Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-22-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Louisville, 5:05 pm
Knoxville at Pensacola, 6:05 pm
South Bend vs. Beloit, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Kannapolis, 5:35 pm

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Javier Assad (rehab)
Knoxville: RHP Antonio Santos (2024 at Tennessee: 70 IP, 3.99 ERA, 3.98 FIP, 80 K, 25 BB)
South Bend: RHP Tyler Schlaffer (10.1 IP, 2.61 ERA, 3.10 FIP, 13 K, 4 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Hayden Frank (8.1 IP, 9.72 ERA, 3.46 FIP, 6 K, 3 BB) 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

https://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-pitchers-too-much-rockies-talking-stick

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Ismael Mena doubled, walked twice, scored a run, and drove-in another, Ronny Cruz singled, walked twice, and scored a run, Edgardo de Leon drilled a two-run single, and SP Jostin Florentino fired five innings of one hit / no run ball with seven strikeouts and combined with two relievers on a two-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts, as the Cubs blanked the Rockies 3-0 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training game action Monday afternoon on Dust Storm Field at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community), east of Scottsdale, AZ. 

 

[craig]

Jostin Florentino seems to be having some very good outings.  Not a tall guy, per bbcube, only 6'0" listing.  Has anybody gotten any observations on his stuff and potential? 

[Jason Ross]

8 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

https://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-pitchers-too-much-rockies-talking-stick

 

Good to see the Cruz name pop up. 

You'll have to forgive my lack of source on it at this moment (I'll look it up shortly again) but, I believe it was BA who had an interesting blurb on Cruz - the Cubs thought Cruz outhit Cam Smith on the Trajekt system over the fall and winter. That's obviously not game stuff, but he feels like a guy who could have some real helium behind him. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

9 hours ago, craig said:

Jostin Florentino seems to be having some very good outings.  Not a tall guy, per bbcube, only 6'0" listing.  Has anybody gotten any observations on his stuff and potential? 

https://www.thecubreporter.com/comment/283954#comment-283954

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Jostin Florentino: FB 88-91,  CV 73-75, no third pitch at this time, with the CV being his swing & miss pitch. He has room to grow, so FB velo should increase a bit as he matures. He reminds me of Yenrri Rojas. 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Owen Caisse and Kevin Alcántara both hit solo HRs in the 2nd.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Alcántara’s homer:

 

[Bertz]

Off a lefty at that!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Here’s Caissie’s HR too:

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Assad is out after 4, 19 batters faced. I think he got 2 whiffs. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Assad's night is over. He threw 67 pitches. Worked 90.5-94.8 on his 4-seam FB and sinker, averaging 93.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

5 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Assad is out after 4, 19 batters faced. I think he got 2 whiffs. 

Statcast had 6 whiffs.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

On the other hand, this sucks:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[muntjack]

Love that the organization has a 21 yr old C in AAA with an ops over 1.000 who somehow isn't top 100.

The 45 FV was just beyond the pale.  With Caissie, too.