Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-1-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Toledo, 6:05 pm
Knoxville vs. Columbus, 6:00 pm
South Bend at Beloit, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Hickory, 6:05 pm

The ACL and DSL Cubs teams have the day off

Probable Starters:

Iowa: TBD
Knoxville: RHP Brooks Caple (34.2 IP, 3.63 ERA, 3.65 FIP, 36 K, 10 BB)
South Bend: RHP Mason McGwire (15 IP, 4.20 ERA, 2.84 FIP, 17 K, 6 BB)
Myrtle Beach: RHP David Bracho (50.2 IP, 5.33 ERA, 4.59 FIP, 53 K, 37 BB)

[Bertz]

The uh...wait this can't be right...Iowa bullpen is pitching well?

- Drew Pomeranz with a scoreless inning.  Fastball averaged 93.3, more than a full MPH over his season average.  He hasn't had a game with his FB sitting north of 93 since mid April

- Colin Snider also with 1.1 clean innings.  His fastball sat 94.3.  Nearly a tick and a half over his 93.0 season to date mark and right in line with his 94.2 back when he was good in 2024

- Zac Leigh threw 2.1 IP (!), got 9 whiffs (!!), and somehow averaged 95.2 even over such an extended outing (!!!)

[Bertz]

Hendriks and Bummer both followed.  Bummer had somewhat encouraging velo but poor results, Hendriks had pretty good results but disappointing velo