Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-18-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Columbus, 3:05 pm
Knoxville at Pensacola, 6:05 pm
South Bend vs. Beloit, 3:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Kannapolis, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks (rehab)
Knoxville: RHP Jake Knapp (8 IP, 4.50 ERA, 3.49 FIP, 9 K, 1 BB)
South Bend: RHP Koen Moreno (4.2 IP, 13.50 ERA, 6.28 FIP, 4 K, 2 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Victor Zarraga (5.2 IP, 7.94 ERA, 5.94 FIP, 5 K, 3 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

12 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Obviously not an option until he's had a few weeks to clear some rust off but he needs to be in the big league bullpen in the Ben Brown role sooner rather than later.

And to be clear, I want him in that role in addition to Brown not instead of.  "Out getters" baby!

[JunkyardWalrus]

Would be nice to have some value out of any of our first round rounds aside from the Horton’s second half. 

They go like this. 

- Horton (125 IP total 2.2 fWar)
- Wicks (95 IP total for .3 fWar)
- Jensen (still in AAA apparently, #35 organizational prospect)
- Lange (Less than 200 IP for less than 1 total fWAR)
- Little (three 2/3 of an inning for Chicago, 118 IP for .2 career fWAR based on his sole positive season in ’25)

Then it goes Blackburn, Pierce Johnson, Hayden Simpson, Cashner, Mark Pawelek, Matthew Clanton, Chadd Blasko, Luke Hagerty and dear old sweet Bobby Brownlie. 

Before you get back to Prior (657 Innings 16.3 fWar (7.8 in ’03))

Not the most inspiring list. 

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

And… Cepedea re-aggravated the injury.

He’s DHing so we’ll see if he leaves the game in a couple of innings.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

37 pitches for Wicks

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

alright jordan nice to see brother

[craig]

As of 4th inning, Kepley has a walk, two singles, and 3 SB.  Gets his OBP up to .500 for the moment.    Started up built up a little bit and trying to show power, got a couple of warning-track XBH early.  But seems back to his walks/singles/SB profile.  Some of the power he did show displayed that he can drive the ball to the wall, so if defenses just super-shallow him, he can hit it over them.  

[allen6510w]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

And… Cepedea re-aggravated the injury.

Boo! In retrospect, it might have made sense to wait for him to be ready to play in the field before activating him. 

[Bertz]

 

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

11 minutes ago, Bertz said:

 

 

oh baby

[Bertz]

 

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Bertz said:

 

 

god damn

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cole Mathis’ turn:

 

[Bertz]

Hartshorn's double right before the Mathis dong brought his XBH:K ratio back to even

[Bertz]

The contact numbers are apocalyptic but yowza

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

 

 

Different view:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

4 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Hartshorn's double right before the Mathis dong brought his XBH:K ratio back to even

Here’s the double:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Fun night for Santy - 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K

[JBears79]

I'm really excited about Hartshorn right now.