upper 3rd, that's pretty fun given his size might normally cause some issues getting to those.  Their swings are different but reminiscent of Bryant in that way

[muntjack]

Really like Cam Smith's swing.  

[Jason Ross]

2 hours ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Both of those Smith HR's appear to be fastballs in the upper 3rd, that's pretty fun given his size might normally cause some issues getting to those.  Their swings are different but reminiscent of Bryant in that way

With no data on LA yet, his swing looks less flat to the eye test than it had gotten at FSU. He had basically fallen into a super flat bat path. Getting that swing tweaked is a big step into getting into the Cam Smith you'd hope he'd become. So that's good to see.