Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-4-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Toledo, 6:38 pm
Knoxville vs. Birmingham, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Quad Cities, 6:30 pm
Myrtle Beach at Charleston, 6:05 pm
ACL Cubs at ACL Angels, 8:00 pm
DSL Cubs Blue at DSL Cleveland Goryl, 10:00 am

DSL Cubs Red has the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Vince Velásquez (23.2 IP, 6.46 ERA, 5.30 FIP, 27 K, 18 BB)
Knoxville RHP Connor Schultz (8.1 IP, 4.86 ERA, 2.67 FIP, 11 K, 2 BB)
South Bend: LHP Cole Reynolds (32.1 IP, 5.85 ERA, 4.48 FIP, 39 K, 19 BB)
Myrtle Beach: LHP Hayden Frank

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DSL Cubs Blue:

SS Jaims Martínez ($900k bonus) - 2/6, BB, CS
RF Luis Santos ($135k bonus in 2025) - 1/5, BB, SB, CS
DH Enrique Oropezsa (age 17) - 3/4, double
1B Marcos Mateo (age 17) - 2/4, BB, 2 K, double
3B Eduardo González ($800k) - 3/5, double, BB, CS, E (throw)
LF Emill Olivo (age 18) - 2/5, BB

[craig]

Blue team was 3 for 7 in stolen base attempts.  Kinda crazy, I'd think DSL pitchers would have no moved, DSL catchers would be raw, and slender 17-year-old guys would be fast and quick.  

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Kepley must be banged up, he's DH'ing a lot lately

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hartshorn flew out to the wall at CF (400') in his first at bat.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

4 minutes ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

Hartshorn flew out to the wall at CF (400') in his first at bat.

he smoked it, I think the wind kept it in

[Illiterate Scholar]

1 hour ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Kepley must be banged up, he's DH'ing a lot lately

And he's still stealing a ton. Wonder if it's left arm related. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hartshorn double

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ivan Céspedes homered for the second straight game

[Bertz]

It's still a tiny sample, today makes 9 games, but Eli Lovich breaking out the instant Hartshorn got promoted is one of my favorite stories on the farm this year.  What a weird season, he started off really well, then went into a deeeeep slump, and now he's looking amazing.