Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-9-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Omaha, 12:08 pm
Knoxville vs. Rocket City, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Peoria, 6:35 pm
Myrtle Beach at Columbia, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Will Sanders (9.2 IP, 2.79 ERA, 5.83 FIP, 13 K, 3 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Luis Martínez-Gómez (4 IP, 4.50 ERA, 7.13 FIP, 4 K, 2 BB)
South Bend: RHP Kevin Valdez (2025: 91.1 IP, 3.84 ERA, 4.54 FIP, 72 K, 56 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Dominick Reid (4 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2.31 FIP, 5 K, 1 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Jason Ross]

5 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Interesting phrasing...

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

not sure what the possible strategy is unless he's hurt. he's not gonna help the big club yet unless they want to throw him in the bullpen

Is the weather gonna be bad?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

8 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

not sure what the possible strategy is unless he's hurt. he's not gonna help the big club yet unless they want to throw him in the bullpen

Is the weather gonna be bad?

Iowa was rained out today so maybe?

But after how they weren’t forthcoming last season with his shoulder, I’m definitely thinking about a potential injury. It’s odd to let him ramp up all spring for just 2 starts and than start being “strategic.”

[We Got The Whole 9]

Unleash him in June so you don't have to shut him down toward the end of the year

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I wish the org wasn't so shady about disclosing injuries. I'm just gonna assume there's something wrong until proven otherwise 

[squally1313]

We're going to need high ceiling pitching down the stretch and he fits that model, so there's an impulse to slow him down and then let him rip in the second half, but also he's probably not good enough yet, and is only going to get there with more reps. 

[Bertz]

So that....doesn't sound great.

On the flip side Sharma wrote this yesterday

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Top prospect Jaxon Wiggins is healthy and also pitching at Triple A but still has significant developmental hurdles to cross.

in an article about all of the SP options the Cubs have in house in the wake of the Horton news.  It's not impossible that was wrong or something happened in the 24 hours since but it feels like an injury would have come up in talking to folks for that article.

Hopefully this is about the weather or maybe it's semantics and he's going to be the piggback for one of the doubleheader games tomorrow.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

one crazy theory I just thought of is he's involved in a trade discussion but it's really early for that

[mul21]

34 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

We're going to need high ceiling pitching down the stretch and he fits that model, so there's an impulse to slow him down and then let him rip in the second half, but also he's probably not good enough yet, and is only going to get there with more reps. 

Yeah, with the Horton injury and how he developed last year, then essentially ran out of innings at the end of the year, it wouldn't surprise me if we see him going like 2 innings at a crack for a month or two. Then, ramp him up in June, assuming he's a viable big league option at that point, so you have him as a rotation possibility for the playoffs and you're not worried about how many innings he's thrown this season.  

It's certainly possible it's an injury but that would be some odd phrasing if that's the case.

[JBears79]

I don't think he's hurt. This sounds like a new way to rest pitchers that Zombro is implementing. 

[Bertz]

Eli Lovich, who had a Morel-ian contact rate at MB last year, is a hair under 95% (Arraez-ian) through 15 PAs.

THAT won't continue, but it'd be cool if he's got a decent hit tool now.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Kevin Valdez gets the start for South Bend. I assume Ethan Flanagan will follow him in the piggyback.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Myrtle is facing Kendry Chourio, def their toughest test so far I think

was #82 on BA top 100

Edited April 9 by Tangled Up in Plaid

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Reid is 93-95 so far

[CaliforniaRaisin]

29 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Myrtle is facing Kendry Chourio, def their toughest test so far I think

was #82 on BA top 100

And Hartshorn isn’t starting.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Reid's changeup def good as advertised. Curve hasn't been bad either

[Bertz]

As you'd hope with a top round college guy Reid appears to be too good for MB.  Hopefully he moves up to SB as soon as the weather turns.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ayers HR

[craig]

Reid nice.  He's college, but he pitched 19 innings at OK State and then 88 at Abilene Christian.  Not a lot of innings, and Abilene Christian isn't the highest level of competition.  Coming right in and throwing strikes, I think that's pretty cool.  Fun to see a fast start for him.  

[CaliforniaRaisin]

LMG threw 72 pitches, Valdez threw 60 and Reid 58.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jefferson Rojas 3-run opposite field HR.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

damn last time I checked they were down 7-0 in the 6th.