Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-8-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Game (Central Time):

Iowa at Toledo, 5:35 pm
Knoxville at Rocket City, 6:05 pm
South Bend vs. Peoria, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Carolina, 6:05 pm

Probable Starting Pitcher:

Iowa: RHP Chris Flexen (4.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 4.09 FIP, 5 K, 4 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Sam Armstrong (2024 at A+ & AA: 116 IP, 2.87 ERA, 3.64 FIP, 101 K, 36 BB)
South Bend: RHP Tyler Schlaffer (2024 at A & A+: 78.1 IP, 5.29 ERA, 4.71 FIP, 67 K, 40 BB) 
Myrtle Beach: RHP Hayden Frank (pro debut)

[Nolansomebody]

Unrelated to the games, but I didn’t know that the Smokies changed their name to Knoxville.

[Bertz]

James Triantos has 4 steals early in Iowa's 8th game.  Would love him to hit 50 this year after slowing down the stretch last year and falling short.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Long already had a double and now he just donged. Franklin also donged - 111 EV. Both players have very healthy slash lines right now.

Edited April 8, 2025 by We Got The Whole 9

[CaliforniaRaisin]

11 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Long already had a double and now he just donged. Franklin also donged - 111 EV. Both players have very healthy slash lines right now.

 

[Tim]

Mo stole his second base of the year.

Speedster!

[Bertz]

Christian Franklin learning to get the ball in the air without sacrificing his contact rates is a fun development.  

I've thought for a while he'd be a nice bench piece long term but if he's not burning a ton of worms there's a shot at an everyday caliber player.

[Bertz]

In other Cristian news, Cristian Hernandez after 4 PA'S tonight has a 1.000 OPS exactly on the season.  It's paired with a 16.7% K rate.

I said this at some point this spring but him finally becoming the prince who was promised is probably the single funnest thing that could possibly happen for this org this year below the AAA level.

[We Got The Whole 9]

44 minutes ago, Tim said:

Mo stole his second base of the year.

Speedster!

And then he tripled 

[JBears79]

Somewhere 1908 is lecturing his class about Christian Franklin's bat and its potential today after that.