Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-12-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Toledo (game one), 3:05 pm
Iowa at Toledo (game two), TBD
Knoxville at Rocket City, 6:35 pm
South Bend vs. Peoria (game one), 1:05 pm
South Bend vs. Peoria (game two), TBD
Myrtle Beach vs. Carolina, 5:05 pm

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa (game one): RHP Connor Noland (10 IP, 1.80 ERA, 2.64 FIP, 9 K, 3 BB)
Iowa (game two): TBD
Knoxville: RHP Chris Kachmar (4 IP, 9.00 ERA, 5.27 FIP, 6 K, 2 BB)
South Bend (game one): RHP Kenten Egbert (3.2 IP, 7.36 ERA, 1.70 FIP, 3 K, 0 BB)
South Bend (game two): TBD
Myrtle Beach: RHP JP Wheat (4 IP, 0.00 ERA, 4.80 FIP, 4 K, 1 BB)

[Bertz]

Connor Noland if you'd like to keep up your strong start that'd be pretty sweet

[Jason Ross]

JP Wheat has been fun so far. Do it again.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ryan Gallagher up from Extended ST, making his pro debut. 2024 6th rounder from UCSB.

[Tim]

13 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Ryan Gallagher up from Extended ST, making his pro debut. 2024 6th rounder from UCSB.

If you told me this was Sean Gallagher's kid, I'd probably believe you and be forced to start drinking early today.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

49 minutes ago, Tim said:

If you told me this was Sean Gallagher's kid, I'd probably believe you and be forced to start drinking early today.

Couldn't be, we would've heard about it from grandpa

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

And now a Cristian double. OPS up to 1.191.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Gallagher’s final line in his pro debut: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 10 whiffs

[Bertz]

28 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

And now a Cristian double. OPS up to 1.191.

Also appears to be on a mission to maintain a SB per game pace.

Too bad he sucks because our expectations were too high three years ago or whatever.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Jason Ross]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

And now a Cristian double. OPS up to 1.191.

Really glad to see the power. He's always had the body for power but struggled with barrel control at Myrtle, especially his first season. It feels like a pretty logical outcome that first would be contact, then would come the power. Keep this up and he could end up in Knoxville by the end of the year. At 21 that would be a really good ending spot for him in 2025.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

Moises had some uncharacteristically high swing and miss upon reaching Iowa last year, that looks to be rearview mirrored thankfully.  He's been getting the ball in the air more early on too.  Good stuff generally, though he is chasing a good bit right now.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[JBears79]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Also appears to be on a mission to maintain a SB per game pace.

Too bad he sucks because our expectations were too high three years ago or whatever.

I keep always having to remind myself that development of international kids can take so long since they come into the organization when they are 16.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

Counsell also said Rea "probably" starts tomorrow.  So my guess is Wicks is being held out in case Brown gets blown out tonight (in which case Rea goes long out of the pen)?

That or Wicks is hurt 

[Cubs420psd]

22 hours ago, Bertz said:

Also appears to be on a mission to maintain a SB per game pace.

Too bad he sucks because our expectations were too high three years ago or whatever.

I mean to be fair, when you are getting A rod comps that's gonna come with wild expectations. 

 

Either way, it would be amazing  if this really is his breakout year.

Edited April 13, 2025 by Cubs420psd

[Cubs420psd]

15 hours ago, Bertz said:

Counsell also said Rea "probably" starts tomorrow.  So my guess is Wicks is being held out in case Brown gets blown out tonight (in which case Rea goes long out of the pen)?

That or Wicks is hurt 

 

I mean he's damn near always hurt, so I'm gonna go hurt.