Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-9-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Columbus, 3:08 pm
Knoxville vs. Birmingham, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. Lansing, 3:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Hickory, 6:00 pm
ACL Cubs vs. ACL A's, 1:00 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks
Knoxville: RHP Tyler Schlaffer
South Bend: LHP Cole Reynolds
Myrtle Beach: RHP Noah Edders

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Sat and Sun games for MB were cancelled for some reason?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Sat and Sun games for MB were cancelled for some reason?

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

31 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Jeez

[Hrubes20]

Is it ACL box score shenanigans, or is Cabada actually not seriously hurt? He’s been in the last few box scores and is playing again today.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 hour ago, Hrubes20 said:

Is it ACL box score shenanigans, or is Cabada actually not seriously hurt? He’s been in the last few box scores and is playing again today.

His death was greatly exaggerated

[Bertz]

28 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

Obviously he needs to progress to the point he can sneak the occasional ball over the wall but man he's way improved YoY.  BB/K is over 1, he's playing shortstop now, the power is now "bad" as opposed to "pathetic."  And he's still just 20.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

KA just unloaded on a first pitch fastball, wow.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

5 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

KA just unloaded on a first pitch fastball, wow.

 

[Bertz]

We're roughly a quarter of the through the season and he's still on a 55 homer pace and yet a lot of people are *desperate* to get rid of him 

[Illiterate Scholar]

I still think he'd get eaten alive with consistent MLB ABs against RHP. With the contact issues and no more options after this year, I also doubt his trade value is all that high anyway so I'm penciling him in as a useful 4th outfielder next season.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

[Outshined_One]

6 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Yes. Those are certainly names which weren't auto-generated in MLB: The Show 26.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

You know with all the talk around trading surplus young bats for starting pitching feels like there's a scenario where Amaya makes sense to be moved?

Carson Kelly is really good, and even as age catches up with him you'd expect him to still play strong D and hit lefties.  Heading into next season with Kelly/Mo/3rd catcher at the MLB level and Ayers/Armas at Iowa I'd feel fantastic about the catcher position for both the short and long term.

[731.4life]

Just saw where the Cubs released Haydn McGreary from Double-A Knoxville Smokies.

Jordan Nwogu maybe a player that they could consider moving up to Iowa. Vince Reilly got up to 98 MPH today in Knoxville. 24 K's in 18 innings for him so far, just 7 walks. He has an opponent Avg. of .183 and a WHIP of 1. He could very well be in Iowa not too long from now.

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

You know with all the talk around trading surplus young bats for starting pitching feels like there's a scenario where Amaya makes sense to be moved?

Carson Kelly is really good, and even as age catches up with him you'd expect him to still play strong D and hit lefties.  Heading into next season with Kelly/Mo/3rd catcher at the MLB level and Ayers/Armas at Iowa I'd feel fantastic about the catcher position for both the short and long term.

In the offseason I think Amaya could be dealt. At the deadline I'd be pretty surprised. Jed would have to bring in a vet catcher and he doesn't really like messing with the pitcher/catcher relationship mid-season.

[Bertz]

7 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

In the offseason I think Amaya could be dealt. At the deadline I'd be pretty surprised. Jed would have to bring in a vet catcher and he doesn't really like messing with the pitcher/catcher relationship mid-season.

For sure, he'd definitely have to be an offseason move.  I'd want to have Kelly locked down and also Ayers in a position where he's a phonecall away (or pretty close).

[Geographyhater8888]

Brewers Pirates and Cardinals have the 1, 3 and 4th ranked farm systems. LA is somehow number 2.

[Rcal10]

How did Wicks look. I see he went 4 scoreless but he walked 4. To me, that is the next possible solution to the staff. It is important for him to be decent.