Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-4-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Buffalo, 1:08 pm
Knoxville vs. Rocket City (game one), 11:30 am
Knoxville vs. Rocket City (game two), TBD
South Bend at Cedar Rapids, 1:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Carolina, 12:00 pm

ACL Cubs have the day off

Probable Starting Pitchers:

Iowa: RHP Cade Horton (23 IP, 1.17 ERA, 3.80 FIP, 28 K, 12 BB)
Knoxville (game one): RHP Grant Kipp (17.1 IP, 3.12 ERA, 5.57 FIP, 21 K, 6 BB)
Knoxville (game two): RHP Antonio Santos (6.2 IP, 1.35 ERA, 4.33 FIP, 4 K, 5 BB)
South Bend: RHP Kenten Egbert (15 IP, 5.40 ERA, 4.74 FIP, 10 K, 2 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Brooks Caple (19 IP, 3.32 ERA, 3.75 FIP, 14 K, 9 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Myrtle Beach canceled

[Bertz]

Horton dealing again through 4.  Feels like we're approaching the point that he should make a spot start.  

Assuming he's on a 6 day schedule, two starts from now would be a Friday 1:20 home game against the White Sox.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

boy Christian Franklin did not maintain that hot start at all

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

boy Christian Franklin did not maintain that hot start at all

 

Yeah, he promptly went 0-24 the moment I wrote an article praising him. 

Ruining my street cred.

[Jason Ross]

34 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Horton dealing again through 4.  Feels like we're approaching the point that he should make a spot start.  

Assuming he's on a 6 day schedule, two starts from now would be a Friday 1:20 home game against the White Sox.

Yeah, he's been nasty today. The K's make you think that he's been less good (never mind, wrote that when he had 3 K's through 5, then he K'd two more because horsefeathers me and my post), but the 11 whiffs tell the real story. Once again absolutely pounding the zone at 56%, slider with 6 whiffs on 15 swings.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cade’s first pro start on 4 days rest.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cade’s added a sinker