Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 4-24-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Louisville, 7:08 pm
Knoxville vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Dayton, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Fayetteville, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Trent Thornton (2026 debut)
Knoxville: RHP Jake Knapp (11.1 IP, 7.94 ERA, 6.29 FIP, 12 K, 4 BB)
South Bend: RHP Koen Moreno (8.2 IP, 8.31 ERA, 5.15 FIP, 9 K, 5 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Victor Zarraga (9.2 IP, 4.66 ERA, 5.15 FIP, 6 K, 4 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jefferson Rojas back in the Smokies lineup and playing shortstop.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Owen Ayers ding dong Johnson. First at AA.

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Now Ayers doubles. Just missed a HR again.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Nice outing by a guy who isn't on my radar at all.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

Good outings from Thornton and Maton.  

Maton I assume goes one and done?  Rejoins the big club on Sunday?

Thornton's velo was below his 2024 peak but in line with the rest of his career.  Curious where it goes from here.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Edwardo Melendez, huh?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ayers ended up 2/2 with a double, homer and 3 walks.

Andy Gariolla went 1/2 with a grant slam and 3 walks.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

2 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Nice outing by a guy who isn't on my radar at all.

 

[Tryptamine]

10 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Ayers ended up 2/2 with a double, homer and 3 walks.

Andy Gariolla went 1/2 with a grant slam and 3 walks.

Now that Ayers is in a bit more age appropriate AA, we can probably get excited if he rakes especially given his position and that he's legitimately good back there, right?