Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-19-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Memphis, 7:38 pm
Knoxville vs. Montgomery, 6:00 pm
South Bend at West Michigan, 5:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Kannapolis, 6:00 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Diamondbacks, 8:00 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Connor Noland (36.2 IP, 6.63 ERA, 6.52 FIP, 22 K, 19 BB)
Knoxville: RHP Yenrri Rojas (26.1 IP, 6.15 ERA, 4.81 FIP, 28 K, 12 BB)
South Bend: RHP Naz Mulé (8.1 IP, 3.24 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 10 K, 6 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Pierce Coppola (7.2 IP, 2.25 ERA, 2.00 FIP, 11 K, 2 BB)

[Bertz]

How is Naz still just 21?

Glad he'll be back on the mound.  Honestly there's probably a decent argument that he should just focus on building innings.  Unlike someone like JP Wheat Mule's control issues tend to be a "one bad inning" sort of deal.  Focus on building innings and hopefully some of those rough edges buff out simply from experience.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Naz still struggling with his control after the developmental stint:

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Good outing from Coppola. I counted 11 whiffs. Pulled with 2 runners on, so his final line might look worse:

Mason McGwire time.

EDIT: Both inherited runs scored. Coppola gave up 3.

[Bertz]

McGwire/Coppola piggybacking is so fun, let's try to top the 14 K's from last go, gonna be close

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

I'm hoping McGwire only going 1.2 is about conserving innings and nothing nefarious.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

25 minutes ago, Bertz said:

McGwire/Coppola piggybacking is so fun, let's try to top the 14 K's from last go, gonna be close

McGwire only went 1.2 innings on 24 pitches. Wonder if they’re limiting him with his injury history on a 2-appearance week.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Kepley HR

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Kepley HR

is there an OF in Knoxville they can move around to open up a spot?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Here id the video:

 

[Hrubes20]

43 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Here id the video:

 

Wow. That was not a cheapie at all. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cabada not playing today after being PR for yesterday.

[We Got The Whole 9]

3 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Here id the video:

 

Dude rakes. Not looking forward to trading him come July.

[Tryptamine]

15 hours ago, Hrubes20 said:

Wow. That was not a cheapie at all. 

Yeah, he's not Nico. I think there's legitimate 15HR pop there.