Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 9-1-26

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Scheduled Games (Central Time):

Iowa at Columbus, 5:35 pm
Knoxville vs. Chattanooga, 6:00 pm
South Bend vs. Cedar Rapids, 6:05 pm
Myrtle Beach vs. Columbia, 6:05 pm

Probable Starters:

Iowa: RHP Kohl Franklin
Knoxville: RHP Kevin Valdez
South Bend: RHP Jostin Florentino
Myrtle Beach: RHP Jubrayker Salaya

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Kevin Valdez struck out the side in the first.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Valdez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 5 whiffs

Salaya: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 4 whiffs - a lot of 95s and 96s tonight

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Salaya's velocity down to 93-94 in the third and he gave up 3 runs (some bad luck as Derniche Valdez misplayed one groundball and another run scored on a weak dribbler of a single).

Probably his final line: 3 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 10 whiffs

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Guessing Valdez is done: 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB. 7 K, 10 whiffs

(Also I think the second walk should have been a strikeout. Armas sure thoughts so.)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Valdez back out there and promptly gives up a HR and now a double. Pulled after 86 pitches.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ángel Cepeda’s 10th:

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

[Bertz]

God damn Cepeda is on absolute fire

Triantos also continues to hit post big league callup.  He's not hitting the piss out of the ball but lots of line drives and lots of walks

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Here’s Cepeda’s second homer: 

 

[JBears79]

12 hours ago, CaliforniaRaisin said:

 

So much Harper in that swing.

[Tryptamine]

146 wRC+ at A ball, 144 wRC+ at A+. I wish they'd have given him a couple weeks at AA to really push him.

[Funky-daddy]

Wondering if he ends up top-20 on any lists pre season 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Get off the mat, Kane 🫠

[Tryptamine]

56 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Get off the mat, Kane 🫠

He's still sporting a 127 wRC+ even with a .204 babip. Unless there's news out there of him having consistently ****** contact quality, I find this as good news more than anything else. 

[Tryptamine]

1 hour ago, Funky-daddy said:

Wondering if he ends up top-20 on any lists pre season 

If anyone believe he's legitimately a corner outfielder I'd say yes, but you have to absolutely torch the minors to be top 20 as a 1B only. 

[Bertz]

Yeah as one of the more vocal "let's pump the brakes on Kepley" voices he's fine.  He's probably hitting the ball in the air too much, minor league popup numbers tend to be inflated but they have him at an astronomical 27%.  But largely Kane is the same guy he was at SB. 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1 hour ago, Bertz said:

Yeah as one of the more vocal "let's pump the brakes on Kepley" voices he's fine.  He's probably hitting the ball in the air too much, minor league popup numbers tend to be inflated but they have him at an astronomical 27%.  But largely Kane is the same guy he was at SB. 

Also not that concerned with guys whose numbers drop off in late August and September in their first full pro season. Gives them incentive to get in better shape during the offseason.