Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-22-25

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Sugar Land, 7:08 pm
Knoxville vs. Montgomery, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. Cedar Rapids, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Charleston, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Connor Noland (108 IP, 4.08 ERA, 4.15 FIP, 91 K, 42 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Erian Rodríguez (at SB: 64 IP, 2.81 ERA, 3.48 FIP, 58 K, 22 BB) - AA debut
South Bend: RHP Brooks Caple (52.1 IP, 6.02 ERA, 4.90 FIP, 36 K, 26 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Jostin Florentino (54.1 IP, 1.66 ERA, 2.65 FIP, 62 K, 17 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

 

 

[Bertz]

Connor Noland is shoving tonight

He's an interesting one to watch this winter.  He presumably gets a 40 man spot, but is he someone the team would ever trust giving a start to?  Does he instead serve as the 3rd guy in a big SP trade?

[Donzo]

Noland is tough for me to judge. It's just so difficult in the majors with a 91 mph fastball.

Hodge is having a nice August: 10IP, 7H, 7BB, 17K, 0.00 ERA... Too many walks, but it would be nice to see him reestablish himself by the end of the season. 

Edited August 23, 2025 by Donzo

[Outshined_One]

2 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Welp. That helps answer that question.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ángel Cepeda’s got his OPS up to .700.

[Bertz]

Kade Snell skipped the ACL and went straight to South Bend.  He got his ass kicked his first week there, since then:

.265/.419/.324, 124 wRC+, matching 20.9% K and BB rates

Obviously needs to get to the power a bit more, but pretty fun.  Would not berl surprised if he's next season's Jonny Long