Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-9-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at St. Paul, 6:37 pm
Knoxville vs. Biloxi, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. Ft. Wayne, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Fredericksburg, 5:05 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Cleveland Goryl, 9:00 am
DSL Cubs Red vs. DSL Blue Jays Blue, 9:00 am

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Spencer Turnbull
Knoxville: RHP Tommy Romero
South Bend: LHP Evan Aschenbeck
Myrtle Beach: LHP Ethan Flanagan

[Bertz]

If I'm not mistaken, after getting on base his first two PAs tonightTy Southisene has a .481 OBP since the start of July (110 PAs)

[Bertz]

42 minutes ago, Bertz said:

If I'm not mistaken, after getting on base his first two PAs tonightTy Southisene has a .481 OBP since the start of July (110 PAs)

.486 now...

[Bertz]

13 minutes ago, Bertz said:

.486 now...

.491

[Neuby]

Nicky Lopez is a Cub again? Meanwhile Turnbull is looking serviceable. 

[Bertz]

43 minutes ago, Bertz said:

.491

.496

I'm far too invested in this right now

[Bertz]

Kevin Alcantara homered, and Statcast is refusing to give any details about it.  I feel like it does that to a disproportionate number of Kevin's dongs.

And then speaking of guys who refuse to make outs lately Ariel Armas has been on base 3x already tonight.  He's now the cleanup guy at SB.

[Tim]

Cristian homered, too

[Bertz]

38 minutes ago, Bertz said:

.496

I'm far too invested in this right now

.500!  He did it with a 10th inning HBP

[Outshined_One]

38 minutes ago, Bertz said:

.500!  He did it with a 10th inning HBP

He's starting to sneak into my top 20, but all I ask is for a few doubles and triples here and there. The SBs are nice, and I don't need HRs at this point in his career, but just a bit of power would be nice.

[Bertz]

25 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

He's starting to sneak into my top 20, but all I ask is for a few doubles and triples here and there. The SBs are nice, and I don't need HRs at this point in his career, but just a bit of power would be nice.

I really wish we had Statcast data throughout the minors.  Obviously he doesn't have a lot of power, but are we talking Nick Madrigal level of punchlessness or more like Nico Hoerner? 

Because ultimately I think I care more about the raw power than the game power until we get a few more rungs up the ladder.  Cristian Hernandez is a great example.  He has not hit a lot of homeruns yet but several of the ones he has hit have been nukes.  I'm not especially worried about him being a single digit homerun guy at maturity. 

If Southisene is capable of hitting balls more than ~105 MPH, even if they're currently all on the ground, I'll have more confidence that he's not going to have the bat knocked out of his hands at Iowa.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hartshorn made his debut!

[Outshined_One]

15 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I really wish we had Statcast data throughout the minors.  Obviously he doesn't have a lot of power, but are we talking Nick Madrigal level of punchlessness or more like Nico Hoerner? 

Because ultimately I think I care more about the raw power than the game power until we get a few more rungs up the ladder.  Cristian Hernandez is a great example.  He has not hit a lot of homeruns yet but several of the ones he has hit have been nukes.  I'm not especially worried about him being a single digit homerun guy at maturity. 

If Southisene is capable of hitting balls more than ~105 MPH, even if they're currently all on the ground, I'll have more confidence that he's not going to have the bat knocked out of his hands at Iowa.

I'm also happy to cut him some slack in the power department because he turned 20 a month ago. As you said, we don't have the benefit of statcast data, but I get a bit twitchy with a guy who's hitting a bunch of singles at a level where shoddy defense and questionable at times field conditions need to be taken into account.

Still, the patience has definitely been a plus.

[craig]

2 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I really wish we had Statcast data throughout the minors.  Obviously he doesn't have a lot of power, but are we talking Nick Madrigal level of punchlessness or more like Nico Hoerner? ...

Hopeful thought... if Madrigal walked like Southisene, we'd have liked him lots more?