Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-13-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Nashville, 6:35 pm
Knoxville at Columbus, 6:06 pm
South Bend at Wisconsin, 12:10 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Augusta, 5:35 pm

ACL Cubs have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Connor Noland (31.2 IP, 6.82 ERA, 6.45 FIP, 20 K, 17 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Grant Kipp (25 IP, 3.60 ERA, 2.84 FIP, 31 K, 8 BB)
South Bend: RHP Eli Jerzembeck (3 IP, 0.00 ERA, 5.82 FIP, 3 K, 2 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Pierce Coppola (4 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1.18 FIP, 5 K, 0 BB)

[Outshined_One]

Fun pitching day! Two potential bullpen options for this season, and two intriguing low level arms.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Rough 2nd inning/outing for Jerzembeck.

[Bertz]

I know we all love dongs but Southisene is fun man

[Bertz]

15 dongs for the Jaguar

It's May 13th

[Bertz]

12 K's in 7 IP for Coppola and Mcgwire 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

5 minutes ago, Bertz said:

15 dongs for the Jaguar

It's May 13th

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mason might be ready for South Bend

 

[Bertz]

4 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Mason might be ready for South Bend

 

[Jason Ross]

5 hours ago, Bertz said:

I know we all love dongs but Southisene is fun man

Brethowr was my pet project last year and Southisene is mine this year. There is nearly a foot difference in the two's heights. I love baseball, man.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Mason might be ready for South Bend

 

Wing can take his place in MB

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Topped out at 98 in this clip.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Wing can take his place in MB

Agreed.

Wing might take a few more starts before the org is willing to move him up 

[craig]

Thanks for that McGwire clip.  That was was very impressive, lots of varying movement.  Wasn't just overpowering guys.  

[Bertz]

I wonder a bit too how long Coppola stays at Myrtle.  I'm not yelling "move 'em up!" after 7.2 innings, but he's got high octane stuff that can probably bully the kids in the Carolina League, and he got drafted out of the SEC which is probably a more difficult environment outright.

Like I wonder if his developmental boxes to check are more about building length and compiling innings more than performance.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

40 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I wonder a bit too how long Coppola stays at Myrtle.  I'm not yelling "move 'em up!" after 7.2 innings, but he's got high octane stuff that can probably bully the kids in the Carolina League, and he got drafted out of the SEC which is probably a more difficult environment outright.

Like I wonder if his developmental boxes to check are more about building length and compiling innings more than performance.

FYI - I watched an inning + a batter or two in the 2nd this morning and Coppola only topped out at 94 and velo fell in the 2nd inning.

I don’t think his stuff is as high octane as advertised. Admittedly he’s huge so 92-94 probably feels harder.

[Bertz]

7 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

FYI - I watched an inning + a batter or two in the 2nd this morning and Coppola only topped out at 94 and velo fell in the 2nd inning.

I don’t think his stuff is as high octane as advertised. Admittedly he’s huge so 92-94 probably feels harder.

Well that's disappointing.  Hopefully more of a buildup/rust sort of deal than it permanently being gone.