Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-10-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

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

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Cade Horton (3.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3.66 FIP, 6 K, 4 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Nick Hull (1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 3.84 FIP, 0 K, 0 BB)
South Bend: RHP Jaxon Wiggins (3.1 IP, 2.70 ERA, 4.65 FIP, 4 K, 3 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Nazier Mulé (2024 at ACL & MB: 52 IP, 4.33 ERA, 5.50 FIP, 43 K, 42 BB)

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[Bertz]

Have no idea how dude is sitting 97 in this weather.

That said the command is not so unfazed

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Cade threw 9 balls in a row at one point in the first.

1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 22 pitches (10 strikes, 3 whiffs)

Topped out at 97.8.

[Bertz]

Fun with small samples: Jonny Long's hard hit rate after that 2nd inning lineout is 60.8%.  For reference the top 2 guys in hard hit rate last year were Judge at 60.9% and Shohei at 59.5%.

I'M NOT PLANTING A FLAG THOUGH PLEASE NO ONE CONFUSE ME WITH SOME SORT OF FLAG PLANTER I WOULD HATE TO PLANT ANY SORT OF FLAGS GOD FORBID

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Horton: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 31 pitches (17 strikes, 4 whiffs)

Wiggins: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 19 pitches (12 strikes, 5 whiffs)

Mulé: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 28 pitches (16 strikes, 4 whiffs) - he struck out Payne and Bitonti.

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Horton: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 44 pitches (25 strikes, 5 whiffs)

Wiggins: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 38 pitches (23 strikes, 6 whiffs)

Mulé: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 40 pitches (26 strikes, 6 whiffs) - struck out Made, Payne and Bitonti

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Horton finally gave up his first run of the year on a single, WP and another single. He was mostly 94-95 in the 4th.

Horton's final line: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 2 WP, 68 pitches (39 strikes, 8 whiffs)

[Jason Ross]

Horton looked much better after he warmed to. First two hitterd was a little rough but he settled in much better. 

[JunkyardWalrus]

38 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Fun with small samples: Jonny Long's hard hit rate after that 2nd inning lineout is 60.8%.  For reference the top 2 guys in hard hit rate last year were Judge at 60.9% and Shohei at 59.5%.

I'M NOT PLANTING A FLAG THOUGH PLEASE NO ONE CONFUSE ME WITH SOME SORT OF FLAG PLANTER I WOULD HATE TO PLANT ANY SORT OF FLAGS GOD FORBID

So, better than Ohtani, but though Long, he falls short of Judge? Heard. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wiggins: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 48 pitches (28 strikes, 7 whiffs)

Mulé: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 65 pitches (38 strikes, 8 whiffs) 

Have to think Naz' night is done.

[JunkyardWalrus]

It was nice to see him wiggle out of the jam he got himself into

[JBears79]

Wiggins fastball looks so nasty. The movement is terrific. I really hope his command pans out. He just looks like an ace in the making if they can iron that out.

 

Cant wait to see Cade again in non crappy weather

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Knoxville postponed

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Wow, Mulé went out for one more inning: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 76 pitches (45 strikes, 11 whiffs) 

Wiggins gave up a run on a walk, stolen base and then his own throwing error.
His final line: 4 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 59 pitches (35 strikes, 7 whiffs)

[Jason Ross]

Good to see Mule finding some consistency. Last year the stuff flashed but he was all over the place.

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[Bertz]

That is the first time in his pro career Naz has seen the batting order a 3rd time.  Maybe more exciting for his development than the pitching line.

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[Irrelevant Dude]

Burl Caraway sighting in South Bend.  I had no idea he was still in the organization.  Remember when he was drafted and he was being talked about as a reliever with a fast track to the major leagues.  Here we are 4 years later and he's still in Single-A.  

For those in the know, is there any prospect potential left in him?

[Irrelevant Dude]

Cristian Hernandez no doubt HR.  That's fun.