Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 5-30-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Indianapolis, 5:35 pm
Knoxville at Chattanooga (game one), 5:00 pm
Knoxville at Chattanooga (game two), TBD
South Bend vs. Ft. Wayne, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Wilson, 6:05 pm
ACL Cubs vs. ACL Diamondbacks, 1:00 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: TBD
Knoxville (game one): RHP Jake Knapp (23.2 IP, 4.56 ERA, 5.35 FIP, 26 K, 15 BB)
South Bend (game two): RHP Brooks Caple (15.2 IP, 2.87 ERA, 3.11 FIP, 16 K, 3 BB)
South Bend: RHP Koen Moreno (31.1 IP, 6.03 ERA, 5.30 FIP, 33 K, 18 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP Noah Edders (21.2 IP, 4.15 ERA, 4.92 FIP, 24 K, 6 BB)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Cabada out again. He last played last Saturday

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jubrayker Salaya topped out at 95.9 (averaged 94.6). Emilio Ramos topped out at 95.6 (averaging 93.1).

Ramos is now up to 20 Ks and only 3 BBs in 14 innings. BA had him in the Cubs top 30 in their May update.

[Bertz]

Knapp/Caple is a fun doubleheader duo for Tenn

[craig]

1 hour ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Jubrayker Salaya topped out at 95.9 (averaged 94.6). Emilio Ramos topped out at 95.6 (averaging 93.1).

Ramos is now up to 20 Ks and only 3 BBs in 14 innings. BA had him in the Cubs top 30 in their May update.

Thanks, Cal!  Had forgotten that Ramos is interesting!  20K/3BB in AZ is pretty unusual, very fun.  He had a sub-2 ERA two years ago, in DSL.  Do you know what happened to him last year?  TJ, or something less, maybe?  Even with the missed season, he's still 20, so there may be some projection still left ahead?  salaya getting through two innings without a walk, that's also encouraging.  

Fernando "K" Cruz, last 7 Gms: 12-36, 4 BB, 7 K.  When a guy can't hit, he usually never can.  But it would be fun if he somehow learned to hit enough to become somewhat interesting?  

[CaliforniaRaisin]

2 minutes ago, craig said:

Thanks, Cal!  Had forgotten that Ramos is interesting!  20K/3BB in AZ is pretty unusual, very fun.  He had a sub-2 ERA two years ago, in DSL.  Do you know what happened to him last year?  TJ, or something less, maybe?  Even with the missed season, he's still 20, so there may be some projection still left ahead?  salaya getting through two innings without a walk, that's also encouraging.  

Fernando "K" Cruz, last 7 Gms: 12-36, 4 BB, 7 K.  When a guy can't hit, he usually never can.  But it would be fun if he somehow learned to hit enough to become somewhat interesting?  

BA said he had forearm surgery last year.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ayers and Rojas both with HRs in game 1.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ahh, looks like Schlaffer for game 2 in Knoxville. Guess Caple goes tomorrow.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mason McGwire making his South Bend debut, following Moreno and Jerzembeck.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mason hitting 97

[Bertz]

Sonme of this is that Myrtle's lineup is depleted at the moment but Geuri Lubo's a little interesting.  Also that's a super cool name.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I saw secondhand that the broadcast said Jerzembeck and McGwire both hit 97.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

14 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

I saw secondhand that the broadcast said Jerzembeck and McGwire both hit 97.

Wow I wasn't expecting McGwire to be that good. What a nice surprise