Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-22-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DSL Playoffs (Pool Play):

Game 3: DSL Cubs Blue (1-1) at DSL Tampa Bay (0-2), 9:00 am

Scheduled Regular Season Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Toledo, 6:05 pm
Knoxville at Pensacola, 6:05 pm
South Bend vs. West Michigan 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Fayetteville, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: LHP Jordan Wicks
Knoxville: RHP Brooks Caple
South Bend: LHP Pierce Coppola
Myrtle Beach: TBD

[Butch Gernant]

Wicks? Again?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DSL Cubs Blue was cancelled so they go 1-1 in pool play.

I think they have been eliminated with the DSL Blue Jays Red advancing but I only took 5 seconds to study the pool rules.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

What a fun lineup

[Bertz]

Coppola shoved.  Last 5 starts

22 IP, 7 BB (7.9%), 21 K (23.8%), 1.64 ERA

The ERA overstates the level of performance quite a bit but he appears to be conquering the level.  IMO he's probably in the same boat as Mule where he should start next year back at SB but have a quick line to AA if he comes out of the gate well.

[Bertz]

I don't want to get too far ahead of myself over 4 games but Triantos looks great back at Iowa.  

If this keeps up over a much larger sample I wonder if we can point to his little vacation to Chicago as a developmental milestone.

[Bertz]

 

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Ho-hum, just 3 more walks and steals for Kepley. 10 steals at the level already. 

 

60/65 on the season. 

Edited 18 hours ago by We Got The Whole 9

[CaliforniaRaisin]

First Cub teenage farmhand to hit 20 HRs since Corey Patterson.

[Cubs420psd]

8 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Ho-hum, just 3 more walks and steals for Kepley. 10 steals at the level already. 

 

60/65 on the season. 

How legit is Kepley's glove in CF? When he was drafted it was labeled as potentially elite. Has that been looking like the case?

 

If so that would be really exciting considering his other tools.

[JBears79]

1 hour ago, Cubs420psd said:

How legit is Kepley's glove in CF? When he was drafted it was labeled as potentially elite. Has that been looking like the case?

 

If so that would be really exciting considering his other tools.

Starting to believe he will profile really well in LF next to Pete and a power bat in right. I like how the 2032 Cubs are shaping up lol