Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-28-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa vs. Buffalo, 1:08 pm
Knoxville at Birmingham, 2:05 pm
South Bend vs. Quad Cities, 1:05 pm
Myrtle Beach at Salem, 3:05 pm

The ACL and DSL Cubs teams have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Paul Campbell
Knoxville: RHP Brooks Caple and/or RHP Koen Moreno
South Bend: RHP Alfredo Romero
Myrtle Beach: TBD

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Guessing Brody starts today:

 

[Bertz]

Drew Pomeranz struck out two in a hitless inning for Iowa and had the half a tick on his fastball back that he lost YoY.

We're not as desperate for LH relief help as righty, but he might be a legit option again if we need him

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Owen Ayers is an absolute monster. 4 more hits today

[Bertz]

Owen Ayers on base 5x today

We're now at 226 PAs at Tenn with a 1.061 OPS.  Feels like it's no longer jumping the gun to wish him to Iowa?  Maybe post Futures Game?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

2 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Feels like it's no longer jumping the gun to wish him to Iowa?  Maybe post Futures Game?

for sure

[Bertz]

Alexis Hernandez is a 21 year old shortstop running a .370ish OBP.  Not a headliner in the system but goid guy to keep an eye on.

[Neuby]

It makes sense to get Ayers to Iowa to work with the  Berthancourt/ Ballesteros/ Weinstein catching clinics.

[muntjack]

Smokies had 17 hits and 4 walks and scored only 5 runs.  That's pretty remarkable.