Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-14-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Columbus, 5:15 pm
Knoxville at Pensacola, 6:05 pm
South Bend vs. Beloit, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Kannapolis, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Connor Noland (8.2 IP, 9.35 ERA, 9.28 FIP, 3 K, 5 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Tyler Schlaffer (3 IP, 9.00 ERA, 1.12 FIP, 6 K, 1 BB)
South Bend: RHP Brooks Caple (5 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1.71 FIP, 7 K, 0 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Hayden Frank (3.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 4.67 FIP, 3 K, 3 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

No Jefferson Rojas or Ángel Cepeda in today’s lineups.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

102.9 mph EV, 405 ft

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Owen Ayers just hit his 3rd HR of the year.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Alcántara just hit his 2nd of the night. 108.2 mph EV, 387 ft.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Brooks Caple so far: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 9 whiffs

[We Got The Whole 9]

Hartshorn struck out. Took all of these pitches.

 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

16 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Hartshorn struck out. Took all of these pitches.

 

 

He did walk his second time up. 

And then he scored on a Cole Mathis HR (4).

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

14 whiffs so far

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Brooks Caple's final line - 67 pitches (53 strikes, 17 whiffs)

[Bertz]

58 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Brooks Caple's final line - 67 pitches (53 strikes, 17 whiffs)

Yeah he appears to very much be a thing.  I'm especially glad he was in the Breakout game now because we have some measurables on him.  I always hate having to hedge on the lower level guys until we get some stuff data.

[Bertz]

Despite the strikeout another night where Hartshorn didn't whiff at all.

Lovich's 0/4 4Ks night on the other hand roughly doubled his swinging strike rate.  Though thankfully it only slid from great to "still quite good".

[Bertz]

Do we know what Mason McGwire is throwing?  It feels like a bit of a Mule situation where despite being sround forever if he decided to break out now he'd still be extremely age appropriate.

[Jason Ross]

28 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Do we know what Mason McGwire is throwing?  It feels like a bit of a Mule situation where despite being sround forever if he decided to break out now he'd still be extremely age appropriate.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

6 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

Oh hell yeah

[craig]

Caple pouring in strikes and touching 98, that's a lot of interesting! 

McGwire both touching 99 and throwing strikes on the same day, that's unexpected fun, too. 

[Cubs420psd]

Get Mathis to High A.

 

Guy needs to be in deeper waters so we can see if he can actually swim.

Edited Wednesday at 12:49 PM by Cubs420psd

[Bertz]

I'm curious where Alcantara's numbers are going to settle in at.  The power spike has been paired with some extra swing and miss.  That's pretty normal when a guy is on a heater (go look at Ian Happ's current #s right now), guys tend to let it rip when they're feeling really good at the plate.

So is this just a simple hot streak that looks crazy because it's opening the season?  Will both sets of numbers will even out with time?  Kevin's also slashed his GB rate, is that change also just part of a heater or is it any more durable?